Three days passed in a blink of an eye, and the old lady led a group of people to live in the Taiping Marquis Mansion, and the big mansion suddenly became quiet.

Eighteen Niang sat in front of the window, listening to the housekeepers reply. Shen Yao and Shen Ting sat on the side playing chess, the sound of rain outside the window was dripping, and Shen Ting scratched his head in annoyance.

"Little lady, what kind of texture is used for this vessel? And the lotus flower is good? The housekeeper in the kitchen was taking notes on what Eighteen Niang said, she had a horse face, and she looked very serious.

As soon as Eighteen Niang saw Shen Yao's hand holding the chess piece tightly, she knew that he remembered that Wu Gui sent his lover and Shen Ze to give him a lotus, and laughed out loud at the moment.

"No, let's change the magpie to climb the branch, the meaning is good and elegant. Didn't Sixteen Niang give Wei Zi Yao Huang and put it in the courtyard to live up to her wishes. On the day of the banquet, I invited the master chef from Zhenwei Building to be the head chef, and Wang Mo did a good job of your dim sum, picking up your best grape rice cake, chrysanthemum pea yellow, cold fish bream, peach blossom yokan and other eight dishes to make. ”

The lady in charge breathed a sigh of relief, "No." And the drink? ”

Eighteen Niang thought for a while, "The drinks for ordinary hospitality are all prepared. In addition, I ordered some pear blossom stuffing, grape wine and other lighter ones for the little ladies. When the time comes, I will go to Dongzhu and get the luminous cup in my storeroom. ”

After talking about the things in the kitchen, she turned her head and asked the steward of the outer door, "My brother's new yard can be cleaned up, and the Qin family said that the furniture sent over is mahogany, but it doesn't match." The pomegranate trees and grape trellises are ready. ”

Qin Zhao likes to eat pomegranates the most, and Eighteen Niang asked Shen Yao's opinion, in his yard, transplanted a few pomegranate trees, and they will be able to bear fruit this year. The grape is also a metaphor for fertility and blessings.

The steward nodded, "Little lady, everything is ready as you say." The place where the carriages are parked has also been expanded......"

Shen Ting listened to Eighteen Niang's question, stuck out his tongue, and whispered to Shen Yao: "I'm a mother, how can it be so troublesome to marry a wife, it's good to have food, and what kind of plates and bowls are important, it's really a sin." ”

As soon as Shen Yao was about to teach him a lesson, he saw a red figure at the door, hesitating whether to step into the door. He sighed and said, "Qin Niang is here." ”

In the past few days, Shen Qin has almost gone to the Hou Mansion next door to serve by the old lady's side, and now it is the spring breeze that is proud. Early this morning, the porter came to report, saying that she followed her aunt and sixteen to go out to pick out jewelry.

Eighteen Niang glanced at her lightly and said, "Sister Come in and have a cup of tea." Nanzhi served Sister Ah her favorite jasmine tea. ”

After speaking, he listened to the manager in charge of purchasing report on the expenses, and Dongzhu listened to the calculations. The sound of abacus beads crackled in the room, and Shen Qin sat beside Shen Yao stubbornly, feeling that his face was a little painful.

By the time the stewards finally finished reporting the matter, Shen Qin had long since lost the courage he had at the beginning.

But I saw Eighteen Niang take a sip of tea, turned her head to look at her, and asked softly, "Sister Come here, is there something wrong?" ”

Shen Qin felt a little stunned, the eighteen niang who had just come to Chang'an and had an imposing momentum seemed to be back again. She glanced at Dongzhu's abacus, turned her heart sideways, and asked, "Eighteen, you are now in charge of the accounts in the house, I don't know what my father's plan is for my marriage?" ”

Eighteen Niang narrowed her eyes, "When a concubine marries, the practice is three thousand taels of silver." ”

