With Zhao Lizheng making such a statement, the Shen family felt even more uneasy.
Despite the excruciating pain in her heart and lungs, Old Lady Shen gritted her teeth and said, "One mu, at most one mu can be harvested."
"You make it sound so easy. Our Qiao family has waited for so many years. Do you think we can be satisfied with just an acre of land?" Madam Wan scoffed.
“It’s just three acres of land,” Shi Murou said.
The Qiao and Shen families all looked at her.
“My family has plenty of land, I’ll just give you three mu, please stop bothering me.”
The Shen family was thrilled and hoped the Qiao family would agree immediately.
Shen Lao Er's wife muttered, "They really got off easy."
But they were also relieved that Shen Liang had managed to marry a wealthy girl; otherwise, if they had really lost those three acres, their hearts would have bled.
However, the Qiao family remained unmoved. Of course, they knew that Shi Murou had no shortage of money or land.
They wanted to make the Shen family feel pain.
This stick should land squarely on the heads of the Shen family members, making them see stars.
Old Mrs. Qiao shook her head: "Miss Shi, you don't know how hard it is for us farmers to run around planting crops. The fields of each household here are connected, which makes it convenient to plant in a concentrated manner. So apart from the three paddy fields next to the Shen family, we don't want the other fields."
She no longer cares whether Shi Murou knew about Shen Liang's arranged marriage in the first place.
The real fault lies with Shen Liang and the Shen family. Even if the girl took the initiative, Shen Liang was still at fault for being so affectionate with her after knowing he was betrothed to her.
No one forced him to do anything.
The Qiao family shared the same mindset; as long as this Miss Shi didn't cause them trouble, they wouldn't go against anyone.
The joy that had just risen in the hearts of the Shen family was instantly shrouded in dark clouds again.
They realized that the Joe family was deliberately targeting them and trying to bring them down.
They deliberately made sure that the solution that worked for Shi Murou was no longer viable.
The goal is to make the Shen family bleed real money.
That's awful. How can someone hold a grudge like that?
Old Mrs. Shen said angrily, "You're doing this on purpose, aren't you? You're deliberately making things difficult for the Shen family."
Boss Qiao: "So what if it was intentional? Your Shen family did something like this, and you don't allow our Qiao family to do it intentionally?"
Liu: "This is outrageous!"
Qiao Laosan: "Who's really bullying whom?"
Of course, it doesn't matter if the Qiao family bullies the Shen family, since they are the innocent party anyway.
Shen Laosan looked at Zhao Lizheng: "Zhao Lizheng, those three mu of paddy fields can be sold for fifteen taels per mu, which means the Shen family paid forty-five taels. That's a lot of money. Even if our Shen family and the Qiao family were to get married, the bride price plus the dowry wouldn't be this much."
"The Qiao family is indeed asking for an exorbitant amount."
"It's your fault too. The girl has come all the way to the village. This is making the Qiao family lose face in public. The Qiao family can't swallow this resentment if they don't ask for more," Zhao Lizheng said to the Shen family, then lowered his voice, "This matter should have been resolved privately from the beginning. The marriage should have been called off, and compensation should have been paid. But you made such a big fuss. It was an arranged marriage between children, and people have waited for so many years. To give them ten or eight taels of silver per mu of paddy field is outrageous."
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