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Chapter 167 The Dowry
Qian Qingling looked at Liang Yimei, who was worried, and said with a mocking smile: "My elder brother chose a lot of people for me, all of whom were born at home, and replaced all the original people. She was a little anxious, this wet nurse is The only one who stayed, but I didn't dare to let her take care of Sister Zhen personally. When I was at home, people around me took care of her. It's just that it's not good to lose her face too much when I go outside, but now it seems My heart is too soft."

Seeing that Liang Yimei was still worried, Qian Qingling was moved, so she said in a low voice: "...now she is in charge of the Qian family, and he went to such a remote place to be an official, how could he suffer so much, and open his mouth in only a month?" I asked the family for 400 taels of silver, but the Jin family didn't have any income, and they didn't want to wrong their son..."

Liang Yimei looked at her disapprovingly, "If there is one, there will be two. You will feed the Jin family's appetite like this."

"Don't worry," Qian Qingling said disdainfully, "I didn't say I was going to give them money, but now even if I kick them out, she doesn't have the energy to take care of me. If you're not afraid of her, why don't you worry about finding a reason to kick someone out?"

Liang Yimei felt relieved when she saw that the frown in her eyes was not fake.

……

Li Xuanran poured himself a large cup of tea, and said to Hou Yunping: "The Prince's man just came back from Quanzhou, I asked someone to reveal some things to him properly, so that he can be considered to be in favor of the Liang family."

Hou Yunping asked about the Zizhu armor, "...can it be done before he leaves?"

Li Xuanran pondered for a while and said: "That time is already the shortest, I will urge you as much as possible." Speaking of this, Li Xuanran looked at him with piercing eyes, "Is there any movement in Beidi? Otherwise, why are you so Anxiously urging me to give him armor?"

Hou Yunping didn't deny it, "The sixth prince is too young, I'm afraid the Tao family will jump over the wall in a hurry, and the Tatars have always had their own ideas, how could they be used by the Tao family? I'm afraid they will steal the chicken this time and lose everything!"

Li Xuanran frowned tightly, "Doesn't that mean there will be a war again?"

Hou Yunping was also a little worried, "The treasury has long been empty, and this time I'm afraid it will be increased again!"

Li Xuanran got up and took two steps irritably, he couldn't help complaining: "How did he become the emperor? It can be delayed for five or six years, but he..."

"Xuan Ran!" Hou Yunping glanced at him disapprovingly, and there were some things he couldn't say.

Although Li Xuanran kept his mouth shut, he still had a bad expression on his face, and said in a slightly aggressive tone: "Who is he going to send troops this time?"

"It's impossible for you and my two families, but I don't know what she thinks?" Hou Yunping said coldly: "General Hussars has not been out of Beijing for several years..."

Li Xuanran got up and said: "Leave this matter to me, you should rest assured to prepare for the marriage, there are still five months, not very long."

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Because of Liang Yimu's ten-day extra vacation, the Liang family suddenly became lively. Although Liang Yilin went back to work as usual, he still went to the office early every day and stayed with his elder brother when he came back.

But Liang Yimu was worried about Liang Yimei's dowry. He and his fifth grandpa and fifth grandma made a dowry list, and when he was cleaning up the family property, he found that the family property was unexpectedly large.

Fifth Grandpa and Fifth Grandma didn't expect that there would be so much money at home, so they were stunned.

The fifth grandma smacked her lips and said, "These businesses are all managed by Meizi. She often takes the money home. I used to think that she brought back a lot. So the big head is here."

Liang Yimu felt a little sad, he took the account book with a forced smile and said, "My sister is going to marry into the Marquis of Changping, our status is relatively low, we can't wrong her in terms of dowry."

Fifth Grandma hesitated to speak, but Fifth Grandpa gave her a hand to signal her not to interrupt.

After coming out, the fifth grandma complained: "Why are you dragging me? Their brothers love Meizi like this, and they wish to give everything to Meizi as a dowry. What will happen when their brothers get married?" Speaking of this, Fifth Grandma's His complexion is not good, "Brother Mu is 21 years old, and Brother Lin is also 19 years old. Others at this age are the fathers of several children. If... who would want to marry in?"

"You don't need to worry about these things," Fifth Grandfather said with a serious face, "Their brothers and sisters will take care of it. Brother Mu wants to bring the family property to Meizi. I don't think Meizi is willing. He is a child with ideas. Let them The three of you can go toss yourself."

Although Fifth Grandma was unwilling, she had no choice but to mutter, "Then when will I be able to hold my grandson!"

Liang Yimei raised her eyebrows when she got Liang Yimu's dowry list, then went back to her room and took an account book and handed it to him, "Look, brother, this is the list I made for myself."

