Wei Tingzhen was suddenly a little flustered.

She asked the grandmother, "What else did the people from the Dou family say?" ”

"The man didn't know whether he was honest or wooden, so he asked three questions before answering." Mama said, "That's it, or did she inadvertently say it and I heard it." ”

Wei Tingzhen was in a hurry and discussed this matter with her mother.

Tian was also surprised, and said: "It shouldn't be like this, it's impossible for the Dou family not to buy a dowry for Dou Zhao, and she should still have the body left by the Zhao family, how could she come to Kyoto to ask for a dowry when she got married?" ”

"So I think it's weird!" When Wei Tingzhen heard her mother say this, she became more and more suspicious, "I think, we have to send someone to inquire carefully about this matter—...

"Isn't that good?" Tian hesitated, "Even if the Dou family has more dowries, it has nothing to do with us......

"Mother!" Wei Tingzhen interrupted her mother's words with a little headache, "If we go to inquire about Dou Zhao's dowry, it may not be to take her dowry, who doesn't want to be icing on the cake?" How can Dou Zhao bring more to marry, she has more money, can you subsidize her less? If she can leave some inheritance to your grandchildren and granddaughters, will the children's lives be better? Our family is thin, and the Dou family has many heirs, if Dou Zhao has a close relationship with his mother's family, is his younger brother a little more helper? If she is very cold to her mother's family, what does this family matter really mean? ”

Tian was persuaded by his daughter and said, "Then you can help check it, right?" ”

Wei Tingzhen replied rather frustratedly, "Yes." "I sent Mama Jin to investigate Dou Zhao's affairs.

Honggu returned to the pen shop uneasily, and pulled Chen Qushui to speak when she entered the door: "I can do what you tell ......, but what if the Wei family misunderstands that Sister Xiao Jian did not marry and dislikes our Sister Xiao, what can I do......"

Chen Qushui didn't wait for her to speak, he had already made a straight face: "What did you say?" No wonder our little sister has a marriage, so the Wei family happily married back without a marriage, so they have to quit their marriage? If the Wei family is such a family, it doesn't matter if you don't marry! I asked you to go, just to let you try what the people of the Wei family are like? Men are afraid of entering the wrong line of business, women are afraid of marrying the wrong man, the seventh master is not worried, not to mention the seventh wife, even the matter of his own daughter is confused, and he can't count on it. Now that we know what the attitude of the Wei family is, we can also think of countermeasures, we can't let Sister Xiao Jian be wronged, right? ”

Yixi's words were deafening, which made Honggu feel that she had a heavy responsibility, and took the initiative to report to Chen Qushui: "That Mrs. Wei is a very kind person, and she treats me very politely, it is the personal grandmother next to Mrs. Wei, who looks at people like she has a needle hidden in her eyes to test me, and she is that grandma." ”

"Look, it's going to come out this time!" Chen Qushui said awe-inspiringly, "Sister Xiao's future mother-in-law is a philanthropic person, but the people around her dare to test you, which shows that Mrs. Wei is not strict and has soft ears." This is the good opinion of Hades, and the little ghost is difficult.

If our little sister gets married and wants to win the favor of her mother-in-law, the first thing to do is to deal with these people around Mrs. Wei. ”

Honggu felt that Chen Qushui's words were very reasonable, and she couldn't stop nodding.

Thinking that Dou Zhao is the master at home, and now that he is going to get married, he must not only look at Mrs. Wei's face, but also the faces of the people who serve around Mrs. Wei, she not only holds grievances for Dou Zhao, but also feels sad for Dou Zhao, and can't help choking up: "Mr. Chen, Sister Xiao is too wronged!" ”

"Alas!" Chen Qushui sighed, "Why do you say that this girl is a daughter at home, and if she marries, she is a 'concubine'?" Then he persuaded Honggu, "Which woman didn't come here like this!" ”

Honggu was silent for a long time, and said in a low voice: "Then what should I do next?" "A look of cooperating with Chen Qushui.

Chen Qushui nodded secretly and said, "Tomorrow, let's go together to say hello to the Seventh Master, and then discuss with the Seventh Master the dowry of Sister Xiao Jian Although Sister Xiao Jian has half of the property of Xi Dou in her name, if she brings it all to the Wei family in one breath, you can also see it, Mrs. Wei is not a person who can take charge of things, who knows what will happen?" Isn't there a saying that it is easy to share hardships and hardships, and it is difficult to share wealth and prosperity. If the Wei family comes up with Sister Xiao's idea, it will hurt Sister Xiaojian, what to do with this dowry, and you have to ask the Seventh Master to get an idea. After that, you can walk around Kyoto as much as you like, so why not come to Kyoto? If someone asks you anything, you just say it, as long as you don't tell anyone what we and the Seventh Master have said. ”

Honggu breathed a sigh of relief, and the whole person became brisk.

She has lived for most of her life, but she has never deceived anyone, told a lie, and promised Chen Qushui to say that in front of the Wei family, also because they came to Kyoto this time to discuss the marriage of Sister Xiao Jian with the Seventh Master.

"Mr. Chen, please rest assured, what the master said can't be spread randomly, I still know this truth." Honggu was so busy that Chen Qushui promised, "Except for Aunt Cui's grandmother, whoever asks me won't say anything." ”

Chen Qushui happily bowed his head.

The next day, he and Honggu went to Jing'an Temple Hutong.

The Hutong of Jing'an Temple corresponds to the word "Jing'an".

The white walls, the lush trees, and the silent alleys have a kind of simple nature precipitated over the years, so that people who walk into the alleys will unconsciously relax their steps and breathe evenly.

