Although, from Lian Lanlan and Yin Suo’s perspective, this solution is hard to accept, there’s no other way. This era is just like that. It’s the limitation of society; most people have to compromise while living in it. Different societies have different limitations.
Many won, in such circumstances, have to resign themselves to fate. But Lian Lanlan refuses, and she doesn’t plan to let her daughter Yin Suo resign either.
"... Restoring reputation, punishing the second, these are all necessary. Not wanting Yin Suo to marry Si Lang, letting them find a match for Yin Suo, that works too. But..." Lady Li lightly shook her head.
But the demands Lian Lanlan made for Yin Suo’s marriage, aren’t they too high?
"I say it as I see it, in this matter, they suffered a loss. It’s quite sad, no doubt. But to make demands so outlandishly high — without this incident, could Yin Suo have ever hoped for such a match? I just don’t believe it!" Lady Zhang Wang raised an eyebrow and said.
"Given their family’s conditions, at best Yin Suo might get engaged to a small shop owner’s family." Lady Hu added, "If she were to seek a match within the village, she might find a moderately well-off family."
"But that also depends on whether people are willing to have her. If it were , I wouldn’t be willing." Lady Zhang Wang continued, "Why would a tenant farr’s family marry such a daughter-in-law, can she climb mountains, or work in the fields? Can she handle work in a farmstead courtyard? I’ve heard, Yin Suo is so pampered at ho that whoever marries her would have to treat her like an ancestor."
"Then it’s not marrying a wife, it’s marrying an ancestor." Lady Zhang Wang’s words were so biting that everyone couldn’t help but laugh.
"She standing up for her daughter, not willing to let her marry Si Lang like that, I admire that. But the demands she made afterward, truly make one look down on them!" Lady Zhang Wang declared.
"Sister, you really speak your mind." Lady Wu Wang said, clearly agreeing with Lady Zhang Wang.
"From the old house, where can they find such a family?" Lady Wu Wang turned her head, rather aningfully, towards Lady Zhang and said, "This is turning around and trying to let you all co up with a solution."
Lady Wu Wang hit the nail on the head.
"We can’t manage this." Lady Zhang imdiately said, "With such conditions, later on, if our Manman finds a match like that, it would be about right. Not to brag, but what does their Yin Suo have to compare with our Manman."
"Mother, why are you bringing up?" Lian Manman hurriedly asked.
"That’s quite true." Lady Wu Wang imdiately laughed and said, glancing amiably at Lian Manman, "There’s no comparison needed, Yin Suo and Manman shouldn’t even be ntioned in the sa breath."
"Everyone wants their daughter to marry well, but there must be a limit." Lady Li slowly said, "You can’t just shalessly reach for the stars... even if you find such a family for her, she won’t fit in. That’s not enjoying happiness; that’s seeking misery."
"Besides, such a family wouldn’t want her either." Lady Zhang Wang added.
Initially, everyone had so sympathy for Yin Suo, but Lian Lanlan’s standards for a son-in-law imdiately turned all the sympathy into scorn and ridicule.
"This kind of talk, she can only say it in front of her family. If she dared to say it outside, she wouldn’t be afraid of having people laugh their teeth off." Lady Zhang Wang said again.
"The Old Master still has so sense, he didn’t agree to these demands." Lady Zhang said.
Lian Manman was sowhat speechless, indeed, how unaware must Old Master Lian be to agree to such conditions. Lady Zhang’s expectations of the old house are really low.
"Grandpa didn’t agree, so she didn’t make a fuss?" Lian Manman asked Lian Yeye.
"She just cried, saying what will happen to Yin Suo in the future, saying grandpa and grandma can’t just ignore it, or she wouldn’t want to live." Lian Yeye said.
"Oh dear, threatening with her life!" Lady Zhang Wang exclaid, "Did the Old Master agree in the end?"
"No." Lian Yeye replied.
Old Master Lian never agreed, and eventually, it was Lian Lanlan who relented, lowering her demands again and again.
"She said if such a match can’t be found, she accepts it and will settle for sothing lesser. Whether or not they are officials, it doesn’t matter, or if the family has money, or if they’re poorer, then it has to be a scholar, if not, then a Tongsheng, but they must surely pass the exams..." Lian Yeye said.
"Oh my, this is just like bargaining in business, setting a high price and then negotiating down." Everyone sighed, "Your elder aunt is quite sothing indeed."
"She even said, since Yin Suo’s reputation is tarnished, prospective families would certainly be picky, fearing Yin Suo’s life would be hard after marriage, saying if the dowry is substantial, Yin Suo could stand up straight, for finding a suitable family, asking my grandpa to add to the dowry..." Lian Yeye added.
"Pfft," Lian Manman burst out laughing, "So they actually want money."
However, the old house is in a state where it has nothing to offer, and the demands Lian Lanlan made, even her later reduced conditions, were sothing everyone knew, and Lian Lanlan herself should know, the old house couldn’t achieve.
"Her demands, although lower, are still high, and they don’t match them, right." Lady Zhang Wang’s voice echoed, "Even suggesting adding to the dowry, isn’t this extortion? How co this is threatening?"
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