Chapter 57: The Dowry Storm (I)
In the blink of an eye, at the beginning of May, the warm day overshadowed the day, and it became hotter and hotter, and the Shen Mansion was full of red silk and red lanterns, which heralded the happy event of the Shen family.
By June and July, the sisters should fight openly and secretly for the things of Fuhua Courtyard.
Although the second and third rooms are not treated by the old lady, the old lady does not have much prejudice in the treatment of several granddaughters, so it is also an honor to be able to live in the warm pavilion.
And the Zhao family, since taking over the general affairs of the Shen Mansion, has become increasingly busy, especially Shen Hui will get married immediately, and he has to prepare a lot of dowry, and after the Yang family deals with it, he will hand over the matter to the Zhao family to take care of.
It was not easy for Shen Rong to take time to see the Zhao family.
On this day, in the Fuhua Courtyard, all the houses and courtyards arrived, and they asked the old lady to say goodbye, and the old lady asked a few little brothers about their academic progress, so they let the little brothers go down first.
The old lady wore a thin shirt with a dark red gold jacquard satin collar today, and sat upright on the Luohan bed with a mat.
Mama Gui at the back held a pu fan, fanning it slowly, and Shen Rong, who was standing below, occasionally felt a cool breeze with warmth.
"Mother, Sister Hui will be picked up by the team of Hu Mansion in a few days, so I will make my own decision to let her rest well, so as not to marry her when she gets married, and her face is not good." Yang's voice was smooth, and he said with low eyebrows.
"You are thoughtful, she won't go anywhere these days, and it's hard to explain if something happens." The old lady understands that Sister Hui doesn't like this family business, otherwise she wouldn't have made a fuss about scolding Hu Yanqing, she thinks that the Hu family's family business is good, Hu Zongbing's actions seem to be stable, but he is a little energetic, Hu Yanqing is Hu Zongbing's only son-in-law, and he doesn't think about him in the future, so she turns a blind eye.
Yang nodded shallowly: "Eh, my daughter-in-law has already sent someone to watch." ”
Li raised her face, she smiled sharply: "Sister Hui will get married soon, I don't know if the sister-in-law is ready for Sister Hui'er's dowry, fortunately, the sister-in-law is Sister Hui'er's daughter, otherwise the dowry is not enough, I heard that when the sister-in-law married into the Shen Mansion, the dowry that accompanied her was less than five boxes." ”
The background of the Yang family is insufficient, but at the time of the Yang family's marriage, the Shen family and the Yang family were also considered to be a good match, but the Shen family is now in the ascendant, and the Yang family is still the same.
In front of so many people, Yang's face was a little unbearable, his face turned red and pale for a while, and he laughed dryly: "The fourth brother and sister are too worried, the dowry has already been prepared, and even the mother has looked at the list, saying that it is right for the Hu family." ”
Pulling out the old lady, Li Shi laughed twice, looking unconcerned.
"Big lady, big lady......"
Suddenly, a frizzy little girl broke in rampantly, her face was anxious, Shen Rong recognized her, it was Tsing Yi next to the eldest lady.
"Where did you come from? It seems that my old bones are useless, and there are no rules in the house?! The old lady was furious, and she hissed out of her mind.
"The old lady atones for her sins, the old lady atones for her sins." Tsing Yi knelt on the ground with a "bang", even her voice trembled, and she cried anxiously: "Old lady, the matter is too urgent, the slave and maid are in a hurry, I am afraid of delaying......"
"Mother, this maid is from my house, she is very stable on weekdays, and today like this, there must be something important." Yang glanced at Tsing Yi, first explained to the old lady, and then raised the shriek of his voice, and angrily yelled at Tsing Yi: "What can't wait for me to go back and say, what's the matter, if the matter is not so urgent that you collide with the old lady for this, I can't protect you today!" ”
Tsing Yi kowtowed two more times, and then hurriedly raised his red eyes and said: "Old lady, eldest lady, just now I checked the dowry of the eldest girl with Biyi, and found... Found missing ......"
"What?!" Yang's face changed greatly, his voice changed, and because everyone in each room and courtyard was there, he had to calm down and exhale: "What's missing, don't say it quickly!" ”
"The slave maid is the same pair of lists, missing a pair of gold-inlaid diamond hanging ruby earrings, a pair of thin gold-inlaid red agate pendants, a tendril-winged three-tailed emerald tassel phoenix hairpin, and agate paperweights and a few fine Qin embroidery satin."
After Tsing Yi finished reporting one by one, Yang almost fainted.
If it weren't for the Cheng family in the back who supported her, she would have fallen to the ground.
"What the hell is going on! When I watched it before, there were quite a few of them! Seeing that it was about to be the day of Shen Hui's marriage, she gritted her teeth angrily, and her bloodshot eyes looked straight at Zhao: "Second brother and sister, Sister Hui's dowry was finally handled by you, are you sure that there are a lot of them?!" ”
When Mama Gui heard this, she also looked in the direction of the Zhao family.
"Sister-in-law, I've seen it before, and there's nothing missing." Zhao spoke slowly, still a little puzzled by what was going on.
Looking at Yang's cold gaze, she realized that she was suspected, and she hurriedly said: "Sister-in-law, I didn't lie!"
"Sister-in-law, I don't think the second sister-in-law will do such a thing." Cheng, who had always been dull, suddenly spoke, and his voice was soft.
"Look? It's not your business, you say lightweight! Yang snorted coldly.
The old lady looked at them coldly, sentence by sentence, and suddenly "Bang! With a bang, the Buddha bead in his hand was slammed the small table, "I just see that you have to make a moth, and none of them will live in peace!" Huaiqiu, it's not easy for your sister-in-law to work hard to get a dowry, if you move, take it out, it's all your own family, is it difficult to report to the official? Besides, the master of our family is an official! This matter has spread out, how can you still gain a foothold in Yong'an City! ”
Li Shi watched the excitement from the sidelines, and found it very interesting.
"Mother, I didn't touch Sister Hui's dowry! Who knows if it's the subordinates around the sister-in-law who are not clean. Zhao's mind was dizzy, how could she be rare with those things.
"Old lady, eldest lady, the slave and maid are not, the dowry is sent back from the second lady, no one has touched it, the seal was only removed this morning, the slave and maid are true, dare not say false." Tsing Yi's smooth head was bloody, and she was full of tears.
Shen Rong looked at her expression carefully, and her movements didn't look like she was lying, but her words undoubtedly pushed all the problems onto her mother.
And, it is absolutely impossible for the mother to move those things, Shen Rong turned her face, seeing that her mother was already anxiously white, and she didn't care about Yang's face, she spoke up: "Grandmother, grandmother, I was also there when my mother ordered those dowries, I have seen those dowries." ”
"You?" The old lady couldn't help frowning, and her shriveled lips were tightly pursed.
"Ah Rong?" Zhao Shi made a strange sound, and his quiet eyes were blocked by a layer of doubt, and Ah Rong was obviously not there at that time.
Hearing this, Yang took a breath and swept it over with a cold eye, and when a child sees something he likes, he will reach out to take it, especially a spoiled girl like Sister Rong, Yang immediately suspected Shen Rong's head.
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