Chapter 857

Wang An smoked without speaking, and the family of four of Wang Daliang in the room didn't speak either; the whole room fell into a silence.

After a long time, the Second Uncle Wang Daliang frowned and said:

"Her family's bride price is too much; the most expensive bride price in our area these years is only 100 yuan, and her family opens their mouth and wants 500. What kind of family is this?"

Wang An smoked on the side without answering; the main thing was that Wang An didn't want to answer and couldn't answer.

Because it was still that sentence, Wang An spent a full 600 yuan in bride price to marry Mu Xueqing!

Second Aunt Yao Ping also frowned and said:

"Yeah, why does it make people feel uneasy when they hear it? If this is a woman who doesn't know how to live, how annoying would it be to marry her home."

Clearly, the 500-yuan bride price truly shocked Wang Daliang and his wife.

However, what these two said was not without reason; opening their mouths and wanting 500 yuan was indeed something normal people couldn't accept.

This couldn't help but make people suspicious about what purpose Li Xiuyu's family had.

It's just that after these two finished speaking, Wang Li said very unhappily:

"Li Xiuyu is not that kind of person; besides, didn't you hear what my Fourth Brother said? Her family is in trouble."

One has to admit, although Wang Li was only 17, because he mixed with Wang An, he earned quite a lot in terms of money, so Wang Li at this moment spoke much more confidently at home.

And from these words of Wang Li, it could be heard that Wang Li was once again moved by Li Xiuyu.

And for this 500-yuan bride price, Wang Li didn't care either.

After hearing Wang Li's words, Wang Daliang and his wife looked at each other, both seeing helplessness for their son's attitude in each other's eyes.

Pausing for a moment, only hearing Second Aunt Yao Ping say to Wang Li:

"Your father and I just don't know what's going on with that Li Xiuyu; we have to inquire about it and see what's going on first."

Wang Daliang also explained:

"Yeah, you and your mother aren't stingy with money; doesn't everything have to be done slowly!"

Only seeing Wang Li stiffen his neck and say aggrievedly:

"Anyway, I feel Li Xiuyu is quite good; in these ten miles and eight villages, there is no one better than her."

Wang An knew as soon as he saw it that Wang Li recognized it no matter how much money it was; anyway, he was single-mindedly set on Li Xiuyu.

To tell the truth, Wang Li at this moment was not calm, and there was absolutely no need to do this now.

Because in the absence of an emotional foundation, being anxious about this kind of thing was useless; instead, he would lose the ability to think normally.

However, if viewed from Wang Li's perspective, Wang Li being like this was not wrong.

Seventeen or eighteen is the time when one is ignorant of love, and also the time when one is very yearning for beautiful love.

People in this age group pay attention to "being with the person I love."

And they would be very confident, that is, as long as they are together, then they would definitely make the other party like them too; to be precise, it is to use their sincerity to move the other party.

Little did they know, love is actually a very singular thing, unrelated to anything else, and so-called being moved might just be moving oneself.

Of course, Wang An still didn't speak, just quietly watching the three of them argue.

Don't say, watching the fun like this is truly quite interesting.

As a mother, how could she not understand her son? So seeing Wang Li's insistence, Second Aunt Yao Ping looked at Wang Daliang again, and seeing Wang Daliang not speaking, she helplessly said to Wang Li:

"Anyway, it's finding a wife for you, so listen to you; when we meet and see each other, if it works, then we'll discuss how to give the bride price." The "how to give the bride price" Yao Ping mentioned is a way of giving the bride price locally.

Simply put, it's either giving it all at once, or giving half when engaged and the other half when married.

Hearing this, Wang Daliang opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end, he held back.

However, it was clear that Wang Li was truly quite happy hearing this; the big face that looked like a big victim earlier instantly became beaming with joy.

Wang An found there was no more fun to watch, so he said with a smile:

"Old Five, if you're anxious, go find your Brother Mu tomorrow; if you're not anxious, find someone to inquire about the other party's background first, and then go find your Brother Mu. Alright, I'm going home; I still have to work tomorrow."

As he spoke, Wang An left Wang Li's house.

For the next two days, Wang Dashu and Wang An, the grandfather and grandson, became very busy.

Wang An and the two carpenters started cutting glass to set into the windows, and then applied glass putty.

This job, although very simple, was a technical job to cut glass, but if one was not careful, when knocking the glass after marking it with a glass cutter, the glass would be broken.

Alas, the carpenters of this era were not very proficient in this glass-cutting job, and Wang An, although he learned many skills in his past life, was a second-rate hand at cutting glass.

Fortunately, no matter what you do, practice makes perfect, so under the stumbling efforts of the three of them, they didn't waste much glass in total.

Wang An and the carpenters were setting glass into the windows, while Wang Dashu led the bricklayers and a few small workers to continue building the perimeter wall.

As for the job of building the perimeter wall, it was even simpler; there was no need to dig a foundation, just lay a layer of stones and start laying bricks, so the speed was quite fast.

Until the third day, the vehicle sent by Hao Dayou to deliver bricks finally reached Wang An's, Mu Xueli's, and Wang Li's families.

All three families had hired help, so the speed of unloading bricks was naturally very fast.

Just like that, amidst the busyness, another few days passed in the blink of an eye.

And during these days, not only had all the glass been set into the windows of Wang An's house, but the perimeter wall had also been completely built.

After ventilating and drying for a while longer, the two new houses could be fully occupied.

At the same time, the new houses of Wang Li and Mu Xueli had also finished the front and back beams; after the beams dried, they could put up the frame, that is, put up the triangular beams.

It's just that Wang An's family was still busy; of course, the carpenters weren't idle either.

Because the house was finished, but the furniture hadn't been made yet.

To tell the truth, Wang An truly couldn't look at the furniture made by the carpenters in the settlement.

Whether it was the table placed in the living room or the reclining chair, they were made so stupid and clumsy that they could be said to have no artistic appreciation at all.

Alas, this kind of thing couldn't blame them; a carpenter in a settlement being able to make a table or chair was already not bad, so where were there so many requirements?

To put it bluntly, why are there so many damn things?

Thus, Wang An personally started making furniture, while those two carpenters, on the contrary, became assistants to Wang An.

(End of chapter)