The dowries of the daughters have basically been arranged, and even if the rest needs to be adjusted, it will only be details, and the approximate amount of money needed will not change much.

Xie Pu had discussed it with his wife Wen in advance, and now he is looking at the opinions of the two sisters-in-law.

Xie Xianzhi and Xie Jinzhi have no opinions. The dowry that the father had arranged for his sisters was all in order, better than they had expected, and they had nothing to fault with.

However, Xie Jin calculated the accounts before and after, and felt that something was wrong. Xie Mulin's dowry costs almost sixty or seventy thousand taels of silver, and Xie Yinghui's dowry costs a lot less, but that is because she has a large private house, this amount can be saved, but in terms of the total amount, it is actually similar to Xie Mulin. The marriage of these two younger sisters will cost more than 100,000 taels. The two younger sisters, even if Xie Yingfen will not marry until at least the end of next year or the year after next, there is no need to prepare her dowry for the time being, and if you want to prepare some furniture and other items that need to take time to make, the expenditure is limited, but Xie Yingrong is going to get married this year, and she alone will spend at least 30,000 taels of dowry.

The total expenses of these three sisters are also 150,000 or 60,000 yuan, and the silver that his father Xie Pu took out to prepare for several children who will get married this year and next year is only more than 200,000 yuan, and the rest of the money is planned to be used on the eldest brother Xie Xian and himself?

Xie Jinzhi thought about the importance that the eldest princess Yongning's family attached to Ma Yurong's marriage, and the queen mother who went north under the banner of "scattering her heart", and was a little worried that the silver prepared by her father was not enough.

Xie Jinzhi raised his own questions, and Xie Xianzhi hurriedly said, "Where can I use this so much silver?" Although the Ma family is prominent and the status of the eldest princess of Yongning is also noble, after all, I am a wife, and it is different from my sisters to marry. I don't need to buy another property as a field, I just need to prepare a new house and then prepare a banquet, which is enough. The cost of the dowry is limited, and I just got a good thing from my father there, so I can use it! ”

Xie Pu smiled: "It's not as simple as you say, there is still to be pomp, just don't make it shiny, the copper stinks and makes people stink." The three-day banquet should be placed in Beiping City, which is decent enough, but the cost is limited, and the remaining silver is enough. You don't have to come up with the dowry yourself. If you are willing to send anything good to your future daughter-in-law, send it to you. But the things to be used in the dowry are naturally taken care of by us as parents, this is the number of etiquette, so don't be verbose. ”

The new house here in Peking is easy to manage, Xie Xianzhi's yard is quite spacious now, and there are still many vacant houses at the moment, but I am afraid that Ma Yurong's married girl and mother-in-law will live in, which is more than enough. The courtyard itself is not old, it has been repaired and repaired, the furniture beams and pillars have been repainted, the curtains have been replaced, some antique ornaments have been added, and some flowers and plants have been replanted, and it will have a new look.

Xie Pu focused on another thing: "After you get married, look at the situation in Beijing next year, if the dispute over the throne has been decided, and the current chaos and turmoil will no longer exist, you two will simply go back to the south." Go to Huyin's hometown to worship your ancestors first, record your daughter-in-law's name on the family tree, and then turn back to Beijing. In the future, you will live directly in Guiyuan, you can study for two years with peace of mind, and your daughter-in-law will also be convenient to go back to the princess's mansion to save her relatives. ”

Xie Xianzhi was stunned, and his face couldn't help but show a little uneasiness: "Father, what do you mean by this......"

Xie Pu smiled slightly, and put a small mahogany box on the table: "This is the title deed of Guiyuan, and it will be yours in the future." I'm not going to divide the family, but I'm just going to put this inheritance in your name. No one in the Hengzhi family lives in Beijing, and it's a pity that Guiyuan is left in vain, even if the garden is rented out to earn some expenses, it is just used to maintain the construction flowers and personnel in the garden, and it is good to have a surplus of a few hundred taels a year, what is this silver enough for? It's better to take it back, renovate it, and build a few more courtyards for you two to live in.

