Sure enough, Cui Sixian took out a box.
"Here, these are for you. My mother went to great lengths to buy a box of pink pearls from a traveling merchant. They are all plump and round. I didn't even use a single one myself, I left them all for you. There are a total of twenty!"
"Thank you, cousin." Fang Ruotang accepted it with a smile without even pausing.
Cui Sixian also opened the small brocade box.
Upon closer inspection, there were three pills inside.
She exclaimed in surprise, "Why are you giving so much?"
"You're only giving it to your husband, not your in-laws? Let's leave it like this for now! After you marry into their family, if they treat you well, I'll see if I can give it to them or not."
Fang Ruotang proudly raised her chin, feeling smug that she could support her cousin who was getting married.
"Xiao Liu, you're so good to me! All the pampering I've given you in the past has been worth it." Cui Sixian happily hugged Fang Ruotang and kept nuzzling her head.
"It's nothing! Little Mirror said that these pills are only useful to us mortals. Once the passage opens next year, those cultivators from higher planes won't even bother with these pills."
“It’s a small matter. We are all ordinary people. This is very important to us. Even if we can open up the passage, not everyone has the talent to cultivate.”
Because of their kinship, they had a few more advantages than others, but the Cui family had no geniuses, so the path of cultivation was impossible for them. They were already very satisfied to live a few decades longer.
Therefore, these pills that Fang Ruotang considered insignificant were, to them, nothing short of elixirs, life-saving medicines.
"Fool, didn't I warn you not to say that?" Fang Shengtang tapped Fang Ruotang on the head, seemingly to remind Fang Ruotang, but also to warn the Cui mother and daughter in the room.
“My cousin isn’t a stranger, so it’s okay to tell her the truth.”
"Exactly! And do you think I'm an ungrateful person? Who does my older cousin think she is!"
Cui Sixian grabbed Fang Ruotang's arm, raised her chin high, and looked at Fang Shengtang with dissatisfaction, as if she and Fang Ruotang were sisters.
Everyone present, except Fang Ruotang, understood what Fang Shengtang meant.
Fang Ruotang has never lacked anything since childhood. Even when Xiao Jingzi tricked her into doing tasks, he didn't hold out for more than two or three days before letting her take whatever she wanted. Therefore, she is very generous and has almost nothing that she values.
Because there was never anything she had to work hard to obtain, almost all the treasures in the world were presented to her, and she could choose whatever she wanted.
What she currently considers a useless elixir is actually not the case. After all, ordinary people make up the majority of the population, while those who can cultivate immortality are a very small minority.
Fang Shengtang was afraid that Fang Ruotang's nonchalant attitude would make others believe it was true. She couldn't accept someone taking Fang Ruotang's kindness and not being grateful.
"But my older cousin is right. It's fine for you to say this to us, but you can't talk nonsense like this outside. These are good things that ordinary people like us can't get."
Cui Sixian changed her expression quickly, and then turned to Fang Ruotang with a lecturing look.
Fang Ruotang nodded indifferently, her perfunctory manner giving everyone present a headache.
A short while later, the Shu sisters arrived as well.
Fang Ruotang's eyes lit up immediately, especially when she saw them chatting happily with her cousin Xian and preparing a generous dowry. Her curiosity reached its peak.
Wow! I thought the Shu sisters would fall out with my cousin Xian when they tried to steal her marriage! Turns out, they're still on good terms!
The Cui family girl and the Shu family girl only started interacting because of Fang Ruotang.
I don't understand you humans.
I don't understand either.
The Shu sisters blushed and glanced awkwardly at Cui Sixian.
Cui Sixian smiled generously, not feeling anything was amiss.
She's not Fang Ruotang.
Although she was the legitimate daughter of the Cui family, she had a favored half-sister in the family, and her mother did not have much face in front of her father. Therefore, her mother had talked to her about her marriage in private.
Like most women in the world, she was vying for nothing more than to marry into a good family, so she understood why the Shu sisters were tempted after hearing about Lord Kang's good qualities.
Moreover, she promptly asked her mother to inform her aunt, who then told Aunt Shu about the matter immediately. The Shu family also made their position clear at once, and the Shu sisters stopped worrying about it.
In her view, this was already a very respectable thing.
It's impossible for her to harbor too much resentment towards her two cousins who grew up together because of this. It can only be said that they are all women, and life isn't easy for either of them.
Your cousin Shu is currently looking for a husband, and it's the Kang family's son.
【Huh? Do we really have to get stuck in this one pit?】
Fang Ruotang was speechless.
[Didn't you say Lord Kang's family was very poor? How come my two older cousins are both eyeing his family? What's so great about them?]
Cui Sixian and the Shu sisters looked at Fang Ruotang speechlessly.
I really want to ask a question.
What's so good about them?
If Fang Ruotang hadn't revealed her true feelings, how could women from families like theirs possibly have looked up to the Kang family? The Kang family would need to work hard for at least three generations, and only if all three generations of the family were successful, to barely reach the level of their maternal family.
"How is Lord Kang's younger brother?" Fang Ruotang frowned, her face full of disapproval and worry. Before Xiao Jingzi could answer, she pressed on with the question.
He possesses immense strength and is an expert farmer.
Fang Ruotang: ...
She stared speechlessly at her cousin from the Shu family.
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