GBP Chapter 713: Gift and Dowry
Chapter 713: Gift and Dowry
On the night of New Year’s Eve, the Kong family and the Gu family had their New Year’s Eve dinner together at Chan Gong Winery.
The elders of both families were here today, and both sides once again talked about their children’s marriages.
The two families never thought that one day their children's marriage would be more tiring than doing business. After three or four rounds of discussions, they still couldn't agree on the final amount of the bride price.
Mr. Kong was going to give several office buildings to the Gu family. The Gu family couldn't afford the dowry, so they were going to give away the company. However, the Kong family felt that it was inappropriate. They thought it was too presumptuous to lose both their daughter and the company for a marriage.
So the Kong family asked the Gu family to give less, but how could the Gu family give less? If they gave less, they would lose face on the wedding day.
So the Gu family wanted the Kong family to lower the standards and give less betrothal gifts.
But the Kong family felt that the betrothal gift was too little and not worthy of the Kong family's status, and that others would laugh at them.
So, the two families remained in a stalemate.
How surprising! Two families getting married would actually be troubled by giving too much betrothal gift?
Seeing that the argument was still going on, Mr. Kong turned his attention to the two young men.
They wanted to hear the opinions of Kong Liu and Gu Chenxi.
Gong Liu and Gu Chenxi were sitting on the sofa in the hall discussing what delicious dishes to eat tonight, when they suddenly felt several sharp gazes, and they were so scared that they immediately turned around to look back.
The grandfathers of both of them made a pinky promise to them.
Kong Liu and Gu Chenxi quickly stood up and walked in front of their grandfather.
Mr. Kong spoke first: "Since it is your own wedding, then tell me what you want to do and how to prepare the gift?"
Mr. Gu also said: "Yes, do you think there are any better suggestions on the dowry?"
"Uh……"
Kong Liu and Gu Chenxi looked at each other. The adults suddenly threw the question to them, and it was really difficult to decide.
After thinking for a moment, Kong Liu pulled Gu Chenxi aside and started discussing in a low voice.
After the discussion, the two walked up to the parents and said in unison, "We have decided not to have a dowry!"
"what!"
Hearing this, the parents on both sides looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Mr. Kong didn't think much about it and waved his hand to reject the proposal: "No, it doesn't make sense to not give a betrothal gift when getting married. If outsiders knew about it, they would probably laugh at our Kong family for being stingy."
"Oh, Grandpa, that won't happen." Gong Liu walked up, sat next to Grandpa and persuaded him, "It's a different era now, and we don't have to follow all the old traditions. Listen to me, let's hold a different wedding this time, without accepting gifts or dowries, what do you think?"
"I don't think it's very good." Mr. Kong shook his head.
Old Master Gu, who was sitting opposite, said, "You don't need a betrothal gift, but you still have to pay for a dowry. Although our family is small and poor, we don't have much money, but the wedding of our only granddaughter must be grand and spectacular. The amount of the dowry must be at least eight sedan chairs!"
Grandpa Kong waved his hand and said, "Brother Gu, since you said so, my Kong family naturally cannot let you down. How about you allocate another piece of land in the new district..."
"Then we'll add a sedan chair as the dowry!"
"Then I'll add two more factories!"
Gong Liu and Gu Chenxi were at a loss for words when they saw how their grandfather discussed the gift and dowry like an auction.
The two of them were arguing and suddenly became angry.
Mr. Kong said, "Well, stop arguing. I'll give you half of the Kong family's foreign trade!"
Mr. Gu immediately followed and said, "Well, I'll give you my little granddaughter as a dowry!"
"what?"
Gu Chenxuan, who was playing games with her head down, raised her head with a confused look and looked at the people in the room. At this moment, she didn't know what the grandfathers of the two families were discussing, let alone that her current net worth was already worth "half of the Kong family's foreign trade industry."
Seeing that it was no use continuing to argue like this, Kong Liu and Gu Chenxi hurried forward and grabbed their grandfather to stop the two from raising the price any further.
Gong Yoo said: "Stop arguing, Xiaoxi and I have already decided that we will not accept any gifts or dowries at the wedding. We just need to get the wedding done!"
"Yes!" Gu Chenxi quickly agreed, "If you guys keep fighting, we'll just sneak away to a deserted place abroad, get married in a flash, and come back with the baby. You guys don't want to watch us get married quietly and come back with the baby, do you?"
"!"
Gong Liu's eyes widened when he heard Gu Chenxi's words.
Gu Chenxi could actually speak these "little yellow-haired" lines so fluently.
Not only Kong Liu, but the other adults present were also frightened by Gu Chenxi's words.
It should be said or not, these words are still very damaging.
Mr. Kong and Mr. Gu, who had just been arguing angrily, now calmed down.
Seeing that the two had calmed down, Gong Liu struck while the iron was hot and said, "Grandpa, Grandpa Gu, think about it, Xiaoxi and I have lived together for such a long time, and we have already stepped half a foot into the palace of marriage. We can just make these ceremonial things simple, and spend the money on the pomp at the wedding, which will be more face-saving than giving gifts to each other like this..."
In the next half hour, Kong Liu and Gu Chenxi explained the advantages of not having a bride price and dowry in a logical and emotional way, and also discussed in depth the negative impact that such high-profile things as sky-high bride prices and dowries have on society.
After they finished talking, the adults on both sides (mainly their grandfathers) unanimously agreed with their point of view and decided to do as they said, simplify some processes and lower the "price" of the wedding.
After the grandfathers of both sides expressed their opinions, their parents had nothing to say - how could they have anything to say? At this time, except for Kong Liu and Gu Chenxi, who were about to get married, who would dare to go against the two old men?
So, on the night of New Year’s Eve, the two families successfully negotiated the issue of bride price and dowry - they didn’t want either, to save trouble!
After resolving the issues of betrothal gifts and dowry, the two families began to discuss other wedding procedures.
Where to get married, how to get married, how many people to invite, how big the wedding ceremony should be...
Mr. Kong and Mr. Gu don't want to worry about these problems anymore. They are both old and there is no need to worry about them.
After discussing with Gu Chenxi's parents, Kong Liu's parents finally decided... to let the two young people plan this important task themselves.
They just think that young people’s ideas are better - it’s definitely not because they are too lazy to worry about it, so they are lazy and leave all the things they should do to Kong Liu and Gu Chenxi.
Now that their parents have spoken, what should Kong Liu and Gu Chenxi do?
Of course I will take up the task!
(End of this chapter)