Daxia, Haicheng, a village in the city.
Morning, 9:55.
Yang Chen sat alone in the corner of the yard in a daze.
He stared at the time on the phone screen, motionless.
He is waiting for 10 o'clock to come, when his fate will change.
Today is the day his sister Yang Yue is getting married.
However, the two sides had a conflict over the issue of bride price.
According to local customs, Yang Chen's parents asked the man for a dowry of 80,000 yuan, three golds, and a set of clothes.
However, the dowry and cash will total about 120,000 yuan.
In general, in terms of money, neither side suffers a loss, and no one gains an advantage.
But the man felt that the 80,000 yuan dowry was too expensive and felt resentful.
The boy's mother deliberately bought Yang Yue underwear that was two sizes smaller.
There is an unwritten custom here.
The husband's family deliberately buys small clothes for the bride, which is meant to make things difficult for her and to intimidate her.
There were girls in the village who had encountered this situation before.
They all swallowed their anger and got married anyway.
The wedding procession arrived and they had no choice but to get married.
But they never had a good life after they got married and were bullied by their evil mother-in-law every day.
If you can tolerate it, tolerate it. If you can't tolerate it, end it with divorce.
Yang Chen didn't want his sister to repeat the mistakes of these people.
There's trouble on the first day of marriage. How can I get along with my mother-in-law in the future?
So, he wanted to stop his sister from getting married.
But he has no say; the matter is up to the parents.
Yang Yue's parents asked her to communicate with her husband's family and ask them to buy her new underwear in the correct size.
As a result, the other party was rude and refused to buy me a new one.
He even threatened that she should either wear the old one or the small one.
Isn't this obviously bullying?
After unanimous agreement by the family, the marriage was not held.
Originally, Yang Yue and the groom Zhang Jun met through a blind date and had no emotional basis.
Why should you put yourself in a difficult position?
last night.
Yang Yue has already called Zhang Jun to inform him that he doesn't need to come to pick up the bride today.
But he still came today.
That's why the two sides started arguing.
At this time, the wedding party was shouting in the yard.
"Return the betrothal gift! Return the betrothal gift! Return the betrothal gift..."
The groom Zhang Jun also shouted at Yang Yue angrily: "Just tell me the truth, are you going to marry me or not?"
Yang Yue replied very firmly: "No!"
Zhang Jun knew that the bride-picking ceremony would not go smoothly today, so he specially paid for Erlongge, a Tik Tok celebrity with 5 million followers, to help.
People like him would rather spend 50,000 yuan to hire an internet celebrity to force the bride to submit than buy a new set of underwear.
Isn't this obviously bullying?
How to marry such a person?
Brother Erlong pointed his phone camera at the bride and said to the 100,000 viewers in the live broadcast room: "Look, family members, this is the bride who cheated the bride price. Everyone remember this face, don't step into the trap. My friend gave 80,000 betrothal gifts, and today she came to pick her up, but she regretted the engagement. Do you know what her excuse is? Guess, I guarantee you can't guess it."
The number of comments in the live broadcast room immediately increased.
"My ex-boyfriend came over and broke off the engagement."
"She's pregnant with her ex-boyfriend's child."
"It must be a temporary gift. If not, she won't marry."
"I don't care about the reason. I just want to ask if the country doesn't care about people like this? They are too arrogant."
"People like this should be arrested and sentenced!"
…
Erlong said with a smile: "I knew you guys couldn't guess it. I was also shocked by her reason. Did you know? The reason she broke off the engagement was that the underwear the groom bought her was two sizes too small. Haha... I've lived for 30 years,
This is the first time I've heard of someone using this reason to break off an engagement."
The live broadcast room immediately exploded.
Breaking off an engagement because the underwear you buy is too small, is this something a normal person would do?
"Fuck, are you kidding me? You won't get married if the underwear you buy is too small?"
"Fuck you, don't you understand this is a gift scam?"
"Can you find a decent excuse to defraud the bride price? This is too perfunctory."
"It is confirmed that the bride price was defrauded."
…
The two sides have been arguing for more than an hour.
Related videos have also been uploaded on TikTok.
The entire Internet is unanimously scolding Yang Yue for defrauding the bride price.
Even the official accounts of many media outlets made comments.
"You're not getting married because your underwear is too small. Are you treating marriage like a joke?"
"The girl broke off the engagement because the underwear her husband's family bought her was too small. The child is ignorant, but are the adults also ignorant? How can you be so absurd?"
"Thank you for not marrying me! The girl refused to get married because the underwear she bought in the south was too small. Is this to cheat the bride price, or is there another hidden reason?"
…
Cousin Li Fei showed her phone to Yang Yue and said, "Cousin, look, people on the Internet are scolding us."
Yang Yue read the comments and was so angry that tears came to her eyes.
These people don't understand the truth at all, why do they scold her?
Father Yang Fu and mother Wang Zhi also came to read the comments.
Seeing this, the two of them were so angry that they cried.
It was obvious that the man was deliberately doing bad things and wanted to intimidate Yang Yue, so why are people scolding their family?
The man gave 80,000 yuan as a betrothal gift, and they took back a total of 120,000 yuan as a dowry. Is this also called cheating on the betrothal gift?
Brother Erlong pointed the camera of his mobile phone at Yang Fu and Wang Zhi and said, "Family members, look here. These are the parents of the bride. You two, tell me, what on earth were you thinking? You couldn't even find a good excuse to cheat for the betrothal gift. How did you come up with an excuse like the underwear was too small?"
Yang Fu: "That's the truth. We didn't cheat on the betrothal gift. Don't talk nonsense."
Brother Erlong: "Isn't this just cheating on the bride price? Do you believe what you said? You can fool yourself, but you can't fool the 120,000 family members in my live broadcast room."
Yang Fu is an honest farmer.
How can his talking skills be a match for this internet celebrity who has 5 million fans?
He was so angry that he couldn't continue after just a few words.
The more he acted like this, the more people felt that he was guilty.
"Look, I'm speechless. It's a scam, solid evidence."
"You are just feeling guilty. No need to ask, you are trying to cheat me of the betrothal gift."
"How shameful. I didn't expect that my brother Erlong would expose it."
"It's a good thing our Erlong brother exposed it, otherwise the groom's family would have no one to complain to, and they would have been cheated out of the betrothal gift, and they would have nowhere to complain."
…
Faced with everyone's doubts and abuse, no amount of explanation from the Yang family would be necessary.
Because the language explanation is not convincing.
"Dang! 10 o'clock in the morning, Beijing time!"
The old-fashioned wall clock in Yang Chen's house struck ten o'clock.
Yang Chen's eyes lit up.
At this moment, a light screen appeared in front of his eyes that only he could see.
"Master has been signing in for three years, and the [Sign in to complete tasks system] has been activated. Now I am sending you a big activation gift package, do you want to receive it?"
When others came to bully him, Yang Chen remained silent.
People in the same village were still laughing at him for being a coward. Even though others were bullying him like this, he didn't dare to say a word.
It's not that he dares not speak out, but that he has more direct and effective means of revenge.
What problems can be solved by just quarreling?
This was the moment he was waiting for, the system to activate.
He quickly clicked "yes" with his mind.
System: "Received the command, the novice gift package is presented. Congratulations to the owner for winning the surprise ten-draw prize. Do you want to draw now?"
Yang Chen: "Can I customize the reward?"
Yang Chen now wanted to prove to his sister and parents that they were not trying to cheat for the bride price.
Therefore, he wanted to customize a super luxurious dowry for his sister to shut everyone up.