When the two returned to their seats, they had almost finished their dishes. They had finished their meals really quickly.
Mica is speaking.
"...Miss Qiao fell into the water this morning. Thanks to Qi Han, Auntie is very grateful. It's this rumor... Auntie wants you to break off your engagement with Miss Yuan and marry Miss Qiao instead. What do you think?"
She didn't ask Qi Sheng. His parents were dead and he was sick. If he was sensible, he shouldn't have delayed her daughter's development.
Qi Han quickly glanced at his parents, and seeing that they had no objection, he understood what they meant.
"Although what happened this morning was out of a desire to save someone, it ultimately damaged Yun Qiao's reputation. I am willing to marry her."
Qi Sheng's face was hidden in the darkness, his expression unclear. Upon hearing this, he said coldly, "When we got engaged, my parents gave you ten taels of silver. You can cancel the engagement, but you must return the ten taels of silver."
"This..." Yunmu was embarrassed. She had already taken the ten taels of silver to her parents' home a long time ago. How could she take it out now? She tried to test the waters, "I still have a daughter. How about marrying the eldest daughter to you?"
Qi Sheng was stunned for a moment, then a light flashed in his eyes, which he quickly hid.
His eyes fell on Yun Yuan, as if asking for her opinion, and Yun Yuan nodded slightly.
She is willing to marry him!
Just when Yunmu thought he wouldn't agree, he spoke.
"Okay, but after Qiao Yuan marries me, she will be separated from you. You are not allowed to ask her for money, and you are not allowed to let her go back to her parents' home to work."
Yunmu disagreed as soon as she heard it.
But Qi Sheng said, "It's okay if you don't agree. Just return the ten taels as soon as possible." Qi Sheng coughed a few times and said, "You're not so shameless as to even delay paying for my medicine, are you?"
Before Yunmu could say anything, Liu became anxious. She was still counting on her daughter-in-law to bring back a dowry to support her youngest son's studies.
"You can't say that. Qiao girl still has to prepare her dowry. She can't just get married without bringing anything."
Qi Hai exhaled a puff of cigarette and said, "That's right, we gave two taels of silver when we got engaged."
The first two daughters-in-law also began to count on their fingers what dowry they brought. In a word, Yun Qiao’s dowry cannot be saved.
Yun Qiao also looked at Yun Mu pleadingly. Yun Mu finally promised to let her take back one or two taels of silver, and Yun Yuan would get nothing when she got married.
Yun Lan spoke up for Yun Yuan: "My eldest sister should also be given a dowry of one tael of silver when she gets married."
Yunmu shouted: "Where did the money come from at home?"
"I just gave you three taels of silver last month, and you've already spent it all?" Yun Lan was puzzled: "Mom, are you helping my uncle's family again?"
Yunmu said embarrassedly: "You also know the situation of your uncle's family. You can't just stand by and watch them die."
Yunmu's younger brother was a lazy boy. He finally got married, but Yunmu paid the betrothal gift. His son was just as uneducated as he was. He paid tuition but didn't go to school. He spent all his time in gambling houses and brothels.
Yun Lan's eyes were red. "I didn't go home on vacation just to earn more money to support the family. It's not that I don't like going home, but what have you been doing?"
"Ask Qi Han, when others were playing, I was doing odd jobs in the academy, when others were sleeping, I was copying stories in the moonlight, and when others were going home, I was writing letters for others outside.
I wish I could be three, one to study, one to earn money, and one to work at home. I think if I have money, my father won’t have to do corvée labor, and my sister won’t have to work all day and can have beautiful clothes.
"I'm not afraid of being laughed at, but your actions chill me to the bone."
Everyone looked at Qi Han together, and Qi Han nodded to prove that he was not lying. If Yun Lan could concentrate on studying, his academic performance might not be worse than his current one.
But there are no ifs.
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