152: The so-called elder brother is used to sell it. Since ancient times, women's dowry belongs to their own private property. Anyone with a little face in the husband's family will not touch their wife's dowry. The Jiangnan family prepares dowry for their children, and even prepares old clothes for decades to deliver old clothes. There is no need for the husband's family. In this way, their children can be firm in their husband's family and will not be looked down upon.

Hai's family is born in a high family and has a rich dowry. In addition, the benefits of the shops and fields from the dowry over the years have increased, so there will be more and more dowry. If it weren't for marrying a daughter one after another and marrying her son this year, there would be more things inside and outside, and she wouldn't have been so stretched.

Hai was a little nervous when he heard the old lady say this, and hurriedly said, "Old lady, don't think too much. This is just a temporary solution. The master said that when the rest of the day is calm next year, he will make up for the dowry. Besides, this cannot be considered a dowry for his wife, but it is just an emergency. I didn't want you to worry about it, but I will tell you about this matter sooner or later, so my wife just hopes that the old lady will not be angry. Changjie's marriage is still important in front of me." Hai paused and said, "Is the master planning to take out two shops to change hands?

I think it's not worth it. The one I said just now is fine. Although it's also on the front street and the location is not very good. If you sell the other one, it's a good location on the Central Street, it would be a pity. So my wife thought that instead of selling that good shop, it would be better to sell the paddy field in Jiangnan. The master was unwilling to do it at first, but I thought about the couple living. Although the dowry is my private property, I will go over and talk about it first when there is a difficulty in the future. When the money is collected, we will buy it back. Do you think?"

Yao Qian looked at the old lady's expression still bad, and said, "Mom, don't worry, I will fill her dowry after the New Year. Your daughter-in-law is reluctant to sell the good shop, and she is reluctant to sell the dry land she has bought. Besides, the dry land has already planted seeds. It is a pity to buy it at this time. We also think it is feasible after discussing it."

Old Mrs. Yao sighed, her face softened, and looked at Hai and said, "Since you entered my door, our family has never touched your dowry for a penny. It's not that your dowry cannot be used, but that this is the rule. We can't live with it anymore. I understand your intentions. I have always known that you are a soft-hearted person. I heard you mention that the paddy field in the south is also very large. If you sell it, you will buy it again next year. It's probably not easy. If you sell it in a hurry, there will be no good price. Others will take the opportunity to lower the price. Isn't this the truth? You just fool me with good words."

The old lady hit the nail on the head, and Hai and Yao Qian were both a little embarrassed. In fact, Hai really couldn't bear to leave the paddy field. Just thinking from the left and right, the only thing was the most cost-effective in comparison. She was reluctant to leave. Her son's marriage was a big deal, and both sides of the Yao family were also big deals, and they were not careless.

"How much money is there to lose in Changjie's marriage?" the old lady asked.

Hai thought about it and said, "I originally planned to give you a betrothal gift of 20,000 taels. To be honest, the fifth-rank official families usually have 10,000 taels, and some families are lower, and seven or eight thousand taels are enough. However, we are married to the Wei family in Linchuan. The Wei family has been a century-old prominent family. In the court, the power is very deep. We can't let others take a look at us. I thought it would be difficult to give a 30,000 taels, and it would be too little.

I was afraid that the other party would be unhappy, so I gritted my teeth and prepared 20,000 taels. It was enough. Originally, we were just ordinary families who were incomparable to the aristocratic families, but they were considered better than their peers. But when the Wei family came to measure the house, I felt that I had to discuss it with the master again, thinking that there would be a number of betrothal gifts, otherwise when the bride's dowry came in, what would we have to see them?"

In fact, what Haishi wants to ask the most is, Wuya, which one do you like, but Haishi dared not speak easily, so she had to secretly look at Dad Yao. Dad Yao's face was a little uncomfortable, but he still hardened his scalp. But what he said was, "How about 30,000 taels?"

Hai tightened his handkerchief and gritted his teeth. Yao Qian felt his heart twitching and silently turned his face.

The old lady looked at the two of them and ignored them and said slowly: "You are buying fertile land in Shandong and Zhili to increase the industry for the Yao family. This is a regular business, and my descendants will have an industrial life in the future. I will pay the 10,000 taels of silver for Changjie's wedding shortfall. You don't have to sell your fertile land anymore, and you don't have to sell your master's shop anymore. All of these are left for the children."

"Mom, how can you pay for this?" Yao Qian stood up quickly, his face tightened. He didn't come to fight Qiufeng with his mother, and this was impossible.

