Su Ruying came out of the house at this time, she looked at Ruoyi in her hair, reached out and patted Ruoyi's arm: "What, I feel sorry for my second sister?"

Ruoyi nodded, but shook her head again, she was puzzled: "Is the second sister's dowry very small?" She didn't believe that the eldest princess and the third brother would look down on Su Ruli because of that dowry. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Su Ruying sat opposite Ruoyi with a smile and said, "This depends on who you compare with." Compared with me and the seventh sister, the second sister's dowry is at least twice as much as ours. But compared with you, compared with the four girls of the Meng family, it is not enough. ”

Ruoyi couldn't help frowning: "Ah, it's twice as much as yours, but it can't be compared with my dowry, why?"

Su Ruying explained for her with a smile: "There has long been a rule in the family, the public school prepares a dowry of 2,000 for the concubine, and the concubine only has 1,000, and the rest has to be subsidized by herself." The second sister's dowry, the rule of the public middle school is 2,000, and the grandfather saw that the second sister was married high, and added 2,000 taels. At that time, I will be one thousand taels in the public middle school, because I married Wei Zheng for my eldest sister, and the two thousand taels of the eldest sister will be made up to me, even if my mother no longer subsidizes, my dowry will be three thousand taels. The seventh sister is two thousand taels in the middle school, and the rest depends on the subsidy of the second aunt. As for you, that's not the same as ours. Gongzhong gives you a dowry of 5,000 taels, 2,000 taels is the rule, 3,000 taels is what your grandfather promised on your full moon wine, and the rest is the output of Cousin Shi's family and your county's staple food Yi Zhuangzi. ”

Ruoyi understood now: "So, according to the rules, I actually only have a dowry of 1,000 taels more than the second sister." ”

Su Ruying nodded: "Yes." The reason why she said it so clearly was that she was afraid that the fifth sister would be so troubled by the third aunt, so she really thought about giving her dowry to the second sister.

After saying it thoroughly, Su Ruying still asked uneasily: "What, do you want to give the second sister a dowry?"

Ruoyi shook his head decisively: "Don't give it." She had already made up her mind not to get involved in Zhao Shuhan and Su Ruli's affairs, so she completely left it alone.

Could it be that if she doesn't give a dowry, the second sister won't get married?

Su Ruying covered her mouth and smiled, "I guess, the third aunt just wants to fight for a breath!"

Su Ruying didn't say it clearly, the third aunt's tone was not only fighting with the Meng family and the fifth sister, but also with her grandfather and the eldest princess.

The third aunt is shrewd, how could she not know that once the dowry is in the second sister's dowry book, and it is recorded in the official mansion, it is really something that belongs to the second sister, and after entering the door of the eldest princess's mansion, it is impossible to take it out at will.

How could the third aunt forget that the eldest princess took care of the dowry for the fifth sister in the first place, she just thought that even if she took something from the fifth sister and didn't return it in the future, the fifth sister definitely didn't go out to show outsiders the excitement. Even if the eldest princess knows that there are five sisters' things in it, she can say that the second sister and the fifth sister have a deep sisterhood, and the fifth sister took the initiative to give it, and the eldest princess will not care about it, and even because of the fifth sister's deep affection for the second sister, she will look down on the second sister and protect the second sister more.

How could the third aunt not know, she ripped off her face and said so much, there was no way to take things from the fifth sister's hands. The fifth sister is easy to coax, but there is no one around the fifth sister who is easy to deceive, even if she does not intervene in it, it doesn't take a moment to plant, the words will definitely reach the ears of the grandfather, and the grandfather will forcibly stop it.

To put it bluntly, the third aunt was somewhat resentful that the fifth sister did not help the second sister speak in front of the eldest princess, and she might even have thought that Cao Mo could use the money of the fifth sister as a dowry in private, so that the fifth sister could marry beautifully, why didn't the eldest princess do this to add face to the second sister.

She was not afraid that the third aunt's arrogant request would hurt the fifth sister, but she was afraid that the fifth sister would be moved by the second sister's grievances, so she relented for a while and got involved in this matter.

She was about to knock on the side to remind Ruoyi a few words, and the pomegranate ran in as soon as she slipped into the smoke, and said quickly when she entered the house: "County lord, the second lady made trouble to the old lady, and the old lady was angry." ”

She was invited by the old lady according to Su Ruying's words, who knew that she would meet the second lady who went to sue on the way, at this time, the old lady's face turned blue on the spot, and she didn't even care about the county lord, so she directly asked Su Ping to immediately go to find Zou and Su Ruli, and he turned around and went to the big study. Seeing that the situation was not good, she trotted all the way back to report the news.

