Song Xiuyang complained bitterly in her heart. Over the past two years, the Le family hadn't let her touch a single silver tael. If she needed anything, they just bought it directly. She truly couldn't scrape together a single copper coin on her person.
She had repeatedly brought it up with the Le family—they were so far away from her younger brother, how could she possibly send silver back to her maiden home?
But no matter how much she said, it was useless. The Le family would simply brush her off, saying they would discuss it next time, but that "next time" never came.
With the people Xie Ruyi had sent keeping a close watch on her, Song Xiuyang could only suffer through the duration of the banquet in the small side room. By the time she finally came out, everyone had long since dispersed.
「Later, at the village's private school.」
