Early the next morning.

Li Ran ate breakfast, held a cup of tea, and looked at the two on the left and the two on the right who were standing in front of him, Mama Fu, Mama Sang, and the four people of green and purple eggplant.

Mama Fu took half a step forward and said with a smile: "Yesterday, I discussed with Mama Sang, and I am still the boss next to the girl."

All kinds of entertainment outside are taken care of by Mama Sang.

The letters and money account books around the girl are managed by the green eggplant, and the daily life is taken care of by the purple eggplant.

Can the girl look at it? ”

"Hmm." Li Ran nodded.

It's a good thing to show what each is good at.

Qing Qi took a step forward and held the booklet to Li Ran.

"This is the ceremony sent in by each family yesterday, a total of twenty-six copies, please look at the girl."

"Hmm." Li Ran took the booklet and opened it.

On the fine rice paper, the lines of small characters are neat and delicate, like printed matter, which looks extremely pleasing to the eye.

Mrs. Xie's sentence is excellent, and it is really not in vain.

"I'm going to sell all of these things."

Li Ran said in one sentence, including Mama Fu, the four of them all stared at her with big eyes.

Sold He Yi, and sold it the next day after receiving it, this is the first time they have heard of this kind of thing.

"I found a knowledgeable man, and asked him to come and watch the appraisal and sell things, and when the people arrived, you went and watched, and kept a good account, and remembered how much silver was sold for which house and what was sold, and how much money was sold.

General Xie said that Taixue wanted to run a girls' school, and he was very short of silver, so when he got the silver, he sent it to Taixue, and wrote down the number of silver in each family. ”

Li Ran then commanded.

Fu Mama's eyebrows raised and fell, looking at Li Ran, she wanted to laugh and held back.

This girl is really refreshing and comfortable to do.

Mama Sang pursed a smile at the corner of her mouth with a respectful expression.

The old lady said that the general treated this girl very well, it was really good, and this girl was also very good.

Green eggplant crisp agreed.

Fu Mama and the others withdrew, and Zi Qi stepped forward and said with a smile:

"Girl, I went to the big kitchen in the morning and met the second grandmother, and the second grandmother said that the second grandfather would rush back in the middle of the night, and asked the girl when she was free, and there were a few things that I had to discuss with the girl."

"Right now." Li Ran commanded.

Zi Ji agreed, went out and called a little girl, and handed over the message to the second grandmother's yard.

Li Ran welcomed the second grandmother Cao's and looked at Cao's radiant face, and was a little puzzled.

Yesterday she was busy until late, and the second master came back in the middle of the night, she must have to get up, and she didn't sleep well this night.

But her spirit and complexion are so good, how can she look like she lacks sleep at all?

"It's urgent, I have to come early in the morning to disturb the girl."

The second grandmother Cao Shi politely said and hurriedly got down to business.

"As for the girl's dowry, Master Hou said, let your second brother and I watch it.

The girl also knows that our family is late, and all the rules are not complete, but fortunately, there is a precedent for two sisters in front of the girl.

I discussed with your second brother, and according to the example of the second aunt and grandmother, I checked the booklet in the morning, and it totaled more than 150,000 points, so I bought it according to 150,000 yuan, what does the girl think? ”

"I don't want a dowry." Li Ran was silent for a moment and looked at Cao Shidao.

Cao Shi was stunned, "The girl is really good at laughing, the girl doesn't want a dowry, is it a light person to marry in the past?" What's going on? There is no such reason. ”

"Li'er is determined by people, if you don't have it this time, you will have it next time."

Li Ran smiled slightly.

"This Hou Mansion is not Hou Ye alone.

This title, the wealth in this mansion, belongs to the marquis, the old lady and the lady, as well as the brothers and sisters of the Li family, and even you.

Except for me. ”

The second grandmother, Cao, was stunned.

"It's enough for me to have food and clothing like this in this house."

Li Ran raised her arm, looking at the delicately embroidered cage thin silk half arm on her body, her food and clothing are quite extravagant.

"In this marriage, even if there is no dowry, the money spent will not be less, these are enough.

General Xie knew that I had no dowry, and he didn't dislike it. ”

"I've never heard of ......," Cao was a little ashamed.

The fourth lady's expression, these words, are definitely not angry, this is very calm, and she is smiling.

There is also the sentence General Xie, which was discussed by the two of them.

But you don't want a dowry, there is no dowry, and it is too ...... to marry alone.

Cao's kept blinking, she couldn't be the master of this matter, she had to go back and discuss with her Erlang, anyway, there was still the king's sacrificial wine in charge, it really didn't work, so I could only let Erlang go again, and ask the Hou Ye to show me.

Alas, she knew that this girl's affairs must not go smoothly.

But she couldn't have imagined that the first problem was that this girl didn't want a dowry!

The second grandmother, Cao's head, came out and went straight to find her family.

The pedestrian who was assigned by General Xie came very early, and the second grandmother Cao had not left yet, and Mama Sang was already waiting outside for the informant to arrive.

Li Ran followed Mama Sang's suggestion and asked her to find a few spacious empty rooms in the outer courtyard with her second grandmother Cao, carry the congratulatory gifts into piles, classify them, and then find the shopkeepers to come over and resell them at a valuation.

Just after lunch, there was a rumor outside, and Mrs. Xie came again.

