PWDLAW Chapter 394: Seeking Benefits

 Chapter 394: Seeking Benefits

Dou Er Mi (Sweet Rice): The male side prepares twelve catties of glutinous rice and three catties and two liang of sugar, which will be used to make sweet dumplings for the female side, symbolizing completeness, sweetness, and happiness.


Zhang, seeing that the betrothal money was six taels instead of the previously hinted six liang, felt a bit displeased. If she thought it was too much before, she should have said so directly. Now she wanted to play tricks.


Six taels amounted to only four liang of silver, as six taels looked like a larger sum but Zhang wasn't someone who didn't recognize silver.


Throughout the entire betrothal gifts list, the only valuable items were the betrothal money and the later mentioned lucky bracelets. The rest, according to Zhang's understanding, wouldn't cost more than two taels.


Although she thought this way, as there were no specific numbers written, Zhang wasn't at ease. So, she directly discussed the quantities with Huang Shi.


Seeing that she didn't mention the betrothal money, Huang Shi felt delighted. Even if it concerned other details, she cooperated accordingly.


Song Lu personally wrote down the specific numbers on the side.


But Huang Shi seemed to have been happy too early.


After finalizing all the quantities, Zhang took a sip of tea and smiled, saying, "Huang Sister, Ah Lu, here, it seems there might be a mistake in the writing. Although I don't know many characters, I do recognize 'two' and 'tael.'"


It's important to note that Zhang initially learned to read by recognizing various characters on silver coins.


Without asking Chu Liushi, she could confirm she hadn't read it wrong.


As expected, when Huang Shi heard her say this, her heart skipped a beat and she forced a smile on her face. "Sister, there's no mistake; six and six signify great fortune. If we wrote four, it wouldn't sound as good."


This meant that they only intended to give four liang of silver.


Zhang chuckled and said, "Ah Lu, my daughter this time just from participating in the county's female talent competition, she has earned a piece of land worth three or four taels of silver. We haven't even calculated the hairpin yet."


"I'm not trying to make things difficult for you but honesty is important. Besides this betrothal money, I plan to add half of it to Qingxiang's dowry. In my Chu family, we don't aim to take everything." Why only half? Because Zhang intended to save some silver for her two sons.


Of course, in the village, the bride's family usually doesn't ask for betrothal gifts and the dowry is prepared in advance.


So, in Zhang's view, she was setting a precedent in the village by treating her daughter so well.


Huang Shi, hearing Zhang's words, found it hard to believe. Which family asks for betrothal gifts from the groom's family and on top of that gives half to the bride? In her opinion, it wasn't just for the face, it was to gain silver as well. In the end, the daughter married out and even if the parents were unhappy, it was considered acceptable. If the daughter didn't fare well, and the parents didn't offer financial support, it was still considered good enough.


So, Huang Shi didn't believe it at all.


But Zhang's words left her speechless. She couldn't find a counter argument and could only mumble "Sister, what you said makes sense, but Ah Lu spent a lot of silver on his studies. He's capable, and in the future he will definitely take good care of Sister."


Zhang snorted. Words are empty, who knows how he'll take care of his wife in the future?


She was happy to marry her daughter to Song Lu because she saw that Ye Muyu was living well, and Song Lu had achieved success as a scholar.


As for whether she could enjoy the filial piety of her daughter and son-in-law, she didn't dare to expect. Huang Shi on the other hand was confident in her predictions.


"Huang Sister, I understand that your family is in a difficult situation but please understand a mother's heart. Who wouldn't want their daughter to marry well? The betrothal money will eventually be brought back to the Song family, won't it? It's just a circle but it makes Qingxiang look better. A woman in her life competes for this one thing, marrying well."

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