She hadn't even brought a quilt as part of her dowry.
The ladies' watch, radio, and bicycle he had bought for his wife had all been kept by his parents-in-law, who claimed they were needed for his brother-in-law’s wedding. His brother-in-law was already courting someone. He had spent hundreds of yuan just to bring a person into his home, and she had come with absolutely nothing in the way of a dowry. When his own sister had gotten married, he had even given her the quilt she had slept under since childhood; his wife’s dowry didn’t even measure up to his sister’s. Furthermore, his sister had only received sixty yuan in bride price at the time, with no other betrothal gifts. Whenever Shi Xiangdong thought about how those items and that money had been pocketed by his in-laws, his heart ached.
Yuanchun raised an eyebrow. "Didn't you say you wanted to sell your job? If you sell it, won't you and your wife have the money to go to the provincial capital? If your starting capital is low, just buy a smaller amount of goods at first. Once you start making money and have more capital, you can buy more."
Chapter 1455