When the shredded paper in the basin had completely turned into pulp, Susu poured the water into the toilet in the changing room. She then washed her face and feet with the still warm water, brushed her teeth, changed into her nightwear, and finally lay half-reclined on the kang, leisurely going through the gift list.
At just one glance, Susu couldn't help but gasp. Anyone in the know would recognize this as a festival gift list, but an outsider might mistake it for a dowry list for some young lady.
With a quick scan, Susu found that the gifts nearly matched half of her own public dowry.
Although she spent quite a bit of silver preparing festival gifts, she never expected to receive back gifts worth ten times more than what she originally spent.
