"Alright, how many taels of silver do you have?”，Old Lady Wang couldn't bear it." We don't need these few taels of silver now. Don't you know what your brother and his wife are like?" Besides, mother still has some silver, don't worry, Dacheng won't suffer…"
"Yes, it doesn't matter if she's good-looking or not. She's not crippled or lame. She's a good wife!”
"Yes, that's right!"
The two mothers were talking in a low voice while listening to the movements in the room. Originally, Yang Ping, as a junior, couldn't say anything about this marriage, but she was still worried. She remembered that she had promised Sister Yu Lian and asked Sister-in-law Yuan to come over. Who would have thought that Sister-in-law Yuan would bring back the news that Aunt Wang was about to cry from anger?
It was not easy for a man to be pestered. After Zhang Xi made a request and complimented Uncle Wang and his wife several times, he handed the stage to his wife and sister. Of course, he could not get away at the moment. He was being pestered by Wang Kui and Chun Sheng on both sides. Opposite him were Uncle Wang, Wang Maocai, and the Wang family's eldest uncle. The tea in the cup was refilled three times. The taste was bland, but no one changed it.
Zhang Yunyun had taken off her headscarf at some point, revealing a pair of cloud-like eyes under her willowy eyebrows. She had fair skin and red lips, and she was a delicate beauty. In addition, her tear-stained cheeks made Aunt Wang grit her teeth and rejoice that Dacheng was not at home.
Meixiang chuckled." Sister-in-law and sister of the Zhang family say it too easily. One hundred taels. Can we farmers save one hundred taels by digging for food for half our lives?"”
Zhang Yunyun cried again." Sister-in-law, I…I just…Father and Mother raised me up. Brother, Sister-in-law, it's not easy either…"
"That's right. Yun 'er married into your family, so she's yours. It's not like your Wang family doesn't have money. Dacheng is the eldest son. Besides, this 'wedding wine money' is also the Wang family's face. I've asked around. Every family in town has a betrothal gift of a hundred or eighty taels…"
" Sister Zhang is filial, but the people in the mountains can't compare to those in the town. Besides, the girls in the town can read and take care of the family. Sister Zhang..."
Madam Qian patted her sister-in-law's hand and took out a handkerchief and handed it to Zhang Yunyun. This was a gift from Yang Ping and she was not willing to use it yet." Sister, quickly wipe yourself. We are discussing something. Don't let outsiders think that you are being bullied in our King Village. Sister is right. Father and Mother have raised you for a long time. It's only right that you give Father and Mother some money for their retirement…"
Hearing Madam Qian relent, the Zhang family's sister-in-law raised her eyelids. Zhang Yunyun quickly used a handkerchief to wipe away her tears, but she heard her continue,"The man will give the betrothal gifts and the woman will pay the dowry. Sister Zhang is very filial. I think your parents will treat you well. I wonder what kind of dowry she prepared for her sister-in-law?”
" You... I..." Mrs. Zhang thought of the two blankets that had been prepared at home. She rolled her eyes and mumbled a few times but didn't say anything.
Mrs. Qian continued," Everyone says that the land in the Zhuang Manor is fertile. It's good that Sister Zhang exchanged the box of silver for the title deed. When my sister-in-law married over, her family gave her six mu of fertile land. She rented it out and had a harvest every year. She didn't have to worry about anything and was very frugal!”
"That's right!" Ding Meixiang clapped her hands." Sister will listen to us. Unfortunately, my betrothal gift was too little. It was only ten taels. My family had to supplement it a little more before we managed to amass six mu of land. Sister only needs this hundred taels of silver to buy fifteen mu of high-grade land. Sister-in-law Zhang, please add some more…"
" No way, my family-" The sister-in-law of the Zhang family instantly exploded when she heard that. She remembered that her family only had ten mu of land, and half of it was low-grade. She still wanted fifteen mu? Add more? Why don't you go to heaven? Then, he pointed at his aunt and said,"Yun 'er, look at this. You haven't even entered the house yet and you're already bullying me.”
Outside the door, Jin Shi was about to cheer for the sisters-in-law when she suddenly heard Zhang Yunyun say with a sobbing tone,"Sisters-in-law, y-you know that my family is poor, but, but a hundred taels of silver is nothing to my aunt's family. You, sob sob…"
"Nothing?" Aunt Wang, who was so angry that she did not say anything for a long time, continued,"Miss Zhang sure has big words. Where did you see that a hundred taels is nothing in my house?”
Just a moment ago, she was still calling her Yun 'er, and now she was the daughter of the Zhang family. Zhang Yunyun felt stifled and said in an aggrieved tone,"Yu Lian is wearing a golden phoenix on her head. My sister-in-law said that it's pure gold and costs at least a hundred taels! You, you are leaving all the money for your daughter. You treat your daughter like a treasure and your son like grass. If this isn't bullying me, what is it?”，As she spoke, she started crying loudly again.
"Golden Phoenix?" Aunt Wang was confused.
The Qian sisters-in-law also looked at each other.
