Seeing such a rich dowry from Jia Qian and Jia Qing's sisters, even Shi Xiangyun couldn't continue to lie in the house.

In the past, when the Shi family was still a double marquis, Shi Xiangyun dared to think behind his back about how much dowry his mother would leave him, how much dowry the two uncles and aunts would give him, and how much dowry he could get in the end.

But now, Shi Xiangyun didn't dare to think about it at all.

If the two marquis of the Shi family did not have an accident, he would still be able to have a good family affair, and now that the two marquis of the Shi family are in prison, he is a family member of the sinner's family, what good family can he have? What kind of dowry can you get?

Because of the confusion about the future, Shi Xiangyun was particularly envious of the two dowries in front of him.

He couldn't help but come to the Bisha cabinet to talk to Jia Jiu.

The current mother Jia is like a child, day and night. It's okay to fall asleep, if Jia's mother wakes up, but there is only a girl in the house, Jia's mother is not dependent. As the granddaughter of Jia's mother, others can be lazy, but Jia Jiu will never shirk. These days, Jia Jiu has almost lived in the blue yarn cupboard in Jia's mother's upper room, waiting to serve Jia's mother at any time, and even the assessment of the Daomen has been pushed back.

When Shi Xiangyun came, Jia's mother happened to be asleep, Jia Jiu was arranging chess pieces in the blue yarn cupboard, Shi Xiangyun saw that the number of whites and blacks on Jia Jiu's chess table was wrong, and the arrangement was not in order, so he couldn't help but laugh: "Second sister, who are you playing against?" It's like this. There's no eye here, and you don't take it off. ”

Jia Jiu hurriedly lost the game of Go and invited Shi Xiangyun to take a seat. said: "Why is Sister Yun here now?" I also thought that if Sister Yun came over after dinner, she would just take the shift with me. I can get some sleep too. ”

Shi Xiangyun looked at Jia Jiu carefully, and saw that Jia Jiu's face remained unchanged, and he didn't blame himself, so he said: "It's not mine, the second sister has really worked hard these days." ”

Jia Jiu replied: "It's not hard, it's just stuffy." The old lady was better when she was awake. If the old lady is asleep, I have no one to talk to. It's just a person who plays with a Go piece. ”

Shi Xiangyun said: "The dowry is going to be given tomorrow, and the second sister won't go and take a look?" ”

Jia Jiu said: "What is there to see. It's just those sub-things. ”

How much dowry Jia Qian and Jia Qing's sisters have, Jia Jiu is clear. Jia Yu showed him the list. Some things were taken out by Jia Jiu, for example, with a few antiques sent by the Yan family, old ornaments. Jia Qian and Jia Qing's sisters have one or two dowries.

This is what Jia Jiu specially found out from the example sent by the Daomen. deliberately supported Jia Qianjia Qing's field.

Of course, Jia Jiu didn't move the objects with special meanings that he got from the Dao Gate.

Shi Xiangyun looked at Jia Jiu and said, "Second sister's words are interesting. I have heard that when other people's families marry girls and daughters-in-law, don't say that their own family, even the children of the neighborhoods will be curious about other people's dowries, and they will send people to inquire about it. ”

Jia Jiu replied: "Could it be that Sister Yun is curious herself?" ”

Shi Xiangyun blushed and said, "That's right, I'm curious." ”

It's not about being made fun of. It's better to be honest. Not to mention, this cousin has always been very measured in her speech. Even at this time, he would only say that he was curious, not like Xue Baochai, who directly insinuated that Shi Xiangyun wanted to marry.

When I think about it, I feel like it's human.

At the beginning, when he lived in the mansion of the Marquis of Rongguo, the relationship between him Shi Xiangyun and Jia Jiu's cousin was not very good. First, because Jia Jiu did not live with him in Jia's mother's yard, and secondly, because Jia Jiu was not the kind of person who would please him. Xue Baochai would say good things to please him in order to make him happy Shi Xiangyun without a trace, but Jia Jiu stood aside coldly and ignored him Shi Xiangyun.

