Just after the first year of junior high school, Sheng Siyan told Sheng Qiye about Sheng Ningbai's wish and wanted to go to Songshan Academy to study.

Sheng Qiye responded, and on the fifth day of the first month, he sent someone to send Sheng Ningbai to Songshan Academy.

The tenth day of the first month is the day of Wang's confinement.

As this day approached, Sheng Siyan became anxious.

How did Zhou Huaixuan tell the Wang family about the dowry?

With her understanding of the Wang family, it is extremely shameful for her to let the male family give a dowry and then a dowry.

Sheng Siyan didn't want to make the Wang family feel any sadness, grievance or even shame because of his own affairs......

Sheng Siyan's anxious appearance was even noticed by Sheng Qiye, who had always been more careless.

After dinner on the ninth day of the first lunar month, Sheng Qiye asked his subordinates to take the little wolfberry to wash, and said to Sheng Siyan: "Siyan, go out for a walk with your father?" ”

Sheng Siyan hadn't eaten well for several days, and the little meat he had just raised went down again, with a pointed jaw, thin cheeks, and a thin face, only a pair of phoenix eyes that became darker and brighter.

She put down the teacup in her hand, smiled, stood up meekly and said, "Well, Dad, where do you want to go?" ”

They had dinner today at Wang's Yanyu Hall.

"I'll send you back to Wo Meixuan, let's go for a walk together." Sheng Qiye actually couldn't think of any good places.

Sheng Siyan knew that Sheng Qiye was like this, and he had something to say to her, so he nodded, got up with a smile and went with him.

The father and daughter walked up to the hand-copying verandah to Wo Mei Xuan.

The lanterns hanging on the verandah bloom in the dark night like snow-white buds, which has a quiet and dignified beauty.

Sheng Siyan looked at such a scene and sighed softly.

Sheng Qiye walked beside her with his hands behind his back, and the subordinates were far behind, and they did not follow them step by step.

"Siyan, what's wrong with you these days?" Sheng Qiye looked up at the moon in the sky and asked softly.

"Well, not really." Sheng Siyan disguised himself a little flusteredly, and added, "I'm fine." My mother is going to be confined tomorrow......"

Sheng Qiye stopped and glanced at her, "You haven't eaten much in the past few days." Even the little goji berries have noticed, and you still say you're fine? ”

Sheng Siyan was silent for a moment, and said with a forced smile: "...... So obvious? "Even the little wolfberry, who is less than three years old, noticed her restlessness?

Sheng Qiye looked at her with a smile, quietly did not speak, and looked very kind and tolerant.

Maybe this night was too peaceful and beautiful, Sheng Siyan couldn't help but pour out his heart to Sheng Qiye.

"Dad, I'm thinking about the dowry......"

"Dowry?" Sheng Qiye was stunned, "Are you worried about this?" What a silly boy! How could your father and mother treat you badly? You are our only daughter, and you are also the eldest daughter of our Shengguo Mansion, and there are a lot of good things in the treasury, all of which are for you to accompany your father and mother. ”

Sheng Siyan smiled bitterly. Sheng Qiye really didn't understand these things......

Even if she gave all the things in the Sheng family's treasury to her, it couldn't compare to the five hundred dowry gifts in the Divine General's Mansion.

Just lifting the gold and silver mines inside will kill the Sheng family's treasury in seconds.

Not to mention that Sheng Siyan couldn't let Sheng Qiye marry the entire Sheng family.

Even if they did, she wouldn't.

"Dad, I know that you and my mother will not leave me alone. The problem is that the dowry of the Divine General's Mansion is really ...... Too much. Sheng Siyan muttered, "And the dowry is generally about the same as the dowry." ”

Sheng Qiye understood the seriousness of the matter, he touched his head, and said "ah" in surprise, "It's about the same as a dowry?" That's going to be tough...... It is indeed to accompany our entire Sheng family, and it is not worth someone else's dowry! ”

Sheng Qiye finally understood the seriousness of this problem.

Sheng Siyan breathed a sigh of relief.

