I'm dressed up as the timid eldest daughter, and the whole family has to listen to me!

When Wang Guihua heard Aunt Luo mention asking for money, she felt somewhat troubled. It was when she took Su Shiyan and Su Banxia to send Lianhua home that Su Banxia promised Aunt Luo an extra two taels of silver as a betrothal gift. She didn't expect Aunt Luo to be in such a hurry, wanting to ask for money and leave before Lianhua's marriage was even completed.

Wang Guihua looked at Su Banxia with a troubled expression, she really didn't know what to do.

Su Banxia looked up and met Wang Guihua's anxious gaze, so she smiled and walked up to Aunt Luo.

"Aunt Luo, what are you saying? I didn't know there was any two taels of silver as a betrothal gift. Didn't we personally hand over the betrothal gift to you in front of Grandma Sun on the day of the engagement? You're not going to go back on your word now, are you?"

Upon hearing Su Banxia's words, Aunt Luo was struck dumb. She immediately stepped forward, grabbed Su Banxia's hand, and said angrily:

"You wretched little hussy, stop arguing with me. How can you say such a thing? Didn't you promise me before that you would give my family an extra two taels of silver as a betrothal gift? Otherwise, why would I have so easily married Lianhua off to you?"

Su Banxia withdrew her hand directly, took a step back, and looked coldly at Aunt Luo, saying in a deep voice:

"Now that Lianhua and my brother are married and have received their marriage certificates from the government, you're making outrageous demands, asking us to add two taels of silver to your betrothal gifts. What are you thinking? Do you think I, Lianhua, am your trump card for making such exorbitant demands?"

Seeing that Su Banxia wouldn't admit it, Aunt Luo turned to Wang Guihua, who looked anxious, and said:

“Your daughter is ignorant, but you, as her mother, can’t be so unreasonable. Our family is still waiting for these two taels of silver to save our lives. You know that Fu Bao owes money outside. If we can’t pay back these two taels of silver today, I’m afraid our house will be burned down by those debt collectors!”

Upon hearing Aunt Luo's words, Wang Guihua hesitated for a moment, then looked up at Su Banxia for help before saying to Aunt Luo:

"I never agreed to this with you, and I don't know why you suddenly brought it up."

Aunt Luo and Wang Guihua said the same thing, and I immediately got anxious.

"Fine, fine! So it turns out your whole family conspired to cheat me. You didn't want to give me that two taels of silver as a betrothal gift. If it weren't for that two taels of silver, why would I have willingly married Lianhua off to you so early to be your slave? Now you've turned your back on us. Lianhua has only been married into this family for less than a day and she's already being treated like this. Let's not settle this matter. If you don't give me the silver, I'll take Lianhua back with me today and see who has the guts!"

When Wang Guihua heard Aunt Luo say she was going to take Lianhua away, she immediately panicked.

"That won't do. We spent three taels of silver as a betrothal gift to bring this lotus back, and the official marriage certificate has already been issued. It's not something you can just back out of."

Aunt Luo snorted coldly.

"Hmph, it's you who are unethical. In this day and age, it's only natural for me to back out. I'll go ahead and tell everyone in the village about all the filth your family has done, and let them judge and set the record straight for me!"

After saying that, Aunt Luo pulled Fu Bao, who was still standing there dumbfounded, to the front yard.

Wang Guihua wanted to reach out and hug Aunt Luo, but saw Su Banxia smile and shake her head at her. So Wang Guihua waited until Aunt Luo took Fubao to the front yard before going up to Su Banxia, ​​tugging at her sleeve, and anxiously saying:

“See, I told you Aunt Luo isn’t so easily fooled. You shouldn’t have lied to her like that in the first place. Now that she’s made such a scene, our family is in a bit of a passive position. If she spreads this around the village, won’t we be the ones who lose face? Who knows what the villagers will say about us behind our backs?”

As she spoke, Wang Guihua sighed helplessly.

"Sigh, your marriage is still undecided. I'm worried that this will ruin our family's reputation, and it will be difficult for you to find a spouse in the future."

Su Banxia patted Wang Guihua on the shoulder and said comfortingly:

"Mother, don't worry about it. We can deal with the future later. Besides, I have no plans to get married right now. Let her say what she wants. Let's go ahead and listen to what she has to say."

As she spoke, Su Banxia took Wang Guihua's hand and went to the front yard. There, they saw Aunt Luo repeatedly banging a bowl and chopsticks together, attracting everyone's attention.

“Everyone, please help me judge this matter. The second branch of the Su family promised to give me an extra two taels of silver as a betrothal gift, which is why I rushed to marry my daughter into their family. But I never expected them to go back on their word. Today I want to ask them for the extra two taels of silver back, but they say they don’t remember it. You must help me get justice! I really didn’t expect them to be such heartless people. If I had known earlier, I would never have married my daughter into this den of demons.”

Seeing Aunt Luo's sudden outburst, everyone forgot about their meal and began to discuss it amongst themselves.

"What's going on? The two families are already having a falling out on their very first day of marriage?"

"I heard that when Lianhua married into the second branch of the Su family, she received a dowry of three taels of silver. Where in the surrounding villages can you find such a high dowry?"

"They've already given three taels, so how come Aunt Luo has produced another two taels? Is the Luo family a bottomless pit? Does marrying a wife mean they have to keep filling their pockets?"

"Oh dear, don't you understand? Didn't you see how they treat their youngest son? They even named him Fu Bao. Can't you see? Isn't this just a scheme to use the money from the lotus flower wedding to find another wife for their youngest son?"

"Sigh, if you ask me, the second branch of the Su family is really confused. How could they have arranged such a marriage? Isn't this just asking for trouble? With their good conditions, what kind of girl couldn't they find? Why did they have to choose this in-law?"

"Hey, don't say that in front of them. We're all just onlookers. If they hear what you said, won't they be angry with you?"

"Hey, look at my loose tongue, you'd better not spread this around."

"Don't worry, we're like family!"

Seeing that these people were whispering amongst themselves and none of them were speaking up for her, Aunt Luo became even more anxious. She went straight to Grandma Sun, took her hand, and cried as she said:

"Auntie, you're the one who found this marriage for Lianhua, so you have to stand up for us! You can't just ignore this! In this Su Family Village, I only recognize you!"