son as wife

Although Mrs. Yan was always serious, she seldom got angry. At this moment, she suddenly reprimanded An Guogong and his wife. The two of them were immediately panicked, and both knelt down on the ground, admitting their mistakes repeatedly.

"It's the fault of the son/daughter-in-law. It's the son's negligence. Don't be angry, mother. Be careful."

Mr. An has always entrusted Mrs. Xie to take care of the affairs of the inner house. He has been married to Mrs. Xie for many years, and he has trusted Mrs. Xie very much, so he has never asked too much. Something was wrong.

But he also knew that it was unrealistic to really give half of the family property to Yan Jingshu as a dowry, but he was afraid that if he said something wrong again, he would offend Mrs. Yan, so he said in a carefully considered tone: "Mother is right, this dowry It's indeed too little, but the son doesn't know much about it, so I don't know how much dowry the mother thinks is appropriate?"

Only then did Mrs. Yan calm down a little, paused, and then said: "If you want to listen to me, then according to the amount of Jiang Chenghan's betrothal gift, turn it over and over again, just... 2 taels of silver .Of course, if you feel too reluctant, then just treat me as an old woman meddling in my own business, and pretend you didn’t hear it. After all, now that you are in charge, you have the final say.”

"Where does the mother say anything, the son, the son will feel ashamed--" Mrs. Yan's words are as cruel as An Guogong's words, so far, how can he say no, just say it : "The son is ashamed and doesn't think carefully. Fortunately, his mother taught him that everything should be done according to his mother."

What An Guogong said was really willing. When he took over the Guogong Mansion from the old Guogong, he also had a certain understanding of the Guogong Mansion's industry, and the dowry proposed by Mrs. He didn't have one-tenth of the family property, and it was not even a stark difference from the half that Yan Jingshu was supposed to get. How could he be reluctant, and even felt more and more in his heart that he owed Yan Jingshu.

Mrs. Yan nodded in satisfaction after hearing what An Guogong said, and then looked at Mrs. Xie.

Mrs. Xie listened to the mother and son, you doubled the original dowry amount by several times, her face trembled, and she pinched the handkerchief tightly, so as not to let herself lose her composure and show dissatisfaction.

She was already very reluctant to give Yan Jingshu a dowry of several thousand taels of silver, and now she was asked to give 2 taels, which was no less than cutting her flesh. She said that she couldn't agree so easily.

Seeing that Mrs. Yan and Mr. An had looked over, waiting for her reply, Mrs. Xie slightly lowered her eyes, made a look of embarrassment and self-blame, and said: "Mother, master, I also hope that there will be more books. With some dowry next to her, she won't be bullied by her husband's family in the future, but now the mansion really, really can't afford so much money.

In recent years, there have been natural disasters and wars, and the court has raised donations several times, but our family has never missed a single one. Compared with other similar families in Beijing, our donations are only more or less.In addition, Zhuangzi everywhere either had hail here or severe drought there.Our family has always been kind to the tenants in the village, and the tenants have received very little income. If there is a disaster and the production is reduced, not only will the rent be exempted on the spot, but also subsidize the food for those tenants. Up to now, it has long been unable to make ends meet. For a long time, it was only supported by the savings from previous years.

This time I bought a dowry for Shu'er, because the matter was urgent and the time was tight, I couldn't get much out of the cash in the account at the moment, so I had to pawn some of my concubine's dowry in the end to finally make up enough.Right now, the mother and the master want the concubine to come up with 2 taels of silver, but the concubine and the concubine can't get it out anyway, so I ask the mother to forgive me. "

Mrs. Xie wept and complained about her hard work and embarrassment. Although she hadn't been in charge of the family for many years, Mrs. Yan, who had known Xie's nature for a long time, would not listen to her. It was different, the whole person was stunned.

He clearly remembered that when he took over the title, the mansion didn't mention the properties of various places, but there were thirty or forty thousand taels of silver in the account. How come it's only been six or seven years, and even twenty thousand taels of silver have been taken? Can't come out?

"The mansion is in such a difficult situation, why didn't you tell me earlier?" An Guogong couldn't help but said.

Mrs. Xie wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and said: "It's my concubine's fault, but my concubine's body can't bear the pain of the master, thinking that although it is difficult now, but sooner or later, I can get through it, but I don't want Shu'er's marriage to come like this." Suddenly, the concubine, the concubine is really helpless..."

Mrs. Xie cried so wronged and sad, even if An Guogong wanted to say something, he couldn't say it now.

Mrs. Yan looked at it coldly, she knew that Mrs. Xie was just fooling her and Mr. An with clever words, but since Mrs. Xie dared to say that to them, presumably the accounts were flawless, making it easy for people to see nothing. Even if we go to investigate, I'm afraid we won't be able to find anything for a while.

And now Yan Jingshu's marriage is less than a month away, and she has no time to spend with Xie on it.But Mrs. Xie wanted to fool Yan Jingshu's dowry just like that, but Mrs. Yan would not allow it.

Picking up a cup of tea and taking a sip, Mrs. Yan suddenly remembered something, and said, "...I remember, it seems that a few years ago, you got a batch of high-quality red sandalwood and huanghuali wood. The furniture is for Yu'er as a dowry, now that Yu'er is almost fifteen, the furniture is almost ready, right?"

