Aria's heart sank when she heard Wendy's words. Her mother was right. Her father was the one who paid for her Uncle Jeffrey's marriage. That was why her family was so poor later.
However, even if she did not want her father to fork out the money, it was useless because her father was very good to his brother.
Therefore, there was nothing she could do about it...
When Wendy saw her daughter lowering her head, she felt that she had said too much. Besides, her daughter didn't understand what she was saying.
Wendy sighed and went to the kitchen to make the fried chicken.
Wendy's culinary skills were outstanding. The fried chicken was not complicated. After 40 to 50 minutes, a pot of steaming hot fried chicken was served.
"It smells so good!" Aria could not help but praise.
Wendy smiled and patted her daughter's head. Then, she took out a fried chicken and split it into two halves. She gave half to Aria.
It had been a long time since Aria had the chance to eat the fried chicken made by her mother. She had to taste it carefully.
As expected, it was as delicious as ever...
Aria could not help but narrow her eyes.
Although Wendy wanted to bring the fried chicken to Mary while it was still hot, it was raining harder than before, so she wasn't in a hurry.
The rain outside was getting heavier and heavier. The raindrops hit the ground and made pitter-patter sounds. Handsome was hiding in its kennel, but because of the wind, a lot of raindrops were blowing into the kennel.
Aria looked at the raindrops outside the window and ran out to take a look at the corridor. Then, she said to her mother, "Mom, is there anything that can cover the kennel? Handsome is drenched."
Wendy thought for a moment and took out a transparent oilcloth from the kitchen. "Cover it with this."
Aria nodded.
Then, the two of them covered the kennel with the oilcloth and pressed a few bricks on it.
The cloth was relatively large and hung down a little, just enough to cover half of the kennel. This way, the raindrops would not be blown in.
As if it had also sensed the usefulness of this oilcloth, Handsome called out a few times in excitement.
"Alright, that's enough. Hurry up and enter the house. Don't catch a cold." Wendy took her daughter's hand and returned to the house. "I don't know why you're thinking about this dog now. You were afraid of it before. "
Wendy felt that it was very strange. One of the main reasons why the dog was sent away was because her daughter was afraid of it. She was worried about her daughter, so she asked Justin to send the dog to his father.
She did not expect that now...
Aria smiled, then looked up and said, "I'm bold now, so I'm not afraid of it. I will treat it well!"
In fact, Aria was still very afraid of dogs. However, Handsome did not have a good life in the previous life. Moreover, it was a very docile dog. It was said that it had not bitten anyone for so many years, so she was barely not so afraid now.
Moreover, since this dog was brought back by her father, they should take good care of it.
"My daughter is so sensible!" Wendy smiled and stroked Aria's hair.
Since the rain was heavy and there was nothing to do, Aria could only go to the big bed and take an afternoon nap with her mother. Andy was already sound asleep.
When it rained, it made people feel the sleepiest. So it didn't take long for Aria to fall asleep. After that, she heard people talking in a daze.
It was her father and mother.
Although she was awake, she still wanted to hear what her parents were saying, so she closed her eyes and listened quietly.
"Are they crazy? How can they ask for so much money?" Wendy's words were mixed with anger as if she was trying her best to suppress it.
Justin looked at his wife helplessly. "Don't be anxious!"
"How can I not be anxious?! Why need you to pay for his wedding? I've never heard of such a thing!" Wendy was more than anxious. She was almost going crazy.
Wendy didn't expect her husband to bring back such news from the Flores Village.
The Flores family was not satisfied with the newly built house, but now they wanted a motorcycle and a television. They also wanted a betrothal price of 10,000 dollars, a gold necklace, gold earrings, and a gold ring. They were crazy!
Although Wendy knew that her husband would definitely pay for Jeffrey's marriage, she did not expect the money to be so high.
Justin had indeed earned some money by working hard for the past few years, but most of it was used to pay off the debts that Otto owed in the past. He didn't save much money at all.
Therefore, they could not afford this money at all.
"No, you can't pay for this!" Wendy said with a gloomy face, "Besides, our family doesn't have that much money."
Their family only had five to six thousand dollars in savings now. They had saved this with great difficulty. Their son had just been born, and of course, many things needed to be spent on. Moreover, their daughter was going to go to school soon. When that time came, they would need to spend even more money.
Therefore, Wendy could not let her husband get involved in this mess. He did not have the responsibility to bear such pressure.
"I know we don't have... Therefore, I want to borrow it first..." Justin looked hesitant.
"You borrow money for your younger brother's marriage, you're really a good brother!" Wendy gritted her teeth and said, "If you can borrow it, why didn't he do it himself? Why did he ask you to borrow?!" The betrothal prices in the Flores Village were more than in other villages, so why did he choose a wife from there?"
"You know, Jeffrey is old and doesn't have much money. It wasn't easy for him to find a suitable person now, so there's no other way." Justin said helplessly. "Besides, I'm his only brother. I can't just ignore him now, right? I'm sorry for my deceased mother..."
"No matter what you say, I won't agree to pay!"
"Dear..."
Aria closed her eyes and listened to these words.
She knew why. It was because of her future second aunt's betrothal price.
The Flores Family Village asked for the highest betrothal prices among the nearby villages, and her second aunt was no exception. Moreover, she remembered that although her mother did not agree, her father still took the money in the end. It was because of this that they had lived a long life of poverty.
However, Uncle Jeffrey and Aunt would not be grateful to her father for this in the future...