Bab 135: Letter From the Capital

At this point, the Zhang family could no longer maintain their dignity. They did not even get a drink of water, let alone a meal. How embarrassing.

"Eh? Is Qiao Mei's family very rich?" Old Madam Zhang asked.

Li Gui's mother, Old Madam Li, used to go to the city often to complain about being poor and to ask for money. She said that Qiao Mei ate too much and Qiao Qiang's salary was not even enough to feed Qiao Mei, and that she even needed to subsidize them.

It seemed that these people did not know anything about Qiao Mei's family. Qiao Yu smiled and said, "You mean you guys don't know! When Qiao Mei got married some time back, the man gave her a betrothal gift of 2,000 dollars and 'three turns and one sound'! And they were all brand new!"