On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Chapter 285 Dowry
Liu was really busy in the first half of the year.

In March and April, two daughters were married off one after another.

By the end of April, a son was born.

The eldest son-in-law Jiang Yu finally had the opportunity to show his courtesy. He specially asked his grandfather, who was good at nursing, to diagnose his mother-in-law's pulse and prescribe nourishing and nourishing prescriptions.

He also asked the woman who knew massage to give her a massage to lose weight, ensuring that she would eat well and drink well and not become ridiculously fat.

Nowadays, there is a saying that a woman's old injuries and illnesses can be cured during confinement.

Anyway, after Mrs. Liu sat down for this double month, her whole face was radiant, as if she was several years younger.

Xiao Xiao saw it in her eyes and remembered it in her heart, thinking that in a few years, when she gave birth to a child, she would definitely ask her mother-in-law to help her lose weight with a massage.

At Mrs. Li's insistence, both daughters-in-law came in at the same time on the auspicious day of August.

She wanted to take the opportunity to suppress the eldest son of the concubine.

When the two girls from the Xiao family went out before, she also asked her mother-in-law to send them congratulatory gifts.

They also specially asked the mother-in-law to pay attention to their dowries.

The result was beyond her expectation. The dowries of the eldest and second girls of the Xiao family were estimated to be four to five thousand taels of silver. It could really be said that they were getting married in great splendor.

Then she specially sent people to investigate, and found out that Miss Xiao's husband's family ran a medical clinic. The family was rich, and they were willing to do facials for their future daughter-in-law. Most of the dowry was privately subsidized by her husband's family.

Anyway, the Jiang family only had one Miao Miao, so no sister-in-law would object.

What surprised Mrs. Li was that Miss Xiao Er's dowry was not bad either.

You know, Chen Erlang is not Mrs. Chen's biological son, but Chen Dalang's daughter-in-law, but Mrs. Chen's niece.

Who would have thought that Mrs. Chen would privately supplement Miss Xiao's money, regardless of relative or distance, so that the Xiao family could purchase a decent dowry?
She wanted to ask Mrs. Chen if she was stupid. She didn't have any biological children, so she didn't know how to keep more money for herself?

But now that Miss Xiao San is about to enter her own house, Mrs. Li will never give one more tael of silver to the Xiao family except for the little money provided by her father-in-law.

As for her husband, she also knew in her heart that people would inevitably die in every war. Even if there was pension money, some soldiers who were seriously injured but survived, the money was not enough, so he had to pay for it from his own pocket.

He was even more excited when he saw a beautiful horse and a famous sword. He was even more excited than when he saw a beautiful woman. On several occasions, the accountant was so scared that he hid in hiding.

Of course, the Li family is not counting on their father and son's salary to buy rice for cooking. The more than ten shops left by their ancestors can collect nearly 2,000 taels of silver in rent every year.

There are also three farms, where crops are grown in fertile land, livestock is raised in wasteland, and fish and lotus flowers are raised in ponds. Not only is it enough for the family to eat, but some can also be sold, making it easy to earn a few hundred taels.

In addition, the personal money left by her mother-in-law after her death (she thought) also fell into her hands.

Over the years, she has saved nearly ten thousand taels of silver through the help of the head of the family.

In order to give her own daughter-in-law a dowry far ahead of her concubine's eldest son's dowry at the wedding, she gritted her teeth and sent 10,000 taels of silver notes to her in-laws, asking them to buy some shops or farmland for her daughter-in-law.

When the dowry is revealed, Li Ji can be embarrassed and let everyone know that the daughter of a concubine is a daughter of a concubine, and the daughter-in-law she marries will not be worthy of publicity.

How can the fluorescent light of rotten grass compare to the bright moon in the heart of heaven?

Mrs. Li felt in her heart that even if she said this in front of Xiao Xiao, she would not understand what it meant.

The sixth day of August is a big day.

Therefore, the woman's dowry must be carried to her husband's house on the fifth day of August.

Also let relatives and friends of the husband's family take a look at the dowry prepared by the bride, commonly known as showing off the dowry.

When Mrs. Wu thought of Xiao Xiao's dazzling dowry, she was afraid that the shallow-skinned maid in the general's mansion would take advantage of her, so she quickly said: "Sister-in-law, shall I go to the general's mansion with the dowry giver?" He looked at her gratefully and said, "That's perfect."

Knowing that she likes to hear good things, she will not be stingy: "It is really a blessing for Xiao Xiao and the sisters to have such a good aunt like you."

"I married three daughters in a row this year, thanks to your help. Otherwise, there must be some negligence and it would make people laugh."

Wu smiled happily: "We are all a family, and I should do my best."

She was very happy to marry three nieces in succession.

In this way, when my sons get married, my nieces and nephews will also come to support the occasion, and there will be gifts from my nieces in return. Thinking about it makes me excited.

Besides, now that Dalang is following Li Yan, he will become the eldest brother of Qianhu in the future. No one in the guardhouse will dare to underestimate him.

Although she dreamed that her sons would achieve great success and become generals and ministers, she also knew that becoming a general required a lot of military merit.

Therefore, the Wu family never told Xiao Dalang that you should be more ambitious and become a general so that you can honor your ancestors.

She told her son to be smart and to hide behind Li Qianhu if something went wrong.

Therefore, Mrs. Wu is really happy that Xiao Xiao is going to marry Li Qianhu. Even if her son hides behind Li Qianhu in the future, because this is also his eldest brother, he will have to suffer the consequences of being dumb, right?

Mrs. Liu could guess a little about Mrs. Wu's thoughts, so she stood up with a smile: "Let's go see it again. When the time comes, we will work hard for my brothers and sisters to go with the dowry."

In the yard, the sixty-eight dowry carriers have been laid out.

Mrs. Wu still felt distressed when she saw the dowry being raised: "It's such a loss to marry a daughter. The dowry of tens of thousands of taels is just cheap for the Li family."

"It's not bad." Mrs. Liu just smiled after hearing this. Did Mrs. Wu forget that Li Yan gave two thousand taels of silver in private, as well as the Sanjin house where they now live, and the seafood shop? But they all belong to Li Yan.

In addition, Xiao Xiao also saved five thousand taels of silver and some jewelry.

They just prepared bedding and clothing materials, but they didn't go bankrupt to support their daughter.

At this moment, the General's Mansion was also decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and was crowded with guests.

Li Yan also followed his father to meet guests in the front yard.

It happened that there was no fighting during this period and it was relatively peaceful, so many of General Lee's colleagues came.

In fact, this is also a rare opportunity for Li Yan, who is also a military commander.

These are all connections. If you are on the same battlefield in the future and have friendship with someone, at least they will not hinder you and you can get some help.

But Li Yuan seemed out of place there, so after greeting the congratulatory guests, he simply came back first.

After Mrs. Li heard the news, she was so angry that she could hardly keep the smile on her face.

But who makes his son not a military commander? Otherwise, what would happen to Li Ji?

Of course, she couldn't bear to let her precious son practice martial arts.

She forced a smile: "My son and that group of warriors really didn't agree with each other. The auspicious time is coming soon. Go and invite your father and the others to come over and join in the fun."

She had already spread the word that she had given the Xiao family and Zhou family a betrothal gift of two thousand taels, which on the surface was definitely a bowl of water.

Wait until everyone sees the completely different dowry and see if Li Yan has the nerve to appear in front of everyone again.

Soon the housekeeper came to report: "Madam, the Xiao family's dowry is coming soon."