The Female Lead Decides to Act Wickedly
Chapter 78 - 071: The Whole Family is Top-grade (Part Three)

Chapter 78: Chapter 071: The Whole Family is Top-grade (Part Three)

"The Yan Family must provide a dowry of six hundred and eighty yuan, and the four big items: a television, a washing machine, a refrigerator, and a sewing machine—none can be omitted."

"Right, and Tiantian’s job must also be settled. Although she didn’t get into university, she is still a high school graduate!"

"Mom’s right. Tiantian is only eighteen, while that son of the Yan Family is already twenty-three, a full five years older. If it weren’t for the long-standing friendship between our two families, a beautiful girl like Tiantian could not possibly marry a soldier!"

"Exactly, the dowry and the job are both essential. Just because we’re from the countryside, they shouldn’t look down on us."

In a newly-built brick and tile house in He Family Village, about a dozen members of the He Family sat in the hall, the men silently either staring blankly in the corner or squatting at the door smoking.

The women, on the other hand, were chirping away incessantly.

The leader of the chatter was naturally Tiantian’s real mother, Liu Xiuzhi. In her fifties, with slightly dark skin and a plump figure.

Teamed with her fierce brows and eyes, she looked every inch the epitome of "not to be trifled with."

In fact, Liu Xiuzhi was well-known throughout the entire production brigade as a shrew.

When she was younger and had just married into the family, she endured her mother-in-law’s oppression for two years.

Once she gave birth to two sons in three years, her backbone straightened up completely.

She fought with several sisters-in-law, drove her mother-in-law out... anyway, within dozens of miles around, whenever you mentioned a shrew, Liu Xiuzhi’s name would certainly come up.

Once she had sons, controlled her husband, and overpowered her mother-in-law, she became the undisputed female tyrant of the He Family.

Liu Xiuzhi’s husband, Tiantian’s real father He Jianguo, was a child spoiled by his parents and older sisters.

In later generations, he would be labeled a definitive mama’s boy.

But such a person, to put it bluntly, was just weak-willed and indecisive.

Under a domineering real mother, he would listen to his real mother.

As a new daughter-in-law, Liu Xiuzhi had indeed suffered a lot in the first few years.

However, once Liu Xiuzhi toughened up and managed to suppress her mother-in-law by virtue of having borne two sons, He Jianguo went from being a mama’s boy to being under his wife’s thumb.

He remained indecisive; the only change was that the one calling the shots in the house had shifted from his real mother to his wife.

And now, as the family discussed the marriage of their only daughter, this "head of the household" simply sat on a chair, holding a dry tobacco pipe but not daring to smoke it, just blankly staring like a simpleton.

This was because He Jianguo knew that even if he spoke up and gave his opinion, no one in the family would take him seriously.

Instead of that, it was better to just stay out of it.

However, staying out of it did not mean he could ignore it altogether, or else his wife Liu Xiuzhi would scold him again for being a negligent Manager.

"Ah, being a man is truly difficult; you’re wronged whether you take charge or not!"

He Jianguo sighed secretly to himself.

"Head of the household, what do you say?" He Jianguo was deep in thought when his wife’s loud voice suddenly rang in his ears.

Startled, He Jianguo instinctively asked, "Say about what?"

The panic in his demeanor could not have been more wretched.

Pfft!

The two daughters-in-law of the He Family couldn’t help but snicker at the sight of their father-in-law acting so timorous.

"What else could it be? Of course, it’s about Tiantian’s marriage!"

Liu Xiuzhi glared at He Jianguo, the contempt in her eyes nearly spilling over.

"Tiantian’s marriage? Isn’t it all settled, then?" He Jianguo, realizing he had asked a foolish question, hurriedly grinned and attempted to placate with a smile.

But Liu Xiuzhi rolled her eyes again, "What’s settled? Nothing about the dowry, the job, or the house is agreed upon yet!"

"Well, then let’s, let’s go talk with the in-laws again," He Jianguo said with good temperament.

He thought that by being so cooperative with his wife, he would avoid getting scolded.

But Liu Xiuzhi still retorted sharply, "Discuss? What’s there to discuss? These issues must be decided by us, the bride’s family."

"Hmph, Tiantian is so beautiful, fair and clean, and smart too. The big bosses in town have been inquiring about her, and it’s only because of the good relationship with the Yan Family and that Yan Xingzhou seems alright too—"

Although Liu Xiuzhi was a shrew, she truly adored her daughter.

In her eyes, her daughter was all sorts of wonderful, fitting to be an Empress if only she’d married the Emperor.

And as for Yan Xingzhou? He was just a soldier.

These days were not like the past few years; a soldier’s life was no longer enviable.

Low allowances, frequent separations; in the past couple of years, there had been constant warfare. If things went wrong, facing a life as a widow might even turn into actual widowhood.