Chapter 5 Marriage (Part 1)
Chuxia didn't expect that the Li Family was just in the neighboring village, yet they arrived even later than the Qin Family.
In her previous life, the Li Family arrived late because they had gone to borrow the bride price of three hundred yuan, which was no small sum for them, and they only managed to gather it on the day of the engagement.
In this life, even though Lin Jiayi asked for only eighty yuan as the bride price, they still arrived much later, showing that her difficult and stingy mother-in-law was not just harsh on her.
Besides this, the engagement went smoothly. Besides the three hundred yuan, the Qin Family also gave six yards of cloth, and the Li Family gave cloth as well—eight yards, which made Lin Jiayi quite smug.
Chuxia knew the reality, after all, three hundred had become eighty. Even if they gave a few more yards of cloth, the Li Family had still made a good bargain.
The wedding day arrived in a blink of an eye. According to local custom, the bride's family hosts relatives and friends the day before the wedding, and that day was quite lively for the Lin Family.
With two daughters getting married, even though grandiose wedding banquets weren't trendy in this era, the Lin Family still set up several tables.
In the evening, after the last group of guests had left, Mother Lin gathered the family together.
"Tomorrow's arrangements are set by your father and me. The Li Family is closer, so we'll send Jiayi off first. Lin Chu, you stay home honestly and wait. After sending your elder sister off, we'll send you off. Don't worry about anything else; we've asked the Qin Family to come a bit later so both can proceed without delay."
When their daughter gets married here, the bride's family generally doesn't follow to the groom's place; they just send the bride off from home.
There are also families who show their regard for their daughter by accompanying her to the groom's family to visit, known as 'walking the new kin.' Mother Lin meant that she would go with the elder daughter to the Li Family for a visit.