Chapter 30: The Best of Both Worlds
Her stepmother immediately retorted, "Why is it not good?"
Her father: "Huh?"
Her stepmother then laid out the facts: "Don't talk far, just look at the current queen, I think that Jia Dazai also wanted to marry his youngest daughter to the current saint who was still the prince at that time, but his youngest daughter was young and young, and in the end, she also temporarily decided to let her sister marry instead of her sister, and now look at the two sisters, my sister has become the queen mother, and my sister is also married to her beloved Ruyi Langjun, the best of both worlds, what a good result?"
Her father: "Hmm!"
Her stepmother continued to reason: " Sister she lives freely and freely, and is respected by the scholars, but it is precisely because she is too casual that she will inevitably leave a legacy, so she said that in the attitude towards the king of Langya, she disregarded the face of others, insisted on repenting of the marriage and married you with great fanfare soon after, although they were all fine later, but it is impossible to say that the palace and the Wei family did not tie the knot, and the reason why you agreed to this marriage this time is because of the appreciation of the son of the world, but the most important thing is to think about the future of our Wei family, in the end, even the gatekeepers in the house understand that this is a marriage for the benefit of the family。 ”
Her father: "Hmm......"
Her stepmother finally concluded: " Since it's a marriage, then let Amin go, anyway, she is a soft character, and sensible enough, as long as she understands that this is completely for the future of the Wei family, she will definitely agree, and after Amin marries into the palace, the song has both you, the father who is the captain of the Qiang school, as the backer, and Amin's sister who is the princess of Langya as the backer, although the appearance is not enough to be standard, but she is only thirteen years old, and she can wait for two years before discussing marriage, during this period, I sent someone to Luoyang to invite the best palace people to teach her, but if she still has some understanding, even if her words and deeds are not as good as Amin, they are much better than ordinary girls, we try to create the best conditions for her, so that she can live as she wants like her mother, and if she doesn't set a marriage in advance, she won't leave any trouble in the future, and when she is satisfied with Langjun, we will accompany her to give her a rich dowry to ensure that she has no worries about her life, so that she can make up for the family affection owed to her for more than ten years, and she is worthy of her sister!"
Her father: "But will the prince agree?"
Her stepmother: "Don't tell him." ”
Her father was still a little hesitant: "When the prince knows the truth, will we blame us for deceiving him?"
Her stepmother laughed: "As long as that day passes, the prince has cooked rice with Amin, if he is really angry about being deceived, then let him meet with Ji Ge, compare Amin's speech and demeanor, appearance and bearing, he will understand our good intentions, and slowly appreciate Amin's goodness in the future, and he will be more grateful for the correct arrangement made by your father-in-law." ”
There was a reason, so her father was persuaded: "You can do it." ”
The guard, who was squatting outside the window and listening to the foot of the wall, couldn't help but nod vigorously, and echoed in his heart: Yes, just do it, this is definitely a good way to get the best of both worlds, and I will also be grateful for your wisdom and wisdom!
Just when Wei Jia felt comfortable and overjoyed for everything to go well, he heard again: "Since it is to marry for Zhu Ge, then the dowry will also carry the past of Jia Ge!"
Just like a bucket of ice water split her head and face poured down, instantly cooling her surging blood - she was so proud that she got carried away, how could she even miss such a key issue, her house was in the middle of the match, and the land was also circled, so she waited to carry the dowry to pay the deposit, and then waited for Wang Xuan to come back to settle the final payment, and then took the rest of the money, led her sister, and drove the ox cart to be her rich and comfortable landlord's wife......
However, how can the dowry with high hopes be carried into the wolf's den with Wei Min?
"How can this work?" her father said.
"Why not?" her stepmother asked in a loud voice.
"The dowry was left by her mother, when Duke Huan came to the door, we also promised to accompany the dowry to Ge in the future. ”
Her stepmother snorted: "Where are the dozen lifts enough, in order not to lose the face of the Wei family, I was cheeky and borrowed from all over the place, but it was still not enough, and I took out a few lifts from my dowry to get together with the ones you saw." ”
Her father was surprised: "I remember that Ah Xin's dowry is a lot, why is there so much left?"
Her stepmother said aggrievedly: "What do you mean by this? Over the years, I have lived a life of widowhood, taking care of your family affairs, raising your son, and I don't know what sins I have done in my previous life, and I have been a cow and a horse for you in this life, I have worked hard for so many years, and I have worked hard without merit, and you don't comfort me, and I suspect that I am greedy for my sister's dowry?"
