The Daily Life of a Down-on-Hard-Life Medicine Girl Supporting Her Family

Chapter 123 The Confidence Given by the General
Xiao Chunyu never expected that Uncle Ma had come to her on Xia Guangcheng's orders to help her with her dowry.

"These were all taken from the general's private treasury, and will be delivered to the young lady tonight."

They moved the goods from the neighboring village to their own, and then painstakingly hired people to carry them to the general's mansion.

Xiao Chunyu felt that this operation was a bit time-consuming and laborious, but she had to admit that Xia Guangcheng really cared about his image. No, no, no, that's not how it should be said; it's that he cared about her a lot and wanted to support her.

Because he knew that the Xiao family, whose property had long been confiscated, was of no use to his wife's family. Her dowry, which she received after marrying into the Wu family, was confiscated by Wu Yuanping's vicious divorce letter, turning her into a divorced woman. The Wu family's property was also taken away, and in the end, it was confiscated. Normally, she wouldn't have much of a dowry left.

A woman's greatest source of confidence when she gets married is her dowry.

The long list Xia Guangcheng had prepared consisted of items from his private treasury. Now that they were being moved to her place, they were presented to the world as a dowry list. This was a way for him to save face and also to put his mind at ease.

"Please tell Uncle Ma that Chunyu thanks the general."

"Miss, the general said he'll take care of everything, so you don't need to worry."

"it is good."

After seeing Uncle Ma off, looking at the long list, Xiao Chunyu felt a lump in her throat: the difference between people is so great!
She suddenly hated herself for being so blind back then. She was clearly a good girl, but she was fooled by Wu Yuanping's words!
I met a scumbag during the best years of my life.

The person who cherished her was the one who pulled her out of the mire and reshaped her, giving her enough glory and brilliance to make her stand in front of the world in a radiant manner.

How could she not be moved!
"Miss, General Xia..."

When Mo Lan saw the list, she gasped in shock. So this was what it was like to be from a truly prestigious family.

General Xia secretly used his private treasury as a dowry for the young lady. The dowry was complete, including gold, silver and jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings by literati, and even estates and shops. Its value far exceeded the dowry prepared by the Xiao family when the young lady got married.

"It will be delivered when it gets dark." Xiao Chunyu was also surprised. This person had so many secret stashes. She didn't even know when he started accumulating them. "What you need to do now is figure out how to put those items away."

"Yes, slave, go right away."

Mo Lan, who was previously a little afraid of General Xia, instantly changed her opinion of him. How bad could a man be if he was willing to hand over his entire fortune to his young lady as a dowry?

No, General Xia looks much better than that guy surnamed Wu.

So, this is God's way of compensating the young lady. She's finally done with her suffering and is about to live a good life. As someone who serves the young lady, she's really happy!

As soon as Mo Lan went out, Jian Lan came to report.

"Madam Xu has arrived."

Madam Xu?

Xiao Chunyu was taken aback; the way she was addressed was a little unfamiliar.

However, upon seeing the person, she smiled and exclaimed: "It's none other than Madam Xu!"

In the past, when she came to the Xiao family, the servants of the Xiao family all respectfully called her Madam.

Since the Xiao family's incident, the Xu family has not sent a single person to visit them, not even a servant. All their in-laws have severed ties with the Xiao family.

From then on, I had no relatives or friends, and could only use honorifics before my surname.

"Chunyu greets Madam Xu."

Whether she liked it or not, it was right for her, as a junior, to take the initiative to greet him.

"You child, why are you being so formal?" Madam Xu paused for a moment upon hearing the address, then reluctantly accepted the reality. See? That's why the old master and madam had summoned her. "You've lost weight, poor child..." Madam Xu lifted her handkerchief and began wiping away tears.

"Madam Xu, there's no need to be sad. Chunyu is doing well."

Talking to her about weight at this point would be too obviously staged. Xiao Chunyu didn't want to act with her at all; it was exhausting both physically and mentally.

"Chunyu, you need to take better care of yourself while you're all alone up here. How come you've become so thin?"

“Madam Xu is right. My daughter can only be healthy if I am healthy, so Chunyu has been very careful.” Xiao Chunyu said calmly, “It’s not that I’m thin, it’s that I’m paying special attention to my diet, because I’m afraid that if I gain weight, the wedding dress that the general had the embroiderer make won’t fit.”

Xiao Chunyu did it on purpose. You probably wish you could forget that you were ruined by the Wu family back then, and that you would marry General Huaiyuan.

"The wedding dress should be embroidered by oneself..."

“There’s not much difference between a wedding dress that you embroider yourself and one that is embroidered by an embroiderer. Back then, Chunyu was full of joy and embroidered a phoenix coronet and wedding gown stitch by stitch. She was married with a ten-mile-long red bridal procession. In the end, didn’t she also end up like that?”

Xiao Chunyu wasn't afraid to bring up the past. Moreover, when she talked about it herself, it was a light and easy thing to say, but when others said it, it was like being torn to pieces and stabbed in the heart.

"You can't say that. It's just that the Wu family is unlucky."

Speaking of the past, Madam Xu was still a little embarrassed. She knew that today's task would not be easy. The old lady was shrewd and usually kept a tight grip on the management of the household. When things were embarrassing, she would make her do the work.

Honestly, even as a woman myself, Madam Xu felt that the Xu family had gone too far.

Of course, as a member of the Xu family, she really didn't want to have anything to do with the Xiao family at the time.

She had even wondered what would happen if, after the Xu family divorced and returned to the mansion, she couldn't stay there; in the end, she would be sent to some estate to spend the rest of her life.

When news of Xiao Chunyu's appeal to the emperor spread throughout the capital, Madam Xu was greatly alarmed, but she was thankful that she hadn't let her eldest son marry into the Xu family.

Yes, at that time, her eldest son, Xu Zhengyang, proposed to her that she marry her cousin, Xiao Chunyu.

As it turned out, the first person to object was the old man, and with him opposing, I didn't have to be the bad guy.

Looking at Xiao Chunyu now, she completely overwhelms him in both presence and appearance.

Indeed, she is now the wife of a third-rank military officer, a rank far higher than that of a small family like the Xu family.

My heart is filled with mixed feelings. The person I looked down on back then is now someone I can no longer reach.

No matter what she said, no matter how hard she tried to establish a family connection, Xiao Chunyu was easily swayed by her words.

It's clear that she only wants a distant relationship with the Xu family and no longer considers them her maternal family.

"Chunyu, have you found your perfect wife? If you don't mind, how about your aunt be your perfect wife?"

Madam Xu was quite confident in this regard. She had both a son and a daughter, a harmonious marriage, good health, and both her parents and her own parents were still alive. She was fully qualified to be a woman of complete happiness.

"Thank you very much, Madam Xu." Xiao Chunyu smiled and said, "But the general has already made arrangements and invited the old lady of the Grand Tutor's mansion to be Chunyu's wife of complete blessings."

The old lady of the Grand Tutor's mansion is the truly blessed person in the capital. She and the Grand Tutor are both eighty-nine years old this year, in good health and with many children and grandchildren. She is prosperous, wealthy, and lucky. Such a person is a rare find in the capital to be a wife of complete fortune.

"The old lady of the Grand Tutor's mansion, that's good, she's very fortunate."

"Yes, I also feel blessed."

(End of this chapter)