Chapter 21: Dowry
He Runian thought of Huang Bo serving him before and after the saddle all these years, he was slightly moved, and his expression eased and said, "Let's take a few more days for my father." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"
After He Jiaxian waited for He Runian to leave, he looked at Xu's still pale face, and couldn't help asking, "Mother still plans to be sick like this?"
Xu's face turned pale, and when he heard what He Jiaxian said, his brows furrowed, and his expression was painful: "When my mother thinks about this, her heart is panicked. I'm afraid my mother's body won't get better. ”
"If it's not good, it's going to be good. He Jiaxian sat on the low stool in front of the bed and pulled Xu's skinny hand: "If you still want to live a good life with your father in the future, you must get better." ”
When a man cheats, it starts with guilt, and when the woman makes trouble for a long time, the guilt disappears, and the woman will be blamed for being unreasonable.
Although, they never think about how deep and painful the thorn in a woman's heart is!
This is the experience He Ranran has accumulated step by step by watching his parents' failed marriage. Chen Li is also in the unreasonable troubles day after day, consuming all of He Shuli's patience. Although the fault was He Shuli at the beginning. But later in life, none of that matters.
He Shuli holds the economic power of the family, and the economic foundation has always determined the superstructure. Whoever makes him unhappy will not be able to live happily.
"Mother still remember the last time I told my father that I would not marry into the Fang family?" He Jiaxian said slowly: "Then I gave in?"
Xu leaned on the pillow weakly and nodded suspiciously: "You always listen to your father, and you have always been very well-behaved." ”
"No, I'm not well-behaved, but I know that those who know the times are handsome. He Jiaxian narrowed his eyes: "When I found out that I was not worth an inexplicable marriage in my father's mind......" She looked a little sad: "I just thought, instead of provoking him to get nothing in the end, I still want to marry into the Fang family, it is better to forbear it for the time being, let his idea of guilt be preserved, and then get some reasonable compensation." ”
Xu's eyes became more and more strange, more and more strange, looking at He Jiaxian, as if looking at a stranger: "You?" She said softly, but she seemed to call her daughter who was not hers.
He Jiaxian felt her fiery and puzzled gaze, turned his head and said with a smile: "Since my mother can't let Chunjiao not enter the door, it is better to get up and preside over the family affairs, Dad is happy, you will naturally always be the mistress of the He family, no matter how she is, she is just a concubine, and she can't go past you after all." ”
"Jiaxian?" Xu Shi heard her rational and objective persuasion, still didn't believe it, and called tentatively.
Since He Jiaxian dared to say this, she naturally prepared a countermeasure, she looked at Xu's eyes lightly, firm and stubborn: "In the past, my father and mother loved me like a pearl in the palm of my hand, and I never bothered. But now that the situation has changed, I can't help but plan. She thoughtfully pinched the Jinpa in her hand, and a meaningful smile bloomed at the corner of her mouth: "Mother, your daughter has been reading books for ten years, not just to write articles to please her father. ”
There is Yan Ruyu in the book, and there is a golden house in the book. In the book, there are naturally ways to make people grow wise.
"Daddy is not going home now, mother, if you are still sick, Chunjiao's side will definitely be more proud. He Jiaxian gritted his teeth and made up his mind to say the results of thinking about these days: "If you have been sick like this, my father's attitude is only afraid that it will be worse, and my daughter will marry into the Fang family in more than a month, but I am afraid that I will worry about it every day and will not be able to live in peace." ”
"Have you figured it out?" said Xu about his daughter's marriage, saddened by his incompetence.
"My mother also understands that this matter is not for me to think about it. He Jiaxian said firmly: "Instead of being trapped in the net, struggling, and finally being tied to a sedan chair, it is better to face it with a smile, at least it will give the He family a reputation." ”
"Mother, you too!"
Xu looked at He Jiaxian fixedly, as if he didn't know him at all. Although she explained the reason for the change in personality, Xu still did not believe it. Halfway through, she tentatively asked again, "Are you ...... Broken by your daddy?"
He Jiaxian sneered, didn't answer, only unconsciously wrung his handkerchief: "Mother, I'll get on the sedan chair well, you get better early, don't let those who are looking forward to us being bad see the jokes." ”
Xu Shi heard her tone with a nasal tone, and there was a pain in his heart, and he couldn't help tears rolling down: "My poor daughter, it's all because my mother is incompetent." ”
"I'm not pitiful. He Jiaxian denied it with a smile, but his eyes were red, and the crystal tears slowly accumulated, losing his sight.
Xu couldn't help but cry lowly. The mother and son choked silently for a while, and then Xu held back his tears and whispered: "Originally, my mother was hesitant to marry you a grange, after all, this Zhuangzi is the ancestral property left by your grandfather, and there will be no more income if you give it." If you don't add it, you are afraid that the Fang family will look down on you and refuse to treat you well. Now there is no need to hesitate, this dowry, the mother must give it, and it will save your father from spending on those outsiders. After Xu finished crying, he thought carefully about what He Jiaxian had just said, and his heart was clear.