"Ah......" Ruoyi was a little dazed, looked at Su Ruying, and then looked at Aunt Zhu.

Su Ruying calmly lowered her head, carefully watching the tea leaves in her teacup, and Aunt Zhu lowered her head directly.

Ruoi understood that they wanted her to make her own decisions.

She bit her lip, only hesitated, and got up: "I'm going to take a look." ”

Anyway, it has something to do with her.

Ruoyi just arrived at the gate of the courtyard of the big study, and was stopped by Su Ping, Su Ping had a bitter face: "The county lord ......" Just now, the old lady told him not to let the county lord enter.

Ruoyi was very proud, patted her belly, which had no signs of bulging, and smiled at Su Ping: "Uncle Ping, are you happy to get out of the way for me, or will I break on my own." ”

Su Ping didn't even think about it, and avoided it directly. Just kidding, he can't afford to mess with the county lord, let alone the little ancestor in the county lord's belly.

Ruoyi took the opportunity to quickly enter the courtyard, and before she reached the door of the study, she heard a "pop", loud and crisp.

If you hit your feet, who hit whom?

She stood under the porch, not knowing whether to go in or back.

Immediately afterwards, she heard Su Ruli's voice again: "Grandfather, it's all my fault, please don't blame my father and mother." Mother, that's it, if you toss again, I'll ...... I...... I won't get married. ”

There was silence in the room, the family affairs that the two parties should do, the days were booked, and it would be good to give up, but it would damage Su Ruli's face, a girl who had withdrawn from marriage, who would be promised to someone in the future. Besides, there is no better person than the Eldest Princess's Mansion.

Old General Su glared at Su Ruli and said, "Second sister, are you threatening me?"

Su Ruli shook her head violently: "No, grandfather, I'm just making it clear to my mother." ”

It's still the same old saying, Qi Da is not a coincidence, and as the wedding date approaches, she becomes more and more aware of this. She is not good at housekeeping, and she is not acting properly, she and Miss Meng Si are placed on the same step, and she has no advantage. This has to live under the same roof every day, and you need to be scared and nervous all day long, so it is better not to marry.

The patriarch looked at Su Ruli, he couldn't see the slightest grievance and reluctance on Su Ruli's face, but he still persuaded out loud: "Second sister, this matter is not a joke, you must know that although this family affair is not given by the emperor to marry, it has also passed the emperor's eyes." If you want to quit this family, you can only use the evil disease as an excuse......"

"No, no......" Zou came back to his senses, got up from the ground in a panic, hugged Su Ruli, and said vigorously: "No, no." "If you quit on the grounds of a bad illness, absolutely no one will want to choose a woman who is not in good health as your wife in the future, and the second sister will really be ruined.

She turned her head and looked at General Su pleadingly: "Father, you can't blame the second sister for this matter, you can't ruin the second sister's life because of this incident." ”

The old general Su didn't answer this, but asked the Zou family instead: "You are the one who says that you can't marry a daughter, and you are the one who says that you won't quit your marriage, so what do you want? The fourth sister is not married, the seventh sister is not married, and the third brother and the fourth brother will not marry in the future, and the entire general's family will be given to the second sister as a dowry? Or do you simply go to the patriarch to be the master, and give the property of our Su family to the second sister to marry? Or according to your idea, go and take the dowry of the fifth sister to fill the second sister with a façade? ”

Zou was speechless for a moment.

The first two methods, even if the big house and the second room agreed, she didn't dare to promise her fourth brother not to marry in the future. The clan property in the moving clan, as long as she has this thought, she is afraid that the first one to jump up will be Su Lei.

Therefore, she only dared to make up her mind on the dowry of the fifth sister. But she only dared to mention it to the fifth sister behind her back, that was because the fifth sister didn't understand, but in the face of the old general Su and the patriarch and Su Junshi, she didn't dare to mention it. After all, the fifth sister had already gone out before she got married, and the entire general's mansion only gave the fifth sister a dowry of 5,000 taels of silver.

Su Lei was anxious: "Father, don't do it." "Either way, it's not feasible, especially the third. Cao Mo's affection for the fifth sister is very meaningful, and it has spread almost throughout the Great Jin Dynasty. If they take the dowry of the fifth sister, the Cao family will not be able to turn their faces when they know about it, and once it is spread out, then he will not be criticized by the literati and writers of the Great Jin Dynasty.

Thinking of this, he also resented the Zou family a little, turned his head and scolded: "Stupid woman, how can you come up with such a solution!"

Zou also cried: "I don't want to either, but what else can I do! I can't watch my second sister go to the eldest princess's mansion and be bullied." ”

General Su sneered: "This family affair is what you should do! When you knew that there would be a flat wife, you also insisted on it." The eldest princess came to book a date, and you also took the initiative to let the girls of the Meng family enter together. Now that you're talking about this, why did you go earlier......"

