They might have thought about it, but no one dared to say it to her face. After all, Yang Cui was rich. They were also hoping that after Gao Xiaoyu married into the An family, they could squeeze more benefits out of Yang Cui.
The arrival of the Gao family in such a grand procession at Anjia, coupled with Wen Xiuli's loud announcement that Gao Xiaoyu was pregnant and that she was becoming even closer to Yang Cui, ignited a fire of gossip in the villagers' hearts.
When they saw that the entire Gao family had arrived, An Dafu and his wife, Wen, were completely baffled.
"Big sister, what's going on here...?"
However, the Gao family members were not as polite as Yang Cui had been when she first met them.
Wen Xiuli stood at the door and loudly questioned, "My Xiaoyu is two months pregnant. I just came to ask you how you plan to resolve this? You promised to come and propose marriage, why didn't you come? Are you trying to deny it? The child is Xiaojiang's."
These words immediately caused an uproar.
The villagers began to discuss it amongst themselves.
The news shocked An Dafu and Wen's family, leaving them speechless for a long time.
An Dafu: "When did we say we were going to propose marriage?"
Wen: "Pregnant? How is that possible?"
"Why not? Your family must take responsibility. Where's Xiao Jiang? Tell him to come out!"
"Yes! Make him come out and take responsibility for my sister!"
"You must marry my little fish!"
"The bride price must not be less than sixty-eight taels!"
"Yes! It can't be less than sixty-eight taels!"
...
Before An even entered the house, the Gao family had already started demanding a dowry.
When the demand for a bride price of 68 taels of silver was announced, the villagers gasped in shock!
Goodness, even a landlord's bride price is only this much!
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