"Sister Jun," Duanmu Xian's eyes became kind again when he looked at Duanmu Xian, and he stroked his beard and said softly, "If you reconcile the accounts and these silver tickets are not enough to make up for it, just come to your grandfather, and your grandfather will call the shots for you!" ”

"Thank you, grandfather." Duanmu Jun and Duanmu Fei are both in debt to Duanmu Xian.

He Shi looked at the appearance of the three of them as a group of ancestors and grandsons, on the one hand, he was extremely relieved, and on the other hand, he was glad that he had passed the customs safely, and hurriedly said: "Sister Jun, here is 17,000 taels of silver tickets, you can order it." ”

Duanmu Fei was not polite, and directly took out the silver ticket and counted them, and responded crisply.

He squinted thoughtfully, turned his head to He Shi and said: "Amin, one yard is one yard, this seventeen thousand taels is the dowry to compensate the eldest daughter-in-law, but you are at fault in this matter first, as a grandmother, you must always show something, why don't you take an extra five thousand taels to add makeup to the two sisters!" ”

Duanmuxian's tone was not an inquiry, but a request, and his tone was unquestionable.

"Old lady......" He Shi was dumbfounded, thinking that this no more than 17,000 taels would just make up for the deficit on the books, how could it be enough to block the mouths of the two sisters, but he didn't expect Duanmu Xian to come halfway to such a trick.

Duanmu Xian said lightly: "You also said just now, those antique calligraphy and paintings sold are not something that can be bought with money. ”

He Shi felt as if he had been fed a mouthful of Coptis by Duanmu Xian, a burst of green, a burst of white, a burst of purple, and the color changed drastically. It was the right time for her to raise these seventeen thousand taels, and she didn't feel too distressed to spend it, but if she gave another five thousand taels, it would be to rip off her heart.

Everything is to blame on Xiao He's family, after so many years, he hasn't been able to fill the hole!

The He family complained a little bit in his heart, at this time he was already going south, and the seventeen thousand taels were out, so he couldn't turn his face with Duanmu Xian again for five thousand taels, and take out all the old accounts and turn them over again!

Even Xiao He looked at He with a nervous face, wanting to say something, but at this moment, she didn't have the right to speak.

After a while, He finally gritted his teeth and said, "The old lady is right. These five words, He almost used all his strength.

He also instructed Mama You to get 5,000 taels of silver tickets, Duanmujun and Duanmufei were not polite to her, and accepted them directly, and after that, the two of them did not stay for long, got up and retired.

Mama You hurriedly ordered the two mothers-in-law to move the box of account books out and send them to Zhanqing Courtyard.

As for Duanmu Xian, after drinking the cup of tea in his hand, he also left, and the Yongxi Hall was empty.

It wasn't until he saw Duanmuxian's back covered by the door curtain that the He family was truly relieved, and the misappropriation of the dowry was finally over.

Xiao He was even more overjoyed, and the corners of his mouth curled up uncontrollably. poked such a big basket, she was always worried that He would let her fill it......

When the Li family married into the Duanmu family with red makeup, of course she had seen the dowry list, which was one hundred and twenty lifts, and she needed at least thirty or forty thousand taels of silver to prepare. The Li family has been such a girl for several generations, and it can be said that all the good ones have been prepared for her, and the dowry is of course indispensable to marry a daughter with the strength of the clan.

But the He family is different, there are many daughters of the He family, when the He family got married, the Empress Dowager He was only the concubine of the first emperor, and her dowry was only 5,000 taels; When the little He family got married, he had not yet ascended the throne, and the He family had no glory today, and it was only sixty-four dowries and six or seven thousand taels of silver.

Xiao He's mind was racing, and he was a little surprised that He was able to take out this large sum of silver in one go.

Xiao He rolled the silk handkerchief in his hand with his fingers, and deliberately tried to say: "Mother, this time I bothered my mother to make up for this deficiency for her daughter-in-law, such a large sum of silver...... The daughter-in-law is really ashamed. ”

He Shi moved his eyelids, he knew what Xiao He was thinking, his face stiffened for a moment, and he said in a slightly cold tone: "Okay, don't ask more if you shouldn't ask." ”

Xiao He hurriedly smiled and said auspicious words such as "This family is thanks to my mother".

The biting winter winds are still howling and lingering.

The cold wind was blowing, and the Zhanqing courtyard also lit a charcoal basin of silver frost charcoal.

Duanmufei has always been afraid of the cold, so as early as early November, charcoal pots were burned in the house.

