One hundred and forty-four: dowry
"Qiuli, you come in." Su Yaomu sent her two daughters away, and said with a gloomy face, "Send someone to keep an eye on Yingxiaju, the seventh girl has injuries on her body, let her recuperate well, don't let her come out at ordinary times." ”
This is also the law that changed the law to give her a grounding.
How could he not know what his seventh daughter had in mind? The third daughter did such a shameless thing, and it almost spread out to make a big fuss, which humiliated the entire Su family, and at this time, the seventh daughter was also thinking about hooking up with the masters, these girls... What's wrong with the girls!
Before going to the villa, Su Yao carefully asked the people who followed him this time, the two brothers of the Bai family were upright, they would not be like Xiao Qi, and they were the life-saving benefactors of their daughter, they could rest assured that they would go out with them, Mrs. He and his wife were friends, and He Muchen had already made a marriage, even if the seventh daughter put her mind on him, it would be useless.
As for Cheng Tao, he will not be the kind of person who messes with his seventh daughter.
pondered this one by one, but Su Yao forgot the most important thing, his seventh daughter Su Huiyao.
What's the use of guarding against others? I can't stand my daughter's toss!
Don't let her out next time.
Leaving Yu Hongyuan, Su Yunyao and Su Moyao arrived at Su Ning Yuan again.
"Why did you come back again? Look at your frown, your father said about you? Qin Manhuai asked Su Moyao.
Su Moyao shook her head, "No, it's the seventh sister who sues the wicked first, this shameless!" ”
Qin Manhuai smiled, "Don't think about it, there is something to think about here." ”
"What's the matter?" Su Yunyao asked.
"The national funeral is almost over, your second aunt has pondered the family affairs, and is ready to marry Yi Yao when the national funeral is over, because it is a distant marriage, so the Hu family asks for more dowry, and our family also wants to give a share, what do you think?"
This is to teach them how to behave in the future, and when they get married in the future, they will inevitably have concubines and nieces or something, and the dowry must be reasonable, and they must not be too shabby if they can't overpower their daughters.
But Su Yiyao made a big mistake, and her dowry should not be too much.
"Mother, how much did she give the second aunt?" Su Yunyao asked.
Qin Manhuai took the dowry list and looked at it roughly, but it was just a few lines, which showed that the dowry was not very much.
"Five horses of the best Shu Jinhu brocade..."Qin Manhuai's voice slowed down, "I remember that when your fourth sister went out, the Fang clan gave fifteen horses, as well as other colors of silk and silver coins. ”
It's no wonder that Su Yiyao can't even match the five horses that she does, and it is considered a good atmosphere for her, even if she doesn't give it, no one can say anything.
Qin Manhuai continued, "Sixty acres of dry land in Dijing, eighty acres of paddy fields in Yangzhou City, one hundred and twenty taels of silver coins, a pair of porcelain bottles, a pair of hibiscus chicks and jade pots, a pair of Qingcai Baihua bottles, a pair of Xuexi Shaohua long hairpins, a pair of jasper Tenghua jade pendants, a Jiangzhou cloth workshop, and a peach blossom hairpin with a gold pendant. ”
This... It's a little less, indeed.
The place where Su Yiyao is going to marry is thousands of miles away, to put it bluntly, she will not have a chance to come back if she marries this time.
Can she reach out to the dry fields in the capital? No way. At that time, I am afraid that a small part of the income from this dry field will enter her pocket.
Of course, if she was smarter and sold the dry field for silver, it would be better than not selling it.
As for Yangzhou City, although it is not far from Xunjing, it is not far from the place where she got married, but it is not enough to walk in two months, what is the use of the paddy field she wants?
There is also the cloth workshop in Jiangzhou, which has been forgotten by Su Hui and Fang Li, and is one of the most inconspicuous small shops of the Fang family, even the Fang family itself dislikes it, so this is given to Su Yiyao, otherwise the Fang family's housewife took the shop from her own family's mother's house, but it never happened.
To put it bluntly, except for the one hundred and twenty taels of silver, the others are either useless and cannot be used for money, or they are too far away and do not have much income, so it is better to sell them for money.
This dowry list was discussed and set by Fang Li and Su Hui, and it is not difficult to see that Su Hui is already disappointed in his eldest daughter, and he doesn't even plan to prepare much for the dowry.
"I heard that the Hu family added a lot of private rooms to her daughter, and she couldn't hide the shop that your second uncle gave her a few years ago, so she gave it all to her daughter, for fear that she would be wronged."
Can this be done without being wronged? The dowry given by the mother's family determines the attitude of the mother's family, which means that we don't want this daughter, and whether your in-laws treat her well or not has nothing to do with us.
"Mother, what do you want to marry Cousin Yi Yao?" Su Yunyao asked.
Qin Manhuai should not give too much, if she presses Fang Ying, some people will gossip, and she will laugh at Fang Lin and say that she deliberately suppressed the concubine, so after thinking about it, Qin Manhuai wrote some words on another blank dowry list.
"The place where Yi Yao got married is not far from Jiangzhou, I remember that your grandfather's family has a small house there, no one has lived in it for decades, I heard that it seems to be deserted, I gave it as a dowry when I got married, but I have never seen that house, so I gave it to Yi Yao as a dowry, it is sold or cleaned up and lived in by yourself, I heard that it is a five-in, five-out house, and the location is very good."
