The marriage between Shen Jinbin and Tian Zhaodi was set for half a month later. Since both were locals—Shen Jinbin being an educated youth settled in the village and Tian Zhaodi a village girl—the Old Village Chief specially approved a plot of residential land for the young couple.
Shen Jinbin took out five hundred yuan to build three brick-and-tile houses on the plot. At Tian Zhaodi’s request, he also enclosed a large courtyard, making all the young women and wives in the village green with envy. Shen Jinbin also provided Tian Zhaodi with three hundred and sixty yuan as a betrothal gift, along with the "three rounds and one sound." However, Tian Zhaodi did not care for the sewing machine, so she left it at the Tian household for her two older sisters to use.
Over the years, Tian Laidi and Tian Pandi had earned plenty of work points and saved a tidy sum of money. Once they received the sewing machine, they didn't want to take advantage of Tian Zhaodi for nothing, so they went to the local carpenter and ordered a set of furniture as a dowry for her. Although Tian Zhaodi had all sorts of furniture in her dimension and had originally planned to set out a solid wood suite, she decided to accept her sisters' kindness since they had already gone through the trouble of commissioning it.
Chapter 174