Madam Hou

Chapter 91

Lin Fengye's new house is located in the Danfeng Courtyard, which is named after the two red maple trees planted in the courtyard. It's enough for two people.

The bride's dowry was carried in one after another, and the room was so full that there was almost no room for pedestrians. Yin Niang's eyes twitched at that moment.

He's aunt, Lu, came to make the bed, and the Lin family invited Lin's second wife, Liang.

When Mrs. Lu came, she raised her head and looked around the room, then covered her mouth lightly with a handkerchief, and said with a smile: "In-laws, I didn't say that, my son-in-law is a concubine, and the treatment of food and accommodation is worse than that of the first brother in the house. We can understand it too, but this house is too... My sister-in-law bought a whole set of pineapple and wood snail furniture for us, and now it seems that those furniture may not be able to fit in."

This is a small house prepared by my husband's family!There is no girl who starts to dislike her husband's family before she even enters the house. I really don't know if this aunt wants to stand up for her niece, or has a grudge against her niece. The door, all the losses are on your girl.

Mrs. Liang despised Mrs. Lu's behavior, but she didn't show it on her face, she still smiled and said: "My mother-in-law really loves our second young lady, these seven or eight rooms can't fit the furniture brought by the second young lady, and I don't know my mother-in-law How much dowry was prepared for our second young lady, I really envy me as an aunt. When I married in back then, my aunt was kind and prepared a lot of dowry for me, but the furniture brought in was only filled with It’s just four houses.” A son-in-law and daughter-in-law are just preparing so much dowry, do you still want to overwhelm the son-in-law and daughter-in-law?

Mrs. Liang changed her smiling expression, wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, and continued: "Oh, my in-laws, you live alone in a separate mansion and are used to living in a big house. You don't know the difficulties of our Marquis mansion. Together, the room is tense. There is still an empty courtyard in the mansion that is slightly larger than the Danfeng Courtyard, but that is where our Concubine Jing lived before entering the palace, and it is not easy for the Second Young Master and Second Young Mistress to live in it. Or else, if the in-laws really think the yard is too small, I will tell my sister-in-law when the second young lady enters the door, so that the second young master and the second young lady can live alone, and the husband and wife are outside, and they can live in as big a house as they want What a big house."

It's a joke, now that the family is separated, according to Mrs. Lin Hou's ability, how much money can the second young master get for a bastard.The new uncle and the girl are of course the best place to live in the Yongning Hou's Mansion, not only food, clothing and housing are provided by the public, but it is also said that the girl is married to the Hou's Mansion, and her reputation is good.

She said those words to show off, to tell them that the girls of their family came in with a large dowry, with the support of their natal family, so don't think about suppressing and tossing the bastard and daughter-in-law.In the end, he spoke too much, and was directly threatened with a separation.

Lu Shi smiled awkwardly, and said: "The father-in-law and mother-in-law are still there, so how can we separate the family?"

Liang said: "I'm not thinking about our second young lady, I'm afraid that she won't be used to living in this small courtyard. If you are worried that our elder brother and sister-in-law will not agree, don't worry, our sister-in-law is a well-known virtuous person, if the second young master and The Second Young Mistress wants to separate the government, she will never stop her."

Lu Shi smiled unnaturally and said: "I think we'll talk about this later, we'd better make the bed now, so as not to delay the time."

Liang said with a smile: "Yes, what the in-laws said is true." As he spoke, he supported Lu's hand and said as he walked, "I wonder what expensive bedding and quilt my in-laws have prepared for our second young lady this time?"

Lu Shi did not dare to show off any more this time, and smiled apologetically, "It's nothing expensive, it's just an ordinary item."

The servant girl opened He's cage and took out things like bedding and bed curtains. Together, Liang and Lu laid them out on the wedding bed, and sprinkled them with red dates, peanuts, longan, red beans, mung beans and other happy fruits.Afterwards, Mrs. Lu left a mother and a maid who was married to Mrs. He in the house to guard the new house. At this point, the ceremony of putting on make-up is considered complete.

Of course, Yin Niang was not in the new house on the day when the make-up was done, and she never saw the verbal dispute between Liang Shi and Lu Shi.But when she returned to Mudetang at night, Caizhu, who went to the new house with Mrs. Liang, still told Yinniang what happened.

Although everything that should be prepared is almost ready, in order to prevent mistakes tomorrow, Yinniang still needs to confirm many things again, so at the end of the day, Yinniang is also tired and flustered.

Yin Niang took a sip of tea, put down the teacup, and continued to listen to Caizhu talking about today's events: "...you don't know, young mistress, I asked the boys who carried the makeup, and they all said that the box is very heavy. One hundred and eight sets, which are definitely real. The second young lady's natal family really loves her."