Hai also stood up and said hurriedly: "Mom, don't get me wrong, we don't care about your money."

The old lady nodded and asked the two to sit down, then said slowly: "I know that you are all filial. No matter how much I have, I will leave it to the children in the future. Now the family needs to be turned on urgently, so it is nothing to take it out, it's just given it to you in advance."

When it comes to dowry, although the Hai family has a high origin and a thick dowry, no one knows how much dowry the old lady had compared to the legitimate daughter of Jinxiang Hou Mansion in Xijing back then.

Yao Qian kept shook his head, and Hai was also uneasy. Although the old lady would leave her things to the Yao family early and late, she could not make this idea when the old lady was still alive. This is extremely unfilial.

The old lady waved her hand and said, "This matter is settled. I'll pay this money, don't say more."

Yao Qian and Hai thanked each other for a long time. One thought I didn’t have to sell my shop, but it actually hurts a lot. The other thought I didn’t have to sell my paddy fields, so I finally didn’t have to feel sorry for it. The couple looked at each other and sat down silently.

The old lady looked at the two and said again: "The matter of Changjie is settled like this. Let's talk about Zi Jin's marriage."

The couple's hearts were suffocated again, and Yao Qian hurriedly said, "Mom, when did you show the marriage for the fifth girl? How could you keep working so hard? We are the younger generations uneasy."

"A while ago, your wife was busy and had no time to go out. You were busy in the Hanlin Academy all day long. I, the only old lady, was idle. The wife of Duke Liang was Sheng Yi and told several marriages. I thought one of them was excellent." The old lady paused and looked up at the two and said, "The man mentioned is the third son of the Jinghai Hou family."

The room suddenly became quiet. Haishi stared at the old lady with wide eyes and couldn't speak for a long time. Marquis of Jinghai... The richest nobleman of the marquis in Jiangnan, Jiangnan's expelling pirates and his meritorious efforts to protect the Jinghai Marquis' family that was hereditary in the coastal coast? They were just a concubine's son... They also stood up...

Hai looked at Yao Qian uneasyly, Yao Qian was also frightened, looked at the old lady, and said, "Mom, is this too outrageous? The concubine son of the Jinghai Hou family is afraid that he will not look down on the concubine daughter of our fifth-rank official family? What's more, the Jinghai Hou has made contributions to suppressing the enemy in Jiangnan in recent years. If I remember correctly, his third son Wu Zhen, should have lived in Kyoto to manage the affairs of the middle school for the family. I have met this person once. He is a very smart person. How could he agree to such a marriage?"

Wu Qi, the Marquis of Jinghai, was the younger brother of Wu Fu, the Marquis of Anlu. He served as the assistant general of the Grand Commander and the deputy general of the Southern Conquest. He had fought with Wu Fu and other generals in the south and north. He was well-versed in the art of warfare and was named General Jinghai and Marquis of Jinghai. He once led the boat troops to the sea of ​​flowing balls to defeat the Japanese pirates. He has so far been guarding the southwest coast, with great reputation and great achievements.

Children from such a family, even children from a concubine have been riding fierce horses, holding long bows, practicing water battles, and practicing military tactics. The family rules are extremely strict. How can they marry the Yao family?

The great families, kings, princes, generals and ministers are also divided into two categories: one is the one with real power and ability, and the other is the one who is just a name, without ability, and reaps the old capital. The Jinghai Hou family has many talented people, and their ancestors are proficient in water wars for generations. When they went to the Ryukyu sea to fight with the Japanese pirates, the one who led the troops to fight was just a concubine's son, General Jinghai and the legitimate son of the family, who were just in charge of the army and commanded the other side of the river.

This battle made the Jinghai Hou family famous. His family guarded for a day and the Japanese pirates dared not invade each other.

The fact of this marriage was so shocking. Hai was quite uncomfortable, a little sour and depressed. In the end, he didn't expect that the fifth girl would fly up to the high branch, feeling quite depressed.

The old lady looked at her son and smiled slightly, "What a family with great military achievements is the most afraid of is the taboo to provoke. If a concubine's son wants to marry a noble daughter, the patriarch of the Jinghai Hou family is afraid that he will change his talents. It is justified to keep a low profile. What's more, although our Yao family is only a fifth-rank official, you are listening to the emperor every day. How many people can meet the emperor every day? It's not eye-catching, but also marry the emperor's close ministers. Unfortunately, there are only one fifth girl left in our family. The marriage of the Jinghai Hou family is a little late. If it were a year in the morning, it might be the second girl or the third girl who married. But then again, your foundation in front of the imperial court was still unstable a year ago, and the Jinghai Hou family is probably still watching, so things in this way are the complementary."

