Chapter 3872
Although her daughters-in-law weren’t born to her, Mrs. Lewis treated each one with the love of a mother. As long as they joined the Lewis family, supported their husbands, and brought children into the family, she would cherish them as daughters. She gifted each daughter-in-law some treasured jewelry, intending these pieces would one day be passed on to her grandchildren.
The in-laws of the Lewis family were wealthy in their own right, and each daughter-in-law brought a considerable dowry. Jewelry wasn’t something they lacked, but they still cherished Mrs. Lewis’s gifts and promised to hand them down within the family. The young wives of the Lewis family had already begun collecting jewelry for their own daughters, embracing a family culture that treated all children equally, regardless of gender.
Mrs. Lewis had a special fondness for her granddaughters, having had only sons herself. She’d once worried the Lewis home would become too much like the York household, where sons far outnumbered daughters. Fortunately, her family was balanced with granddaughters and grandsons alike: four grandsons and three granddaughters. As for Duncan, whether he and Liberty would have a child was still unknown, but Mrs. Lewis secretly hoped for a granddaughter with Liberty’s gentle features rather than Duncan’s rugged look.
Liberty accepted the set of jade jewelry from Mrs. Lewis with a heartfelt, “Thank you, Mom.”
Mrs. Lewis beamed. “No need to thank me. These are for you, after all.”
Following Mrs. Lewis’s gift, Duncan’s aunts and sisters-in-law each presented Liberty with gifts as well. She hadn’t expected to receive so many gifts at a simple family dinner, but turning them down would seem ungrateful. So, with a warm smile, she accepted them all graciously.
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