I was a farmer in ancient times

"Yes~ This is all the dowry of the young lady~"

Mama Zhang laughed, the creases all over her face were squeezed together, it looked like orange peel.

"This is the gift list for the dowry when the young lady got married, and this is the gift list that we counted after the fifth master came back from Gao's house." After finishing speaking, Zhang Ma gave a cold snort.

When the young lady gets married, the dowry can be said to be ten miles of red makeup, and each piece is handcrafted by herself. No one knows better than her what the young lady is with.But it's only been a few years?Miss's dowry is reduced by half, this Gao family is really a place that cannibalize people.

Seeing Mama Zhang's expression, both mother and son understood.

Ding Rui took the gift list and compared it, his heart was overwhelmed with excitement.I didn't expect my mother to be so rich, and then she was so angry, how could she lose so much?

It's a pity that he doesn't have Gao Renwu's memory, otherwise he would know whether the dowry was given by his mother herself, or if it was "accidentally" lost.

Ding Rui did the math, Ding Huixin's dowry has:

There are [-] mu of fertile land, all of which are first-class fields.It's a pity that Gao Xianwei is "helping" with cooking.

There are two manors, one is in Ming Province Mansion and the other is in Yongxiu Mansion.The manors are very large, and there are dowry slaves managing them.The annual income is at least 2000 taels of silver.

An embroidery room and a cloth workshop.They are all in Gaojiazhuang.Now it's not under his mother's name either.

Apart from Xiaoju, there are three other girls who are married as dowry, all named after plum, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum, but the whereabouts of all three of them are unknown.

There are tens of thousands of taels of cash for dowry alone.There are also dowry cloth, antiques, jewelry and so on.

Ding Rui looked at the returned gift list, the anger in his heart was burning, the Gao family?I won't let go of any of them.Everything that belongs to the mother must be taken back one by one.

Thinking about Ding Rui's anger and Zhang's mother's anger, Ding Hui felt much more calm.She has lived a carefree life since she was a child, and regards money as dung.So she didn't feel anything.

Ding Rui didn't know whether to be happy or angry with such a 'magnanimous' old lady.

"Mother, my son really needs money recently. When I came back this time, there were refugees everywhere along the way. My son wanted to build a manor and take them in. On the one hand, it would give them a place to live, and on the other hand, it would also find work for them. Do it, let them fend for themselves."

When Ding Huixin heard it, it was a good thing.She pushed the box to Ding Rui:

"Take it, one can be saved."

Zhang Ma was also happy, the young master was simply the reincarnation of a Bodhisattva, she put her palms together and bowed, muttering: "Amitabha~"

Ding Rui felt a little guilty. He knew that he had taken advantage of Ding Huixin's kindness, but rather than letting her kindness "overwhelm" everywhere, it would be better for him to help her manage it himself.

"Unfortunately, it would be great if your embroidery and cloth workshops were still there, and many skilled refugees would be able to find jobs."

Ding Huixin frowned.

"I didn't give them the embroidery house and cloth workshop, but my wife said that she has a cousin who is good at running the business and helped me take care of it."

"really?"

When Ding Rui heard it, hey, there's something going on.

"Hmm~" Ding Huixin nodded.

Ding Huixin pointed out a few items on the gift list, saying that she had never seen them before.

"Mother, don't you give gifts to the wife and the old man during the holidays?"

Ding Huixin smiled and said:

"No delivery."

Ding Rui's heart became more general.

"Send money!"

After Ding Rui listened, black lines appeared on his head.

"The master said that the family spent money up and down, so I gave him 5000 taels. He helped to send my gifts all these years."

Ding Rui thought to himself, this Gao Xianwei is smart, he knew that the dowry should not be tampered with, so he had no choice but to make money.

"Mrs. Dao, she asked me for a few items. This, and this~"

Ding Huixin pointed out seven or eight items on the gift list, but Ding Rui didn't feel it, and Mama Zhang felt pain when she heard it.

"Oh~ my dear lady, this is my wife's dowry, at least it is worth 3000 taels. This is a family heirloom of the Ding family, a priceless treasure~"

Ding Huixin was very embarrassed after hearing this. She is simple and kind, but it doesn't mean she is stupid.As soon as Ding Rui and Zhang Ma talked side by side, she knew that she was being played for a fool.

"Miss, this family heirloom must come back, woo woo~ madam, I'm sorry for you~ I should have gone to Gao's house with the lady back then, woo woo~ Let's see, what kind of torture did the good lady get into? . . . . . . ”

Zhang Ma cried desperately~ She could think that the young lady was not doing well, but she didn't expect that the young lady's dowry was cheated.

In this era, the dowry is a woman's private property, and no one can touch it except herself.If a woman dies early, the dowry must be returned to the woman's natal family intact.

Therefore, if there is a daughter in the family, the brothers in the family will not object to the desperate efforts to save the dowry for the daughter from birth.

Touching the dowry is even more shameful and will be cast aside by others.If the woman's dowry is cheated or stolen, her natal family can come to ask for it.This further proves that the woman was abused at home.

That's why Mama Zhang cried bitterly.

"Mother Zhang~Mother Zhang~"

Ding Rui had sharp eyes and quick hands, and caught Mama Zhang before she fainted.

"Guo'er, Guo'er, go get a doctor!" Seeing Zhang's mother fainting in anger, Ding Huixin cried herself, and called Guoer a few times before remembering that Guoer had gone back to her home.

Ding Rui supported Mama Zhang on the chair and pinched her Renzhong acupoint, Mama Zhang woke up slowly.As soon as she woke up, she whimpered and cried with her head in her arms.

"Ma'am, what's the matter?" The big girl in Ding Hui's heart, Xiaoru, came in.

Xiaoru came back with Mama Zhang.

This child has a hard life. She was abducted by kidnappers when she was three years old, and she was resold several times before finally being sold to Ding's family. Ding's family asked her where she lived and who else was there. She didn't know anything except that her name was Xiaoru. .

At that time, Mrs. Ding made an exception to accept her because she saw her pity, and her name did not change.This year has also been inquiring about the whereabouts of her parents, but there has been no news.

Xiaoru also secretly inquired about her family's whereabouts, but she found nothing, and gradually she faded away. Zhang's mother thought she was pitiful and hardworking, so she kept helping her, and later adopted her as a goddaughter.Over the years, wherever Mama Zhang has gone, she has been everywhere.

Xiao Ru is fast, she looks average, but she is also neat and tidy.Mama Zhang has been trying to find her a husband's house, and now that she is back in the Ding Mansion, Mama Zhang has not forgotten about it.

Seeing Mama Zhang fainted, Xiao Ru hurried over.

"Mother, what's wrong with you? Ah~?"

"It's all right, there's no need to see a doctor." Ding Rui picked up a pen, wrote a prescription and handed it to Xiaoru.

"Go to the pharmacy and get two packs."

Although Xiao Ru was worried that she would be a mother and wanted to stay, but she dared not disobey the young master.

"Let Qiaojie go, Xiaoru will stay and take care of Zhangma." After all, Ding Huixin is a woman, and her heart is a little thinner than Ding Rui's.

Sister Qiao took the prescription and went out immediately.