The old lady explained slowly, and Hai's brows relaxed. Thinking about it, what happened to Guan Wuya? It was because the Marquis Jinghai proposed marriage late, and it was not that the old lady was biased towards the fifth girl. There was a smile between her eyebrows and eyes, "Then have you agreed to this marriage?"

The old lady nodded, "The family of Jinghai and Duke Liang's Mansion have some connections. The ancestors of Duke Liang's Mansion also have relationships with Duke Jinxiang's Mansion, so I asked Duke Liang's wife to protect the media. I saw that this marriage made it possible for Master Wu San to live in Kyoto. The fifth girl doesn't have to marry far away from Jiangnan. Secondly, you can get less trouble even if you stay away from the family. What's more, there are so many things on the ground of the Kyoto Mansion and the Yao family can still have the right to speak. Then the third master of the Wu family is afraid that he will not dare to aggriev the fifth girl. This marriage is very good."

Seeing that the old lady agreed, no wonder the old lady said she would prepare a lot of dowry for Wu Yatou. Can such a family not prepare much?

Hai's head hurt again, calculated his own small treasury, swallowed a mouthful, and asked slowly, "How much do you need to prepare for the fifth girl's dowry, and your wife can prepare in advance." As he said this, Hai's heart was irritated again, and the paddy fields were still to be sold. I guess his master's shop could not run away, but I just didn't know if it was enough to buy these?

The old lady looked at Hai and said slowly: "The daughters of the Yao family got married and the husband gave away five thousand taels of silver. I will add another thousand taels. Yao Yue and the three of you are your biological sons. You have subsidized some of the original ones in private. You just said that the total dowry included in the subsidy is 10,000 taels. The husband from the fourth girl gave away five thousand taels, and I will give it one thousand taels, but if you gave the Hou family's betrothal gift, it would be enough for 10,000 taels. According to the old rules, the husband gave away five thousand taels, and I will make up the rest."

Hai and Yao Qian looked at each other, but they couldn't say anything to refute. Yao Qian was nothing, all the children were his, so who wouldn't be supplemented?

Hai was still feeling a little uncomfortable. In fact, according to common sense, the old lady gave Yao Changjie a betrothal gift, but at least half of it could be sent back in the end, which was not a loss. However, if the old lady supplemented Zi Jin, it would be really a meat bun to beat the dog but never return.

What's more, she didn't move a son of Yao Yutang's betrothal gift. She would keep Yao Zijin's betrothal gift or not? Haishi was really confused. The Hou family was poor, and it was hard to get over the conscience of Haishi. The Hou family in Jinghai was a huge wealth. If she didn't keep it... wouldn't she have a big loss?

Hai was extremely depressed, not to mention that the old lady was willing to pay 10,000 taels of silver to supplement Yao Changjie. Could it be that she would say that the old lady could not supplement Yao Zijin? This is too...

Yao Qian was a man in the officialdom and was smarter than Hai's family. He thought it through his heart. His mother first put all the gap in Changjie's betrothal gifts, but I'm afraid it would be the way for Wu Yatou's dowry. To be honest, it would be a bit unreasonable if the concubine's dowry was more than the legitimate daughter.

What's more, there are families with low dowry when foster daughters marrying a high family and having few dowry. Some stepmothers are mean, and some marry their daughters without regard for their face. However, the old lady always pays attention to reputation. If the marriage is really determined by the Jinghai Hou family, the dowry must not be vague.

First, he blocked his wife's mouth and then made Zi Jin's dowry a natural thing. Yao Qian suddenly felt that his mother was too powerful and he was walking steadily step by step.

In his opinion, Zi Jin's happiness is the most important thing, and he doesn't have to consider the dowry or anything else, not to mention that the money is still the old lady's body and self-financing. Yao Qian completely forgot that this money will be left to him in the future.

Hai was not easy to refute. Although he felt a little sad, he could not think about the old lady's body when he thought about the old lady's body. What's more, the old lady could even take out 10,000 taels of silver to supplement Changjie. How much more could he do if Zijin was supplemented?

After thinking about it, I felt a little relieved and smiled, "I just kept asking the old lady to take out the money, and my wife felt very uncomfortable. Why would I help take out some of it?"

