"Shame on you! We agreed that marrying your daughter would only cost ten taels of silver, and now you've changed it to fifteen taels. Do you think this money just came from the wind?"
When Xu Sanniang heard what Chen Mei said, she immediately became restless.
"We agreed on a ten-liang betrothal gift at the beginning, but later your son moved and robbed our house, taking a lot of our things. It's not too much to ask for some silver as compensation!" Chen Mei didn't care what Xu Sanniang thought, and just sat down and drank tea.
"Tingzhi's mother..."
Song Bo was about to speak when he was interrupted by Xu Sanniang.
"You're dreaming! Why did Tingzhi move your things away? Don't you know what's going on? Don't treat others like fools!"
"I don't care, either give me money or I'll stay here!"
Just as the two sides were deadlocked, Song Yu's childish voice came from outside the house, "Mom, what happened?"
Song Yu rubbed his eyes and was led in by Song Qian.
"Good boy, it's okay here." Seeing her daughter and little brother coming, Xu Sanniang quickly squatted down to talk to him, "Qianqian, take your little brother out first. There's food in the woodshed. Heat it up for him and then go back inside."
"Okay." Song Qian nodded and pulled Song Yu out.
After the two left, the room fell into silence again.
"Anyway, let me put it this way, fifteen taels is just a dream!" Xu Sanniang said as she sat next to Song Tao.
"Then let's wait and see whether your family can wait longer or I can wait longer." Chen Mei had a thick face, drank a sip of tea calmly, sat up tall, and didn't care at all.
"Aunt, is there something wrong with what you said?" As the door opened, Song Tingzhi came in with a cold look and a serious expression.
"Tingzhi..." Xu Sanniang and Jiang Cheng stood up at the same time and looked at him worriedly.
Song Tingzhi walked over, patted Jiang Cheng's shoulder, and comforted his mother and Jiang Cheng with his eyes. He turned around and said, "Aunt, when your family broke off the engagement, I only took back my family's original money. As for the things that were taken, I didn't say anything because I wanted everyone to know more and not lose face."
"Back then, when you asked Chengcheng to marry in your place, he disagreed and ran away, then met me. By then, our two families had completely broken off ties, so how could there be any talk of a betrothal gift? We all know what kind of life Chengcheng led at home, so there's no need to bring it up."
"As for whether we can afford to wait, I heard that Sister Caiyun just met a scholar a while ago. They plan to arrange a marriage next year if he passes the exam." Song Tingzhi told all the information he had found out, "Our family is certainly not in a hurry. As for Sister Caiyun, I don't know!"
As soon as Song Tingzhi arrived, he started talking, blocking Chen Mei's way.
"You're threatening me with my daughter?" Shen Mei couldn't sit still anymore and started to curse at Song Tingzhi, pointing at his nose.
"Aunt, there's no need to scold me. You came here today just to ask for some money. Five taels of silver, is that too much?" Song Tingzhi confirmed it with one word.
When Jiang Cheng heard Song Tingzhi say that he would give Chen Mei five taels of silver, he hurriedly pulled Song Tingzhi's clothes.
Song Tingzhi secretly patted Jiang Cheng's hand to reassure him.
"Five taels, you're treating a beggar like this!" Chen Mei was immediately unhappy when she saw that more than half of the money was missing.
"Aunt, the things we moved from your house that day were not enough to pay off the betrothal gift I owe you. Now you say fifteen is fifteen. Do you think money comes from the wind?" Song Tingzhi didn't say much to her. "It's only five taels. Otherwise, we will go to the county government office to settle the matter!"
"Tingzhi!" Song Bo stopped him, "Shen, our Song family did marry your son, but according to what Tingzhi said, our family is not in the wrong. Why are you asking for such a huge price?"
"You are all in the same gang, bullying a woman like me!" Chen Mei rolled her eyes and sat on the ground, throwing a tantrum and rolling around, unable to get up.
"you……"
Chen Mei was throwing a tantrum and rolling around on the ground, and no one dared to help her. They just watched her make a scene.
"What are you doing? Get up!"
Just when everyone in the room was at a loss, Jiang Maocai, whom Song Qiangdong had called, arrived. As soon as he entered the room, he saw his wife making a fuss on the ground. He felt so embarrassed that he hurried to pull her out.
"Get up!" Jiang Maocai pulled Chen Mei from the ground to the chair.
"Shut up!" Jiang Maocai shouted.
Chen Mei was frightened by him and burped.
"Village Chief Song, this is my wife's fault. Please don't blame her. She was just confused for a moment!" Jiang Maocai settled Chen Mei and turned to apologize to Song Bo and Song Tao. "It's my fault for not keeping an eye on her. She made such a big fool of herself!"
"It's a good thing that my son and Tingzhi are getting married. I'm happy for him. As for whether there will be a betrothal gift or not, there's no need to talk about it." Jiang Maocai knew that his family was in the wrong and wanted to let the matter go.
"Which side are you on?" Chen Mei became anxious when she heard Jiang Maocai say this, and pounced on him and pulled him.
"Shut up!" Jiang Maocai looked at Chen Mei's distorted face, and regretted it in his heart, "Things have come to this, what else do you want!"
"Jiang Maocai! You black-hearted bastard! I didn't see you disagreeing when I asked that little bitch Jiang Cheng to marry Caiyun. Now, it's all my fault!" Chen Mei looked at him with hatred. "I've been married to you for ten years. Even if I haven't done anything for you, I've worked hard for you. And in the end, you treat me like this!"
After saying that, Chen Mei pounced on him and pretended to grab Jiang Maocai.
"Pa——" A slap hit Shen Mei's face, catching her off guard. Shen Mei covered her face with an expression of disbelief.
"You hit me? You actually hit me?!" Chen Mei was furious and pounced on Jiang Maocai.
"That's enough! What a mess!"
Seeing that things were getting out of control, Song Bo threw the teacup to the ground with a loud noise.
The two stopped pulling and looked at Song Bo.
"Alright, I know what you're up to. My nephew will give your family five taels of silver as the betrothal gift, and we'll let this go." Song Bo stroked his beard. "Your family's Jiang Cheng did marry into our Song family. No matter how she got married, we can't deny it. Giving the money will let the matter go. After all, your family didn't suffer any loss!"
Song Bo summarized the matter and put forward his own ideas, "Second brother, Tingzhi, do you have any objections?"
"It's up to his uncle to decide. We have no objection." Song Tao coughed twice and said.
"No! I..."
Chen Mei wanted to struggle, but Jiang Maocai stopped her and didn't let her speak.
"Shut up!" Jiang Maocai held Chen Mei tightly, "Everything is up to Village Chief Song."
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