Inside and outside the house, it seems like spring and winter.

The small study was a little messy at the moment, and the sisters spread the account books in the box full of bookcases, chairs, square tables, and pestles......

In addition to the account books and silver tickets, He also gave a key to the treasury, which was dedicated to storing the dowry, and it was estimated that it would take a lot of time for the two sisters to count the contents of the treasury and the account books of these annual income and expenditures.

Bi Chan and Lu Pothos had a headache when they looked at so many account books, but Duanmu Fei's eyes fell on the key in Duanmu Jun's hand, and he proposed with great interest: "Sister, let's go to the warehouse first, shall we?" ”

"Just pair everything in the account books." Duanmujun responded, she had a dowry list of her mother Li in her hand, so she planned to check the account book first, and then compare it with the dowry list to see what was missing.

When the two sisters were about to go out after putting on their cloaks, Duanmufei seemed to think of something, and turned around and fished out a little white fox sleeping soundly from the bamboo strip on the desk and carried it in his arms.

This little white fox was sent to her by Feng Yan a few days ago, and Duanmu Fei naturally remembered this little fox and was surprised that it was still alive. Originally, Duanmu Fei didn't want to raise it, thinking about the fox and the starling, she was afraid that she wouldn't get along, she was really worried that the fox would accidentally eat her own Xiaoba as a prey, but Feng Yanfei said that it was very well-behaved and smart, and said that it could not only be a pet, but also a hand warmer, a neck or something.

When he heard the word "scarf", Duanmufei almost choked on saliva, worried that if he refused, maybe this little guy would really become a white fox scarf next time, and he was afraid that he would get sick.

Duanmu Fei had no choice but to accept the little fox "reluctantly".

Within a few days, Duanmufei found that Feng Yan was right, this little fox used it as a hand warmer was really just right.

The cold wind was blowing outside, but Duanmu Fei didn't feel the chill at all, and while walking, he touched the soft and warm hair ball in his arms, and wondered in his heart: Just name it "Tuanzi".

The storehouse is located in the northeast corner of the house.

The Li family's dowry was divided into two parts when Duanmu Lang and the Li family left Beijing that year, a small part was taken to the north by them, and most of the remaining inconvenient items were left in Duanmu Mansion.

With the sound of "squeak", the door of the warehouse was pushed open by the mother-in-law in charge of the warehouse, and a musty smell that has not seen sunlight all year round came to the nose, and the warehouse was dark and cold.

The woman hurriedly brought two lanterns and lit them up.

Duanmu took the account book, and ordered the mother-in-law to find the things in it one by one, rearrange them in different categories, and discard those that were damaged.

Jin Se set up tables and chairs with Wisteria on the side, prepared the four treasures of the study, re-registered, and remarked one or two.

There is everything in this storehouse, including screens, jade, gold and silverware, bronze, ceramics, clothing, spices, seals, furniture, bonsai, and so on.

Wisteria called two more mothers-in-law, and everyone was busy, but Duanmu Fei was very leisurely.

She seemed to have come here on purpose, and when she saw a good bloodstone, she casually took one, thinking that she could carve a chapter for her sister; When I saw a good inkstone, I directly accepted it for myself; I found some damp spices, and I felt sorry for them.

After walking in the labyrinthine and chaotic warehouse, Duanmu Fei's eyes were suddenly attracted by something in front of him, and he stepped forward quickly, and after looking at it, he made a voice that didn't know whether it was regret or admiration: "Is this piano the 'Jade Kettle Ice' made by Mr. Lan Wei?" ”

Duanmu Jun came over when he heard the sound, flipped through the account book in his hand and said, "That's right, Zhen Zhen, this is 'Jade Kettle Ice'." ”

"It's a pity." Duanmu Fei raised his right hand from the little fox's warm back, and stretched out his fingers to caress the dusty body.

The better the instrument, the more delicate it is, and it cannot be placed in a place that is too dry and too humid, nor can it be exposed to direct sunlight and dust...... I don't know who took this piano out of the piano case, so if it was placed here so casually, it was already full of sores and discarded pianos.

What a pity!

Duanmu Fei sighed again in his heart, and stroked the strings casually, the strings were also covered with dust......

Duanmu was stunned, looked down at the strings carefully, and his eyes widened in surprise.

"Spring and Autumn Examination" has a cloud: "Ice silkworm, sex to yin, highly poisonous, produced in the northern wilderness, the leaves for food, the silk is extremely tough, the sword is unbreakable, as a piano string, far better than the silk, and then melts in the fire." ”

She had always thought that this ice silkworm was just a legendary thing, but she didn't expect Lan Wei to go to that extremely cold place and find this ice silkworm silk as a string.

