Everyone thought the Ning family was doomed.
The merchant ship sank, the father fell down, and the fiancé broke off the engagement - including the person and the money, and the humiliation on the face.
Seventeen-year-old Ning Jinse threw the thousand taels of silver notes into the brazier along with the engagement letter in front of the neighbors: "Three years. After three years, I want him to kneel down and beg me to take it back."
Everyone laughed
