Determined to marry a poor boyfriend, at the engagement ceremony, when looking at the wedding gifts the groom's family brought, everyone in my family was shocked.

I am a girl from Hanoi, my family's economy is only average, but my parents always try to work hard to take care of me so that I can have a full life and a proper education. Of course, my parents hope that I can marry a rich, kind and especially sincere man who loves their daughter.

Not letting my parents down, after graduating, I was soon accepted to work at one of the largest companies in the city with a high salary and good benefits. As a knowledgeable person, pretty in appearance and always dedicated to work, I am loved by many colleagues.

One day, by chance, I met and had a good impression of a handsome guy named Hoang, the manager of the department next to me. After a while of pursuing him, I accepted my feelings and officially fell in love with him.

We have been in love for more than 2 years now and we both want to get married because we are no longer young.

The day Hoang brought me home to meet his parents, I was shocked to see that his parents were living in a tiny, old, 2-story house, nestled between two 5-story houses of the neighbors. At that time, I did not hesitate to blame him for working for so long without saving money to build his parents a nice house. He smiled and said: "I also suggested demolishing the old house and building a new one, but my parents said the house had many beautiful memories so they wanted to keep it. I respected their wishes so I did not dare to destroy it."

On the surface, I smiled and agreed, but in my heart, I thought that my boyfriend probably spent all his money and had no money to help his parents, so he had to say that. Even so, I still decided to marry him, because I thought that whether his parents were rich or poor was not important, because I would not be living with them in the future, it was better for the couple to be self-reliant.

When I told my parents that I wanted to marry Hoang, they were very surprised. After thinking for a while, my father said that he would visit Hoang's house with my mother before making a decision.

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The day my parents came to visit, seeing Hoang's house was so old, my father could only sigh. When he returned home, he told me: "I don't like your boyfriend's family at all, but your in-laws are very hospitable, and your future son-in-law is also good at speaking, so I agreed to let you marry him. Your husband's family is so poor, it will be difficult for you to marry him. But since you have decided to marry him, you must treat your in-laws well in the future. Being poor is not a crime, but if you are unfilial and look down on your husband's family, you will commit a great crime."

Before, my parents always proudly said that I was a gentle, talented girl, and that I would be happy to marry into any family. Because of the hardships of raising me, my father wanted the groom's family to pay a dowry of 50 million VND before marrying me. However, when he learned about my boyfriend's family's situation, he decided not to take the dowry anymore.

Our engagement ceremony was held less than a month later. However, when the groom's family brought the dowry, my family was overwhelmed when the head of the family opened the dowry. Inside was a tray of money, all in 500,000 VND bills. The groom's family said that there was 500 million VND in it, which made everyone in the bride's family surprised and confused, because they didn't know what to do with such a large amount of money.

Luckily, my father was quick-witted and accepted the money, saying that he would leave it for my husband and I to buy a house. However, my mother-in-law said: "I have bought my children an apartment near home. After the wedding, they will move there to live comfortably. The remaining 500 million is money my husband and I gave to thank you for raising us so that we have a good daughter-in-law. So you don't have to think too much, just accept it."

Hearing this, I was stunned. It turned out that my husband's parents were not as poor as everyone thought. They were used to a frugal lifestyle and did not like to show off their wealth.

Receive such a large sum of money. My mother said that no matter what the in-laws said, we still had to find a way to return it. If we took it, we could just take a few million, because after all, it was someone else's sweat and tears. We couldn't enjoy it without working. My father thought that the in-laws were kind-hearted and that if we didn't accept it, they would be sad, so he wanted to deposit all of that money in the bank, in case my husband and I needed it. Hearing my father say that, my mother stopped thinking and agreed.

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