"Let me go and take a look too."
Sun Wei didn't want to face his mother's sighs and lamentations.
“Wei’er, your mother is narrow-minded. Don’t listen to her. If you really marry your cousin, she’ll be a living Buddha.”
Although my cousin's family is wealthy, Mr. Sun has his own opinions.
"A living Buddha?"
Sun Wei was puzzled as to why his father described it that way.
"If it were far away, it wouldn't matter, but your uncle's family lives in the next town."
If after you two get married, she goes back to her parents' home to complain whenever she's unhappy about something.
They can easily manipulate you. Why? Because they know you want that kind of money.
Mr. Sun thought about how much he had suffered at the hands of his brother-in-law before, and he didn't want his son to suffer the same humiliation again.
"Dad, you're right, I don't want to be bound by such constraints."
Sun Wei nodded. Sure enough, all men think the same way; all his mother cares about is money, money, money.
"Well, just ignore what your mother says. After you and Miss Liu get married, just live a good life."
Your mother and I earn quite a bit each month; it's enough for our household needs.
Sun's father and mother worked for a wealthy family in the next town and didn't come back often, only a few days a month.
The next afternoon
"Sister-in-law, what are you doing at home?"
Sister-in-law Xiuhua came over for another visit.
"I haven't been doing anything, just staying home and doing nothing."
Wei Yuyan was holding a book when she saw Sister-in-law Xiuhua arrive, so she went to get some snacks.
"Let me tell you some gossip~".
Xiuhua's sister-in-law looked smug.
Tell me about it.
Wei Yuyan became interested.
"That Liu Cuifang is getting married."
Xiuhua's sister-in-law whispered.
"Oh, so soon? Who are you going to marry?"
Wei Yuyan recalled that not long ago she was still entangled with that Young Master Zhang, and now she's getting married so soon?
“They’re from town, so they should be quite well-off, but there’s one problem: they need to give a betrothal gift before the wedding, and their family doesn’t have one.”
Xiuhua's sister-in-law was somewhat puzzled.
"Not offering a betrothal gift means she doesn't want any dowry. Does Liu Cuifang have that kind of courage?"
Wei Yuyan found it hard to believe.
"Who knew, I was surprised when I heard about this today."
Xiuhua's sister-in-law thought there were only two reasons for this situation: one was that the other family was too poor.
Another scenario is that the other party's family is wealthy, and they want to marry into a higher social class, so they don't ask for a bride price.
"Why not marry someone from further away? If you marry someone from the town, you'll still see each other all the time."
Wei Yuyan really hoped she would never see Liu Cuifang again, that pesky pest who would always come up to cause trouble every time they met.
"There's another thing. I heard that the village chief will be re-elected at the end of this year, and a new village chief will be chosen."
Xiuhua's sister-in-law looked around to make sure there were no strangers before speaking in a low voice.
"Then who should we replace? It's none of our business, is it? Should we choose between Brother Lifu and Brother Licai?"
Wei Yuyan didn't care about these things.
"Well, the two brothers don't have that in mind; their cousin wants to be elected."
This will definitely benefit our family. Remember to vote for him when the time comes.
Xiuhua's sister-in-law has also helped her cousin gain popularity.
"Okay, I understand. You and Brother Lifu will have to work hard at the steamed bun shop from now on."
Wei Yuyan was thinking that after finishing her work at the end of the month, she would definitely buy two pounds of pork belly to treat everyone properly on payday.
"Why bother with all this polite talk? We're just doing this for money. If you didn't pay us, we'd see if I'd still put in this much effort, hahaha."
Xiuhua's sister-in-law believes that these are all things she should do, and even that she has done too little.
"Okay, okay, I'll treat you all well after the last day of this month."
Wei Yuyan wondered how much money she should give them this month.
Li Cai and his wife have been busy for almost half a month, not to mention Li Fu and his wife.
The village chief's house~
"You have no idea, our family has completely lost face in the village."
The village chief's wife sat in the yard complaining to her husband.
"Cough cough~".
The village chief coughed twice, choked by the smoke.
"Luckily, they don't know that our daughter is pregnant yet, otherwise they would have drowned us in their spittle."
The village chief's wife continued muttering.
"Can you shut up? I want some peace and quiet too."
The village chief wasn't in a good mood either; his wife kept nagging, which was incredibly annoying.
“If I don’t talk to you, who else can I talk to? My daughter, of course.”
The village chief's wife glared at the old man with annoyance.
"Then who do you think is to blame? The boys we were looking at before were just not good enough."
They treated us very politely and with great respect, but this in-law is going to be a real handful for Cuifang."
The village chief was reluctant to let his daughter marry into the family, but she was already pregnant.
"What's the point of saying all this now? How much dowry are you planning to take when our daughter marries into the family?"
The village chief's wife looked at him somewhat guiltily, knowing that all the family's money was with the old man.
I only have a little spare change, which I sometimes use to buy things like tofu and needles and thread.
“They didn’t even give us a betrothal gift. How much can we give? One tael and eight mace.”
The village chief and his wife had agreed from the beginning that if their daughter got married one day, all the betrothal gifts would be given to her as dowry.
I'll add eight qian of silver myself. There are no betrothal gifts right now, so I can only give one tael of silver at most.
They all make a living by farming; their families don't have much money.
"Okay."
The village chief's wife nodded. As long as the old man was willing to give it, that was fine. Her daughter had some money to rely on.
He originally had two hundred coins in his private savings, which he planned to give to his daughter privately.
Since her marriage was arranged, Liu Cuifang has never left the house again.
She was too ashamed to go out, afraid that people would ask her why she hadn't formally offered a betrothal gift but had already sent the date.
She thought that once she was married and living a life of luxury, she could come back and show off later.
"Cuifang~, Uncle Village Chief, Auntie, is Cuifang home? I want to talk to her."
The sound of grass could be heard outside the door.
"Oh, Xiaocao is here! Cuifang is embroidering in her room. Cuifang, Xiaocao is here."
When the village chief's wife saw Xiaocao arrive, she thought that since her daughter was in a bad mood, it would be good to talk to Xiaocao.
"Come in."
Liu Cuifang was embroidering her dowry in her hands. There was no time to make a wedding dress, so she bought a ready-made one.
Liu Cuifang was embroidering a pillowcase. Sun Wei and the others came to deliver the gifts and brought some other things with them.
It was just some ordinary greeting gift, snacks, tea, and two bolts of cloth, and that was it.
With the fabric, we could make new clothes, but time was short and there wasn't enough time.
The village chief's wife said that she would bring all the dowry with her, and she would make the rest herself after the wedding.
"Cuifang, your embroidery is so beautiful."
Xiao Cao looked at the mandarin duck pillowcase in Liu Cuifang's hand and felt a little envious. Cuifang's handiwork was really good.
"It's alright, it's watchable."
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