Of course, the second room of the Zhou family was not satisfied with this result, but firstly, they were at a loss, secondly, Mrs. Zhou was determined to do this, and thirdly, there were no witnesses to speak for them. The other three rooms had no objections, they just had the intention to protest, and it was useless.

Mrs. Tuesday originally thought that it would not be too much of a loss to have her daughter's share of the dowry received by the girl on Thursday. When Mrs. Zhou was young, she was at the peak of the Zhou family, and she had a lot of private houses in her hands. She herself is the daughter of everyone, and the value of the precious jewelry in the dowry is very considerable, not to mention that when the old lady of Yanwangfu was dying, she distributed her private house to her children and grandchildren, and Mrs. Zhou, the nephew and daughter-in-law, also got a share. Therefore, don't look at Zhou Yaqing's only one box of jewelry, as long as this box of jewelry is valuable enough, it can also be worth tens of thousands, and it may not be as good as other industries.

However, Mrs. Zhou had already been on guard against her second daughter-in-law.

What kind of jewelry to give to the fourth granddaughter, she has already asked someone to make a list, there is absolutely nothing too valuable, just as the dowry of the daughter of the official eunuch, it is decent enough, the total value will not exceed three thousand taels, and it is mostly an ordinary style with no marking, mixed with a few pieces of jewelry commonly used by Mrs. Zhou, which can be regarded as a memory for her granddaughter who has loved for many years. If Zhou Yaqing is short of money in the future, it will be easy to realize the jewelry.

But Mrs. Zhou is looking forward to this dowry being able to marry her granddaughter completely, and will never give her son and daughter-in-law a chance to interfere. She divided the jewelry and silver ticket into two boxes and locked them, Mrs. Zhou Da and Mrs. Wednesday kept one each, and the key was handed over to Zhou Yaqing herself. When her marriage was decided in the future and she was ready to do the dowry, the master on Tuesday informed the two brothers that Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Wednesday would hand over the things back to Zhou Yaqing.

This is actually a kind of precaution, if the marriage that the husband and wife on Tuesday find for their daughter is unreliable, and the master Zhou and the master on Wednesday refuse to accept it, then the husband and wife on Tuesday will not want to get this dowry.

Mrs. Zhou was wary of her second son and daughter-in-law to this point, and on Tuesday, the old man and his wife were both hot on their faces, and they were very sad in their hearts, but they didn't dare to say anything. Zhou Yaqing herself was so sick that she was lying in bed, and she washed her face with tears all day long, and when she heard the news, she couldn't help crying, hastily freshened up, and asked the girl to help her go to Mrs. Zhou's house to kowtow. The girl's heart was originally quite high, and she couldn't accept some words and practices from her parents and Mrs. Xu, and after the news spread, she felt that her life was going to be ruined. Now that she heard that her grandmother was so sick and willing to protect her and leave her a decent dowry, how could she not be moved? She felt that there was hope for her future again.

Xie Pu was sitting in the living room of the Zhou family at the time, and he also heard the girl crying in the inner courtyard on Thursday, and he felt a little uncomfortable. He said to his wife Wen: "This girl is not bad-hearted, but she was delayed by her parents and Mrs. Xu, and she learned some bad thoughts. Now if she can realize and return to the right path, her family background is not bad, she is both talented and beautiful, and she has a good dowry, she may not have a good marriage in the future. I'm afraid that her parents will not give up, and they have to use this beautiful daughter to climb the high branches, but they will ruin her life. ”

Wen couldn't help but sigh: "I've also heard people talk about the Thursday girl. In the past two years, there are really many families in Beiping City who are willing to marry her as a daughter-in-law, and many of them are young talents with outstanding family background, character, and talents, all of which are good matches. But her parents refused, and it was a pity that they were bent on promising her to the future heir of King Yan! At that time, it was rumored that the heir of King Yan must be the fourth prince, who was three or four years younger than her, and I don't know what Lord Tuesday and Mrs. Tuesday thought. ”

