Ma Xiangling stared at her in disbelief. "Mother, you’ve gone too far! To think you actually expect me to scrape things from my husband’s family to bring back to my own. Mother, what do you even see me as? Do you want to turn me into a slave to my brothers? Wuwu... my brothers are your biological sons, but I am your biological daughter, too! How can you be so biased toward sons over daughters? Mother, how did you become like this? Didn't you use to love me the most? You even said you were saving money for my dowry, and now... how could you possibly withhold my bride price? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at once word gets out?"
Yuanchun replied with righteous indignation, "Laughed at for what? In our village, when a daughter marries, the family always keeps a portion of the bride price and betrothal gifts. Families that don't keep anything are few and far between."
"Lingzi, it hasn't been easy for me to raise you. Just think about how much money you’ve spent since you were a child. Three bottles of face cream every year, a new set of clothes for every season, plus the snacks you insist on eating every single day. Add it all up—how much have you cost me? If it’s not a thousand, it’s at least eight hundred."
Chapter 482