Chapter 81: The Dowry
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"Third, Sister Qi, your temperament is stronger, but I feel sorry for you and Dafang, and I haven't detained you for anything."
"When you go to the north, you can't be like this, even if you are stronger than others, you have to find out the bottom carefully before you can show your edge."
"You must know that women are mainly chaste and supple, no matter what they think in their hearts, they must be able to get by on face."
An Qi listened to the old lady's words and responded.
Shen said with a smile on the side, "Mother doesn't have to worry like this, when the New Year is over, the palace will also send a grandmother, and when the daughter-in-law comes home, she will also say hello to her mother's family and tell them to find a good person." ”
"In this way, Sister Qi will not be without a grip when she goes in the future."
Mrs. An also knows that these grandmothers in the palace are the most powerful, if the Shen family can entrust people, please use the two, and the eldest granddaughter will be able to put a lot of effort into it.
Then he nodded, without excuse, "Thank you for your hard work." ”
An Qi also gave a handrail salute, "There is Aunt Lao." ”
Shen smiled slightly, "This is our family's business, what's not hard?" ”
After all, the old lady is old, and today there were sudden twists and turns, and she said such a conversation with An Qi, and her spirit couldn't help herself, "It's okay, the family doesn't talk about the two families......" said while rubbing her temples.
Seeing the old lady like this, An Qi glanced at Shen and retired together.
An Qi's place and Shen's place were in two directions, and it was very convenient for her to go around from behind Ruixuan Hall, so she bowed to Shen after coming out and went back.
Red Sleeves had been guarding outside the house, and when she saw An Qi coming out, she hurriedly followed, "Girl, are we going to find the second wife at night?" ”
"If you go...... What do the slaves and maids have to prepare? ”
"There's no hurry." An Qi knew that Red Sleeves was reminding him of the big house industry, "I still have some thoughts about this matter." ”
"Besides, as soon as this will comes, the rituals of many families will change, and the second aunt is also very busy, so we don't have to bother her now."
When she returned to her yard, An Qi breathed a sigh of relief, since the holy decree was issued, although others couldn't see it, she knew that the whole person was fluctuating.
Now there is some real realism, green clothes are waiting at the door of the main house, and the things in the house have long been prepared.
Seeing An Qi, he hurriedly smiled, "Say hello to the girl." ”
The other little maids in the courtyard came over to kowtow and said in unison, "Say hello to the girl." ”
An Qi pursed her lips and told her to hold her red sleeves on the side, "In our family, everyone will reward one month's monthly order, and our yard will reward two months." ”
"If you have an extra month, you don't have to go through the public account, just come out of my private room."
The red sleeves responded while helping An Qi in, the comfortable and calm fragrance in the room smoked the room like flowers, and the green clothes put in a cup of ginger jujube tea, "This is not sugar, just order some honey, the girl moistens her tongue." ”
The two most intimate maids were also happy to see An Qi get what she wanted, but they still knew how to be tense in front of outsiders, so as not to make people feel frivolous.
When he returned to his room, the smile on his face couldn't be contained, and his demeanor was brisk, An Qi looked at the two big girls and smiled slightly, "In my box, there are two pairs of bracelets wrapped in white jade and gold, and the two of you have a pair of them, which is also a joy." ”
The red-sleeved and green-clothed clothes were not polite, and kowtowed to An Qi to thank him.
An Qi took two sips of tea and put it down, "Green Yi, you bring the list of these industries in our room, and I'll take a good look." ”
Green Yi took it as he said, An Qi put it on the couch aside, turned the pages one by one, and muttered to himself, "These industries ...... There are very few people in the field. ”
"It's not ......" Speaking of this, the green clothes were also worried, they grew up with An Qi, and knew that An Qi's housekeeper had been the director for many years, and she was not the shy nature of the ordinary boudoir daughter, so she was also generous when she spoke in private.
"When a girl goes out, it's not convenient to bring the industry, and it's not easy to manage this one who travels thousands of miles."
An Qi didn't speak, took the paper and made a list by himself, and after writing it down in detail, he showed it to the two maids, "What do you think?" ”
Red-sleeved and green-clothed are naturally literate, "The rouge shop and dim sum shop in Yuqian Hutong, the grain store and cloth village on Wukoulou Street, and the pawnshop on Chengde Street, and then there are two Zhuangzi and 500 acres of fertile land outside the city, girl, this is ......"
What does this do?
An Qi took a sip of tea, found that it was cold and put it down, and asked the green clothes to change into a new one, "This is my dowry for my fifth sister." ”
"Look, okay?"
"Good is good......" Red Sleeves held the list and didn't know what to say.
It's just so good...... It's not appropriate, how to say it, the fifth girl is a concubine after all.
This is the way of the world, if you don't have enough status and get more things, it's not a good thing.
Green Yi poured tea and came back, and when he heard An Qi's words, he looked at the list and thought about it almost the same as Red Sleeves, "Girl...... Isn't that more? ”
"It's not that the slave maid and the red sleeves are cautious, and they are reluctant to marry the five girls in a beautiful way."
"But there is no such reason, this shop Zhuangzi can be seen, the girl does this, as soon as she comes, the fourth and seventh grandmothers who will enter the door in the future will inevitably mumble in their hearts."
"Even the second wife's side is not easy to do, and the second room also has both concubines and concubines, so the girl is like this, how can the second wife buy a dowry for the ten girls?"
"I have my point." An Qi lowered his head and drank tea, and the ginger jujube tea was slightly sweet, and the whole body was comfortable and warm after drinking.
"That's what I think, when the fifth sister goes out, except for the three thousand taels of dowry silver in the public school, our big house won't come out."
"The horizontal and vertical things were given to her early, she has been cooking well in the past few years, and naturally there is silver at the bottom of the box, if there is no ...... There are these things that can be paid for left and right, even if they buy the folded silver, it is enough for her. ”
"I have seen the cash of our big house, except for the 10,000 taels, which is for my mother and brothers for emergency use this year, and I will take the rest away."
"When I pay all kinds of silver next year, the big house will not be difficult."
"Besides, the second aunt will pick things for the sixth sister and the ninth sister from the big house in the future, and she is naturally willing to pick the ones who can make money into the profits, and it won't hinder her from anything."
"Girl, why is that?" Red sleeves followed An Qi, how much silver was in the big house, she knew in her heart, if An Qi walked away with all the silver, it could really be regarded as a thick marriage.
But...... This light is holding silver, and it is affordable for itself, but it is not good to look good in the eyes of outsiders, after all, when this dowry is raised, can you still use silver tickets to carry the number?
That's too eye-catching.
An Qi knew the worries of the two maids, waved her hand indifferently, and comforted them with a smile, "No matter how I say it, they are all eldest daughters, and the princess will give a dowry of eight thousand taels of silver, and then there will be all kinds of makeup and rewards." ”
"Silk silk, antique porcelain, how can they all be filled, but it is not enough to make up one hundred and twenty-eight lifts, and it is not enough to make up one hundred and eight lifts?"
"Enough face."