Husband has a sweetheart

Chapter 39 Dowry
Mrs. Luo asked someone to inquire, and waited until Zhang Yuqian finished the final exam, and then brought a gift and went to Zhang's house, saying that she wanted to see Mrs. Zhang.

At the beginning, Mrs. Luo only said that she was An's cousin. The people in front of Mrs. Zhang told Mrs. Zhang that the old lady was not in a good mood today, and asked Mrs. Luo to talk to Mrs. Zhang if she had anything to do.

Mrs. Luo was so angry that she thought to herself that Zhang's family treated An's relatives so poorly, so one could imagine what kind of life Yuqing would have in Zhang's family!
"You go to report again, and say that Wu Jun proposed the wife of Changping Secretary Luo Shijun to visit!" Madam Luo got angry, opened the curtain of the bullock cart, and said coldly.

Yugu, who was beside the old lady, had to report again.

Not long after, Yugu came back and respectfully invited Mrs. Luo into the mansion.

Mrs. Zhang asked Mrs. Luo to sit down, and said with a smile that she was old and mentally weak, so please forgive me for being negligent.

Mrs. Luo came to ask for a girl from another family, so she naturally kept her posture very low, and said with a smile: "The old lady has sharp ears and eyes, how old is she?"

After the two exchanged a few pleasantries, Mrs. Luo explained the purpose of coming, "I saw the child left by my cousin Ruxue last time in Zheng Guogong's other courtyard, and I like it very much."

Mrs. Zhang asked tentatively: "Then you are..."

"I'm here to propose marriage to my useless dog!" Mrs. Luo said bluntly, she was too lazy to make false claims with Zhang's family, "If your family likes my son, I'll ask a matchmaker to come and propose marriage!"

Mrs. Zhang was so shocked that she couldn't believe it. She originally thought that Mrs. Luo was proposing marriage to Zhang Yuqing. She was telling Zhang Yuqing a passable marriage for the sake of Zhang Yuqing's deceased mother. She never expected that Luo Madam is actually proposing marriage to her son!

After a long time, the old lady said: "Mrs. Luo, that girl has neither father nor mother, and she has a normal relationship with us. Have you figured it out?"

Mrs. Luo was furious when she heard that, she gritted her teeth and said, "Of course I know she is lonely and pitiful! Marrying a wife is based on character and appearance, and family background is secondary, don't you think?"

Mrs. Zhang said lightly: "You don't mind these things, what else can I say? It is also a blessing from God to her to have such a kind mother-in-law like you! She grew up outside and lived with us. Not close, but there is a good marriage in front of her, as a grandmother, I have absolutely no reason to ruin her good deeds!"

Mrs. Luo endured it a few times, but finally she couldn't hold it back, and said: "Old lady, she has suffered a lot from living abroad. You relatives just don't feel sorry for her. How can you complain that she is not close to you?"

Mrs. Zhang lowered her face and said displeasedly: "Mrs. Luo, this is our family's business."

Mrs. Luo took a deep breath, swallowed her anger, and said with a smile: "I am talking too much, let's continue talking about marriage."

"This child has ideas. I promised her with me before that if she can find a marriage on her own, I will never stop her!" Mrs. Zhang said leaning on the couch, "As long as she wants, you can do whatever you want." Find a matchmaker to hire."

Mrs. Luo's heart fell to the ground, she smiled, and said, "With your words, I can feel relieved! Yuqing is a poor child, but fortunately, she still has a grandmother who loves her!"

Mrs. Zhang sighed, thinking of the beautiful face that was very similar to her son, her heart throbbed with pain again, she waved her hands and sighed, "I really don't really love her, it's just..."

It's just to give an explanation to the son under Jiuquan.

Mrs. Luo said: "When my cousin Ruxue married Zhang's family, I remember that she married a lot of things. In addition to tens of thousands of taels of gold, silver and jewelry, there were also two Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing."

Mrs. Zhang suddenly raised her eyes to look at Mrs. Luo.

Mrs. Luo smiled and said: "My family's financial situation is not bad, it's not that I'm greedy for Zhang's family's money. Gold, silver and jewelry are nothing. After many years, it's hard to say where they all go. But those two Zhuangzi are real estate, right there, originally It should be Yuqing's, don't you think?"

"Your family's lord is the Secretary of Changping, who was promoted by Wu County of Yangzhou. He said that your family's family background is not bad, it is too self-effacing!" Mrs. Zhang sighed.

Who doesn't know that Yangzhou is rich, and Wu Jun is the most affluent place in Yangzhou, Luo Shijun is in charge of salt and tax, the Luo family is trying to win reputation, not money.

If the Zhang family doesn't agree, it's afraid that if it spreads, others will say that they have no family, and people will die of laughter.

Zhang Yuqian is going to take the imperial examination, Zhang Yuying is going to get married this year, the Zhang family must not do anything that will damage their reputation.

"I will tell the housekeeper's wife about this matter, and let her handle it as soon as possible." Mrs. Zhang said.

Mrs. Luo left happily, and went to see Zhang Yuqing before leaving.

When she saw Zhang Yuqing living in such a remote yard and such a dilapidated house, Mrs. Luo scolded the Zhang family once again in her heart.

Seeing Mrs. Luo appearing at Zhang's house, Zhang Yuqing immediately had a premonition in her heart.

"Aunt..." Zhang Yuqing saluted, "Why are you here?"

Mrs. Luo liked Zhang Yuqing more and more, she put her arms around her and said affectionately: "My son! Your grandmother agreed! After two days, choose an auspicious day, and I will invite a matchmaker to propose marriage!"