Mrs. Linhou has He's dowry list in her hand. Yinniang and Mrs. Linhou had counted together. How much dowry the He family has, Yinniang knows more or less.This number will definitely make He's head up in her husband's house.

Although there is no explicit regulation, but the common practice, the dowry of the daughter-in-law of the son-in-law is generally not more than that of the daughter-in-law of the son-in-law.Yinniang had a dowry of 120 yuan at the beginning, not counting the betrothal gift from inside, and the single dowry was converted into silver, which was about 2 taels. If she married the prince of the Hou family, this dowry would be a bit shabby.

As for the one hundred and eighth dowry carried by the He family, it seems that the number of carried dowry does not exceed that of the son-in-law and daughter-in-law, but the items in the dowry are converted into silver, but it is definitely in the early 3 taels.

The He family seemed to want to fight Yin Niang, the young lady, in a ring.When Mrs. Lin Hou saw the dowry list sent by the He family, she was very unhappy.No mother-in-law would like her own daughter-in-law to be overwhelmed by a concubine's daughter-in-law.What's more, the He family has a lot of dowry, what to do with the daughter-in-law after the third young master, I can't let the dowry of a daughter-in-law of a son-in-law be inferior to that of a daughter-in-law of a son-in-law.But if it surpasses the He family, then even Yinniang, the eldest daughter-in-law, also surpasses it.What a disrespectful and unruly thing this is.

Mrs. Lin Hou hinted her displeasure to the He family through a matchmaker, but the He family didn't seem to understand, and it should be like this.Mrs. Lin Hou was so angry that she dropped a cup, and then began to regret making this marriage to Lin Fengye.But even so, Mrs. Lin Hou can't, she can't tell people directly that your girl's dowry is too much, so don't bring so much dowry into my house.There have always been only those who dislike the small dowry, and there are no husbands who dislike the large dowry.

Yinniang also heard that Mrs. He got this daughter after she had three legitimate sons. She also heard that as soon as this daughter was born, Mrs. He was selected as a Jinshi Guangzong Yaozu. Mrs. He regarded this daughter as a lucky star. So much love, even his own three sons almost overwhelmed him.

But Yinniang felt that there was nothing wrong with Mrs. He loving her daughter, but the way she loved her was a little bit like cheating her daughter.If it is really for the daughter's sake, the dowry is not so decent, and the rest is exchanged for silver for the daughter to take over. In this way, Mrs. Lin Hou will have face, and the daughter will get benefits, and everyone will be happy.

However, this may also be related to Mrs. He's marriage experience. Mrs. He was a poor scholar before becoming a Jinshi. Mrs. He's natal family was a merchant, and Mrs. He brought a large amount of dowry into the door.Mrs. He has a generous dowry, and her waist is straight at her husband's house. Mrs. He didn't even dare to make her daughter-in-law set the rules at home, so she almost went to set the rules for her daughter-in-law herself. I dare not touch my hands.Mrs. He probably felt that as long as her daughter's dowry was generous, she would be able to straighten her back in her husband's house. She completely forgot that her daughter married into the Hou's mansion and did not rely on her daughter's dowry for food.

However, Yinniang was also a little distressed. Although the rich dowry of the He family had some influence on her, she was the eldest son's wife and the wife of the eldest son after all, so the influence of her status was almost negligible.What she is worried about is that, seeing how the He family is doing things, she is afraid that the He family is also a troublemaker. It is best for the sisters-in-law to live under the same roof, and they can live in peace. Very annoying.Now Yinniang only hopes that the He family and her mother are not of the same breed.

Day two.

With the sound of firecrackers, Mrs. He was welcomed into the door, and after worshiping in the middle hall, she was sent into the bridal chamber.

Lin Fengqi was helping the groom to accompany the male guests in the outer courtyard, while Yin Niang stayed in the inner courtyard to greet the female guests.Because it was a concubine who got married, the people who came were also the second son or daughter-in-law of other prefectures, and Yin Niang was not very familiar with these people.Fortunately, she has worked hard to study the intertwined relationship between various prefectures, and she also knows about these second sons-in-law and concubine daughters-in-law, but she didn't make jokes like admitting the wrong person or not being able to call someone's name. Have fun.

Yinniang thought of how hungry she was in the new house on the day she got married, her chest pressed against her back, letting herself be her friend, and thinking that Mrs. He would be hungry too if she was waiting in the room, so she pulled out a few vegetables in the kitchen, Another bowl of rice was served, and Caizhu quietly brought it to the new house for He Shi to use.

After seeing off the guests in the afternoon, Yinniang basically didn't need to do the rest by herself.After Yinniang explained a few words to the woman in charge, she brought Qinghua Qingteng and others back to Mudetang.

Yin Niang asked someone to cook hangover soup in the small kitchen.

(End of this chapter)