Chapter 734: Li Lijuan's dowry 2
He didn't know why Li Lijuan was so embarrassed that the lion opened his mouth, and he needed so much dowry with just one mouth.
"Three turns and one ring", let alone marrying a countryman like Li Lijuan, even a girl in the city may not be able to get so many dowry gifts.
Song Wenbing guessed that Li Lijuan had a bad mind and had no concept of "three turns and one sound".
Although he was depressed, Song Wenbing coaxed Li Lijuan and said, "Lijuan, do you know that these three rounds are not cheap, and buying them according to the most common ones costs more than 500 yuan. Although I am from the city, my monthly salary is only so much, and I really can't afford so many betrothal gifts. Let's see if you can make it a little less and do it according to the general betrothal gift requirements of your production team?"
Li Lijuan replied a little unhappily, "Brother Wenbing, our production team all know that I am going to marry into the city, you have to do it according to the general dowry specifications of our production team, and I will not be laughed at when I look back?
Our production team generally requires a betrothal gift, which is only 100 catties of grain. You can add some to me, let me have face, not to mention that it is ready for me three times and one ring, at least one of them must be prepared, and I also need New, not old. "
Song Wenbing listened to Li Lijuan's words and thought for a while.
Unexpectedly, the standard of dowry gifts for rural people today is so high that they require 100 catties of grain.
Maybe for rural people, 100 catties of grain is not a lot. The production team divides grain every year. The family saves the province, and there are so many people in a family. One person can save 100 catties of grain by eating a little less.
But for the people in the city, it is very difficult to get 100 catties of food.
There is only so much food available every month, and people in the city are not as frugal as those in the countryside. It is too difficult to save 100 catties of food.
Song Wenbing did have food stamps, but it was not enough to collect 100 catties. In addition, even if there were food stamps, it was still difficult to buy food from regular channels. Just like buying meat, it depends on luck, there is only so much supply every day, you won't have to buy it when others buy it, otherwise there wouldn't be so many people taking risks to buy food from the black market.
If you give Li Lijuan a betrothal gift of 100 catties of grain, according to the price on the black market, it will be more expensive than buying a watch.
After all, it is better to buy a watch for Li Lijuan, not to mention saving some money, mainly because Li Lijuan gets married, and the watch can be disposed of by him.
It can be worn by his sister when she goes back. I have heard her sister say before that many colleagues around her have bought watches, and she wants to buy one too, but she can't bear the money.
If you buy a watch for Li Lijuan and pass it on to his sister in the future, it is better than buying food for the Zhao family.
In case he sent 100 catties of food to the Zhao family and they didn't return the gift, he would have to lose a lot.
There was a calculation in his heart, and finally Song Wenbing decided that it was the most cost-effective to buy a watch for Li Lijuan.
Song Wenbing smiled and coaxed Li Lijuan and said, "Lijuan, look, you will also marry and live with me in the future. I will treat you well in the future, and I will definitely not treat you badly.
Let's get married, I won't give you food, how about buying you a watch?
Give your family food, if your stepfather doesn't give you a dowry and doesn't return the gift, we have to lose money?
I gave you a watch, but it’s not easy for others to buckle it. It’s always ours, what do you think? "
Li Lijuan listened to Song Wenbing's words and felt that Song Wenbing's words were very reasonable.