Ms.Qian treated all her children equally, always striving to be fair and just.
So even though their family life had improved, Zhou Wulang's betrothal gifts and the wedding feast matched the standard of his elder brothers', all mostly the same.
Fortunately, marriage customs in the neighboring villages were simple, given the rural setting, and there were fewer rules compared to those in town or the city. The parameters for betrothal gifts and dowries were well defined so that, although Ms.He's family was well-off, they never demanded an excessive bride price.
Ms.Qian prepared the betrothal gifts with great care, but to her surprise, Zhou Wulang secretly went to the city and returned with a pair of silver earrings and a silver bracelet to add to them.
Old Zhou looked at his son with a mixture of annoyance and exasperation, thinking that he was already biased towards his future daughter-in-law before even getting married.
