Reborn as an Ugly Wife in the Countryside-Chapter 1371 - 1373: I Was Just Pretending to Faint
Yang Dong’s words left everyone in the room utterly shocked. It wasn’t until Yang Dong had left his family’s courtyard that everyone finally reacted.
"Mother-in-law, what does that brat Yang Dong mean? He’s only willing to offer six taels as a bride price? And if we don’t agree, he’ll call off marrying our Xiaocui?"
"That’s not acceptable! Six taels are way too little. It should at least be a few dozen taels. Mother-in-law, don’t listen to that brat Yang Dong. This matter should be decided by his parents. A hundred taels is too much, and his parents didn’t agree, so let’s lower it to fifty taels—they should be able to agree to that."
"Exactly. Their family is so wealthy, offering only six taels to marry a wife doesn’t really fear being laughed at. Mother-in-law, if our family agrees to this, our Xiaocui is bound to be ridiculed."
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The few wives chatted back and forth, but the bottom line was clear: six taels were definitely insufficient, and a bride price of at least fifty taels was necessary.
Aunt Lan Hua had remained silent. She initially thought her family should be more assertive and not compromise on the bride price; the honest Yang Family could definitely meet it.
However, she didn’t anticipate that Yang Dong would be so stubborn, not yielding an inch. As if that wasn’t enough, he only offered a bride price of six taels and even mentioned that if they didn’t agree by tonight, even if they agreed later, he wouldn’t marry. She felt backed into a corner.
She was practically livid.
At this moment, Yang Xiaocui stood outside the window. She overheard the entire conversation between her family and Yang Dong. Watching Yang Dong leave, he headed straight to the main gate after exiting and didn’t notice she was standing by the window. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂
Listening to her family’s words, she felt extremely disappointed. It seemed like her family wasn’t arranging a marriage for her—they were practically selling her, even haggling over the price.
Yang Dong offering six taels to marry her was already considered a good bride price in this village, yet her mother still disagreed. It was utterly ruining her prospects.
Inside the house, they were still vigorously arguing over this matter. Yang Xiaocui pushed open the door and entered. "Mom, quickly agree to it. If you don’t, I’m afraid I really won’t be able to get married."
Seeing her youngest daughter come in, Aunt Lan Hua quickly approached and said, "Daughter, that brat Yang Dong is too unreasonable, only offering a bride price of six taels. That’s not acceptable. No, I have to argue this further. After all, he promised to marry you in front of so many people. He can’t back out. I’ll go make a scene at their house later."
"Yes, little sister, don’t be afraid. Such a big decision can’t be made by Yang Dong alone. This has to be decided by his parents. If it doesn’t work out, our whole family will go to their house and stir things up. They can’t go back on this."
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Yang Xiaocui felt utterly speechless. She now thought her family was being foolish. This morning, Yang Dong left angrily because of the hundred taels demand, and yesterday, their second sister-in-law clearly expressed disagreement with the match. It was unlikely to succeed from the start, and now that Yang Dong had come and offered a bride price of six taels, this might be her last chance.
If her family refused, perhaps, as Yang Dong had said, even if they agreed later, he wouldn’t choose to marry her.
To ensure she could smoothly marry Yang Dong, she steeled herself and revealed what she’d done. "Mom, let me tell you the truth. I pretended to faint just so I could marry into their family. If you don’t agree today, all my previous efforts will be for nothing."
