The cold lake water poured into Shen Ruolan's nasal cavity, and Shen Ruolan had only one thought in her heart, that is, she was about to die!

Slut, damn slut, since you dare to murder her......

"Come on, help......" Shen Ruolan broke free from the shackles of the little maid and struggled desperately.

She doesn't want to die, she can't die!

This cheap girl, who lowers her eyebrows and pleases her eyes on weekdays, can't fight back, can't scold back, how dare she murder her now?

The little maid was terrified, curled up, and let her body sink.

After a long time, Shen Ruolan's voice calling for help gradually weakened, and the strength in her body felt as if it had been emptied, and she rolled her eyes, and at this time, several rough envoys who passed by noticed the ripples on the surface of the lake, and after being stunned for a moment, they jumped into the water to save people.

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On this side of the Shen family's hall, Old Lady Shen sat on the upper seat with a gloomy face and pondered, hating the nosy Baili Guoer and others in his heart.

Chengenbo Mansion, the county lord of Qingyang is really too deceitful!

What does the daughter of his Shen family, the dowry, have to do with Chengenbo Mansion and the county lord of Qingyang?

The poet girl in the second room, although she is the righteous daughter of Chengenbo Mansion, is also the daughter of his Shen family, the daughter of the Shen family, how to marry, and what does it have to do with Chengenbo Mansion?

Cheng Enbo's Mansion is bullying, he is old, and he nods in front of a milky little girl, is it unbearable!

"Father, my son thinks that Sister Man's dowry should still be handled according to the specifications of my daughter from the Shen family, and this number must not be exceeded......" After thinking for a long time, the eldest man of the Shen family looked at the old lady Shen, and made a gesture of two while speaking.

According to the rules of the Shen family, the dowry specifications for the daughter of the concubine are prepared according to two thousand taels......

Old lady Shen stroked the beard on her chin, nodded, and said with a smile: "The boss is right, Shiman girl is the girl of my Shen family, and the marriage is naturally done according to the rules of my Shen family. ”

"The rules of the Shen family are there, even if they are spread, we are reasonable......"

Sure enough, the boss is still smart, and he knows that the daughter of the Shen family is married.

As long as they insist on preparing the dowry according to the specifications of the daughter of the Shen family, it will be passed out, and there are enough reasons for the Chengenbo Mansion and the Qingyang County Lord to say anything.

The second master of the Shen family, Shiman's biological father, looked at him with his eyes, nose and nose, and looked like he had nothing to do with himself, as if Shiman was not his daughter at all!

In the eyes of Second Master Shen, Shi Man's concubine born to this maid is not his daughter, isn't it just insulting him?

I think he is wise, since he was slept by a rough maid......

Back then, he shouldn't have left this cheap girl, and now he has lost his official position as a county magistrate in Qingyang County, and his Shen family has become the laughing stock of Qingyang County.

The dead girl is clearly a stain on his famous reputation, but that girl was lucky and became the righteous daughter of Chengenbo Mansion......

Shen Hanzhang in the second room stayed in the hall in a daze, and only then did he react, it turned out that the county lord of Qingyang came to the Shen family today for her half-sister.

The county lord of Qingyang is the biological daughter of Chengenbo Mansion, and his half-sister is the righteous daughter of Chengenbo Mansion, which is a good relationship.

If he can be a good brother and sister with Sister Shiman, with the name of Sister Shiman's brother, can he also enter the eyes of the county lord of Qingyang, go to the back door of Chengenbo Mansion, become an official, and in the future, he will be able to enjoy the shade with his back against the big tree?

Thinking of this, Shen Hanzhang stood up without hesitation, hugged his fists and said to the old lady Shen who was sitting on the upper seat: "Grandfather, Hanzhang has a sentence, I don't know if I should say it or not?" ”

Shen Shiman is the person in his second room, or the righteous daughter of Chengenbo Mansion, the righteous sister of the beautiful woman in the palace, she doesn't look at the face of the monk and looks at the face of the Buddha, this dowry thing cannot be taken lightly.

The sisters born in the family are married according to the specifications of two thousand taels to prepare the dowry, but the situation of Sister Shiman is different.

Special circumstances, naturally, are special treatment!

"The grandson thinks that Sister Shiman is now the righteous daughter of Cheng Enbo Mansion, the righteous sister of the first beauty in the palace, and her identity is more noble than any girl in our Shen family, if it is according to the will of the eldest uncle, according to the rules of two thousand taels to buy a dowry, I am afraid that it will be despised by people, so that Cheng Enbo Mansion feels that our Shen family has despised Sister Shiman, and when the time comes, Cheng Enbo and the county lord of Qingyang, the beauty in the palace will be angry, and the responsibility is not something our Shen family can afford......"

