Chapter 714 Doing Something Big (7)_1
Seeing them arrive, everyone was waiting to see what they would add to the dowry chest.
Fang Hui glanced at the items Pei Qin and Pei Yuan were adding to Fang Fang’s dowry chest, her face stiffening, "Qinqin, you really are generous! Adding so many items, and all of them valuable!" When her son got married, they only added fabric, not a single piece of jewelry.
She forgot that adding to the dowry chest meant adding jewelry, and that marrying off a daughter meant giving away a betrothal gift. The gifts that Pei Qin had Pei Yuan prepare, included a generous betrothal gift.
"Instead of a betrothal gift, we just added all the jewelry," Pei Yuan explained with a smile.
Someone playfully called out, "Let’s see what fine items Fang Fang’s little aunt has added!"
Although it was meant in jest, Fang Hui felt that it was a slight against her, using Pei Qin to put them down, and she said with an unhappy expression, "We can’t compare, Qinqin is a Lady of the Third-Rank Enjoin, her family manages vast businesses, making a fortune every day."
Fearing embarrassment today, Fang Hui had already added to the dowry chest yesterday: a Silver Hairpin, a pair of silver earrings, and two pieces of fabric, which had already cost her dearly.
Li Hualing often heard her mother-in-law’s implicit complaints and knew of her dissatisfaction with her natal family, and even harbored some anger and resentment towards Pei Qin and her sisters. She hurried to smooth things over, "We were free yesterday, we added to the chest then, it’s already been done."