Outside, when Ruoyi heard this, she didn't want to listen anymore, she turned around and quietly retreated.

Aunt Zhu, who was waiting at the gate of the courtyard with Su Ping, watched her come out and didn't say anything.

Ruoyi didn't leave the study far away, she stopped, and suddenly asked, "Auntie, if the second sister doesn't want to get married, what will happen?"

Aunt Zhu was startled, looked left and right, and the pomegranate swallow valley spread out separately, guarding the front and rear intersections. Aunt Zhu said in a low voice: "County Lord, is something wrong?"

Ruo Yi said: "The second sister and grandfather said that they would quit this family business. ”

Aunt Zhu thought for a moment and shook her head: "Impossible." ”

Ruoyi tilted his head: "Do you not believe what I said, or do you not believe that the second sister wants to quit?"

Aunt Zhu said: "The old slave said that it is impossible to retreat from this family business, even if the eldest princess agrees, it cannot be solved on the surface." I must only retreat with a vicious illness, and it is not possible to rely on pretending to be sick, but I am afraid that I will really take some tiger and wolf medicine, make extremely dangerous symptoms, and then call some doctors and doctors to come to the house to see and determine this matter. This is not good, the second girl's body will be really ruined. Even if it is not ruined, the reputation of such a vicious disease spreads, I am afraid that no one will be willing to come to the door to propose marriage again, and the third lady will definitely not agree. ”

Ruoyi thought about it, and that's really what happened.

If the second sister doesn't want to marry, presumably the eldest princess and the third brother won't force her. If you want medicine, the third brother can get it, and you don't have to destroy the second sister's body and bones, but the reputation of a bad disease is on her back, and the second sister is really difficult to find her husband's house.

Ruoyi silently returned to Wufuju,

Su Ruying hadn't left yet, so she greeted her: "Fifth sister, it's okay." ”

Ruoyi sat down, held his cheeks and sighed softly, "I'm back halfway." ”

Su Ruying was stunned and smiled dumbly: "Well, you won't be able to help if you go, it's better to wait for the letter." ”

waited until the little girl came to invite them to the flower hall for dinner, but I didn't hear any news. If Yi knows it in his heart, presumably this family business will be business as usual.

In the flower hall, they met Su Ruli, who came first.

Su Ruli sat alone under the porch, and her lonely figure made people feel a little pitiful.

"Second sister. Su Ruying shouted.

Su Ruli's back stiffened, and she raised her hand, as if she was wiping something, and when she turned around, the smile on her face was still unnatural: "Fourth sister, fifth sister." ”

"Second sister. Ruoyi also shouted.

Su Ruli walked in front of Ruoyi and blessed it directly, and said seriously: "Fifth sister, I apologize to you for my mother." ”

Ruoyi hurriedly dodged away and avoided Su Ruli's gift, Su Ruying took the first step to support Su Ruli and didn't let her go down: "Second sister, if you can't say anything well, how can you let the fifth sister feel at ease." ”

Ruoyi also said: "I know that the third aunt is also for your good." She didn't want to blame Zou for this.

Su Ruli smiled bitterly: "I know." ”

Over the past few years, her family affairs have been full of twists and turns, and the reality has made her truly appreciate the cruelty that she didn't think about in the previous sixteen years.

She hesitated for a moment, and when she saw that there were only a few of them on the left and right, she whispered to Ruoyi: "Fifth sister, can you find a way for me to see Zhao Dagongzi." ”

"What?" "Ruo Yileng, she wants to see the third brother?

Su Ruying said angrily: "Second sister, this is not appropriate!"

You Su Ruli are going to have a private meeting with Zhao Dagongzi, you should figure out your own way, how can you use the fifth sister. The fifth sister is now pregnant, and she is a divorced woman, so she can't get involved in these things and tarnish her reputation.

Ruo Yi hesitated for a moment: "Second sister, what do you want to see Zhao Dagongzi do." ”

Su Ruli gritted her teeth and said, "I want to know, what the eldest princess thinks of me and Miss Meng Si." ”

Su Ruying sneered: "If you want to know this, you don't have to ask, I can tell you." You are personally picked by the eldest princess, and Miss Meng Si is forced by the emperor, even if Miss Meng Si is better looking than you, more knowledgeable than you, good at housekeeping, dowry is richer than you, and her family background is better than yours, in the hearts of the eldest princess, I believe you will be higher than her. Because of this, if you have a private meeting with Zhao Dagongzi, it will make people doubt your character. ”

Su Ruli was stunned, she really didn't think about it so much.