After the son got married, the daughter-in-law asked Mom, when will you give the 150,000 gift money we received for the wedding wine?
In order to let her son find a suitable partner, Aunt Liu and her wife Uncle Wang have made great efforts.
The son is very smart, tall, and has a three-degree university degree, so theoretically he should not worry about finding a suitable partner.
However, although my son is in college, he doesn't like to work too hard because of his simple appearance. After graduating, I wandered in a big city, but due to the restrictions of my diploma, I couldn't find my ideal job, and my income was difficult to stabilize.
As their son grew up, Aunt Liu and Uncle Wang's hearts were as anxious as ants on a hot pot. They kept urging their son to return to his hometown in a fourth-tier city, but he insisted that he would not go back unless they could provide a stable job.
The old couple asked around, looking for which unit had recruitment opportunities.
Finally, they learned that a private company in the city was hiring. Aunt Liu and Uncle Wang worked hard and spent a lot of money to help their son successfully enter this company.
Although private enterprises are not as good as state-owned enterprises, they are relatively stable, and they are close to their hometowns, avoiding the wandering life in big cities. Now that you have a job, it's time to find the right match. Aunt Liu believes that her son is 27 years old and it is time to consider getting married.
Some people say that a man over thirty or forty can find a young girl, but if this middle-aged uncle does not have wealth and a stable economic foundation, even a twenty-year-old girl may not be able to take a fancy to him. This society is so realistic.
Aunt Liu and his wife believe that their son should get married before the age of 30. They know the situation of their family clearly, even if others don't know about it, but the old couple knows it well.
Now that I have a job, the next thing is to have a house of my son's own. Now the old house they live in only has two bedrooms and two living rooms, which is not ideal for finding a partner.
And in today's society, few girls are willing to live with their in-laws. Even if some girls are willing to marry their sons and live in old houses, such a lifestyle will attract other people's opinions. People will comment behind their backs that Lao Liu and Lao Wang have lived a very failed life, working all their lives with only one son, but they can't provide him with a stable marriage house, this kind of life is really a failure.
Moreover, living under the same roof, the old couple lost their freedom, and the newlyweds also felt uncomfortable. The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is a thousand-year-old problem, and if it is not handled well, the son will fall into a dilemma, and family affection will turn into hatred, which they absolutely do not want to see.
Therefore, the old couple had no choice but to resolutely use their savings to purchase a 129-square-meter three-bedroom and two-hall elevator room for their son, pay half of the house price, and solve the rest through bank loans.
Aunt Liu and Uncle Wang did not leave some cash on hand for future decoration and their son's marriage. After buying a house, they began to ask friends and relatives to introduce their son to someone. Aunt Liu and Uncle Wang both have a unit and social security, so they hope that their son will find a girl who also has social security to marry, so as to reduce the financial burden of the children in the future.
Under the introduction of the matchmaker, the son went on a blind date with several girls with good conditions and parents with social security, but due to the son's low social skills, he failed to develop further after the blind date.
Watching his son's blind dates fail again and again, the old couple couldn't sleep well, worried that their son would always be single. However, the honest son was not in a hurry at all, and even happily told them that a girl was pursuing him recently.
The old couple were a little surprised to hear that a girl was chasing their son, after all, the son's appearance was not so outstanding. In order to confirm the authenticity, Aunt Liu decided to test it and said to her son defiantly, "Someone is chasing you?".We can't believe it unless you can afford to bring her home to us. ”
The son angrily replied, "Wait and see, I promise to bring her back to you." My son never tells lies. ”
Sure enough, it didn't take long for the son to really bring back a girl, who was about one meter six tall and had an ordinary appearance, which complemented his son. However, she spoke in a loud voice that gave Aunt Liu goosebumps when she heard it. However, her silly son smiled happily, as if men did like women who were sassy.
