Chapter 1100 Stepfather 11
Er Laizi looked at the wild vegetable soup on the kang and angrily cursed, "You damn girl, come in here and give me this broken thing. I want to eat eggs."
After Yuanchun had eaten and drunk her fill, she wiped her mouth and went to the east room.
There are three rooms in the Xu family. There is an earthen stove on one side of the gate, an iron pot on the east side, and a small stove on the west side with an earthenware jar on top. Past the earthen stove are the doors to the east and west rooms. Er Laizi lives in the east room and Yuanchun lives in the west room.
Yuanchun pushed the door open and said humbly, "Dad, I broke the eggs and they are gone. Please bear with it for now. When there is food in the autumn harvest, I will make you some steamed buns."
Er Laizi stared at her sinisterly, "You stinky girl, don't think I don't know you're cheating on me. Believe it or not, I'll let Er Gouzi be the groom tonight."
Yuanchun took a step back and tried to reason with him, "Dad, I heard from Yu Qing that marriage is now a voluntary thing, and I don't want to marry Er Gouzi."
"I've accepted Er Gouzi's betrothal gift, and now you're telling me you don't want to get married?" Er Laizi smiled, his smile was eerie and scary, "I've raised you for so many years, I have to make the decision on your marriage."
"Dad, Er Gouzi is so poor, how much do you think he can give you as a dowry? You have raised me for so many years, if you take less money, you will suffer. I heard that Xiaohua's in-laws in the village gave her 80 yuan as a dowry and two new clothes."
Er Laizi's eyes widened with greed, "Really? That skinny little girl from the Zhao family was sold for eighty yuan?"
"Dad, it's not selling, it's the betrothal money."
"Bah, that's selling your daughter."
Er Laizi's eyes rolled and he spoke softly, "Yuanchun, Daddy needs to pee urgently. Go get Er Gouzi to help me go to the toilet."
Yuanchun knew that her stepfather was going to raise the price, no, he was going to increase the bride price.
Yuanchun hummed softly and continued, "Dad, I'm much prettier than Xiaohua, and I'm capable. Xiaohua earns six work points a day, and I can earn at least eight work points a day. My work points a year give me four to five hundred kilograms of grain, and fifty to sixty yuan. I must ask for a betrothal gift of two hundred yuan, but two hundred yuan is too little for me. Two hundred yuan is only three or four years of work points, and I still have grain."
When Er Laizi heard this, he thought it made sense.
He suddenly felt that he had suffered a great loss with the 60 yuan betrothal money given by Ergouzi.
It’s only sixty yuan, and this is also the amount of work points that the dead girl gets in her annual salary.
As long as the dead girl doesn't get married, he can have this money every year, and there are also four or five hundred kilograms of grain. Even if he doesn't go to the fields to earn work points, he won't starve. If he is short of money, he can still sell some grain.
Er Laizi suddenly felt that he would be at a loss if he married his stepdaughter off.
Instead of getting married, it is better to stay at home, like an old hen laying eggs, eating eggs every day, which is more cost-effective than a one-time deal.
So, when Ergouzi came over, Erlaizi raised the price and asked for a dowry of three hundred and sixty yuan. Ergouzi jumped up and wanted to beat Erlaizi.
Erlaizi knew that his foot was injured and he was definitely no match for Ergouzi.
He hid under the kang and said, "Er Gouzi, I was fooled by you. It was you who said that you and I have been good brothers for many years. I would rather give that damn girl to you than to others, so I only took 60 yuan as a symbolic gift. But that damn girl is capable. She only got 58 yuan last year. I can't bear this loss."
"Besides, after that damn girl gets married, who will cook for me and earn work points to support me? I don't want to go hungry again. I want three hundred and sixty from you. This is my retirement money."