Chapter 318 The Scoundrel Young Master 4 (2/2)

Only in the depths of her occasionally lowered eyes did a very faint smile flash by.

The knowledge inside the iron block is indeed very useful.

Amidst the pointing fingers and mockery of their neighbors, the Shen family scrambled to clean up the mess, looking utterly defeated.

Zi Xi's basket of filial piety mushrooms made them feel extremely awkward, but they had no choice but to eat them because they had no other food.

The mess from yesterday hadn't been completely cleaned up yet, and the day for proposing marriage and exchanging betrothal gifts had already arrived.

Shen Jianguo squatted on the threshold, puffing on his pipe with a gloomy face, while Zhao Xiulan sat inside, sighing at the empty chests and cabinets.

Shen Yurong irritably tidied up the clothes that had been ransacked, muttering curses under her breath at the damned thief.

Just then, a commotion came from outside the courtyard gate.

Zhou Qingjian himself arrived first.

Zhou Qingjian was wearing a slightly worn Zhongshan suit. In his hand, he was carrying a piece of pork with alternating layers of fat and lean meat, weighing about two pounds, tied with a straw rope, along with all five yuan.

This is the betrothal gift the Zhou family gave to Shen Yurong.

"Uncle Shen... When the two families get married, they should be practical. This meat is a dowry, symbolizing adding some oil and fish, so that we can live a good life together in the future."

Zhou Qingjian walked in and placed the pork and five yuan on the table, speaking humbly.

He glanced at Shen Yurong, whose face was pale, and was very satisfied.

Shen Jianguo looked at the two pounds of pork, his lips twitched, but he couldn't manage a smile.

Zhao Xiulan felt even more suffocated. The betrothal gifts were so meager that she was ashamed to face the inquiring looks from her neighbors.

Shen Yurong turned her head away, her nails digging into her palms as she tried to suppress her anger.

If he can hold on for a while, Zhou Qingjian will rise to great heights and achieve great things!

Before the awkward atmosphere could ease, an even louder commotion arose outside the courtyard gate.

This even attracted neighbors who had come to watch the spectacle to gather again.

The Lu family has come to propose marriage.

Although it was the eldest brother of the Lu family who came, the scale of the procession was completely different.

Several sturdy men carried in an object tied with red silk ribbons.

The brand-new Phoenix bicycle, Bee sewing machine, Shanghai all-steel watch, and Red Lantern radio were all covered with red cloth.

The three turns and one sound are all complete.

In this day and age, it would be an absolutely respectable dowry, enough to make all onlookers envious.

"This is a small token of our appreciation from the Shen family, a dowry of three thousand yuan. We wish our family and Miss Shen a long and happy marriage!"

Finally, the eldest son of the Lu family took out a red envelope and loudly proclaimed it in front of everyone.

Three thousand yuan?!

With its gleaming three-turn-one-sound device, the surrounding neighbors let out low gasps of surprise and admiration.

"Wow! The Lu family is really going all out!"

"Three turns and one radio! Our alley must be the first to have that, right?"

"That girl Zixi has really fallen into a lucky hole!"

"Look at those two pounds of meat from the Zhou family...tsk tsk, it's true what they say, comparison is the thief of joy, and goods are worthless when you compare them..."

The whispers and comments pierced Shen Yurong and Zhou Qingjian's hearts like needles.

Looking at the pile of valuable betrothal gifts and thick red envelopes filling the main room, Shen Jianguo and Zhao Xiulan finally showed their first genuine smiles of the day and hurriedly greeted the eldest brother of the Lu family.

Shen Yurong looked at the glory and dignity that should have belonged to her, which had now all fallen on Zixi's head. She was so angry that she trembled all over, and her eyes almost spit fire.

Damn it, these things weren't part of her dowry in her previous life; the Lu family only gave them a thousand yuan to get rid of them!