915 Chen Mi’s jealousy —-2
Inside the house, Xiao Hua had indeed gotten Yu Dong busy as she looked at the list which was in front of her and then at the mer who was looking down at her with a haughty profile and finally asked, " What is this?"
She unfurled the list which was so big that it rolled on the floor until it reached the entrance of the house.
" These are the things that I want when I get married to you, which means that these are the betrothal presents that you have to bring to my house," now that Fang Chi was done giving birth, Xiao Hua wanted to get married as soon as possible and that too in the manner in which his father dreamed of. " My daddy was the one who wrote this list, he said that I was the owner of a well-known and wealthy merchant and coupled with my beauty this is something that I deserve. But then he passed away and his wish to see me getting married stayed inside his heart without getting fulfilled."
As Xiao Hua spoke, his eyes turned a bit red as he glanced at the yellowing list. His father doted on him the most, he wished he could gift Xiao Hua the stars along with the moon if he was to ask for it but then because of the tavern owner, he lost everything even though his parents were gone. Though Xiao Hua did not show it on his face, he wished to do everything according to his parent's wishes.
Yu Dong looked at the long list that had scribbling handwriting on it and pursed her lips. She did not expect that her father-in-law despite not being in this world would trouble her like this because after reading the list she realised that Xiao Hua's father wanted to chase every woman away from his son!
Because the list which was sitting in front of her held a few things that Yu Dong was sure she will have to spend quite a lot of time as well as money to get. For example, the golden silk robe was worth more than three thousand taels… and that was the first thing on the list! The remaining were even more expensive!
What was the meaning of that she had to buy Xiao Hua, five boxes of pearl powder only then she was worthy of marrying him? A single box was sold for fifty taels in the town!
" I got it, you will have to give me some time to arrange this," Yu Dong nursed her head as she looked at the list. Though she could see the difficulty in arranging for the items on the list, she could see that the reason Xiao Hua's father arranged for a list like this was to make sure that his son would marry a woman who truly adored him and not only his beauty.
" Very well, then I will be waiting for you to propose the marriage!" Xiao Hua was very satisfied with Yu Dong's answer, he could see that she was seriously thinking of getting those things and was not pretending. In fact, he did not even wish to get his hands on those things, he just wanted to fulfil his father's dying wish. Even if Yu Dong was to get him only half of those things, he will still marry her happily as for those things, he might never use them maybe he will even sell them back in the market.
" And when are you expecting the proposal?" Asked Yu Dong as she raised her head and looked at Xiao Hua.
" On the day when we visit our ancestors," answered Xiao Hua swiftly. " I will bring those gifts to my father and mother's graves and show them that I have finally found someone I can spend my life with and that they no longer need to worry about me."
" I see," the day of visiting the ancestors was three months away which meant that she still had time.
Shen Li and Ye Liu looked at the list but did not feel jealous as they knew that they were sold to Yu Dong rather than married. It was already good enough that they could marry her and stay as her official husbands, only Chen Mi looked at the list and snorted.
He was slightly unhappy given that he did not receive any gifts from Yu Dong when he married her, even though he knew that it was not her fault but without comparison there was no harm! More importantly, he had always competed with Xiao Hua but now he was floored on the ground!
He turned around and walked out of the house leaving Fang Chi who looked rather awkward because he knew why Chen Mi was angry. In this era, the number of betrothal presents represented the love and respect a wife held for her husband.
If they were sold it was all right but in case they were not, it might make others look down on the mer, even his maternal family would look down on him, something Chen Mi's brothers-in-law did quite a lot.
Compared to Chen Mi, he married into the Yu house with a lot of things which were given to him as a betrothal presents by Yu Dong and thus he was not bothered by the list, the only one who was bothered was Chen Mi because he was sold by force because he was betrayed by his family, he was different from Shen Li and Ye Liu who was sold by their own families.
Yu Dong looked at the angry Chen Mi and felt a headache coming but more than that, she knew that her pocket was going to receive a rather huge blow very soon. But she couldn't just leave him upset now, could she?
" Dong Dong," Shen Li turned to look at Yu Dong who waved her hand and said, " I know, I got it… I will arrange for something for him as well."
This was something that the predecessor owed Chen Mi, since he was not sold by his family it was only proper for her to send some betrothal presents to his family as well to make sure that his brothers-in-law would not look down on him since they brought a bunch of things to the Chen house.
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