Chapter 127: Walking Away
Xia Youcai spent more than ten taels of silver on this matter, but in the end he was still arrested and tied up with a rope and taken away. He was extremely depressed.
But he did not blame the government, the Qianhu Office, his own boss, or the big boss in the industry, "Mr. Sheng". He just cursed Xia Youtian's family all the way.
He kept cursing all the way to the site where the beacon tower was being built and when he started working.
Later, he was whipped twice by the supervisor and finally stopped.
Xia Youcai is used to a life of luxury, how could he do such chores?
Not to mention that I couldn’t eat or sleep well, and I had to constantly watch the supervisor’s face. If the supervisor was unhappy, I would be beaten and scolded…
I really hated Xia Youtian's family.
Fortunately, the project progressed quickly, and Xia Youcai survived this purgatory-like disaster in less than a month.
But his original chubby body and clean, round face were gone.
He was as thin as a stick and his face was tanned so dark that it was even darker than the black soil.
At first glance, it seems like a different person.
When he stood in front of his own door, holding a tattered bag and smelling bad, and knocked on the door, he was nearly beaten out by the doorman.
It was Liu who heard some strange noise and came out to check, only to find that it was Xia Youcai who had returned.
After Xia Youcai returned home, he fell ill and the illness lasted for a long time. He almost missed the wedding of his eldest daughter Jinhua.
Speaking of Jinhua, we have to mention that Mr. Xia and Mrs. Zhou were not fooled by Liu's sweet talk this time, and finally did not agree to Liu's request to sell a few pieces of land for Jinhua's dowry.
However, the old couple still loved their eldest granddaughter very much. On behalf of the old couple, Zhou gave Jinhua a pair of four-liang twisted silver bracelets as a decoration.
For ordinary farmers, such a gift is already very important.
But how could Liu value this silver bracelet weighing only four taels?
Not to mention Jinhua, who has a pair of rich eyes.
From the second to the fifth room, they also gave Jinhua some decorations. However, they were all things that Liu and Jinhua didn't like. They were very practical, but not worth much.
Sun hated Liu for using her as a tool and selling her out when the time came, so she explicitly refused to add any dowry to Jinhua.
Taohua and Erlang secretly sent Jinhua a pair of pillowcases with a picture of mandarin ducks playing in the water and a three-foot-long red cloth in the name of Sun and the second wife without Sun's knowledge.
As for Taohua and her peers, they teamed up to give Jinhua a box of twelve tongcao flowers.
The decorations added to other rooms are also mainly practical.
Mrs. Wu gave a pair of peach wood hairpins.
Jiang made some money, so she was generous and gave a hundred wedding cakes.
Cheng gave two pots of kumquats as a symbol of good luck and fortune.
When Liu and Jinhua saw these new dowries, they did not appreciate the love and blessings of their family members at all, and were instead extremely angry.
Jinhua immediately burst into tears and smashed a set of teacups while crying.
Liu and Zhu persuaded Jinhua for a long time before they finally managed to stop her tears.
Liu really felt sorry for Jinhua. Zhu didn't dare to say anything, but in her heart she felt sorry for the set of tea cups.
That set of tea cups is quite expensive!
It was originally bought for the Dai family to decorate their storefront when they came, and it cost them two taels of silver!
However, although not much money was squeezed out of the old couple, the dowry that Liu prepared for Jinhua was actually still quite good.
For a girl from a farming family, it was considered good enough to have a bundle of cloth when she got married.
For a wealthy family, having a dowry of two or four loads of clothing was considered quite impressive.
However, Mrs. Liu prepared six loads of dowry for Jinhua.
Although a lot of things here are false.
For example, the clothes in the box were all piled loosely, and there were two wide benches underneath to take up space...
For example, although she was very dissatisfied with the dowry added by the old Xia family, Liu still put these things and some other scattered items into a box, which was counted as one load, to make up the number for Jinhua's dowry list.
But overall, among peers of the same family background, he is already quite outstanding.
From the perspective of simply looking good, Liu did a very authentic job.
The Dai family also expressed great satisfaction with their daughter-in-law's decent dowry.
Jinhua's wedding was held at a restaurant in town, the one owned by Xia Youcai, for her family, and at the same time at Dai's family's village in Wu's family's hometown.
The Dai family held a buffet for three days, and everyone in the village could come and eat.
The Xia family went to the town to marry Jinhua, but found that Liu and Jinhua were not very enthusiastic. Instead, Zhu, holding A Liu, entertained everyone warmly but with a bit of caution.
Xia Youcai was okay with the other heads of the family, but he felt a little angry when he saw the fourth head of the family. However, it was Jinhua's wedding day after all, so he just walked away with a cold attitude and did not get angry.
Xia Dalang was unaware of what was going on. He greeted the guests with Zhu, occasionally exchanging glances with the Xia family and his attitude was very humble and friendly.
The Xia family was not stupid and they quickly understood the reason. They were quite angry.
But considering the Xia family's affairs, he shouldn't let outsiders laugh at him, so he didn't lose his temper on the spot.
However, Xia Daohua felt that it would be better not to have this relative.
They don't even treat you as a relative, so why should you consider them?
However, Xia Daohua was a junior after all. Although she was increasingly valued by Zhou and others, no one was willing to listen to her opinions on such matters as human relations and worldly wisdom.
She was too lazy to make trouble for herself.
Later, when the Xia family went to the Dai family's banquet, Xia Daohua did not go.
Not only did she not go herself, she also stopped Lihua and Goro.
Linghua, the little foodie, did go.
Anyway, her purpose was just to have a feast, so it didn't matter.
When Xia Youtian and Jiang heard that Lihua and the others were not going, they nodded in understanding and agreed - after all, Lihua and Dai Sanlang had met each other, and it did seem a little inappropriate for them to go to the banquet.
When Liu and Jinhua saw that Lihua and the others did not show up, they thought that Lihua was regretting and jealous, and they couldn't help but feel secretly happy.
The mother and daughter, on the contrary, reduced their hatred towards the fourth wife and their dissatisfaction with the dowry.
On the three-day visit to her parents' home, Xia Jinhua was all smiles and Dai Sanlang was as happy as a fool.
He admired the scholar Xia Dalang.
It’s not that the Dai family didn’t send Dai Sanlang to school, but he always felt overwhelmed when he saw the books and never understood them. Even now, he still can’t recognize a lot of big characters.
Therefore, he admired Xia Dalang very much for being able to study to become a scholar and planning to continue his studies.
However, I don’t know if Dai Sanlang is really a bit stupid. He pulled Xia Dalang aside to chat, but during the chat, just a few words made Xia Dalang so angry that he walked away in anger.
Xia Youcai couldn't believe it after hearing Xia Dalang's retelling.
"Did Jinhua's son-in-law really say that?"
(End of this chapter)
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