It all happened many years ago, Mr. An suddenly heard Mrs. Yan mention it, he was taken aback for a moment before he remembered, and hurriedly said: "Go back to mother, the furniture has indeed been packed, and it is stored in the warehouse. There is a total of one One hundred and eight pieces were all made by the best carpenters from Jiangnan."

"Are there so many?" Mrs. Yan was a little surprised this time. She still remembered the batch of wood Mr. An brought back. It only seemed that it could hold sixty or seventy pieces of utensils. too much.

An Guogong smiled again and said: "It's my son and Shuer's mother. I heard that girls in the south need a complete set of furniture when they get married, and the more the better. After that, I collected some wood and finally put together this set One hundred and eight pieces came out."

"Really, that's fine." Mrs. Yan nodded, and finally showed a little smile on the matter, and said, "Since there is not much money in the account, I will take out 2000 taels from my private room. Shu'er made the box of silver, and then picked some treasures and antiques from the warehouse, plus these one hundred and eight pieces of household utensils, all added to Shu'er's dowry. With these, it is considered as other dowry Just a little bit, no one else would say anything if you think about it. As for Yu'er, she doesn't even have a marriage right now, and even if she wants to get married, it will be two or three years later, and I'll just take care of it for her during this period."

Mrs. Xie listened to Mrs. Yan's understatement, and gave Yan Jingshu the dowry utensils that she spent countless efforts and tens of thousands of taels of silver for her daughter. She almost gritted her teeth with hatred, but finally couldn't bear it and said: " Mother, this daughter-in-law has already told Yu'er that those furniture will be used for her wedding in the future, and now she has given it to Shu'er like this, Yu'er's daughter-in-law really doesn't know what to say."

Mrs. Yan didn't take it seriously, and said: "Shu'er is now like this, all because of Yu'er, she owes Shu'er, but a few pieces of furniture should make up for Shu'er. If she really repents, don't Wouldn't be willing. By the way, how is Yu'er doing now?"

Speaking of Yan Jingyu, Mrs. Yan remembered that she didn't seem to have entered the ancestral hall yet.

Mrs. Xie had an inexplicably bad premonition, but when Mrs. Yan asked, she had no choice but to reply: "Yu'er is still the same now, the doctor said that she was so frightened that she hurt her spirits, and she needs to be recuperated for half a year to recover." good."

Mrs. Yan was not surprised to hear this answer, and she didn't even feel angry in her heart, she just said lightly: "Shu'er is going to get married in another month, we can't let him go away with resentment in his heart, Yu'er's punishment can't be done. Procrastinate any longer."

Mrs. Xie's heart tightened immediately, knowing that it was useless to beg Mrs. Yan, she turned her pleading eyes to An Guogong.

"What does mother mean?" An Guogong didn't notice Mrs. Xie, and only looked at Mrs. Yan questioningly.

He thinks the same as Mrs. Yan, if Yan Jingshu is gone, what's the point of punishing Yan Jingyu.It's just that Yan Jingyu has been ill all the time, and with Xie's obstruction, he can't really forcefully throw the seriously ill Yan Jingyu into the ancestral hall, so he can only delay it day by day.Now Mrs. Yan seems to have some intentions in her words, compared to Mrs. Xie's uneasiness, Mr. An is somewhat happy to see Mrs. Yan solve this embarrassment for him.

"You can't go to the ancestral hall. It's a trivial matter if she frightens herself. It's a big sin to disturb the ancestors." Mrs. Yan shook her head, and continued: "Isn't she afraid of ghosts? Then send her there A place where evil spirits do not invade and ghosts are eliminated."

Mrs. Xie and Mr. An were stunned, not knowing what Mrs. Yan meant.But soon, they understood.

"The small Buddhist hall in my courtyard is quiet and secluded, and with the protection of Bodhisattva Buddha, there will be no ghosts. Let Yu'er go to the Buddhist hall to copy the scriptures and meditate."

After Mrs. Yan finished speaking, Duke An immediately agreed to the matter. Mrs. Xie didn't expect Mrs. Yan to get Yan Jingyu under her nose, and she didn't know how to grind her Yu'er. resentment.But now An Guogong has agreed, and her power alone is irreversible, so she has to grit her teeth and endure it for the time being.

After discussing the matter of Yan Jingshu's dowry, An Guogong immediately took the people to the warehouse without further delay, and picked out the dowry for Yan Jingshu one by one.

Mrs. Xie originally went with An Guogong, so that he could add it to the dowry list when An Guogong made a selection.But looking at the coral bonsai, the gold inlaid jade Ruyi, the cloisonné enamel animal ear incense burner, the gold-painted and treasure-embedded glass makeup mirror, etc., all of which are worth a lot of money, they have long been regarded as treasures in her pocket, like flowing water Being carried out of the storeroom, I couldn't help feeling dizzy.

At this moment, the servant girl of Linglong Pavilion suddenly ran over in a panic and told that Mrs. Xie had personally sent someone to take Yan Jingyu away.