She looked at the money in her hands and felt that those weren't copper (wen), so she immediately passed it back to Liu Duo.
"Little Duo, you have given too much. We cannot accept."
They might be poor, but Aunt Li knew what silver felt like from when she was younger. The feel was different - not as thin or hard as copper, but thicker and softer.
What she had just touched was silver - about one tael of it, she could tell - so she couldn't accept it. She also knew that the Ye family's economic condition was similar to their own. They could barely make ends meet. How could they offer so much money? She couldn't possibly take it.
Other than Liu Duo, the four brothers and Li Wazi all looked at Aunt Li. They wondered why she didn't want the money.
