Not to mention that the Li family was talking a lot about Yuxiu's marriage, even the people in the village were envious and suspicious. Only the people who knew the inside story, although Li Sun was mumbling at home, had Mei Zi's explanation, and were afraid that Li'er would be raped. As a girl, she acts as a matchmaker for others, helps people to date in private, which affects her reputation and ruins her reputation. She will not be able to get married in the future, and she only dares to curse a few words in secret and dare not spread anything to others.
Mrs. Feng went around the village telling people that her daughter was so good-looking that the rich people took notice of her, and she looked proud. Some people in the village who were close to Ms. Feng were very envious, and some unscrupulous people secretly fawned over Ms. Feng. , let Feng help matchmaking in the future, even if you don’t marry the young master of a wealthy family, you can be a concubine. Isn’t Meizi a good example? The head of the family has gained a lot of glory. of.
Mrs. Feng is in a very good mood every time she goes out and comes home recently. Even the Sanfang family is much more pleasing to the eye. The family even rarely eats meat and white flour steamed buns a few times. Yuezhen prays secretly every time she sees her. : I hope what the two uncles heard about is true. Otherwise, how happy Mrs. Feng is now, how unlucky Mrs. Yang, Mrs. Feng and the other two daughters-in-law in the family will be. After all, Mrs. Feng still loves her son no matter what. Yes, the trouble was not due to the wife. I have to tell the truth about Yuezhen. The reason why Li Dazhi and Li Dazhi dared to take advantage of Master Zhu and come back to lie was because of Feng's love!
Seeing that Yuxiu was getting married in a few months, the Li family became busy for Yuxiu's dowry. Feng took Yang and Xiao Feng to the county to buy Yuxiu's dowry in high spirits; Li Sanzhi personally took people there She searched for good wood in the mountains to make furniture for Yuxiu, which was not only beautiful but also durable. Ms. Liu, who was good at embroidery, was also busy helping Yuxiu make wedding dresses and some shoes, socks, purses, handkerchiefs, etc. to give away. Originally, Yuxiu I also prepared some things myself, but now I am marrying into a different family, so some things are not suitable.
It must be said that Mrs. Feng loved her daughter. She was not jealous of the five hundred taels of silver as a bride price, and even spent an additional one hundred taels of silver to buy a dowry for Yuxiu. For this matter, Mrs. Yang and Xiao Feng had a lot of quarrels. , but in the end they were suppressed by the Feng family. Of course, their husbands had to speak from it. Both Li Dazhi believed that they could get a lot of benefits from the Zhu family in the future and could not care about the temporary defeat. Although their family background was not as good as others, they still The girl must be married off in a good way first, and when the girl gets better, the benefits will be less. The Yang family also felt that it was reasonable, so they said nothing more. Instead, they fawned over Yuxiu from time to time and told their children to spend more time with Yuxiu. The embroidery cover is almost.
Nowadays, buying a dowry is a very cumbersome matter. Some wealthy families will even buy everything for their daughter, including food, clothing, housing and transportation, from as small as a needle to as large as a village, a shop, and private money. This means that I have bought enough for my daughter. Things that will last a lifetime. I love my daughter very much. Your family must treat my daughter well in the future.
Naturally, the Li family did not have the conditions to prepare "thousands of acres of fertile land and ten miles of red makeup" for their daughter, but they also had beds, tables, utensils, boxes, blankets, clothing, jewelry, cloth, etc., and they also provided jade embroidery in the town. She bought a small shop and ten acres of fertile farmland. She spent more than three hundred taels of silver on these two items. Even the dowry in the county was affordable. Feng bought her dowry when she was doing jade embroidery when she was a child. Yes, this time, seeing that the Zhu family’s betrothal gift was generous, she took out another one hundred taels. In addition to the Zhu family’s dowry, Feng was a shrewd person. She and her two daughters-in-law planned carefully and selected carefully. The dowry purchased was not only practical, but also He also left Yuxiu a private house worth one hundred taels of silver. It can be said that as long as Yuxiu takes care of it carefully, the dowry will be enough for her to eat and drink for a lifetime. Feng is very well-intentioned for her daughter. Even Li, who has always loved her younger siblings, When my eldest sister-in-law Li Xiahe saw her, she also complained a little about Feng's partiality.
