109: I don't want a bride price! I want a dowry of 500,000 yuan!
Chen Kai shook his head, slowly stood up from the sofa, walked to the kitchen, and patted his dad.
"Dad, come downstairs with me to move the gifts. Let Mom watch the stove for now."
After returning home, Chen Kai suddenly felt like a child, able to find the pillar of the family to help with anything.
This could be considered the unique communicative relationship between Chinese fathers and sons.
"Damn, how much stuff could there be? I'm busy right now!"
His dad impatiently wiped his hands, preparing to go downstairs with him to move things.
Chen Kai chuckled. It was a familiar vibe; saying no with his mouth, but his body was very honest.
He shrugged nonchalantly. "Anyway, I can't bring it all up by myself. I'll have to make two trips, and your two daughters-in-law will feel bad for me."
"They'll have to help me carry quite a few things up to the third floor. If you have the heart to watch your two daughters-in-law help move them up..."
Chen Kai gave a cheeky smile. "Anyway, I'm just an honest guy, I don't know anything. If you have any issues, go talk to them."
The next moment, with a "slap!", a pair of calloused hands landed on Chen Kai's shoulder.
"You brat, you're getting glib with your old man now."
"Let's go, downstairs."
A rare smile appeared on his dad's face as he walked out of the kitchen with him.
"Uncle, I'll help you move!"
"Yeah, yeah! We'll go help Uncle move some things too."
The two young women immediately stood up from the sofa, but were stopped by Mom, who said firmly.
"Just let those two grown men handle the moving. You two just stay here and rest!"
Tang Yunshu chuckled. "Auntie, there's no need to feel bad for us. We have to work normally anyway."
Liu Yunshang also smiled. "That's right, we have to work normally too. Auntie, you'll spoil us if you do this."
"Daughters-in-law should be spoiled. Let those two go move it!"
Mom said, then patted Chen Kai, who was standing to the side with resentful eyes. "Hurry up and go."
Chen Kai suddenly felt like his home had been stolen; the sky was falling!
He looked at the two young women's seemingly smug expressions and gritted his teeth viciously.
"You dare to threaten the young ladies! Go!"
"Alright, alright, I'm going."
Chen Kai quickly dodged. If he couldn't afford to provoke them, couldn't he at least hide? Swinging his car keys, he went downstairs with his dad and walked to the mercedes-benz car.
He specifically touched his pocket; the bezoar was still there. After eating, he would pretty much have to go stake out a spot to Score a Bargain.
"Son, where's your car? You've really made something of yourself, buying a car on your own."
"This is it, it's a Mercedes-Benz. I'll take you and Mom for a spin later."
Chen Kai pressed the unlock button with a hint of showing off, and the lights of the mercedes-benz gle flashed twice.
"This... is this the car you bought, son?"
His dad was a bit stunned, and only snapped out of it when Chen Kai opened the trunk.
He was filled with mixed emotions.
"Yeah, is it cool?"
"Cool. Your old man is incompetent, making you buy the car yourself."
His dad suddenly fished a cigarette out of his pocket and handed it to Chen Kai.
He lit one for himself and fell silent.
Chen Kai was stunned, taking the cigarette that symbolized a baton, and tucked it behind his ear.
"Dad, what are you saying? Shouldn't you be happy? Your son has made something of himself."
"Yeah... my son has made something of himself."
His dad silently took two puffs of his cigarette and patted his shoulder.
He looked closely at the things in the trunk and was stunned again.
"Why is there so much stuff?"
"They both bought it all. This pink suitcase too. I told you I couldn't move it all by myself."
Chen Kai chuckled, dragged the suitcase, and carried the deer-antler, ginseng, and other things Tang Yunshu had bought upstairs first.
His dad followed closely behind, carrying a case of moutai and two cartons of cigarettes, as well as the handmade bags.
The two went upstairs together. Chen Kai gently placed the suitcase on the floor and found Mom sitting on the sofa chatting with the two young women.
"Um... Xiaoshu, Xiaoliu, Auntie is really satisfied with you two. You're polite and beautiful. For my Chen Kai to be able to marry you two, he must have accumulated blessings for eight lifetimes. It's just... how much of a bride price are you two planning to ask for?"
Mom asked tentatively. Nowadays, there are many people asking for sky-high bride prices; some who don't even look that good ask for two or three hundred thousand. With these two such beautiful young ladies, wouldn't it be a million for both of them?
"Um... Auntie doesn't mean anything else. Auntie absolutely supports you being together. It's just... our family's conditions might... not be particularly good."
"Look, is a bride price of 100,000 each okay?"
Liu Yunshang and Tang Yunshu exchanged glances.
Tang Yunshu was the first to speak. "Auntie, you're overthinking it. Brother Chen Kai and I are truly in love. I don't want a bride price. Um... I can bring 500,000 in dowry to Brother..."
Liu Yunshang glared at her. "Auntie, I don't want a bride price. I'll bring 1,000,000 in dowry."
"How... how much?!"
Mom was stunned. Two such beautiful young girls, it would be a blessing just for them to be with her son. Even if they asked for a high bride price, she would sell everything she had to pay it.
Yet one not only didn't want a bride price but was bringing a 500,000 dowry? And the other was bringing a 1,000,000 dowry?
Tang Yunshu pursed her lips and glared at Liu Yunshang. "Auntie, I... in addition to the 500,000 dowry, I'll also give you and Uncle a car."
"This...! This won't do!"
Mom was completely lost. Why were they competing?
"Pfft... Mom, just let them bring the dowry." Chen Kai joked, as he now had enough confidence.
Through the system's intelligence, in less than a year, his net worth could exceed ten million!
"No, no! Son, this won't do. How can we let two young girls bring a dowry? And our family doesn't give a bride price? If this gets out, people will think our family kidnapped the girls..."
Chen Kai chuckled. "Alright, Mom, don't ask anymore. We can handle it ourselves."
"These are the gifts they brought for you."
Chen Kai pointed to the suitcase and looked back at his bewildered dad.
Tang Yunshu and Liu Yunshang immediately stood up from the sofa, each taking one of Mom's arms, and walked over together.
"Auntie, these are the gifts I prepared for you and Uncle. It's all Brother Chen Kai's fault for not telling me in advance, so I didn't have time to carefully prepare gifts."
Tang Yunshu took the initiative to hand the handmade bags, deer-antler, ginseng, and other nutritional health products to Mom.
"Uncle, these two cartons of cigarettes and this case of liquor are for you! I hope you like them..."
His dad immediately nodded. "I like them, I like them. But it's too expensive. Did Xiaoshu buy all of this? This must have cost tens of thousands!"
"My goodness! This deer-antler is over thirty thousand? Auntie can't accept this! It's too expensive!"
Mom was startled by the price tag and suddenly felt that what Tang Yunshu said about a 500,000 dowry and a car wasn't a joke; she really was a little rich woman.
What kind of dog shit luck had her son had? To be liked so devotedly by such a beautiful and wealthy little rich woman?
"Auntie, this is the gift I prepared for you~"
Liu Yunshang opened the suitcase and said sweetly.