Old Lady Xia did not want the young couple to be gossiped about, and, of course, she was also afraid that her son would not be able to hold his head high. She did not feel there was anything wrong with this way of thinking.
Cheng Han understood. "Mother, my parents meant nothing else by it."
"I know. It’s good that we’ve spoken about it openly. You are grown now, and it is time for you to repay your own parents. From now on, take less from our home to theirs; instead, take more from there to ours," Old Lady Xia said with a smile. "In the past, times were tight, and every single copper had to be weighed before being spent, but now that life is better, I don't care to manage these trivial matters."
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