"The mansion between Guiyuan and Pearl Bridge is only separated by one wall, if I return to Beijing in the future, it will be convenient for the two sides to come and go, you will still be the same as living at home, but your daughter-in-law is in charge of Guiyuan alone, and her daily actions will be much more comfortable. Her Royal Highness the eldest princess must also be happy to see her daughter not be bound by her in-laws. If you or the Ma family want to hold a banquet in the garden, you don't have to ask us, you can make your own decisions. ”

Xie Xianzhi pursed his lips: "This is inappropriate, father!" Since you said that this is not a separation, then why did you only put Guiyuan in your son's name? In the past ten years, in order to build the garden, and then add those famous calligraphy and paintings, antique treasures and precious flowers and trees, it has cost at least 100,000 taels of silver, and countless manpower and material resources have been used! This is all the money of the Xie family, and it should be shared by the Xie family! ”

Xie Xianzhi couldn't accept this matter in his heart no matter what. My father has been in office for a long time, and my grandmother and aunt are not people who love gardens, and this Guiyuan Garden is completely because of the preferences of his biological mother Cao Shuqing, who spent a lot of money to build it. Cao Shuqing was reluctant to give up Guiyuan, and after designing to frame Xie Pu, she also wanted her uncle Ping Nanbo to use means to get hold of this garden, but in the end, Xie Pu was exonerated in time and failed to succeed. If this garden is handed over to Cao Shuqing's son, how unfair will it be to the rest of the Xie family?! Xie Xianzhi only felt that his father was confused, and urged him to take back his life.

Xie Pu said, "What kind of heart? The garden was given to you, but if the family wants to go to the garden, will you and your daughter-in-law still ask the maid to stop us? If you want to find a place to hold a banquet at home, will you husband and wife still care about me collecting cash? It's just to take care of this idle garden for your husband and wife, and since then our husband and wife have no worries, what do you want to do so much? You have grown up, you are not a child anymore, even if you have to bury your head in studying and preparing for the township exam, you can share your father's worries! ”

Xie Xianzhi was not so easily coaxed by his father: "Then why did the father record the garden in his son's name?" It is the same in the name of the second brother. The second brother can also share his father's worries! ”

Xie Pu said helplessly: "What stupid thing to say? This garden is clearly the property of the third room, and your second brother is the grandson of the second room, do you think your second uncle and grandmother will allow him to take over this garden?! ”

Xie Xian was speechless for a while.

Xie Jinzhi said with a smile on the side: "Big brother, just accept the garden with peace of mind." There's nothing wrong with that. Guiyuan was given to you, but you didn't move out separately, which means that this garden is still in our hands. But if you tell Her Royal Highness the eldest princess of Yongning and Ma Juma that your father only gave Guiyuan to you and your sister-in-law to live in, the weight of this wedding gift will not be light! With such a gift, my father is saving elsewhere, and the Queen Mother, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess and the Ma family will not think he is stingy. Didn't the eldest brother say that you don't have to spend too much on your marriage? You accepted Guiyuan, just to save money for your father, right? ”

Xie Xianzhi was dumbfounded when he heard this, and after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it really made some sense!

Xie Pu smiled when he heard it: "Yes, yes, that's exactly what I said." Although he prepared more than 200,000 taels of silver for his father, he didn't have to use it all up, and he could save a fortune. Just be obedient, don't make any more awkward trouble! I've asked people to go to Guiyuan to see it, pick a few places where you can add a house courtyard, go back and send you the drawings, and you decide for yourself what kind of house you want to build. It will be the place where your husband and wife will live in peace, and you can't ignore it! If you can't make up your mind, you can ask the Ma family. It must be set before the Chinese Valentine's Day, and the construction will start just after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and strive to complete the construction within the year, just ready for you to move in after marriage next year! ”