Reborn as a Superpower Girl in the 80s
Chapter 566: Talked the Heavens to Death

Chapter 566: Chapter 566: Talked the Heavens to Death

Gu Qianru looked at Stone’s expression and said with a bit of amusement, "Sit down, your auntie will explain things properly to you."

Stone sat down, but his expression hardly improved. He thought to himself, clearly his brother had bullied his sister, yet his aunt insisted on taking him away. He was so angry at the time that he almost wanted to bite someone.

Gu Qianru asked, "Do you like your sister or your brother more?"

Stone was conflicted and after a while said, "I like both, but I probably like my sister a little bit more."

Gu Qianru then said, "Do you want to live with your brother and sister together?"

Stone honestly nodded and said, "Yes, I do."

Gu Qianru said, "That’s right. If your brother and sister start dating and eventually get married, they will live together, and then you will be able to live with both of them. How nice that would be."

Stone nodded in agreement, but then said, "But my fourth brother said that he wants to find a brother-in-law for my sister who is her equal in social status, cheerful, close in age, and wholeheartedly good to my sister.

My brother is eight years older than my sister. I guess fourth brother and the others wouldn’t agree. Besides, my brother isn’t the smiling type. I guess that would also score low. As for being her equal, my third brother said he would never marry her off high, to spare my sister from having to live at her in-laws’ place under someone else’s thumb."

After hearing Stone’s words, Gu Qianru was also stunned. His words weren’t wrong. After a moment of being dazed, Gu Qianru said, "But Yichen would be wholeheartedly good to your sister."

Stone looked down and after some time said, "My second brother said that it’s not necessarily about how successful a man is, but he should have enough time to be by my sister’s side. He doesn’t need to be at her beck and call, but he must be there when needed.

It’s not about being with my sister every moment of the day, but he should come home on time after work to be with her. It’s best if he can be presentable in the hall and handy in the kitchen. The four brothers will earn a lot of money and provide for my sister for life."

After listening, Gu Qianru said with a wry smile, "Stone, where did you hear all this?"

Stone said, "We all discussed this together. I will also make a lot and lots of money for my sister to spend in the future."

Gu Qianru didn’t want to chat with Stone anymore, feeling that her nephew’s journey to woo his wife was ’long and arduous.’

She patted Stone on the shoulder and said, "Go to wash up and sleep. I shouldn’t have chatted with you. We’ve talked the night to death."

After washing up, Stone lay in bed thinking that if his brother and sister really could be together, it would actually be a wonderful thing. Having figured that out, he fell asleep in seconds.

On the other hand, Lu Yichen escorted her to the main gate and watched as Luo Qiao entered. Only then did he turn around and leave.

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At the Textile Factory Family Courtyard in Capital City, the Zheng Family’s head matriarch Hao Xiuyue was doing needlework under the lamp light. "Old man, in a few days it’ll be time for the third one to choose a date for the wedding. How much should we give for the betrothal gift to be appropriate?"

Zheng Daquan drew the last puff of his cigarette, "Didn’t we already agree on this? Why bring it up again?"

"Third son said his future in-laws are well-off and will surely provide a generous dowry for their daughter. If we give too little for the betrothal gift, I’m afraid we’ll be embarrassed when the time comes."

"Both the eldest and second gave a hundred for the betrothal gifts. If we add to that for the third, wouldn’t that be looking for trouble? Besides, we still have the youngest to consider. How much should we give then?"

"Well, that’s not exactly fair. When the eldest and the second got married, their in-laws didn’t give much for the dowry either."

"There’s no need to bring this up again. The betrothal gifts for the first two marriages were a hundred each, so it’ll be the same for the third. If he wants to give more, he’ll have to figure it out himself. The family will only contribute this hundred. We can’t set this precedent, or the first and second households will surely make a fuss."

"Alright, I’ll announce this to the whole family in the morning, so third son doesn’t find the money himself and the other two households start saying we supplemented it secretly."

Zheng Daquan said, "The family’s yearly income is no secret to them. This whole household eats and spends without worry. They know exactly how much we save in a year better than you. What’s there to subsidize?"

"Yeah, you make a good point. After third son gets married, the youngest will start looking for a match. Once the youngest is also married, we’ll divide up the household so they can each fend for themselves. Whether they live well or poorly will depend on their own abilities."

"Let’s get some sleep early tonight. We have to wake up early tomorrow."

The next morning, Luo Qiao got up early to meditate in the woods behind. Ever since her special ability had advanced to the third level last time, there had been no signs of it leveling up again. She wondered if her ability could only reach the third level in this life.

Having finished her morning wash, she returned to the courtyard where her grandmother’s breakfast was ready. Just as she finished eating, Lu Yichen came over and greeted her grandparents in the yard, "Grandpa, grandma, good morning."

Zhou Guifang invited him to come in and sit down, "Have you had breakfast?"

Lu Yichen replied, "I had breakfast before I came over. I’m here to take Qiaoqiao to driving school in a bit."

Zhou Guifang glanced at her granddaughter and said, "She can take the car over there. If you take her, you’ll be late for work going back and forth."