Chapter XVIII: Refusal of Marriage (2)
There was such a big thing today.,There's no one around who can do it.,As soon as Hagi Niang returned to the yard, she began to inquire about everyone's whereabouts.。 It is said that it was because the store where Li's mother bought vegetables sent someone to settle the accounts on weekdays, so Li's mother was asked by the housekeeper of the big kitchen to check the bills for living expenses such as buying vegetables and firewood this month. The chain reaction is that Li's mother can't get out of it herself, so she can only send out to buy vegetables.
And Cai Ling Cai Feng was really called by the Zheng family for questioning, and the housekeeper in Zheng's room, Yan's mother, recorded Hagi Niang's usual preferences for personal items such as hairpin fat powder, claiming that this was to prepare for her dowry.
Hagi Niang was shocked, Zheng's posture was obviously ready to meddle in her dowry.
If the Zheng family is ready to use the money from the Zang family to buy her a dowry, it would not be bad. But Zheng has two children of his own, and he will definitely not be so kind to give Zang Jun's family property to her. Looking at this situation, his dowry must have come from his own mother Ruan's dowry back then, and Zheng is obviously coveting his property.
Zheng's original plan must have been to lure himself over and inform him of the marriage in person. Then, as Hagi Niang's mother-in-law, Zheng was naturally able to ask for his own property and buy a dowry for himself under the pretext of buying a dowry.
No wonder no one who can negotiate with her doesn't keep her, it's just a surprise calculation.
Knowing Zheng's thoughts, she immediately had a countermeasure.
It's time to show true wisdom. As a modern woman who is well-versed in the past and the present, witty, and insightful of world affairs, how can she lose to her stepmother who is backward and backward in feudalism? Hagi Niang quietly called Mother Li and gave a few orders, only to hear Mother Li dumbfounded, and threw herself to the ground.
Hagi Niang remembers a treasure hunt show she had watched before, mainly because the film crew took a group of experts and professors to go south and north, and held a "audition" every time they went to a place, so that local collectors and antiquities dealers took out their treasures one after another, and after passing the "audition", they could be on TV, and let experts identify whether their treasures were real and how valuable they were in front of hundreds of millions of viewers.
The most interesting thing is that those who insist that their treasures are real, and are said by experts to be broken copper, and the expressions of disappointment and disbelief are really real.
It's so joyful to watch this show with the mentality of "there are angry people, but there are no laughing people".
Since there is a treasure appreciation, it is natural to occasionally talk about some fraudulent crafts, which about the way to make old calligraphy and painting, Hagi Niang remembers very clearly.
One method is light, which is very unreliable in the Zang family's compound, and this road is not passable in front of everyone's eyes.
One way is to soak the paper in tea and dry it, which will naturally take on an old color.
The ink color is also very particular, and a small amount of garcinia cambogia is mixed into the ink, and the ink color is slightly brown, which looks old.
Garcinia cambogia was a very commonly used insecticide in ancient times, and it was easily available in Chinese medicine stores.
Such a high-end and high-grade skill is unique in the Jin Dynasty.
And Hagi Niang asked Li's mother to make the old is not a calligraphy and painting, but an account book that "makes fake accounts". Killing chickens with a knife, no wonder Mother Li was stunned when she heard it, why did the girl understand such a strange thing?
Hagi only said that it was from the book.
Mother Li was relieved, and it was strange to say that "people are good from books", which is indeed the truth.
Last year, when the Qin army attacked and the army was overwhelmed, Li's mother and Ren An listened to Haginiang's words and earned a lot of jade calligraphy and paintings at a low price. In addition, Ren An, as the "former" head of the Zang family's housekeeping, has strong eyesight and financial management ability, and is honest and loyal, so the dowry brought by the Ruan family has more than doubled after years of operation, and Hagi Niang can be said to be a little rich woman.
This large amount of money fell into the hands of the Zheng family, but I am afraid that there is no scum left, and the purchase of dowry sounds good, in fact, it is a "procurement" process, and people with a little experience know that there are countless ways to pickle and get rebates with shoddy.
Therefore, "making fake accounts" is very necessary, even if Zheng can get it, it is an empty shelf that is not easy to manipulate.
Li's mother and Cai Ling hid in the house for several nights and poured out the "ledger".
The glorious task of "making false accounts" was handed over to Ren An. Ruan's mother was entrusted by Hagi Niang and did not return to Liyang, but lived in the house of the Ruan family in Jiankang, and Ren An also knew that there were antiques and jade and other valuables that were not in the account book and were smuggled to the Ruan family's old mansion.
On the other hand, after Hagi Niang's reminder last time, Zang Jun finally remembered his "eldest son" who was exiled, and he said that he was going to send someone to pick up Zang Xi back immediately. It's just that I couldn't stand Zheng's pillow and the wind blew again and again, so I changed it to "send a letter to Mrs. Ruan first, and then the two families will resume contact."
The Ruan family replied that they were going to send someone to pick up Miss Cousin to live for a while after a while, and it was also necessary to be closer to their younger brother.
Just when Haginiang was looking forward to the stars and the moon and waiting for the Ruan family to pick it up, the "dumb goose" Zheng Yu and his chatty sister Zheng Yan came again.
Maybe it's because she thinks Haginiang is her future wife, Zheng Yu has been a lot more subtle after coming this time, and she is always surprised and happy when she looks at Hagi Niang's eyes, shy and timid.
Zheng Yan treated Haginiang, the future sister-in-law, more affectionately, and the specific performance was that Hagi Niang's embroidery skills had made a qualitative leap.
Maybe it's because the experience of eating and taking it for free at Si Xun Tang last time was too wonderful, Zheng Yan pestered Hagi Niang again and said that she hadn't been there for a long time.
"My sister lives in Danyang County, and it is very convenient to go to Jiankang, why didn't she go?" Hagi asked suspiciously.
Zheng Yan's face darkened, her elated expression became very melancholy, she looked stubborn, and said awkwardly: "No one goes with me, it's so boring for me to go alone." ”
Hagi Niang thought of the Zheng family's huge population and complicated relationship between her concubines, and she had a little understanding in her heart. I'm afraid that not only is no one willing to accompany her, but she wants to go by herself, and the Zheng family has no extra carriage for her.
Life is like this, just like people drink water and know how warm and cold they are. The Zheng family looks like a big family and a bright appearance, Zheng Yan is still a concubine, but her life in the Zheng family has not been good in the Zang family. In comparison, although Jingkou is not as big as Danyang County, and the Zang family is not as prominent as the Zheng family, fortunately, there is only one daughter, and his life is more comfortable and comfortable.
Zheng Yan couldn't stand her pitiful eyes, and couldn't help but feel ashamed and annoyed, and said angrily: "If you don't go, don't forget if you don't go." "It's rare not to pester her and nag, and it's quite cute to pretend to ignore her.
Hagi Niang originally thought she talked a lot, and because her surname was Zheng, she was treated very coldly, but now she couldn't harden her heart when she saw her like this, and immediately ordered Cai Ling to call someone to prepare a car.