All the members are good people, only the host is a pervert

Lin Ruan moved the box given to him to Chi Wenning's feet and said softly, "Wenning, don't cry. I pawned your dowry, and now I've bought you a new one. Open it and take a look."

Chi Wenning wiped away a tear and carefully opened the box, revealing several neatly arranged wooden jewelry boxes. He opened them one by one and placed them on the bed. There were colorful headbands inlaid with different beads, matching finger rings and hairpins, two forbidden steps, one white and one red, and even a gorgeous jade pendant!

When he was about to open the mother-of-pearl lacquered wooden box, Chi Wen Ning's hands were shaking slightly. He took a deep breath and opened the four boxes one by one. When he saw the exquisite step-shaking crown, he finally couldn't hold back and threw himself into Lin Ruan's arms like a young swallow, crying softly, and then louder and louder, as if he was venting something.

The only thing he brought with him in his dowry was a silver hair crown, which the family had bought for him when he came of age. It wasn't inlaid with jade, nor did it even have any patterns. But it was the only valuable thing he could truly own.

Men in Fengwu Kingdom do not have private property rights. No matter how generous the dowry is, the fields and shops in it will be transferred from the mother to the wife after marriage. Only clothes and jewelry can be said to belong to them.

When she got married, Gongzhong was only willing to pay out fifty taels of silver. Ten taels were used to buy two plain silver hairpins, and another five taels were used for a set of clothes for four seasons. The remaining thirty-five taels were said to be the bottom of the box, which was just the "support" given by the Chi family to the Lin family. On the wedding night, Chi Wen Ning handed it to Lin Ruan personally.

"My dear wife, this is too much, too much. How can I deserve it, my dear wife..." Chi Wen Ning cried in Lin Ruan's arms, not even knowing what he was saying.

Before Lin Ruan had time to comfort him, she heard a voice outside the door, "My daughter..." Lin's father pushed the door open and came in, hugged Lin Ruan and started crying, "My darling!"

Lin Ruan: Too much???

System: What do you think???

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She had no choice but to put on a cold expression and said in a deep voice, "Stop crying, and don't feel too bad. Gambling wins can't be kept. I finally changed my luck, and you guys have to cry about it and ruin it?"

Lin Ruan's words made Chi Wenning and Lin's father stop crying. Lin's father quickly said: "Aruan, daughter, Daddy didn't mean that. Daddy just wanted to cry in her heart. My daughter has grown up, and Daddy is happy."

Lin Ruan sighed, then softened her attitude. She motioned Chi Wenning to support Lin's father. She asked gently, "Have you eaten the buns? Have you looked at everything? Have you tried on the clothes? Do the shoes fit?"

When had Father Lin ever been treated so considerately by his own daughter? His own logic was self-consistent. He only acted like this when Lin Ruan woke up and remembered the guilt he had felt for the past two months. He accepted it calmly and slowly answered Lin Ruan's questions.

Lin Ruan continued, "Wen Ning, I'll go get some water later. You put the pot on the stove. Today, the three of us will take a good bath, change into new clothes, and start afresh."

Chi Wen Ning agreed with a smile. He had to admit, after enduring more than two months of hellish days, the joy in his heart today was even greater than that on the day of his wedding.

By the time the three of them finished washing up, it was almost dusk. Lin's father and Chi Wenning went into the kitchen. Lin Ruan had bought not only food but also oil and salt, though unfortunately, no vegetables. However, Lin's father and Chi Wenning were already quite content. They scalded the remaining half basket of wild vegetables in the kitchen and used white flour to make a full pot of wild vegetable and dumpling soup.

Lin Ruan sat at the dining table. Fortunately, the house was fully stocked with dishes and chopsticks. After Lin's father sat down, Lin Ruan saw Chi Wenning standing by the table, ready to serve Lin's father and Lin Ruan. She smiled and said, "You should sit down too. There's not much for you to eat today. Let's eat together as a family of three."