In addition, these girls who are used to drilling camps and stabbing on both sides are talking behind their backs, but Shi Xiangyun at that time can even be said to be disgusted with Jia Jiu.

He thinks that Jia Jiu is a person who has changed when he is developed, and when he returns to Jia Yu, he forgets the roots. but ignored that Jia Jiu is Jia Yu's only daughter, and Jia Jiu is a serious girl in Rongguo's mansion.

But after so many things, Shi Xiangyun finally understood the cautious eyes behind Xue Baochai's tolerant and generous mask, and also understood Jia Jiu's enthusiasm after being cold and alienated. Maybe because of the lack of upbringing, Jia Jiu's performance is unsatisfactory, but he will not calculate behind his back like Xue Baochai, nor will he use his sisters as guns, let alone fall into the ground.

Shi Xiangyun had no doubt that if Xue Baochai was here today, even if Xue Baochai himself couldn't say those words, he would let others stab him a few times.

After all, she is no longer the original princess, and the historian is not the original two-marquis historian.

Looking at Shi Xiangyun like this, Jia Jiu first raised his eyebrows, then smiled, and said: "When the sect was divided, my father said that he would marry Qian'er and Qing'er. More than ten years have passed since this blink, but it is not a response to this sentence. ”

Shi Xiangyun said: "I heard that their dowries are more than ordinary people's belongings. ”

Jia Jiu smiled: "This is true. At the beginning, the old practice of Rongguo Mansion was that even if a concubine was married, there was a dowry ranging from 5,000 to 10,000, and if it was a concubine, it was 50,000 yuan. If you start at 50,000, it is more than the belongings of more than half of the officials. As he spoke, he sighed again and said, "Speaking of this, I think of my big sister." So far, my father often says when he mentions his eldest sister, it was only a few years from the eldest sister entering the palace to the aunt handing over the account book, and he actually spent more than 100,000 taels of silver, which was more than the dowry of the fourth aunt. ”

Shi Xiangyun was taken aback: "How is it possible?" ”

Jia Jiu said: "How can this be fake? The ledger is still in front of us. Back then, my father took back the account book and saw the money that the second aunt smashed on the eldest sister, and he was very angry, so he let out the words at that time, saying that when he married his daughter and granddaughter in the future, the dowry must not be less than the money spent by the second aunt on the eldest sister. Therefore, Qian'er and Qing'er's original monthly routine was the same as that of the third sister, but their dowry. From the beginning, it was prepared according to the specifications of the concubine. Later, my father and brother were promoted to knighthood, and the family also rose. The father doubled the dowry in preparation. In other words, when Qian'er and Qing'er were canonized, their dowry specifications had risen to 100,000. When she participated in the general election for the first time, the old lady discussed with her father that she wanted to mention it again. Our family has a small population, and our expenses are not much, but we have a lot of inputs. When officials outside entered Beijing, they sent filial piety, not only to their fathers and brothers. Even Qian'er Qing'er and I have it, plus the family's annual income, so the old lady and her father set a specification of 200,000 taels of silver, if there is a great future. Naturally, there are other supplements. ”

Shi Xiangyun said: "But I heard. Just their dowry Zhuangzi, no matter which one, can't get down without 200,000 taels of silver. ”

Jia Jiuda: "Yes." These plots of land were added little by little by my father after he reorganized the family business. When my father came back from the border pass, he had just been stricken by the war, and the price of the fields was very cheap, so he didn't spend much money. Now if you want to buy such two Zhuangzi, you don't have 400,000 taels of silver to think about it at all, but at that time, it will only cost 100,000 taels at most. ”

Shi Xiangyun said: "I heard that Qian'er and Qing'er have a lot of money in the box. ”

"Hmm. 120,000 taels per person. Take the meaning of six or six major shun. ”

Shi Xiangyun suddenly said: "Since the eldest master is rich, why didn't he take out more in the first place?" What else did the second sister say before she melted down the old jewelry and scraped together two hundred taels of gold? ”

