Liu Wang and the others looked at it carefully, and this dowry was quite solid for ordinary families, especially this one was all from the eldest daughter, not counting the dowry that the two of them earned for the younger daughter in previous years. As a married sister, she is impeccable.

But since they have seen what wealth is and touched it, the two of them are now a little unable to accept it, sighing and frowning. Willow Branch is now hard-hearted, and he has no expression for the long sighs of the two elders. Seeing that the eldest daughter was motionless, Liu Wang finally spoke up: "You only have this one sister, how can you give her this little thing?" Your sister has a hard life, and her marriage with the Hu family has withdrawn, you need to comfort her. I don't see a single property shop, and I don't have a penny of money, how can this be made. ”

"Yes, you are different now, I heard that such a big Hou Mansion is under your control, why don't you subsidize your family? Isn't this man rich and rich just to pull his own family? Li Shi also followed.

"This is not the Hou Mansion, it is just lent to us to live, and it is also an official office. It's not my responsibility, I'm just looking at the yard for others, and I have to pay for the cleaning and nursing yard myself. Willow Branch.

The two old officials were also bluffed into believing it, and Liu Wang was cross-hearted: "I don't care so much." Horizontal and vertical Li··· No, Yan Xi's identity is different now, you are also a serious grandmother, you can't help but subsidize your sister! All you give her is worthless furniture and utensils, and that's not okay. Luo Fuzi has already broken off relations with your sister, and there is no rich dowry for your sister to be arranged in the future. And I also heard that Ming Ming Luozi gave your sister 10,000 taels of silver, and you took control of it. You, you ----"

Liu Wang, you have been for a long time, and you can't think of any words to scold your eldest daughter, and you are afraid of angering your eldest daughter, after all, she is not the same as in the past, and finally changed her tone and begged: "You take all the big heads, can't you just buy a shop for her?" Let her have a livelihood in the future. ”

"I admit that I have 10,000 taels of silver, and it is in my hands. But I will never take it out, lest I have some relatives today, and tomorrow I will raise some irrelevant people, and it will be ruined. Xiao Mi can't get over the hurdle, at least there are 10,000 taels to save his life. As for the shop, Brother Xiaochun bought a field for Xiao Mi at the beginning, and he had enough to eat and rent, Xiao Mi's noodles were tender, where would he do business, it was useless to shop noodles. And didn't Brother Xiaochun give Xiao Qi a thousand taels of silver in the box? I have already written to my uncle and asked him to bring the money to the people of the trading firm. ”

Regardless of the fields, no one can say that the pressure box of a thousand taels of silver is not rich. Liu Wang was dumbfounded. Liu Zhi asked: "Did the Lu family take the dowry?" Can you have a house and a land? "Lu Xiyue has been high before, and he is not here, and he has not collected money, and in a few years, Yan Hou has made a lot of money, but he has not placed a house, and after the wicker gets married, he will live with him in the backyard of the official office of the city. The dowry is a pair of gold earrings, a gold ring and a load of wine, a pair of geese, two cans of tea, four packs of snacks and twenty taels of silver.

Liu Wang opened his mouth and stammered, and in the end he was as angry as a child, so he sat on the ground and cried directly, turning over and over is nothing more than a willow branch with a black heart. Li Shi was also wiping tears while looking at the willow branches with wrinkled sad eyes. She remembered that she happened to meet Li's mother a few days ago, dressed in silk and satin, surrounded by her daughter and son-in-law, and her daughter's belly was so big that she was about to give birth; And now that the willow branch is getting harder and harder, even if he gives birth to a child in the future, he will definitely not see each other a few times. She was counting on Wicker to marry lively, have a few more children, and raise her eyebrows in front of Mama Li.

The willow branch only ignored. Wicker really doesn't care about the amount of dowry, she was able to marry Lu Xiyue even if she eats bran and vegetables, she is as sweet as honey, and she is full of joy, but on the one hand, she loves her father and mother, and on the other hand, she is also a sister who is good for herself, both sides make sense, she can't say anyone, she only carefully persuades her father.