"What can I do?" This time it was Sheng Qiye's turn to frown, "It's all Zhou Huaixuan's fault!" Did he do it on purpose? With so many dowries, don't you want us to look good?! It's a slap in the face! ”

Sheng Siyan was choked, pulled the corners of his mouth, and said with a smile: "You can't say that." ”

After thinking about it, she whispered, "That's what I'm embarrassed about. Huai Xuan said that the dowry was ...... for him"

"What?!" Sheng Qiye shouted loudly, and his loud voice was extremely loud in the night sky.

"Daddy! Be quiet! Sheng Siyan was in a hurry, and he couldn't wait to cover Sheng Qiye's mouth.

Sheng Qiye hurriedly covered his mouth and muttered, "Oh, I'll be quiet, quiet......"

"You know why I'm embarrassed by now, right?" Sheng Siyan sat on the railing of the hand-copying verandah and thumped his stiff legs. - This New Year's Day, but she is tired enough......

Sheng Qiye also sat beside her, with the same sad face on her face, and nodded: "Well, I didn't think of it before, if I had thought of it earlier, I would be more worried than you." ”

Sheng Siyan looked at the moonlight on the dark blue canopy outside the verandah, and said softly: "I remember when I was a child in Wangjia Village, there was a year when the village chief's family in the east of the village married his granddaughter, and every family had to follow it. At that time, my mother and I were very poor, and my mother sold the medicinal herbs to buy only a little bit of millet rice, and the rest was exchanged for other medicinal materials for me to treat my eyes. Our family couldn't afford to pay for it, so the second brother's house next door helped us pay for it. They took pity on me and my mother for not having a good time, and didn't let my mother pay back. My mother refused, I went up the mountain every day in the winter to dig medicinal herbs, went home and boiled medicine by myself, only slept for one or two hours every day, stayed up for a month, and finally earned the money and returned it to the Wang family next door. ”

Sheng Qiye's eyes were a little moist when he heard this, and said, "It's really hard for you two mothers and sons." ”

"I'm not bitter, I'm bitter." Sheng Siyan smiled and said, "Dad, you must be kind to your mother." Now that my mother has given birth to two sons, you must not take any more concubines. ”

Sheng Qiye was a little embarrassed when he said this, shook his head and said, "Of course I won't take any more concubines." After a pause, he said, "Even if I don't have a son, I won't take any more concubines." ”

Sheng Siyan believed Sheng Qiye's words and said in a low voice: "That's good." ”

Sheng Qiye was silent for a while, and said: "When your mother and I were living in seclusion in Eagle Sorrow Stream, once, I went up the mountain to collect medicine, accidentally fell down, and recuperated at home for a while. Your mother has to take care of me again, and she has to be busy collecting medicine, and she is so thin that she is not human. The next-door neighbor occasionally helped me cook a meal when she wasn't at home, and when she came back, she had to bring the chicken and fish that she was reluctant to eat to thank the neighbor, even if I wanted to eat it myself. Sheng Qiye said, smashing it, smashing it, as if he was nostalgic for those days, and said: "In short, she is a person who is extremely unwilling to owe favors. If she owes a little favor, she will make up for it twice or three times later. I'll persuade you to do other things, but this kind of thing can't be mentioned, and when you mention it, you will turn your face. To make her owe a favor is to ask her for her life. ”

After speaking, the two of them smiled bitterly together.

In general, the Wang family can repay it twice or three times, even if he is tired, he can't afford to pay it back.

But this week, Huaixuan helped Sheng Siyan with the favor of the dowry, not to mention the Wang family, even the entire Sheng family combined, and he couldn't afford to pay it back in two lifetimes.

"What can I do?" Sheng Siyan, who had always been restrained and gentle, couldn't help it, stood up and paced back and forth in the verandah.

Sheng Qiye thought for a long time, and said with Ai Ai: "...... Does it have to be the same as the dowry? Why don't we send some dowry back? ”

Sheng Siyan: "......" forget it, she better figure it out by herself, Sheng Qiye will only add chaos in this regard.

"Isn't that okay?" Sheng Qiye looked at Sheng Siyan's expression, shrunk his neck, and pounded the railing pillar, "No." Your mother is so strong, how could she do anything to return the dowry? Besides, if you don't have a face like that, your mother won't do it......"

At this moment, Sheng Siyan was really confused, and he couldn't think of a way to get the best of both worlds.

Shun got his brother's love and lost his sister-in-law's feelings.

