Chapter 91: The Dowry
The family affairs of the Meng family and the Jiang family continued to proceed step by step.
During this period, another major event happened in the capital. Su Xin was killed in the suburbs of Beijing, and he also dismantled a few pieces, and his methods were extremely cruel. Some say that the Meng family did it, and some say that the Huang family did it, but they can't produce evidence. Jingzhao Mansion and the Criminal Department were dispatched at the same time, but no clues were found.
Su Tong ran to the emperor to cry, and said that the Meng family and the Huang family did it. While the emperor comforted him, he told him not to talk about it, and to tell the evidence in everything......
Of course, Jiang Yixi knew that that that incident was done by Meng Laoguo Gong and Meng Cimo.
One morning a few days later, Jiang Yixi finished copying "The Female Ring" to do embroidery work. She has already begun to quietly prepare the wedding dress, and the outside is made by the needlework room in the house, and she makes the inside wear.
Suddenly heard the quarrel between Shui Qing and a girl, followed by Shui Ling's loud voice, "No matter how cheap your stinky mouth is, believe it or not, I'll beat you." ”
Shui Xiang went out and persuaded the girl away.
Shui Xiang came in and said to Jiang Yixi, "Bi'er is so unreasonable, I said that the three girls heard that Jiu Jiu is very good at talking, and she wants to borrow it to play for two days." Shui Qing disagreed, so she scolded people. Shui Ling went out to beat her, but I stopped her. ”
Jiang Yiyan is the concubine of her uncle, she is arrogant in the house, and her girl also feels that she is a level higher than other girls.
Jiang Yixi fully believes that Huahua is just an inconspicuous civet cat, if it is a rare Persian cat, Jiang Yiyan must also want to "borrow", and it belongs to the kind that only borrows and does not return.
She said, "We don't lend her a needle from our yard." ”
Jiang Yiyan was unhappy, ran to the old lady to complain, and was reprimanded by the old lady.
"You're fifteen years old, and you're still so playful. Because a bird has a discord with her sister, she is not afraid of spreading it and affecting her relatives. ”
Jiang Yiyan pulled the handkerchief and said, "She is an older sister, she doesn't love her sister first, how can she blame me." ”
The old lady snorted coldly, "No matter what happens to the girl, she recruited the rarity of the Meng family's ancestors, and the Meng family took the initiative to ask for marriage." What about you? ”
The old lady glared at Jiang Yiyan angrily. The orphan girl in the second room is going to become the wife of the prince of Chengguo, and she almost becomes the princess of King Yong. And this uncle and concubine didn't say anything about a few relatives.
The mother and daughter both have eyes on the top of their foreheads, and they are looking for a wealthy family. It can be said that no matter how good a girl is in appearance, talent, or reputation, she is not good......
Jiang Yiyan was poked in the sore spot, and he stomped his feet and didn't dare to say anything more.
In the evening at the end of winter, there is a mixture of wind and snow.
Jiang Xun returned home. He came to the scorching courtyard first, walking a little lame, in good condition, and smiling.
The two sisters and brothers said a few words outside the courtyard gate and inside the courtyard gate, Jiang Xun handed over the roast chicken he bought to his sister, and then went to Ruyi Hall.
At the beginning of the month, Jiang Yi lifted the ban, and the relatives of the Meng family and the Jiang family also completed the request. Meng Lao Guogong specially asked the presiding officer of Baoguo Temple to calculate the auspicious day of the zodiac, and he was scheduled to get married on June 28 next year.
Wu Xiangbo's Mansion finally became the in-laws of the Chengguo Mansion.
Although she failed to be a family member of Yongwangfu, she "lost" that family, and the old lady realized that only what she really grasped in her hands was the most precious and real. If you don't catch it for a day, you may lose it. For their Jiang family, the Meng Mansion is already high, and they must be content.
