Mama Li nodded: "That's the truth." He sighed lightly, "It's just that now that a few houses are separated, there is not much ancestral property left for the big house, and the lord has been in office for many years without interfering in business affairs, and when he gets it, he only gets some 100 acres of land and a few shops." ”

Really!

Mama Tang gasped and suppressed the panic in her heart, has she been defeated to this extent?

Sun Xiaoyun showed a surprised look and stared at her: "What kind of nonsense did Mama Li say, although I don't know how to do general affairs, but before I got married, the family's land was like thousands of acres; There are not hundreds of good shops, but also eighty or ninety; Most of the tea estates in Jiangnan belong to the Sun family, and several cousins are still in charge of the trough gang......"

"Defeated, both the second and fourth rooms were defeated!" Mama Li sighed silently, "What the third aunt said was all caused by someone to set up a situation. It's just that the matter hasn't been clarified yet, and the lord has lost his official position again, and there are few people who send charcoal in the snow these years, and there are many robberies by fire, so I don't dare to make a noise everywhere. ”

The atmosphere became sad and sad again.

Sun Xiaoyun only felt that his body was weak, and his voice was tired: "Check!" We must find out who is behind the scenes, if there is a lack of money... Silver... I'm out! ”

Mama Li showed her face: "It's not a matter of silver now, it's just that I found a person named Xiang Liu, and suddenly the person disappeared, and the clue was broken." The old man felt that it was too dangerous, and now the third aunt and grandmother also knew about this situation. ”

"Do you know where this person is from?" Sun Xiaoyun couldn't wait to pull this person out and divide the body of five horses.

"Listening to the accent, it is a person from the capital, so the master means that he wants to trouble the third aunt and grandmother in the name of the Xiao family, it is best to check quietly, don't startle the snake, and wait until the mastermind behind the scenes is found, and then plan slowly."

Of course, Sun Xiaoyun would not object, but aroused his fighting spirit and immediately cheered up!

"Is there a picture of that man?!"

Mama Li nodded: "The old slave not only brought a painting, but Yuan Ji in the second room has met him many times, so this time the old man asked for someone from the second room, and then he was called by the third aunt and grandmother, and the person is now waiting outside the nunnery." ”

There are both people and paintings, it seems that they have been prepared for a long time, and it is not that all the clues have been broken, as long as this person is still alive, he will find it sooner or later.

But the family only has 100 acres of land and a few shops to live, Sun Xiaoyun feels sad when he thinks about it.

"Mama will come back in a few days, I will send someone back to get some things, and you will give them to my mother for me."

Mama Tang was worried that she didn't know the severity and annoyed the Xiao family, so she couldn't help but remind in a whisper: "Madam, our courtyard is being watched everywhere, and there is a wall between Furong Courtyard and Begonia Courtyard. The old lady's ......"

Sun Xiaoyun's face was swollen and red, and he said angrily: "I can't be the master of my own dowry?" Besides, it's the Sun family's thing, I just want to respect a filial piety. ”

"My good lady, no one will stop you from being disrespectful, but you can't be at this juncture, think about it, you, the person who is in charge, are not at home, you just sent someone back to get something, and it is still valuable, what do you let others think?! As long as Mrs. Xiao's wrist sends more people to inquire, she will know that you want to make up for your mother's family, and it is not certain whether this thing can be taken out of the Xiao Mansion. ”

When Sun Xiaoyun got married, the family was still very wealthy, and the concubine was favored, not to mention the dowry given by the family, there were a lot of rewards from the concubine alone. So Mrs. Xiao kept saying that she wanted to divorce her wife, but in fact, she was still worried about her marriage. After all, divorce is not good for his son's official reputation, but if he dies of some emergency, it will be the best, it will be really fame and fortune. When a person dies, the dowry naturally belongs to the Xiao family, and even if the Sun family wants to go back, they don't take care of it, and others won't say anything.

