Exile with Storage Space: Family Fortunes in the Barren Lands-Chapter 811 - 760: The Grand Finale (Part 1)

Xue Family sneered, "That’s the man you agreed to marry yourself; serves you right!"

Xue Yuzhen continued, "The year after we got married, his cousin, the Princely Heir of Changyi Bo, fell gravely ill and passed away. My husband was taken in by Changyi Bo as his son and became the Princely Heir. Last month, Changyi Bo also passed away, and my husband succeeded his father’s title, becoming Changyi Bo, and I became Madam. How can I, a humble Madam, dare to compare with you, Second Sister? After all, your son will become the Imperial Grandson, and you will become the Empress Dowager someday!"

Xue Family looked up in shock, "You... you are now the Madam of Changyi Bo?"

"Just a Madam, how can I compare to the future Empress Dowager?" Xue Yuzhen chuckled softly. "Alright, I must head home now. My son, daughter, and husband are waiting for me for lunch. I won’t chat with you any longer. Goodbye."

The curtain fell, Xue Yuzhen said "Back to the Uncle Mansion," and the carriage slowly started again, moving forward.

Xue Family stood in place, unable to recover for a long while.

That damn Xue Yuzhen, she actually became a Madam?

How did her husband get so lucky? Why did that Princely Heir of Changyi Bo die so early?

Xue Yuzhen and her husband got this windfall for nothing!

"Is it so impressive? Just a Madam, nothing impressive at all!" Xue Family glared fiercely at the departing carriage, walked over to their shabby carriage, and drove off.

...

Zhen An Prefecture.

Xingfu Town, Taohua River Village.

Chai Eying, along with Guoguo and Li Jing and Li Yu, went to the Liu Family as guests.

Liu Er Niu was engaged last month, and today the Liu Family was hosting a banquet for her wedding.

The husband’s family name was Liang, people from the market street. Their family had been masons for three generations.

The Liu Family were carpenters, and the Liang Family were masons, hence the two families complemented each other.

Both families’ elders were artisans who built houses, often hired together, so the two families knew each other.

Both families were satisfied with each other’s children and family background.

The young couple was also pleased with each other.

The village elders acted as matchmakers, and the engagement was quickly settled.

Now Liu Laoda’s family didn’t lack money.

Liu Er Niu’s husband’s family, with a socio-economic status slightly above average in the nearby villages, owned seven brick houses, two wooden houses, twenty acres of land, and a large fish pond. As it was the eldest grandson getting married, both families’ banquets were very lively.

Chai Eying presented the wedding gift money, and after dining, didn’t head home but stayed with Nanny Jiang and the three children to watch the Liu Family display Liu Er Niu’s dowry.

In village custom, the bride’s family would display the prepared dowry on planks set up in the yard.

The planks were covered with floral cloth and decorated with red festive characters.

The dowry items were everyday household goods for the bride in her husband’s home, and the more extensive the display, the more it showed how much the bride’s family valued the daughter.

Thus, when the Liu Family displayed the dowry, it attracted most of the village to come and watch.

Liu Er Niu, having assisted Li Yu En, earned a good deal of silver coins, and as she was considerate and attentive in the Lou Family, they liked her. When she returned with Li Yu En, the Lou Family’s elderly lady gifted her a pair of golden earrings and a golden hairpin.

Today, she had all these accessories adorning her hair. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

All her earnings were spent on dowries, including clothes, shoes, dressing mirrors, wash basins, feather dusters, pots, pans, bowls, quilts, quilt covers, pillowcases, bed curtains, and even a carved wooden chamber pot, though that was tucked underneath the planks, unsuitable for display on top.

Some mischievous children crawled under the planks to catch a glimpse of the new chamber pot.

The vibrant new dowries occupied several door planks.

Adorned with festive red characters, from afar, it looked colorful and jubilant.

People gathered around the dowries, chatting and laughing.

Liu San Niu and Liu Si Ni watched with faces full of envy.

A few women teased them, "You two should start preparing soon, aim to outdo your sister."

The two young girls blushed and turned their heads away.

They pretended to stand calmly for a while before running away in embarrassment, which made the women laugh heartily.

Just ten steps away from Liu’s backdoor lay the village path.

The village trail was flanked by neighbors front and back.

People from nearby villages all passed through this road.

The Liu Family’s joyous event attracted many passersby to stop and watch the excitement.

A carriage was parked by the roadside, and a woman inside lifted the curtain to glance at the Liu Family.

The more she watched, the colder her gaze became, and she flung aside the curtain, stepping down from the carriage, headed straight for Chai Eying.

Chai Eying, concerned that the crowds might jostle the three children, stood on the edge of the crowd with Nanny Jiang.

As she conversed with Guoguo, she didn’t notice anyone approaching.

But Guoguo saw and quickly tugged on Chai Eying’s sleeve, shrieking, "Mom, the bad woman is coming!"