Did she have to struggle between her husband's family and her mother's family from the beginning?

The two of them were embarrassed on the verandah for half a night, but they didn't come up with a suitable way, and seeing that the night was very deep, Sheng Qiye said: "Forget it, don't think about it, go back to sleep." Ming'er Huaixuan is here, I'll talk to him first. ”

That's all there is to it.

Sheng Siyan nodded, "Dad told him." His temperament is also to eat soft and not hard......"

"Alright, alright...... I know, I still need to say it! Come, I'll send you back. After a half-night delay outside, Ming'er, your mother saw me and asked me again. Sheng Qiye said as he sent her back.

This night, Sheng Qiye and Sheng Siyan didn't sleep well, and the result of being sleepy at night was that both of them got up late the next day.

When Zhou Huaixuan came to the door of the Shengguo Mansion with three hundred and eighty-eight dowries, Sheng Siyan and Sheng Qiye were still lying high, and they were personally received by the Wang family.

Zhou Huaixuan was a little surprised when he saw that it was the Wang family who came out, but he still arched his hand quietly, "Aunt." ”

Wang had just come out of confinement, got up early in the morning and bathed in hot water, wore a red and gold-covered jacket, and tied a long skirt with brown and black trims.

Dressed in dark brown mink velvet, wearing a Guanyin pocket on his head, holding a handstove in his hand, Wang walked out of the main gate with a smile surrounded by a group of maids, stood on the steps, and nodded to Zhou Huaixuan, "Huaixuan is here, this is for Siyan?" ”

"This is the remaining three hundred and eighty-eight dowry gifts, and I personally sent them over." Zhou Huaixuan gave way to the side.

Zhou Xianbai hurriedly trotted forward, held the dowry book tied with red silk in both hands, and presented it to the Wang family.

Wang only looked at it, and didn't take it personally, only let the maid next to him take it, and smiled reservedly, "I have a heart." He also gave way to the side, so that the people of the God's Mansion could carry the dowry in.

Zhou Xianbai looked at Duchess Sheng Guo's indifferent attitude, and opened his mouth in surprise.

But he knew that the weight of these dowries was only a lot more than the previous five hundred taels. And there are many "private rooms" stuffed into it by the eldest son, which are for the Sheng family as a dowry.

The eldest prince has been in the northwest for three years, and the "private house" he has saved is so rich that it is staggering.

But the eldest prince actually took out all of them without hesitation, and wanted to make a dowry for the grand girl.

Although Zhou Xianbai had long known that the grand girl was not ordinary in the heart of the eldest prince, he still did not expect to have such a status......

However, after his initial surprise at Duchess Sheng Guo's attitude, he quickly understood.

The Sheng family is a female family, and such an attitude is correct, giving the grand girl a long face. - Even if the Shengguo Mansion is far less powerful than the Divine General's Mansion, it can't be pandered.

This means that it is the Divine General's Mansion who is asking to marry the daughter of the Sheng family, not the Sheng family rushing to marry the daughter. In short, it is all for the good of the grand girl, so that she can marry into the Shenjiang Mansion in the future, and she will not be talked about.

Especially in the case that her background is actually not worthy of the Divine General's Mansion, the reserved and noble attitude of the Duchess Sheng Guo is even more important.

Zhou Huaixuan also understood this truth, and was more respectful to the Wang family, without a little indifference in front of others.

"The dowry is over, and next, we're going to talk about the dowry." Wang smiled and turned to enter the gate.

Zhou Huaixuan waited for the Wang family to bring people in, and then took his own people into the Shengguo Mansion.

This time, the people who came to the Divine General's Mansion to give the rest of the dowry, in addition to Zhou Huaixuan and his subordinates, there were also people from the other rooms of the Divine General's Mansion who followed.

For example, the one holding the ruler is the mother-in-law of their big house, and the mother-in-law of his mother Feng's side.

The little maid in the second room followed the horse, the maid in the third room came over to hold the gift box, and even the people in Mrs. Zhou's yard followed.

Of course, the purpose of their visit is not just to help.

Their primary purpose should be to observe Zhou Huaixuan's true attitude towards this family business.

Zhou Xianbai knew that the eldest prince was now making a face for the grand girl, and the Duchess of Sheng Guo obviously planned to do the same.