Zhang Yuqing looked at Mrs. Luo in surprise and forgot to speak for a while.

Wang Chunniang was so happy that she didn't know what to say.

"I..." Zhang Yuqing spoke with difficulty.

Mrs. Luo only thought she was a little girl shy, hugged her and said with a smile: "Don't worry, your mother's two Zhuangzi, I told you, and the old lady of the Zhang family also agreed!"

Zhang Yuqing's eyes lit up, "Really?"

"How can I lie to you?" Mrs. Luo smiled, "That is your mother's stuff, so we will take it back!"

When Mrs. Zhang was called over by Mrs. Zhang, she was still wondering what was going on.

After hearing Mrs. Zhang say that an official's wife from Yangzhou wanted to marry Zhang Yuqing as her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Zhang opened her mouth in shock.

"Is it a lady? Not Naxiao?" Mrs. Zhang asked in surprise.

Mrs. Zhang asked back: "Do you think my granddaughter is only fit to be the old man's concubine?"

"That's not true! You misunderstood!" Mrs. Zhang smiled hypocritically, "I just didn't expect her to have such good luck! The transfer envoy is not a big official, but who doesn't know the benefits in it! It's much better than the poor Hanlin !"

She just didn't expect that the little girl usually kept silent, but who knew that she would quietly find a good husband's family for herself.

Mrs. Zhang didn't want to talk to her too much, so as not to get angry and hurt her body, she directly ordered: "The two Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing were originally your sister-in-law's dowry. You can sort it out and give it to Yuqing."

When Mrs. Zhang was scolding Zhang Yuqing for being indiscreet and shameless, she suddenly stood up from her chair when she heard this, "What?!"

Mrs. Zhang repeated her words patiently, and said: "It doesn't matter if she wants to sell it or keep it in her hands, it's up to her."

"You, you, you..." Mrs. Zhang was anxious and angry, "Why did you give Zhuangzi to her?!"

That's pretty rude to say.

The old lady frowned, furious, wondering which daughter-in-law would dare to yell at her mother-in-law like that.

"That's An's dowry." The old lady said.

Mrs. Zhang flicked her handkerchief, and her willow eyebrows stood upright, "Mother, although it is An's dowry, it is still uncertain whether the one who came in is the elder brother's own daughter! What if it is not? How can a good thing be married?" Cheaper for outsiders?"

The old lady said angrily: "Even if it's not, it's not yours!"

Mrs. Zhang patted her chest and said angrily: "If I hadn't worked so hard to manage those two Zhuangzi all these years, they would have become wasteland! Although those two Zhuangzi are not mine, they should belong to Zhang's family and should be kept. For the son of the Zhang family!"

"You are simply unreasonable! As long as Yuying marries into the palace of the princess, and Yuqian becomes famous, the Zhang family can make a comeback. By then, how many Zhuangzi will not come? You only focus on this petty profit!" Zhang The old lady patted the table angrily, "The Zhang family has gone downhill, and the sun is setting. You want others to say that the Zhang family not only has no money and no one, but even loses face and goes to eat the family? You are not afraid of ruining the Zhang family's reputation." , Ruined the future of the children!"

Mrs. Zhang looked at the old lady's face full of anger. The anger came from her heart, and an evil fire rushed straight to her forehead. She only hated that the Zhang family had no good things except herself and her children. He rushed away.

After returning to her room, Mrs. Zhang couldn't help but dropped several things to suppress the anger in her heart a little.

"Don't bark like a biting dog!" Mrs. Zhang scolded through gritted teeth, "I just wanted to bite a piece of meat off of me when I came up, and there was no way! Back then, back then..."

The daughter-in-law in charge next to her asked frightenedly, "Ma'am, what's wrong?"

Mrs. Zhang shut up, asked the maid to come and clean up the mess in the house, and told her about the old lady asking her to give Zhang Yuqing two villages in the suburbs of Beijing as dowry.

"Those two Zhuangzi can produce a lot of output in a year! It accounts for a large part of the family's income!" The daughter-in-law in charge looked at Mrs. Zhang's face and whispered.

Mrs. Zhang leaned back on the chair, asked the servant girl to rub her head and beat her back, and said angrily: "The old lady doesn't care about the house, so how difficult it is to run the house! With the master's salary, the whole family has already gone to drink the northwest wind! Huh!" In the year when the people came in, all the houses in the family were burned down, and a new big house was built after the family was emptied! Fortunately, there are still those two Zhuangzi, who produce a lot every year, and the family has been considered decent in these years! She wants to give Zhuangzi to others as soon as she opens her mouth, how can she say it! Open her mouth and shut up for fame, can fame be eaten?"

"Then the Luo family, they must have taken a fancy to these two Zhuangzi before they wanted to hire her as a wife!" said the maid who beat Mrs. Zhang's legs, "The Luo family must be a small official in the south, and she can't get on the stage! She also Knowing that no one in the capital can take her seriously, that's why I went to deceive a small official's wife in the south!"

The maid pouring tea next to her echoed, "That's right, who doesn't know that she is the lone star of the gods, and whoever is next to her will be unlucky! She usually keeps quiet, and she is suffocating in her heart! Our wife is not good enough for her? It's really revenge, white-eyed wolf!"

"It's not that our wife is too kind! Who would have expected that this little girl would be so vicious when she turned her back!" The wife in charge got a good idea of ​​what Madam Zhang meant, and became bolder, "Madam, you can't let that little girl The girl has succeeded!"

(End of this chapter)