Her father said weakly: "Look at what you said, I'm just asking." ”
Her stepmom started jerking: " Sister and her grandfather is the uncle of Huan Gong, the patriarch of the Huan clan, it is said that my sister and her grandfather have a life-saving grace to Huan Gong, and my sister's family is from this branch to my sister's generation, only my sister is left with this single seedling, Huan Gong naturally wants to take more care of my sister, after my sister passed away, my sister's parents only care about sadness, and they can't take care of anything else, so the later things are handled by Huan Gong, and the dowry left by my sister is also counted by Huan Gong's people, do you think even if I really lose my conscience and do something on my sister's dowry, Huan Guild will ignore it?"
Dejected, Wei Yan, who was sitting on the ground against the wall, was inspired, and clenched his fist with his right hand and tapped his left palm: By the way, there is difficulty, find Huan Gong!
Huan Gong, Huan Yu's grandfather, Huan Yu was approved by Huan Gong in his last life, so he has been with her for so many years...... So as long as Huan Gong comes forward, then she can slowly swallow the cooked duck into her stomach little by little!
In the end, her father still asked, "What about Ah Xin's dowry?"
Her stepmother said: "Since you don't believe me, then I'll give you a good calculation, first of all, the slaves who came over with my sister, you said that you were sad, I sent them all for you, and you said that they are all old people who have been with your sister for more than ten years, for the sake of your sister's face, you can't be lazy, and you will organize a funeral for your sister, and you have emptied the family, how can you have spare money? But everyone is waiting to take the money away, so I have to take some out of my sister's dowry, and use my sister's money to send my sister's people, this is reasonable, right?"
Her father didn't squeak, she pulled her fingers and counted, what she said, it seems that there is nothing wrong?
Her stepmother said again: "After sending my sister, you didn't come to the house for three years, but fortunately, you survived outside for three years, but even if you have a lot of money, when will this huge mansion not need to spend money?" You have been promoted, there are more places to move around, and the expenses will naturally rise with the tide, and you can't save money at all, three years have passed, and you haven't come back, saying that you are afraid of seeing things and thinking about people, and you feel uncomfortable, that's good, I gritted my teeth and moved to change the house in order to let you go home, what if the money is not enough, I temporarily borrowed some from my sister, thinking that I would make up for it when you send it back, but in the past few years, your Yulu has either subsidized your soldiers, or filled the bottomless pit of the second uncle. ”
Wei Ji looked up and looked around: it turned out that this house was purchased with her mother's dowry!
Her stepmother finally said: "There are also two sisters, Jige and Yajia, who spent so many rare medicinal materials to save their lives, and let the family help raise the children, if the medicine fee is not paid again, will not be poked off in the future? Anyway, my sister's dowry will be her two children sooner or later, so it's okay to use some in advance, right?"
Wei Jia pulled a few fingers again: How much is the five baht of medicinal herbs planted in the patch? And the aunt is talking to let their sisters pay off the monthly money they owe her over the years when they grow up, so that she can go to support the elderly, is she blackmailing them? And the five baht money she finally saved, it is not enough to buy two witch doctors, and she still owes Pei Rang!
Although her master's old man is often out of tune, he is still very serious in the face of right and wrong......
"My sister's dowry is very rich, but you calculate it yourself, how much is left in this way?"
"...... over there by Gong Huan"
"These are all accounts on the surface, and it makes sense no matter who comes to them. ”
Her father was silent for a long time, and finally sighed: "Aren't you already proposing to Amin to marry, didn't you prepare a dowry for her?"
Her stepmother said wistfully: "The preparation is prepared, but because of the so-called 'concubine', I can't always meet a lovely person, so I only prepared a dowry for her to marry into an ordinary family, and the family matter of the song was discussed in a hurry, which caught me off guard, I was afraid that I would not make up enough, and even Amin's dowry was stuffed in." ”
Her father's fatherly heart was touched: "I have wronged Amin." ”
Her stepmother echoed: "That's true, Ge and Yajia are worried about you, Ah Yuan is the eldest son, and he can inherit the family business of Weifu in the future, but Amin, there is nothing, we wronged her!" We were already very sorry for her before, and now we plan to let her marry instead of my sister, and it is also appropriate to make up for it in the dowry, and, if the dowry is too cold, it will make the prince look down on us, and it is not conducive to your future development, and it will make Amin ridiculed in the palace, and then it will be difficult, we are now gritting our teeth and passing this pass, and the final benefit will be our Wei family, and when we get married, we will follow the current gift list and buy her a copy of the exact same, in the final analysis, it is not to ask her for her dowry, just borrow it temporarily!”