Therefore, Wang's attitude became more and more arrogant, but Zhou Huaixuan became more and more respectful and polite.

In the eyes of those people in the other rooms of the Divine General's Mansion, their eyes were almost popping out.

They know what their eldest son's attitude is in his own house......

Even his father and mother didn't care much about the person who was so respectful to the Duchess of Sheng Guo!

It seems that the eldest prince cares very much about this family business.

Many people think like this, and secretly think that they should tell their masters when they go back.

The Wang family returned to Yanyu Hall and waited for a while before waiting for the next person to report back and say that the eldest prince of Zhou asked to see him.

Wang nodded, "Let him in." ”

Those who came in with Zhou Huaixuan were also the subordinates of several rooms of the Divine General's Mansion, who specially sent congratulatory gifts to each room of the Shengguo Mansion.

Because Sheng Siyan is the eldest granddaughter-in-law of the Divine General's Mansion, not an ordinary daughter-in-law, these people have to express their closeness.

"Duchess Sheng Guo, this is our grandmother's congratulatory gift."

"The slave is the subordinate of the second room of the Divine General's Mansion, this is a congratulatory gift for our second master and second grandmother to congratulate the eldest son and the grand girl."

"The small one is the steward of the third room, which is a congratulatory gift for our third master and third grandmother to congratulate the eldest son and the grand girl."

"The old body is the mother-in-law next to the old lady, this is a little bit of our old lady's heart, and I hope that the Duchess of Sheng Guo will not laugh." The last mother-in-law stepped forward, and the box sent was the smallest.

Wang only took the box and looked at it, took out a jade bracelet with a whole emerald green body and a clear and transparent body, and said with a smile: "Old Madam Zhou really looks up to our Shengguo Mansion. This bracelet is in good condition. Our eldest girl's dowry, there are not many such bracelets, just two boxes, take it and play. As he spoke, he placed the bracelet in the gift box.

As soon as she stretched out her hand, two jade bracelets on her wrist that were greener, more correct and thicker than Mrs. Zhou's jade bracelet were inadvertently revealed, which happened to be compared with the bracelet given by Mrs. Zhou.

This color suddenly made the mother-in-law in the old lady's yard blush.

The two bracelets that people brought casually were much better than the bracelets she just gave.

Although Wang's face was understated, his heart sank.

The jade bracelet of average color given by the old lady this week is obviously to show her attitude towards this marriage. - is their girl, in her heart, it is only worth such a jade bracelet of average color.

Zhou Huaixuan also saw the bracelet, so he glanced at Zhou Xianbai.

Zhou Xianbai understood and said with a smile: "What Duchess Sheng Guo said is true. This kind of bracelet, our eldest son has a few boxes there, and the grand girl will marry in the future, so she will use it to play with it, and it is good to listen to the crisp sound. ”

Wang smiled and said, "I have a heart." ”

The mother-in-law pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Duchess Shengguo, we came here today to inquire about the dowry, so that we can go back and build another courtyard for the eldest prince and the grand girl." ”

According to the customs of Daxia, the furniture of the new house and the bed cover are all made by the woman's family.

After the wedding date is set, the woman's family will go to the new house to measure the size and come back to make furniture.

However, the Shengguo Mansion and the Shenjiang Mansion were completed in one day, and the wedding date was set closely, and the Shengguo Mansion did not necessarily have the effort to make furniture according to the house of the Shenjiang Mansion.

The Shenjiang Mansion said that it was already very good to take care of the Shengguo Mansion by building a new courtyard according to the size of the furniture prepared by the Shengguo Mansion, implying that they only needed to take the ready-made furniture and did not need to build a new one.

But where is the Wang family willing to compromise on these things and let Sheng Siyan be wronged? So he just smiled and said: "The dowry, I have been saving since Siyan was born, and until now, I can always send her out in style." ”

When the people in the Divine General's Mansion heard this, they were all stunned.

They didn't expect that the Sheng Guo Mansion would actually get the same dowry!

These subordinates who came with them looked at each other and were a little surprised.

Zhou Huaixuan said lightly: "Don't worry about the dowry. ”

Wang smiled: "I'm not in a hurry, but someone is in a hurry." As he spoke, he glanced at the subordinates in the other room of the Divine General's Mansion with a smile.

