Chapter 72 Opposing Ideas
Take this piece of cloth to a tailor and make a suitable piece of clothing for you to wear."
Considering that she has taken over this body, Zhao Chunhua decided to inquire and understand all aspects of information about her future in-laws' family more carefully and comprehensively.
Long before Zhang Baozhu got engaged, she had already found out through various connections that the Cheng family was large and prosperous, and on the surface they seemed to maintain a harmonious and friendly relationship with the outside world.
However, after all, there are many family members, and they have never really divided the family. No one can guarantee that there will be no accidents when they talk about how they will treat their daughter behind closed doors.
After hearing her mother's concerns, Zhang Baozhu seemed very calm and responded in a tone that was not too worried: "Anyway, they don't dare to do anything to me casually."
The implication of his words was very clear - there were indeed many troubles at home, but these things would not have much impact on him.
Zhang Baozhu had been married for just over half a year.
And when she got married, she personally brought all the betrothal gifts given by her parents' family, and they also prepared a large amount of generous dowry for her.
Both the elders and relatives of the Cheng family were quite satisfied with her.
The warmth she showed
Her generosity and wisdom in handling family relationships make everyone feel happy to get along with her.
In addition, there are some promising people in the Zhang family and the Zhao family, so even her sisters-in-law dare not offend her.
This respect comes not only from her personal charm, but more importantly from the strong family support behind her.
This formed an invisible protective net, allowing her to be more at ease in the complex family life.
When you are capable, people around you will be friendly to you.
Of course, she doesn't fully meet this condition at this point, because strictly speaking her own abilities are not particularly outstanding.
However, with the strong background formed by her natal family and her husband's family, she can always handle all kinds of complex interpersonal relationships with ease.
Her life seemed to be going very smoothly because of this.
Mother and daughter exchanged recent news, talking about everything from mundane household matters to important family decisions.
This in-depth and natural way of communication brought them closer to each other and laid a good psychological foundation for the challenges they might face in the future.
Speaking of Zhang Youcai's family, it can be said that they are very prosperous.
Just looking at the seniority is enough to feel how big this family is.
According to her, Zhang Youcai's grandmother raised two sons and two daughters, making the entire family structure appear particularly large and close-knit.
His father Zhang Dajun is the eldest in the family and bears a lot of responsibilities; in comparison, the third is his younger brother, Cheng Zhuang, who is also a very individual character.
As for the other two sisters, they ranked second and fourth respectively. This order also reflects each person's status in the family and the different roles they play.
When the family was divided, Zhang Dajun obtained most of the property, and this huge asset made him very famous for a while.
However, he faced even greater pressure - raising five children, including three sons and two daughters.
Even if allocated in this way, these funds can only maintain daily needs and cannot provide children with a better living environment.
In order to ease the financial burden on his family, Zhang Dajun had no choice but to transfer the two pieces of land to his brother Cheng Zhuang.
You should know that land has different value standards depending on its geographical location, fertility and other factors: the best land can be sold for more than ten taels of silver per mu; land of better but slightly inferior quality is usually priced at around eight taels; and further down are the price ranges of six or seven taels and four or five taels.
In the end, Zhang Dajun made a difficult decision - he sold a piece of land that was not very fertile but still had certain production potential, plus another piece of relatively fertile land, and got a total of fifteen taels of silver.
With the money, he started building a pig farm project.
At first, the lack of relevant knowledge and skills led to losses, but as time went by, I gradually accumulated valuable experience and now I can get good returns every year.
After years of unremitting efforts and development, the place where the Cheng family lives has been significantly improved. The originally simple hut has been transformed into a sturdy, durable, beautiful and atmospheric blue brick and tile house.
However, small-scale structures such as firewood sheds are still built with low-cost traditional adobe materials to reduce unnecessary expenses while meeting the needs of daily life.
Zhang Youcai is the third child in the family. He has a younger sister who is getting married soon.
This is where the problem arises.
My eldest sister got married eight years ago after the family was divided. At that time, the family had just started to make some money, but was not rich.
At that time, the dowry that my eldest sister brought with her when she got married was of ordinary quality: two boxes, a wardrobe, a dressing table, plus a set of clothes made of fine fabric and a set of daily clothes made of coarse linen.
It was actually pretty good, the best they could offer at the time.
However, the family's income situation has improved significantly in recent years, and the little daughter is particularly good at speaking and likable, so Cheng's parents decided to give their soon-to-be-married little daughter some more decent money as her dowry.
Since the family's money was earned by the joint efforts of the whole family, the Cheng couple did not intend to hide their decision and directly revealed their plan to their family.
Zhang Baozhu, who had just married into the family, had no objection to this, because she understood how the wealth accumulated by the family before she got married should be used. As long as it did not cause unfair treatment to her husband, she would not have any objection.
However, the eldest and second oldest still had some thoughts about this situation, but they only complained silently in their hearts and did not explicitly express their disapproval publicly.
The eldest son's wife had helped a lot with housework and outside business after she got married earlier, so she was a little dissatisfied about giving more dowry to her younger sisters; she thought that the money she was going to give to her younger sister was too much, and although she thought that dowry could be given, she felt that it should not be so generous.
As for the second son's wife, she always liked to take shortcuts and be lazy at work. At this time, even if she disagreed with this decision in her heart, she did not dare to express her dissatisfaction directly.
Surprisingly, the person who most strongly opposed this arrangement was the eldest sister who had already married and left home.
Zhang Baozhu held her nephew's hand with a complicated expression, feeling mixed emotions: "My elder sister's family only gave her 200 coins as a dowry when she got married. But in the past few years, she has always stayed at her parents' home with her children for several days.
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