She spoke out resentfully, holding He Jiaxian's hand tightly: "Out of this door, you live a good life in the Fang family, honor your in-laws, don't cause trouble, if you have the ability in the future, find a good family for your sister, my mother has no ability to protect you." ”
He Jiaxian listened to her more and more like she was confessing her last words, and he was shocked: "Mother, I don't want any dowry, don't think about it." ”
Xu Shi saw that her little face was full of nervousness, and even the hand she was holding was drenched in cold sweat, and said with a wry smile: "How can my mother not think about it, it is common for a man to have three wives and four concubines." Mother can just see the days to come. As he spoke, he let go of He Jiaxian's hand, got up slowly, walked to the cabinet next to the bed with all his strength, and opened a wooden box: "You have spent all your time on books, and Yu Nuhong is not proficient." This is the meeting gift that my mother helped you make for the Fang family, and there is still a small half of it that has not been completed, and when it comes out of the cabinet, it will be almost completed. ”
He Jiaxian walked over to take a look, and saw a bunch of shoes and socks, sachets and purses neatly placed inside, and tears welled up in his eyes: "Didn't you say let Aunt Huang do it......"
"The Fang family is a big family in Yanzhou City, you haven't seen the wealth and grandeur of the sky, where can you see Aunt Huang's craftsmanship. Not to mention anything else, just the materials I bought, my mother is not willing to wear them in my life......" The more Xu Shi said, the more sad he became: "My mother thought before, find a small family, you will be in charge of the family when you marry, and the husband and wife love Qin Se harmoniously, which is much better than marrying into the Fang family." Now it seems that I was wrong. ”
"I look down on your aunt all my life. Although the He family was defeated, in the end, it was a scholarly family in the past, and your father has a reputation for being a person, and the Gu family, who is in the silk business, is not a noble. But now it seems that she doesn't have to worry about food and clothing, and the dowry she brought is only added to it, I ......" Xu thought about it, and didn't tell He Jiaxian about his dowry pasted in, so as not to worry about her: "It's always good for a woman's family to have more money and wealth, otherwise, I'm afraid that these ancestral properties will no longer be ours in the future." ”
Xu babbled and said, and the words that seemed to be silent on weekdays were all said on this day. With these alone, He Jiaxian couldn't help but compare her with Chen Li, but he couldn't compare with her.
Chen Li's era is equal between men and women, unlike this era, a woman's dowry is her own backer, and the man's family can't ask about it, can't fight its idea, and even the specific amount is not clear.
It's just ......, "If the grange is given to me, what will happen to the family? and Jiahui will marry ...... in the future" He Jiaxian thought that He Yinlan had mentioned that the situation at home was not good.
Thinking that He Jiahui's secret was still hidden from her, it was like a huge bomb in her heart, and she would be crushed if she didn't pay attention to it.
Xu Shi looked at her embarrassed, thinking that she was worried about her family, and said with relief: "Although your father is dead to the heart of Zhishi, but he is so famous, as long as he is willing to take students, there will definitely be progress, you don't have to worry." As for Jiahui, you have already taken such a path, and I just hope that after you get married, you can be less troubled. Jiahui will definitely not marry such a wealthy family again. Her temperament is pungent and spicy, her mother only hopes to be able to say a harmonious family matter, her mother-in-law is open-minded and loving, and she is honest and honest, so she doesn't need to let go of the old bottom and prepare a dowry for her. He Jiaxian listened to Xu's clear arrangement and was speechless for a while.
It seems that the Xu family is more worried about this family affair than she imagined.
Seeing that He Jiaxian was a little ignorant, the Xu family became more and more worried, although he knew from He Yinlan that this family affair was approved by the Chen family himself. But those caries in the back house of a wealthy family, she hasn't heard of it, Jiaxian has been blindly studying all these years, and she doesn't know how to be flexible in what she says and does, how can she not worry?
It's just that she comforted herself after a while, her family has always valued filial piety, understands etiquette, knows advance and retreat, as long as she is filial to Aunt Weng, respects her husband, and does not fight or rob, it should be no problem to live a peaceful life.
Suddenly, I felt that her family was very filial in the past, and she was also very loyal and filial, but recently she seemed to be a different person, talking in her mouth, and her behavior was not the same, and it was far worse than before......
He Jiaxian only saw that her mother's face was changing rapidly, frowning for a while, stretching for a while, smiling at the corners of her mouth for a while, and her face was full of frost, and she didn't know what she was thinking, so she softly called her back to her senses......
After a few days, He Runian came back to take a look, after all, he was thinking about the relationship between husband and wife over the years: "...... Okay, I'll take it in the day after tomorrow...... Nothing to prepare...... We don't care about our side of things...... You clean up...... Let's stay in the West Wing......"
Xu's expression was confused, and he became more and more haggard, and only answered in a low voice. He Jiaxian saw the sadness on her face, and couldn't help but say, "Dad, are you so unashamed to save some face for your mother?"