Dou Shiying met Chen Qushui and Honggu in the study. Knowing their intentions, he couldn't help but scratch his head. Said: "What did Aunt Shou say? ”

Chen Qushui counted from one to ten in his heart, and then he spoke: "The meaning of the fourth little sister, except for the things left to her by Mrs. Zhao, the rest is still in the hands of the third master of the Dou family. ”

The husband is the dry wife and the wife is the kun. If the two of them are harmonious and beautiful, such a large property is not an ordinary family's dowry, so it naturally has to be taken care of by the husband. If Wei Tingyu doesn't pay enough attention to Dou Zhao, Dou Zhao doesn't have to give him face.

Dou Shiying heard the meaning of Chen Qushui's words. He said briskly: "Then do it according to the wishes of the fourth little sister." ”

This was originally expected by Dou Zhao and Chen Qushui, and Chen Qushui smiled and responded, "Yes." Then he handed Dou Zhao's dowry slip to Dou Shiying: "This is written by my uncle and wife last time when Sister Xiao Jian and the ceremony, Aunt Cui and Grandma added a few pieces, and Mrs. Sixth added a few more, you see if there are any additions or subtractions." ”

Dou Shiying glanced at it and returned it to Chen Qushui, and said, "Since Mrs. Uncle, Aunt Cui, and Mrs. Sixth have all seen it, there will be nothing wrong with interceding, you just follow the preparations." As he spoke, his tone paused slightly, and he said, "I still have a few flower and bird paintings here, I think Aunt Shou will like them, and I will give her a dowry when the time comes!" ”

The things that can be collected by Dou Shiying are naturally good things.

Chen Qushui hurriedly thanked Dou Shiying for Dou Zhao.

Dou Shiying felt that he could afford this gift, so he accepted it generously, and instructed Chen Qushui: "As for the dowry in the public middle school or something, you can discuss it with Mrs. Sixth at that time." Then Chen Qushui and Honggu were left to live at home, "What's the matter with living in a shop!" ”

"Because Sister Xiao Yan is going to leave the cabinet, the accounts in the shop must be sorted out quickly." Chen Qushui smiled respectfully, "Aunt Hong was also entrusted by Aunt Cui's grandmother to buy some good things to add boxes to Sister Xiaoyi, and it is convenient to live in the shop." Wait a few days, get things almost done, and then come and bother the seventh master. ”

Dou Shiying is not a person who is obsessed with subtleties, and feels that Chen Qushui's words are also reasonable, and asks about the situation at home.

Honggu answered one by one.

Seeing that it was time for lunch, Chen Qushui got up and said goodbye: "I still have to rush to Mao'er Hutong, and Sister Xiao Jian also asked me to bring some things for Mrs. Six." ”

In Dou Shiying's heart, Dou Shiheng's home is no different from his.

"Okay!" He didn't care, and instructed them, "Since Aunt Shou is going to marry in Kyoto, the fifth master, you should also go on her behalf." ”

Chen Qushui was secretly happy in his heart and respectfully said "yes".

Dou Shiying asked Gao Sheng to send the two out.

Chen Qushui stubbornly blocked Gao Sheng at the door: "If the family doesn't say anything about the two families, I won't be polite to you, and you shouldn't be polite to me, otherwise you will treat me as an outsider." ”

They are indeed a family.

Gao Sheng stopped with a smile, and looked at Chen Qushui and Honggu leaving.

Chen Qushui and Honggu had lunch at a small restaurant next to Jing'an Temple, and then went to Mao'er Hutong.

Mrs. Six held Honggu's hand and didn't let go, and even asked Dou Zhao what kind of food she ate every day, and then asked what Honggu was doing in Kyoto.

Honggu only said that she was discussing Dou Zhao's marriage with Dou Shiying, and did not mention anything else.

The sixth lady heard the sound and knew the elegance, and talked to Honggu for a while, and the little maid in the outer courtyard was ordered by Chen Qushui to invite Honggu.

Honggu got up and said goodbye: "The seventh master instructed us to let us go and say hello to the fifth master on behalf of the little sister." ”

"You're going to have to go and find a door." Mrs. Six personally sent Honggu to the second gate and asked them what they had prepared.

"The fifth master is a jade lion's paperweight, and the fifth wife is a Buddhist bead strung with nanmu...", Chen Qushui reported the gift list to the sixth wife.

Seeing that all the things prepared were complete, Mrs. Six was very thoughtful, so she put her mind at ease, instructed two some precautions, and asked Mama Wang to send the two out of the house.

Chen Qushui and Honggu went to Huaishu Hutong, where Dou Shishu lived.

Dou Shiheng was not at home, and the fifth wife was very surprised when she heard that the servant woman next to Aunt Cui's grandmother came to greet her.

She thought about it and met Honggu in the flower hall.

Honggu has long heard of this fifth wife, the daughter of Fan Junming, the presiding examiner of the fifth master's examination, not only from a family of eunuchs, but also shrewd and capable, and is the virtuous helper of the fifth master, but she has never seen it, and the world agrees that "a wife is expensive by her husband." Dou Shishu is now an old man, and when she saw the fifth wife, she was so trembling that she didn't even dare to raise her head, let alone talk more.

When the fifth wife heard that Honggu only came to visit her on behalf of Dou Zhao, she felt slightly relieved.

Since Dou Shishu entered the cabinet, his family has been in the market, and most of them have come for something. And the fourth little sister of the Dou family, although she has never seen it, she has been famous for a long time, and every time she makes a move, it will make a wave, she is really afraid that Dou Zhao will ask her for help with something, but her mother-in-law and second wife have told her that everything about Dou Zhao has to be decided by the second wife. The reason for this, as Dou Shiheng's wife, naturally knows it.

(To be continued)