When Father Lin heard Lin Ruan say this, he was happy to see the two of them being so harmonious, so he said to Chi Wenning in a gentle voice: "Listen to Ah Ruan, Wenning, come and sit down."

"Thank you, my wife, and thank you, my father." Seeing both of them say this, Chi Wenning no longer refused. After thanking them, he sat down opposite Lin's father. Although they were eating together, Chi Wenning still started eating after Lin Ruan started eating. When Lin Ruan wanted more rice, he was the one who got it. When Lin Ruan finished eating, Chi Wenning immediately put down his bowl and chopsticks.

"Dad, I'm taking Wen Ning to the county town tomorrow and probably won't be back until feeding time. Just tell me if there's anything you need from home and I'll bring it back to you tomorrow." Lin Ruan spoke after Lin's father and Chi Wen Ning had cleared their bowls.

Father Lin shook his head and said, "After buying so many things, how much money do you have left? Don't spend it recklessly. Since you've decided to take the imperial examination, why not use the remaining money to buy an acre or two of land? That will give our family some financial support and allow you to go to school."

Lin Ruan smiled and said, "Don't worry, Dad. I have my own plans."

Chi Wenning woke up before dawn the next day. He quietly got out of bed, put on his clothes, went out to wash his face, and then started a pot to boil water. When the water boiled, he sprinkled a handful of rice into it, then covered the pot and left the kitchen.

Lin Ruan was woken up when Chi Wen Ning was getting dressed. She squinted her eyes and admired the spring scene in front of her with the good eyesight gained from traveling through several lifetimes - the men of Fengwu Country do not wear underwear. Before putting on their underwear, they wrap a cotton strip around their waist, pass the strip between their legs, and put the man's dirty work up against his lower abdomen. Then, they wrap the cotton strip horizontally in circles to tighten and secure it. This is the chastity belt that only men wear.

Ever since Chi Wen Ning took off his chastity belt in front of her before going to bed last night, Lin Ruan made up her mind to see him put it on today, and it really paid off to her hard work of getting up early.

After lying in bed for a while, Lin Ruan finally got up. The sky was slightly brighter now, and with the help of the light, Lin Ruan could clearly see what Chi Wenning was wearing today.

Men's outerwear is basically the same as that of the ancient times in Lin Ruan's world. Because the Adam's apple of Fengwu men cannot be seen by women outside, two strips of cloth extend from both sides of the collar of the inner garment. After putting it on, the strips of cloth are crossed and wrapped around the neck, which is called a scarf.

Chi Wen Ning was wearing an ivory-colored round-necked robe. His inner top was ordinary white, but his trousers were pine-cypress green, which matched his full set of jade hair crown. When he moved, the pine-cypress green trousers and the hair accessories on his head complemented each other, looking very beautiful. It was true that clothes make the difference, and he no longer looked like a beggar as he did when they first met yesterday.

Lin Ruan suddenly felt inspired. After washing her face, she returned to her room and found a pine-green round-necked robe. She also chose a white curved-necked shirt and ivory-colored trousers as her inner garment, the opposite of Chi Wenning's. Women's inner garments naturally didn't have scarves, but they were designed with curved collars, slightly piled on the outside. Her headdress was also a crown, but it was made of jade wrapped in gold, giving it a sense of understated elegance.

When Chi Wen Ning saw Lin Ruan come into the room again and change into this kind of clothes, his cheeks couldn't help but feel slightly hot. He naturally didn't know what couple outfits were, but he vaguely knew why Lin Ruan wore this kind of clothes.

"My dear wife," he said as he approached Lin Ruan, smiling softly, "You look really nice in this outfit. The porridge is ready, and there are no more wild vegetables at home, so I added a few white flour salty cakes. At least you can have some, okay?"

How could Lin Ruan possibly eat rice porridge and white flour bread? She said, "Since there are no vegetables at home, let's go up the mountain first and pick some on the way down. We can't let Dad eat this all day."

Chi Wen Ning naturally listened to Lin Ruan, so he carried a backpack and followed Lin Ruan towards the back mountain at the end of the village.