Jia Jiu looked at Shi Xiangyun and said, "It's very simple. It's not that the father doesn't want to, but he doesn't dare, or rather, he can't. There are some things that cannot be passed on, even if you know them, you can only hide them in your heart. The matter of the second uncle and the second aunt, one is that the eldest sister made a mistake in the palace, and the other is Baoyu's piece of jade. For people like us, even if it has something to do with one of them, it's enough to choke, let alone two. ”

Shi Xiangyun said: "The older the second sister gets, the less courageous she becomes. ”

Jia Jiu replied: "If it happened to my father, I might have broken into the palace, but the second uncle and second aunt, I just called an uncle and aunt in the face of the old lady." Since ancient times, the two families have been separated, and they are not even counted as clans, so what kind of relatives can they be regarded as? ”

In the past, Jia Jiu hated Mrs. Jia Zhengwang's insatiable greed, so everyone was the same, and he just followed what the people around him said. In fact, he doesn't know anything about this at all.

He thought that Jia Yu refused to make a move because he was still angry with Mrs. Jia Zhengwang, or rather, because he was completely disgusted with Mrs. Jia Zhengwang, so he was angry with Jia Baoyu and didn't want to stretch out his hand.

After all, in the original book, when Jia Baoyu and Wang Xifeng met the five ghosts, Jia Zheng gave up, but Jia Yu was still busy outside, trying to save this nephew.

was too impressed by this matter, Jia Jiu couldn't have imagined that now this Jia Yu, who ignores Jia Baoyu, will actually be the uncle in the original book who even gave up Jia Zheng's biological father.

After Jia Qian's explanation, Jia Jiu understood the meaning of the so-called division.

In the original book, Mrs. Jia Zhengwang treated Jia Yu like that, but Jia Yu still did not give up Jia Baoyu, not because Jia Yu was broad-minded, but because Jia Baoyu was Jia Yu's nephew at that time, from the perspective of law, as the head of the family, Jia Yu had the obligation to take care of Jia Baoyu, the boy in the family.

And now, Jia Yu has asked for a separation, Jia Yu and Jia Zheng are no longer a family, even if Jia Baoyu lives in Jia's mother's yard, even if Jia Baoyu is still Jia's mother's own grandson, for Jia Yu, Jia Baoyu is just a guest. Even if Jia Baoyu was later taken to the Rongguo Marquis Mansion by Jia Yu because he had nowhere to go and Jia's mother's worries, for Jia Yu, Jia Baoyu was just a thing he used to please Jia's mother and make Jia's mother happy.

At that time, Jia Baoyu was not even comparable to Jia Yu.

So when Jia Jiu took out those Zhuangzi and silver coins, Jia Yu was so surprised.

However, Jia Yu was surprised, but he still gave the things to Jia Baoyu and the others. First, the few Zhuangzi prepared by Jia Jiu were not very large; Second, if Jia Baoyu didn't end up, it would be a trouble to live in the Rongguo Marquis's mansion all the time; Third, Jia's mother has always remembered this grandson in her heart, if Jia Baoyu is not doing well, Jia's mother is unhappy, and it is Jia Yu who is tossed.

Therefore, after Jia Yu gave Jia Baoyu the Zhuangzi silver money prepared by Jia Jiu, he only added another two hundred taels of gold.

Jia Jiu really didn't expect that Jia Yu really didn't want to care about Jia Baoyu's affairs at that time. even thought that giving Jia Baoyu a few thousand taels of silver would be over.

It's just that Jia Jiu won't talk to Shi Xiangyun about these things.

Hearing Jia Jiu say this, Shi Xiangyun couldn't help but say: "I didn't expect that the second sister is also a cold-hearted person. ”

Jia Jiu nodded. said: "It's about the safety of my father and brother, of course I want to protect my father and brother first." I will only pay attention to others if I make sure that my father and brother will not be implicated and that everything is well. I always do. ”

Shi Xiangyun was taken aback, and then he knew that he had spoken too often. But when he was asked to apologize, he couldn't say it.

At that moment, Shi Xiangyun bit his lip and stood still.