Shen Qin's face was a little ugly, "But sixteen has 10,000 taels of silver for the dowry, and today I went to pick out jewelry, and she bought five sets of the latest style." Didn't my father give it to him? ”

Eighteen Niang shook her head, "The public middle school is three thousand taels, and the extra ones are added by each room, and my father may plan to give it to my sister in private, but it may not be." My sister has a jewelry shop given by her brother, as well as 10,000 taels of silver, and she can't spend it all in her life. ”

Shen Yao was really generous, twenty taels of silver was enough for the village to chew for a year. Shen Qin has a grange, a shop, and a box of silver, and a number of antique calligraphy and paintings, which are not worse than ordinary daughters of families.

She prefers to compare with Shen Sixteen.

Shen Sixteen is the daughter of the long house, and she is going to marry into the Wang family as a clan wife. Even if it is for the face of the Shen family, she will never lose her dowry. This person is more angry than a person.

"Then can I spend the three thousand taels of silver and let my aunt buy a dowry for me? After all, Eighteen Niang is young, and she has to take care of the eldest brother's marriage, I think that since my father invited the eldest aunt to come, this matter will naturally be entrusted to her. Her voice grew quieter and quieter, and by the end she could barely be heard.

"Qin Niang, what are you talking about? Could it be that eighteen is not as reliable as a big aunt in the next room? You don't know, those of them all drink human blood without blinking, and there are too many flowers", Shen Ting slapped the table angrily, "She just asked someone to find a craftsman in the south to make a bed for you." ”

Eighteen Niang looked at Shen Qin, she was really a little disappointed, Shen Qin was so easily coaxed by a person she met for the first time.

She probably thought that she had a dislike for herself, and she was afraid that she would not be able to do it properly. I don't know, if she thought it herself, or if someone said something to her.

"What Sister said is that if you can't catch up with the eighteen forces and don't think about things well, it's better to let the eldest aunt do it. Dongzhu, take the right card, take the silver to the Qin Niang. It's just that Eighteen wants to remind Sister A that the jewelry in her mother's dowry is a treasure, and Sister Ah should not be coaxed away. ”

Qin Niang looked at Eighteen Niang, thoughtful, and when she saw the silver ticket handed over by Dongzhu, she was happy again, and she didn't drink the tea, and threw out the door.

"Eighteen Niang, Qin Niang, she was also deceived by the villain. She shouldn't suffer any big loss, right? Shen Ting asked a little sneeringly, for the people in Fan Yang's old mansion, he was extremely stunned, and he didn't dare to provoke any of them.

"The eldest aunt is the clan wife in the end, and she will not do anything to swallow her niece's dowry, don't worry." Eighteen Niang took another sip of tea, so it was okay, she was too lazy to bother.

It's not enough to cheat the silver, whether you only pay attention to the glamour on the outside, or secretly hide the benefits, there are many doorways.

For example, when buying dowry things, pick out those that are not useful, and buy a bunch of dead things with the silver at the bottom of the box, the dowry seems to be a lot, but it can't be said that you need to use silver in the future, so take the dowry.

And then there is that shop, there is a prosperous shop that is making money every day, and there is also a declining shop that goes out of business in minutes, and it is all a shop, isn't it?

and the accompanying room, whether it is loyal and capable, or a treacherous seller, whether it is a nail inserted by others, it depends on the conscience of the eldest aunt.

Shen Qin didn't know all of this.

After listening to this, Shen Ting relaxed his heart. Shen Yao looked at Eighteen and nodded at her.

Eighteen Niang breathed a sigh of relief, Shen Yao also agreed, she would no longer care about Shen Qin's affairs in the future. As long as her father does not fall, the Shen family does not fall, and Shen Yao does not fall, Shen Qin's life will not be unbearable.

"Little Niang......" Beiliu suddenly stepped in urgently, and whispered urgently in the ear of Eighteen Niang, Eighteen Niang stood up suddenly, slapped her hand on the table, and said angrily: "It's just too bullying." ”