Chapter 15: Dowry
Five hundred taels ......
Mo Xiaodie was a little confused, she hadn't had time to understand the concept of money in this world, five hundred taels sounded like a lot, but to what extent, she really didn't understand.
Fortunately, Lin Shaoan continued, "Five hundred taels of silver may not be enough for some big families to change the season of clothes, but the original intention of Uncle and Daddy is just to let the Guo family add more food and drink to you on weekdays, so that your life will be better!" β
Lin Shaoan saw Wei Ziqing's angry face again, hesitated, and did not say that in addition to the five hundred taels, Uncle and Daddy would often send some antique utensils over.
In order to let the three of them, without their mother, they can still feel the care of their mother's mother's family.
Wei Ziyi understood, five hundred taels of silver can't let them live a luxurious and enjoyable life, but it is definitely enough for them to eat and drink!
Looking at the appearance of Wei Ziqing and Wei Chengxuan, not only did they not know the existence of these five hundred taels, but these five hundred taels were definitely not used on them!
No wonder Wei Ziqing was so angry, seeing his younger brother's appearance, and thinking of them and his mother's family who had always been kept in the dark, he was more sad and heartbroken.
"I don't know if my father knows about this, if my father knows, my heart is completely cold!"
Wei Ziqing suddenly choked up and said: "Since he was made a marquis, my father has always been proud, but my father was born recklessly, what else can he do except fight?"
After the Great Xia Dynasty settled down, his father was idle at home, and the entire Hou Mansion only relied on the rewards of the official family when he was knighted, and the little food he had every year for his father to survive.
The uncle's family is still brazenly relying on us, the uncle is such a big person, not only can he achieve nothing, but he only knows how to eat, drink, prostitute and gamble.
I always knew that our Hou Mansion looked at the scenery on the surface, but in fact, it was only an empty shell!
It's just that I didn't expect them to be so shameless! β
Mo Xiaodie also heard Xin Yi say this.
Mo Xiaodie looks at the folk customs of this world a bit like the Song Dynasty in her world, and the people below call the emperor and like to use the word official.
Nanping Hou was the life-saving benefactor of the official family, and the official family naturally did not treat him badly, not only conferred his title, but also rewarded him with ten thousand taels of gold and more than ten boxes of gold, silver and jewelry, as well as this marquis's mansion.
At the beginning, the official family also wanted to promote this benefactor, and with a wave of his hand, he found a lot of positions, but Nan Pinghou was a dou who couldn't be helped!
Civilian officials, I don't know a single big character, military attachΓ©, let him go to fight and form a grass platform team, and he can't manage the army or anything in a proper manner.
The official family was dumbfounded, and he really didn't want to admit that this product was his savior, but sadly, he was.
In the end, the official family was forced to be helpless, and he was incorporated into the Praetorian Guard of his imperial city, and made him a small infantry leader.
But Nanping waited for a small citizen's vanity philistine, not only did not know himself, but also often regarded himself as the savior of the official family, no one took it seriously, and felt that he was looked down upon after being this small leader, that was a stomach that was not convinced, three days of fishing and two days of drying nets, and when he was on duty in the palace, he also collided with many officials, and complained that his folds were suddenly handed to the official table like snowflakes, and the official family was so angry that his head hurt.
Ma Dan knew that he was dead.
Later, in an early dynasty, there was a royal doctor who couldn't stand it and pulled Nanping Hou out to criticize on the spot, and as soon as Nanping Hou got angry, he actually fought with him in the court.
The official family was naturally full of anger, but the fire lit up in his heart, and he quickly took this opportunity to dismiss him, and kindly asked him to go home first to calm down for a while.
This is calm and calm, and it has been calm for more than ten years.
Nanping Hou's smug spirit at the beginning was also suppressed by the cold eyes of the powerful people in Xiangyang City and the perfunctory indifference of the officials to him again and again, and now the whole person is a lot more low-key and calm, but the essence remains the same.
And no matter how much he changes, it's useless, the decline of the Hou Mansion has become a fact.
