AMRWFA -Chapter 283 Favoring Sons Over Daughters

“That’s your sister. She’s your only sister—if you’re not good to her, who will you be good to?”

“In the future, when Mom and Dad are gone, it’ll just be the two of you. If you two don’t get along, who else will you rely on?”

Simple and honest, Gan’s parents were shaped by the limitations of their era. They truly believed that a family must have a son—without one, it wasn’t complete. But that didn’t mean that once they had a son, the daughter no longer mattered. A daughter was their flesh and blood too, the only family member they would leave behind in this world for their son. The siblings should support each other.

So even when Gan Fangfang was furious at her parents’ favoritism, she endured it for this reason.

Her grades hadn’t been good. She didn’t get into university and only attended a vocational school before going out to work.

Gan Tiezhu was five years younger than her. By the time she started working, he was still in middle school. His grades weren’t good either, but their parents’ attitude changed—rather than sending him to vocational school, they paid for him to repeat a year, enrolled him in training classes, and arranged tutoring. No matter what, he had to get into a university.

Because he was a boy—the future pillar of the family.

If he failed, how would they live in the future?

“Sis, do you resent Mom and Dad for being so biased?” Gan Tiezhu studied her expression carefully, asking cautiously.

Gan Fangfang sighed helplessly and said to her younger brother, who now stood a head taller than her, “What can I do? They’ve always been biased. Am I supposed to argue with them?”

“But back then, when your grades weren’t good, they didn’t let you repeat a year…”

“But at that time, our family was poor.” Emotionally, she might feel upset, but rationally, she understood—the reason they didn’t let her repeat a year was because they couldn’t afford it.

When you’re poor, someone has to be sacrificed.

And in that situation, it was obvious—it would be her.

Some things, when you stay angry about them long enough, you eventually become numb.

Her parents had always been like this, and there was nothing she could do.

Fortunately, her younger brother hadn’t disappointed her. He wasn’t ungrateful—he understood her “sacrifice” and kept it in his heart.

“Alright, this is between me and Mom and Dad. It has nothing to do with you. Just focus on your studies and don’t worry about anything else. Once you succeed in the future and life gets better, just remember to help your big sister out.”

Gan Tiezhu muttered, “What success could I possibly achieve? Even if I study more, I’ll just be a college graduate…”

He had little confidence in himself and didn’t think he’d ever be capable of supporting his sister.

He only hoped that in the future, he could take care of their parents and not become a burden to his sister—that would be enough.

So when Gan Fangfang got a boyfriend, Gan Tiezhu was the first to step forward, worried the man might treat his sister poorly.

After observing for a while, he found that aside from being a bit poor, Jin Bo treated his sister quite well.

But that “poverty” was relative. Compared to others, the Jin family might be poor, but compared to the Gan family—whose parents both worked away from home in rural areas—the Jin family was better off. For example, they owned a house in town. Jin’s father had a stable job, and his mother worked at a nearby supermarket.

When the two families began discussing marriage, Gan Tiezhu even spoke up, urging his parents not to go too far—what did a bride price matter compared to his sister?

Even so, the two families still discussed the bride price, leading to the title of this story—“He Gave Me 700,000.”

Jin Bo agreed to give Gan Fangfang 700,000 yuan as the bride price.

Gan’s parents were delighted. “You can really come up with that much money? Don’t worry—we won’t take a single cent. When Fangfang gets married, we’ll let her take it all with her. We’re marrying off a daughter, not selling her—we won’t take advantage of your family.”

Was the 700,000 the main point? No—the key was what their son had told them: if the other party could afford it, it meant they had the capability. Their daughter would live a good life after marrying into that family.

So they mustn’t hold things back and ruin the marriage.

“Once my sister gets married, won’t she take care of me? I’m her only brother.”

“Yes, yes, you’re right. We’ll listen to you.”

Gan’s parents were traditional and believed Gan Tiezhu made sense. Besides, he was the only college student in the family—surely listening to him couldn’t be wrong.

And that led to the current scene—Ruan Yaoyao happened to see Gan Fangfang sneaking around with a woven sack.

Seven hundred thousand yuan…

Gan Fangfang had never seen so much money in her life. She hadn’t expected that when Jin Bo called her over, he would hand it to her directly.

Carrying the money, her heart pounded wildly.

Thump—

Thump—

She knew Jin Bo’s family was better off than hers, but she hadn’t expected them to be this well-off—able to produce 700,000 yuan just like that.

Because she was so nervous, she became extremely sensitive to her surroundings. So when she faintly heard her and her brother’s names, she immediately pricked up her ears.

【Sigh… what a pity.】

【Although Gan Tiezhu didn’t want to become a burden, what he didn’t realize was that his momentary “kindness” would ruin his sister’s entire life.】

【He kindly persuaded his parents not to make things difficult for Jin Bo and readily agreed to marry his sister off—never knowing that this marked the beginning of her tragic second half of life.】

【Her sister happily carried the 700,000 yuan home. Gan Tiezhu didn’t even let their parents open it. He told his sister to put it away herself and store it safely in the house, to avoid anyone getting greedy.】

Gan Fangfang froze.

Her brother… was actually this considerate?

She had originally planned to leave half the money at home and take the other half as her dowry to the Jin family.

She hadn’t expected her brother to take nothing and let her keep it all.

Her eyes reddened. All these years of caring for Gan Tiezhu hadn’t been in vain.

【Seeing how much her brother cared for her, Gan Fangfang was deeply moved. She immediately promised that even after getting married, she wouldn’t forget him and would take good care of him.】

【From the moment she brought the money home to the wedding and after marrying into the Jin family, the Gan family never once questioned the 700,000. Gan’s parents even gratefully thanked Jin Bo’s parents for being so open-minded and for raising such a good son.】

【But what they didn’t know was that Jin Bo’s parents were even more shocked—they had no idea their son had that much money. Fortunately, the 700,000 was brought back. Otherwise, they would have caused a huge scene.】

What?!

Even his parents didn’t know he had that much money?

Gan Fangfang looked down at the woven sack, feeling that Jin Bo was incredibly bold—daring to secretly give her so much money behind his parents’ backs.

Had he done it because he was afraid his parents would disagree?

Gan Fangfang felt touched and thought she should treat Jin Bo even better in the future.

Such a good man—she couldn’t let him slip away.

【But with 700,000 yuan in Gan Fangfang’s hands, how could his parents feel at ease?】

【They came up with a plan: sell their old 80-square-meter house and have Gan Fangfang take out the 700,000 to buy a new, larger house of over 100 square meters. Without thinking much, she agreed.】

Although her future in-laws didn’t seem very kind, it didn’t matter—she had Jin Bo.

Wasn’t it just exchanging it for a bigger house? She wouldn’t lose out.

Gan Fangfang felt that agreeing to this wasn’t surprising.

No matter how bad her in-laws were, they only had one son. After buying the house, could it possibly end up in someone else’s hands?

As long as she and Jin Bo lived well together, there was no way the house would slip away.