That night, Old Man Li and Mrs. Feng were in the upper room.
"Hey, old woman, why are you doing embroidery in the middle of the night? Haven't you done this for many years?" Old Man Li asked in confusion as he looked at the woman embroidering beside the bed. The third daughter-in-law, Ms. Liu, entered the house. Apart from teaching her youngest daughter, she had not done any embroidery for a long time.
Feng's family was poor when she was young. When she was very young, she went to work as a maid in the house of Fang Yuanwai in the county. Although she was not as good at embroidery as Liu, she was still a rare skill in the eight villages in this area. 2. When she was ten years old, the Feng family opened a grocery store in the town with some money earned from selling her body, and then redeemed Feng. However, Feng was already old and the maids were cheap after all. Even though the family has been redeemed, it cannot change the fact that she has been a maid, and it is rare for a good family to want to marry her. It just so happens that although Old Man Li’s family has always been a farming family with a good reputation, Old Man Li’s father died young, and Old Man Li After his mother reluctantly raised a pair of children, she also left. At that time, Old Man Li was only twelve years old. His sister had married far away, and he could not farm alone, so he simply rented the few acres of land left to the villagers and started farming on his own. He worked as an apprentice until he was in his twenties before returning home. At that time, many people didn’t know that Old Man Li had returned to his hometown in glory, and he actually had a lot of money. He had only seen too much of the villagers since he was a child. The way my father treated his orphans and widows after his death, plus he was a lot angry when he was working hard outside at a young age, and he had seen a lot, so he just thought that his conditions were really that bad, and he only wanted to find someone who could share the joys and sorrows with him. People's lives can be considered to be a combination of circumstances. Feng was old and had worked as a maid. When she heard about this person whom she had met outside and learned a few words, she wanted to get married. At least she wouldn't have to serve her parents-in-law and could be the head of her own family. It was not bad, so I got married; Old Man Li was already in his late twenties at the time, he was old and he only had a few acres of thin farmland, and no one was willing to marry his daughter over. As soon as he heard that there was a girl who didn't mind his family's poverty, he married her. As a result, there were a lot of betrothal gifts, and Old Man Li also asked the elders in the village to help with the wedding, and it was done decently, which made Feng family look good. Later, Old Man Li spent a lot of money to buy dozens of acres of land in the village and renovated his family's house. Only then did everyone realize that this was a rich man, and they all envied Feng for marrying a good son-in-law. Feng was a good-looking man. It could be said that he had two children every three years after entering the family, and gave birth to five sons and three daughters in succession. Everyone in the family was happy. They were only managed in an orderly manner. Over the years, the two of them have shared the joys and sorrows, and their relationship has always been good. Feng took great care of Old Man Li. Although Feng was in charge of the family's accounts, whatever Old Man Li said, Ms. Feng would listen. As soon as Mr. Li married Ms. Feng, he asked her to be in charge of the family's accounts. She was in charge of the house deeds and land deeds, as well as the annual income. He respected her very much, and few people in front of or behind him refuted her decisions. .Feng’s status in the family has always been very high, which is why Feng was able to suppress the scheming Yang and the reckless little Feng.
"The family is really having a hard time now. Our two sons will take the imperial examination next year, which will cost a lot of money. Youzhi and Yuxiu are also at the age of getting married. Now that the grandchildren are getting older, this year Youzhi Fortunately, Wu Lang from the third family is also going to school. After all, in the first month of the new year, I will have to spend no less than twenty taels of silver! I am not at my wits end. I want to save some money for my little girl. A few dowry money? I'm getting old. I used to embroider a handkerchief in just one day, but now I can hardly see it anymore!" Feng laughed at herself while embroidering. After so many years, Feng knew Old Man Li's temperament well. , In private, he was very gentle with Old Man Li, and he also knew how to achieve his goals.
What happened to Ms. Liu last time was just a momentary mistake. Ms. Feng had suppressed several of her daughters-in-law for a long time, and it was inevitable that she seemed a little careless. She had long been too lazy to use scheming methods to several of her daughters-in-law. Like Ms. Yang back then, she just came in and talked with her. Li Dazhi was so tight that he thought he had his husband-in-law under his control. He was the eldest son's direct daughter-in-law. His husband-in-law was a scholar in his early twenties, so it was natural for him to be in charge of the household accounts. He acted like the eldest sister-in-law several times in front of his younger siblings. , had some quarrels with Feng, and ended up being almost divorced by Feng. Since then, Yang has never dared to make trouble again. In this family, Yang wants to break up more quickly than anyone else. Home.
"How can we let you do this? Don't we leave a sum of money for Yuxiu as a dowry every year? Besides, although our family is not rich, we can still get by! Haven't we saved three hundred taels of silver over the years? ?" Although Old Man Li doesn't care about the family's accounts, he still knows how much money there is. Privately, Old Man Li loves the twins who symbolize auspiciousness in the family the most, so he has already made arrangements to save money for his old daughter since she was a child. Dowry silver.
