Switched Marriage The Coddled Little Wife novel Chapter 4

Chapter 4: Chapter 4 Dowry

Based on Mother Lin's doting on my older sister, if the marriage arrangements hit a snag midway, it certainly wouldn't be because of my sister.

If it wasn't my sister's fault, then it must be mine.

Truly, like a mother, not only did she switch the marriage engagement using my name, but she also demanded such a large dowry from the Qin Family, completely disregarding whether I'd live or die after marrying off.

The fact that the Qin Family agreed is commendable; no matter what kind of person Qin Yang is, the Qin Family people are genuinely good-hearted after all, given that in this era, a woman who has been rejected in marriage leads a difficult life.

Lin Chuxia will remember this kindness from the Qin Family.

Suppressing the emotions in her eyes, Lin Chuxia spoke indifferently, "I didn't want to bring this up, but wasn't my sister incessantly praising the Qin Family? I'm worried my sister was confused for a moment when she let Mother switch the engagement. It's not too late to regret it now. Once you marry, there's no turning back."

"I won't regret it," Lin Jiayi retorted without thinking.

"Then why does my sister care so much about the Qin Family's dowry? Or is it because you think the Li Family is too poor to provide a dowry? If you ask me, Mother should've demanded more dowry from them. What you have in hand is yours. Mother understood this when discussing my marriage arrangement with the Li Family; how could she become so muddled when it came to my sister? Eighty yuan—the village's Li Cuihua's marriage dowry was surely more than eighty, right?"

Lin Jiayi's face flushed red with anger. Li Cuihua was the village idiot, and this wretched girl actually dared to compare her to that fool?

Moreover, as Mother said, the Li Family is so poor, if they really gave a dowry of three hundred yuan, wouldn't that be sending off liabilities to the bride's family?

"Enough, all of you shut your mouths," Mother Lin glared fiercely at Lin Chuxia, "Day in and day out doing nothing right, just fixated on these trivial matters. Do you really think I raised you for nothing? And don't you act all smug; your sister gave you such a good marriage. You should be grateful. Without further ado, your dowry should naturally focus on your sister. The Qin Family is well-off; they won't miss what you need."

Mother Lin never expected that her usually obedient younger daughter would one day become so defiant.

Lin Chuxia nodded, "I understand, Mother. I won't argue with my sister about the dowry. After all, the marriage was her leftover pick, and even if I go to the Qin Family empty-handed, and speak the truth, I believe the Qin Family will understand."

Hearing the first half, Mother Lin breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that her younger daughter had no other merits, but she was obedient. The second half almost choked her.

"What are you even saying? Didn't I tell you not to bring up the switching of the marriage again? Are your ears stuffed with donkey hair?"

"Mother, look at what you're saying. Nobody else knows, but do the three families not know? We can pretend nothing happened, but can the Li Family and the Qin Family?"

"They can't know the truth either," Mother Lin blurted out her true feelings in a moment of agitation.

"So, what does Mother suggest I say? If the Qin Family asks, I can't play dumb, can I? Should I say I've been pampered since childhood and have become spoiled, insisting on marrying Qin Yang, and it was my sister who accommodated her little sister by switching the engagement? Or should I say I am better than my sister in every way, a first-rate worker, and that the Qin Family struck gold by marrying me to Qin Yang?"

Lin Chuxia posed the question with a look of earnest negotiation, leaving Mother Lin red-faced and speechless.

It has to be said, her younger daughter truly understands her—those words were indeed what she had told the Li Family and the Qin Family.

But such things should only be heard by the speaker; they must never reach the ears of the other party.

"Mother better think it through. Going there without a dowry, do I look like someone who has been pampered at home? If it's the latter, you have to ensure that the Qin Family won't spread the word. If it really gets to the Li Family's ears, what would the Li Family think of my sister? We won't mention it at home as you wish, but the mouths of the Qin Family and the Li Family belong to themselves."

Mother Lin felt both embarrassed and annoyed, her face showing a trace of displeasure, "Just keep your mouth shut; there's no need for you to comment on adults' affairs."