Eldest Uncle had written the letter and he sounded very guilty.
He was the oldest son and at his age, he still had to depend on his family for financial assistance and increase their burden. He felt bad.
But the situation over there was just too tough. Also, the girl's family was very poor.
Her family were all scholars, and they did not really know how to farm. After many years of hard labor, they were all in poor health, and one or two of them had even starved to death.
The girl had a younger brother, and the entire family went hungry. They had only done a little better after they met Eldest Cousin and had him to help them.
Of the food that the Gu family had sent, Eldest Uncle's family had eaten some and given some to the girl's family.
Her family members were quite nice, but they were very poor. So for the past year or so, Eldest Uncle's family had been busy just trying to survive. They could not obtain any nicer things for the wedding.
