Chapter 1726

"Great! Wonderful! That's perfect! I'll have to try your cooking sometime. We may have a chef at home, but there's nothing like a meal made by family. It just feels so comforting." Helena added, "Nora, I think younger people see things differently from us. If they do get married, it's probably better for them to live apart. That way, they won't run into unnecessary conflicts." "Well… we'll have to see what the kids think," Nora said. She dodged a direct answer and steered the conversation away. Then, she said, "Oh, Helena, according to our customs, if this engagement is confirmed, we'd like to give you two thousand dollars as a betrothal gift. We hope you'll accept it as a token of our sincerity." With that, she pulled out a gift envelope. Dylan, standing nearby, froze for a moment. In his family's tradition, a betrothal gift usually amounted to five thousand dollars, plus gold or silver jewelry. Even without the jewelry, the minimum was eight thousand dollars, and that had