Chapter 91: Dowry
The marriage between the Meng family and the Jiang family continued to proceed step by step.
During this period, another big event happened in the capital. Su Xin was killed on the outskirts of the capital, and dismantled in several pieces, with extremely cruel methods. Some said that the Meng family did it, some said that the Huang family did it, but neither could produce evidence. The Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Justice were mobilized at the same time, but no clues were found.
Commander Su went to the Emperor to cry, saying that the Meng family and the Huang family did it. The emperor relieved him at the same time, let him do not believe in the words, all things should talk about evidence …….
Jiang Yishi of course knew that the incident was Meng Elder Duke and Meng Ruimo instructed people to do.
One morning a few days later, Jiang Yishi finished copying the Female Precepts to do embroidery work. She had already started to quietly prepare her wedding dress, the outside wear would be done by the mansion’s needlework room, and she would do the inside wear.
Suddenly, she heard Shui Qing and a maid arguing, followed by Shui Ling’s loud voice, “Bitchy mouth, believe it or not, I’ll beat you up.”
Shui Xiang went out and persuaded the girl to leave.
Shui Xiang came in and told Jiang Yi Shi, “Bi’er is so unreasonable. She said that the three girls had heard that Jojo was very good at talking and wanted to borrow her for a couple of days. When Shuiqing refused, she scolded her. Shui Ling went out to beat her up, but I pulled her back.”
Jiang Yiyan was the first daughter of the uncle, she was high and mighty in the mansion, and her maids were self-consciously higher than the other maids.
Jiang Yishi was fully convinced that Hua Hua was just an inconspicuous civet cat, but if it was a rare Persian cat, Jiang Yiyan would have wanted to “borrow” it, and she would have borrowed it without returning it.
She said, “Don’t lend her a single needle of anything in our yard.”
Jiang YiYan was not happy and ran to the old lady to complain, and was reprimanded by the old lady.
“You’ll be fifteen in a few years, but you’re still so playful. You’re still so playful, and you’re not afraid that a bird will affect your marriage if you get into trouble with your sister.”
Jiang YiYan tugged on her handkerchief and said, “She’s the older sister, she didn’t care for her younger sister first, how can you blame me.”
The old lady snorted coldly, “Regardless of what happens to girl shi, she has recruited the elders of the Meng family, and the Meng family has taken the initiative to ask for a marriage. What about you?”
The old lady glared at Jiang YiYan in anger. The second house’s orphaned daughter was about to become Duke Cheng’s son’s wife, and almost became the Yong Wang’s son’s consort. This uncle’s first daughter, on the other hand, had spoken to several families without success.
This mother and daughter both have eyes on the top of their foreheads, looking for a high family. But Yan girl no matter looks, talent, reputation, which are not good ……
Jiang YiYan was poked and prodded to the pain, stomping her feet and not dare to speak again.
The end of winter evening, wind and snow.
Jiang Xun returned to the house. He came to the scorching courtyard first, walking still a little limp, in good condition, cheeky and smiling.
The two siblings said a few words outside one courtyard gate and inside the other, Jiang Xun gave the roasted chicken he bought to his sister before going to Ruyi Hall.
At the beginning of the lunar month, Jiang Yishi was released, and the marriage between the Meng family and the Jiang family also completed the invitation period. The Duke of Meng specially asked the presiding officer of the Temple of the Newspaper to calculate the auspicious date, and the marriage was scheduled for June 28th next year.
The Wuxiangfu family has finally become the in-laws of the Chengguo Gongfu family.
Although not with the Yong Wang Fu as in-laws, but “lost” that marriage, the old lady more aware of only really grasp in the hand is the most valuable and real. One day did not grasp, there is the possibility of losing. The Meng family in their Jiang family, is already a high climb, to be satisfied.
Meng’s bride price list was also handed over to Mrs. Jiang, adding up to a total of 25,000 taels of silver. This kind of bride price, in the whole capital is also considered high.
If the bride price is high, it means that the daughter of the Jiang family is valuable.
Jiang’s old lady felt doubly honored, and told the people who came to congratulate her over and over again.
The in-laws have offered so many bride price, of course, their own family can not be too little. The old lady agonized for a day and a night, decided to take 10,000 taels of silver to buy a dowry, Mengfu’s bride price will also be loaded into the dowry.
This 10,000 taels of silver, the Jiang family to take 8,500 taels of silver, plus Hu’s dowry left behind. Hu’s dowry has one hundred and fifty acres of land and a manor, and then a few less valuable pieces of jewelry, the old lady priced it at one thousand five hundred taels of silver.
As soon as her words left her mouth, the eldest Mrs. Jiang burst into tears, and Uncle Jiang was also reluctant.
Jiang Da-Madame cried, “Granny, my house Hui Ya Tou is still the first eldest daughter of the uncle’s house, uncle’s own daughter, married to the first son of the uncle’s house, the Gongzhong only gave four thousand taels of silver. For the other girls, it’s 3,000 taels for the first daughter, and 1,500 taels for the concubine’s daughter. The other girls are given 3,000 taels for the first daughter and 1,500 taels for the commoner’s daughter. We are the uncle’s house, sounds good, but out of the more into the less, the days are difficult ……”
The old lady gasped, “not see sense. Shiyatou will be the Duchess of State in the future, more dowry, in order to let her remember the good of her mother’s family, to pull brothers and sisters. How can the Pingjinbo House compare to the Chengguo House? Their dowry was only ten thousand taels, while the Meng House had twenty-five thousand taels. Your family only prepared four or five thousand taels of silver, can you afford it?”
He also looked at his oldest son, who was not looking well, and asked, “What about you? You won’t be as small-eyed as your daughter-in-law, right?”
Uncle Jiang hesitantly said, “Mother is right, we should give Shiyatou a good dowry. However, it’s a bit difficult for the family to come up with so much silver at once.”
The old lady could not help but say, “The government will contribute 6,000 taels, and I will contribute 2,500 taels from my private coffers.”
Uncle Jiang wanted to say, “Your old man took out all the five thousand taels of silver that the Cheng Guo Gongfu thanked Jiang Chen for, wouldn’t it be better? But this was too embarrassing to say in the end.
Great Mrs. Jiang was still unwilling. The old lady’s private room, left behind is also their own son more points, more to that girl, the loss is still the family.
She did not dare to say no, and aggrieved and distressed, wiping her tears with a handkerchief.
The old lady was so angry that she was annoyed that her son was in pain. She scolded, “Put away your small mind. My five thousand taels of private silver is what my second son exchanged for with his life, I just gave it all to shi yatou and Jiang Xun, it’s not your turn to cry and mourn here.”
Uncle Jiang didn’t dare to say any more and frowned as he reprimanded the eldest madam a few times. In his opinion, the old madam’s private house would definitely favor the three houses, and he would rather the old madam give out more of her private house. And the property in the public, the fixed rule is that the eldest house will share the big half ……
The content of this high-level meeting was broadcast to Jiang Yishi by Hua Hua.
Jiang Yishi coldly grunted. In theory, Hu’s dowry should be divided equally between her and Jiang Xun, and even leave some more for Jiang Xun. They gave it all to her in order to pay out less, and she accepted it as a matter of course in her previous life.
Before she is not how much love money, is not to think in this regard, the heart and eyes are loaded with all the Meng Lao San ……
Poor little Jiang Xun. In his previous life, no one in this family cared for him, and in the end, he died for no reason.
Mrs. Jiang’s wife, after knowing that she had given Jiang Yishi so much dowry, was also a little distressed, thinking that it was too much compared to the fixed amount, which would affect her son’s future share of the family property.