Chapter 53: A High Dowry
Chen Wenhui and Chen Wenlin left Shin Kong City two days later.
Bai didn't arrive in the capital until the Lantern Festival, this period of time day and night, Bai was very tired, Chen Yuanheng took Bai to the house, he was very distressed, and he was busy helping Bai into the upper room to rest.
Bai Shi smiled and said: "Master, I'm fine, it's just that I'm in a hurry and I'm a little tired, but fortunately I came back in front of the Lantern Festival." I'll take a break, and tomorrow I'll hand the sign into the palace to see the queen's mother. When I left a few years ago, I also told me to rush back as much as possible to help her with the Lantern Festival. β
Chen Yuanheng said distressedly: "You are so tired, why do you have to worry about things in the palace?" There are so many people in the queen's palace to help, do you want to go over? You might as well rest for a few days. How are the children? β
Bai said: "The affairs in the palace are naturally handled by the mother, I am to help the mother take care of the affairs of the foreign wife, this year is okay, with Princess Lichuan coming back to help, there should not be much to do." However, I am in such a hurry to enter the palace, and there is one more thing, I want to ask the palace to help us Lin'er get married. β
Chen Yuanheng was overjoyed and said: "So Lin'er agreed to the marriage with the Mei family? β
As soon as Bai Shi talked about this, he immediately felt fatigued and disappeared. Busy doing it, I told Chen Yuanheng to listen.
After Chen Yuanheng heard this, he was overjoyed and said, "It turns out that there is such a fate. Well, listening to Lin'er say this, this Mei girl is indeed a good one. When he was injured, not only was he not squeamish or flustered, but he also cared about the injury of his personal maid first. After dealing with it, she can still negotiate with the perpetrator in righteous words, so that she is neither humble nor arrogant, not succumbed to power, and worthy of being the daughter of a scholarly family. Madame is really discerning. Our eldest daughter-in-law is one of the best in a hundred. If the second daughter-in-law finds such a good one again. Our Xiao Chen family is not prosperous. β
Bai Shi also smiled and said: "It's not, so, I'm in a hurry to give the Mei family's family affairs, such a good girl, can't be given to others." That's why I came back day and night, just to ask the queen to marry us Lin'er. That's how you can be insured. β
Chen Yuanheng said: "You didn't tell me before. The good people in the capital dislike the Mei family's low dowry and refuse to propose? β
Bai said: "We have vision, but others don't have a good vision?" We don't care about the small dowry. Is there no second family in the capital that doesn't care about the dowry? β
Chen Yuanheng thought about it for a while, and hurriedly said: "In this way, in order to avoid long nights and dreams, Mrs. should do her best to ask the queen to give her a marriage." Such a good daughter-in-law can't be snatched away by someone else's family. Madam. You have a good rest. Hurry into the palace tomorrow. Well, that's not safe either. I still want to find a way to get a letter with the Mei family, so that the people of the Mei family in this province don't know what's going on, and it's troublesome to go out casually. β
Bai said: "The master is very worried. I'll rest for a while, and the master will quickly go to an acquaintance to get a letter. It's a bit of a safe bet in case mushrooms come out of the night. We are the ones who call it wrong. β
Chen Yuanheng was busy and asked the maids to take good care of the Bai family, so he hurriedly changed his clothes. Went outside. While walking, I thought about which person had a good relationship with Mei Hanlin, thought about it, and finally thought that his third brother-in-law, Tian Zhenbian, was the servant of the Ministry of Officials, in charge of the promotion of officials in the world, and he was very familiar with him, and his daughter was married to the scholarly Shen family, so he has always been very close to these scholars and scholars, and I heard that the relationship with Mei Hanlin is good, yes, is it not necessary to go to Tian Zhenbian to get a letter with Mei Hanlin.
Thinking of this, he told SΓΉ Mafu and went to the eldest princess's mansion.
At Mei's house in the capital, Mei Ying was reading a book at the small desk in front of the window. Her living room was very narrow, and it only occupied a place in the east room of the wing, so the wardrobe, the bed, the bookshelf, the desk, and the small round table for tea were all crowded into one room, and there was a place for the night maid to sleep at the most near the door. The room was so crowded that all the furniture could only be made small.
