Chapter 108 - Chapter 108: Chapter 108: The In-Laws are Troublesome 1 (1/2)
Chapter 108: Chapter 108: The In-Laws are Troublesome 1
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It was the day of Jiang Cheng’s wedding.
Elder Jiang invited everyone from East Village to the wedding banquet, and even invited Aunt Wu Sishi and her family from West Village.
Aunt Wu Sishi didn’t want to come, but her husband decided to use this opportunity to mend relationships with the Jiang family, therefore forcing her to attend.
During the banquet, someone asked her, “Aunt Wu Sishi, did you really see a red birthmark on the wrist of Han family’s daughter?”
Aunt Wu Sishi nodded, “Of course, whoever lies will not end well.”
Someone laughed and asked, “Then why did you believe our little Fairy Child also had a birthmark?”
Wu Sishi coughed awkwardly and replied, “It wasn’t my assumption, it was indeed the Han sisters who tricked me into becoming a witness for them. Who would have thought that those two would be so malicious.”
The crowd laughed, “You can’t claim that our little Fairy Child is from the Chen Family next time, otherwise your oath will come true and even the ghosts will come to get you.”
Hehe, indeed, I know that.” Aunt Wu Sishi laughed awkwardly before burying her face in her food.
At dusk, the bride arrived in a palanquin. Chu He, her uncle and older brother, and her two uncles escorted the bride to her groom’s house.
When the palanquin was settled in the courtyard, the matchmakers helped the new bride out. After crossing over the fire basin and paying respect to heaven, earth and her parents, she entered the bridal chamber.
After the ceremony, Elder Jiang quickly invited his daughter-in-law’s uncles and older brother to sit down, and had his two younger brothers and a few peers from the village to accompany them.
After three rounds of drinks, Chu’s eldest uncle began to criticize Elder Jiang indignantly, “Father-in-law, we had clearly agreed on a dowry of one hundred taels of silver, but when we came to the wedding today, your family only brought eighty taels. If the matchmaker hadn’t buttered us up, I wouldn’t have let my niece board the palanquin.”
Elder Jiang laughed embarrassingly and didn’t know how to respond.
In fact, he had only given Dacheng sixty taels of silver, but Dacheng had apparently added an additional twenty taels to make it eighty.
Yet, the Chu family was still unsatisfied. Sigh.
Chu’s eldest uncle continued, “When we return tomorrow, you can use the Golden Ear Fungus as compensation. We’re all reasonable people here, we don’t need a lot- four hundred pots should be enough.”
The Chu’s matchmaker also chimed in with a laugh, “That’s four hundred pots of fungus, not four hundred individual pieces. How does that sound,
Father-in-law? There’s no problem, is there?”
There was a moment of silence among the crowd.
Four hundred pots of fungus? If they were to be individually grown, that would amount to over a thousand Golden Ear Fungi. The Chu family really dared to ask for a lot.
Jiang Sanlang put down his wine cup and spoke calmly, “We Jiangs are just
poor farmers. When in-laws demanded for a hundred taels of silver, it was a bit outrageous. Brother-in-law, you better go around and ask, among the families around, how many can afford a hundred taels of silver for a dowry? Even the rich townspeople couldn’t afford it.”
Jiang Sanlang was too embarrassed to tell them that even coming up with twenty or thirty taels of silver for a wife would be a stretch for some families.
And now they also wanted four hundred pots of fungus. Even he, Jiang Sanlang, couldn’t produce that much in one go. The Chu family had quite the ambition.
One of the Chu uncles slammed the table and asked, “What do you mean? Are you planning to go back on your word now that the bride is here?”
The Jiang family’s matchmaker hurriedly intervened, “Uncle, please don’t say that. We, as adults, are supposed to discuss these things properly. The children shouldn’t be involved.”
Chu’s uncle replied, “I don’t want to involve my niece either, but you guys from the Jiang family were the ones who started this.”
The eighteen-year-old Chu He even threw his cup on the floor in anger and shouted, “Are you Jiangs trying to bully my Chu family thinking we have no one to protect us?”
Jiang Sanlang’s face fell and he shot a glance at his older brother.
They were marrying a daughter, especially the daughter of his older brother, who would eventually inherit the family business. They should have examined the Chu’s family situation more thoroughly.
With these weird relatives causing chaos, Dacheng’s marriage might not be as blissful as expected.
The Jiang’s matchmaker quickly intervened again, “Let’s calm down and discuss this.”
Jiang Sanlang stood up and said coldly, “There is nothing to discuss. The Golden Ear Fungus is always supplied by me, Jiang Sanlang. My older brother doesn’t have that many mushrooms.”
Even if he did, he wouldn’t give them to this family.
Having said that, he turned and walked away.