Chapter 437: Dowry
The Miao couple had always known that their son had a lot of ideas, and when they heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up, and they said in unison: "What can you do?" ”
Miao Anping smiled slyly: "The man is picked, and the woman is the head." The Song family just bullied our family for not having money, so they didn't dare to ask for a dowry. But this bride price has always been before the bride price, so we can cheat the bride price first. ”
Miao's father immediately understood what his son meant.
His head shook like a rattle: "This is not good, the amount of the bride price and the amount of dowry on this marriage letter are all clearly written." We won't be able to take it out when the time comes......" At this point, he paused his tone, stroked his palms, and looked at his son with a look of relief and appreciation, and said, "Why didn't I think of it?" This is a marriage given by the royal gift, will the Song family still withdraw from the marriage at that time? ”
Miao's mother was frightened, and hurriedly said: "You can't do it, you can't do it!" If the Song family sues the royal lawsuit, how can our family withstand it? If you father and son are put in prison, how will I live! As he spoke, he hid his face and began to cry.
"On a day of great joy, what is the mourning?" Miao's father scolded Miao's mother impatiently, but Miao's mother's words still made his eyes appear a little worried.
Miao Anping listened to the rolling of his eyes, and immediately had an idea, and said, "I'm afraid that they won't sue the royal court!" If it is a lawsuit...... It is their Song family who wants to save face, taking their family as an example, and we have to take out so much dowry, our family thinks that this is a royal marriage, which is a supreme honor, although the family background is thin, but we are still ready to find a way to make up this dowry. Unexpectedly, relatives and friends borrowed it all, but they didn't come up with this money. If their Song family is willing, our family is willing to make an IOU, and slowly make up for An Su's dowry in the future. You said, if the emperor listens to our words, will he reward us with one or twenty thousand taels of silver? ”
Miao's father bowed his head happily. Praise: "It's still your brain!" We'll talk to your uncle about it later. When your sister gets married, with your sister's means, are you afraid that you won't be able to entrap your brother-in-law? Since the British duke has purchased such a large sum of money for your brother-in-law, in the future, the little leakage between your sister's fingers will be enough for us to chew, and maybe we will be able to make up for this lack of silver. That's a great idea! ”
Miao Anping smiled proudly.
Miao's mother felt that it was very inappropriate, and whispered tremblingly: "But our family didn't borrow money for An Su's marriage?" ”
Father Miao kicked out this beautiful mother-in-law with a kick, and said viciously: "Didn't our family borrow a lot of silver from others before? When the time comes, just take out those IOUs. ”
Miao's mother really wanted to say that some of those IOUs were from two or three years ago, and some were these days, and these days can also fool others into saying that they were borrowed for Ansu. But two or three years ago, I didn't know where this marriage was, how could I bluff it?
But looking at Miao's father's indignant appearance, when the words came to her mouth, she swallowed again.
Miao's father obviously thought of this, and told his son: "You go and change those IOUs." It is said that the interest should be recalculated, so as not to show the horse's feet.
Miao Anping should be "yes", and left the wing room with his father one after another.
Miao's mother had to go out behind her husband and son.
The aunt and grandmother of the Miao family, who accompanied Mrs. Song to sit at the women's table, got the letter and secretly wondered in her heart.
Last year, my brother came to her house and borrowed fifty taels of silver from her, how could he have money when he married his daughter? Could it be that the autumn wind that deliberately hit her failed?
Thinking of this, she was very unhappy. But in front of Mrs. Song San, she still reluctantly showed a smile and said, "After all, it is a marriage given by the emperor, and it has been delayed for a long time." It is inevitable that there will be suspicions of neglect. I look at the third wife of Yi Song, the man picks the woman and the head - our Miao family pays 20,000 taels of silver to marry a daughter. As for the wedding date, after a while, the party will be dispersed, and a few matchmakers will be asked to choose a few auspicious days of the zodiac. Just take it and ask Grandpa Guo to order one. ”
This engagement date has always been the man's choice and the woman's date. The Miao family was completely upside down. It's just to settle the marriage as soon as possible and get the bride money from the British government as soon as possible.
Mrs. Song San laughed angrily.
If the Miao family pays 20,000 taels of silver for the dowry, then the Song family will get a dowry of 40,000 taels of silver, and according to this calculation, the Miao family will also earn 20,000 taels of silver.
She couldn't help but ridicule: "When our family son got married, he only prepared a bride price of 20,000 silver, and the second master is a younger brother, and he definitely did not cross the reason of being the elder brother of the son." Aren't you afraid that your aunt and grandmother in the family will marry and fight with Mrs. Shizi? In terms of situation, Mrs. Shizi is the concubine of the Beilou Dou family; In terms of wealth, the dowry of Mrs. Shizi plus the two silver tickets, but she brought a dowry of 200,000 taels of silver into the door. ”
If the aunt and grandmother of the Miao family were not articulate, it would not be her turn to be this Quanfu person.
She smiled faintly: "Why is the words of the third wife of the Song family like the sky in June, saying that it will change, and there is no accurate head?" But the truth has taken you all over, how can you let our family sit down and talk about marriage with your family? Don't forget, your second master is not the prince! If the second master of your family is also like the prince of the world, and he is in a position of high power at a young age, our family is selling land and land, and we are willing to be like the Dou family without paying attention to the bride price, and take out a large amount of silver to marry a daughter. Since the second master of your family is not the son of your family, you should not compare the sixth lady of our family with the wife of your family. Anyway, our Miao family has decided to marry our daughter with 20,000 taels of silver, as for what to do with your family, don't say that you and I are just Quanfu people, even if it is the child's father and mother, we have to discuss the elders in the family? I don't think it will work out, it's not too late for you to go back to the house and talk back to Grandpa Guo and then express this attitude and shoot this board! ”
Mrs. Song San was trembling with anger, but she had nothing to say.