Shen Hanzhang said what he thought one by one with a serious face, and after finishing speaking, he cautiously glanced at his grandfather sitting on it.

The eldest uncle is really confused, but there is Chengenbo Mansion behind Sister Shiman, and the county lord of Qingyang is the backer, how can he prepare a dowry according to the specifications of two thousand taels like other sisters in the family?

Only in the matter of the dowry, to satisfy the county lord of Qingyang, can these other things be possible!

Whether the Shen family can make friends with Chengenbo Mansion depends on Sister Shiman!

Because only Shiman's sister's dowry is rich, and the Chengenbo Mansion knows, the Shen family can rely on the relationship with the Chengenbo Mansion to soar and go further......

Old lady Shen's heart was stunned, and her face sank a little, but she said to Shen Hanzhang kindly, "Hanzhang thinks that the Shen family should buy a dowry for the Shiman girl?" Speaking of which, Shiman girl is also your own sister, Hanzhang is a brother for the sake of his sister, it's really rare! ”

With a meaningful remark, Shen Hanzhang's face was stunned.

He and Shen Shiman, half-sibling, he is born of his wife, and Shen Shiman is born of his wife, it should be a rivalry, you live and die, but think about it in another way, their second wife Ru Mrs. Ru has no son, and he is the only son in law in the second room of the Shen family.

This time, he helped this half-sister, and also helped himself, paving the way for his future glory and wealth......

Thinking of this, Shen Hanzhang smiled lightly and said: "What my grandfather said is very true, although Sister Shiman and her grandson are not the same mother, but they are both the children of their father, and between brothers and sisters, they should love each other and support each other." ”

"In addition, Hanzhang believes that as long as our Shen family leaves a good influence on the dowry of Shiman's sister and the lord of Chengenbo Mansion and Qingyang, why can't we be rich and glorious in the future? The ancient sages have clouds, and their daughters are scattered and come back......"

“.......”

Everyone in the Shen family sighed in their hearts, chewing carefully on this Shen Hanzhang, this daughter, and came back.

After a long time, everyone's eyes were full of smug brilliance, isn't it just that the daughter is scattered and comes back? As long as the relationship with Chengenbo Mansion is good and in the eyes of the county lord of Qingyang, why worry that this silver can't be returned to his hands?

The Shen family has now lost the official position of the county leader, from one of the largest families in Qingyang County, to ordinary rich households all of a sudden, the gap is not much in a short period of time, but what about the long time?

If he can't take this opportunity to get in touch with Chengenbo Mansion, a year or two later, I'm afraid that he will become a passer-by in Qingyang County, and then his Shen family is only afraid that the tree will fall and scatter......

Master Shen was secretly troubled in his heart, how could he be so shallow-eyed, like an ignorant woman with long hair and short knowledge?

The second room Shiman girl is not what it used to be, and she is no longer a lowly concubine in the second room!

"Brother Zhang is right, the daughter is scattered and will come back, father, why don't we buy a dowry for Sister Man according to the double or triple share of the dowry of the daughter of the Shen family?" In order to be able to climb the Chengenbo Mansion, Master Shen was also ruthless enough, and he doubled or twice on the basis of two thousand taels as soon as he gritted his teeth.

Master Shen planned in his heart that in the future, with his relationship with Chengenbo Mansion, he would be able to become a big official......

There is something like money, so why worry about not having money? When his father was a county magistrate in Qingyang County before, several times he saw the rich merchants in the city give silver to his father?

Even if it is a dowry of 6,000 taels of silver for the Shiman girl in the second room, it is just a drop in the bucket for their Shen family!

Money is something outside the body, why was he so stunned for a while that he couldn't give up?

Old Lady Shen secretly thought about Shen Hanzhang's words in her heart, and hesitated a little.

Before, the aggressive attitude of the county lord of Qingyang made him uncertain in his heart, unsure whether the Chengenbo Mansion could promote their Shen family by preparing a large dowry for the Shiman girl in the second room.

There is a way, if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what if, in case Cheng Enbo Mansion is not willing to promote him from the beginning, the Shen family will not be able to lose their wives and soldiers.

Five or six thousand taels, although it won't do much harm to the Shen family, but it's a lot!

If it is a dowry of five or six thousand taels for the second room Maya to beat, in exchange for the promotion of one or two in the Chengenbo Mansion, it is worth it, and I am afraid that the bamboo basket will be empty.

