On the third day after the Jia family and the Hou Li family asked for their names, the matchmakers of the two families happily sent the results of the marriage with their little feet, and the two matchmakers sang and said that the two couples became a perfect match in the world, and the eldest lady was very happy, and generously rewarded the two matchmakers with ten taels of silver each.

Then the dowry gifts of the two families were delivered one after another, and the Jia family and the Li family of the Hou Mansion seemed to have discussed, and the dowry was 20,000 taels, plus all kinds of gold, silver, jade, livestock, and candy, the Jia family was slightly more, but the total value was also about 40,000 taels.

In fact, this is already a lot in Cangzhou, but there is Ling'er who asks for a dowry of 100,000 taels first, and in comparison, the dowry of the Jia family is relatively less.

According to the custom here, if the rich and noble family really loves their daughter, how much dowry is sent by the in-law's family, the mother's family will add something of equal value and send it to the in-law's family as a dowry, but if it changes hands once, the dowry is the bride's private property.

The eldest lady took her cronies and mothers to count the dowry gifts of the two families one by one, and the eldest lady shook her head: "The Jia family has been rich for hundreds of years, and the eldest grandson married a daughter-in-law, so he only gave this little dowry, it seems that the Jia family is not as rich as the legend!" ”

Mother An said: "Madam, it's not bad to have these, anyway, Miss Cousin's dowry has already come out from the ancestors, so shouldn't these be included in our big house?" When the time comes, we can also give some subsidies to Miss Zhilan, and we can save money and support Miss Zhilan, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds? ”

After hearing this, the eldest lady rolled her eyes and thought about it, really, the wild girl directly asked the ancestor for the dowry, so we don't have to go out here, who stipulated that the dowry must be returned with the dowry? Anyway, as long as the number is right, isn't it? That's right! What a windfall!

The eldest lady was overjoyed, and she was still not interested in these things before, she quickly asked Mother An to open the box again, and she couldn't put it down and touch that to see. It's good, everything is exquisite and precious, and some of them are still tributes, right?

The eldest lady happily took out a string of thumb-sized pearl necklaces and hung them around her neck to look left and right, and she asked in disbelief: "Mother An, these will be mine in the future?" ”

Mother Ann nodded with a smile: "Yes, it's all Mrs. You!" ”

The eldest lady was even more unscrupulous, putting all those precious jade items that could be worn and hung on herself. Get a jewel. It's not rich, but the eldest lady is still not enough, and she can't wait to put it all on herself.

Then. The maid at the door said: "Madam, the master is here!" ”

The eldest lady was startled, and hurriedly took off the things and threw them to Mother An, but unfortunately she wore too much on her. When the eldest lord Ye Chengren entered the door, he happened to see Mother An taking the pearl hairpin jade ornament on her head, because she was too flustered. The eldest lady's hair was torn unkempt.

Ye Chengren frowned and said, "In broad daylight, you came out to meet people with this appearance?" ”

The eldest lady and Mother An stopped moving, looked at Ye Chengren embarrassedly, and the eldest lady was blessed: "The master is here." Concubinage...... The concubine suddenly felt itchy and unbearable, and wanted Mother An to remove the hair ornament for me to see, so ......"

"If you want to remove the hair accessories, you have to go into the house and remove them. You can do such an anachronistic thing! Ye Chengren flicked his sleeves a little angrily and strode towards the upper hall.

The eldest lady watched Ye Chengren enter the house. Then he continued to take everything off in a hurry, asked An's mother to tidy it up, and called the big girl Chunliu to hurry into the house to make up.

Half a quarter of an hour later, the eldest lady hurriedly came out and put on a smiling face: "Master, why are you here?" ”

Ye Chengren didn't bother to look at her, knocked on the table impatiently with one hand, and said straight to the point: "The gift list for the Jia Mansion and the Hou Mansion to be hired?" ”

The eldest lady paused, and hurriedly gave Chunliu a look, Chunliufu went into the house to get it, the eldest lady paid attention to Ye Chengren's face, and said with a smile: "Master, you just came to see the gift list?" Don't worry, sir, I've done everything one by one, and they're all the best products. ”

Ye Chengren knocked on the table and didn't answer, and when Chunliu came out with the booklet, Ye Chengren stretched out his hand directly: "Take it." ”

Chunliu glanced at the eldest lady, lowered her head and sent the booklet to Ye Chengren in an orderly manner, Ye Chengren opened it and looked at it one by one, and nodded slightly: "The Jia family's dowry is about 40,000 taels, although it is a little less, it is okay." ”

The eldest lady immediately said: "Yes, master, the Jia family has such a thick foundation, and the eldest grandson's dowry is only so little, so the old man Jia is also picky, right?" ”

Ye Chengren frowned, and the eldest lady quickly changed her voice, and said with a dry smile: "Actually, there are enough." ”

Ye Chengren said: "These things are all sealed, and Ling'er will be sent back as a dowry when she gets married." ”

The eldest lady was stunned for a moment, and then her eyes widened: "Master, do you have to seal it all back?" Didn't the ancestor already post 100,000 taels? Add these 40,000 taels, will it ...... Too much? ”

Seeing that Ye Chengren's face was not good-looking, the eldest lady's voice became smaller and smaller, Ye Chengren glanced at her: "Here 40,000 taels are back, and the ancestor only needs 60,000 taels, although it is still 10,000 taels, it is almost the same." ”

The eldest lady's heart tightened, and she couldn't help but say: "Master, let's put these 40,000 taels into the account, isn't it the same for the ancestor to give 100,000 taels?" When the time comes, what the ancestors need, we will be filial, so why bother ......"

Ye Chengren was a little angry: "You just remember your little self-interest, although Ling'er is not my own child, but she is the second daughter in our name, if you don't make up for it, even her dowry has to be calculated, look at your virtue, what is it like?" ”

The eldest lady turned pale when she was scolded, but she still felt justified: "Master, you are not favoritism, how much have you managed when our children grow up so big?" The daily expenses of this Ye Mansion are so big, how much do you know?

Yes, I'm doing favoritism, but am I doing it for myself? I'm not here for our children. ”

The eldest lady said and began to pinch her handkerchief and sob: "Outsiders say that our Ye Mansion Master is the same as the five products, and it is the hope of our Ye family, and our Ye family will count on you in the future, but who knows that our big house has no property under his hands, and even his boss and subordinates have to ask for money from the second room during the New Year's holidays?"

The ancestor let the second uncle take care of the family property, and the shops and real estate outside were all in the hands of the second house, and only they knew how much input they had every year, and they said how much was how much.

Do you see when the second brother and sister don't have a thousand taels of silver in their hands? What do you want to do, what do you want to buy, but we have a big house?

Except for pointing out a little money from the public money by pointing out to me by the convenience of being in charge, where are there any other inputs? Even my daughter Zhilan wanted some decent gold and silver jewelry, so she could only ask her ancestors with a thick face, and the second room often used this as a raft to make fun of us. (To be continued)