Wang Xifeng could see that the reason why Jia She gave Yingchun such a large dowry was because he thought Yingchun could take care of the family after something happened to him.
Although Miao Zhonglei has a bright future, he comes from a poor family. Even if he can help his family, he won't be able to give much.
As for the Lin family, it would be a waste if the connections there were used to support the family.
"Second Master, would you like to give more of my dowry to your second sister?" Wang Xifeng suddenly suggested.
Jia Lian looked at Wang Xifeng with some surprise. Both of their families had to fish out the money in the frying pan. It would be nice if they could not be jealous of Jia She's dowry for Yingchun. Wang Xifeng actually wanted to use her own dowry to add to it. It was really too much.
Strange.
Jia Lian's expression was too straightforward, how could Wang Xifeng not see it.
"Our house is about to be ransacked, why should I keep those things?"
This is true, but Jia She has already explained it.
"Feng'er, don't touch your dowry. Just add it to your second sister's dowry according to the rules. You still have some unfinished money on your body, and this money will be used as your atonement money. Maybe the emperor can still do something about it.
Just be open-minded."
Wang Xifeng's face suddenly turned pale, and she forgot that she was still charged: "Aren't those things settled?"
Jia Lian said helplessly: "Our family has offended too many people, and they will definitely add insult to injury. These things will be revealed, so there is no chance of any luck. But you don't have to be too afraid, there should be no problem.
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Wang Xifeng thought about her two children. If she was really convicted, how could she live up to them?
Just when I was thinking about this, I heard the voice of a girl talking outside. After a while, Xiao Hong came in and said, "The second wife sent someone to say that she wants to discuss the marriage of Second Master Bao with the second grandma. Please ask the second grandma to come."
The couple glanced at each other without causing any trouble. Wang Xifeng said: "I will go to the second wife's place first, and then I will prepare things for the second sister when I come back. If the second master is free, he can have more affection with his brother-in-law, and then he will
It is convenient for my second sister to help our family."
Although the Grand View Garden is very nice, the Jia family can no longer afford to live in it, so they can only close the garden. Mrs. Wang helped Baoyu tidy up the large courtyard with more than 20 rooms behind the main house of Rongxi Hall and next to her inner room to build a new house and furniture.
There is no need for the Jia family to prepare anything else, the rest of the things need to be replaced with new ones.
Seeing Wang Xifeng come in, Mrs. Wang asked: "The old lady sent someone to leave Baoyu's matter in your hands. I just want to ask the old lady how she prepared Baoyu and whether there is anything missing."
Wang Xifeng also knew that Baoyu was the eyeball of Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang, and anything involving Baoyu required their nods. So she took out the list given to her by Jia Mu and handed it to Mrs. Wang.
"I originally planned to come over and ask my aunt for her opinion."
Mrs. Wang looked at the list and found that she was not picky. The things Jia Mu had prepared were much better than what she had prepared.
"Your dear brother's wedding day is very urgent, and he will have to give a big gift soon. It's not enough to do more, so I can use the old lady to give him."
Wang Xifeng curled her lips, she didn't believe that Mrs. Wang didn't realize that Jia's mother only prepared the money for the betrothal gift and the wedding banquet, but not the money for the employment. She couldn't skip this step.
"I dare to ask my aunt, what should I do with the expenses of Xiapin and Xiaoding?"
Mrs. Wang said disapprovingly: "How much money can I use for this? I can just withdraw it from the account."
Wang Xifeng concealed the sarcasm in her eyes and said, "Although this amount of money is not much, it still requires several hundred taels of silver. When the second sister got engaged, there was no money in the house, so I used the dowry to provide it.
Now it’s even more difficult to get it out of the account.”
Mrs. Wang was blocked for a while. When Yingchun got engaged, she saw that the big house spent too much, so she made an excuse to stop the big house from taking things from the public treasury. How could Yingchun, a concubine, spend so much money?
She thought that this was just an excuse for Dafang to take things from the library and sue Jia Mu. Who would have thought that Wang Xifeng would use such an excuse to stop her.
Mrs. Wang frowned. The eldest family still had to prepare a dowry for the Spring Festival. Who could tell where the money was spent? She was unwilling to pay for this unjust money.
"You put it down first. I know you have money in your hand. I will give it to you after the happy event is completed."
Seeing that Mrs. Wang always refused to pay, Sister Feng sneered in her heart: "Look what aunt said, how can I have any money? My dowry has been filled in the house over the years, and it has not been taken out yet. And the second sister is here
Bian, the eldest lady just threw it to me. The second sister is the biological sister of the second master. As a sister-in-law, I can't ignore it. Our family can't come up with money, so how can I prepare a dowry for the second sister? If I wait for the second sister
When I got married, I couldn’t bring out a decent dowry, so people didn’t poke my spine.”
"In the past two years, only things have gone out of our house and nothing has come in. The clothes on our bodies were made by the maids themselves, and the jewelry is old ones from the past. I also have eldest sister and Brother Mao here, how can I put on such a
A pen of silver?”
In any case, Wang Xifeng had no intention of paying any money. It was related to Baoyu's happy event, and Mrs. Wang could not tolerate any mistakes.
In desperation, Mrs. Wang could only bear the pain and let someone take two red gold necklaces inlaid with pearls and gems, and reluctantly handed them over to Wang Xifeng's hands.
People in the Jia family are already familiar with pawning things. These two collars are only worth seven or eight hundred taels of silver if they are dead, and half of what they are worth if they are alive.
"After a while, when you have enough money, you can redeem it. You don't have to die."
Wang Xifeng immediately understood that she planned to wait for Baochai to marry and use her daughter-in-law's dowry to redeem it. She also had a bad relationship with the Xue family, so she would not fight for the Xue family's injustice.
Thinking of the Xue family's dowry, Wang Xifeng felt that there was something good to watch. More than half of the money for the provincial villa was provided by the Xue family, more than one million taels. How much money can the Xue family give out now?
Mrs. Wang plans to use the Xue family's money to finance her family's expenses, but this wish may be in vain.
Wang Xifeng guessed it right, the Xue family is also worried about this matter. In this situation, the money lent to the Jia family will never be returned. If Xue Baochai wants to marry with great beauty, the family does not have the conditions.
.We can’t let Xue Baochai take the IOU as a dowry.
Xue Pan has many shortcomings. His only advantage is that he respects his mother and loves his sister.
After listening to the conversation between Aunt Xue and Baochai, he was not happy: "My sister's dowry is too simple, let others see our family."
Baochai smiled bitterly and said: "Brother, our family has spent too much on this marriage. There is no need to give any more money for me. Our family can't afford any money now, so we must keep some money at home.
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Xue Pan was helpless. There was also a tigress at home. If he knew that the dowry was too much, he would not be able to cope with it.