Chapter 12 The dowry in hand
Mother Lu looked at Miss's beautiful face, she couldn't help but feel a pain in her heart, she regarded Miss as her own daughter, if Miss was so young, she would be widowed...... When is it only for a lifetime?
But this Liu Mansion is really unkind, her own young lady, no matter how you say it, is also the daughter of the General's Mansion, I don't know how many times higher than the identity of this Liu Mansion, and now she is still married. Who knew that the old lady of the Liu Mansion carried her aunt's cousin to her aunt before Miss Zai entered the door......
After the young lady married in, she always disliked that the young lady was not scholarly enough, and always asked the young lady to learn the rules and learn the rules...... Seeing the young lady trembling alive every day, she is also heartbroken.
Now the young lady seems to have suddenly figured it out, and has returned to the same character and attitude as before she got married, both good and bad, since the young lady wants to do this...... She's a nurse, hey, just follow Miss's approach, I hope to make Miss live happily and comfortably.
"Mother Lu, do you remember how much my dowry was when I married Liu Fu?" Su Xinruo interrupted Mother Lu's contemplation, she raised her head and asked.
"Miss, Mother Lu naturally remembers!" When Lu's mother said this, her face showed a loving face, "The lord loves Miss very much, and has always asked me to manage Miss's dowry, Miss's dowry, from the time Miss was born, it was all ready for Miss." The lord often said to me: Miss is a girl, a delicate girl, let the more dowry the young lady has, then the better life when she marries into her husband's family. "The master in Mother Lu's mouth is naturally Su Xinruo's father, Su Yi.
"Oh......" Su Xinruo thought of his father's face when he returned to his parents' house yesterday, he was fierce to himself at that time, and he didn't look like he loved himself at all...... He also has to be filial to the elders of the Liu family, he doesn't know what kind of life he is living in the Liu family.
Did his father really say that to Lu's mother like this?
Although she knew that her father was good to her and loved her very much, her father had always been a military general, and often brought him to his home like he did to his subordinates in the army...... For this girl, like his brother Su Jianyu, he is a rough management, yelling at every turn, beating and scolding at every turn...... When has anyone ever said something like that?
"The master often says that the young master is a man, resists falling, resists beating, and lets the young master make contributions to support himself. Nowadays, many of the properties of our General's Mansion are the dowry of the young lady! The lord gave nearly half of the property of the General's Mansion to the young lady as a dowry. Mother Lu replied with a smile.
"Oh? So what do I have? Su Xinruo was a little curious about what she had, she hadn't managed her finances before. Now I know that if she is not at home, she doesn't know that rice, oil, and salt are expensive, and during this time, she also spent some money in order to buy the subordinates of the Liu Mansion.
No, Green Butterfly complained to herself, saying that her private money was not enough to spend...... This is a lot of money.
You can't spend all your private money, and if you do, you won't be able to get anything out if you need it urgently.
So she has to know her dowry, how much she earns. After all, the food, clothing, housing and transportation of the group of subordinates she brought over from her mother's family this time need to pay for them by themselves, so that they will obediently obey their orders.
Just as his father taught him, the poor don't care about any national affairs, they don't care about the prince, the dignitary, they only know that whoever gives them food will do things for whom. And I need these people to support me, so I naturally have to feed them.
"Miss, where are you in the eastern suburbs of the capital, there is a large piece of land under the Phoenix Mountain, about more than 500 acres of fields. Where is the most fertile land in the General's Mansion, the benefits are the best. In addition to here, there is also in the western suburbs of the capital, the place is a bit remote, and there are also one or two hundred acres of Zhuangzi. Again, there are five shops under the name of the lady, of which there are two shops in Xiyue Street, one is a rice shop and the other is a rouge gouache shop. And where are there three shops on Chaoyang Street, one is Sibao Zhai, one is a ready-to-wear shop, and one is a shoe shop! Mother Lu counted Su Xinruo's dowry like a family treasure.
Su Xinruo thought carefully: The large piece of land under Phoenix Mountain in the eastern suburbs has a total of 500 acres, plus 200 acres of land in the western suburbs. Basically, it is five-tenths of the income of the farmer, so there is an income twice a year.
It is the shop that makes money, in Chaoyang Street, this Chaoyang Street is the favorite street of the dignitaries in the capital, the items on this street are high-grade, and I have three shops on it, and I am indeed quite rich.
West Street is an ordinary storefront, where the people are basically low-level people, and it is estimated that they don't make much money.
However, there is also a certain income, which is naturally a good thing.
Su Xinruo thought about it for a while, since she had no money, she naturally took money out of her dowry to support these people, and it was still okay.
