Chapter 011 Return of the Dowry
Mrs. Shen said with a straight face: "A little girl of your age should drink this the most, and you are not allowed to be polite if it is good for your health!" β
The Yuchun sisters all looked at He.
He Shi smiled and said, "Mrs. Shen asks you to drink it, you can drink it, don't disappoint Mrs. Shen." β
The Yuchun sisters thanked Mrs. Shen one after another, and only then did they dare to take the red dates stewed ejiao handed by the maid, sit down and drink it slowly.
Mrs. Shen asked Yuci: "Is the prescription that the doctor prescribed for your mother yesterday in your hands, you give it to me, and I will let someone go to grab the medicine and fry your mother to drink." β
He Shi hurriedly said: "Mrs. Shen, this can't be helped!" Living in Mrs. Shen's house is enough to disturb, how can you still let Mrs. Shen spend money to boil medicine for the people's women? β
Not only is it unlucky, but it is also unlucky to boil medicine in other people's homes.
Mrs. Shen was informal: "What is the cost of breaking the cost, I will definitely ask Master Lin for this medicine money, he injured you, shouldn't he pay for this medicine?" β
Although He tried his best to refuse, he could meet a person like Mrs. Shen who would not give up until he reached his goal, and in the end he could only arrange with her.
Mrs. Shen really sent someone to ask Lin Youwen for a sum of silver, and He took the medicine at noon.
Yuqing wished that she would take medicine as soon as possible, although it was too troublesome for Mrs. Shen, but He's body was important.
Yesterday, the doctor made it clear that if He's internal injuries were not treated in time, he might be worried about his life.
As soon as she woke up this morning, Yu Qing was thinking about how to open her mouth to Mrs. Shen to decoct medicine for the He family at her house, but she didn't expect that the Shen family would take the initiative to propose, and she really did it.
Yuqing was grateful to her, thinking that she would have the opportunity to repay her great kindness in the future.
After five days of harassment in the county magistrate's office, it was finally the day when Lin Youwen returned the He dowry.
He had a lot of precious furniture to marry in those years, so the team carrying the furniture was more than ten zhang long, and it was spectacular in a small place like Nanping, attracting many people to watch.
Everyone turned their heads to each other, and they all talked about the fact that although the He family's family was rich, it was a pity that there was no good ending.
It's really a response to "the moon is cloudy and sunny, and people have joys and sorrows." β
Seeing him get up Zhu Lou, seeing him feasting guests, seeing his building collapse, the world is too impermanent!
After breakfast, He took his daughters to stand on top of the county office, watching the mahogany furniture being carried in, and the heart that had been hanging for a few days finally fell back into his stomach.
He has actually been extremely worried in the past few days, afraid that Lin Youwen will find thousands of excuses not to return her dowry.
But after all the furniture arrived, Lin Youwen did not show up for a long time, and no one sent other dowries.
The hearts of He and his daughters rose to their throats again.
Lin Youwen's livestock shouldn't want to return those gold and silver heads, those are the big heads.
Mrs. Shen, who was accompanying her mother and daughter, was also uneasy, and was about to send someone to the Lin Mansion to take a look, when she saw Lin You limping in with a haggard face and like a mourner.
When everyone saw his face, they suddenly felt ominous in their hearts.
Mrs. Shen looked at Lin Youwen coldly, and asked in a deep voice, "Can you bring Mrs. He's head and gold and silver?" β
Lin Youwen's eyes dodged, and he stammered: "Take ...... Brought ......"
Mrs. Shen said with a cold face: "Since you brought it, then return it to Mrs. He quickly!" β
Lin Youwen hesitated for a moment, and said to the two servants behind him who were holding a gold-painted red lacquer tray covered with a piece of red brocade in each hand: "Why don't you bring the things to Mrs. He quickly!" β
The two servants walked up to He with their heads bowed.
With a solemn face, He uncovered the red brocade on the tray held by a minion, although it was a plate full of silver ingots, it was only three hundred taels.
Her face suddenly turned unsightly, and she mustered up the courage for a long time to uncover the brocade forging on another tray.
I saw that although there were more than a dozen heads on the tray, they were just gold and silver jewelry such as small hairpins and hairpins.
At that time, there were no less than four or five big phoenix hairpins such as Chaoyang Five Phoenix Hanging Bead Hairpin and Tijin Feng that He married, but at this moment, none of them could be seen.
Mrs. Shen's face immediately changed, and she asked Lin Youwen in a deep voice: "You brought such a little gold and silver noodles, who are you trying to fool?" β
Lin Youwen said with a sad face: "Mrs. Shen, the little one can't wait to return all those heads, gold and silver, but it's just ...... Just ......"
Mrs. Shen said with a smile: "Just what?" If you dare to say half a lie, I will ask the county master to beat you to death!" β
Lin Youwen said with a difficult face: "Yes...... That's right, since the eldest lord of Qingtian sentenced the little one to return all the dowry of the He family, the little one went to the loan shark the next day and asked to withdraw my principal.
Wang Dalong, who was a loan shark, promised to return all the principal and interest to the small one in four days.
But yesterday the little one went to him and found that the building was empty.
Xiao Xin knew that something was wrong, and hurriedly searched for Wang Dalong's whereabouts overnight, and found that there was still no news. β
Speaking of this, he smiled bitterly: "People are intent on fleeing with money, how can they let the little one find him easily?" β
Yuqing looked at him inquiringly: "Since you found out that Wang Dalong ran away early yesterday morning, why didn't you report to the official at that time?" Maybe there is still a glimmer of hope that Wang Dalong and others can be arrested. β
Lin Youwen raised the bloodshot panda eyes to look at Yuqing, and said with a broken face: "How do you know that I didn't report to the official?" It just so happens that Lord Qingtian went out on patrol, and no one accepted it, what should you let me do? β
Seeing Yuqing's face full of suspicion, Mrs. Shen whispered: "Your father is not lying, there was an incident of tenant farmers robbing the landlord's grain in a village more than 40 miles away from the county seat, which is quite intense. β
Yuqing was suspicious in her heart, pointed to the tray with her head and asked Lin Youwen in a cold voice: "Then how do you explain this?"
When I left the Lin Mansion yesterday, I saw that your eldest daughter Sister Rao, born to Aunt Rong, was still wearing my mother's tired golden phoenix on her head, but she didn't see it here! β
Lin Youwen explained softly: "Your mother's heads have already been taken by me to loan sharks, and I really expected to return them to your mother this time, but I didn't expect them to be all gone~."
As for the gold phoenix you saw on your sister's head, it was just a fake as a faΓ§ade, it was made of silver, and it was plated with a layer of gold on the outside, and the gems on it were also fake, and they were multicolored glass from the West. β
Seeing Yuqing glaring at him suspiciously, he hurriedly said: "If you don't believe it, I can have someone bring all the heads of your sisters and sisters, and you can send them to the pawnshop or silver building to check the authenticity." β
Yu Qing said coldly, "Regardless of whether it is a fake or not, you can use it to compensate for my mother's dowry." β
What about fakes? It's made of silver, and you can get it to the pawnshop for money.