I am Li Mei, 32 years old, born in a family with five golden flowers. We are five sisters, who grew up together since childhood, and we have a deep relationship. However, as we grew older, the marriage of the five of us became the biggest problem in the family. My father insisted on a sky-high bride price, but now we are all worried about getting married.
Our family lives in a small town, and our parents are ordinary farmers, relying on one acre and three points of land to support a family of seven. The father is a traditional person, and believes that the marriage of his daughter is a major event in the family, and the bride price is naturally indispensable. In his opinion, the amount of bride price is not only related to the quality of his daughter's marriage, but also to his face and the dignity of the family.
There are five of us sisters, all of whom look like flowers and jade, and they all have different personalities. The eldest sister is gentle and virtuous, the second sister is smart and capable, the third sister is lively and cheerful, the fourth sister is quiet and introverted, and I am the little pepper in the family, with a straightforward personality and dare to love and hate. Although we have very different personalities, we have a deep sisterhood and have always been a beautiful scenery in the town.
However, as we grew older, marriage became the top priority in the family. My father began to go around asking for blind dates for us, but every time he had to ask for a sky-high bride price. He believes that only in this way can we ensure that we marry well and live happily.
However, the reality is far more cruel than my father imagined. In our town, the bride price is not high, and many people shy away from their father's sky-high bride price. Gradually, the marriage of the five sisters became a problem.
The eldest sister was the first to start a blind date, she was gentle and virtuous, and soon met a suitable partner. However, when the father asked for a sky-high bride price, the other party hesitated. In the end, this relationship ended without a problem, and the eldest sister also fell into a deep loss.
The second sister is a smart and capable girl, she opened a small shop by herself, and business is booming. However, her marriage has also become a problem for the family. Although many people pursued her, they were all discouraged when they heard about her father's sky-high bride price. The second sister began to doubt her own worth and felt that she was not worthy of love.
The third sister is lively and cheerful, and has a likable personality. She once had a good relationship, but because of the bride price, they eventually broke up. The third sister began to become taciturn, no longer as lively and cheerful as before.
The fourth sister is quiet and introverted, and she has been silently bearing the pressure of her family. She knew that her father was for their good, but she also longed to find someone who truly loved her, and not be bound by the bride price.
And I, as the little pepper at home, naturally will not give in easily. I had a heated argument with my father, and I thought that what he did was not only unfair, but also disrespectful to the five sisters. However, my father insisted that he was doing the right thing and that it was for the sake of our happiness.
Watching the five of us sisters fall into trouble one by one because of the bride price issue, I have mixed feelings in my heart. I began to reflect, are we really wrong? Should we compromise and accept our father's arrangement?
However, just when we were at our most desperate, things took a turn for the worse. One day, an elder in the town came to us and told us that my father didn't really want that much bride price, he just wanted to make sure we could marry well and live happily. The reason why he insisted on the sky-high bride price was because he felt that only in this way could we prove our worth.
The elder's words woke us up from a dream, and we began to understand my father's distress and helplessness. We decided to sit down and have a good talk with my dad and tell him what we thought and felt.
After some frank communication, my father finally let go of the obsession in his heart. He admitted his mistake and said that in the future, he would not pursue the bride price too much, but would think more about our happiness and feelings.
Hearing my father's words, all five of us sisters were moved to tears. We know that from now on, we can find our own happiness according to our own hearts.