Chapter 576: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 576: If You're Going to Put on a Show, Do It Properly

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Du Xiaojuan said instead:

"I don't want you to give them money again. Not even 50,000, not even 5 yuan!"

Wang Dashan said instead:

"If we refuse to budge at all, that obviously won't work either. In my opinion, we can give them 50,000, but we can't let them get it easily. That way, we can get the household registration book to get our marriage certificate, and also give them a warning."

"How do you want to do it?"

Wang Dashan said:

"I'll go talk to your parents. I can give them another 50,000, but we must first get the household registration book and get married. That 50,000 can be given to them slowly afterward."

Du Xiaojuan disagreed:

"If we do that, they will definitely push their luck."

Wang Dashan said:

"If not that, then what? Can we really not get married? I respect your opinion; not getting the certificate is fine. But I have to consider my parents' feelings. Also, if we don't get married and have a child later, how do we handle the child's household registration and schooling?"

Du Xiaojuan fell silent.

What Wang Dashan said were all very realistic problems.

She also knew Wang Dashan was right.

But she also knew that once she gave her parents that 50,000, there would likely be many more 50,000s they would demand afterward.

However, the reality was right there. This thoroughly rotten original family destined that no matter what she did, the outcome wouldn't be too good, and she would have to pay a certain price.

"Then you go negotiate with them. I don't want to see them again!"

Du Xiaojuan finally made a concession.

Wang Dashan hugged her and said:

"Wait for my good news in the car."

He then picked up the bride price money, got out of the car, and went back into the house.

"Uncle and Auntie, Xiaojuan was just in a bad mood. I apologize to you on her behalf. Please don't take it to heart. No matter what, she is still your biological daughter."

Du Xiaojuan argued with her biological father and mother, and in the end, it was actually Wang Dashan, an outsider, who came to help apologize.

This was also quite a strange sight.

"Still your biological daughter? Is there anyone who throws a tantrum at their own biological parents like her? She doesn't know how to respect her parents at all! I think she lives up to her name—a cheap woman!"

Du Guoqing was huffing and puffing, speaking without restraint.

In front of Wang Dashan, an outsider, he actually belittled his own daughter like this.

Wang Dashan gave a dry laugh, not knowing how to respond to Du Guoqing's words.

He hurriedly said:

"Xiaojuan says you want to add another 50,000 to the bride price. Uncle and Auntie, how about this..."

Wang Dashan hadn't finished speaking when Du Guoqing coldly interrupted:

"This matter is not negotiable. You must add another 50,000. Without the extra 50,000, Infant can't buy a house. If he can't buy a house, he can't get a wife. If he can't get a wife, he can't continue the incense of my Du family."

Wang Dashan gave a dry laugh and said politely:

"Uncle, you also know my situation. I can't earn much money. This 188,000 bride price—Xiaojuan should have told you, part of it was borrowed from online loans. How about this: you take this 188,000 first, and I'll give the 50,000 later. You give us the household registration book first, and we'll go get the marriage certificate first. This 50,000 will be in your hands by New Year's Day at the latest. What do you think?"

Du Guoqing sized up Wang Dashan from head to toe:

"What you say sounds reasonable, but what if you renege when the time comes?"

Wang Dashan said:

"Aren't we holding the wedding ceremony on New Year's Day? I will definitely make up this 50,000 before New Year's Day. Otherwise, you won't let me fetch the bride, and I'll lose all face in front of relatives and friends. I can't become a laughingstock over this small amount of money, can I?"

Du Guoqing nodded:

"That's true."

But he was still not entirely reassured, so he added:

"But you have to write me an IOU. I need written proof to feel more reassured."

Wang Dashan nodded readily:

"Fine, that's no problem at all!"

Du Guoqing gave Lin Xiudi a look:

"Go get paper and a pen!"

Lin Xiudi nodded and went to get paper and a pen.

She personally drafted the IOU, then let Wang Dashan look it over.

Wang Dashan glanced at it. It actually said that Wang Dashan had borrowed 50,000 yuan from Du Guoqing, agreeing to pay it back in full before New Year's Day.

Was this an IOU? It had become a loan note.

And it was as if Wang Dashan had borrowed 50,000 from Du Guoqing out of thin air.

But Wang Dashan didn't say much.

After all, whether it was an IOU or a loan note, the nature was much the same to him.

He hadn't intended to default on this 50,000 yuan anyway.

He actually wasn't short of this 50,000.

So she readily signed her name and pressed her fingerprint on it.

After Du Guoqing took the slip, he then handed the household registration booklet to Wang Dashan.

Wang Dashan took the household registration booklet, returned to the car, and handed it to Du Xiaojuan:

"Done, let's go."

Du Xiaojuan held the household registration booklet and asked:

"How did you do it?"

Wang Dashan said:

"Your father had me write a slip saying I borrowed 50,000 yuan from him, agreeing to pay it off before New Year's Day. I signed it, and he gave me the household registration booklet."

Du Xiaojuan sighed:

"Bottom line, they still got their way."

Wang Dashan comforted her:

"Don't think so much; we don't lack this 50,000 yuan."

Du Xiaojuan seemed not to hear Wang Dashan's words, but spoke to herself:

"I was also foolish. If I had known back when I changed my name, I should have moved my household registration out at the same time. If I had moved it back then, there wouldn't be so much trouble now."

Saying this, Du Xiaojuan added:

"Once back in Guangzhou, I'll immediately move my household registration to the house we just bought... No, that way they might follow the clue of the household registration move to find our new house. Later I'll move my household registration to the collective Household Registration in Tianhe, Guangzhou, and wait a few years before moving it to the house!"

Wang Dashan said:

"Then later we'll make an appointment."

The two returned to Guangzhou and did not immediately go to handle marriage registration, but first went to handle the household registration transfer.

Handling household registration on the Guangzhou side was still quite simple, especially moving it to a collective Household Registration.

With the paperwork, it could be done in less than half a month.

After the household registration was moved out, marriage registration would no longer need the original household registration booklet.

Du Xiaojuan mailed the original household registration booklet and 50,000 yuan back to her hometown, then went with Wang Dashan to handle marriage registration.

She did not return to her hometown again.

Because she did not want to see that home again even once.

At that time, quite a few people were getting married, especially in a big city like Guangzhou; marriage registration in Guangzhou required an appointment about seven workdays in advance.

After the two made an appointment, when they went to get the certificate, many people were lining up to handle marriage procedures.

Some were even wearing beautiful clothes and brought photographers to take photos.

But Wang Dashan and Du Xiaojuan dressed very plainly.

Even their marriage registration photo was casually taken at a roadside photo studio, with hardly any makeup.

Wang Dashan asked Du Xiaojuan several times: for this marriage registration photo, did it really have to be so casual?

After all, a marriage certificate might only happen once in a lifetime, and the photo on the document could not be changed.

Du Xiaojuan was very firm, saying just making do was fine.

Du Xiaojuan said:

"Marriage is just a procedure; how to live after marriage is the key point."

Du Xiaojuan was a very realistic person; she cared more about living a good life than putting on flashy ceremonies, so things like a sense of ceremony were really not that important in her eyes.

Actually there was another reason: she was afraid the photo on the marriage certificate would be too beautiful, and her parents would see through the truth of her pretending to be poor.

Although this possibility was extremely low, she would absolutely not show her marriage certificate to her parents.

But since they were putting on an act, they had to do it fully.

Not only should the wedding attire be plain, but the marriage certificate photo should also be plain.

They had to be watertight and rigorous with no loopholes; only then could they be absolutely safe.