Granny Lei, seeing that Madam Jiang was sincere and not upset, smiled and said, "It's a father's duty to support the family. Eldest son, second son, third son, fourth son, most of the silver you earn should rightly go into the public coffers, I believe. As for the elder son's generation, they are still children; any silver they manage to earn doesn't have to go into the public coffers and can belong to them. Their parents can also keep it for them."
Xuanbao had no real awareness of whose name was written on the land deed, nor any concept of a dowry.
For over a hundred years, the only thoughts in the mind of a flower were to strive hard in cultivation, bloom beautifully, and not to be eaten by rabbits and Goat Spirits. Where were there any thoughts of marrying off?
