Chapter 100: Chosen Again (2)_1
Pei Qin walked out immediately.
The faces of the two women who came with Luo Jie turned sour instantly—they didn’t mind their family’s status and had come over for a match without mentioning the dowry, yet these people dared to look down on them. What on earth!
Seeing that the situation was going awry, Pei Houli quickly had Lady Fang express her position and accept, "The matter of children’s marriage relies on the parents’ command and the matchmaker’s word."
Lady Fang didn’t want to agree, but she was also worried about not finding someone suitable, that they might end up with someone like Qian Dog.
Si Ya glanced at Luo Jie, finding him not very appealing, but as the only son in his family and with over twenty acres of land, his prospects were really quite good. Her elder sister was even looking down on him—was she actually holding out for a rich man’s son?
At home, Pei Qin waited for Lady Fang to return. Without waiting for her to persuade, she began to urge her mother, "Mom, how much do we earn in a month?"
Lady Fang was taken aback, "I haven’t calculated it..."
"Then let me do the math for you!" Pei Qin sat cross-legged on the kang bed, counting with her fingers for Lady Fang, "Starting from the time we went up the mountain, we earned over 600 wen each time, sometimes over one tael, another time over two taels, and this last time over three taels. Plus the one tael and five pieces from the salted fish, that’s about how much silver we have, almost ten taels in total. We earn about ten taels a month, which makes it one hundred twenty a year. In two years, I’ll be barely sixteen. By then, let’s talk about marriage. Our family will have our own yard, cattle, a cart, fields, and perhaps even a stall to do business. I can read and do math; Pei Wendong is also sent to study. What kind of family are you planning to find for me?"
Lady Fang felt dazed, as if it wasn’t real. "Our family..." Can we really have it so good? Her eldest daughter’s dreams seemed too big.
San Ya was already filled with yearning, "Mom! Elder sister is really good at calculating, faster than the shopkeeper at the tavern!"