"This is not necessary. Your own expenses are not small. In the future, you will have to leave some good things for your grandchildren, so I will make up for it. That's it." The old lady said, and then said: "We need to hold Changjie's marriage first. After Changjie's marriage, Marquis Jinghai will send a matchmaker to the door seriously. If you stagger it like this, you can take a breath."

Hai responded respectfully, thinking that he would add some clothes and make some jewelry for the fifth girl first...

On the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, the Yao family had a lively wedding day. Yao Changjie finally married Wei Mingzhu home. Zi Jin helped Haishi with the family affairs for a day in the backyard, welcomed and saw him off and talked with others. Several sisters from the Yao family reunite, and naturally they were very happy. They had no place to have a wedding room at night. After the bride entered the wedding room, she went over to say hello.

Thinking that there were too many people in the bridal chamber at this time, he was unwilling to join in the fun, Zi Jin ordered Hanmei, "Go and see if the hot water in the eldest young lady's yard is ready, whether the girl and the mother who came to dowry had eaten, and the place where they lived was arranged. Don't be negligent. You can go and see it yourself. There are too many people today, but I'm afraid that if there are too many people, I'm afraid that I will forget the situation. This is not good."

Han Mei nodded immediately, and Seiqiao smiled and said, "The girl's heart is getting more and more delicate. It's hard for you to think so thoughtfully. Grandma is grateful if she knows it."

Zi Jin smiled softly and said, "It's just that I'm judging others by myself. I want to marry into a strange family in the future. I also hope someone can think more about me."

Seiqi was eager to speak but stopped. She glanced at Zi Jin, and then whispered: "I heard that the old lady has chosen someone for the girl. When the eldest master becomes a marriage, your marriage will start to start."

Zi Jin was stunned and turned to look at Xianqiao: "Who did you hear?"

"I heard from Xue Su in the old lady's yard that when I was in Xijintang, I was closest to Du Ruo after she left." Xianqiu mentioned Du Ruo and smiled, "I heard that Du Ruo is going to come back to work as a servant after the New Year, so I will go back to Xijintang. The old lady really likes her and thinks about her very thoughtfully."

Du Ruo is coming back after a year, which is not long before. Zi Jin had long thought that the old lady would definitely let Du Ruo go back. Lu's mother is getting older and always has to find someone to take over. Du Ruo is actually quite suitable.

Zi Jin remembered the delicate words again, pursed her lips and asked, "Do you know which one the old lady looks at?"

"I don't know this, I'm hiding it very much. Xue Su occasionally heard Lu's mother reveal something, and she didn't dare to ask about anything else." Xianqiao said in a low voice.

Zi Jin nodded, but was afraid that it was because Lu's mother said she had revealed it on purpose. Knowing that Xue Su was getting close to Xian Qiao, she would definitely sell her face. Lu's mother just hoped that she would be prepared sooner.

Zi Jin thought that no matter which family the old lady liked, she would never harm her, so she simply let it go.

Hanmei came back soon and said with a smile: "The bridal chamber is very lively. Now that the people have dispersed, everyone is ready there, so don't worry, girl. Now the eldest young master has gone to socialize with the guests. Is the girl still there?"

Zi Jin thought that he always wanted to say hello, so he nodded, put on a silver rat-skinned jacket and skirt, and then put on a rose-purple cloak covered with fox-skinned cloak, and then went to the new residence of Yao Changjie and Wei Mingzhu.

The snow was hustling down. Zi Jin was already halfway through and couldn't go back, so he could only walk quickly to the Jingyuan.

After entering the scenic garden, Wei Mingzhu had already washed it, her red wedding dress was neatly hung on the clothes hanger, and her head was covered with a simple drooping bun. When she heard Zi Jin coming, she hurriedly came out. When the two met, Wei Mingzhu felt a little embarrassed.

Zi Jin took off the cloak and handed it to Hanmei, and warmed her body beside the brazier. Then she looked at Wei Mingzhu with a smile and shouted: "Sister-in-law, you are really from my Yao family now and you can't go anywhere."

Wei Mingzhu was so embarrassed that her face turned red, and she hurriedly ordered someone to take a handheld stove and hand it to Zijin. She sat opposite Zijin, and then said, "You are here to laugh at me, sooner or later, you will have such a day, see if I will lose you then."

"I'm not afraid, my elder brother will naturally protect me." Zi Jin smiled with his lips pursed, and Wei Mingzhu looked at her with her head down and her face was red.

