Meanwhile, Madam Shen ordered someone to fetch the pawn tickets, a total of four, amounting to 3,726 taels of silver.

She then asked Madam Shen with a defiant tone, "Look for yourself, where is the more than five thousand taels?"

But this punch felt like hitting cotton.

Madam Shen casually replied, "Oh, perhaps my daughter-in-law was in a hurry and miscalculated."

But actually, she deliberately exaggerated.

This was also something Shen Xiyin taught her.

To put it bluntly, in order to prove her innocence, Madam Shen would have no choice but to produce the pawn ticket. With the pawn ticket, Madam Shen could then pressure her to redeem the items as soon as possible.

Because the ticket has a date written on it, you can't redeem it at the original price after that date.

"Oh dear! The wedding is just a few days away." Madam Shen looked anxious and was about to cry again. "What should we do? My poor bride, without all that dowry, how will she get married?"

"Stop wailing!" Old Madam Shen was extremely annoyed. "I'll have someone redeem you right now!"

But as soon as she finished speaking, she couldn't help but regret it.

If she were to redeem so many things in such a grand manner, wouldn't it be obvious to outsiders that she was exchanging her dowry for money?

It would be better to just give her the silver directly. If you ever need it in the future, you can ask her for it again. I doubt she would dare not refuse!

Thinking of this, Madam Shen said in a pretentious tone, "Alright, it takes time to go back and forth, and I can't stand your wailing."

"I'll give you the money directly, so please stop this mournful cry."

Upon hearing that there was money to be received, Madam Shen immediately stopped wailing and only sobbed softly. She only stopped crying completely when she saw the money.

Madam Shen had someone bring three 1,000-tael notes and one 500-tael silver note, and received the remaining 226 taels in cash.

When Madam Shen saw so much money, her eyes widened and she was overjoyed.

She was overjoyed and ready to accept the money, but unexpectedly, a clean, fair hand reached out from the side, took the silver notes before she could, and put them into her pocket.