The villagers who were all ears also got startled and after a while, someone exclaimed, "My goodness, if someone were to take a loan for two oxen, the interest in three years would be enough to marry a wife."
Manbao said, "Doesn't marrying a wife require fifty taels of silver? This is only three thousand four hundred wen."
"Oh boy, do you think every girl's family demands fifty taels of silver? For families of poorer circumstances, a dowry of a hundred wen, and the rest spent on the wedding banquet, you'd actually save a lot from the three thousand four hundred wen. My goodness, the interest on borrowing two oxen is three thousand four hundred wen, is the County Governmental Office robbing us?"
Manbao: "...The figure is that in three years, but why would you wait three years to pay it back? Wouldn't it be okay to pay it back after half a year?"
