In the mansion of the mighty marquis, Mrs. Wang handed Hou Ye a dowry list, and Hou Ye looked at the thin dowry list in his hand, which was a standard dowry list for a concubine to marry. Hou Ye asked gently, "This is Ru'er's dowry?"

"Yes, Yaru is a concubine, and she can only come according to the rules of a concubine. Didn't Master Hou also promise me that Miss Ru's dowry could not be higher than that of Sister Yan. ”

Hou Ye said calmly: "I remember that there are quite a few dowry gifts from the Junwang Mansion. I don't think there's a lot of it here. ”

Wang said uncomfortably: "Those dowries should be counted as dowries, so how much will they get." ”

Hou Ye angrily threw the list on the table: "Could it be that our dignified Hou Mansion wants to have a reputation for coveting the bride price of a concubine?" ”

Mrs. Wang was not convinced: However, there are so many dowry ......."

"There are so many dowries, the county king's mansion is not given to you for nothing, people are afraid that you will treat other people's daughters-in-law harshly in the dowry, and the county king's mansion will not look good at that time. Therefore, such a generous dowry in the county king's mansion is actually a dowry for Ru'er. The dowry that people give to their daughter-in-law themselves, and you, the mother-in-law, also have to deduct it?"

Madame Wang was dumbfounded.

"Add all the dowry of the county king's mansion to the dowry. Rewrite a dowry list. After speaking, Hou Ye turned his head and left: "Deal with official documents tonight, I will sleep in the study." ”

Mrs. Wang stomped her foot angrily, as long as Hou Ye said that he would sleep in the study, the couple would definitely have to live for several months. Returning to Beijing from the border has always been like this.

Yaru coaxed her father in the study: Daddy, don't be angry with your mother, just explain the reason to him. For so many years, my mother and I have had a good life, and my mother-in-law has been tolerant of our mother and daughter. Father don't be angry with her anymore. What's more, my mother still has to make a living in this house. ”

Hou Ye touched his daughter's head, sighed, and then smiled at his daughter again: "Ru'er, Daddy is afraid that one day, Daddy has already been saving a dowry for you, and you can't give it in the name of Daddy, but add it to your dowry in the name of your grandfather." ”

Yaru couldn't help but laugh: it turned out that Daddy was an old fox. ”

"Yes, the old fox also cultivated a little fox. Hou Ye nodded her small nose again.

What happened on Mrs. Wang's side soon reached the ears of the old lady. The old lady was happy: Look, I don't even want face, and even the dowry sent by others has to be deducted, when did our Hou Mansion have such shallow eyelids. ”

Call Zhang's mother: "Go and call me the shallow eyelid." ”

After a while, Mrs. Wang came and saluted the old lady: "Say hello to my mother." ”

"I'm tired of you, it's so late, come and say hello to me. The old lady said slowly.

The daughter-in-law was terrified. Mrs. Wang felt uneasy in her heart.

"You don't have to be worried, I just want to ask you how you prepared Ru girl's dowry. Although Ru Yatou is a concubine, the family she married is not an ordinary family. That's the county king's mansion. The dowry reflects the dignity of the Hou Mansion and the County Prince's Mansion. Show me your list. ”

Mrs. Wang pounced and knelt down: "My daughter-in-law knows that she is wrong, and she will draw up a new list tomorrow." ”

"Get up, you're also a grandmother, and you're still so careless about things. Ru Yatou is married well, and it is also the dignity of the entire Hou Mansion. When we get old, these children marry well, and we can help each other in the future. Don't just stare at your toes, look into the distance. "When I met such an impermeable daughter-in-law, the old lady really couldn't help it.

"Yes, mother, the dowry from the county king's mansion, and the daughter-in-law will lick it into the dowry tomorrow. ”

The old lady was so angry that she almost splashed the water in the cup on her face, and pressed her breath, and the old lady said, "The dowry that our Hou Mansion wants to add cannot be less than the dowry." If most of the people who go back are dowry, won't they let the county king's mansion laugh at it, and where will the face of our Hou Mansion go. ”

"However, you can't add too much, because it won't break the rules. Mrs. Wang was not angry.

