Chapter 92 Wouldn't it be better to marry the daughter of the Wang family?
While having breakfast, Manager Qin and others were busy outside.
Mrs. Zhang asked Chen, "Are you taking the dowry you prepared for your eldest niece to Mudu?"
Mrs. Chen smiled and nodded: "Yes, it's just some makeup. But thanks to Axiu for helping me prepare it, otherwise I wouldn't be able to use my little private room."
Wang Xiudao: "Look what mother said, isn't what's mine yours?"
Mrs. Chen said: "I know you are filial, but your parents can't bully you all the time. From now on, don't worry about the dowries of your three sisters."
There was an eerie silence in the hall for a while.
Mrs. Zhang reacted quickly, nodded and said, "Your mother is right. A married woman has never used her own dowry to prepare a dowry for her sister-in-law. At most, it is just to add some dowry. It depends on your own wishes.
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"You only have Yun Hong in your family, so you don't have any bias. If in our Zhang family, we and the two elders behave like this, then there will be discord between the sisters-in-law in the future."
"Furthermore, the character of the husband's family is important when marrying. As for the dowry and betrothal gifts, you can't live without it, but don't attach too much importance to it. After all, life is lived by a young couple. For a family like ours, studying is the most important thing.
If you study well, your future will be good."
Mrs. Yao echoed: "Yes, Mrs. Zhang is right."
Wang Xiu wanted to laugh. This Mrs. Yao was also a talented person. She was like a steamed bun with meat. Every time she wanted to say something, she was stuck in the middle and couldn't say anything.
Originally intending to test the attitude of the two families, Wang Xiu did not continue to express his position on how much makeup he would add.
However, after breakfast, Mrs. Yao took Mrs. Zhang to the courtyard and took a look at the makeup Mrs. Chen had prepared for Chen Shengfang.
Furniture, fabrics, jewelry, shoes and socks, etc. are all available. However, even if you look good, if the newlywed bride does not have enough money to save her money, she will still have a difficult life in the future.
But this time it was prepared for her niece. Thinking that it was her daughter's turn, Mrs. Chen would give her more money.
Along the way, the three families were relatively harmonious.
Mrs. Zhang, in particular, was very lively and talkative.
It can be seen that she has a cheerful personality and is not a person who cares much.
On the contrary, Mrs. Yao is picky but doesn't want to spend money on things. She wants you to spend money for her, but she will think you are a person who doesn't know how to live.
When we arrived at Chen's house, there was naturally a lot of excitement.
Ding did not expect Chen to be so capable. She just did it herself and also brought people from the Zhang family in Taizhou and the Yao family in Ningbo.
This was a very honorable thing for the Chen family. Soon, Ding sent someone to book an inn and booked the Xingsheng Inn closest to home.
Since there were still two days before the appointment date, Ding planned to take them to Lingyan Temple for fun the next day. Since they had never been to Mudu, Wang Xiu immediately agreed.
So on the first night after settling down in Mudu, everyone went to bed early because they were tired from the journey.
She got up early the next day, had breakfast and rushed to Lingyan Temple. On the way, Mrs. Chen deliberately asked Mrs. Ding how much money she had prepared for Chen Shengfang.
Mrs. Ding looked at Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Yao beside her and couldn't refuse, so she said: "The family is not well off, so Shengfang's father discussed with her brother and prepared two thousand taels of silver for her. Plus the money from the Dong family
I brought her the betrothal gift, which is about five thousand taels. Although it is not a lot, in Mudu, it is already a lot."
Mrs. Zhang said: "That's very good. Many families are reluctant to part with five hundred taels when marrying their daughter, and they are not allowed to take away the betrothal gift given by the husband's family."
Mrs. Yao said: "How can someone from a small family like that be called marrying off their daughter? They should be selling their daughters."
Mr. Ding laughed and said there were few people like that.
But Mrs. Yao said stubbornly: "You are just wrong. There are most families like that."
Mrs. Zhang gave a discount and said: "Although there are many families like that, if you can marry a good wife, the betrothal gift and dowry are nothing. After all, if a daughter-in-law marries into her own family, she becomes a member of her own family."
Mrs. Yao felt that Mrs. Zhang wanted to marry the Lu family, so she deliberately targeted her.
If her father hadn't told her that their children were classmates and would support each other when they entered the officialdom, she would not have bothered to pay attention to Mrs. Zhang.
Mrs. Chen seemed unaware of the dispute between them, and just said to Mrs. Ding: "Her sister-in-law has already found someone to prepare the large pieces of furniture for Yun Ran's dowry, and your brother-in-law and I have also chosen the remaining small pieces."
