A time-travel story of a peasant girl getting rich

Chapter 207: Lin Xiaomi's Generosity

When Lin Xiaohua saw them wearing gold and silver and looking so grand, she no longer had any jealousy in her heart. She only thought about how she could get married into their family and become closer to them.

Her husband said that if she couldn't reconcile with her elder brother and let him attend Xiaomi's wedding, he would divorce her. She was terrified. She had lived with this man for half her life. If she was divorced, wouldn't it mean she would die? Although she knew that this was just a threat to her, at most he would beat her up. But she didn't want to be beaten. Over the years, she was really scared of being beaten by Xia Huo.

Now she no longer envied Wang for wearing gold and silver, but she envied her for having a husband who loved her and filial children.

Her children, following the example of their husband's family, are disrespectful and unfilial to her.

Lin Xiaohua looked at him with tears in her eyes, not knowing why her life had become like this. Obviously, she was the one who was envied by everyone and had the best life.

Song and her daughter-in-law were so busy that they had no time to rest, while her mother-in-law sat in the main room without moving. She felt really sick of it.

"Sister-in-law, Xiaomi, have some tea."

"Thank you, second aunt."

Today was her daughter's wedding day, but everyone was talking about how Xiaomi's wedding preparations were going. She couldn't stay any longer, so she told her wife to go down and see her daughter.

After chatting for two cups of tea, everyone got up and went to Lin Wanxiu's boudoir. Wanxiu was wearing a red dress, sitting cross-legged on the kang, her body straight. The quilt on the kang had been put away in the low cabinet, and there was a large camphorwood box next to her, which should be used to put her makeup later.

Lin Xiaomi looked around her room. It seemed that she hadn't added any furniture in all these years. She could see that the furniture was still the same as before the separation. Although it was wiped clean, it was very old.

According to the order of seniority, the first person to add dowry was her stepmother.

"Good child, live a good life in the future and come back to see grandma more often." Old Mrs. Li handed her a silver hairpin.

"Hey!" Wanxiu's eyes were red. She was also a little nervous and uneasy. She didn't know what it would be like after marrying into her husband's family. After seeing the lives of her younger aunt, her fourth aunt, and her father, she instinctively felt that men were violent and would beat her if they didn't agree. She didn't want to be beaten. She didn't know if her husband would beat his wife, or if he would love his aunt like her uncle did.

Lin Xiaomi looked at her, still childish. She sighed, "Ah, she is just a junior high school graduate, not even an adult, and she wants to be a wife. It's really not easy."

It was so dangerous to have a baby at such a young age. But she couldn't persuade others to have children later, or people would think she was malicious and couldn't stand her cousin doing well.

The second wife's dowry was also a silver hairpin, and the clan leader's mother-in-law was a silver bracelet. Song's mother gave a set of quilt covers she made herself.

Wang took out the golden hairpin that she had prepared, and Lin Wanxiu gasped. It was so beautiful and precious. She had never expected her aunt to be so generous. "Thank you, aunt!" She smiled with a smile.

Lin Xiaomi couldn't help but find it a little funny. It was so realistic that a golden hairpin made her forget her reluctance just now.

Yang gave Lin Xiaohua a silver hairpin. After hesitating for a long time, she took out a small silver ring from her pocket.

Xiaomi recognized it, it was something she had worn before. Maybe her sister-in-law's life was as hard as the rumors said. But what did it have to do with her? The two families didn't visit each other, and everyone in Pingyang knew it.

Song's sister-in-law gave her a pair of pillowcases. Old Li's face darkened. The Song family was really stingy. Over the years, the daughter-in-law has helped them a lot.

In fact, the Song family was also wronged. Usually, these were the only things they added to their dowry. Who knew that the Lin family’s relatives were so rich, and each of them had either gold or silver.

The Lin family: It’s not that we are rich. Xiaomi is getting married soon and the family is too close. They can’t let the difference between Wanxiu’s makeup and Xiaomi’s be too big. They can only bear the pain and give Wanxiu some makeup.

When it was the sisters' turn to add makeup, Xiaomi was the first one. She took out two gold bracelets from the box, and this time, there were exclamations all around. Several neighbors in the village looked at Lin Wanxiu with envy. This girl really made a fortune today.

Lin Wanxiu also stared at the gold bracelet in a daze. The style was novel and unique, and it felt heavy in her hand. Tonight was the first time she touched gold jewelry, all given by her mother and daughter. With these two gold jewelry, she felt more confident in her husband's family.

"Thank you, Xiaomi sister." This thank you is sincere.

Lin Taohong gave a pair of pure silver earrings, and her sister had the same. The little girls from Song's family were all given the same thing, two embroidered handkerchiefs each.

After the relatives, the next step was to send gifts to the distant and neighbors. There was no bonus for these dowries. They were all in accordance with the custom, either embroidered handkerchiefs or pillowcases. Lin Wanxiu was already very satisfied. She had only seen so many jewelry when she was running a shop in the county town. Now, they were all hers.

She had argued with her parents for two years over the treasure, and only got five taels of silver and a pair of silver bracelets. It was less than one-tenth of what she got tonight. It was really heartbreaking to think that her parents didn't care about her life or death, and only had two younger brothers in their eyes.

After sending off the dowry, Song's family was far away, so the women had to stay in the old house for one night. Lin Xiaomi and Wang did not stay any longer and went back directly.

Mrs. Song took her daughter's hand and said, "Your eldest brother's family is really rich. He always gives away gold jewelry. I estimate that the dowry alone is worth seventy or eighty taels of silver."

"Their family has plenty of money, and Xiaomi will soon be the Crown Prince's wife. This little thing is nothing." Song didn't care.

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