Chapter 2520: Betrothal Gift

"A fifty-thousand betrothal gift?" Zhou Xiurong looked at her son with a suspicious expression. "Are you sure?"

The two families were in the middle of discussing wedding arrangements. Although they hadn't reached the topic of the betrothal gift yet, the mother-in-law had hinted that a token amount of three to five thousand would suffice. Why the sudden demand for so much?

"My mother-in-law said five thousand was fine, but my father-in-law won't have it. He wants fifty thousand and says not a cent less," Duan Xu sighed repeatedly. "I'm the one who ran off with his daughter for several years; he's been holding a grudge against me this whole time."

Having said this, Duan Xu looked at his mother with a sincere expression. "You can see it yourself. We've been back for such a long time, and we're even about to get married, but he still gives me the cold shoulder whenever he sees me."

Zhou Xiurong, who had been skeptical, believed him nine-tenths of the way. She sighed as well, "Fine, fifty thousand it is. It's not like our family can't afford it."

Duan Xu's eyes flickered, a triumphant smile flashing across his face. Then, with a look of feigned shock, he said, "Mom, you're really going to give it?"

Zhou Xiurong glared at Duan Xu. "I don't want to, but we're the ones in the wrong. We owe them that much."

Duan Xu smacked his lips and asked tentatively, "And what about buying a car?"

Zhou Xiurong huffed. "Since your father-in-law brought it up, then we'll buy one. I'll make some calls in the next couple of days and get you a decent car."

"Thanks, Mom!" Duan Xu wrapped his arms around Zhou Xiurong's neck and planted a kiss on her cheek. "Why bother calling anyone else? My brother has plenty of friends. Just give him a call; there isn't a car he can't get, and he can even get a discount."

"Fine, I'll call your brother tonight," Zhou Xiurong said, not objecting. "Invite your father-in-law and mother-in-law out for a meal tomorrow or the night after. Since the betrothal gift is settled, we can just give them the money directly then."

"No!" Duan Xu blurted out.

"Hmm?" Zhou Xiurong frowned, looking at her son in confusion. "Why not?"

"Ah... well..." Duan Xu blinked his innocent-looking eyes and scrambled to make up an excuse. "My father-in-law said that to avoid people saying he's selling his daughter, if we agree to the fifty thousand, we should just give it directly to Qianqian. He doesn't want to handle it."

Zhou Xiurong believed Duan Xu again. Although the Tang family wasn't as well-off as theirs, Tang Qian was an only child. The father-in-law probably wanted the fifty thousand because he still didn't fully trust her son and wanted a guarantee for his daughter.

"Alright!" Zhou Xiurong nodded. "I'll go to the bank tomorrow to get a card for Qianqian, and I'll give the money to her directly."

Duan Xu's eyes darted around. He opened his mouth to say she could just give the card to him, but he swallowed the words back down. If he dared to say that, his mother would definitely be suspicious. If that happened, not only would the money be gone, but he might end up on the receiving end of a "mixed doubles" beating.

"Then..." Duan Xu said, "shall we set the dinner for the night after tomorrow?"

Just then, Erguizi was also dragged over like a dead dog by Shen Mingwei, thrown at Brother Hua's feet, and then kicked: "Stand up."

Erguizi stood up in a hurry, originally wanting to say two scene words, but seeing Brother Hua's face swollen like a pig's head, he finally wisely dispelled this idea.

After all, losing face is better than being shaved face. Losing face is lost, but it doesn't hurt. But if you are shaved face, not only does it hurt, but it will take several days to reduce swelling, which is even more losing face.

"What are you looking at?" Shen Mingwei gave a sharp drink: "Hurry up and go."

Brother Hua and Erguizi shivered, their eyes drifting toward the factory gate, hoping that the brothers would discover the situation here, come over to save them quickly, and by the way, clean up these two dog-raising things fiercely.

Only then did they discover that not only was the gate full of people, but there were also many people watching the excitement around them, pointing at them. This made the famous Brother Hua and Brother Ergui unable to raise their heads, when were they ever humiliated like this?

"Smack!"

"Smack!"

Both of them were kicked on the butt again, and it was quite heavy, their tailbones were kicked in pain, and both of them fell to the ground at the same time.

"Get up!" A cold voice came from the ear: "If you don't go again, then you don't have to go, I will break your legs."

Both of them climbed up quickly, Erguizi said very aggrieved: "We... we don't know where to go."

Shen Mingwei raised his palm and was about to slap, but Erguizi's head was full of paint, and he took his hand back, then raised his foot and kicked Erguizi's butt again.

"You caused trouble at the Woolen Mill, of course, it is to take you to the Woolen Mill security department."

Brother Hua and Erguizi walked forward with their heads down, and a shout came from the crowd watching the excitement in the distance: "Coming, coming, everyone get out of the way, don't block the road."

The people gathered under the wall, hearing the shout, all consciously gave way. They were not afraid of the Woolen Mill, but they were afraid of Brother Hua and Erguizi. If they were seen clearly by these hooligans, who knew if they would be angry and angry at them.

Looking at Brother Hua and Erguizi walking closer and closer, the crowd watching the excitement also moved their steps, hiding far away. When Brother Hua and Erguizi arrived at the factory gate, they discovered that their brothers were lying neatly on the side of the road.

But the distance was a bit far, and the specific situation could not be seen clearly. However, since they were all lying there neatly, they must be seriously injured. This made Brother Hua and Erguizi's hearts thump, what is going on?

Tan Sheng didn't go back, but had been waiting. Seeing Lian Kai and Shen Mingwei return, he greeted them with a smile.

"Hand these two things to me."

Wang Wentian walked over on the side of the road and greeted Lian Kai and Shen Mingwei: "Let's go, we go to the branch bureau."

Watching Wang Wentian and the three leave, Tan Sheng said to the two security department staff: "Lock them in the small black room."

The small black room of the Woolen Mill is similar to the detention room of the police station. The staff who committed things in the factory, as long as it is not a criminal case, or particularly bad, and the impact is extremely bad, the factory handles it itself. Generally, it is criticism and education, and if it is more serious, it is a demerit, a factory-wide notification, and a few days in the small black room.

In fact, no matter how serious the punishment in the factory is, whether it is a demerit or a factory-wide notification, as long as the punishment is over, you will definitely not be fired. Therefore, this is also a protection for the staff who committed things.

But if you don't change after repeated teaching, or offend the leader, you will definitely be sent to the police station. By then, some small things, which can be detained or not, will definitely detain you. If it is more serious, which can be judged or not, it will definitely judge you.

In this way, with a criminal record, the factory can directly fire you. Therefore, the staff who committed things, no matter how serious the punishment in the factory is, they don't want to go to the police station.

In the crowd watching the excitement, a young man wearing a dark blue small jacket on his upper body, lantern pants on his lower body, and a pair of cloth shoes on his feet, his face was terribly pale, and his head was like just being showered with water, sweat flowing down his face. When he saw Brother Hua and Erguizi being brought into the Woolen Mill, he panicked, turned and squeezed out of the crowd. Then he ran wildly for dozens of meters, and got on a Happiness motorcycle parked on the side of the road.