Aunt Liu complained to Uncle Wang that the girl's snorting gave her goosebumps, and Uncle Wang smiled and comforted his wife and said: "It's good if my son likes it, it's rare for him to talk about a girlfriend, don't interfere, otherwise you will become an older leftover man." ”
After the girl left, Aunt Liu asked her son about the girl, such as whether she was an only child and whether her parents had social security. However, the son didn't know anything, only that she was in the same unit as him, two years older than him, and he didn't know anything else.
Knowing that the girl was two years older than her son, Aunt Liu felt a little headache. After all, the son is 28 years old, and the girl is 30 years old, so it's no wonder that she took the initiative to pursue her son.
However, her son laughed and said that she was a little outdated, because sibling love is very fashionable nowadays.
Aunt Liu had also heard of this concept of sister-brother love, and she did not object to the girl because she was two years older than her son, but she repeatedly told her son to tell her the next day after understanding the situation of the girl's family.
The son looked dissatisfied, saying that what era is it now, and there is no need to pay attention to the right questions anymore!
The next day, after her son got off work, Aunt Liu couldn't wait to ask him if he had inquired clearly.
The son replied that he had made it clear that the girl's parents had social security, but after the divorce, they restarted the family, and the girlfriend was raised by her grandparents when she was a child.
Hearing the news, Aunt Liu suggested that her son break up with the girl because she didn't like children who grew up in a family where their parents were divorced.
The son squinted at her and said, "Mom, it doesn't matter if you don't like it, she wants to live with me, just like me." ”
The wife also advised Aunt Liu not to be too lenient, so as not to make her son single in the future because of her interference. Aunt Liu had no choice but to relax in front of her son and girl.
The relationship between the son and the girl went well, and it didn't take long for the decision to get married, because the girl was older than the son, so the voice urging marriage was particularly urgent.
For her son's wedding room, Aunt Liu spent a lot of money on decoration. After the renovation was completed, she was left empty on hand and had to pay more than just 1880,000 yuan as a bride price, and I had to borrow money from colleagues and friends. The old couple calculated that they would wait for their son to get married, set up a banquet, and get the gift money before paying off the debt.
On the day of their son's wedding, Aunt Liu and Uncle Wang helped set up 30 tables of banquets and received gifts of more than 150,000 yuan. The reason for so much gift money is because when Aunt Liu and Uncle Wang's brothers and sisters came to drink the wedding wine, they each gave a gift of 10,000 yuan.
In addition to paying for the banquet and return gifts, the 150,000 yuan gift money is about 80,000 yuan. Aunt Liu and Uncle Wang decided to use the money to pay off their debts to others first.
However, they have not yet had the opportunity to repay their debts. On the third day of the wedding, the son and daughter-in-law returned home with a few apples.
Seeing them back, Aunt Liu was very happy, immediately made tea and snacks for them, and invited her daughter-in-law to sit on the sofa.
The daughter-in-law was unceremoniously, sat down, and asked Aunt Liu while eating snacks: "Mom, Wang Dong and I have been married for three days, and we haven't seen the money you sent us." When we got married, we received more than 150,000 yuan in gifts, when do you plan to give it to us?”
When Aunt Liu heard her daughter-in-law's words, she was stunned for a moment, a little hard to believe her ears, and she asked her daughter-in-law in confusion, "What did you just say?"”
The daughter-in-law glanced at her son, and the son immediately took over the conversation and replied: "Mom, here's the thing, Xiaoling and I think that the gift money we received from the banquet when we got married should belong to us, after all, it was the gift money from the people who came to our wedding." Last month, our colleague Dawei got married, and they received more than 120,000 yuan in gifts, and his parents didn't ask for any of it, and gave it all to their husband and wife. ”
It's really surprising how young people can become so selfish
Aunt Liu said to her son in frustration: "Xiaoling may not know our family background, but don't you know?"Buying a house, finding a job, giving a bride price to get married, your father and I used all the savings we had saved for a lifetime, and even borrowed 90,000 yuan from Aunt Chen and Aunt Xiao in order to pay the bride price. Are you still planning to pay back this money?”
