"It's impossible."

Lin exclaimed: "Father-in-law lied to you." ”

Yan Baojia shook his head: "Father is not worth deceiving me about this, I said that my father wanted to marry that Mrs. Li for Chengyue, it turned out that it was for this." ”

Lin lowered his head and pondered, and a calculating light flashed in his eyes: "Let's divide the family, Chengyue can divide two percent of the family wealth, and there is the private money given to him by his father, I can't say that he still has surplus wealth in his hands, and there is no shortage of mansions and land, which is enough for him to enjoy in this life, so if Mrs. Li really brings a rich dowry, Xianggong, Chengyue is thicker than our Chengxin family wealth." ”

"What's more." Yan Baojia smiled bitterly: "Why are you being a father, for that Mrs. Li is really capable." ”

As he spoke, he told Lin how Li Luan'er hunted, how she collected medicine, and how much silver she could earn every year, and Lin was even more shocked when he listened.

The two talked for a while, but the Lin family laughed: "No matter how rich and wealthy you are, no matter how capable you are, didn't the fortune teller say it, the two of them are the blessed ones, and it is impossible to have heirs in this life, Chengyue has thousands of family fortunes and no one inherits the ancestry, and in the end, it is not all inherited by us." ”

When Yan Baojia heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Madam, you still think clearly." ”

Lin smiled and took the dowry list: "Since these are all for us to accept Xin in the future, what about having more dowries with her, after all, we still have to bring them to our house and leave them for Chengxin." ”

As he spoke, Lin copied the list again, and this time there were a number of things added to the list, which looked decent, and people knew at a glance that this was a dowry for the family to marry their eldest son and grandson.

At the same time, Mrs. Jin also drew up a list of dowry gifts for the Gu family, and prepared a dowry for the Gu family.

The gate of Gu's house was opened early this morning, Gu Cheng also took a special leave a few days ago, and waited at home on this day, while Aunt Fu greeted the girls with a smile on her face to sweep the courtyard.

After breakfast, I heard the sound of gongs and drums, and when I looked at the door, I saw a team dressed in festive clothes walking towards the Gu family from a distance.

Aunt Fu hurriedly smiled and said, "Quick, I'm ready to receive the dowry." ”

Aunt Fu's thoughts no matter what, the eldest man of the Li family is stupid, although he said that he deceived the Li family when he changed the Geng post, but how to say, his neat and tidy daughter married into his family, his family is not a loss, and he still takes a big advantage, this dowry, naturally there will be no less, she has already thought about it, the dowry sent by the Li family will not be brought to Mrs. Gu, this dowry is all left, part with the second lady, part with Gu Ying to marry a wife, therefore, this is looking forward to the Li family's dowry, seeing the Li family coming, naturally smiling.

When the Li family's dowry team entered the door, Ma Mao, who had now been promoted to the Li family's steward, stepped forward to deliver the gift list: "The little one has seen Aunt Fu, this is a gift list drawn up by my wife, please take a look at Aunt Fu." ”

Aunt Fu saw a lot of cages sent by the Li family, and said that this dowry is absolutely indispensable, she picked up the gift list and looked at it, most of the words Aunt Fu can still understand, only a few words do not know, but she can also guess by touching.

Aunt Fu didn't know how to read, until Gu Cheng's wife Zhong died, Gu Cheng raised her as an aunt, she began to read, so many years, Aunt Fu also knew thousands of words, can read a few books.

Sweeping the gift list, Aunt Fu suddenly froze on the spot.

The first things on this gift list are inverted quite completely, and most of the Li family should send nothing to the Li family, such as the wedding cake, three animals, four fruits, four-color sugar, rice tea, etc., are very real, and there are silk fabrics and other things behind, these items are sent a lot, but the texture is not very good, Aunt Fu thought, this is about the Li family's treasury leftover objects, I don't know how many years of old things, actually sent as a dowry.

The other is gold and silver jewelry, gold jewelry ten pairs of silver jewelry six pairs, but it is also good, just look at that style, but are very old, whose young lady and daughter-in-law see such jewelry afraid and do not like, this is not enough, it is really not to take it to melt and re-make, make some chic and fresh style but also make.

The point is that the bride price is really a bit unsightly.

Aunt Fu originally thought that with the Li family's family business, she was afraid that the bride price would not be less than 1,000 taels of silver, but how do you know, the bride price given by the Li family was only 300 taels, and 300 taels was not a lot for the people's families, even if they could buy a courtyard with five main houses and wings in the capital, they must know that the Gu family was also an official family, and there were lintels at home that opened four doors, which was higher than the two doors of the Li family.

After reading it, Aunt Fu pursed her lips and sneered: "The Li family is also calculating." ”

"Our lady said, if my aunt didn't cheat when she changed the Geng post, and took the second lady's Geng post over, this dowry would naturally be much higher." Ma Mao laughed with her, and Aunt Fu, who was choked, didn't know what to say.

Thinking about it, the Li family can hold the note, even if they can't swallow this breath, they have to swallow it.

How did she know that it was the three hundred taels of silver, which was also refined by Li Chun from the silver ore dug up every night, according to Mrs. Jin's wishes, I am afraid that she will give less.