Su Moyao was a little reluctant: "Wouldn't it be a waste to give such a good house to Cousin Yi Yao?" It's just that my grandfather is not in Jiangzhou, and you don't go to see the house, so it's abandoned, and I am a little reluctant to give the house to her. ”
Qin Manhuai smiled: "You are so worried about it at a young age?" The house is also put away, and if it doesn't appreciate or make money, no one lives in it, right? ”
"Mother, what else do you want to give Cousin Yi Yao?" Su Yunyao asked again.
"Except for that house, last time your father went to the South China Sea to do business, when he came back, he got two gold beads, which were the size of quail eggs, and it was useless for us to take them, and they were not worth a few dollars, so let's add them to the dowry. and the maid who served by her side, who followed her for more than ten years, and bought her two useful slaves, and followed her together. As for the silver taels, I asked your father, the Fang clan gave one hundred and twenty taels, we can't overpower them, and it will be enough to give eighty taels. ”
Su Moyao agreed casually, but her mind was not here.
Although I usually don't like this cousin Yi Yao, after all, they are all girls from the Su family.
Similarly, when the fourth sister Su Peiyao got married, the dowry list was lined up with several pieces of paper, and there were several boxes of silver money and jewelry.
Looking at this Yi Yao's cousin getting married, she will be sent away with a few simple things.
Qin Manhuai gave her some more, such as the eight auspicious pictures with a small screen with a pineapple wood and green jade bottom, fifty acres of paddy fields near Yangzhou, and a pair of Fengxi peony Ruyi porcelain vases, which can be regarded as giving her a decent look.
After all, she is a concubine, and she is not a concubine of an official's family, not to mention that she has made a big mistake that cannot be erased in this life, these dowries are enough to give her dignity, in fact, it stands to reason that she should not be given a penny, just marry her and leave her to fend for herself.
Qiu's mother and Qiuyue came in with a cup of apricot tea, Qiuxia served soothing tea, apricot tea was drunk by two girls, slightly sweet and sour, soothing tea was drunk by Qin Manhuai, it was inevitable to be impetuous on a hot day, and drinking some of this tea could be more reassuring.
"Who is Yi Yao's cousin's in-laws?" Su Yunyao snuggled up to Qin Manhuai's side and asked.
"Listening to your second aunt, it seems to be a widower."
"Widower?" Su Yunyao sat up suddenly, "Then he has already been married before?" What did the second uncle think, how did he marry his cousin there? ”
"Your second uncle is also helpless, Yi Yao did the wrong thing that you should marry so easily? Fortunately, there are no children under the widower, I heard that he died of illness after only two years of marriage with the original partner, and he is also a businessman, Yi Yao married at least without worrying about eating and drinking. ”
Su Yunyao nodded thoughtfully, "Cousin Yi Yao's thing is wrong, but she was also deceived, I hope she can live a sober life in the future and stop being stupid." ”
At this moment, Su Yunyao and Su Moyao were a little sympathetic to Su Yiyao.
"I'll look through it with my eleventh sister when I go back, some hairpins don't like to wear anymore, and they can be used as money when they melt."
Qin Manhuai touched Su Moyao's head, "That's not necessary, the Hu family is so smart, they can't bear to have too little dowry for their daughter, otherwise isn't it obvious that they will not be respected when they go to the Su family?" ”
"That's what Mother said."
Su Hui was busy discussing with Fang Li about Su Yiyao's marriage, after all, the national funeral is about to pass, and when the national funeral is over, Su Yiyao will get married, and she will stay in the house for one more day, it will be a threat.
"The regulations for the subjects of the world, the queen's national funeral soldiers and civilians are all dressed for three days, slaughter is prohibited in Beijing for forty-nine days, three days outside, ceremonial music and sacrifices for 100 days, stop marrying officials for 100 days, and the military and civilians for one month, these 100 days are finally almost over, and when Yi Yao marries, let's be busy with the marriage of An'er and Qing'er." Su Hui said, as if a stone had fallen to the ground in his heart.
On the day of the queen's funeral, during the national funeral, her daughter eloped with someone, and was found to be caught, and it was estimated that she was going to sink into the river with a slate tied to her body.
When this is over, it can be regarded as relaxing.
"An'er hasn't come back, these two letters to me are all about going outside, and she said that she didn't have enough fun, if she doesn't learn something, what will happen to the next exam?" Fang Lin said worriedly.
"Let's deal with one thing first." Su Hui said: "I'll talk about An'er's matter later." ”
In the evening, the kitchen makes a thick vegetarian stewed soup and steamed carp, the vegetarian dish is shredded bamboo shoots, and the main dish is rice.
Seeing that the food was tasteless, Su Huiyao slapped the table angrily, "My injury is nothing, why does Daddy let people stare at me?" ”
Cao Qianlian persuaded, "You bear with it, I heard that your father called Mo Yao's two girls to Yu Hongyuan for a good reprimand, which makes people stare at you for your own good, worrying about your body." ”
"But..."Su Huiyao couldn't do it in a hurry, "Mother, why do I feel that I can't get married?" ”
"Don't talk nonsense!" Cao Qianlian served a bowl of soup for her, "I'll go to your father's place to make a force, you will definitely marry better than your third sister." ”