Listening to the chatter of the people in the room, Yang Dong only felt it was very noisy. He just wanted to solve the matter quickly and leave here as soon as possible.
So he spoke up, "Aunt Lan Hua, maybe there’s a misunderstanding. What I’m saying is, if the bride price has to be one hundred silver, then we’ll just have to forget it. But if the bride price can be considered normal, I won’t go back on my word."
Upon hearing this, the people in the room fell silent, all pondering Yang Dong’s words, which implied that if the bride price were lower, it was still possible for him to marry their Xiaocui.
Everyone was thinking that this matter couldn’t be allowed to fall through just like this, otherwise, they’d have to lower the bride price.
Thinking about this, everyone simultaneously looked at the backbone of their family, which was Aunt Lan Hua, hoping she would make a decision. Aunt Lan Hua was thinking that since it couldn’t be one hundred silver, then it should be less, maybe seventy or eighty? If not, fifty would do.
Before she could speak up to ask for it, Yang Dong continued, "Aunt Lan Hua, to be honest with you, when my family married off my elder and second sisters-in-law, it was just two silver at that ti. My third sister-in-law didn’t even cost one. The matter of my elder and second sisters-in-law was already several years ago, so I thought it couldn’t possibly be the sa as it was a few years back. We’d follow this year’s marriage trend."
"Brother Yang Wei from my third aunt’s family just got married this year, and it was five silver for the bride price."
Hearing the five silver bride price, Aunt Lan Hua was enraged and imdiately spoke up, "Yang Dong, that won’t do. What’s the condition of your third aunt’s family and what’s yours? Is there any comparability? Five silver is absolutely not feasible, don’t even think about it."
Aunt Lan Hua didn’t even think about it before she hastily rejected it. Her minimum bottom line was also fifty silver; how could it fall short by that much?
At this mont, Yang Dong was very calm, determined to stick to his ideas regardless of what the opposition said. "Aunt Lan Hua, when I ca, I thought to follow the example of Brother Yang Wei from the third aunt’s family, but your words just now are right. I can’t let your Yang Xiaocui be looked down upon by the villagers."
His words sparked hope in the hearts of the people in the room; there was an implication of increasing the silver amount. Xiaocui’s elder sister couldn’t help but ask, "Then how much bride price do you intend to give?"
Yang Dong spoke unhurriedly, "Aunt Lan Hua, I thought it over. The bride price won’t be five silver; I’ll add one more, making it six silver. This bride price of six silver is very high in this village, so the villagers won’t speak ill of your Xiaocui anymore."
These words almost made the people in the room spit out blood from anger. They thought there was so hope with the bride price negotiations, but didn’t expect Yang Dong to only add one more silver. Was he just playing with them?
Aunt Lan Hua spoke more angrily, "Yang Dong, six silver definitely won’t do. At least fifty silver; without fifty silver, you can forget about Xiaocui marrying over."
At this point, Yang Dong stood up and said, "Fifty silver is definitely not happening. I’m only offering six silver for the bride price. Your family should think it over carefully; if you decide, just let know tonight. If not, let’s consider this matter finished. If you co to tomorrow, don’t even think about six silver, not even one more, I won’t marry her."
As Yang Dong spoke, he walked towards the door, "Aunt Lan Hua, all these words are sincere. This matter is up to ; even if you find my parents, it’s useless. If I don’t agree, they can’t force ."
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