Wei Ziqing seemed to have opened a conversation box all of a sudden, and couldn't help but continue to pour out the pain of these years: "That woman of the Guo family has always looked at our sister and brother unpleasantly, when I got married, she hastily handled my marriage.
She said that her mother's dowry had been used when my father formed a team to defend against foreign enemies, and Kang Niang had said this, so she only prepared 20 dowries for me later, and I still think it is already rare......"
Lin Shaoan's face changed suddenly, Wei Ziqing noticed it, and immediately cast him an inquiring look.
Lin Shaoan frowned slightly, and said with a complicated face: "I heard my uncle and father talk about my aunt's dowry. At the beginning, my uncle was just a gangster in the market, with nothing, my aunt didn't know where she fell in love with him, and she wanted to marry him, but her grandfather and grandmother couldn't help it, so don't regret it in the future, and prepare a rich dowry for your aunt to marry.
Fifteen years ago, when he was going to form a team to participate in the war, his aunt took out all the dowry, bought him horses, weapons, and grain and grass, although his grandfather and grandmother did not approve at that time, but he felt that it was a struggle for the country, and his uncle was a little bit of a pursuit, so he turned a blind eye, so the uncle and father always knew that the aunt's dowry was long gone, so ......"
He paused, looked at Wei Ziqing, who was pale, and sighed and said, "When my cousin got married, my uncle and my father sent someone to add ten dowries to my cousin...... And when Ziyi got married, Uncle and Daddy thought that she was marrying into the royal family, and pomp was indispensable, so they added twenty dowries to her at that time......"
Wei Ziqing's body shook slightly, Lin Shaoan hurriedly held her up, and said angrily: "Cousin, are you okay?" I'm sorry, but I shouldn't have told you that right now. β
Wei Ziqing silently shed tears, his eyes were cold, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Those bastards! Whether it's me or Ziyi, on the original dowry list, there is no mention of the uncles' makeup!
And when Ziyi got married, although there were sixty dowries, Kang Niang said in the letter that half of these dowries were dowries when the eldest princess was hired.
Although the eldest princess knew about this, for the sake of the reputation of the eldest princess's mansion, she just didn't know, and specially asked people not to make a noise. β
Mo Xiaodie also frowned when she heard this, there are only one of them in the world who is as brazen as Nan Pinghou and his wife.
Forget about the makeup added by other people's uncles as their own, and they don't make up for it themselves, deducting the makeup of the Lin family, their dowry is pitiful!
This daughter is also married cheaply.
No wonder the people in the eldest princess's mansion look down on Wei Ziyi so much, originally sixty dowries were already shabby for marrying into the royal family, but thinking that Wei Ziyi was married highly, the people who ate melons would not say anything, who knew that even this dowry was scraped together!
When Mo Xiaodie saw Wei Ziqing's appearance, she knew that her heart for the Hou Mansion was completely cold.
She could see that if Wei Ziqing still had a glimmer of hope for this Houfu, it was because Nanping was waiting for this father.
But now that so many things have happened, whether Nan Pinghou knows their difficulties or not, it is enough to make Wei Ziqing feel cold.
If he knew, he could only say that he didn't take their siblings seriously at all.
If he didn't know, it was enough to see his disregard for their siblings.
Lin Shao'an frowned, and said decisively: "In this matter, I have to go back and tell Uncle and Daddy, if this continues, Ziyi and Xuan'er will be ruined!" β
Wei Ziqing took the handkerchief handed over by the maid beside him, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said: "No, the eldest uncle and the second uncle have already done a lot for our three sisters and brothers, I am only afraid that my father and the Guo family will use us to hold the eldest uncle and second uncle hostage again, and let them send money to the Hou Mansion."
What's more, they are far away in Yuzhou, and they can't do anything, so they told them, just to make them worry. β
Lin Shaoan shook his head and said, "Cousin, this matter will not be hidden for a long time, do you know that I have another task when I come back to Xiangyang City." β