If his parents hadn't desperately needed someone to take care of them and he hadn't been crippled, how could he have married Zhang Chunhua, who was dark-skinned, ugly, thin, and poor!
This woman is so ungrateful!
Today he wanted to make her realize her place in this family and let her know that after the first three days, she, as a woman, was not worthy of eating eggs, white rice, or fine cloth, which was not something she could wear.
Seeing their elder brother storm off in a huff, looking furious, Fan Erzhu and Fan Sanzhu quickly got up, leaning on their canes, and followed behind.
They've been wanting to get rid of Zhang Chunhua for days! It would be good for their older brother to teach Zhang Chunhua a lesson and vent his anger.
And Hu Wenhua actually tried to do betrothal like those wealthy families, what a joke! Let's see what impressive betrothal gifts he has to offer.
Fan Sizhu looked at the toothbrush handles and tools scattered on the ground, sighed, and silently picked them up.
The eldest brother said it was undignified for him, as the head of the family, to do these things; the second and third brothers were inconsistent in their work; Zhang Chunhua only did what everyone else refused to do, so why should she be the one to work so hard to support the whole family...? The family is getting worse and worse...
Zhang Chunhua walked quickly, and by the time she arrived, the Hu family had already reached the Ding family's door.
Because the Ding family needed a large space to dry their medicinal herbs, they didn't build a courtyard. Instead, they parked their carts at the entrance of the main room, and villagers gathered around them enthusiastically.
When the Ding and Hu families saw that almost all the villagers had arrived, they didn't go inside. Instead, they moved chairs to the doorway and sat down so that everyone could see the excitement—it was a joyous occasion, and the more people there were, the happier it would be.
Wang Guifen and Feng Dayan were both secretly delighted by the scene.
The Ding and Hu families acted openly and honestly, which saved the villagers from having to repeatedly come to them to inquire and speculate, saving them a lot of trouble!
Today is the day the Hu family comes to present betrothal gifts; it's mostly the groom's matchmaker's job.
Ideally, the betrothal gifts should be presented in public and the list of gifts should be read aloud. However, firstly, the village didn't have such customs, and secondly, Feng Dayan was illiterate.
Although Feng Dayan was illiterate, she had an excellent memory. She immediately took Qin Yilin's hand and said cheerfully, "The Hu family's betrothal gifts include a sack of rice and a sack of flour."
The crowd erupted in cheers and applause.
Zhang Chunhua, who was on the outermost side, pursed her lips when she heard the sound.
A sack of rice and a sack of flour looked nice, more than any other household in the village had ever had, but they would only cost a little over one tael of silver, not even as much as her ten taels.
They really know how to be clever.
She looked up and searched ahead, and sure enough, she saw a figure that was all too familiar!
She squeezed through and called out, "Dad."
Her dad is always there when there's something exciting to watch! And he never gets tired of watching the excitement.
Zhang the Bald was engrossed in his reading when he suddenly heard someone call his name. He turned around and saw his married daughter. He squeezed to the side to make room for her and waved, "Chunhua, come and see quickly!"
Zhang Chunhua squeezed forward, and the people on both sides clearly had objections, but in the end they didn't say anything.
Feng Dayan's voice continued: "This bamboo basket contains smoked meat, two jin per piece, ten pieces in total!"
"There are sausages in that bamboo basket over there, a total of twenty jin!"
"The bamboo basket contains twenty salted ducks and geese!"
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