Lin Shijia beckoned a little girl who was playing by the door: "Is my mother there?" ”

"The second lady is inside." The little girl replied, "The second master is here, and he is talking to his wife." Passed together with a meal. ”

"Where's my father?" Lin Shijia was a little surprised.

In the past few years, the relationship between father and mother has become increasingly cold, in addition to leaving everything in the second room to take care of by mother as always, my father has not rested in Mingjing Hall for an unknown amount of time......

Although Lin Shijia has a lot of complaints about her father's behavior in her heart, it is always a good thing for her father to come to her mother's yard. Lin Shijia hesitated for a moment, and said to the little girl, "You go down." Don't alarm anyone. ”

April stuffed a few copper coins for her, and the little girl took them happily and ran aside to play.

Lin Shijia walked slowly into the courtyard.

There was no one left outside the main room of the Ming Jing Hall.

Yuegui stood in the corner of the courtyard from afar, and after seeing Lin Shijia waving her hand and saluting her, she didn't come over.

Lin Shijia approached the main room and soon heard her mother's voice in the main room.

Xiao Li's voice was a little happy and a little tired: "Second master, this is the dowry I prepared for Shi'er, can you take a look?" ”

Second Master Lin took it, glanced at the front, glanced at the end, and said indifferently: "En." This thing on the surface, after the poem is settled in the future, you can discuss it with your sister-in-law. As for the private, just prepare more, and when you come back, I will ask someone to send you 100,000 taels of silver tickets, and you can keep it or make a pressure box for Shi'er, or get her some stable field shops, which is good. ”

"One hundred thousand taels of silver? Will it be more? "Although Xiao Li's family is happy that Second Master Lin is willing to give his daughter so many dowries, 100,000 taels is not a small amount." I bought this dowry for 30,000 taels of silver. In addition to the 10,000 taels that the public high school will give, I have prepared 20,000 taels privately. I showed it to my sister-in-law, and she said yes. It's a little more than 100,000 taels. Moreover, Han'er also needs money there, and then there are Yin'er, Ting'er and Sing'er, all of which have not been for a few years......"

Although Xiao Li is reluctant to mention a few concubines and concubines, after all, they are there, growing up day by day, always getting married, and always preparing to come down. As for the concubine and concubine, the Lin family only gave 5,000 taels of silver...... Shall she buy it according to five thousand taels of silver? How could she have added more...... In this way, it is a large expense.

Second Master Lin obviously didn't understand what Xiao Li meant.

He said casually: "Since you think it's too much, it's all private money, don't say it." This person, whether it is a man or a woman, will have the confidence to live if he has money and wealth. ”

Lin Shijia was a little stunned when she heard it outside.

Because she couldn't understand what her father did, Lin Shijia was not close to her father on weekdays. She also knew that her father would be willing to marry her, but she didn't expect that her father would be willing to marry her! 100,000 taels of private money, no matter how she spends it, it is enough!

And as her father said, with such a large amount of money, no matter what kind of environment she is in in the future, she will have the confidence to live!

She always thought that her father only lived in the wind and snow on the stage, and she didn't care about the various eyes of the world or the attitude of her family...... She never imagined that her father could say such a thing!

Lin Shijia's mind flipped for a while, and the taste in her heart was complicated and indescribable. Then she heard her father say:

"You don't have to worry about the cost of a few children." Second Master Lin said: "Han'er will inherit the family business in the future, so there is no need to give any extra money at this time." Yin'er and Sing'er will prepare a dowry of 10,000 taels and a box of 10,000 taels of money. As for Ting'er, as well as the future evening, they are the same. ”

Although this can't be compared with Lin Shijia, it actually counts a lot. Besides, which family in Beijing would spend 20,000 taels of silver for a concubine and a concubine for no reason to get married! Moreover, calculated in this way, the second room will cost more than 100,000 yuan!

That's a hundred thousand taels of silver!

If it is exchanged for white flowers, I am afraid that the courtyard of the Ming Jing Hall can also be paved! It's not a worthless stone!

When Xiao Li thought of this, he inevitably felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

Second Master Lin glanced at her and said, "Daughter, I will go to someone else's house to beg for a living in the future." The sons, after they get married, they will all be separated. ”

"Separated?" Xiao Li was stunned for a moment, obviously a little unbelievable - his grandmother is still alive, and his father and mother are also healthy, how can anyone's concubine be separated as soon as they get married? I'm not afraid of smearing the reputation of the Lin Mansion!

"Yes." Second Master Lin said lightly: "I know that you don't want to see a few of them come to you with a family sooner or later to say hello." In this way, if you give them 20,000 taels, it will be considered a complete separation. One another is pure. In the future, if the aunts are willing to live with them, let them go together. ”

There was no mockery in Second Master Lin's tone. Xiao Li didn't hear any ridicule from it. She treated those concubines and concubines, but she just fulfilled her responsibilities as a housewife, and she didn't want to be so close to them. On weekdays, they said goodbye, and she only let them turn around a little before sending them away. As for the aunts, she didn't want to see them come to say goodbye at all, and she would have been spared a long time ago—

With such a big courtyard in the Lin Mansion, she couldn't see them, so she felt a little better in her heart.

Therefore, Xiao Li's family was surprised that Lin Er Ye would have such an arrangement, so naturally he did not disagree.

It's just that...... Xiao Li said worriedly: "Won't this have any impact on the reputation of the Lin Mansion?" And the eldest brother and sister-in-law......"

Uncle Lin is an official in the court, and he always has to worry about his reputation.

"I told my eldest brother. He agreed. Second Master Lin took a sip of tea and tasted it slowly for a while before he spoke again: "Actually, there are actually ancestral teachings handed down from my grandfather......

Wen Xiangong?

Xiao Li raised his eyes.

"My grandfather once mentioned in a codex that the concubine was the source of the family's troubles, and hoped that future generations would not take concubines. Even, if the Lin family has a continuous bloodline, the stepson should not have a ......"

Xiao Li's eyes couldn't help but widen.

Outside the window, Lin Shijia also opened her eyes - Wen Xiangong still has such a ...... Such...... Instructions! Lin Shijia really couldn't think of anything that could be compatible with what she heard, such an instruction! Perhaps, "ridiculous"?

"How is this possible!" Xiao Li subconsciously said.

If it is said that there is no concubine, there is still a famous family in the previous dynasty that once adhered to such a family motto, but "not remarrying" is a precedent that has never been heard of!