It was Jia Jiu, looking at Shi Xiangyun like this, and sighed. said: "Sister Yun, there are some things that I can't interfere with if I want to do it. I always have to take care of my family. The eldest sister is also a virtuous concubine. If there is nothing here, the big sister will not even have a serious aftermath, and will be buried directly? Everyone in the palace knows that the eldest sister is rejected by Banzai. That's why I can't even live in peace after my death. Big sister's mistake. Why should I suffer for him? I don't have that obligation. Similarly, the second uncle and the second aunt are the sons and daughters-in-law of the old lady, however, they are not worth the risk for my father to do for them. Something happened to their family, and our family helped to get their children and grandchildren afterwards, but there was no reason to compensate their own family. ”

As long as Jia Baoyu's stone ever existed, it would not be forgotten. Was sent money by Jia Baoyu? In the eyes of those who fall into the top, it is to fund rebellion and rebellion!

So, like Jia Yu. Sending 300,000 taels of silver to atone for Jia Zheng's sins is already an adventure.

300,000 taels of silver is exactly the total income of the Marquis of Rongguo Mansion for a year. But the expenses of the Rongguo Marquis Mansion are also a lot for a year, even if the Rongguo Marquis Mansion has to accumulate so much money. It will also take years.

Now, the high-profile dowry for Jia Qian and Jia Qing is to show that Jia Yu has nothing to do with those things.

Everything is to dissociate himself from Mrs. Jia Zhengwang.

As for Xia Jingui's reaction after knowing about it, Jia Yu would not scruple about it.

Shi Xiangyun said: "Is our family too?" ”

Jia Jiu nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Shi Xiangyun said: "The second sister is frank. ”

Among his family and outsiders, Jia Jiu chose to give priority to protecting his family, and only when his family was unharmed, he would lend a helping hand to others, otherwise, he would only do some small things.

Shi Xiangyun can't say that Jia Jiu is hypocritical, and he can't blame Jia Jiu.

Because he knew that if he was replaced, in Jia Jiu's position, he would make the same choice, and he might even be more indifferent than Jia Jiu.

Just like Xue Baochai did.

Thinking of Xue Baochai, Shi Xiangyun couldn't help but say: "Speaking of which, when the second master and the second wife had an accident before, Sister Bao didn't say anything about it, but this time Qian'er Qing'er got married, and the makeup he sent was all ornaments." I really didn't expect that Sister Bao would have such a good thing. Over, Shi Xiangyun added: "It's almost the same as the things placed in the main hall of the Grand View Garden." ”

When Jia Yuanchun was provincial, he met his mother's family in the main hall of the Grand View Garden. Xue Baochai dared to do anything else in other places, but the things placed in the main hall of the Grand View Garden were genuine, and they were all good things.

Jia Jiu smiled and said, "Although the Xue family is not as good as before, it has been rich and noble in the end, so naturally there are some things at the bottom of the box." If Mrs. Xue loves Sister Bao, it is not strange to take a few pieces out to press the bottom of the box for Sister Bao. ”

Shi Xiangyun said: "I'm just not angry. is that no matter how many disagreements there are between the two sides, the second wife is Sister Bao's aunt after all. As a result, when the second wife had an accident, Sister Bao didn't even say anything. Not to mention sending some food to cover the bed, I didn't even send a girl to visit. He took so much money from the Grand View Garden, but he ......"

Jia Jiu said: "Sister Bao is Sister Bao. He is the daughter of the Xue family and the daughter-in-law of the Liu family, to you and me, they are just passers-by, so why should my sister care about this? ”

Shi Xiangyun hung his head and stood for a while, before he said, "It's just unwilling." ”

When Jia Jiu heard this, he just sighed, but didn't say anything.

Shi Xiangyun saw that Jia Jiu didn't say anything, and was very curious: "Second sister, aren't you angry?" So much belongings from him? ”

When Jia Jiu's words came to his lips, he still changed his words: "Sister Yun is very angry. ”

Shi Xiangyun said: "Naturally angry. Our historian is the most glorious life, and all the family business and everything add up to not so much. ”

Jia Jiu said: "Floating wealth is floating wealth after all, and it will still disappear when it should disappear." When I opened this mouth with Sister Bao, I already knew that those stones were destined to make a splash. Even if the stones are worth a lot of money. (To be continued......)