Wan Lu exploded when he heard it, and his loud voice roared, but when he thought that it was in someone else's house, he could suppress his voice, and said with a red face, "Gao's deception is too much!" How can this be? Even if the Ran family doesn't give a dowry, what about the lady's dowry? She swallowed it all? If you do such a thing of cutting off your children and grandchildren, you are not afraid that you will never be able to give birth to a son again! ”

Xing Niang rolled up her sleeves and said in a dull voice, "You have wronged the Gao family, no matter how ruthless she is, isn't she still the eldest lady in the hospital?" Dare to screw up with the clan elders? ”

The clan elders know very well in their hearts, they must hold on to Ran Yan, how can the Xiao family climb if they want to? The opportunity is no longer available, and they don't think that there is any other lady in the Ran clan who can hook the children of the gate valve.

"You're saying Aya doesn't want to." Ran Yan didn't use a question sentence, she knew from the beginning that this Tang Dynasty father was short-sighted and selfish, but being short-sighted to this point was really a kind of admirable realm.

This matter, Ran Yan can connect with the beginning and the end after a little thought, the five surnames and seven families have always been ashamed to intermarry with the next surname, but after the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, by the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, many of these big clans were only empty shells, and most of the Shandong scholars who were extremely prosperous in the past were not exempt from poverty, but after all, they are all big clans with hundreds of years of history and prestige, for many scholars, marriage between scholars is the only way to show off their noble bloodlines. Gradually, a custom of "selling marriage" was formed.

The Ran family was the daughter of the Zheng family in Xingyang who married through money in this situation, and the dowry given by the Ran family was more than a hundred times more than the dowry brought by the Zheng family. Ran Wen was already worried about this matter, and now he wants to ask the short-sighted him to paste another dowry fee for Zheng's daughter, he is bound to be unwilling, even if it is also his daughter.

"Ah Lang will compromise, after all, with Xiao Langjun's attention to the lady, the dowry will not be less, although Ah Lang ······ I can't see it clearly, but the clan elders will still take care of the faces of the Ran family and the lady. Seeing that Ran Yan was silent, Xing Niang thought that she was sad in her heart, so she hurriedly said comfort.

Ran Yan curled the corners of his lips and smiled sarcastically, "I'm afraid that the clan elders also compromised in the end, and only a very small part of it was released, otherwise there would be no paper list of the third uncle." Anyway, the wool comes from the sheep, and after all, it is to use this to deceive the third uncle. ”

Even if the Ran family agrees to pay the dowry, the clan elders are reluctant to embezzle the public middle school, after all, they want to ask Ran Pingyu for money, or be more clear in this way, and Ran Yan will know where her mother's family is in the future.

"Huh?" Xing Niang stretched out her hand to take the list of dowries, and said with a happy face, "Here is Madame's dowry!" ”

"Which ones?" Ran Yan asked.

Xing Niang pointed to the leftmost lines of handwriting, "This is the Zhuangzi and the mansion that Mrs. marryed, although there are not many, but in a place like Chang'an, where every inch of land is valuable, it is really good." ”

When the Zheng family passed away, Ran Yan was still very young, so the Zheng family's dowry could only be temporarily placed in Ran Wen's hands, but it was not known who had fallen into the hands of the Zheng family over the years, and the Ran family could not and did not dare to sell it, and no one in the Ran clan could be a Beijing official for many years, so these Zhuangzi and mansions have been idle so far.

"I thought it was taken out by the third uncle." Compared with money, these places are more popular.

In later generations, the house gives women a sense of security far greater than that of men, and Ran Yan is naturally not exempt from vulgarity. Therefore, it is not unreasonable to say that most women are keen to accumulate real estate.

Ran Yan flicked his fingers on the dowry list, "There is actually a store in the East Market... …·· When I go to choose a wedding dress tomorrow, I will stop by and have a look. ”

It is to be expected that the location of this shop will not be too good, but it is better than nothing.

In the early morning of the next day, when the drum fell, Ran Yan sent someone to talk to Du Shi, and led Wan Lu and Xing Niang out of the house to Dongshi.

The place where I met yesterday was said to be in Jinxiuzhuang, the largest embroidery village in Chang'an. Ran Yan personally prefers the eclectic embroidery style of Xu Wenchang of Qiluo Ji, but for the sake of solemnity, this has to choose Jinxiuzhuang.

The morning light is softly spread on the rows of shops, many willow trees are planted in front of the drainage ditch next to the road, and the small green buds have been emitted, there are not too many pedestrians on the road, and many shops are still sprinkling and sweeping in front of the door.

Dongshi is still as vibrant as ever, Ran Yan looked outside, and unconsciously remembered that when he went shopping with Xiao Song on Chinese New Year's Eve, there was something overflowing in his heart, but it seemed empty. Before I knew it, I hadn't seen him for more than a month.

The carriage stopped, and the coachman said, "Mrs. Yan, it's time to Jinxiufang." ”

Ran Yan passed by the Splendid Workshop before, hooked the eaves of the horns, and the word "Splendid" on the plaque at the door flew away the dragon and snake, which was very magnificent.

Wan Lu jumped out of the car first, and as soon as Ran Yan moved, he heard an exclamation outside, and couldn't help but say, "What happened?" ”

"No······ It's okay. Ran Yan's frightened voice came from outside.

Ran Yan opened the curtain suspiciously, and faced a handsome face with a playful smile. He is still wearing a dark purple round-necked wide-sleeved regular suit, and his black hair is as energetic as ever.

"What are you doing, come down." Xiao Song's mellow voice said with a smile

Ran Yan was stunned for a moment, and got out of the car with his support, "You won't go to court today?" ”

"Today, the saint is not feeling well, so he will disperse after ordering it." Xiao Song sighed faintly and said, "Does the sky also pity me?" ”

"Xiao Shilang." As soon as Xing Niang got out of the car, she squeezed him away very skillfully, "It's a trivial matter, let's let the old slave come." ”

Xiao Song couldn't squeeze back anymore, so he had to "look" at Ran Yan from afar.

"You better go back to the official office, you run out of the time to see the matter, be careful of being a copy of the ginseng of the Imperial History Tower!" Ran Yan was also very happy to see him, but she had also heard Ran Pingyu say that Zhang Liang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was about to be transferred, and Xiao Song might be on top of a vacancy above, although this possibility was not very great, but it was also very depressing to be a copy of the Imperial History Desk in the eyes of avoiding the sample.

What's more, he put Ran Yan on the tip of his heart like this, and it is useless for Ran Yan to be known by those who have other intentions.

Xiao Song weighed it and felt that he would marry home in two months anyway, and he could look at it however he wanted when the time came, and no one could stop him, so he didn't insist anymore, and said, "Then I'll go back." ”

"Hmm." Ran Yan said.

Their farewell has always been so crisp, but this time when Ran Yan walked up the steps, he stopped and glanced at Xiao Song, but saw that Xiao Song was turning back on the horse, and smiled at Ran Yan.

"Lady! No one can see the shadow anymore! Evening Green laughed.

Ran Yan reached out and gently tapped her on the head, "The guts are getting fatter and fatter." ”