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"Yes, Sister-in-law is right. The money at home belongs to us as well. I’ve decided not to give my sister-in-law a hundred dollars for her dowry." Ye Sister-in-law also expressed her disagreement.
Fanghua said that even if it was a loan, she would repay it later. Aunt Ye looked at her two daughters-in-law and explained the situation.
It turned out that when Ye Fanghua and her family returned this time, they had another purpose besides visiting home. They wanted to get some money from her family to build a house.
Zhao Dali had three older brothers, all of whom were married. Their home had three main rooms and additional side rooms. The parents occupied one room, while the eldest brother and his wife lived in another.
The older brother and sister-in-law occupied the east side room, while the third brother and his wife lived in the west side room. By the time it came to Zhao Dali, there were no spare rooms left. His father had built a mud-and-straw house behind their main house for him to live in.
Before getting married, Zhao Dali had lived with his nephew. After he married, the nephew had to move back to his parents' house. After marrying Zhao Dali, Ye Fanghua also moved into the mud-and-straw house.
The house was low and damp, making Ye Fanghua feel quite stifled. She couldn’t help but feel particularly unbalanced when she thought about her sisters-in-law living in brick houses.
However, there was nothing she could do about it; after all, she was the last one to enter the family. She did bring up the idea of building a house with her in-laws, but they said there was no money for that. If they had money, they would build one for them.
With no hope from her in-laws, Ye Fanghua planned to go back and ask her parents for money. After all, her parents would have to give her a dowry when she got married.
Ye Fanghua thought it through; since her parents were both formal workers, giving her a few hundred dollars for building a house shouldn’t be a big deal. So she returned home and mentioned it directly in front of her two sisters-in-law.
As a result, before her parents could say anything, her two sisters-in-law immediately objected.
Indeed, they had no objections to providing a dowry for the younger sister-in-law, but when it came to building her a house, they were entirely against it.
Because of this, Ye Fanghua argued with her two sisters-in-law for half the day. Originally, the two sisters-in-law could have returned to their maternal home on another day. However, they didn't want to give Ye Fanghua any face and left with their children and husbands instead. They didn't come back until evening.
It was unclear whether they had gone back to their family to seek advice or for some other reason, but upon returning, they directly stated that while a dowry for the younger sister-in-law was acceptable, the bride price had to come from the groom's side. Furthermore, the dowry should be given according to current customs—no more than what was customary. As sisters-in-law, they would not skimp on what they were supposed to contribute to the younger sister-in-law's dowry either.
Nowadays, families that valued marriage typically discussed how much bride price the groom's family would provide and how much dowry money the bride's family would give.
"I just want to ask how much bride price the younger sister-in-law is getting?" Sister Ye asked.
This question left Ye Fanghua at a loss for words. In truth, there was a bride price, but it was not much—only ten yuan. In the countryside, this was actually quite a bit; however, she wanted her family to provide three hundred yuan as dowry.
The difference between ten and three hundred was significant, making it difficult for Ye Fanghua to voice her thoughts.
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