Salted Fish Lady Loves to Eat Melons

Chapter 6 The Most Modest Dowry

Because Wen Qingwan was well-behaved, the old lady let Wen Qingwan sit next to her during the meal for the first time.

It may also be that Minister Wen was in a good mood and let Wen Mingzhu sit at the men's table, so the old lady had to give in.

All the grandchildren of the Wen family were very happy that their sister (sister) had married the prince, which would be of great help to their careers.

Wen Qingwan ignored Wen Mingzhu's overt and covert ridicule and just obediently concentrated on eating.

She has believed in one truth since she was a child: delicious food is considered delicious only when it is eaten into your stomach, and gold and silver are considered your own money only when they are in your pocket.

If not, then it's just looking at things.

When the old lady and the minister's wife saw Wen Qingwan concentrating on eating, they thought she was trying to compromise, and they felt even more pity for her for being sensible.

Apart from helping her pick up food, they could not do anything else. For the sake of family honor, they had to give up their granddaughter (daughter).

"Wan'er, mother has always been fair to everyone. Your dowry is absolutely the same as Zhu'er's. You will have everything she has."

"Thank you, mother." Wen Qingwan said with a sincere smile.

In her previous life, she married off as the prince's concubine, and her dowry was really huge. In this life, she never expected to have much dowry.

[Tsk tsk… now you want to treat everyone equally because you are in love? What were you doing before? ]

Wen Qingwan ate the delicious food and listened to Wen Mingzhu's inner chatter. At this moment, she actually agreed with Wen Mingzhu's inner thoughts.

[I have always regarded money as dirt. If you want to give it to me, just give it to me. If she is lucky enough to enjoy it, I will kneel down and call her daddy.]

Wen Qingwan responded in her heart: I’m waiting for you to kneel down and call me daddy.

[Hey! I don’t know if anyone has come to ask for back the dowry I had in my previous life! ]

Wen Qingwan really wanted to tell Wen Mingzhu, but she really didn't. At that time, Minister Wen had been promoted to Minister of Personnel and was very busy all day.

[Wen Qingwan, just go and die without worry. After you die, I will go and get back the dowry.]

Wen Qingwan: ………

He hoped that she would die so much, but he couldn't let Wen Mingzhu have her wish. He wanted her to die of old age and anger Wen Mingzhu to death again.

"Cough... cough..." Wen Qingwan was so happy that she accidentally choked!

"Wan'er, what's wrong with you?" Mrs. Wen asked worriedly.

"It's a sin that my daughter is so happy and makes her mother worry."

"Haha... I heard you say you gave her a lot of dowry. She must be very happy." The old lady laughed and joked.

The old lady didn't want to touch her daughter-in-law's dowry. No matter who she gave it to, the dowry she gave to Zhu'er would be much more than that given to Wan'er.

This was the first time in her history that the old lady was kind to Wen Qingwan, but Wen Qingwan no longer needed it.

The Wen family had a particularly harmonious meal.

Wen Qingwan returned to her courtyard, and Jinque said indignantly: "Miss, the master and the mistress are too partial."

"Jinque only discovered it today?"

"That's not the case. The master and the mistress have always been partial to each other. This time they went too far."

"As the saying goes: A blessing in disguise."

"Miss, do you think you can enjoy a good life by marrying into a marquis's mansion?" Jinlan asked with her eyes wide open.

Wen Qingwan looked seriously at the two maids who had died in the Eastern Palace for her in their previous life.

She didn't know whether she could enjoy happiness or not, but as long as the two maids could live with her until old age, it was enough.

"I had no interest in any man, but my father insisted on arranging this marriage. Although I didn't want to, I couldn't persuade him.

Jinlan, Jinque, you have been following me since childhood and have lived in fear and trepidation every day. What's wrong with changing places? " "Hehe, Miss, if you think this way, we are relieved. Marrying into a poor marquis's mansion may not be a bad thing. "

Jinque was beaming with joy as she spoke, her face full of expression showing: The Marquis' Mansion is waiting for us to conquer you.

Wen Qingwan saw that she was just about to roll up her sleeves and start fighting. She was also thinking in her heart: It’s good to be in a impoverished marquis’s mansion!
The more destitute you are, the less support you have.

The two sisters Jinque chattered away, fantasizing about going to the Marquis' Mansion and killing everyone in the future.

Wen Qingwan also occasionally agreed with a few words, and the three masters and servants chatted and laughed for a while, while Jinque went to the kitchen to serve dinner.

After dinner, Wen Qingwan went into the Merit Mall again and took a look. She actually had thirty more merit points.

She couldn't help but ask in a low voice: Is it so easy to earn merit points?

After saying this, a voice rang in his mind: [It’s not that easy to earn. These are the merit points that the master gets for agreeing to marry the poor prince.]

"Besides earning merit points by marrying a poor prince, what other ways are there to earn merit points in the future?"

[You can earn merit points by helping the poor and doing good deeds. 】

"Oh, this is easy." Wen Qingwan said and went to sleep peacefully.

The next day.

The courtyard of the Wen Mansion was decorated with lights and lanterns. Jinque took a stroll and realized that it was the prince himself who came to offer the betrothal gifts.

It is said that when the Crown Prince married the Crown Princess, he did not go in person to present the betrothal gifts, but the Queen sent someone to do so.

It was almost lunchtime when the sound of gongs and drums could be heard outside the Wen Mansion. The prince's procession had arrived and the entire Wen Mansion was immersed in a joyful atmosphere.

The front of the main hall was filled with all kinds of flowers and gifts, and the air was filled with fragrant aromas.

The prince, dressed in gorgeous brocade clothes, got off the carriage and strode into the gate of Wen Mansion, followed by the eunuch holding a vermilion marriage certificate.

Behind the eunuch was a team in gorgeous costumes carrying eighty-eight loads of betrothal gifts, highlighting the prince's noble status.

In sharp contrast to the prince's team is the prince of Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion.

Prince Xiao rode a tall horse and followed behind the prince's team. No one could tell that he had a leg disease.
Moreover, he looked fierce, and you could tell at first glance that he was someone who was not easy to mess with.

Whenever he looked at them, the onlookers would feel a chill running down their spines and their hearts would tremble uncontrollably.

His appearance made the onlookers guess one thing: the prince must have been forced by the crown prince to come to the Wen Mansion to deliver the betrothal gift.

Because his betrothal gift was too shabby, and the person who delivered the betrothal gift was also ugly, with either a disabled hand or a diseased foot.

The only things worth mentioning were a pair of live geese, deerskins, and fox furs.

What's left is that a load of betrothal cakes (50 kilograms) is carried by a strong man with a disabled hand, which is equivalent to two loads.

A load of lotus roots, a load of taro, a load of pomegranates, several loads of fruits, and peppercorns... These gifts symbolize good meanings.

Such as “Good things come in pairs” and “More children, more blessings.

But they are all worthless things.

When the person delivering the betrothal gifts entered the Wen residence, the crowd of onlookers split into two groups. The Crown Prince's group said, "The betrothal gifts from the Crown Prince of the Cheng'en Marquisate are too shabby."

"It's not bad. Although I don't have the prince's jewelry, silks, and satins, I have a pair of majestic wild geese and fox fur."

"That's right, that's right. Besides, the prince's betrothal gifts are also forty-eight, which is equivalent to ninety-six."

"One load of jewels from the prince can buy forty of his."

"The prince is sincere. It is said that he personally hunted the wild geese. Moreover, the number of wild geese is more than eighty-eight."

The people watching the fun outside the Wen Mansion were arguing, and the prince who delivered the betrothal gift was also deliberately competing with Master Xiao.

(End of this chapter)