I used rebirth to bury his captivating gaze.

Chapter 15 Dowry List

"Mom, Third Sister, the medical check-up is a good thing. It's because your in-laws care about you. Why would Dad scold you when he comes back? Aunt Zou, right?"

“Yes, my second uncle’s family are all kind-hearted. Every time I come back, my second aunt always brings me some agricultural products. They raise geese and chickens, and then they clean and wash the meat for me and put it in bags so I can take it home.”

"Mom, don't worry, we'll explain everything to Dad when he gets back. Besides, it's just a simple medical checkup, it can't be that complicated, can it?"

Liu Shulan's head was buzzing as she listened to their comments, so she decided to ignore them. She thought to herself, "Yu Han is right. It's just a physical exam, and it's good for our health. It would be best if everyone in the Yang family got a physical exam!"

Seeing Liu Shulan deep in thought, Yu Han then said earnestly to Zou Laxian, "Aunt Zou, my mother's silence means she agrees. However, before we go to the county town for the medical check-up, I have one request."

"Yu Han, just tell them. I'll pass the message on to Zou Jun's family."

"Aunt Zou, it's really nothing serious. You were able to make the decision for them on this small matter, and get the Zou family to sign the dowry list and put their fingerprints on it."

"Okay, I'll go back and tell Zou Jun about it right away." Zou Laqian said and started to walk out. She had just stepped one leg over the wooden threshold of the house when she turned around and pulled her leg back.

"I'll still bring the dowry list with me so they can sign it, otherwise I'll have to make two trips back and forth. But I can't guarantee they'll be able to sign it."

“Aunt Zou, you can’t guarantee it will work, but if they don’t agree to sign and put their fingerprints on this dowry list after you take it over, you don’t need to take the dowry list back.”

"Ah! Why didn't you bring back the betrothal gift list?" The three of them were stunned at the same time.

"Because the Zou family is not sincere about getting a premarital checkup, they clearly sent Aunt Zou to provoke our family. A dowry list without a signature is just a piece of waste paper."

"What? What provocation? Who did my second uncle flirt with? He's been an honest man his whole life, and he's always been henpecked. Zou Jun's personality is like his father's. Yu Qiu will definitely enjoy a good life after marrying him, and Zou Jun will definitely be henpecked in the future too."

"Aunt Zou, what are you saying? I don't want Zou Jun to be henpecked! He'll lose face in public."

"Tsk tsk tsk. She's not even married yet, and she's already thinking about men. She deserves to have been bullied in her past life and to have spent her whole life with an idiot."

"Yu Han, what are you muttering about? You're always talking to yourself."

"Yuhan, go and get the betrothal gift list from the cabinet in the west room. Your Aunt Zou is waiting."

"Good mother."

Yang Yuhan agreed and ran to the west room as if she had found a treasure. She quickly found a red paper dowry list in the kang cabinet with several lines of black ink on it.

The dowry list was made by cutting a large sheet of red paper into the size of a student's notebook and then writing it with a brush and black ink.

She laughed. In this day and age, this thing is used to describe the engagement gifts that the man gives to the woman through a matchmaker who introduces them!

The only daughter of parents who were reborn in the 1990s of the future, of course had never seen such a wedding dowry for young men and women. This was obviously a reflection of her parents' wedding in their previous life!

Bride price list

First, milk money, one thousand yuan.

The "two, three turns and one sound" include: a Shanghai brand watch, a Phoenix brand bicycle, a Flying Man brand sewing machine, and a double-speaker radio.

Third, furniture with thirty-six legs.

Four, four layers of cloth and four covers.

5. Two sets of men's and women's shirts and trousers, one set each.

Sixth, two pairs of pure cowhide shoes, one for winter and one for summer.

7. One stack of cotton socks for men and women, ten pairs per stack.

8. The groom shall provide his own personal belongings.

The appellant, Zou Jun, is willing to give Yang Yuqiu the name of the wedding dowry as evidence.

Party A: Zou Jun; Party B: Yang Yuqiu

Date: September 9, 1979

Yu Han smiled and quickly handed the item to Zou Laxian in the east room.

Zou Laqian immediately took the betrothal gift list and left.

"Yu Han, you're so smart. This way, the Zou family won't run away with the bride price."

"Third Sister, what if the Zou family never returns this dowry list? You won't blame me, will you?"

"How could I blame you? You were only doing this for Third Sister's own good. If the dowry list doesn't come back, it means I'm not that important to the Zou family. Even if I marry into their family, my life won't be very happy!"

"Thank you, Third Sister. It's good that you think that way." After saying that, Yu Han tightly grasped Yu Qiu's cold hands with her own.

"Stop kissing, you two. Hurry up and make the quilt. I'm going to the main kitchen to cook dinner." After saying this, Liu Shulan shed a few tears from the corners of her eyes and hurriedly ran out of the east room.

This week it was Liu Shulan's turn to cook. She and her sister-in-law, Diao Yan, were the only two in the compound, taking turns managing the kitchen.

At the dinner table, the old man and the old woman asked Liu Shulan about Yuqiu's premarital medical examination.

Liu Shulan said she would discuss it with Yang Zhannan when he got home. Liu Shulan lied to the two elders. She originally wanted to tell them the truth, but Yu Han gave her a look because Diao Yanyu and her daughter were listening nearby.

Diao Yan's suspicious eyes darted back and forth. She had told her parents the truth, and they had overheard her. She feared that the fingerprints on the betrothal gift list had been compromised by her own family before they could even be pressed. As the saying goes, it's hard to guard against a thief within the family.

After everyone had dinner, they went back to their rooms. Liu Shulan cleaned up the kitchen, and Yu Han helped clean up the mess left after everyone had eaten.

"Mom, you seem downcast. Are you worried that Aunt Zou will never come back, or that Third Sister's marriage will fall through, and that Third Sister is blaming me?"

"Yuhan, your third sister is getting on in years. It's not easy for her to find a good young man who truly wants to settle down. Mother Zou has a bad temper, but she's not a bad person. The father and son are honest and simple, and they're good enough for a normal life. As long as things are on the right track, that's fine. Is it too much for us to have the matchmaker take the betrothal gift list to the Zou family to sign and seal it?"

"Mom, I knew you were kind and soft-hearted. Didn't you see? Someone wanted to see us make a fool of ourselves, hoping we'd suffer. This morning, Aunt Zou ran into Third Aunt when she came out of the east wing in the yard. Third Aunt whispered something malicious in her ear, telling the Zou family to get someone for free."

"How would you know? You didn't hear it."

"Mom, think about it. How could you forget that I put a sack over Third Sister's head? It was all for her own good. I was afraid that my two little followers would recognize her as Third Sister and then outsiders would start spreading rumors. It was Third Aunt who told them."

Liu Shulan grinned but didn't say anything more. After cleaning up the kitchen, she went back to the south wing.

Yang Yuhan followed closely behind, watching the departing figure of the original owner's mother. She also thought of her own biological mother from her previous life!

"Mom, Dad, are you still alive? Waaah!" Of course, she held back her tears; these thoughts would forever remain buried in her heart.

The mother and daughter returned to the east room of the south wing. Yuqiu ate dinner and went back to her room early. She then sewed up the other old quilts that had been taken apart and washed, and then quietly lay down on the heated kang to rest.

The mother and daughter had just stepped onto the wooden threshold of the east room in the south wing when suddenly the door was pulled open and a tall, handsome young man walked in.