Chapter 1981 (1/2)

Ying Tongzhi puts on a look of no help. Ge Xiaomao's classmates can only stare at Sheng's mother unhappily and are inconvenient to refute, not only for the face of Ying Tongzhi, but also to avoid deepening disputes.

Lu Lin coughed and said, ”it's getting late and some red tape is free. Since Ying Tongzhi has arrived, I think the wedding can continue and let the two newlyweds enter the bridal chamber quickly.”

Ying Tongzhi nodded and was about to speak. But Sheng's mother said loudly, ”wait!”

They looked at Sheng's mother in surprise.

Sheng's mother glanced at the Ge family, smiled contemptuously and said, ”when we were discussing the marriage, the Ge family said that they could invite Fang Xusheng to come, so we avoided the Ge family's betrothal gift. As long as some ordinary gold and jade ornaments were left to Xiao Rong. However, everyone saw that Fang Xusheng didn't come today, your Ge family's betrothal gift would change.”

”How to change?” Ge Xiaomao glared at Sheng's mother.

Sheng Mu smiled: ”Our family Xiao Rong is not a big family in the country, but he is proficient in all kinds of music, chess, calligraphy and painting. He is also beautiful. Even a famous family came to propose marriage. In those days, the highest price of betrothal gifts was 3000 Liang silver, a big house with three in and three out and three shops. You ge family, just compare these gifts. We won't leave these betrothal gifts to the little couple.”

”You...” Ge Xiaomao almost yelled.

Customs vary from place to place. Some families will leave the bride price and dowry to the newly married couple, while others only leave the dowry, and the woman's family will take all the bride price.

The Ge family kept clenching their fists, and many people wanted to do it.

Sheng's mother continued: ”since Fang Xusheng didn't come, we should reduce the dowry of Sheng's family, save the stores and other things, and leave only two hundred liang of silver. After all, my youngest son has to get a wife and prepare a bride price for him.”

Hearing this, everyone finally understood that Sheng's mother had been making trouble for money.

If Fang Xusheng is there, the Sheng family will naturally get light. It doesn't hurt to have more money shops for dowry, but Fang Xusheng doesn't come. The Ge family is not worth so much dowry, so they take the opportunity to make trouble, ask for more bride price gifts and give less dowry. They don't care about their daughter's life or death, just for their youngest son.

Under the candlelight, the bride's head drooped and tears rippled.

Before the Ge family could answer, Sheng's mother said, ”if you really can't prepare all the betrothal gifts, I don't know how to do this marriage today.”

Even several Sheng family members were shocked. Sheng's mother blackmailed the Ge family by relying on her family's strength.

If the Sheng family repented before, it was the Sheng family's fault. Now if the Ge family can't get the proper bride price at the wedding banquet, the Ge family will be recognized as unable to afford a wife. As for Sheng Rong's future reputation, Sheng's mother doesn't care at all.

”Brother, do you think so?”

The master of the solution family smiled and said, ”my sister's words are rough. Is Xiaorong rough? I looked at Zhang Da. It's a shame to have such a little bride price. He'an has been fourteen and will get a wife right away. The bride price should be thicker so that she won't be despised by her in laws.”

In the crowd of Sheng family, a teenager smiled and said, ”thank you, mother and uncle.”

Xie Zhiwen glared at his cousin, and Sheng he'an was scared to hide behind the adult.

Lu Lin and others were so popular that their hands trembled. If it was only 3000 taels of silver, they could add a big house and three shops, which completely exceeded the limit of the people present. Liang Yuan was the richest of all, but he couldn't get a big house and three shops.

Ge Xiaomao clenched his teeth and clenched his fist. He wanted to terminate the engagement. However, Sheng Rong was innocent and he couldn't do that. If he terminated the engagement, the Sheng family would sell Sheng Rong to a rich family as a concubine, because rich families wouldn't marry Sheng Rong as their wife.

Lu Lin said angrily, ”you don't know about the battle between Fang Yun and jiaosheng palace! Now that he has just become king of the Yangtze River, naturally he can't come. Liang Yuan's coming means that the Fang family hasn't forgotten Ge Xiaomao! Mrs. Sheng, you've done so well that you're not afraid of retribution in the future?”