Old Madam Liu agreed, her face showing approval, as she quietly spoke to the person persuading her, "Dear sister-in-law, how could I not know this? But you've been in the capital for some time now, you should know that buying a house here in the capital isn't that easy."
She continued, "Over here in the inner city, any random small courtyard would cost a thousand strings of cash. Ever since Shanbao's father passed away, Shanbao's mother and I have just been scraping by, trying to support Shanbao's studies, where would we get the money to buy a house?"
"Buying a place outside the city, our family cannot afford to lose face like that," Old Madam Liu said. "Moreover, the families living outside the city can't compare to those here inside the city. How can we let the two children marry and move from Chongyuan Courtyard to an outer area?"
"It's not that our in-laws won't agree, but I can't gamble with Shanbao's future either."
