Reborn in the 80s: The Smart Wife with a Secret Space Chapter 680

When they arrived at the restaurant, the relatives from the Han and Chu families who came to attend the engagement banquet were also there, having rushed over directly after work.

On the Han family’s side, there was, of course, Han Jingchen, the dear second uncle, and Han Chaoyang, the big brother. Even Xinyan, after visiting Granny Zhang at the hospital earlier, dragged He Jinxuan over.

Of course, there were also Uncle Sun Baowei and Cousin Sun Zhenling, though no one expected Little Cousin Sun Zhenhai to take time off without notifying the family.

On the Chu family’s side were Chu Zhenhua’s two cousins, a few comrades of Chu Hongsen, and Ge Yumei’s family.

It was evident that Chu Hongsen and his wife truly treated Chu Zhenhua like their own daughter; otherwise, Ge Yumei wouldn’t have had her family come to support Chu Zhenhua.

After exchanging pleasantries, everyone took their seats. Ge Yumei’s family expressed their stance, stating that they also saw Chu Zhenhua as their granddaughter and would naturally add to her dowry.

The Ge family really liked Chu Zhenhua. Coming to her engagement banquet today had been pre-agreed, but mentioning the dowry directly today was at Ge Yumei’s prompting, solely to irritate that woman, Cao Sanmei.

She was really annoyed by that woman, who, the whole way here, kept subtly observing what dowries the Han family had given, which really vexed her.

The engagement banquet proceeded smoothly, with laughter and blessings continuously echoing as everyone raised their glasses.

If it weren’t for Chu Zhenhua holding him back, Han Chaoxu might have gotten drunk and collapsed.

Even so, he was already babbling nonsense: "Zhenhua, I, I’m not drunk, I can still drink. I’m happy today, everyone should drink to their heart’s content."

Chu Zhenhua looked at him helplessly, but couldn’t help the sweet smile that appeared on her lips.

After seeing the guests off, when the Chu family returned home, Cao Sanmei bluntly said, "Second Brother, Second Sister-in-law, no matter what, your big brother is still Zhenhua’s real father.

How could you just take charge of the dowry and bride price like that? Your financial situation is good; it’s one thing to match a dowry, but why drag us into it?"

Ge Yumei could no longer listen, directly interrupting, "Big Sister-in-law, have you perhaps forgotten what you promised the old man before?"

Hearing her sister-in-law mention the deceased old man of the Chu family, Cao Sanmei did not deny it: "All these years, we’ve put money into savings every month. After all these years, it adds up to a significant sum. Now to offer a dowry equal to the Han family’s bride price, how are we supposed to live?"

She used to see how generous the Han family was, and now it pains her because seeing those bride prices she couldn’t have was the real agony.

Only now, seeing Chu Honglin had no intention to refuse, did she feel even more discontented.

Chu Honglin naturally also thought it was unreasonable, but he was the one who agreed back then, saying Zhenhua wouldn’t be mistreated. Besides, he now wanted to foster a good relationship with the Han family, so cutting back on this dowry was out of the question.

So he said, "This was something we agreed to initially, so we must not break our word."

No matter how unhappy Cao Sanmei was, she didn’t dare to say more in front of Chu Hongsen and his wife, fearing that Chu Honglin would take it out on her later.

The visit was not worth it, as she had thought that after so many years, who would have the nerve to bring up past matters? Especially when the Han family’s conditions were good, naturally she came for the benefits.

But now, truly, she lost both her advantage and her backing, angered to the point of spitting blood, with no place to lodge her complaint.

Furious, she directly dragged Chu Honglin to catch the evening train back.

Before leaving, Chu Honglin said to his brother and sister-in-law, "We live far away, so please take care of Zhenhua’s matters."