Zhou Huaixuan frowned and glanced at Zhou Xianbai.

Zhou Xianbai understood, and said to the subordinates in the other room of the Divine General's Mansion: "Okay, the gifts have been given, let's go back and resume our lives." The matter here is handled by the eldest prince, do you still have any worries? ”

It was said that these gods were so embarrassed that they had to take their leave.

Wang got up and said to Zhou Huaixuan, "Follow me." ”

Wang met Zhou Huaixuan in the warm pavilion.

The warm pavilion has been cleaned up again.

In the morning, I opened the window to breathe, and now although the window is closed, the mint fragrance is rekindled, and there is a cold fragrance in the air.

Entering the warm pavilion, Wang sat on the warm kang, holding the stove in his hand, and groaned intently.

Zhou Huaixuan walked in and said indifferently: "You don't have to worry about the dowry, I have already told Si Yan that my dowry will be ...... for her" Saying, for the first time in his life, he looked at the Wang family a little nervously.

Because Sheng Siyan told him about Wang's temperament, she said that she was the most reluctant to owe favors, especially in this way, there are other things to do for her, which is the most intolerable for her.

Zhou Huaixuan thought of many, many reasons to persuade Wang to accept his approach.

Unexpectedly, Wang sneered and said calmly: "What are you doing so nervous?" ”

Zhou Huaixuan coughed and said, "...... I really want to marry Siyan, and I am willing to give so many dowries, not to ......"

"Hmm." Wang said lightly, lowered his head and took a bamboo skewer to pick the ashes in the stove, waited for a while, and saw that the sweat on Zhou Huaixuan's forehead was about to come out, so he said lightly: "You are good, the dowry and dowry are all from you, do you sell our daughter in our Shengguo Mansion?" ”

"Of course not......" The sweat on Zhou Huaixuan's forehead really came out. His heart moved, this was the first time, and he sweated without Sheng Siyan by his side......

"Siyan is my daughter, let's not say that we are biological or not. Even if it's my own, I can't love her more. The delicate girl I grew up in the palm of my hand was married back by you, you can't give her a little grievance. - Like this dowry, you made your own decisions without consulting us, and you really didn't take our Shengguo Mansion seriously. Wang said reluctantly.

Zhou Huaixuan silently lowered his head and stood opposite the Wang family, but he didn't say a word, nor did he walk away as soon as he was told it like he was in the Divine General's Mansion, and he didn't want to listen to it.

The Wang family was still counting him, and Zhou Huaixuan listened very respectfully, without a little impatience.

In Wang's unhurried voice, the curtain of the warm pavilion moved slightly.

The spikes on the back of the little hedgehog Ah Cai were crowned with two small dark red figs that came in from under the curtain of the door.

It swaggered and crawled in front of Zhou Huaixuan with two figs, and when it reached his feet, it seemed to pause for a moment, and its two little eyes like black beans looked up at him, and then flicked its little black nose, sneezed, moved its chubby little body, and crawled to the inner room.

Zhou Huaixuan only felt that the green tendons on his forehead had exploded.

Zhou Xianbai, who was standing at the foot of the wall with his hands down, saw Ah Cai like this, and couldn't help but extend a thumbs up to it in his sleeve and praise it. - This Ah Cai, who is bold and bold, clearly despises the eldest son! It's mighty!

Just when Zhou Huaixuan was so annoyed that he couldn't do it, Wang spoke again.

"However, you are willing to help Siyan with a dowry, which can be regarded as sincere. In this way, don't let you go out, and leave me two or three hundred to carry it, I have prepared a lot of dowries for Siyan, but I can't let you be blocked and unable to send it out. Wang smiled lightly.

The attitude is completely different from what Sheng Siyan reminded.

Zhou Huaixuan thought about it for a while, then understood, and became more respectful to Wang's motherly heart, and nodded: "That's natural." ”

"Alright, that's it." Wang took the tea, "Go back and tell your old man that the matter of the marriage period can be discussed again." ”

Zhou Huaixuan's footsteps froze, he turned his head and looked at Wang in puzzlement.

"Lest you run to our Shengguo Mansion every night, and the black lights are blinding, it's really difficult for you." Wang held the tea bowl and said with a smile.

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