Sure enough, when Elder Yin went to Chief Tang's house, he was told that the Miao Holy Maiden was too tired during the day and had already fallen asleep. He was filled with helplessness.
When A-Niang entered the room, she said to A-Mo, "The people who came back from Hei-Wu Village said that A-Chen was chased by his friends and got drunk again, and had to be carried home once more."
"Why are you telling me all this, Mother?" Amo asked shyly.
"If Achen isn't in good spirits during the Drumming Festival tomorrow, how can he accompany you in the sacrificial ceremony? Mother has heard that the nine elders have already made preparations! Before the ceremony tomorrow, they will dress Achen in the Miao King's attire."
"Mother, don't worry. There are many hangover remedies in Black Crow Village that will help him sober up. As for his new identity, that's ordained by Heaven—"
The mother glanced at the two Han women chatting and laughing by the window, and then said in their own language, "I'm worried that after Achen gets your flower belt, he'll be careless about the customs of marriage, so you have to remind him not to give too much."
"Then how much dowry do you want, Mother?"
“If it were before, three or five thousand would have been enough, and our Tang family would have given you two ten times that amount back. But now both of our villages are starting to improve, and everyone has received their share of the money. Your mother and father have discussed it, and if you are willing to marry Achen, given his status, he can give you thirty or fifty thousand, and we will give you twelve times that amount back.”
Upon hearing this, Amo laughed and said, "Mother, what are you saying! Do you think Achen, with his extravagant nature, can afford to spend thirty or fifty thousand?"
Did you ask him how much he wanted to give?
“I didn’t ask, but I did remind him that he shouldn’t give too much.”
The old woman shook her head. "Many Miao people say that Achen probably has a huge sum of 100 million! So if he gives our family several hundred thousand, how will we find a match when all the Miao men in our village use our family as the standard?"
Amo smiled and took her mother's arm. "When I bring him the flowers, you can also make a list for him and say that if he exceeds the limit, I won't get engaged to him."
“We’ve already given you the flowers, how can we easily return them! Anyway, your mother and father have some savings, and we can get a lot of money from this season’s fruit. No matter how Ah Chen comes to our Tang family, your mother will give you 660,000, 66 silver ingots, and all the silver ornaments we prepared for you, a total of 120 pieces, all of them are yours! When our family becomes richer in the future, we will continue to give you more.”
“Mother, don’t worry about me. The elaborate silver ornaments you and Father made for me are worth at least 150,000! These days, 150,000 is a huge sum of money. Besides, I’ve earned some money in the past two years in Yanjing, and I have my own money.”
“What you have is yours, and you can’t miss a single piece of the dowry your mother prepared for you! Your younger brother won’t be able to get married for a few more years, so we’ll just save some money for him then.”
Hearing this, Amo leaned on her mother's shoulder and murmured, "It's so good to have a mother! But Achen has never had a mother since he was little."
"Ah Chen's mother has a very powerful background! I wonder if he knows that."
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