The more generous the head, the more happy the marriage, and generally speaking, the woman's family will only collect half of the amount for the daughter's dowry, and the other half will use the daughter's own embroidery bag, and return it to the man with things such as gold balls and oil bags.

Of course, there are also families who collect all the money, and in order for their daughters to live a more decent life in the man's family in the future, they will buy a dowry that is several percent more generous than the fixed head, which is often called a rich marriage.

So as soon as she heard that Chen Caichun's head was spent by the Yang family, Chen Shuangchuan immediately opened a pair of round eyes in shock, she also knew the situation at home, and it was absolutely impossible to get such a huge sum of money as a dowry.

"What can I do, she said that her uncle's family is a close relative, and she won't care about these little things." Chen Caichun said very plainly, but Chen Shuangchuan held his hand tightly, Chen Caichun suddenly felt a burst of grievance and unwillingness, and tears fell and rolled down, "What kind of person can she be eccentric......

Chen Shuangchuan was also silent, Chen Caichun's day after tomorrow, and Chen Shuangchuan couldn't count on the Yang family, so she specially stayed at the entrance of the village, and when Chen Shiyou went home, she asked about Chen Caichun's dowry.

In the past few years of working in the He family, because of a little knot with the Yang family, except when necessary, Chen Shuangchuan basically did not return home, the last time he saw Chen Shiyou was at the end of the year, but he didn't see him for more than half a year, Chen Shiyou's appearance has changed too much, and Chen Shuangchuan didn't recognize it at first.

If you count it up, Chen Shiyou should be just forty years old this year, because he has been working in the salt fields for many years, he is exposed to the sun and rain, and his face looks very old, but his spirit has always been very good. It's just that a few years ago, when selling illicit salt, in order to escape the pursuit of officers and soldiers, Chen Shiyou's body has not been adjusted.

At a glance, Chen Shiyou was already very old, his temples were pale, wrinkled, and even his always straight back was stiffened, slowly moving forward, obviously not bringing anything, but there was a sense of overwhelming vicissitudes, and he looked much older than Mrs. He.

Chen Shiyou's life was not very easy, and gradually Chen Shuangchuan also felt that his eyes were a little hot, as if he was about to shed tears, and unconsciously, the little resentment towards Chen Shiyou also faded a lot.

Speaking of the issue of Chen Caichun's dowry, Chen Shiyou smiled bitterly, took a few steps forward, and muttered, listening carefully, it seemed that "maybe you shouldn't have been born to suffer......

No matter how Chen Shiyou sighed, one thing that Chen Shuang could be sure of was that Chen Shiyou had no way to deal with Chen Caichun's dowry. So what should Chen Caichun do, Chen Shuangchuan doesn't know much about these marrying customs, but even she knows that a daughter-in-law who has not brought a dowry will be looked down upon for the rest of her life.

Stomping his foot hard, seeing that the sun was in the west, Chen Shuangchuan gritted his teeth, and ran back to He's house, so he ran away, and he didn't take a breath, so he hurriedly drilled into the room, and Zhou's sister-in-law was strange for a while, didn't this girl say that she was going home, why did she suddenly jump out again.

After rummaging through the boxes and cabinets, Chen Shuangchuan also found a handful of copper baht, a few silver baht, and the few were pitiful. Chen Shuangchuan has a salary in the He family, but at the beginning, he said that it was good, including food and housing, the salary was very small, only two hundred copper baht a month, and occasionally there would be a few rewards, although there was usually no cost, Chen Shuangchuan also took money home, so when Chen Shuangchuan wanted to use it, he actually found that he had never spent money indiscriminately, and he basically had no savings.

Thinking about Chen Caichun's sad expression of biting his lip and trying to endure it, Chen Shuangchuan suddenly felt a heartache, holding the handful of copper baht, slowly sat on the ground, and then the tears rolled down directly.

When Chen Shuangchuan rushed in from outside, Zhou's sister-in-law was collecting clothes in the yard, and when she saw Chen Shuangchuan coming, she also asked, "Why did you come back so soon?" But Chen Shuangchuan didn't hear it at all, and Zhou's sister-in-law looked at Chen Shuangchuan a little strangely, and felt uneasy, so she came over to take a look at the situation, and saw Chen Shuangchuan sitting on the ground and crying at a glance.

"What's wrong, being bullied?" Chen Shuangchuan has always been sensible and obedient, she has grown old at a young age, and if she cries like a child like this, Sister-in-law Zhou is really the first time to see it, and she can't help but be a little surprised.

Looking at Sister-in-law Zhou with tears, Chen Shuangchuan stretched out her hand and grabbed the corner of Sister-in-law Zhou's clothes, and said pitifully: "Can Sister-in-law Zhou lend me money, and I will pay you all my wages in the future." ”

The Yang family was reluctant to buy a dowry for Chen Caichun, after all, it was also a family ugly, no matter how Zhou's sister-in-law asked, Chen Shuangchuan only had one sentence to repay it with his future salary, and he refused to say anything else, just crying.

Later, Zhou's sister-in-law had no choice, so she had to say: "Why don't you go and beg the grandfather to see it." ”

Sister-in-law Zhou originally just said tentatively, but she didn't expect Chen Shuangchuan to stand up and wipe a handful of tears, really rushed to Mrs. He, knelt down and kowtowed, and said solemnly, I hope Mrs. He can pay her salary for the next few years in advance.

At the beginning, Chen Shuangchuan signed a five-year long-term labor contract, and there were almost two years in the He family, and there were three years left, according to 200 copper baht per month, then there would be 7,200 copper baht, which was not a small amount. And even with the knowledge of Mrs. He at such an age and so many years, he had never heard of such a thing as an advance payment, and he couldn't help frowning greatly.

"What's the reason?" Mrs. He asked.

For Chen Caichun, for such a reason, Chen Shuangchuan couldn't say anything, so he could only keep kowtowing and repeatedly promised that he would work hard to repay his debts, and begged the master to be extra kind.

Mrs. He was tired of being pestered, so she had to nod her head and agree, asked Chen Shuang to draw a charge, and then asked Sister-in-law Zhou to lead her to the account room to get the money.

Seven thousand two hundred copper baht is already a large amount, and the tent is still counting out one by one, a lot of heavy ones, Chen Shuangchuan looked at it, and said embarrassedly: "Can you exchange it for gold baht for me?" ”

According to the exchange method in the official office, a gold baht can be exchanged for a thousand copper baht, which is already a large denomination, and the price of gold in the countryside is cheap, even if you take it, it is difficult to find out the gold baht, and there is no reserve of gold baht in the account room in normal times.