On the twenty-sixth of October, Wenhan went to the Zheng family to deliver the betrothal gifts, and on the twenty-eight, Wencheng visited the Sun family for the same purpose. The gifts for both families were identical; not a single item differed, and both the Sun and Zheng families had no comments about the betrothal gifts. Mrs. Chen had prepared a sum of 160 taels of gift money for both families, which was a respectable amount even within the county town.
Master Zheng had not expected the Xu family to have such wealth, to be able to offer such a substantial betrothal gift. Now that Wenhan had become a licentiate, he made the Zheng family utterly joyful, proclaiming that a good marriage alliance had indeed been forged.