Wonderful, wonderful!

Duanmu's scarlet eyes were as bright as the morning stars in the sky, and he said excitedly: "Sister, give me this piano!" She could remove the strings from the piano and attach them to the one she was making.

What a surprise for today!

Duanmu Fei was overjoyed, and he didn't have the heart to continue looking at other things, so he told Luluo to pick up the piano and hurried back to Zhanqing Courtyard.

She carefully wiped the body of the instrument with a damp cloth, and as she expected, not only did the body crack, but also some parts of it were deformed, but after wiping it, the strings were snow-white and shiny, shining like a blade, and looked as new as new.

Duanmu Fei carefully removed the strings one by one, smiled contentedly, and estimated in her heart that the wooden embryo she had made had been hanging on the wall and drying in the shade for almost three months, and it was time to move on to the next step.

At this time, Duanmujun also came back with a few maids, and stayed in the warehouse for nearly half a day, and everyone's bodies were stained with a lot of dust, so the sisters ordered their subordinates to prepare hot water, including a few maids who bathed and changed clothes.

By the time Jin Se returned with a slight amount of moisture, it was already an hour later.

Duanmu Scarlet, who had changed into a pink long jacket, sat lazily by the window of the inner room, holding a book in his hand, and called softly: "Jin Se." ”

Jin Se hurriedly stepped forward to wait, "Girl." ”

"Will you read the accounts?" Duanmu Fei turned the page slowly, as if asking casually.

Jin Se was stunned, but quickly reacted, and hurriedly said, "Slaves and maids can learn." She has been following Duanmu Fei for more than a year, and she has learned some arithmetic, although it is only an introduction, but it will definitely be easier to learn to calculate accounts.

"Okay, then you can go and help my sister and Wisteria." Duanmu Fei waved his hand and sent her away again.

Jin Se retreated happily, and the cicada on the side crooked her little face, and said with a flattering smile: "Girl, the slave maid has a headache when she sees the numbers in the account book...... which means, girl, don't send her to see what the accounts are!"

"You, just be responsible for pouring me tea and water to chat." Duanmu said jokingly. People have their own strengths, Bi Cicada is born with a lively temperament, it is suitable for dealing with people, and Jin Se is one is literacy, the other is careful, the most important thing is to be careful and patient.

Green pothos teased Bi Cicada on the side and said, "Forget it, let you go to see the account, isn't that adding to the chaos?" ”

Bi Cicada deliberately showed a grievance, and the room was full of laughter and laughter.

For the next few days, the small study was filled with account books every day, and the air was filled with the thick smell of paper, and the sound of turning pages was endless.

The most excited person in the yard is probably the little starling, who "croaks" around the account books in the house every day, and is so happy that he can't find the north.

The little starling's wings are all healed, but there is a small problem, he can only flap his wings like a hen and wander around the house, at most he leaps to the desk, as if he can't fly......

Duanmufei and Duanmujun took it to see the veterinarian who specializes in treating veterinary diseases in Beijing, and the veterinarian said that it was all well and couldn't fly, probably because of heart disease. In fact, it's like an eagle teaching a young eagle to learn to fly, as long as the heart is ruthless enough, just throw it off the eaves, and it is estimated that it will fly.

But Duanmujun is really reluctant, saying that Xiaoba is domesticated anyway, and whether he can fly or not is not in the way, let it go.

So in the past month, people up and down the yard have walked with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, lest they accidentally step on a starling.

Since having these account books, the little starling seems to have found a new fun, and he doesn't go out anymore, and helps to "look" the accounts together every day, which makes the maids and daughters breathe a sigh of relief, and they hold their heads high one by one, and their steps are a lot brisker.

It took Duanmujun and the others five days to count the Li family's dowry and reorganize a new account book.

Jin Se compared the new account books and the dowry list of the year, and also specifically listed the damaged and "lost" items, and most of the "lost" items were some antiques, calligraphy and paintings, jewelry, etc.

In fact, even if the family is really short of money and urgently needs silver, it should be easier to realize the fields, Zhuangzi, shops and the like, not antique jewelry, and He's eyelids are not so shallow.

Thinking about who has been in charge over the years, and who has "appropriated" these things, the answer has been revealed.

These things should not all be "sold", maybe they are still in this house...... Gotta find a moment.

You can't let people get away for nothing.

