The one who regretted it most at this time was the Huang family. Of course, the Xia family would not invite them to the wedding banquet, and the Liu family would not invite them to the wedding banquet either. It was just that Xia Ruqian's wedding was so grand and impressive that few families could set off firecrackers all the way there. The firecrackers alone must have cost more than ten yuan! Look at the dowry, box after box, someone counted them, there were dozens of boxes! Not to mention the pots and pans, even the cloth, the gold and silver jewelry at the bottom of the box must have been a lot of dowry! Mrs. Du was so shocked when she heard this!
The Xia family was so generous in marrying off Xia Ruqian, but what about Xia Ruzheng? Xia Ruzheng is an old maid, not as fresh and capable as Xia Ruqian. Xia Chunfu should have given her a larger dowry to compensate her in-laws, otherwise how could they feel balanced? So it was reasonable for his son to want to marry Xia Ruzheng. If Xia Ruzheng had come with such a large dowry, his family could have gone from being the poorest in Waipian Village to the richest! It's a pity that Xu Xianhua got stuck with her and married her with such a shabby dowry! She's not as pretty as Xia Ruzheng!
Thinking of Xu Xianhua's mother, Yang, and Du's headache returned. Although Xu Xianhua wasn't doing well, Yang cared deeply about her daughter and visited her every now and then, fearing she wasn't doing well. Xu Xianhua was also a fool. They used to think foolishness was good, easy to coax and get things done, but now it seemed that foolishness was fatal. A trivial matter could be turned into a huge one. Yang had already had three arguments with her family, and each time, she would stand at the door and curse, letting everyone know about it. Their family already had little substance, and now their reputation was completely lost.
So every time Mrs. Du heard others talk about Xia Ruqian's dowry, her heart would ache. Her beautiful wife and so much dowry were gone! She couldn't even get into the house! The enchanting prince and his little concubine:
Huang Zhong's legs had gotten better by then, and he was able to get up. However, when he started walking, he realized he had a limp. At first, he thought it was because his legs hurt and he was not strong enough, so he limped. Later, he realized he might really be lame.
This is a serious matter. Huang Zhong's leg is lame, but he still can't cause trouble to others. There are no more second-rate guys in the county, and he can't cause trouble to Yang Hongwei. It's already very good that Yang Hongwei doesn't cause trouble to him.
Having a lame leg is not just a matter of face, it means he can't do many things! For example, if Huang Zhong wants to be an official, this lame leg will also greatly reduce his ability! Huang Zhong is going crazy.
When Mrs. Du learned about this, she fainted from tears, crying out, "What a sin!" Why wouldn't God let their family go? She then cursed Erliuzi and Yang Hongwei seven, eight, or even ten times, wishing them hell. These insincere curses, which wouldn't even reach their ears, were completely useless. Mrs. Du cried for the better part of a day, finally getting up and telling Huang Zhong she'd heal them.
But is lameness so easy to cure? The first problem is that there is no money! Xu Xianhua’s dowry was not much to begin with. Xu’s father was angry at Xu Xianhua for not knowing the importance of the matter and not knowing how to advance or retreat. He caused trouble for the family and lost so much face. He did not allow Yang to buy her more dowry. It would be better to leave more for the son of the family! Yang secretly stuffed some in, but it was of no use! So before long, Xu Xianhua’s dowry was almost emptied. If Yang hadn’t been watching, it would have fallen into Du’s hands long ago, and Xu Xianhua would not have been able to touch a single hair.
Even after spending all of Xu Xianhua's dowry, it still wasn't enough. Du couldn't help but think of her daughters. The most valuable assets in the family were her daughters, so Du decided to marry her daughters off, demanding a large betrothal gift regardless of anything else. This was clearly selling her daughters. But Du didn't care. Selling her daughters was fine; it wasn't something she couldn't do. After all, she had no money and no reputation, so her son was the most important thing.
So, starting with the eldest daughter of the Huang family, they were all married off haphazardly. Naturally, they couldn't match the good marriage that Xia Ruzheng had had with Huang Zhong in the previous life. It was a far cry from that. The eldest daughter of the Huang family married an old widower. His wife had died when he was young, and he never remarried. Because he had no money and was not good-looking, he couldn't steal someone else's wife even if he wanted to. He had never tasted a woman in his life. This time, when he heard that there was a clean, virgin girl to marry for a fee, he immediately spent all his family's wealth to marry her. At first, Mrs. Du was not very happy about it. However, it had only been a short time since Mrs. Du made the idea known. People thought it was a scam and didn't dare to come to her house. Moreover, the Huang family's daughter had a bad reputation, so no one wanted her. Who knew that this big girl was not the original one? So everyone was waiting for the first person to take the plunge.
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