"Well, the rest of the dowry will be paid by my wife. You just have to help with the reasoning. The old lady said helplessly. The old lady thinks that her daughter-in-law is really stupid, but this daughter-in-law is already a mother-in-law, so she has to save some face in front of her children and grandchildren, right?

"Yes, my daughter-in-law knows. Mrs. Wang replied reluctantly.

The old lady's things will also be distributed to her children and grandchildren in the future, but now she has to take them out to a little concubine, and even Yi'er, the concubine, has never given it to her like this. Mrs. Wang's heart hurts!

"Then step aside, I'm tired, I'll ask Mother Zhang to write a list for you tomorrow." The old lady said weakly. ”

After Mrs. Wang left, the old lady softened her forehead tiredly. said to Zhang's mother: Qiu Niang, I really didn't expect her to be able to do such a thing. It's not that our Hou Mansion doesn't have it, why is it so harsh!"

Zhang's mother came over, massaging the old lady's head, and persuaded her: "Mrs. doesn't think about things, isn't there still you." The wife is not bad, not as vicious as the mother-in-law of some families, and can even do things that harm people's lives. This is also the blessing of the Hou Ye, isn't it? What's more, isn't you beating her hard by giving the dowry? ”

The old lady smiled, Qiu Niang has been by her side since she was a child, and she is the one who knows herself best.

The next day, Zhang's mother sent the old lady's dowry. Mrs. Wang took it and almost fainted. I saw that the old lady in addition to silk and satin and the like, also added two Zhuangzi, a shop in the capital.

This is too much, I haven't come to my senses yet, and the little guy next to the old marquis sent a list again, and the old marquis's original words passed down by the little guy are: "Among these grandchildren, Ru Yatou Chenghuan has been on her knees for the longest time, and she is also the most considerate of my head." Now that Ru is getting married, I can't bear to be the old man, so I will add more self-care to my granddaughter, so as to complete the companionship of grandchildren in the past few years. ”

Mrs. Wang was even more angry, there was only that little girl in her eyes, what good was she about?

In fact, not all of the old marquis's makeup was given to Yaru by the old man. If Mrs. Wang knew that most of the old marquis's makeup was saved by Guan Yun and Yaru, she would have fainted at that time.

In this way, Mrs. Wang was also very angry, and she began to have a fever at night, so she invited a doctor. The doctor said that he had a cold, and he was depressed in his heart, so he needed to recuperate. Because of the dowry, Mrs. Wang fell ill.

The old lady sighed, let the Sun family take care of the palm, and took care of Yaru's dowry and a series of marriage matters.

Yaru is also busy, Yaru doesn't like ancient wedding dresses, her wedding dress is designed by herself, and modern elements are kneaded. pinched the waist in the middle, the top and bottom are one, because it is the end of June, the weather is already very hot, so her design is somewhat similar to modern dresses.

Yaru's embroidery work is not good, so her dowry Wen is helping her embroider. She only embroidered those purses, handkerchiefs and stuff like that. Sun has always been very good with Yaru, so Sun also helped embroider and make shoes.

As soon as Mrs. Wang fell ill, the Sun family became busy. But she found two female celebrities from the needlework room in the house and sent them to Yaru.

The old lady was happy when she heard about it, her daughter-in-law didn't pick it well, and the eldest granddaughter-in-law really didn't say anything. Looking at this ability and vision, he threw off the Wang family several streets.

Houmen married a daughter, there were many people who came to add makeup to relatives and friends, Yajuan and Yayi both added makeup to Yaru, the sisters gave a set of jade head noodles as if they had discussed, and Sun also added a set of pure gold head noodles to his sister-in-law.

The sisters of Aqin and Ajing of Pingwang's Mansion, Miss Luo and Cui Ying also sent makeup gifts. Since last year, I made friends when I attended the chrysanthemum banquet in the palace. A few little girls often come and go, and a few people can talk about it. So, the sisters all came to add makeup to Aru. Although Ah Ning is a serious sister-in-law, she also adds makeup to Yaru as a good sister.

Sun wrote all the makeup added by relatives and friends into Yaru's dowry list. On the day when the dowry was to be raised, Yaru's dowry had reached one hundred and twenty units, which was already the envy of passers-by.