Xiao Bao was about to rush up and hit the child when Da Bao grabbed him.
"We had meat for lunch."
The moment these words came out, the children around instantly turned envious.
Xiao Bao echoed his brother’s words, "The meat pies my mom made are so delicious, and we still have a big piece of meat at home."
"Xiao Bao, don’t tell them we have meat at home."
Xiao Bao covered his mouth on impulse, looking like he couldn’t believe he just blurted that out.
But his brother just said it.
"My grandma mailed us a lot of food, you guys don’t have any."
"My mom bought me new clothes, you guys don’t have any."
"I’m not going to play with you anymore, let’s go play over there."
Da Bao took Xiao Bao by the hand and said this to the group of children while staring at that one child.
As soon as Da Bao and Xiao Bao left, the other children were still curious, what about the meat pies?
They couldn’t eat them, but they could hear what Da Bao and Xiao Bao said about the taste.
Moreover, they hadn’t walked far when Da Bao handed out biscuits, giving each of them a little to taste, his eyes still fixed on the child standing still, his face revealing a sly smile.
"Da Bao, these biscuits are really tasty."
"And they have a great smell..."
The child not far away, upon hearing their words, cried with a "wa" and ran off.
Seeing this, Da Bao’s face broke into an even brighter smile.
If it were the past, they would certainly have rushed up to fight the offender.
But now, just a bit of food was enough to make the other cry.
Yun Xiaoxiao didn’t know that Da Bao was walking further and further down the path of being sly.
"If you eat the stuff from my house, you can’t play with Tie Zhu anymore..."
"Not play with Tie Zhu..."
Meanwhile, trouble was brewing elsewhere.
"Third Brother, something’s happened at Da Li’s place," Fang Chaoyang knew that Zhao Tianlei was helping his elder and second brothers build a house.
As soon as Fang Chaoyang said this, Zhao Tianhe and Zhao Tianlei were stunned, dropped what they were doing, and came out to find out what exactly happened.
"Let’s talk over there."
The three went aside to talk.
It was then that Fang Chaoyang spoke up.
"Da Li’s fiancée’s family found out somehow that Da Li has money, so they’ve raised the dowry request by demanding two hundred in cash, and not only that but also a ’three turns and a sound’."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Tianhe’s eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at Fang Chaoyang.
Nowadays, a typical dowry was about eighty to a hundred, and as for ’three turns and a sound’, if you didn’t have it, that was that, but you must have the 36 pairs of legs (bicycle, sewing machine, and watch).
But Da Li’s fiancée’s family was going by this standard too, after all, she was a country girl, not a town girl.
"They’re asking for so much? Doesn’t his fiancée try to dissuade them?"
Fang Chaoyang sighed, "Nowadays, marrying off a daughter is all about helping the family financially; she’s not the one making the decisions."
"What did Da Li say?" Zhao Tianlei’s face was devoid of any expression; he just wanted to know what Da Li thought about it.
It was apparent that Da Li was quite fond of his fiancée.
This ’three turns and a sound’ and the dowry together would amount to over a thousand.
A normal watch would also cost over a hundred.
A bicycle would be over a hundred.
The radio was slightly cheaper but would still be around eighty to ninety.
The sewing machine was a bit more expensive, costing over a hundred.
And this was the price only if you had all the required coupons.
Getting all those coupons would cost over a hundred, and that’s not something easy to manage.
Country girls didn’t dare to ask for such a price.
Especially since Da Li’s fiancée was of average looks.