Liu Wang and his wife felt more and more that Wicker was sensible and well-behaved, and Willow Branch was a tyrannical and unreasonable sister, and used marriage to pinch his sister. Willow Branch was impatient, so she simply excused herself to go out for a walk under the pretext of buying something, but she didn't sit

The car was walking in the street in a daze. The pretty maid with a bun stopped her, and greeted her with a sweet smile: "Hello Mrs. Liu, do you still recognize the slave?" ”

This maid has a long face, and a pair of gold earrings inlaid with lapis lazuli on her earlobes awaken the memory of Willow Branch: "You are from Madame Pearl!" ”

"Slave and maid evergreen" is not the first big girl who half-jokingly forced her to live in Zhixia Hall and serve her. "Mrs. Liu, I accompanied Mrs. out, and I happened to see Mrs. Liu, Mrs. invited Mrs. to have a cup of tea."

Although Mrs. Pearl is not a particularly pleasant memory, compared to the indiscriminate father and mother at home, Willow Branch feels a little amiable and cute. So she followed Changqing into an elegant courtyard, only to see the phoenix tail forest, the winding path is secluded, and the moss on the small stones is thick and green, which is very wild, making people suddenly in the wilderness. Willow Branch's whole person fell silent in an instant.

Madame Pearl was making tea in a small pavilion, wearing a long azure dress, no other jewelry, only a pair of jade raindrop earrings, and her skin was as white as ice and snow. She is also a wonderful person, and she didn't have much greetings when she invited Willow Branch, she just made a gesture of please, and Willow Branch sat down and really drank tea slowly.

After drinking for an hour, she was comfortable and refreshed, and she stretched out with satisfaction: "It's so comfortable, thank you Madame for the tea." ”

Madame Pearl smiled and said, "Fortunately." ”

Liu Zhi was about to say goodbye, and Mrs. Pearl pointed to Changqing on the side and said to her, "Liu Niang, do you want to send Changqing?" ”

Liu Zhi was surprised, the maid beside Madame Pearl was undoubtedly extremely good, and the apricot and the like could not be compared at all, but the question was why did the lady give her for no reason?

"Don't be afraid," Madame Pearl chuckled, "I teased you before, but I won't compensate you today." I replace wine with tea—" She took a cup of tea, and drank it all in a graceful manner.

"Come, Mrs. Liu, let's get acquainted again. I, I just found that it is better to make friends than to make enemies, since I want to cooperate with Swallow Island, of course I want to make friends with Liu Niangzi. What's more, we are all women, and if women don't help each other, are they still on the side of stinky men? "This lady is lively and playful is another style, if Mrs. Hou's girlish attitude is delicate, she is a whip dipped in honey, and the men can't stop whinging.

It's just that Willow Branch is a woman, and she still hesitates in the face of her kindness. "Although I can't promise you with my head, I still advise the lady to rest assured. I'm not trying to put eyes and ears around you, if I want to know about the Hou Ye, just ask him directly-" Speaking of this, Madame Pearl remembered something and smiled ambiguously, which made Willow Branch goosebumps.

"Gifts should be given in the snow, gold, silver and jewelry are not rare, and now the lady is the most lacking manpower, I hope that when Changqing really helps the lady, the lady let go of her guard against me."

If you are silent any longer, you will seem to be afraid, who is afraid of whom. And Bai Qi told her before that they are now cooperating with the Three Lions, and they need to be tolerant of each other, and Mrs. Pearl is much better than before, maybe it was the death of Little Eleven that touched her and added a lot of humanity. What's more, she is indeed understaffed now, and she is really tired from commanding the affairs of the mansion and dealing with her sister's wedding.

So Liu Zhi nodded: "Then thank Madame for your kindness." Evergreen girl, let's go. ”

With Changqing, the willow branch is like moving a mountain, and the breathing is relaxed, not to mention that Mrs. Pearl has always done a full set of things, in addition to Changqing, she also sent two little girls and another Changyao, who had also served in Zhixia Courtyard, and two mothers.

( = Old Song)