Xie Pu chuckled: "What else can they think?" Naturally, she was fooled by Mrs. Xu, and she was in charge! They think about the left, and they think that Mrs. Xu is still a noble person with great powers! But seriously speaking, Mrs. Xu still refuses to stop, not because of the connivance of the Zhou family. His family can be regarded as self-inflicted. Fortunately, it's not too late, and there is no real one to call Mrs. Xu. Since the second room of the Zhou family has shared the real estate in Beijing and will move to the capital in the future, who knows what reputation his daughter has had in Beiping? Mrs. Zhou deliberately arranged it like this, but I am afraid that there is also a consideration of deliberately keeping the second son's family away from Mrs. Xu. ”

Whether Mrs. Zhou really had this idea, the Zhou family did not say it explicitly, but several witnesses present at that time knew it in their hearts. Mrs. Zhou's maiden nephew also advised Master Tuesday: "There are many nobles in Beijing, and my cousin can also move around again with the former division commander when he was in Guozijian, and after filial piety, he may not be able to find an official position." Do more serious things, ignore those relatives who are unpredictable, and slowly, life will be better. When the time comes, don't talk about Yaqing's marriage, it's just a few boys, and it's much easier to ask for school. ”

On Tuesday, the old man probably listened to it, and he could smile a little. Mrs. Tuesday's expression was very ugly from beginning to end. From the moment she heard that her daughter's dowry could not be kept by her, she could only get two keys at most, and even to marry her daughter, she had to look at the face of the concubine, she began to falter, and only relied on her husband's support to not fall on the spot.

The separation continued.

The property that the lord got on Wednesday was not much, and it couldn't be compared with the eldest brother's share, but it was much stronger than the second brother. Because he married a granddaughter outside the sect, his own imperial examination career was cut off, so he will most likely stay in Beiping to live in the future. Mrs. Zhou gave him the property she married, which was a three-entry house on the shore of Shichahai and a small hot spring village in Xiaotangshan.

The hot spring Zhuangzi has a healing effect on the foot injury of the old man on Wednesday, and as for the house in the city, although it is not very spacious, it is very exquisite, and it also has a small garden. The house is next to the bustling street, and there are more than a dozen attached shops, which are given to the third son, and the rent alone is enough for their family to live a solid life. If you add the income generated by the dowry industry brought by Mrs. Wednesday, as long as nothing big happens, their family can live a prosperous and decent life in the familiar environment of Beiping, without worries.

By the way, the old man also inherited the connections that the Zhou family has had in Beiping for so many years. He doesn't expect to be an official eunuch in the future, and he has a good reputation for his conduct, not to mention the relatives and friends of the Zhou family, even the Yan Wangfu will take care of it. Mrs. Zhou was not worried about her son's future at all.

As for Lord Thursday, his wife also made some mistakes this time, but it wasn't serious. But before, for the sake of selfishness, their husband and wife followed the second room together to oppose the brother and sister-in-law of the eldest house, and the popularity at home was bad first. In addition, the old man on Thursday is a white body, and he used to rely on his father's name to make money in Beiping City, and his hands were not very clean. Although he has lost his backer now and does not dare to mess around anymore, the bad habits he has developed are not so easy to correct.

Mrs. Zhou gave him more than 20 shops in the outer city and Tongzhou, and there was also a small house in Xishan, which was originally used by the family to burn incense and worship the Buddha for the night. But there is no serious residence in Beiping City, and if you want to stay in Beiping and settle down, you will spend your own money to buy property. Otherwise, you will have to live in the narrow back house of a certain shop and be in the company of the merchants.

As a result, the Zhou family's big house returned to their hometown to guard the ancestral property, the second room moved to the capital, the third room stayed in Beiping to be a rich idler, and the fourth room took the Zhou family's property in Tongzhou. The Zhou family is so clean.

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