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n66 Not Countering

nEldest Uncle’s face sank. Shao Yunduan said, “Dad, just eat your food. We can share some things when we have more in the future.”

nQiao Xuan smiled. “True, when we have sugar next time, I can make half a basin for them if they want!”

nAs for the dishes on the table, she had full control of them since she bought them with her dowry.

nMs. Fang snapped. “I won’t buy this much sugar!”

nEldest Uncle was stuck with anger.

nWhy was Ms. Qiao talking about her dowry all the time?

nHe simply had no way to counter her.

nHe could only abstain from eating every dish bought with her dowry.

nBut there was nothing else he could do. After all, he could not stop the others from eating the dishes.

nEldest Uncle suddenly felt very sad. It seemed as if he were like an outsider though he was the master of the family, whilst the others present belonged to another family.

nQiao Xuan had no idea what Shao Sanlang said to her mother-in-law, but she found that her mother-in-law looked very gloomy the following morning.

nAfter breakfast, Ms. Fang asked Qiao Xuan to come to her side. “Ms. Qiao, could you please accompany me to a place later?”

nShe had been feeling embarrassed when she first started the conversation, but gradually, she got excited.

n“Honestly, that couple of the Yang Family are goddamned hooligans, right? 80 liang? Do they think that Yang Xiaoni is a fairy?”

n“We are trying to talk about marriage, but they are selling their sister! They want nothing but money! They annoyed me so badly last time!”

n“But Yang Xiaoni is a very strong girl and she can do a lot of labor work. Moreover, my son loves her, but what can we do about her family?”

n“And this son of mine seems to be so obsessed with her! What do I do about it?”

nMs. Fang made a lot of complaints and told Qiao Xuan that she was very clever, so she hoped that she could keep her company while visiting the Yang Family.

nMs. Xu was not reliable. She did bring Ms. Xu with her last time, but the daughter-in-law did not dare to utter any words. She just stood there motionlessly like a piece of wood!

nQiao Xuan would not turn down her mother-in-law’s request. She consoled her and said with a smile, “Mom, if you like that girl from the Yang Family and my brother loves her, then I will keep you company. But how much do you want to offer as a wedding present to them? We need to have an estimate for the bottomline figure!”

nMs. Fang suddenly felt her heart ache.

nThey had no savings at home.

nThe other sections of the family kept their eyes glued upon all the income she earned from selling pigs, chickens, ducks, eggs, beans and even peanuts.

nShao Yunduan was quite frugal at school and often earned his pocket money by copying books in exchange for paper and ink with bookstores. Qi also hunted many animals which brought in some income.

nBut Shao Yunduan’s wedding almost cost them everything they had!

nSo she had less than 10 liang in savings. This was after accumulating the change she earned as well as the payment she got from Shao Dalang’s salary from Qiao Xuan as well as the 5 qian Shao Xiaoqi offered to her a couple of days ago.

nShe decided to borrow two liang from some friends because by the end of the year, she could get 10 liang after selling the pigs.

n“Ten at most, or 11 liang, no more!”

n10 liang was already a large amount. Villagers did not have a rich life, and for those who had the intention of starting a martial relationship, 3 or 5 liang would already be enough. 6 or 7 liang would mean a large wedding.

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