Switched Marriage The Coddled Little Wife novel Chapter 5

Chapter 5: Chapter 5 Marriage (Part 1)

Chuxia didn't expect that the Li Family was just in the neighboring village, yet they arrived even later than the Qin Family.

In her previous life, the Li Family arrived late because they had gone to borrow the bride price of three hundred yuan, which was no small sum for them, and they only managed to gather it on the day of the engagement.

In this life, even though Lin Jiayi asked for only eighty yuan as the bride price, they still arrived much later, showing that her difficult and stingy mother-in-law was not just harsh on her.

Besides this, the engagement went smoothly. Besides the three hundred yuan, the Qin Family also gave six yards of cloth, and the Li Family gave cloth as well—eight yards, which made Lin Jiayi quite smug.

Chuxia knew the reality, after all, three hundred had become eighty. Even if they gave a few more yards of cloth, the Li Family had still made a good bargain.

The wedding day arrived in a blink of an eye. According to local custom, the bride's family hosts relatives and friends the day before the wedding, and that day was quite lively for the Lin Family.

With two daughters getting married, even though grandiose wedding banquets weren't trendy in this era, the Lin Family still set up several tables.

In the evening, after the last group of guests had left, Mother Lin gathered the family together.

"Tomorrow's arrangements are set by your father and me. The Li Family is closer, so we'll send Jiayi off first. Lin Chu, you stay home honestly and wait. After sending your elder sister off, we'll send you off. Don't worry about anything else; we've asked the Qin Family to come a bit later so both can proceed without delay."

When their daughter gets married here, the bride's family generally doesn't follow to the groom's place; they just send the bride off from home.

There are also families who show their regard for their daughter by accompanying her to the groom's family to visit, known as 'walking the new kin.' Mother Lin meant that she would go with the elder daughter to the Li Family for a visit.

Lin Jiayi was the first to state, "I'll listen to mom."

Chuxia also nodded, "Okay."

In her previous life, it was also Lin Jiayi who left home first. Mom said the Qin Family was far, so let the elder sister leave first.

Then when the Li Family came to welcome the bride, she was the only bride at home, awkwardly waiting until the afternoon when her parents returned, exhausted from shouting and running around half the day, only to have her follow the Li Family's people.

It was precisely because of this that she was looked down upon by her husband's family even before she was married. If not for her accommodating nature which left her mother-in-law no faults to pick, and convincing Guang Yuan to start a business which showed real benefits to the Li Family, one can only imagine how difficult her life would have been.

Recalling her thoughts and listening to Mother Lin ramble on for a while, she then returned to her room to sleep.

Lin Jiayi was in a good mood, holding the new clothes she would wear the next day and trying them on repeatedly, then asking Chuxia, "Which outfit do you think looks better on me? Ready-made clothes are all similar, wearing them makes no big difference. It's not as good as the ones you make yourself, they fit better to the heart. I'm just too clumsy with my hands; I can only have mom buy ready-made clothes from department stores. If I had your skills, I wouldn't need to buy two outfits at once; I could just make them whenever I wanted."

Though she said so, her demeanor showed off rather than envied.

Chuxia yawned, "Mom thinks ahead. She knows it won't be easy for you to buy new clothes once you're married to the Li Family, so she bought a couple more outfits now. Who knows when you'll get new clothes again? In my opinion, you should also hurry and have mom make new clothes from that cloth for you, otherwise, there might not be any left for you in the future."

Tomorrow was the wedding day, and considering that in this life she didn't have to marry Guang Yuan, Chuxia kindly reminded Lin Jiayi.

Guang Yuan has two sisters, and neither of them are easy to deal with.

Lin Jiayi didn't think Chuxia was being kind; the lighter Chuxia spoke, the more Jiayi felt she was just jealous.

What did she mean by 'nothing left for her'?

Her dowry was hers to decide, how could there be nothing left for her?

Wanting to say more, but seeing that the other had already closed her eyes, she snorted coldly and continued trying on new clothes.