Chapter 4 Dowry
Based on Mother Lin's doting on my older sister, if the marriage arrangements hit a snag midway, it certainly wouldn't be because of my sister.
If it wasn't my sister's fault, then it must be mine.
Truly, like a mother, not only did she switch the marriage engagement using my name, but she also demanded such a large dowry from the Qin Family, completely disregarding whether I'd live or die after marrying off.
The fact that the Qin Family agreed is commendable; no matter what kind of person Qin Yang is, the Qin Family people are genuinely good-hearted after all, given that in this era, a woman who has been rejected in marriage leads a difficult life.
Lin Chuxia will remember this kindness from the Qin Family.
Suppressing the emotions in her eyes, Lin Chuxia spoke indifferently, "I didn't want to bring this up, but wasn't my sister incessantly praising the Qin Family? I'm worried my sister was confused for a moment when she let Mother switch the engagement. It's not too late to regret it now. Once you marry, there's no turning back."
"I won't regret it," Lin Jiayi retorted without thinking.
"Then why does my sister care so much about the Qin Family's dowry? Or is it because you think the Li Family is too poor to provide a dowry? If you ask me, Mother should've demanded more dowry from them. What you have in hand is yours. Mother understood this when discussing my marriage arrangement with the Li Family; how could she become so muddled when it came to my sister? Eighty yuan—the village's Li Cuihua's marriage dowry was surely more than eighty, right?"
Lin Jiayi's face flushed red with anger. Li Cuihua was the village idiot, and this wretched girl actually dared to compare her to that fool?
Moreover, as Mother said, the Li Family is so poor, if they really gave a dowry of three hundred yuan, wouldn't that be sending off liabilities to the bride's family?
"Enough, all of you shut your mouths," Mother Lin glared fiercely at Lin Chuxia, "Day in and day out doing nothing right, just fixated on these trivial matters. Do you really think I raised you for nothing? And don't you act all smug; your sister gave you such a good marriage. You should be grateful. Without further ado, your dowry should naturally focus on your sister. The Qin Family is well-off; they won't miss what you need."