The furniture is a few years old, and the paint on it is a little mottled. Mei Ying's maid entered the painting and brought Mei Ying a cup of tea. Mei Ying picked it up and drank it and asked, "Into the painting, why did I hear such a commotion in the house today?" β
He pouted and said, "Can you not mess up?" It wasn't for the lady in the main room where a few guests came, and the aunt in the backyard made a fuss again, saying that the silver frost charcoal that the lady gave her was less than half, and it must have been taken back to her parents' house for the lady, and the old man woke up yesterday when he was resting in her room. β
Mei Ying's brows furrowed, and she said, "Although this month, Madame took away the rights of the housekeeper, and I don't want to ask about the inner house, but it is not like to make such a fuss in front of the guests, didn't Madame send someone to reprimand Aunt Shui?" β
Into the painting smiled and said, "My good girl, can you still not know? Can Madame control these aunts? Madame only has money in her eyes, where can she have this prestige to manage the backyard. This month, Madame is in charge of the affairs of the house, and all of us have less than half of our expenses. Isn't there less silver frost charcoal in our house? It's just that the girl is so good-tempered, just don't reason with her, and the aunts in the backyard are all scolding. Which can Madame manage? When the girl was in charge of the housekeeping of the house, had she ever seen a short degree of use? Isn't this home for good management? But the lady made irresponsible remarks in front of the lord and took away the housekeeper's rights, okay, now she lost face in front of the guests, just like we watched the joke. Girl, don't worry, just read your book. β
Mei Ying's brows furrowed even tighter, and said, "Isn't it a shame for your lady's face, isn't it a shame for your father?" Our entire Mei family has lost face. How can it not be left alone? Bring me a cloak, and I'll go to the backyard with you. β
Although she was reluctant to enter the painting, the girl said that there was no way but to open the cabinet, take out a only green velvet cloak, put it on Mei Ying carefully, and help Mei Ying to walk to the backyard.
In the main room, Mrs. Mei was drinking tea with several ladies, and when she heard the commotion in the backyard, her face turned blue with anger, because she lived very close, and Aunt Shui's scolding clearly reached the main room.
Several ladies who were drinking tea heard the little concubine's scolding and said, and they all laughed secretly. It can be seen that outsiders say that the Mei family is poor, it is true, this Mrs. Mei is really incompetent, no matter how poor the family is, she must manage the backyard well, how can she let the guests come, and she is still making such a fuss, how faceless.
One of the ladies said, "Madame May, I think you are good-tempered. How can the aunt at home be so unruly and mess around? Can't even stop the grandma you sent? If it was in our house, it would have been sold a long time ago. You can also sell a few silver coins to subsidize the family. β
Mrs. Mei secretly gritted her teeth and said, "Mrs. Qi, don't I want to sell all these foxes?" But our master refuses, these are all our lord's beloved, where do I dare to sell it? β
Mrs. Qi pouted and smiled, and at this time, she only heard a clear voice in the backyard say, "Aunt Shui, why are you making such an unruly fuss?" Do you want to move the family law? β
I only heard the troublesome aunt say, "Oh, big girl, you're here." Do I want to make trouble? Am I not afraid of family law? I'm the most disciplined person. However, you see, in the past, when you were in charge of housework, the house was in good order, but since your wife got well and took care of it for a month, the family's expenses have been reduced by half. On this cold day, the silver frost charcoal at home is not enough, I am fine, it was not so delicate, but as soon as the master arrived in our backyard, he couldn't stand the cold. We have so many things to use, and the day before yesterday I saw with my own eyes that my wife's maiden brother came to pull a cart of silver frost charcoal and left. No wonder the family is so short, it turned out that she moved to her mother's house, I just feel sorry for the master, the cold day, the cold, this is the trouble. β
The ladies in the house couldn't help laughing, and Mrs. Mei's face couldn't hold back, not only hating this Aunt Shui, but also hating this Mei Ying who was born in the previous room.
I only heard Mei Ying say: "Okay, there are guests in front, you don't have anything to say such a car." If you are short of silver frost charcoal, you can use animal charcoal, as long as you don't freeze it. If you make such an unruly mess again, be careful that I asked my father to give you the family law. β
The water aunt was immediately too frightened to speak. This Mei Ying is a girl's family, soft and weak, but she is decisive in killing, controlling her subordinates, and controlling the house very strictly, she is afraid. I was busy bowing my head and went down.
Mei Ying helped her into the painting and went to her room. Mrs. Qi in the house was very satisfied and said, "This big girl in the house is good." Mrs. May, think again. My sister likes the eldest girl in the house very much, so she has to hire her second son. What a marriage. β
Mrs. Mei hesitated a little and said, "Your sister's family is rich, but it is a businessman's family, and there are no seeds of reading in the family." Also, I heard that her second son is disabled, and our master is a Hanlin anyway, where can he marry his eldest daughter into her family. β
The anger between Mrs. Qi's eyebrows flashed, and she said, "What's wrong with the Shangjia family?" As long as you have money, marry and not be wronged, be a young grandmother, a bunch of people waiting, and live a life of fine clothes and food, which is a few points better than at home. It's just that my nephew is a little disabled and afraid of something, but his legs and feet are not good, and he doesn't need her to serve him, and there are a bunch of old mothers, maids, and little girls at home. Also, my sister said that their family doesn't want your dowry, you can give whatever you want. But for the dowry, their family is willing to pay 5,000 taels of silver. β
As soon as she said this, Mrs. May trembled. Suddenly his eyes glowed with gold. (To be continued)
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