The bride price list of the Meng Mansion was also handed over to Mrs. Jiang, adding up to a total of 25,000 taels of silver. This kind of dowry is also considered high in the entire capital.
There are many dowry gifts, which means that the Jiang family's daughters are expensive.
Mrs. Jiang felt that she had a lot of face, and said it over and over again to the people who came to congratulate her.
The in-laws have produced so many dowries, of course, their own families can't be too little. The old lady struggled for a day and a night, and decided to take 10,000 taels of silver to buy a dowry, and the dowry of the Meng Mansion would also be included in the dowry.
Of the 10,000 taels of silver, the Jiang family took 8,500 taels of silver, plus the dowry left by the Hu family. The Hu family's dowry consisted of one hundred and fifty acres of land and a Zhuangzi, and a few pieces of ornamental jewelry that were not very valuable, and the old lady priced it at 1,500 taels of silver.
As soon as her words came out, Mrs. Jiang began to cry, and Uncle Jiang was unwilling.
Mrs. Jiang cried, "Mother-in-law, my Hui girl is still the eldest daughter of Bofu, the daughter of the uncle, and she is married to the son-in-law of Bofu, and the princess only gave 4,000 taels of silver. For other girls, the concubine is three or two thousand, and the concubine is one thousand and five taels. It's a pity that the girl marries the prince of the princess is special, and it is already impossible to increase it by 1,000 taels, how can she give so much. We are Bofu, it sounds good, but there are more people out and less in and there are many people, and life is difficult......"
The old lady said angrily, "I don't know. It's a pity that the girl will be the duchess of the country in the future, and give more dowry, so that she can remember the good of her mother's family and pull her brothers and sisters with all her heart. How can the Pingjin Bofu be compared with the Chengguo Mansion, their original dowry was only 10,000 taels, while the Meng Mansion had 25,000 taels. Do you have only four or five thousand taels of silver in your house, can you get it? ”
Then he looked at his eldest son, who was not looking good, and asked, "What about you?" You can't have the same small eyes as your daughter-in-law, right? ”
Uncle Jiang hesitated and said, "Mother is right, you should give a lot of dowry to the girl." However, it is really difficult for the family to come up with so much silver at once. ”
The old lady couldn't, so she had to say, "Six thousand taels from the public middle school, and two thousand five hundred taels from me." ”
Uncle Jiang really wanted to say, your old man took out all the five thousand taels of silver that the Chengguo Mansion thanked Jiang Chen, wouldn't it be easy to do? But it's embarrassing to say it.
Mrs. Jiang was still unwilling. The old lady's private room, leaving it is also her son's more points, and giving more to that girl, and it is still her own family who suffers.
She didn't dare to say she disagreed, she was aggrieved and distressed, and wiped her tears with a handkerchief.
The old lady was so angry that her door hurt. He scolded, "Put away your thoughts." My 5,000 taels of private silver were exchanged for my second son's life, and I just gave them to the girl and Jiang Xun, and it was not your turn to cry and mourn here. ”
Uncle Jiang didn't dare to say any more, frowned and scolded the eldest lady a few words. In his opinion, the old lady's private room will definitely be partial to the three rooms, and he would rather the old lady go out of the private room too much. As for the property in the public school, the law is that the long house is divided into half of the property......
The content of this high-level meeting was relayed to Jiang Yixi.
Jiang Yixi snorted coldly. It stands to reason that Hu's dowry should be divided equally between her and Jiang Xun, and even leave some more for Jiang Xun. They gave it to her in order to pay less, and she accepted it as a matter of course in her previous life.
She didn't love money much before, but she didn't think about it, and all she had in her heart was Meng Laosan......
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Poor little Jiang Xun. In his previous life, no one in this family felt sorry for him, and in the end he died in vain.
After Mrs. Jiang San knew that she had given Jiang Yi so much dowry, she was also a little distressed, and felt that it was too much higher than the regulations, which would affect her son's future division of the family property.