As soon as they heard that they were going to pay back the money, the expressions of their son and daughter-in-law instantly became ugly.
The daughter-in-law said to her son: "Your family is so poor that you can't even afford to pay the bride price, if you tell me earlier, I won't marry you, in order to save money and snacks for your family." ”
The son was originally an honest person, but when his daughter-in-law said this, his face turned red and white, and he lowered his head.
Uncle Wang faced his son-in-law's wife, Xiaoling, and said: "There is a certain cost involved in holding a wedding banquet, and half of the banquet fee, wine fee, and return gift fee are consumed, and there is less than 80,000 yuan left, and we originally planned to use this money to pay off our debts." Why do you think these people are able to share your feast?Isn't it because we gave away a share of the wine when they did it?Marriage is a matter for the two of you, but the participation of others is also for the sake of our face, we have received their gift money, and we will need to return the gift in the future. ”
After that, Uncle Wang got up, walked to the bedside table in the bedroom, took out the gift book, opened it and showed them, and the amount of money each person gave with the gift was recorded in detail.
Daughter-in-law Xiaoling didn't bother to raise her eyes, and said bluntly: "It's their business how much gift money others give, and it has nothing to do with us." When our colleague Dawei got married, his parents gave him all the gift money, and the cost of the banquet was also paid by his parents, saying that there was only such a son and hoped that he would be happy. Don't you two want your son to be happy?”
Aunt Liu was angry after hearing this, and was about to lose her temper, but was stopped by Uncle Wang, and he took out the remaining 80,000 yuan from the wedding banquet and put it in front of his son and daughter-in-law.
Take it, and we want you to be happy. Wedding expenses, bride price 1880,000 yuan, 100,000 yuan for the marriage, 404 million yuan for the change of mouth of the parents of both parties, plus the 800000 yuan, you have a total of more than 400,000 yuan, and you should be able to live a good life. If there is anything in the future, don't look for us anymore, we have no ability to help you anymore. From now on, we are only responsible for repaying the debts and providing for the elderly, and after the accounts are paid off, your mother and I will save money for the elderly!”
The son listened to his father's words, looked at his parents' gloomy faces, and said to his wife in embarrassment: "Then let your parents pay off the money, we don't want it." ”
Xiao Ling glared at her husband fiercely with wide eyes: "You're too stupid, aren't you, do people say they owe it?"I gave a gift of 80,000 yuan, I think it's good, don't you want to live a good life?”
Aunt Liu's son was stunned for a while and didn't dare to say anything.
Xiaoling stood up and was about to leave with her bag, but her newlywed husband quickly got up and took the money, followed by his wife and left.
With the sound of the door closing, the whole room fell silent, and Uncle Wang and Aunt Liu sat there in a daze, silent, and no one spoke.
In the process of raising her son, arranging a job, buying a house, and preparing for the wedding, Aunt Liu should have been extremely happy, but she had the urge to cry heartily.
Although her heart was full of satisfaction and relief, Aunt Liu didn't really shed tears. Recalling the birth of her son, despite the unbearable pain, she did not cry, but was full of joy and good expectations for the future.
And now, raising her son ** and witnessing him form a small family means that she has experienced a "stripping" again. Even if her son and daughter-in-law are sometimes not sensible enough and behave excessively, Aunt Liu still hopes that they will live a full and happy life in the future. Therefore, no matter how difficult the situation is, she is not willing to cry. As a parent, who doesn't want their children to be happy?
As for the 90,000 yuan borrowed, although Aunt Liu and her wife have jobs, they are determined to pay off the debt in about two years by frugality.
In the future, they will try to save some for themselves**. They know that in the years to come, relying on themselves is more reliable than relying on their sons, and "raising children to prevent old age" has become a thing of the past and has become less reliable.