Jin Shi sneered and stepped in. She was already half a head taller than the average woman. At this moment, her imposing manner made the Zhang family's sisters-in-law unconsciously shrink a little. She opened her mouth and said in a cold voice with a hint of mockery,"I was wondering who it was. So it should be here? I gave Amelia that golden phoenix!"
"Sister-in-law, why didn't you let anyone call me?"”
"Sister…"
"Sister-in-law, you forgot? That day when we went to send Lass Lian off, I felt that someone was watching us from the shadows. For this reason, I even specially asked Huang 'er to go and check. So it was you! Haha…It's just that the daughter-in-law of the Zhang family still doesn't understand the market. That golden phoenix hairpin is my dowry. It's a unique craft of the Jade Cuixuan in the capital. You can't buy it even with 500 taels!”
"You, you are?"
"Dacheng is my manager. I can be half a family for his marriage. Do you have any objections? Amelia calls me Auntie. She's my niece. I treat her as my daughter. Why? Are you jealous?”，Jin Shi laughed loudly and took out a begonia hairpin from his sleeve. He waved it and said,"I knew that we had discussed the marriage, so I wanted to join in the fun and give you a gift. It seems that I won't need it now…Meixiang, you should call me aunt too.”
Ding Meixiang took it happily and stuck it in her hair."Haha…a golden hairpin, only a fool would dislike it! Thank you, Auntie Jin!"
"You too!" Jin Shi said as she pulled out another one from her head and stabbed it into Mrs. Qian's head."Wear it first. There will be better ones when you bring the children over for New Year's. Also, give this to your second daughter-in-law. I heard that her baby is a girl. Tell her that if she gives birth to a girl, I'll give her a big golden lock.”，Jin Shi smiled and took off a bracelet from her hand and placed it in Mrs. Qian's hand.
"Madam Jin is absolutely right!" Madam Qian also smiled." Ever since someone said that Second Sister-in-law's child is a daughter, her parents have been revolving around her. Mother has made almost a cabinet full of clothes for girls…"
"Haha…that's right. Sister-in-law and I are envious. We want to have a daughter every day!”
The Jin family's torment stunned the Zhang family's sisters-in-law. The gold hairpin and jade bracelet were given out as they wished. The farmer had never seen such good things in his life, let alone that gold hairpin. That gold hairpin was originally meant for him!
Embarrassment, anger, regret, and hatred surged up in her, but her sobs were choked in her throat.
"Sister-in-law, there are some things that you can't say, so I'll say it for you!”，Jin Shi spoke again. Without waiting for Aunt Wang's response, she took the stool that Meixiang had moved over and sat opposite Zhang Yunyun. Her face was calm and her posture was straight.
A wave of pressure spread from the top of her head to the bottom of her feet. Zhang Yunyun immediately felt as if she could not breathe.
"Miss Zhang, it was originally said that discussing the marriage of your children is the matter of the elders, but since you personally came to our house today, it means that you can decide your own marriage, right?”
Zhang Yunyun wanted to say that she couldn't make the decision herself and that she had been dragged here by force. However, firstly, she couldn't control her brother and sister-in-law. Secondly, she also felt that the Wang family was unwilling to take the money because they looked down on her and bullied her. However, she didn't dare to say these words. Her brother was surrounded by a few people and couldn't care less about this. Her sister-in-law had also been smashed silly by the gold hairpin and jade bracelet.
"It's good that you can make the decision. We have two ways here. We'll do as we've agreed before. The wedding banquet fee is fifteen taels. We'll marry you, and if the girl marries you, we won't care whether your Zhang family gives you a box of silver or not.”
The eldest sister-in-law heard it clearly this time. She jumped up and shouted,"No!"
Ding Meixiang glanced at her as if she was looking at a fool. She grabbed a handful of melon seeds from the low table beside her and ate them. She did not forget to share a few with her sister-in-law.
Kim didn't even lift his eyelids as he continued,""Secondly, according to what you said, the 'wedding wine money' is 100 taels, but Miss Zhang has to sign a contract in front of the elders of the two villages and the clan, stating that after the marriage, other than the four gifts for the New Year, the birthday gift for her parents, and the funeral of the old man, she cannot take money or things from the Wang family to compensate your brother and sister-in-law.”
"You, you, you're bullying me! Zhang Yunyun trembled and sobbed."You guys are taking advantage of Big Brother Dacheng not being home to bully me. Wu…Auntie, you, you are just watching an outsider like this. Call Big Brother Dacheng back, call Big Brother Dacheng back, I want to hear it from him!”
" Haha…" Ding Meixiang seemed to have heard something funny."Outsiders? Miss, you really dare to say that. Not to mention that Madam Jin is Dacheng's boss and Dacheng called her aunt, just because Madam Jin plans to give you the golden hairpin as a greeting gift, you should recite Amitabha! Also, the younger sister of the Zhang family, she's not even married yet and she wants to complain in front of a man? Tsk tsk…I say, you're really…Sister-in-law Zhang, is this what you call being obedient and sensible? We haven't seen it in our village, tsk tsk…"
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