Chapter 395 - A Daughter That Was Sought After by Many Families (1/2)

Chapter 395: A Daughter That Was Sought After by Many Families

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“Something to do with me? What did Uncle Yang tell you?” Qiao Nan raised her brows. Why did Uncle Yang and her father talk about her without an apparent reason?

“Hahaha…” Qiao Dongliang laughed as he patted his thigh. “Don’t Uncle Yang have a son? When your Uncle Yang came to our house and helped us move our belongings that day, you left a good impression on him. He only told me today that he even wished for you to be his daughter-in-law at that time!”

If there was an outstanding daughter in the family, every household would yearn for their son to ask for her hand in marriage.

Qiao Dongliang truly understood what this meant with Qiao Nan as his daughter.

Previously, it was the Zhou family. Now, it was his colleague. As the party that was being ‘begged at’, Qiao Dongliang only had one word to describe the feeling in his heart: overjoyed.

“…” So, her father was so happy because of this matter.

Qiao Dongliang drank some water. “But your Uncle Yang gave up very soon after. He wishes to carry a grandchild soon and can’t wait that long. I’ve met that daughter-in-law of his. She can’t really be compared to you but she’s indeed above-average.”

Qiao Nan poured another cup of water for Qiao Dongliang. “Dad, you’re so happy just because of this?”

“Ah…” Qiao Dongliang gave a sigh. “Not that I wished to only know it at this age, but now that I think of it, it’s actually much better to give birth to a daughter than a son. Given the situation of our family, if either you or your sister were a son, I wouldn’t know what to use to let him marry a wife. You don’t know how much your Uncle Yang spent for the sake of this daughter-in-law.”

He gave birth to two daughters. In the future, others would beg him at his doorsteps. He would not need to do so.

It was not easy to have a son nowadays. Money was needed for marrying a wife and many other things.

Qiao Dongliang only had two daughters. Hence, he never tried to understand this aspect of such a matter. However, when he chatted with Uncle Yang today, he found out that having a son was actually a heavy burden to shoulder.

The youngsters nowadays preferred not to stay together with their parents, wis.h.i.+ng to have a home of their own. As parents, they would naturally fork out some money for the couple to buy a house.

Old Yang was so anxious for his son to marry a daughter-in-law because he was afraid that he would need to fork out more money if his son married later.

With Old Yang’s son as a comparison, Qiao Dongliang could not help thinking about the time when he married Ding Jiayi.

During that time, it was truly hard for them to be together. There was no formal ceremony at all. They casually invited a few people to a meal and act as witnesses, and had that considered as their marriage.

At that time, the custom of the three popular and must-have items for marriage already existed.

Ding Jiayi fell out with her family. Hence, Qiao Dongliang did not give the Ding family much. He had picked up a wife for free. Of course, Qiao Dongliang did not give any betrothal gift, and neither did Ding Jiayi bring any dowry to the Qiao family.

Qiao Nan sat down and smiled. “Dad, don’t make it sound easy. If you raise a son, you need to spend a lot of money for him to marry a wife in the future. Nevertheless, the burden of raising a daughter is not any less. Don’t forget that you need a dowry for a lady to be married. Putting me aside, how much do you think my sister wants before she will agree?”

Qiao Zijin had good foresight. Before the property prices rose, she exploited Qiao Nan through their mother to bring a suite apartment as dowry to the Chen family.