At this point, Shen Zhaochen seemed somewhat reluctant to speak.
But thinking about the future, he could only suppress the burning sensation on his face and force himself to say:
“But our family has nothing, so I’m wondering if the betrothal gifts from your engagement could be left at home.”
I'd like to ask the Chi family for some grain and jars, but I don't want any money.
As for your dowry, how about I give you some books?
Like the Four Books and Five Classics.
All those books had annotations made by my older brother.
"You can keep it for your future children, or for Chi Mu or Chi Sen, it's fine with you."
Shen Yejun was somewhat moved upon hearing this. She knew that books were not cheap, especially annotations by someone as accomplished as her elder brother.
That's something you can't buy even if you have money.
My elder brother said that sending a few books would be equivalent to converting them into silver, and would be no less than ten taels.
Moreover, this is also what the three families need.
Thinking this, she nodded: "Okay, whatever our family needs, as long as the third branch of the family can provide it, you can just ask, brother."
However, I have one request: our family cannot ask for an exorbitant amount.
Furthermore, I cannot be treated like merchandise, sold by weight or ounce.
Shen Zhaochen knew that his younger sister had played a significant role in his success.
He couldn't promise his younger sister a good marriage, let alone become the kind of person she described.
Therefore, he nodded quickly and gave a loud "hmm".
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Besides, Chi Yu is also an extremely efficient person.
When she came out of the Shen family's house, she passed by her third brother's house and turned directly there.
When she arrived, only Chi Mu and Chi Lin were working there.
"Little Amu!"
Because the stone houses of the people of Chijia'ao were destroyed, they now have no money and are reluctant to take out glutinous rice to make glutinous rice paste.
Therefore, most of the houses built by the people of Chijia'ao now are wooden houses.
Even the various branches of the Chi family are like this.
Some time ago, they first sorted through the stones here, picking up the usable ones.
After that, he went up the mountain to cut down trees and then followed Carpenter He to learn how to use the wood to build houses.
Therefore, no matter how big their houses are, the people of Chijia'ao all make roughly the same progress.
After all, cutting down trees, drying them, cutting them into planks, and planing them evenly all take time.
When Chi Yu called out to Chi Mu, he heard the name "Little Amu" and walked over with a resentful look in his eyes.
"Auntie, let's make a deal. When you call me, could you please not add the word 'little'?"
I'm eighteen already, not young at all.
Upon hearing this, Chi Yu couldn't help but smile.
"Well, your uncle's name is Qin Mu, I call him A Mu."
Your name is Chi Mu. If I call you A Mu too, I'm afraid you'll get confused.
Chi Mu said helplessly, "But Aunt, you've been calling me Amu for over ten years."
Now, just because of my uncle's name, you insist on adding "little" before my name.
No, either you call your uncle a different name, or you call me a different name.
Chi Yu thought about Qin Mu's name and changed how to address him:
"Old Qin? Brother Qin? Old Mu? Little Mu? Or Brother Mu?"
Or perhaps, should we just call him Qin Mu?
As she spoke, she felt that none of it was appropriate and she couldn't bring herself to say it.
Calling him Amu seems pretty good.
How about we get a different one for Chi Mu?
"wood?"
Chi Mu: "..."
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