"Fourth sister, you..."
Gu Yue stared at Gu Shan in disbelief.
Gu Shan kept avoiding her gaze and didn't say a word.
Gu Yue yelled "ah", "I won't let you succeed, never."
After finishing speaking, Gu Yue rushed out of Zhilan Courtyard.
Gu Zhen laughed happily, looking in a good mood.
Gu Shan's face was flushed, she was very embarrassed, "I'm worried that something will happen to my third sister, I'll go and have a look."
"Fourth sister, go slowly. If third sister bullies you, don't be polite."
Gu Zhen grinned.
Gu Shan nodded awkwardly, got up and left.
Gu Lin's eyeballs rolled slowly, and she belatedly discovered an astonishing fact.
"Is the wife not paying attention to the third sister now? How is it possible?"
Gu Zhen smiled, "It's impossible. My wife is almost pissed off by her, and I don't know how much anger I have suffocated in my heart. That is to say, Gu Yue can't understand it. She really thinks she is in the northwest. How dare she come here? Questioning the second sister, is it shameful?"
Gu Lin opened her mouth wide, her jaw almost fell to the ground in shock.
Gu Jiu said: "Big Sister really doesn't need to tear face to face with Third Younger Sister."
"Thank you Second Sister for caring about me. But seeing her triumphant look, I couldn't help but want to stimulate her. Second Sister, don't you want to see Third Sister crying bitterly?"
Gu Jiu looked at Gu Zhen with a half-smile, and said, "Third Younger Sister is really going to cry and change her past, then it's Madam's turn to feel sorry for her."
Gu Zhen was dumbfounded.
She laughed and said: "Second sister still understands clearly. I'm so stupid, why bother to wake up third sister. If the wife's heart softens, won't she be proud again."
Gu Jiu smiled and said, "Eldest sister doesn't have to worry about that. I don't think the third sister looks like she's going to cry. Thinking about it, nothing is more important than a dowry nowadays."
Gu Zhen suddenly realized, and then burst out laughing.
"Second sister, I really have you. Why didn't I expect it. The third sister should be going to talk to his wife about the dowry. With her temper, I'm afraid she will piss her off."
Gu Zhen still didn't say a word, Xie Shi was really going to die of anger, and it was Gu Jiu's credit.
After all, Gu Jiu was accused of marrying the son, so he needed to prepare a large dowry.
With Xie's stingy temperament, this dowry can make her feel distressed to death.
This will be in the Furong Courtyard, Mrs. Xie is discussing the dowry with Mr. Gu.
"Yue'er needs a dowry, and the second girl is accused of marrying the prince, which is another dowry. If the eldest girl's marriage is settled, three dowries will be prepared this year. Gongzhong is unwilling to pay a penny more In this way, my lord, our second wife will suffer a famine this year."
Xie's calling him poor in front of Mr. Gu naturally has a purpose.
What Mrs. Zhang said to her earlier still rings in my ears.
How could Gu Jiu be willing to marry the emperor's grandson, let alone tens of thousands of taels of dowry.
At this time, it is necessary to be called poor, so that Lord Gu knows, don't think that it is a good thing for Gu Jiu to be accused of marrying the emperor's grandson, and the dowry alone can kill people.
Master Gu is full of paternal love at this moment, and when he thinks that Gu Jiu is suffering for him, he feels that he owes Gu Jiu a lot.
He said with a sullen face: "Let's not talk about other things, Xiao Jiu's dowry should not be thin. The emperor's grandson she married should not be underestimated. I plan to prepare a dowry of 40,000 taels for Xiao Jiu."
"master?"
The flesh on Xie's face was trembling, and his fingers were also trembling.
She really wanted to point to Mr. Gu's face and ask, what kind of grudge did she have, and she insisted on emptying the house.
"Prepare a dowry of 40,000 taels for the second girl. How can there be so much money. Master, don't forget, the eldest girl, Yue'er has to prepare a dowry. The boys have also reached the age of marriage, so they have to prepare a dowry."
Master Gu said in a deep voice: "Yue'er will prepare a dowry of 20,000 taels. For the big girl's dowry, if the sister-in-law can talk about the marriage, I will prepare a dowry of 8,000 taels for her."
Xie felt dizzy and dizzy, and blood rushed straight to his forehead.
She simply didn't play around and said directly to Mr. Gu: "Master, there is no money in the account. If you take out seventy thousand taels all at once, there is nothing I can do."
Master Gu frowned.
Xie Shi pursed his lips and did not speak, too much but very clear. Prepare a dowry of 40,000 taels for Gu Jiu, let's dream.