However, Duanmufei is strange that the He family can take out more than 10,000 taels of private silver to make up for this shortfall...... Moreover, this time she has to be so refreshing, it really doesn't look like her.

Duanmu Fei looked at the list in his hand, and stretched out an index finger to gently caress the back of the sleeping little starling, and one after another, the harassed little starling squirmed and continued to fall asleep in the nest.

In the light snoring of the little starling, the room was particularly quiet and serene, mixed with the sound of branches and leaves swaying outside the window.

Duanmujun, who was sitting on the other side, was flipping through two new account books after counting, thinking in her heart: Although there is no shortage of Yunjin, Shu Jin and Song Jin in the dowry, it is still too old, and she has to collect good materials for her sister that are not easy to go out of style.

Well, the jewelry is outdated and needs to be renewed.

There are too few fields and shops, and if you want to add a few hundred acres of land, the shops can be bought first and then rented out.

Also, some of the Zhuangzi that her mother married were too far away, and it was best to replace them near the capital, and her sister would definitely not marry far away.

Other jade, ornaments, tinware, porcelain, etc. should be usable.

Duanmujun groaned for a while, nodded for a while, and was worried for a while, and suddenly had more than 20,000 taels of silver in his hand, what should he buy to maintain his value?

Or rather, what does my sister lack?

That's right!

Duanmujun suddenly had a flash of inspiration, if his sister really marries into the mansion of the eldest princess of Anping in the future, and Feng Yan is born in martial arts, should he buy a horse farm for his sister as a dowry?

Duanmu Jundi instinctively wanted to go to Xiangyun Lane and ask where there was a horse farm for sale...... No, Cousin You is particularly unreliable in "trading", so she should write to the two uncles and ask.

Duanmujun's thoughts drifted away accidentally...... Until a brisk footstep came from outside the door curtain, Bi Chan came in and said, "Fourth girl, the eldest princess and the fourth princess have come down to pick you up!" ”

The sound of the cicada alarmed the little starling, and it "quacked" impatiently, as if urging Duanmu Fei, hurry up!

Duanmujun went out with Duanmu Fei in his arms, leaving the small study to the little starling.

The two sisters went to the Yimen hand in hand, the carriage of the two princesses had already stopped there, and after a few greetings, Duanmufei got into the carriage.

Duanmujun stood at the Yimen, watching the carriage heading towards the corner gate, and couldn't help but continue to worry about the dowry.

Or, she should draw up a dowry list for her sister first, and then add it little by little? Duanmujun thought hesitantly, watching the carriage slowly drive out of the corner gate.

The black-lacquered flat-topped carriage galloped along Quanyu Street towards the south of the city, and Wuyang said with a smile: "Today, the palace is the east, please go to Jiusiban to watch the play." ”

Wuyang wore a garnet-red skirt today, with a black green silk holding a crescent bun, and inserting a red gold inlaid red coral beads Feiyan hairpin, and the three strings of gold beads tassels of the hairpin title shook and shining, reflecting her radiant.

Duanmu Fei saw that she was in a good mood, so she smiled and said, "Sister Wuyang, do you have any happy event?" ”

"That's not it!" Han Xing rushed to the side, "But I'm going to envy the death of the palace." ”

"Sister Scarlet, this palace is about to leave the palace and open the mansion." Wuyang happily unraveled the mystery.

The princess's mansion in Wuyang began to be built as early as two years ago, just about a mile away from the palace, in the Bell and Drum Lane, originally after the princess left the pavilion, she would live in the princess's mansion with the concubine.

However, since Wuyang and Xu, he solemnly proposed to the emperor to leave the palace and open the mansion, and he will not be married for the time being.

Of course, the emperor did not agree, and after coming and going, the father and daughter faced each other for more than a month. Now it seems that the emperor has finally relented.

Duanmu blinked, and it was difficult to hide the surprise on his little face.

Han Xing seemed to see Duanmu Fei's doubts, smiled mysteriously at her, and paused deliberately, and then said: "Half a month ago, my father chose the prince of Wu'an Hou for the eldest emperor's sister, and praised him in every way, saying that the door of Wu'an Hou's mansion is upright, the prince is both civil and military, and his appearance is ......" Wuyang didn't interject, and Han Xing said.

Duanmu frowned, she had also heard that the prince of Wu'anhou was both civil and military, but this style was upright, but it was not necessarily, she still remembered that the Wu'an Hou Mansion had asked the second sister of the Chu family to marry, but was rejected by her grandmother, Mrs. Chu, and her grandmother had said disapprovingly that Wu'anhou was an amorous species, and if he had a father, he would have a son, and he was not a good match.

