Ning Yanting's life has not been very good recently.
Ning's mother said that only forty taels were given to him, and there was not much money. After thinking about it, he could only take out the valuable things in the house. Fortunately, the Ning family was a big family. Mother Ning was very generous to him in the past, and everything she bought for him was good. It also eased his urgency.
It's just that this still doesn't solve his problem completely.
He felt that he owed his daughter too much, and Ning Nuan didn't need to say that he brought her something every time he went home, either a new book from a gentleman, a piece of jewelry, or something delicious from a restaurant. dessert. He wanted to make up for what he owed his daughter in the past, and he didn't have to ask Ning Nuan. As soon as he showed a hesitant look, Ning Yanting was immediately carried away by his father's love, and nodded hastily in response.
There is Ning Nuan, and naturally there is Ning Lang. Ning Nuan is more considerate, he often pushes back and says a few words of concern, but Ning Lang is different. Ning Lang is very rude, and asks for anything he wants. Fortunately, it's all worthless. Little things, Ning Yanting agreed very happily.
What troubled him the most was the pressure from his two younger brothers.
Perhaps it was because he had no money in his pocket that he began to care about money. The two younger brothers sent the servant over and asked him to pay for various drinks and meals. He always felt very heartbroken. If he came back and told him which antiques he liked and which things he liked, Ning Yanting would be more concerned. dripping blood.
It was the first time he had ever cared so much about money after so many years of his life.
Ning Yanting couldn't help sighing when he bought several decorations in the house, paid several bills for his younger brother, and even bought things for a pair of children.
Ning Nuan soon noticed it, and said intimately, "Mother gives Dad 80 taels in January. These money are only enough for Dad's usual expenses. Dad often buys things for his daughter recently, so there must be enough money, right?"
"How could it be." Ning Yanting immediately retorted: "A Nuan, don't worry about this, if Dad really lacks money, he will naturally ask your mother for it. Look, when did Dad worry about this?"
Ning Nuan thought to herself: Mother? Mother won't even give you a copper plate.
She didn't show her face, she just went back to the house and took out her private room, put all the money in a wooden box, and handed it over to Ning Yanting.
"If daddy is short of money to spend, just spend this." Ning Nuan said, "Dad don't buy me any jewelry. My mother has bought me a lot recently. The place is good."
This is my daughter's private room!
Ning Yanting held the hot hand and hurriedly stuffed it back: "How can Dad take your money, A Nuan, take it back quickly, how can Dad let you worry about this."
"But Daddy..."
"Dad really has no shortage of money!"
The wooden box is not heavy, and the sound of silver coins colliding inside can be heard between movements. Although he didn't know much about it, when he thought that this was his daughter's private house, Ning Yanting's eyes became hot. He was so moved that he was afraid that if he was a step behind, Ning Nuan would stubbornly put the wooden box into his hand. Ning Yanting pushed it back and hurriedly walked away. Before leaving, he didn't forget to promise to bring Mr. Wangshan's poetry collection to her.
Just for Mr. Wangshan's collection of poems, he let the boy secretly become an antique paperweight in the study.
He absolutely could not ask for his daughter's money, but there were few things in his house, and his wife noticed it within a few days. Mother Ning didn't say anything, but Ning Yanting felt guilty. During these days, his wife's temper had become so irritable that he didn't even have the courage to look directly at his wife.
Alas, these days are too difficult.
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There were few things in the room, and Mother Ning naturally noticed it. In front of Ning Yanting, she didn't say anything, but behind her back she was gnashing her teeth and keeping accounts, with such a fierce expression that even Ning Nuan felt flustered. panic.
"Your father is an idiot, those two families have been trying to get money out of his pocket all day long, but he still hasn't reacted to it. The dignified Ning family's patriarch still has to live by changing things from the sellers. Joke!" Mother Ning said bitterly, "If I had known that he was so insane, I shouldn't have married him in the first place."
Ning Nuan was shocked and looked at her with a look of surprise.
Mother Ning also knew that she had gone too far. She thought in her heart what she said. Ah Nuan was still so young, what did she say in front of Ah Nuan? Ning's mother felt remorse in her heart. After finishing the account, she picked up a few pieces of paper from the side and handed it to Ning Nuan.
"Mother?" Ning Nuan picked it up curiously: "What is this?"
Ning's mother smiled and said: "A Nuan, look, do you have any favorite among these young masters?"
Ning Nuan moved for a while, and immediately understood what these sheets of paper meant. Her cheeks suddenly turned a little red, and she glanced at Mother Ning shyly and timidly, and finally unfolded these sheets of paper.
Ning Nuan couldn't help but said: "Mother, I said it all, I'm not in a hurry to get married, let's talk about it..."
Besides, she has a bad reputation now, and even if she wants to marry, she will not be able to marry a good family.
"Mother knows, but doesn't this have to be prepared first?" Ning mother said: "You are just the right age, it's time to meet someone. Let's not marry a big family. The bigger this is, the more things will happen. Look at your father, the son of Ning’s family, he has a bright future and a bright future. Only the family knows what’s going on behind this. Mother doesn’t ask you to be rich and noble, as long as your life is happy and smooth, it’s enough. We can't afford to climb up the door, if you lower your eyesight, you always have an idea, mother will prepare a dowry for you, if you marry, the whole family will listen to you, who would dare to make you feel wronged?"
Ning's mother said it righteously, but she planned everything.
Ning Nuan nodded silently, but couldn't help but read all the information on the paper.
As Ning's mother said, she was not looking for a big family. Compared with the Ning family, the candidates on the paper were indeed lower in rank, but it was impossible to tell anything from just a piece of paper.
"Mother find a capable person for A Nuan, even if he is a lower rank, as long as he lives up to his expectations, he can climb to a high position. That way, even if something happens, he can still protect you. It's not like your father, Alas..." Mother Ning said, shaking her head and sighing again.
Now Ning Yanting is a negative teaching material in her mouth, Ning mother can't wait to tell her face, so that she must not be deceived by Ning Yanting's superficial beauty like herself.
Ning Nuan only felt funny in her heart.
She read the information on the paper from beginning to end, and then carefully folded the pieces of paper.
Just as he was talking, someone came from outside the door. It was the maid next to the old lady.
When the maid saw Ning's mother, she was blessed with a blessing and said with joy: "Madam, the old lady called you and Miss."
Mother Ning closed the ledger and said in surprise: "What good thing happened to me, and the old lady still thinks of us?"
The maid said, "It's the second miss, someone has come to propose to the second miss!"