Li Ran welcomed Mrs. Xie and was a little puzzled.

She just came yesterday, why is she here again?

Mrs. Xie took a sip of tea, put down the cup, glanced at it, and saw that only the purple eggplant was standing next to her in the room, and said with a smile:

"Ah Ji her father said, you don't let the Hou Mansion prepare a dowry?"

"Hmm." Li Ran secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

It turned out that it was because of the dowry.

"That's fine, the girl's dowry, after getting the letter to marry, Mrs. Ngapi told me that she planned to give her dowry to the girl, Mrs. Ngapoi......"

"No, you don't." Li Ran interrupted Mrs. Xie's words, "It's not that I don't need the Hou Mansion to prepare a dowry for me, but I don't want a dowry."

Whether it is the dowry prepared by this Hou Mansion or the dowry of Old Madam Shen, it is not something I should take, if I take it, I will deserve it, I don't want to make myself guilty and indebted to anyone.

General Xie knew that I had no dowry. ”

Mrs. Xie was told by Li Ran that she didn't want to feel guilty and indebted to anyone, so she couldn't go on.

She didn't want to owe anyone a favor, including this Hou Mansion and the Xie family.

What else could she say?

"That's fine."

Mrs. Xie swallowed back all the words behind her, slowly stood up, looked at Li Ran, and was silent for a moment:

"In the world, even parents love their children, it is difficult to have only one love, and there is no expectation.

Among the children, the one who is always promising is more favored, but it is because of the three words of promising.

If you want to understand, you can't live too clearly, otherwise, it will be too bitter. ”

"I know, thank you." Li Ran listened intently and solemnly bent his knees to thank him.

Mrs. Xie's heart eased slightly, she walked out of Cuiweiju, walked more than a dozen steps, turned around, looked at the hidden courtyard gate, and sighed low for a while.

How did she come from this thorough understanding like Aze?

When Aze was a child, he was generous and patient, innocent, and an excellent child.

He is like this now, he has undergone tragic changes, and he has been dying in troubled times for more than ten years, so that he can understand the ruthlessness as he is now.

This girl has lived in seclusion for more than ten years, and this thorough understanding can only be innate.

This must be that God saw that Aze was too bitter and sent this girl.

Forget it, this dowry, she doesn't want it, just don't want it, as she said, Aze won't care if she has a dowry or not, and the Xie family won't care about this.

Not long after Mrs. Xie left, Zhou E rushed into the upper room and glared at Li Ran, "I heard that you sold all the congratulatory gifts?" Collect and sell? ”

"Well, what's wrong?" Li Ran nodded.

"Say you sold the congratulatory gift to make the dowry money?" Zhou E chased after her.

Li Ran choked, "Where did this gossip come from?" Where did you go? ”

"Still listening? Who doesn't know that the streets are full of people?

Pan Gui came to me and said that the girl was too pitiful, and she sold congratulatory gifts to make up for the dowry.

I was like, you're so hard. When I thought about it later, this was not right!

Others dare not say, Hou Ye will definitely not give you the dowry money, how much dowry do you want, only he has it, he can give it to you, you just empty this Hou Mansion, Hou Ye can't have two words!

What the hell is going on? ”

"You sit down first."

Li Ran pointed to the opposite side of him, watched Zhou E sit down, and then continued:

"The congratulatory gifts are sold, and they are sold as they are collected, but not to make up the dowry, because those congratulatory gifts, as you have seen, are too valuable.

I don't want to have short hands, but it's too unkind to take it, so I will accept it first, let them sell the congratulatory gifts, exchange them for silver, and give them to Taixue to set up a girls' school. ”

"Hmmm! That's right, those things are too valuable, these people don't dare to come to General Xie, they all come to you, this is simply bullying.

And what about the dowry? The Hou Mansion will give you a dowry, right? ”

Zhou E breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and poured a cup of tea.

"Out, the second grandmother has come, and I didn't ask for the dowry."

"Ugh!" Zhou E choked on a sip of tea. "What does it mean? Don't want the dowry of the Hou Mansion, so who are you going to ask for the dowry? General Xie? ”

"Didn't I say it, I don't have a dowry, and General Xie won't dislike me.

Can't I not want a dowry? Couldn't you marry General Xie without a dowry? Didn't you say that if the will is given, it is a matter of certainty? ”

Li Ran looked at Zhou E with a smile.

Zhou E spit out in one breath, snorted, and after a while, snorted again.

"Okay, okay, if you say don't want it, don't want it, General Xie doesn't dislike it.

As long as General Xie doesn't dislike it, anything else, in your eyes, is nothing.

Okay, don't want it.

Oh yes, just now I passed by Linglong Fang, and his shopkeeper stopped me, I wanted to come and ask you to see you, saying yes, I want to make wedding clothes for you, and give them away for free. Can't you see it? ”

"Nope." Li Ran's answer was crisp and neat.

"Okay!" Zhou E responded more simply, stood up, and asked again, "What about your wedding dress?" Who does it for you? There are really no embroidery girls in this house. ”

"Wait until I think about it." Li Ran blinked and replied cautiously.

She didn't know what the wedding dress was all about.

Well, let's go back and ask, even if you let Linglongfang do it, you can't let them give it away for nothing.

In this world, how can there be a cheap advantage.