Uncle Shao's face sank slightly, and Shao Yunyun said, "Dad, let's eat! Next time I make more, I'll give it away."
Qiao Xuan also smiled: "No, next time I bought candy from the public school, I will make a big pot and give half a pot to each of the second and third aunts!"
As for the ones on the table, the candy bought by her dowry is hers!
Mrs Fang said "Ouch": "Our family can't bear to buy so much candy!"
Uncle Shao held his breath...
This Qiao Shi, what do you want to do when you talk about her dowry?
But he really couldn't refute it!
He could not wait to get angry and not eat the dishes she made with her dowry money.
But what if he doesn't eat it? He couldn't stop the family from eating.
Thinking about it, Uncle Shao actually felt a little sad. He seemed to think that the head of his family was like an outsider, as if they were the family...
Qiao Xuan didn't know how Shao Sanlang told her mother-in-law. Early the next morning, she found that her mother-in-law was very worried.
After breakfast, Mrs Fang beckoned and called Qiao Xuan over, "Miss Qiao, you'll accompany me to a place later..."
When he first started speaking, Mr. Fang was still a little hesitant and embarrassed, but as he spoke, he became smooth and a little excited.
"Tell me! Are the Yang Liang couple a bastard! There must be a limit to greed, 80 taels? Then Yang Xiaoni can't be a fairy!"
"Other people's marriages are marriages. What's the difference between their family and selling girls? They don't recognize anything except for the money. I tried to say a few more words, but instead they robbed me, and last time I was mad at me!"
"Yang Xiaoni's girl is in good health and can work. She's just like that. The third child likes it, and I recognize it. But with the Yang family, what can I do?"
"I don't know why this unworthy evil barrier is so obsessed with ghosts, alas! What kind of evil have I done..."
Mrs Fang spit out a big rant, saying that Qiao Xuan is smart, so she asked her to accompany him to the Yang house today.
Mrs. Xu was unreliable. Last time, she took Mrs. Xu with her. As a result, when she saw that she was choreographed by the couple and didn't put a single fart, she would stick there like a wooden pestle, and then tell her to scold her.
Naturally, Qiao Xuan would not refuse her mother-in-law's request, so she comforted her and asked with a smile, "Mother, since mother also thinks that the Yang family girl is good and the third brother likes it, I naturally want to accompany my mother on this trip. It's just mother. How many betrothal gifts are you willing to give in your heart? We can talk only if we have a number."
Fang Shi suddenly grimaced and felt distressed.
To be honest, the family has no money.
The second room and the third room keep an eye on them. Every year, they sell two pigs, some chickens, ducks, eggs, and some beans and peanuts, so their income is really limited.
Fortunately, Shao Yunyun is sensible and saves the cost of studying as much as possible. He often copies books for the bookstore in exchange for some paper and pen and ink. In the past two years, Xiaoqi has also made some money hunting for odds and ends.
But Shao Yunyun's marriage and drinking, basically hollowed out the family's foundation!
Now she's saving up bits and pieces—even the wages that Qiao Xuan paid Shao Dalang and the others recently, and the five coins that Shao Xiaoqi gave a few days ago, are less than 10 taels of silver.
She plans to borrow two taels from wealthy people in the village, and sell the pigs to return them at the end of the year, barely able to make up for ten taels.
"Twelve taels, at most eleven taels, no more!"
Ten taels of silver is not too little. Most of the people in the countryside have a hard time, and everyone is about the same. If you really want to be a relative, three or five taels is enough, and six, two or eight taels is very decent.