Her daughter's dowry is only 20,000 taels, which is twice as much as Gu Jiu's dowry. Is it true that her daughter is not as good as the original girl
Mr. Gu pondered for a moment, and said: "The dowry left by the Su family earlier was divided into half, which was almost 20,000 taels. Adding the 5,000 taels from the public, it would be 25,000 taels. In addition, I will take another 10,000 taels Two come out, and the remaining five thousand taels will be taken from the account."
It just happened to make up the dowry of 40,000 taels.
Xie's eyes widened, his face turned pale, as if he had been greatly stimulated.
"Master said that Sister Su left a dowry of 10,000 taels?"
How could there be so many
Xie couldn't believe it.
Mr. Gu nodded, "These officials have been released all these years, but the Zhuangzi shops under Su's name are all in the capital, so that they are neglected. If they can return to the capital two years earlier and take good care of them, Xiaojiu's 40,000 The two dowries, just relying on the one left by her late mother, are almost enough."
Mrs. Xie was tongue-tied and blushed.
She gritted her teeth, "Master, isn't it too much to prepare 40,000 taels of dowry for the second girl? There is not much money in our second room account."
Master Gu looked at Mrs. Xie with dissatisfaction, "Could it be that you can't even get five thousand taels?"
"It's not that it can't be taken out, it's not that it's too expensive."
Master Gu snorted coldly, "Xiao Jiu, she... married to the palace, if the dowry is less than 40,000 taels, how can you let her hold her head up in front of others? I am afraid that she will be ridiculed and ridiculed on the first day of marriage. Xiao Jiu is looked down upon by others in the palace, my heart..."
Master Gu covered his heart, and wanted to say emotionally that he felt uncomfortable. Suddenly came to his senses, in front of Mrs. Xie, he still wanted to maintain his majesty, so he didn't say the word "discomfort".
However, Mrs. Xie heard Master Gu's unfinished words.
She frowned slightly, is the master confused
When did you feel so sorry for Gu Jiu
This is not right.
Xie gritted her teeth, "Master, the dowry of 35,000 taels is quite a lot. When a girl from the Hou Mansion gets married, that's about the same dowry."
Mrs. Gu looked at Mrs. Xie coldly, "Madam, didn't you hear what my husband said? My husband made it very clear that the dowry for Xiaojiu should not be less than 40,000 taels. Among them, there are 35,000 Two, it has nothing to do with you. Why, you don’t even want to give up five thousand taels? Do stepmothers treat their stepdaughters as human beings?”
"Master is wronged!"
Xie was so wronged that she burst into tears.
"When did the concubine not treat the second girl as a daughter? Didn't the concubine take care of her all these years.
When Sister Su gave birth to her, she was a thin and small child. If the concubine really has bad intentions, she only needs to deliberately delay for a while when asking for a doctor, can the second girl still have today
The concubine devoted herself to giving birth to children for the master, and worked hard to bring them up. In the end, the master said such cruel words. The concubine is dead, dead. "
Xie was crying and crying, very sad.
Mr. Gu also felt a little regretful, it seemed that he had spoken too seriously.
Seeing that the Xie family performed very well during the first month of the month, Xie's family did not come to the banquet in the mansion yesterday to be an eyesore, so Mrs. Gu comforted him: "It's my husband who misunderstood you. But Xiaojiu's dowry, forty thousand taels of a penny, is not worth it." Not much. Only five thousand taels are needed in the account, and it will not affect the dowry for Yueer and the eldest girl."
Xie Shi was still crying.
She covered her face with her sleeve, feeling extremely annoyed in her heart.
What does it mean to only need to pay five thousand taels on the account, isn't the ten thousand taels that the master paid out money
For Gu Jiu's dowry, the master was willing to spend 10,000 taels of money from his private house. You know, that money will be reserved for the two brothers Gu Cheng and Gu Gong in the future.
This is tantamount to using her son's money to subsidize Gu Jiu.
How could Mrs. Xie bear it.
But looking at Master Gu's determined expression, Xie knew that her objection was useless.
Master Gu has really made up his mind to buy a dowry of 40,000 taels for Gu Jiu.
Xie's heart felt sour, and tears fell down patter.
This day can't be passed.
She lay on the bed and wept sadly, crying uncontrollably.
Master Gu frowned, "Why are you crying again? My husband has already said it. I misunderstood you about what I said before. Why do you care about it?"
Xie said in a low voice, "I am just sad and want to cry. Master, don't worry about this concubine, let's go."
Master Gu frowned, "Don't make trouble! Let's finish the business first."
Mrs. Xie bit her lip and said: "The master has made up his mind about the matter, and the concubine has no objection. Only Yue'er's dowry is twice as small as that of the second girl. If it spreads to Haixibo Mansion, what will they think? Don't you think that Yue'er is inferior to the second girl, and that our parents are partial, and then treat Yue'er harshly?"
"You think too much."
