"I’m just like this," Yang Ruxin laughed. "If I don’t have the ability, why should I make such a fuss?"
"You blockhead, how can you be so stubborn?" Yang Anshi was annoyed. "Everyone at home is busy with your marriage matters, but look at you, what kind of attitude is this? If you keep this up, I might just wash my hands of it..."
Upon hearing this, Xun Hui panicked and was about to speak, but Sanni pulled her from behind, leaving her to sullenly close her mouth.
Feng Caie, however, became anxious, "Mother, Dani is still young and doesn’t understand these matters, you can’t take it to heart. No matter what, she is the eldest daughter of the third generation of the Yang Family, how can you just ignore her?" If she dropped the matter, Feng Caie’s own piece of silver would go to waste.
The starting price offered by others was seven pieces of silver, but she told Yang Anshi it was five, and told her own husband six, so she could pocket one piece for herself. The other piece was accounted as the second house’s share, and she planned to give Guo Big Mouth a little thank-you, maybe spending just one or two hundred wen, so she wouldn’t let this deal fall through no matter what.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t have asked her daughter to endure this.
As soon as Yang Anshi thought of the five pieces of silver, she stopped fussing. In her eyes, her granddaughter fetching five pieces of silver was truly fortunate; she then turned her attention away from Yang Ruxin and instead to Xun Hui, "Take the clothes, give her a bath tonight, and don’t embarrass the Yang Family tomorrow, otherwise..." She didn’t finish her sentence, but the warning was clear.
Xun Hui wanted to take them, but remembering Yang Ruxin’s earlier warning, she hesitated and pulled her outstretched hand back, glancing uneasily first at Yang Ruxin and then at Yang Anshi before ultimately bowing her head.
Yang Ruxin couldn’t help but sigh. Her mother-in-law could really evoke mixed feelings in her, both love and resentment. She had intended to continue her refusal, but when she suddenly caught sight of Sanni’s longing gaze, she glanced at the set of clothes. Though they were worth only forty-or-so wen, no one from the main house had ever worn something new. She then changed her mind and proactively took the clothes.
"Second Aunt, are these clothes really for me?" Yang Ruxin cocked her head looking at Feng Caie. "You’re not going to give them to me today and take them back tomorrow, are you?"
"How could that be possible?" Feng Caie initially planned to lend them just for one day, but then she remembered the silver and changed her mind. She smiled brilliantly, "Of course, they’re for you. Your second aunt also hopes you can find a good family."
"Then thank you, Second Aunt." Yang Ruxin turned and stuffed the clothes into Sanni’s arms, also pulling a face at her.
Sanni grinned.
Yang Ruyu, who had seen this, hurried forward. "Eldest sister, those are the clothes you’re supposed to wear for the matchmaking, you shouldn’t give them away."
"Sister Yutang, look at what you’re saying. Once the clothes are given to me, it’s my business how I deal with them. You shouldn’t worry about it," Yang Ruxin replied, smirking sarcastically. "Why don’t you go to the matchmaking tomorrow?"
The moment Yang Ruyu heard this, she frowned and then turned back into the house.
"Granny, since we don’t have to go up the mountain today, I’m going to rest in my room," Yang Ruxin waved to Yang Anshi and then turned to enter the room.
Yang Anshi opened her mouth, but ultimately said nothing. After all, the silver would be exchanged tomorrow, so let her have her moment of triumph today.
Back in the room, Xun Hui was quite happy, "Dani, your second aunt is rather good to you, look at these clothes, they are brand new."