Han Xing was still talking endlessly, in fact, after Han Xing knew about it at that time, he volunteered to ask the eldest prince to help find out what the character of this Wu'an Hou Shizi was, but he was persuaded by Wuyang with a meaningful "don't worry".

Five days ago, the emperor took several princes and princesses out of the palace, went to a teahouse to listen to the story, coincided with a man and a woman in the next room to complain to each other, the woman's self-pity status is humble, not worthy of a man, and now the man is about to marry another woman, she and the child can not delay the man, and plan to leave Beijing to go to Jiangnan; The man was grief-stricken, and tried every means to keep it, saying that the woman was virtuous and virtuous, extraordinary in appearance, and as tough as a willow, and was no worse than those noble ladies, but because of her humble background, she could only be trampled on.

He only hated to hire his wife and was a concubine, and he couldn't give her a name.

The man and woman sincerely complained to each other, and the emperor was moved to hear it, and decided to call the decision for the lovers, so he asked the chamberlain to call the man and woman next door.

When the man saw the emperor, he was stunned for a moment, knelt down directly, and shouted to the lord in a trembling voice, and the woman thought that the emperor was the father of the man, and shouted with tears in her eyes to ask the marquis not to blame the man, she would leave Yunyun with the child immediately.

That affectionate remark made the emperor's face blue and white for a while, and after saying "Since your feelings are sincere, then I will be the master for you", he threw off his sleeves and left.

For the emperor, if the man and woman today are an ordinary merchant son and a poor girl, this is a beautiful thing achieved by the emperor.

But that man was the future colt that the emperor favored for Wuyang-the prince of Wu'an.

The emperor was so angry, he never thought that the well-looking Hou Shizi of Wu'an would raise an outer room outside, and also have a two-year-old outer room, and he kept comparing a lowly folk girl with his princess, which is really bearable, which is unbearable!

After the emperor returned to the palace, he directly ordered the chamberlain to lead the mother and son of the outer chamber to the Wu'an Hou Mansion, and gave them a marriage so that they would eventually become lovers!

Since the emperor gave the marriage, Chrysostom Yuyan, the Marquis of Wu'an had to handle this marriage.

Han Xing smiled gloatingly, "Cousin Scarlet, when the Wu'an Hou Mansion holds a wedding banquet in a few days, it will be lively to watch!" "Han Xing felt in his heart that his father and emperor had made up for it this time, didn't the prince of Wu'an Hou think that there was nothing inferior to the outer room?! Then it's better to marry someone else, and save yourself from harming other ladies.

It's just that after the Marquis of Wu'an Mansion married such a "special" Mrs. Shizi, how many people will go to the Marquis of Wu'an's Mansion to attend the wedding?!

"My father felt shameless to face the eldest sister when he thought about it, so in order to make up for the eldest sister, he agreed to open the mansion first, and then slowly find it after the marriage." Han Xing concluded with a smile.

Duanmu Fei listened to it with relish, and "clicked, clicked" and swallowed a small half dish of melon seeds, and said in his heart that this life is really much more exciting than the playbook.

Wuyang took a sip of tea, and said sharply: "Sister Scarlet, the princess's mansion in this palace is already seventy-seven eighty-eight, and I went to see it a few days ago, but the rockery in the garden has not been moved yet...... After the New Year, the palace should be able to move in, and at that time, the palace will invite you to congratulate the housewarming of the palace! ”

Wuyang said that his face was radiant, which made Han Xing a little itchy, and he snorted expectantly: "Sister Huanghuang, you said that if this palace and the concubine of the mother mention the opening of the mansion, the concubine will ......."

"Let's talk about it later!" Wuyang unceremoniously poured a bucket of cold water on Han Xing, and raised her chin proudly, as if to say that she is now an adult.

Han Xing pouted, her lips were so curled that she could hang an oil bottle, as if to say, Ji Lu is amazing, she will be able to do it sooner or later!

Shrewd! Wuyang casually rubbed the top of Han Xing's hair, laughed uncontrollably, and comforted: "Although you can't open a mansion, it's always okay to come to the palace mansion once in a while to stay for a few days and let off steam." ”

Han Xing smiled again, and said inch by inch: "Then let's say okay, the eldest sister will leave a yard for her sister in the mansion......"

------Off topic------

The dowry plot isn't over yet......

I thought everyone should have guessed that this was not the end of the story, but it seems that we don't have a good understanding.

If you blatantly make such a fool of yourself, the little fox Vera won't do it. So......