"Mother Lu, let's do it, tomorrow you will order the shopkeepers of these shops to come to me, I want to know about the operation of this shop." At least to know, how much does each shop earn a month, and how much can she earn?
"This ......" Mother Lu suddenly became embarrassed from the realm of pride.
"Mother Lu, what's wrong? If you have anything to say, just say it, me and you, who else and whom, you are my mother's milk, I have always regarded you as a mother! Don't be embarrassed! Su Xinruo was a little baffled, and Mother Lu's desire to speak stopped.
"Miss, this ...... Your dowry, from the first day you entered the door, the old lady said that she was sympathetic to your hard work in learning the rules, and you didn't need to bother to manage these Zhuangzi and shops...... You've handed over all the management of these places! Mother Lu cautiously looked at Su Xinruo with an expectant face and said...... She couldn't bear to pour cold water on the young lady, but it was true.
"What?" Su Xinruo frowned and stood up, "I gave away my dowry?" Su Xinruo recalled the events of his previous life, it seems, there is really such a thing...... When I met the old lady on the first day I got married, the old lady raised this question, and she replied respectfully: everything obeys her mother's orders......
It's been a few months now, and my money...... Dowry, it's all flying...... Su Xinruo's heart regretted it, but all the silver for white flowers was given to the old pious woman......
With a look of remorse on her face, she sat back in her chair......
"Miss, in fact, ......" Mother Lu saw that her young lady's face turned white, and there was no blood at all, and she remembered that her young lady was seriously ill, and what a blow this incident gave her at this time...... She immediately felt pity and hurriedly said, "Miss, please rest assured, although you handed over the rights to the old lady to take care of the affairs, but those Zhuangzi contracts and shop contracts are all here with Miss." Originally, the old lady had already sent Zheng's mother over to take away these contracts, but I kept dragging it out and didn't give them ......."
"Mother Lu, it's so good!" Su Xinruo suddenly became happy again, she stood up happily again and hugged Mother Lu. This is a turn of the peak, fortunately her mother Lu is shrewd and capable, and she didn't hand over these contracts and contracts, if she really handed them over, she had nothing.
"Miss, this is all ordered by the master, the master told Mother Lu before the young lady got married, these are the dowries of the young lady, they must be held in the hands of the young lady, and they cannot be handed over to anyone, not even the uncle......" Mother Lu smiled when she saw the young lady laughing, and she also smiled.
"Lu's mother is amazing, and my father is amazing!" Su Xinruo laughed sincerely, in fact, her father seems to be a reckless person, he is not stupid, she remembers that after she got married, when she returned to her parents' house for the first time, she heard her brother evaluate her father, saying that he could stand in the capital as a civilian, not only by military merits, but also by his father......
It's just that I didn't have a good impression of my father at that time, thinking that he was Lufu, and the people in Liufu liked people from scholarly families, and I was a little resentful of my father at that time...... thought that because of his education, he was not a good daughter-in-law in Liu Fu's mind. Let yourself not meet the standards of Mrs. Liu......
In fact, my father also has good intentions.
"Miss, don't be too happy, I already know that the shopkeepers of these shops have all been replaced, and they have all been replaced by Mrs. Liu's people. And those Zhuangzi's stewards have also been replaced by their people. At that time, I also saw Liu Chengen's housekeeper personally handle these things. ”
"It's okay! As long as the contract is still in your hands. The shopkeeper, the steward, you can change them back. Go and see which of them is the one I have brought back from the General's Palace, and see which of them is competent to be the treasurer, or the one who is competent to be the steward...... You can also find all the former shopkeepers of my shop, I want to meet them! Su Xinruo instructed Lu's mother.
"Yes, Miss!" Mother Lu saw that the young lady was full of interest, and seemed to have regained her aura, and she was also happy for her young lady.
As soon as Liu Kunhao came back, he was told by the little maid that his mother was looking for him, so he hurriedly walked directly to Mrs. Liu's bamboo garden.
"Mother!" Liu Kunhao saw that Mrs. Liu was sitting on the chair making tea, and he asked respectfully, "I don't know what the mother is so anxious to find the child?" Liu Kunhao knew that his mother had been in charge of the affairs of the inner courtyard of the Liu Mansion, and she came to find her, probably because it was related to the affairs of the inner courtyard.
He thought about it for a while, and he didn't do anything out of line, and he didn't do anything disrespectful or filial to the title of the scholarly family.
"Hao'er, I heard that you are doing well, plucking the plum blossoms in the plum garden? Still planting bellflower flowers in the plum orchard? The tone of the old lady's words was very flat, and she didn't see any waves.
"Mother, yes!" Liu Kunhao was a little puzzled, this is a trivial matter, how can he use his mother to ask him so urgently.