That evening, Old Mrs. Xu specially called Liu Fang into the room, not only to mention the Liu family's affairs, but also to give her some things.
"Genshan, look." As soon as she entered the house and closed the door, Liu Fang opened her handkerchief, revealing a silver ingot.
"Did your mother give it to you?" Xu Genshan knew that his wife had been called away by his mother, and that the silver ingot was what he got from selling ginseng at the clinic today.
Liu Fang nodded, walked to the bed and sat up. Fu Man immediately clung to her, his little hands restlessly reaching for the silver ingots to play with.
"Mother, it's huge!" Fu Man'er held the silver ingot in one hand; the ingot was almost as big as her hand.
"This is from Grandma." Liu Fang reached out and straightened Fu Man'er's collar.
Xu Genshan also moved over and asked, puzzled, "Did Mother give this to Man'er?"
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"Mother said that this ginseng was originally dug by Man'er, so we'll keep these fifty taels here for Man'er as part of her dowry." Liu Fang was quite surprised when she received the silver ingot.
Because the price of the ginseng hasn't been revealed at home, the fact that Old Lady Xu is taking out these fifty taels separately means that she won't disclose the amount later.
"Keep it, it's what our Man'er deserves." Xu Genshan glanced at Fu Man'er, who had gone off to play on the other side.
He didn't accept the extra fifteen taels of silver the lady offered him at the clinic today. One should be content and not be too greedy. Getting this ginseng was already a very good thing.
Man'er is still young, and she won't do anything with the money, so the old lady can only save it for her as part of her dowry.
Although the Xu family had always been poor, they were quite insightful.
Liu Fang looked at her daughter, who was amusing herself, and smiled happily, "I've been preparing a dowry for Man'er since she was little. By the time she grows up, she'll have quite a lot."
Actually, even with just fifty taels, it's already the largest amount in the village, but in Liu Fang's opinion, it's far from enough.
Xu Genshan leaned closer to Liu Fang, and the two snuggled together. He reached under the pillow and pulled out something wrapped in cloth.
"Hmm?" Liu Fang looked at her husband in confusion.
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Xu Genshan handed the things to her, his ears involuntarily burning. "You, you take a look."
Liu Fang took the cloth bag, opened it, and found a bracelet and a silver hairpin inside, both simple yet elegant in style.
"Why did you waste this money?" Liu Fang's face turned red instantly, and she held the cloth bag, not knowing what to do.
Xu Genshan glanced at her uncomfortably. "It's not unfair. I see many women in town wearing these. Man'er helped me pick them out. See if you like them."
After selling the ginseng, Grandma Xu went to the market to buy things. She took Fu Man'er to a jewelry shop and, after looking around for a while, picked out these two items.
"I have the hairpin, but this bracelet is worn out from all the work I do. It'll get bumped and knocked around and break." Although she said this, Liu Fang's eyes never left the bracelet.
These days she has seen many women in town wearing them and thought they looked really nice, but she never expected to have them herself so soon.
"Dad, put it on Mom." Fu Man'er had crawled over at some point, looking at them intently. "Mom looks so pretty in it."
The stunned Xu Genshan only reacted after hearing his daughter's words, and clumsily helped Liu Fang put it on. "If it gets broken, we'll just buy you a new one. We were poor before and didn't buy you much, but things are better now, so we can't let you down."
"Man'er, do you think your mother looks pretty?" Xu Genshan asked Fu Man'er as he helped her put the hairpin in.
"Beautiful, beautiful, Mother is the most beautiful!" Fu Man'er clapped her hands and said.
"She looks beautiful." Xu Genshan looked at his wife's flushed face. The two had been married for almost ten years. Time had left some marks on Liu Fang's face, but it had also made her beauty more gentle.
Fu Man'er's praise had already made Liu Fang blush, and her husband's whisper made her earlobes turn red as well. The atmosphere between the two seemed to have returned to the time when they first got married.
Fu Man'er looked at her father, then at her mother, her big, round eyes darting back and forth. Why were there pink bubbles floating between her father and mother?
At this point, Xu Genshan reached out to embrace Liu Fang and leaned his head towards her. As the two got closer, Liu Fang's eyelashes trembled, and she suddenly glanced at Fu Man'er beside her.
Liu Fang, who was staring at the two of them with wide, curious eyes, suddenly snapped out of her daze and shoved Xu Genshan away abruptly, calling out, "Man'er."
Xu Genshan slapped his forehead, realizing he had completely forgotten about his daughter.
"Man'er, come on, it's time to sleep." Fu Man'er, who was originally excited, was forced to go to bed under the covers, her little body tossing and turning.
“Our family needs to build a new house,” Xu Genshan said.
Liu Fang glared at him, "You're just making things up." Who would build a house for something like this?
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Xu Genshan felt that he should discuss this matter with his family. The house was already very old, and every summer it was constantly being repaired and patched up, otherwise it would rain heavily outside and drizzle inside.
Moreover, the children in the family have all grown up. If Xu Genshu doesn't come back, the two children will share a room. If he does come back, Xu Mao will share a room with the two children from the second wife's family, and Xu Yi will share a room with Xu Genshu.
Moreover, there's now a daughter in the family, so she can't squeeze into a room like a boy, and she can't always sleep with the couple.
Now he's trying to get Fu Man'er to sleep, and Liu Fang says that her daughter will fall asleep as soon as she wants to.
The next day, Liu Fang woke up late, which was unusual for her. When she got to the kitchen, Ma Hong was already making breakfast. "Sister-in-law, I'm sorry, I woke up late today."
As Liu Fang spoke, she fetched water to wash her face. Usually, the two of them would do the cleaning and cooking, one person would sweep and the other would cook. Now, Ma Hong had already done most of the cooking.
"What are you saying, sister-in-law? We're all family. Whoever gets up first can do it." She looked up from in front of the stove and saw the bracelet on Liu Fang's wrist.
She quickly got up and went over, saying, "Sister-in-law, your bracelet is really beautiful."
Liu Fang had originally covered the bracelet inside her clothes, but when she washed her face, she was afraid of getting the clothes wet, so she exposed the bracelet.
"Your older brother gave this to you?" Ma Hong held Liu Fang's hand and examined the bracelet carefully. "It's so beautiful." Her eyes were full of envy.
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Liu Fang let Ma Hong look through the pages back and forth, her eyes full of smiles, her happiness impossible to hide.
"Sister-in-law, watch the pot for a bit, I'm going inside to check on things." Ma Hong seemed to have thought of something and rushed out.
A moment later, Xu Genzhu's voice came from the west room, "What are you doing? It's still early, can't a person get any sleep?"
Liu Fang was still wondering why her sister-in-law had woken her second brother up so early today.
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