In a tone of annoyance:

"Brother, what are you doing!"

...

"Father-in-law, please calm down, I am sincere towards Sisi. It was my fault earlier, now, whatever steps we need to take, let's follow them, shall we?

Whatever other families have, we must have;

Whatever other families don't have that you wish for, we can also have.

I respect you greatly." 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

"Ha, just saying pleasant things, who knows what you are really thinking. My daughter from the He family is not in such a hurry to get married!"

Actually,

When the father-in-law and son-in-law were arguing,

Neither mentioned the pregnancy.

The pre-cooked rice often turns out to be the biggest bargaining chip for the son-in-law against the father-in-law and mother-in-law;

Anyway, your daughter is already carrying my child, I am undefeated!

But this should not be mentioned outside, or it would be really embarrassing."

Old He wouldn't foolishly bring it up himself,

And Ji Chengjue, being tactful, certainly wouldn't mention it either."

At this moment,

The Eldest Prince, the male elder, finally remembered why he was here,

Stepped forward,

And said:

"Old He, my father is in the capital, bogged down by affairs, it's inconvenient for him to come, so I'm here on behalf of my family to arrange the betrothal for my brother.

Previous omissions in manners were indeed our fault, and my brother's actions were indeed a bit reckless. I hope you won't hold it against us."

Now that the two young ones are together, as their elders, it is our duty to support them."

"Hmph."

Old He ignored the Eldest Prince, turned around, and pulled out his treasured pig-slaughtering knife,

He went straight back into the house.

Ji Chengjue also slowly stood up, dusting off his knees.

"Your father-in-law is quite difficult to deal with." The Eldest Prince commented.

"There's no choice, we brought it on ourselves, hey, move quickly, carry the stuff inside, hurry."

The Eldest Prince nodded, signaling the people behind to carry the betrothal gifts inside, he also took the gift list, which he would have to personally hand to Old He later.

Though the Eldest Prince had led troops in battles and seen gusty situations, he couldn't help but have a slight twitch in his brow upon seeing the gift list.

How many hind legs of pigs, how many forelegs, how many pig heads...

These pigs,

Are extremely valuable,

As it is said this gift list was set by the father.

Hard to imagine,

That the father would seriously set a list for how many pig hind legs.

Moreover, these pig legs were personally purchased by decree by the current Crown Prince.

Even the most ordinary pigs, after this experience, their value must have skyrocketed, right?

The attendants pushed open the He family's door, carrying boxes of gifts inside.

In the courtyard,

Old He sat in a worn armchair,

His pig-slaughtering knife close by,

Watching people carry things inside,

He just sat there with a stern face, not saying a word.

Around him, many bystanders came to watch the excitement.

Previously, because Old He's daughter was taken away without a word, the street gossip was plentiful, saying all kinds of things.

Whenever someone came to buy pork, no matter if it was a pound or two ounces, they would ask Old He, why haven't your daughter and son-in-law had any news?

In the end,

Old He had to take the letter to a nearby private tutor to listen and then personally went to tell the neighbors,

Saying his daughter and son-in-law are having a good life in the capital,

Living in a big house,

Eating meat at every meal,

And having servants and attendants,

Also, saying his son-in-law wants him to go to the capital to retire, but he doesn't want to go, saying what's good in the capital, this Nan'an city is his home, besides, he doesn't want to leave these neighbors.

Actually, the letter had only short "good" words from He Chu, most of it was Old He's imagination.

But today the neighbors, seeing these betrothal gifts, were indeed impressed, no wonder, the son-in-law from the capital is indeed wealthy!

But some busybodies began to question,

Why give so much pork for betrothal gifts, and to a butcher's family?

Old He's in-law must be crazy, right?

Or the in-law is in the same business as Old He, both slaughtering pigs and selling meat?

Ji Chengjue and the Eldest Prince walked into the house, Ji Chengjue stood still, the Eldest Prince stepped forward and handed over the gift list.

"Old He, these are the betrothal gifts. See if anything is missing, you can mention it."

Old He had actually long seen plenty of pig heads.

However,

Upon seeing the gift list again,

Hmm,

He couldn't read, but he knew the words related to pigs and the weights were recognizable.

At a glimpse,

His eyes widened immediately,

What does this mean,

It's completely doubling the dowry!

The amount of pig hind legs he sent, the in-law sent double back!

As if the young couple only needed to eat pork every day, sleep under pork-made quilts, wear clothes made of pigskin?

This is a declaration of war,

This is a counterattack against himself,

And it insulted him on his strongest battlefield!

"Whatever else is missing, feel free to mention it, I'll go straight to getting it, we should hurry and settle the young couple's matter, saving both families from worrying, the young couple can start their happy life and soon bear children."

Some words can't be said outside, but inside, they can be shared.

Old He ignored the Eldest Prince,

Instead pointed a finger at Ji Chengjue,

Shouted:

"You brat, come here!"