Rice: The man would prepare twelve catties of glutinous rice and three catties of sugar. This would be used to make glutinous rice balls for the woman, with the meaning of perfection and sweetness.
When Madam Zhang saw that the betrothal money was six strings instead of the six taels of silver that she had hinted to the other party before, she was a little unhappy. If she had felt that it was too much before, they could have said it directly. Now, they were playing tricks on her.
Six strings of silver were only equivalent to four taels of silver. It was just that six strings sounded better. Did she really think that she did not even know how to read money?
In the entire betrothal gift, the most valuable things were the betrothal gold and the wedding bracelet.
As for the rest, according to Madam Zhang's understanding, they would at most spend two strings of money.