Grandpa Guo has always acted with a good face, and in order to promote the royal family, he may really agree to this matter.
If you refuse with one mind, you may not be human on both sides!
She wanted to slap herself twice.
Mrs. Song is hiding, why do she want to be in the limelight!
Mrs. Song San had no choice but to grit her teeth and say "yes" and go back to the British Mansion.
Song Yichun was furious when he heard this, and said with a bruise on his forehead: "Where are they marrying their daughter?" It's clearly selling her daughter! How did I get such a? Then he called Song Han and said, "You will take care of your daughter-in-law in the future, don't let her go out lightly if you have nothing to do after you get married, I don't entertain these mud of the Miao family every day!" ”
Song Han was ashamed and ashamed. His face flushed.
Song Yichun said to Mrs. Song San: "Tian's marriage cannot cross Song Mo, after all, Song Mo is the son of the British Mansion. He pondered for a long time and said, "But I can't be wronged by heaven's grace, so according to Song Mo's marriage, I will take 20,000 taels of silver as a dowry." ”
Sure enough, I agreed!
Mrs. Song San was secretly glad that she didn't insist and breathed a sigh of relief.
Song Han knelt in front of Song Yichun and said gratefully: "Thank you, father!" I will definitely listen to you in the future, so that I can control my daughter-in-law. Don't let her disgrace the British government. ”
Song Yichun felt better in his heart.
He let out an "um" and nodded his tea.
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Dou Zhao only smiled slightly when he heard this.
Since Song Mo said that when the Miao family marries in, he will let Song Han open the mansion, and he will definitely let Song Han open the mansion. She and the Miao family don't have to eat in the same pot, what kind of person she is and what the Miao family has plans have little to do with her. She is worried about Brother Yuan these days. It's only been a month and a half, and when the little thing opens his eyes, he doesn't want to lie on the bed, so he has to be held upright by holding his head.
Dou Shiying and Song Mo kept praising Brother Yuan'er for being smart, but Dou Zhao felt that this was a sign of naughtiness.
The day came to the end of the day in a blink of an eye, and the Song Miao family set the day of Song Han's marriage on the second day of September, and the wedding room was set up in the Green Bamboo Pavilion next door to the Xiangyuan.
That's fine.
In addition to asking Song Yichun for peace, it is estimated that it will be very difficult for the two concubines to meet. It also takes a lot less trouble.
Dou Zhao decided to go home.
Song Mo said: "The family is giving Song Han a fan house, be careful that the smell is smoking the child." It's not too late for you to go back a few days before Song Han gets married. ”
He has been envious of the Jiang family since he was a child, although the Hutong of Jing'an Temple is not as jubilant as the Dingguo Mansion, but Dou Shiying's sincere care makes people feel warm. He loved the atmosphere and would like to stay here longer.
Dou Zhao chuckled, faintly guessing his thoughts, naturally he wouldn't insist. obeyed Song Mo's arrangement.
When Song Mo went to the yamen, she asked Ganlu: "Why is there no news from Aunt Cui's grandmother?" ”
She was afraid that her grandmother would worry. only said that she was pregnant, but she did not tell her grandmother for the month, and when the child fell to the ground safely and smoothly, she sent Chen Xiaofeng to report the good news to her grandmother, and promised that when the child turned two years old and her body was strong, she would take the child to visit her old man's home.
Grandmother was very happy, in addition to letting Chen Xiaofeng bring back a longevity lock, she also brought a lot of children's clothes, shoes and socks. From the folds of the garments, you can tell that these things were prepared by my grandmother.
She couldn't do needlework during her confinement, so she asked her grandmother to make a few autumn clothes in the sewing room and let Chen Xiaofeng bring them back to Zhending.
Counting the days, Chen Xiaofeng should be back in the middle of this month, but he has no shadow so far, and there is no letter from his grandmother.
Ganlu smiled and comforted her: "Or Aunt Cui and Grandma have made something delicious for you, some things haven't reached the heat yet, so it is not necessary for Escort Chen to wait at home for a few more days." ”
It's possible.
Dou Zhao nodded.
When she and Song Mo first got married, they wrote a safe letter for Chen Xiaofeng to bring to Aunt Cui. Aunt Cui pickled a lot of melons and vegetables she liked to eat for Chen Xiaofeng to bring back, because she had to wait for those pickles to go to the jar, Chen Xiaofeng stayed in Zhending for half a month.
Dou Zhao put this matter on hold.
There was news from the British government.
said that the Song family went to urge makeup, and the lacquer bed Xu Xu hired when the Miao family hired was replaced with a shelf bed, the pineapple furniture was replaced with pine furniture, and the tea cups and dishes of Ji red porcelain became blue and white porcelain...... The people of the Song family who went to carry the dowry had a big quarrel with the Miao family, and the onlookers surrounded three layers inside and three layers outside.
The Miao family is a dead dog who is not afraid of hot water, and would rather go to the royal court to fight a lawsuit than add money to the dowry.
Song Han, who followed him, was so embarrassed that he covered half of his face, pulled Mrs. Song San out of the door, and carried the dowry back to the British mansion.
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Sisters and brothers, today's update.
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