As soon as he finished speaking, he lowered his head and dared not look at anyone.
I felt like the whole sky was about to collapse.
"What?"
Zhu Xiuqin suddenly stood up, leaned forward slightly, looked excited, put her hands on her hips, and raised her voice.
"Two thousand? She really dares to ask for that! What, is her daughter made of gold? Or inlaid with jewels? Have the Liu family gone mad?"
"Even if it were made of gold, it couldn't possibly be worth this much money! This is just a deliberate attempt to raise the price and rip you off!"
"The heartless Liu family, thinking they can charge exorbitant prices just because they're a mere village chief? Do they think the Shen family owns a bank? They're dreaming!"
Zhu Xiuqin said through gritted teeth, then spat out a mouthful of contempt.
Seeing Zhu Xiuqin getting more and more excited as she spoke, she seemed ready to talk on and on.
Shen Zhiyu, standing nearby, could only sigh.
But then I thought of the gentle and beautiful Liu Yuelan…
A surge of emotions welled up inside him that he could hardly contain.
no!
I absolutely must marry her this time!
Even if it costs him everything, he absolutely cannot give up!
He gritted his teeth and spoke to Zhu Xiuqin in a humble voice.
"Mom! Please help me out... There must still be some money left at home, right?"
Shen Zhiyu lowered his voice and pleaded cautiously.
A flicker of expectation, mixed with unease, flashed in his eyes.
"You've saved up quite a bit over the years, haven't you? Can you lend it to me this once?"
He knew better than anyone that although his family was doing alright, they were not wealthy.
All the money that her eldest brother, Shen Cunpu, earned working away from home throughout the year, plus the occasional allowance from her sister-in-law Su Qingzhi's family, ended up in her mother's hands and was locked away in a small wooden box.
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