More and more people came to watch the fun, and some followed Chu Yi and soon arrived in front of the Shen family courtyard.
In the living room of the Shen family, the Shen and Chu families spoke frankly. Chu Yi gave twenty taels of silver as the betrothal gift, which shocked the Shen couple.
Twenty dollars of betrothal gift!
Even the matchmaker widened her eyes. It was already very good for a villager to give one or two taels of silver when getting married, not to mention that he also brought the best cloth, wine, and snacks.
Chu Yi actually took out twenty taels!
Chen Liang and Zhuang Mei were not the kind of people who would sell their daughter for money. When their daughter married into the Chen family, the betrothal gift was only one or two taels. Moreover, they also knew Chu Yi's family situation. Even if he did not take these valuables, even if he did not take even one or two taels, they would agree.
After all, he saved his daughter's life and just hoped that they could live a good life after getting married.
If the twenty taels were just for the purpose of showing off, they would not agree.
Chu Yi said: "This is all the money I saved from hunting. I don't have much money when I live alone..."
Hearing him say this, Mr. and Mrs. Shen felt relieved. It seemed that Chu Yi was not as poor as people said. There were not many people in Lihua Village who could afford more than ten taels of silver. At least their daughter would not have to worry about food and clothing after marrying him.
Thinking of the large amount of money in their daughter's hand and the blessing of the Bodhisattva, they felt more at ease.
The wedding date was set for the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, a clear and crisp autumn day.
Chen Shuyi was behind, and through a bamboo curtain, he slightly peeked at the tall man. The clothes he wore were old but clean, and the outline of his muscles was faintly visible.
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