But if Sun Xiaoyun wants to subsidize her mother's family with a dowry, she is afraid that Mrs. Xiao will not agree to it first.

A hen that doesn't lay eggs is still starting to lose, and now it's endless, what's the use of keeping it!

Mama Li hung her head, but she didn't say anything. This kind of thing is persuaded, the Sun family is really difficult now, the old lady worries about the silver every day, and this is also a piece of filial piety of the third aunt and grandmother, I don't have to say that my mother's family is in trouble, but the married aunt and grandmother stand by and enjoy it with peace of mind.

Mama Tang is very worried about her situation, there is a mother-in-law who picks thorns everywhere and wants to stuff women into her son's room at every turn, she has no children under her knees, how can she live a better life in the future? According to Mrs. Xiao's temperament, if she knew that she used her dowry to supplement her mother's family, this would not be far from being divorced. When the time comes, will it be possible to expect the Sun family to make decisions for her? If one day is divorced, my brother and sister-in-law are people with excellent faces, and I don't have more money left around me, but I am afraid that I will not even have a place to go.

Sun Xiaoyun thought about it for a while, but he didn't have an idea, and when the bell in the courtyard rang, he covered his mouth and yawned, supported his head with his hand, and said impatiently: "What time is it?" ”

Mama Tang pricked up her ears and listened, "It's already late, Madame might as well rest first, and we'll talk about it tomorrow if there is something." ”

I wanted to avoid Mama Li, and then I had to persuade her. But who would have thought that people didn't appreciate it at all, but they were annoyed.

"It's pitiful that Yuanji is freezing outside alone in the middle of the night, and the nunnery doesn't leave a man overnight, so we can't break the rules. Mama Tang went to fetch twenty taels of silver, you are familiar with the village, why don't you go on a trip in person and take Yuanji to the village to borrow a few nights. Mama Li and I were crowded in the same room tonight, and she also talked to me a lot about the situation at home. ”

It is said that it is a crowded room, how can you really sleep in the same bed, there is a difference between dignity and inferiority, but it is just a bunk in front of the master's bed.

The days in the nunnery are hard, and when the time comes, there will be bhikshunis who will start to sound the signal to get up.

Zhou Ximei, who was asleep, heard the bell ringing, opened her eyes reflexively, covered her mouth and yawned, and got up and dressed quickly.

As soon as I got out of the house, I saw Mama Tang hurrying out with a lantern.

Zhou Ximei was suspicious: Could it be that the noble person is seriously ill, this is going to invite Langzhong? ! Thinking of this, I couldn't help laughing, the nobleman was generous, and as soon as Mama Tang left, I was afraid that there would be no one around to take care of it at this time, but it was a good time to behave.

After morning classes.

Zhou Ximei took the initiative to ask to send meals to the nobles, but the host didn't think there was anything wrong, and she was supposed to send someone to deliver it, since she wanted to go, let her go.

……

When Lin Mei returned to Luoyang, she happened to receive a letter from Liu Dawu, and after knowing his attitude, she didn't think about other people.

First of all, please invite a matchmaker, take the dowry list, and visit the Sheng family in person.

The Sheng family has a very strict family education, the girls have been literate and hyphenated since childhood, and the eldest sister of the Sheng family, Sheng Minghui, is even more like her name, knowledgeable and reasonable, and shows off her wisdom, Lin Mei is very satisfied with her.

Mrs. Sheng was taken aback by such a heavy dowry from the Lin family, although she knew that the Lin family was in business, she didn't expect that there would be such wealth, there were 10,000 silver in the gift money alone, not to mention that there were so many gift lists, not to mention that it was worth seven or eight thousand taels of silver. This is almost catching up with all the Sheng family's family resources!

Coupled with Lin Shan's income, he won a jinshi in the first spring, and Mrs. Sheng was even more satisfied, and added a lot of dowry in private.

Everything is in place, and the wedding stickers are sent out, just waiting for a good day and an auspicious day.