On this day, Mrs. Feng took Mrs. Yang and Mrs. Feng to the county again. Mrs. Liu rarely helped to make the wedding dress and went to the kitchen to cook with Mrs. Zhang.
"Third sister-in-law, do you think our sister-in-law is lucky to be in this situation now? No matter how good or bad she is, with such a dowry, our sister-in-law will be able to eat and drink without worries in the future. I don't know if our Wan'er will be able to have so much in the future.
The dowry, hey!" Madam Zhang said while looking at the fire and chatting with Madam Liu who was cooking.
"How old is Wan'er? Are you worried about her getting married?" Mrs. Liu said with a smile, holding a spatula in her hand: "But I estimate that with our family's conditions, we shouldn't be able to afford such a large dowry. This is going to happen soon."
Jane also wants to say that we are getting married. She will probably compare her dowry in the future. Our sister-in-law has a large dowry because the Zhu family gave her a large betrothal gift. I said, sister-in-law, do you still want to marry Wan'er to that place in the future?
Don't you belong to a wealthy family?" Ms. Liu still doesn't agree with this marriage. Unlike other people, no matter what the young master of the Zhu family is like, this family is rich and noble, and they will have no worries about food and drink for the rest of their lives. On the one hand, Ms. Liu thinks that the person she married is good.
, My husband feels sorry for himself, so that we can live a pleasant life, and bitterness is also sweet. This is why Mrs. Liu can always tolerate the best of the Li family. The most important thing is that Li Sanzhi treats her well; on the other hand, Mrs. Liu has been raised by Liu since she was a child.
My grandfather taught literacy. He was a man of literary integrity, generous with money, and didn't take money as a big deal. This is why Ms. Liu was deceived by Ms. Feng into taking the dowry when she entered the house. To say that Ms. Liu is not stupid, but she doesn't value money very much.
, I felt that if the money could help Feng treat her husband better, it would be worthwhile. Only when I ran out of money later did I realize the hardship of having no money.
"Don't you think Third Sister-in-law doesn't want Yueyue to marry well in the future?" Mrs. Zhang secretly raised her eyebrows.
"I naturally hope that Yueyue will marry well, but marrying well does not necessarily mean marrying into a wealthy family. There are many twists and turns in such a wealthy family. I hope that Yueyue will marry a good son in the future and have a happy life.
Good mother-in-law, if the two of you are more diligent, your life will be prosperous even if your family's financial resources are weak!" Mrs. Liu said with a smile and unhurriedly.
Mrs. Zhang was silent for a while and said: "I still hope that Wan'er can marry into a well-off family. Unlike me, I suffered when my family was poor and didn't even have enough to eat. I'll wait until I get married. I have to take care of myself all day long."
Doing housework and working in the fields, if you don't please your mother-in-law, your life will not be satisfactory. Instead of doing this, it is better to marry a rich family like my sister-in-law, and at least enjoy happiness for the rest of your life, and have no worries about food and drink!" The reason why the Zhang family could not establish itself in the Li family was other than Li Laizhi.
To be honest, it's because Zhang's family is too poor. There are more than 20 people in the family, and they only have a few acres of thin farmland. They don't even have enough food to eat. They have to rely on Zhang's subsidies. How can they dare to support Zhang when they go to the Li family to catch the autumn wind.
"What you said makes sense. The best thing is for us to be rich ourselves and give our daughter a generous dowry in the future!"
"Then we have to divide the families. The hard-earned few coppers will be handed over to the public house. How big can we be by then? I don't know how much silver the public house has?" Mrs. Zhang was thinking about it.
It is better to separate the family quickly. At least those fields are counted. Even if it is biased, the elders of the Li family and the villagers testified when the family was separated. The Feng family did not dare to affect their reputation too much, but Gongzhong
But he didn't know how much money he had. Privately, he didn't know how much Feng had hidden. It would be better to separate the family quickly, and at least whatever he earned would be his own.
"It's coming soon. At the latest, if my uncle wins the national examination next year, he's going to marry me!"
"hope so!"
Amidst such busy work, the Li family finished the autumn harvest. In order not to affect Yuxiu's marriage, Feng hired a few day laborers to help with the harvest. Finally, they finished the autumn harvest before Yuxiu got married.
After dinner that day, Mr. Feng spoke.