That's almost it. Even with the money at the bottom of the box, I'm afraid I can only make up about three thousand taels. This is Axiu's responsibility to supplement us, and I'm afraid there will be nothing else."
Mrs. Ding was secretly surprised. She didn't expect that Wang Xiu had spoken so nicely before, but now he would give up the idea.
However, in front of everyone, she couldn't say anything wrong about her nephew and daughter-in-law, so she quickly said: "Three thousand taels is already a lot, which is what a wealthy family like us can afford, but for ordinary people, even if they become an official, they may not be able to afford it."
It can be made up."
Mrs. Zhang also quickly consoled her: "That's right, with three thousand taels, you can buy a house. It's already very respectable to make a dowry."
Chen smiled, but it looked forced.
Mrs. Yao's heart became cold. The Lu family relied on their in-law relationship with the Wang family to find Wang Man as a matchmaker. Wang Man was real, so why did he choose Baizhi from her family?
Lu Yunran and Ji have been in prison, but I don't know if they were ruined... Do such people, with a small dowry, just want to marry a good family and be a comfortable young mistress?
She has great ideas!!
The more Mrs. Yao thought about it, the angrier she became. Everyone went to burn incense and worship Buddha. She looked languid. She just said she was tired from climbing the mountain and stayed idle without moving.
Wang Xiu took the lead in burning the peace incense, then pulled Lu Yunran aside, glanced at Mrs. Yao, and asked in a low voice: "How do you feel? Are you tired?"
Lu Yunran glanced at her and shook his head invisibly: "It's okay, but I'm just a little tired."
This means rejection.
Wang Xiu chuckled, touched her forehead and said, "When we are tired, let's find a place to rest."
After saying that, he called some sisters over and asked them to go together to ask for the signature.
Mrs. Zhang also joked: "Please ask a big fat boy for his signature so that we can get together again next year."
Everyone laughed and joked, but Wang Xiu did not blush and said bluntly: "Then I will keep Mrs. Zhang's good wishes."
Mrs. Yao was not angry and said: "You need to pay for sesame oil when you ask for a fortune. It seems that there is something important about how much you give."
Wang Xiu became interested now and wanted to answer Mrs. Yao, so he said: "That's a good relationship. Let's ask for a signature to seal six taels of silver. Six or six will go well. It couldn't be better."
As he said that, he counted the few girls around him and took the banknotes to Rongrong to redeem the money.
Mrs. Yao's eyelids twitched as she saw this, thinking that Wang Xiu was indeed rich. If she was willing to put more makeup on Lu Yunran, she could still accept the marriage.
Thinking of this, Mrs. Yao walked towards Lu Yunran and the others and said, "I'll go with you."
When Mrs. Yao walked over, several other little girls stood aside uncomfortably. They didn't want to ask for signatures with their elders at all. It would be embarrassing for the elders to hear their wishes.
But Mrs. Yao didn't think so. When she saw Lu Yunran was about to leave, she grabbed her and said, "I'll teach you to beg in a while. First give the money for the sesame oil, and then go back and kowtow. That will be effective."
Lu Yunran felt that her hand was so heavy and he struggled uncomfortably, feeling uncomfortable in his heart.
At this time, Wang Xiu suddenly grabbed Mrs. Yao's hand and said, "Is it true? Then you have to teach me a lesson!"
"Let's go, let's leave Yun Ran alone, she's still young!"
As Wang Xiu said this, he pulled Mrs. Yao away without any explanation.
After walking a few steps, Wang Xiu turned around and called Lu Yunran: "Take care of the sisters. If you miss one, I will deduct one tael of pocket money from you."
Lu Yunran smiled and rubbed his wrist, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, if they disobey, I will also detain them."
Wang Xiu couldn't help laughing and seemed to be in a good mood.
Mrs. Yao asked tentatively: "How much pocket money do you usually give them, why do you still deduct so much?"
Wang Xiu said in a daze: "Is that much? I give you ten or twenty taels every time. If I don't deduct one or two taels, how much? Half a tael??"
Mrs. Yao: “…”!!
Then Mrs. Chen is still crying about poverty, does she not want to get married?
Wang Xiu on the side had already knelt down to beg for the signature, because Rongrong hadn’t brought the silver she had exchanged, so she added a hundred taels of sesame oil money. It made Mrs. Yao’s heart ache!!!
If the son had been born a few years earlier, why would he have married a Lu girl?
Wouldn't it be better to marry a daughter of the Wang family?