Zi Jin was not too troubled, so he said, "My elder brother is a very good man. He is really a good person. Sister-in-law, you will know in the future."

Wei Mingzhu nodded gently, "After entering this house, I naturally want to live with him well, don't worry about this."

Zi Jin rolled her eyes a little. Who doesn’t want to live a good life? In fact, Zi Jin hopes that Wei Mingzhu can really have a relationship with Yao Changjie. The couple stays together for a lifetime and cannot calm down. Zi Jin doesn’t want it to happen to Yao Changjie and Wei Mingzhu. She hopes that his favorite elder brother can have a happy marriage.

Zi Jin glanced at Hanmei. Hanmei understood and said to Wei Mingzhu with a smile: "Grandma, I will take your girl down to eat first. After all, I have been busy for a day and must be hungry. Our girl has already ordered the kitchen to prepare hot meals."

Wei Mingzhu looked at Zi Jin gratefully, nodded and said to the people around her: "You all go, I'll talk to the fifth sister."

Everyone bowed and left, and then followed Hanmei.

Zi Jin breathed a sigh of relief, held the stove in both hands, and looked at Wei Mingzhu and said, "Sister-in-law, my elder brother is a cold-faced person. Don't be scared by his coffin face. If you have something to do, you can't make any decisions. Remember to tell your elder brother. The elder brother is the best brother and will definitely be the best husband. You have to be patient. It is not easy to enter a heart, and it is even more difficult to stay together for a lifetime. I only hope that you and my elder brother are not respectful couples but happy couples."

Wei Mingzhu looked at Zi Jin's face with a look of surprise, and seemed to be unable to believe that Zi Jin would say such bold words, but she was also a little excited. Which girl was not in love with her? Which girl didn't want her husband to be the one she wanted to love? Even though she knew that Zi Jin's words were inappropriate, she still responded in a low voice: "It's only you who are willing to talk to me like this. Before I got married, my mother told me to respect my husband and be filial to her parents-in-law... but she didn't dare to say such words to me." Moreover, did she say that her elder brother is on the face of a coffin? What a terrifying description!

After all, it is a true scholarly family. How can we teach children to charm their husbands? As a wife, we naturally have to be ashamed of a wife. But because of this, it lacks the fun of the couple's fun. Over time, we will naturally feel boring, and there is no change in mind.

"I just think that women are actually quite pitiful all their lives. I also hope that my elder brother will be happy and that my elder sister-in-law will have a happy marriage. We don't ask for much, but it's just a heart."

Just a heart...

"I want to marry you and live a rest for life. Even if you are abandoned ruthlessly, you cannot be ashamed. This result is not our future. We have to live a long and happy life, and we are willing to love our daughter and smile. We always have to fight for our own happiness. Moreover, my elder brother doesn't like dull women. If you think about it, he is depressed enough. If you don't dare to speak, your yard is really quiet, that's not good." Zi Jin chuckled. In fact, she really didn't want to be mean. She really looked at Wei Mingzhu as if she was not that kind of dull person, and just added a little color to her elder brother's life.

"He... doesn't like dull people?" Wei Mingzhu asked in a low voice without even being blushed.

Zi Jin nodded and said solemnly: "Of course, do you like it?"

Wei Mingzhu shook her head gently, but she didn't like being bored, but her mother always wanted to let her learn to be calm, which was so annoying. After all, her sister-in-law could see through her.

"That's right. I don't like what you don't like. Of course, my elder brother doesn't like it either." Zi Jin said while patting his chest.

Wei Mingzhu pursed her lips and didn't know what she was thinking. When Zi Jin saw that it was getting late, her elder brother should come back, so she smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, I'm back, I'll talk to you tomorrow."

Wei Mingzhu hurriedly stood up and sent Zijin to see him off, and greeted the girl to come in and serve him. Han Mei put on a big cloak for Zijin. Just when she was about to leave, Yao Changjie came back. Seeing Zijin was not surprised at all, "Will you leave now?"

Zi Jin smiled at Mimi and said, "Of course I have to leave, I dare not miss my elder brother's wedding night."

Yao Changjie was still expressionless, but there was a smell of alcohol on his body, but Wei Mingzhu retreated, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Yeah." Yao Changjie nodded.

Zi Jin only felt that there was probably nothing in this world that could change her elder brother's face. She said so happily. Zi Jin was ashamed. Wei Mingzhu, who didn't know what it was like to be interested, suddenly rushed to her feet was so pitiful. I don't know if this coffin face could be changed to a face in the wedding night tonight...
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