"Normally, I don't need to tell you this, but I'm still worried that some people will be so pretentious that we will lose our face. Our Xiu'er is marrying into a wealthy family now, and you brothers and sisters-in-law will have more children in the future. Don't be stingy about makeup, I won't say much, just bring something worth two taels of silver to each room, after all, we don't have to separate households!"
When Mrs. Zhang heard this, she took a breath. Two taels of silver was enough for an ordinary family of four for a year. Mrs. Zhang didn't have much dowry, and her husband was not as good at hunting or woodworking as Li Sanzhi. It can be deduced from this that her embroidery work is not very good. She only makes money by making shoe soles, and now she doesn't have even two taels of silver in the small treasury in the fourth room.
"Mom, I,,, where did we get the money?" Ms. Zhang said in a low voice.
"Hmph, I don't know if you look at me. I'm afraid all the money is going to support your poor mother-in-law! I don't care if you rob or steal, in short, you will lose Xiu'er's face. Look at me. How can I deal with you!" Feng said "bah" and then cursed.
Mrs. Zhang was so angry that tears welled up in her eyes. It was Zhang's weakness that her mother's family did not stand up. Every time she was mentioned, Mrs. Zhang could only lower her head and remain silent.
"Mom, it's your son who is incompetent. Why did you scold her? The family has not been divided. Isn't all the money with you?" Li Laizhi said in a serious voice.
"Why are you talking to your mother? My father-in-law has already purchased a dowry. What you give is based on the wishes of each of your houses. If Xiu'er marries a good family, you have to add a dowry of the same size!" Old Man Li slapped Feng's new wife. The cigarette bag he bought for her scolded.
"Then why don't I borrow it?" After Li Laizhi heard Old Man Li's scolding, Li Laizhi didn't dare to resist anymore. Mrs. Zhang glanced at Li Laizhi and tears fell from her eyes. Mrs. Feng rolled her eyes at the sight. How disdainful she is, never thinking that this is her son-in-law!
Both Ms. Yang and Ms. Feng had obtained the marriage certificate from their parents in advance, and even if they were secretly dissatisfied, they would smile. Although Ms. Liu was a little dissatisfied, after all, Ms. Feng had used it as a make-up for her second sister-in-law and her sister-in-law. She had been robbed of her dowry, and now she had to add another one. But Ms. Liu didn't want to cause more trouble, and she also had money, and she had to take Li Sanzhi's feelings into consideration, so she had no choice but to nod in agreement.
"Hey, didn't my mother give my sister-in-law the jewelry she gave her when she got married? I also heard my sister-in-law talk about which jewelry my mother gave me. I guess there are more than two taels of jewelry!" There is still money at home, why should our mother go to grandpa's house to borrow it again? Mom, you just asked your fourth uncle to steal it, why don't you go and rob it yourself?" Yuezhen doesn't have so many scruples, which is quite cool. If Feng Shi knew that her sons and daughters-in-law had not separated their families and had no money at all, wasn't it obvious that they were stealing dowry from their wives to give to their own daughters? If they didn't have any money, they would still steal it. This is what a mother-in-law would say!
"You're a little girl, do you have a role in what adults say?" Feng became furious when she heard this, and raised her hand to give her a slap.
"Mom, although the child is ignorant, what he said is true. The jewelry and cloth that Hui Niang gave to you as a bride were all given to you to add makeup to the second sister and the third sister. Where can you get the money to add makeup to the third sister now?
"Li Sanzhi hurriedly hugged Yuezhen, and Feng's slap hit her back with a "snap" sound. It must have been with all her strength. If it had hit Yuezhen's little face, it would have been swollen!
"Dad, are you okay?" Yue Zhen asked hurriedly. She raised her head and glanced at Feng Shi bitterly. She was about to speak, but Liu Shi glared at her and stopped her words.
"The old woman is also poor, so don't be surprised. In this case, the third wife just wants to forget it. After all, the jewelry and cloth she gave me before have been gone for so long, and maybe they are gone. Brother and sister-in-law always have to
Leave something for the girl to think about. It is also for your face when others talk about it. You can do whatever you want to add makeup!" Old Man Li glared at Feng Shi and said, what he meant was that he was actually defending Feng Shi.
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Although Mrs. Liu was angry with her mother-in-law for beating Yue Zhen's little child so cruelly, she couldn't fight with her mother-in-law. She just nodded and returned to her wing with Li Sanzhi and the children.
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