With a deep sigh, Old Lady Shen gritted her teeth and said, "Let's prepare for Miss Shiman according to twice the dowry of the daughter of our Shen family!" On the bright side, let's say it's two thousand taels, and the remaining two thousand taels are added in the form of makeup! ”

The years are there, and the old lady Shen has traveled a lot, and she knows that if a family wants to prosper, there must be a rule.

If there are no rules, if this time a precedent is set, I am afraid that in the future, other girls in the Shen family who have not yet come out of the cabinet will want to follow suit, one or two, but what if it is five or six, ten or so? One is more than two thousand taels, and ten is twenty thousand taels......

"The father is wise, and the son listens to the father." After thinking about it for a while, Master Shen felt that it was excellent to add two thousand taels of dowry to Shen Shiman in the second room in the form of makeup.

One is not a violation of the Shen family's rules to the outside world, and the other is to take the opportunity to curry favor with Chengenbo Mansion.

Once the relationship with Chengenbo is good, why not prosper in the future? The more Master Shen thought about it, the more excited he became......

Mrs. Shen listened on the sidelines, her heart was itching with hatred, when her in-law's daughter got married before, she wanted the family to give an extra 500 taels of dowry, but now the Shiman girl in the second room is a full 2,000 taels more, which is too unfair!

The old lady said that it was in the form of makeup for the second room of the poet girl, in the final analysis, is it not afraid that the girls in the family will follow the same example in the future.

There are rules for the dowry, but there is not, the dowry is given by the elders of the family, or by the peers, and is not counted in the dowry and is not included in the dowry list.....

While resentful in her heart, Mrs. Shen began to calculate again.

She is the daughter-in-law of the long house, she has a son, if her son can enter the eyes of the county lord of Qingyang, be promoted by the county lord of Qingyang, and enter the county government to be a petty official, how good it would be!

Shen Hanzhang in the second room, a gentleman with no ink on his chest, why?

If Shen Hanzhang in the second room is in the eyes of the county lord, wouldn't their big house be one level lower than the second room in the future......

Why, the big house is the eldest son and grandson, and she must not be pressed by the second room, and she must not be pressed by the second room.

Why isn't the girl the daughter of their big house?

If the girl is from a big house, she is a concubine, and for the sake of her son's future, she will also take it under her name and let her become the concubine of her wife......

Mrs. Shen thought so in her heart, and became more and more unwilling, why can a concubine in the second room be so capable, while the concubine in their big room will only compete for the wind and be jealous, and the little family will not be able to get on the stage.

When she went to Chengenbo Mansion that day, she kindly took Shen Ruoying, the concubine in the room, to go, and never thought that Shen Ruoying, that cheap girl, would do something that insulted the lintel of the Shen family.

It was enough to insult the lintel of the Shen family, but she was also accused of poor teaching, and she was reprimanded by her husband.

The old lady Shen, who was sitting on the top seat, pondered for a while, and then smiled and instructed Mrs. Shen, the eldest son and daughter-in-law: "Old man, you go to the backyard to see how the girl Shiman entertains the county lord and the eldest young lady, if the hospitality is not good, you as the eldest aunt will help entertain you, and don't let the county lord feel that our Shen family is slow......"

Old lady Shen originally thought that he would let the old wife, who had been in charge of the affairs of the family, take a look, but then he thought of what the county lord of Qingyang said before, his wife was just a step-family, and after the son who was left behind by the original partner grew up and became a family, she could no longer take care of the house!

This time, if the old wife is asked to help the Shiman girl in the second room entertain the county lord and the young lady of Chengenbo Mansion, it is inevitable that things will be self-defeating.

In addition, the county lord said that his old son was not his own, but that his stepwife stole his life behind his back, which ......

There is no wind and no waves, and the old lady Shen's New Year's Clock is still in mind after all, and he still wants to figure it out.

"Old lady, this ......" Old Madam Shen, who was less than forty years old, hated her teeth in her heart.

She is the head of the Shen family, isn't this matter of entertaining the county lord of Qingyang done by her, the head of the house? The daughter-in-law of the big house, who didn't even take care of the family in the past, how could she entertain the county lord of Qingyang? If you don't entertain the Qingyang County Lord, it will be a big loss for their Shen family!

But if the old family entertains the county lord well and enters the eyes of the county lord, then Shen Jiayan can still have her foothold, once she has no foothold, wouldn't her son have to see the face of her stepson......

Old Madam Shen was unsure about what to do?