"Hey, Youzhi secretly told me before that his wife in the college intends to tell him about his daughter, and only waits for him to propose marriage after winning the college entrance examination next year. She is the daughter of a real scholarly family. If the fifth child can marry Come on, you are lucky. In the future, you will be admitted to Jinshi and become an official. Only the fifth wife can take advantage of such a daughter-in-law. People say that a virtuous wife and a husband will bring few disasters. I will help my son no matter what. A handful! But I'm afraid these three hundred taels are not even enough as a betrothal gift!" This is true. Li Youzhi was admitted as a scholar at the age of fifteen. In such a small place, that is enough to be called a scholar. A talented young man, the wife is interested in Li Youzhi as a person rather than money. Li Youzhi himself has seen the girl and is satisfied with it, so he asked Feng not to accept other people's proposals for marriage, but only to propose marriage after winning the imperial examination. There is no need to pay too much attention to the betrothal gift, but Mrs. Feng does not want to wrong her most beloved son.
"This is a good thing, but since the wife is taking the initiative to get married, she must know the situation at home, so don't think too much about it, just do whatever you want! Besides, the betrothal gift is too much, and it is inevitable that there will be four daughters-in-law in this family. There will be other ideas!" Old Man Li was very satisfied when he heard it, but he didn't want to be slapped in the face and called a fat man, and he didn't want his family to get into trouble again because of this matter.
"Do they dare to say that their mother's family can afford such a large dowry? Old man, I was thinking that it is not easy at home now. There are many children in each room, especially the third child's family. There are three of them. My baby has gone to school, and I think the other families will have objections. Otherwise, the public school will simply not care about the next generation of their children going to school. Nowadays, a few daughters-in-law can do some embroidery work, which is enough for them. Now that the repairs are over, we can help the village more after the eldest brother and the fifth brother win the imperial examination, okay? In the past few years, we have to put our efforts in one place. As long as one of them wins the imperial examination, this will I'll be fine at home!" Mrs. Feng put down the embroidery work in her hands and choked up after saying this: "I admit that I do have some prejudice against Sanfang on weekdays, but it's all flesh that fell from my body. There is no one who doesn't feel distressed. , Why am I willing to do this? There is nothing I can do about it! If my family is better off, how can I be so deprived of it? Besides, there are so many children in these three bedrooms who need to eat and drink. If I don’t let the three bedrooms and one family If you do more things, the other rooms won't be in trouble. It's embarrassing to say that they all blame me. I originally thought about getting married and told my niece to come over, but it turned out that it was so troublesome. It was really, ugh, I also blame my mother-in-law for spoiling her rotten. I always think about how I was wronged and worked as a maid in someone else’s house. Now that my family has some money, I want to pamper my daughter more. Old man, please be more tolerant. This girl is in her mother-in-law’s house. They all dote on the older ones, isn’t it the same with our jade embroidery?”
"It's not easy for you either. I understand that. Although the second child is usually a bit greedy and talkative, he is also very unambiguous in what he does. If there is no problem for anyone, let's just say the second child. That's also true. She is so lazy and lazy. Although we dote on Yuxiu, we can't overindulge in her faults. We still have to teach her what needs to be taught. The female red workers in this daughter's family all need to know how to do it, even though they don't have to go to the ground. , but you also need to know how to do laundry and cooking at home, so you have to teach me something about this! As for the matter of keeping your grandchildren in bed, you should discuss it with your wives. No matter what, it is best for the family to live in harmony. Don't worry too much about the money, I know it well!" I have to say that at least Feng understands Old Man Li very well, and after saying a few words, Old Man Li is willing to do what she wants. Already.
In fact, Old Man Li doesn't understand that the family of Sanfang is the most disadvantaged by Feng's move. Wulang of Sanfang was delayed for a year last year. He is now eight years old. He has been smart since he was a child. Children from other families are like this. He went to school at the age of seven. After all, he will be at a disadvantage after studying for a year. Qilang is also six years old and is about to go to school. Old man Li is not stupid. Even now he seems to trust Feng so much. The family was given to the Feng family, but in fact, the money earned outside when they were young was hidden from the Feng family. Five fingers are different, and someone in a family will always feel wronged, and this family is for Li Youzhi to stand out and honor the ancestors. , it can be said that Li Dazhi sacrificed his life at home. Old man Li still has some money on hand, but he is planning to leave it to Li Youzhi in the future when he wins the imperial examination and uses it for management after he becomes a scholar. When old man Li was young and wandering around the world, he still didn’t understand that no matter how talented he was, , there is no money to manage in the officialdom, and if you live a good life, you will only be a seventh-grade county magistrate.
"Don't you think our jade embroidery is comparable to that of ordinary girls? Who out there doesn't say that our girl is good, let alone her beauty, her skillful hands, and her third sister-in-law's embroidery work? 80% level,,,,,," Yu Xiucheng only stays at home doing embroidery work every day. Her complexion is indeed well maintained, her small face is pretty and pleasant, and she has two dimples when she smiles. She really looks good. , can’t be said to be very beautiful, but she can be considered outstanding from all over the world. Although her embroidery skills are not as good as Liu’s, as Feng said, she is still very good at her age.
After all, Ms. Feng had met that wealthy family, and she wanted her daughter to marry well. She even asked her to learn a few words from her brother. She taught her everything she could in terms of upbringing, but she didn't know how to cook and do laundry. Mrs. Feng thought that there would be maids to do such kind of work, so she didn’t teach her. Unfortunately, Yuxiu is not as smart as Mrs. Feng, at least not as experienced as Mrs. Feng. If she married a daughter-in-law like this from an ordinary small family, then The man can only support and pamper her, but that's not enough for a wealthy family.
The two talked for a while before falling asleep.
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