"That's it, we have accepted this dowry." Aunt Fu asked someone to pick up some tea fruits in the dowry and give them to Ma Mao, which was a return gift from the Fu family to the Li family, Ma Mao didn't say anything when he took it, accepted it with a smile, said hello to Aunt Fu again, and took someone out of the Gu family.

Aunt Fu couldn't get angry, so she took the gift slip and turned around and entered Mrs. Gu's house.

But seeing that Mrs. Gu was embroidering a new wedding dress, Zhen Qiao was sitting on the bed and embroidering a quilt, Aunt Fu stepped forward coldly and threw the gift list on Mrs. Gu's face: "Big lady, you can also take a look at the dowry gift from your future husband's family." ”

Mrs. Gu was indifferent, picked up the list and glanced at it a few times, then looked up at Aunt Fu: "Auntie, this is more than the dowry gift that my father gave when he got married, it is such a dowry, I am afraid that it is enough for my younger brother to marry a wife, and my aunt is still not satisfied." ”

In a word, Aunt Fu was even more angry: "Yo, this is not married to the husband's family, you don't want to think about it, if the Li family values you, how can they send such a simple dowry, I'm afraid that people have long regarded you as a greedy and vain woman, and the family looks down on you, so you can be a cheap person, hum, you will know when you go over, your father-in-law is a master who can't be a master, and the family has to rely on that Mrs. Jin to support, that's just a godmother, but not your serious mother-in-law, when the time comes, maybe how to belittle you." ”

Mrs. Gu lowered her head, her face was a little colder: "This is not due to my aunt, it stands to reason that my aunt should be happy to see me like this, anyway, I can't end up in this life, what is my aunt angry, according to me, if the second sister marries, the dowry given by the Xu family is simple, and the aunt should be angry." ”

Aunt Fu's heart was furious when she heard this, Aunt Gu has always been an invisible person in the Gu family, she has always respected her elders, loved her younger brothers and sisters, and was gentle and virtuous, but today she even learned to raise the bar with her, and asked Aunt Fu to jump up angrily: "Okay, Gu Wan'er, you have even learned to bury people, you really can't do it for me." ”

"What about my aunt?" Mrs. Gu raised her head violently, and the resentment in her eyes couldn't be hidden: "Whether you want to withdraw from the Li family with me, or send me to the temple, I am not afraid of anything now, but no matter how my aunt can succeed, it is a big deal that everyone will make a scene, and they will break up in two, and at that time, it will be me, the daughter of the Gu family, who will be embarrassed, or you, the half of the Gu family's minions, will not be certain." ”

Speaking of this, Mrs. Gu sneered, got up and looked at Aunt Fu condescendingly: "Auntie, don't forget your identity, in the final analysis, you are not the wife of the Gu family that Ming Media is marrying, and you are just a cheap concubine, but because you gave birth to a son and a daughter, and the Gu family has some credit, I respect you a little for my father, if you are not satisfied, I will not do anything for anyone, just for myself, let's make a fuss and see whose side the truth is." ”

Aunt Gu was so hard, Aunt Fu flinched, she opened her mouth and couldn't speak, and after a while, she wilted and said: "How can I be your elder, I can't be rude if you don't know etiquette, yes, I know that you feel uncomfortable, and I don't care about you, I'll go first." ”

Seeing Aunt Fu hurriedly leave the house, Mrs. Gu laughed a few times, looked up at the roof, but the tears in her eyes could no longer be stopped.

Zhen Qiao looked distressed, and hurriedly took a handkerchief to Mrs. Gu: "Big lady, don't be angry with her, what kind of person is she, we still can't see through it all these years." ”

Having said this, Zhen Qiao looked at no one around, pulled over Mrs. Gu and whispered: "Big lady, don't be sad, let me tell you, I asked my cousin to inquire for a few days, and I also met Li Dalang, my cousin said don't listen to the rumors of the world, speaking of which, that Li Dalang is also a talent, he looks very good, and he can't see that he is a fool at all, my cousin knows a porter of the Li family, listen to the porter, Li Dalang is just not able to read, but he also needs to know a few words, and he is very kind, And he also has good cooking skills, and he is extremely capable, and the eldest lady will not be able to suffer a loss when she marries in the future. ”

"Really?" Mrs. Gu was ready to struggle in the fire pit all her life, and when she heard Zhen Qiao say this, her heart actually broke out of the ashes, and she pulled Zhen Qiao to ask urgently.

Zhen Qiao nodded: "How can a slave deceive the eldest lady, my cousin also inquired, that Mrs. Jin has no children and no daughters, and she is better to Li Dalang than her own son, and I heard that Mrs. Jin has a lot of money, these are all to be left to Li Dalang, and besides, Mrs. Li is also a good person, and she respects her brother very much, this family is very harmonious, much stronger than our family." ”

Speaking of this, Zhen Qiao said to herself: "Aunt Fu has a lot of calculations and plans, thinking that she has a good marriage with the eldest lady, who knows which marriage is good and which is bad, and the slave thinks that if the eldest lady marries into the Li family, it is not much better than marrying into the Xu family." ”RS