Chapter 5 - 005 Sever All Ties of Gratitude and Duty
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"Hisss!" Hearing Lin Zhaodi's matter-of-fact statement, the surrounding villagers all gasped in shock!
Suddenly, hushed private conversations began to emerge, one after another.
In the era of Longhua Country, when the average farmer's monthly income is only about five or six big silver coins, and even a small town worker earns no more than twenty big silver coins a month, to demand 300 big silver coins for a bride price right off the bat, this, this is practically selling flesh!
And it's even more expensive than selling flesh!
Even if Zhang Shan Ni has always been a capable and good girl in the village, she can't command such a price!
Shanglin Village is relatively remote, and most families there ask for only ten to twenty big silver coins as a wedding gift. She's asking for more than a whole year's salary of a Level 3 worker—how many people in the village could afford to marry her?!
At the same time, many women and young men of Zhang Shan Ni's age felt a sense of 'fortunate' relief. Fortunately, they hesitated, and that saved them the embarrassment of being a laughingstock in public!