Master Gu rubbed his eyebrows, "Gu Jiu is going to marry the emperor's grandson, and the dowry is more than that of Yue'er. This is a matter of course. Even if the Haixibo Mansion knows about it, they can understand it. Could it be that their Haixibo Mansion still wants to compare with the Wang Mansion? Competing?"
Xie was choked, but she didn't give up, she still cried and said: "I feel wronged for Yue'er."
Mr. Gu finally understood the meaning of Xie's making such a fuss.
"Okay, for Yue'er's dowry, I'll give you another five thousand taels, and I'll treat it as a little favor from my father. In addition, I will also give you three thousand taels for the dowry of Zhen girl. So, are you satisfied?"
Xie gritted her teeth and gradually stopped crying.
She sat up, her eyes were a little red and swollen, "The concubine is Yue'er and girl Zhen accepted the master's heart. The two children will be very happy to know."
Mr. Gu hummed, "You should pay close attention to the children's dowry. Forget it, I will make a list according to the Su family's dowry in the past, and I will talk about how to arrange it in detail."
Mr. Gu changed his mind temporarily.
Originally, he wanted Mrs. Xie to come forward and organize the dowry for Gu Jiu. This is also the rule.
But Mr. Gu thought about it again, if Xie was allowed to handle Gu Jiu's dowry, which was 40,000 taels of silver, I'm afraid he could only buy 30,000 taels of dowry at most.
Among them, 10,000 taels, needless to say, will definitely fall into Mrs. Xie's pocket.
There is no need to say anything about this matter, Mr. Gu simply plans to send someone to prepare the dowry himself. Anyway, Zhuangzi, shop, and some items are ready-made.
For the rest of the matter, it is okay to let my sister-in-law Zhang pay more attention.
Mrs. Xie opened her mouth, guessing what Master Gu was thinking.
But she didn't make a sound.
Because she didn't want to buy a dowry for Gu Jiu, even if it was beneficial to get it, she didn't want to.
She was afraid that she would be pissed off.
In particular, Gu Jiu's dowry was in stark contrast to Gu Yue's.
As for money, Mrs. Xie is really not short of money.
After being away with Mr. Gu for so many years, with the help of Mr. Xie Er, Mrs. Xie has saved a lot of money.
After the first lunar month is over, the Xie family also plans to set up a Zhuangzi shop in the capital to earn more income. By the way, resettle the idle people.
Mr. Gu still wanted to mention a few words about Mrs. Xie, but seeing Mrs. Xie's appearance, he gave up his thoughts.
Mr. Gu said: "I still have things to do, so let's go first."
"master!"
Mrs. Xie called Mr. Gu to stop, his eyes were full of autumn water, reminding Mr. Gu of the absurd years of his youth.
With a straight face, he asked, "What's the matter?"
The more I miss the absurd years of my youth, the more I pretend to be serious on my face.
Mr. Gu has such a temper.
Mrs. Xie said: "Tomorrow, I will be a guest at the Marquis' Mansion. I would like to ask the master, what kind of gift should I prepare?"
Mr. Gu said: "I will tell Gu Quan to handle this matter, you don't have to worry about it."
After speaking, Master Gu left Furong Courtyard.
When Gu Yue heard the movement, she hurriedly hid in the wing room, not daring to show her head.
She had come to the Furong Courtyard a long time ago, and stopped the servant girl from notifying her.
She stood under the window and eavesdropped for a long time.
Hearing that a dowry of 40,000 taels was prepared for Gu Jiu, but she only had 20,000 taels of dowry, she was so angry that she gritted her teeth.
After Master Gu left, Gu Yue came out of the wing.
Chunhe stood under the eaves, looked at Gu Yue, and deliberately raised his voice and said: "The third girl is here, and the servants will go in and announce."
"Is Yue'er here? Tell her to come in."
Xie Shi's voice came from the room.
Chunhe looked at Gu Yue with a smile, "Third Miss, please come in. The wife is inside."
Gu Yue walked into the main room expressionlessly, "My daughter pays her respects to mother."
"Sit down and talk."
Xie looked lazy and unable to lift his spirits.
Sitting on the chair, Xie had mixed feelings in his heart, his nose turned into a bruise, his head was aggrieved, and tears fell straight down.
Xie stared at Gu Yue, "Why are you crying?"
"My daughter didn't cry for anything, she just felt sad."
Xie asked blankly, "You heard it all, right?"
Gu Yue panicked, her eyes flickered, for fear that Mrs. Xie would scold her.
In the end, Mrs. Xie just lied to her.
"Looking at your reaction, you should have heard the conversation between me and your father. Chun He is getting more and more outrageous, and even let you eavesdrop."
"It's not about Sister Chunhe's business. It's my fault. I want to eavesdrop."
Xie groaned and said, "It's really rare, you also think of others."
Gu Yue blushed instantly.