Chapter 66 He Really Can't Refute
Uncle Shao's face darkened slightly. Shao Yunduan said, "Dad, let's eat! I'll send it to you next time if I make more."
Qiao Xuan also smiled: "That's right, next time I buy some candy from the public, I'll make a big pot and send half a pot to the second and third aunts!"
As for the candy on the table, it was bought with her dowry, so it’s hers!
Fang said, "Ouch!" "We can't bear to buy so much candy!"
Uncle Shao held his breath.
What does Mrs. Qiao want to do by always bringing up her dowry?
But he really couldn't refute it!
He wanted to be so angry that he refused to eat the food she had prepared with her dowry money.
But even if he didn't eat, what would happen? He couldn't stop the whole family from eating.
As he thought about it, Uncle Shao actually felt a little sad. He felt as if he, the head of the family, was like an outsider, as if they were a family.
Qiao Xuan didn’t know what Shao Sanlang told her mother-in-law, but the next morning, she found that her mother-in-law was worried.
After breakfast, Fang waved and called Qiao Xuan over: "Qiao, please accompany me to a place later."
When she first started speaking, Fang was still a little hesitant and embarrassed, but as she spoke she became more fluent and even a little excited.
"Tell me! Are the Yang Liang couple bastards? There should be a limit to greed, eighty taels? Even if Yang Xiaoni is a fairy, that won't do!"
"Other families marry and it's marriage, but what's the difference between this and selling a girl? They won't acknowledge anything except the money. I tried to say a few more words, but he retorted to me instead. I was so angry last time!"
"Yang Xiaoni is healthy, hardworking, and just a normal person. The third brother likes her, so I accept it. But with the Yang family like this, what can I do?"
"I don't know why this useless evildoer has become so obsessed. Alas! What a sin I have committed!"
Fang complained a lot, saying that Qiao Xuan was smart, so she asked her to accompany her to the Yang family today.
Xu was unreliable. Last time, she took Xu with her, but she just stood there like a piece of wood, enduring the couple's lies without saying a word. Later, she scolded her.
Qiao Xuan naturally would not refuse her mother-in-law's request. She comforted her mother-in-law and asked with a smile, "Mother, since you also think that the girl from the Yang family is good and Third Brother likes her, I will naturally accompany you on this trip. But how much do you want to give as a betrothal gift? Only when we have an amount can we talk."
Fang suddenly grimaced in pain.
To be honest, there is not much money left at home.
The second and third wives kept a close eye on the business, selling two pigs, some chickens, ducks, and eggs, as well as some beans, peanuts, etc. every year, but the income was really limited.
Fortunately, Shao Yunduan was sensible and tried to save as much as possible on his studies. He often copied books for bookstores in exchange for some paper and ink. In the past two years, Xiaoqi also made some income from hunting.
But Shao Yunduan spent almost all of his family's savings on his wedding and banquet!
Now, she had less than ten taels of silver when she saved up all the money she had - including the wages that Qiao Xuan had recently paid to Shao Dalang and the others, and the five cents of silver that Shao Xiaoqi had given her a few days ago.
She planned to borrow two taels from a wealthy family she knew in the village, and then sell the pig at the end of the year to pay it back, and she would be able to barely get together ten taels.
"Just ten taels, eleven at most, no more!"
Ten taels of silver was not a small amount. Most rural families had a hard time, and everyone was about the same. If someone really wanted to get married, three or five taels would be enough, and six or eight taels would be very respectable.
(End of this chapter)
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