Liang Yimu blinked his eyes to make sure that he heard correctly, and suddenly his body and mind trembled. He knew that his sister was not as shy as other women since she was a child, but he didn't expect her to be so bold as to give himself a dowry, right?
Liang Yimei hadn't thought about getting married before, but she had thought about paving the way for her two older brothers, so what she would leave to her two older brothers had already been decided in her heart, and she found Shen and Chen's dowry After making a list according to theirs, her list will be completed, and Liang Yimei has never been someone who would wrong herself.

She also knew the intentions of her two brothers, so she distributed almost one-third of the family's cash, and the dowry she prepared was no less than Shen's. Although it is comparable to Shen's, it is far behind when it comes to things, such as antiques, even if she has money, she can't buy them for a while, but she has to spend so much money to buy things that are higher than her value Well, she might as well get married with a lot of money.

Liang Yimu took a closer look, only to find that he had missed a lot, such as jewelry and clothing materials, and farm shops, etc. Most of them only listed money and shops.

He smiled embarrassingly and said, "Why don't we invite Brother Zheng and a few sister-in-laws, and there is no one in the family who understands."

Although Liang Yimei had studied with the nanny sent by the Shen family for a while, she hadn't practiced it after all, and she couldn't figure out many things, so she nodded and said: "Forget it, Brother Zheng, he is busy with the affairs of the court, or Ask some sister-in-laws."

"Then tomorrow I will go to Brother Zheng and Brother Shang, and invite two sister-in-laws to help. As for the dowry, I will have to trouble Brother Xu. He has traveled all over the world and knows a lot of people. I think he has some way." Liang Yimu looked at Liang Yimei After glancing at it, he struggled for a while and said, "Sister, let's try to see if I can embroider the wedding dress. If it doesn't work, I might as well quickly call someone to help me embroider it."

Liang Yimei was startled, her face flushed slightly, and she said embarrassingly: "Then I should call someone to embroider..."

A smile flashed across Liang Yimu's eyes.

When Liang Yilin came back and saw the dowry list, he frowned, "Is this listed by my sister?"

"Well, what's the matter?" Liang Yimu took a sip of tea and asked in confusion.

"There are too few things on this list."

Seeing that Liang Yimu was puzzled, Liang Yilin said: "The account books that the eldest brother read are new, right? My sister still has several old account books. The new ones are mostly in the capital and Quanzhou, but the old ones write everything. Be clear."

"Brother Xu's business has grown bigger and bigger in the past few years. Except for some of the main businesses of the Xu family and the Yan family, my sister almost has shares. Half of the shares are the Xu family's silk and satin business, and my sister also holds [-]%. There is also Fu Ya Ge in the capital, which is a cash cow. Not to mention other things, there are thousands of taels a month. But I think these few None of the younger sisters in the shop wrote it down."

"Although I usually don't care about the house, but every year during the Chinese New Year, I go to the shop with brother Xu to reconcile the accounts. I thought about it in my heart, and even if it was cash, my sister only took less than one-third of the amount. , we are men, we have our own merits, we can't eat my sister's, right?"

Liang Yimu was very surprised. There were already a lot of things in these account books, but it was not all that he expected. "What about the shop? How much did my sister want?"

Speaking of this, Liang Yilin's face became even more ugly, "Except for a few Duolexuan and Laojiaofang, my sister hardly wants any. There are several shops on the street in the north of the city, and my sister doesn't want any of them."

The two joined hands to find Liang Yimei.

Liang Yimei was slightly startled when she saw that their expressions were not good, she hurriedly sent A Tao down, poured two cups of tea herself, and asked, "What's wrong? Is something wrong?"

"Why is my sister's dowry listed so little? Didn't I tell you to bring more?" Liang Yilin saw that his elder brother's expression was not good, so he could only ask.

It turned out that it was for this, Liang Yimei said indifferently: "There are enough of these, it is only a lot more than the Shen family's example of marrying a daughter."

Liang Yimei saw that the faces of the two were still not good-looking, so she explained: "After all, Jiangnan is too far away from the capital, and I can't take care of it even if I want to. If I only send stewards, they will inevitably deceive the master over time. Why don't we leave it to the two of you?" brother."

"All the things sold in Fu Ya Ge are girls' things, why didn't you list them?"

"There are so many shops in our family, except for the one in the north of the city, only Fu Ya Ge is independent, and the others are all cooperated with the Xu family or several other shops. It's okay if we have a good relationship now, but will the descendants be able to do so in the future? How about not caring about those small interests, like now? So we have to leave a way for the Liang family, and there are shops in the north of the city that can't see the light, and the money they make is small money..."

The faces of the two brothers looked better, but Liang Yimu still felt that it was too little. He didn't feel anything when he only got the previous account book, but suddenly found that there was a lot more money, so he naturally felt that there was less on the list.

He pondered for a while and said: "I remember that the Hou family's family is in Taiyuan, and maybe the Hou family will return to the family in the future, so I should go there to buy some farm shops and the like, and buy some in places like Baoding, the capital. Don’t you think that Quanzhou and Jiangnan are too far away, so you can buy more in the north, and you don’t have to worry about money, and the annual income of the shops you leave will be better.”

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