Aunt Hu moved closer to Gu Zhen's side.
"Two thousand taels of silver at the bottom of the box, isn't that too much?"
Aunt Hu raised an objection.
Gu Jiu explained: "I think that with more money on my eldest sister's body, I can also have more confidence. When my eldest brother-in-law goes to the north to change defenses, what does my eldest sister want to eat and drink? At worst, I will spend some money and ask the kitchen to do something. And the big sister is more generous in the Xu family, and she can get familiar with the environment faster and gain a firm foothold."
Gu Zhen nodded secretly, thinking that the second younger sister was being thoughtful.
But Aunt Hu said: "Leave two thousand taels of silver in the box, and only six thousand taels of silver for the dowry. When you get married and show off the dowry, will it look too shabby and make the Xu family laugh at it?"
Gu Jiu said: "Don't worry, Aunt Hu, the master said that the Xu family's betrothal gifts will all subsidize the big sister's dowry. I reckon that the young Xu family will also give a betrothal gift of about 2,000 taels. With these betrothal gifts, buying six The dowry of ten sets is not a problem."
Aunt Hu still has doubts.
Gu Zhen said very simply: "Second sister has a good idea, so let's do it this way. It's just that we can use less silk and satin, and prepare more cotton cloth."
"Why is that?" Aunt Hu asked.
Gu Zhen lowered her head, her ears turned red.
Aunt Hu asked again and again before she made a sound, the sound was so small that it sounded like a mosquito.
"Prepare more cotton cloth. When you have a child, you can make clothes for the child."
Aunt Hu was very surprised. In her mind, the child who had never grown up, did not expect to think farther than her.
Gu Zhen's face was blushing, she was so ashamed and annoyed that she couldn't lift her head. Very embarrassed.
Gu Jiu laughed, "Elder Sister is really thoughtful, it's me who didn't think carefully."
After finishing speaking, Gu Jiu picked up a pen to revise the list.
Then, Gu Jiu said: "As for the matter of making furniture, I can only wrong my elder sister. Because of time constraints, there is no time to make new furniture. I discussed with my father, and the furniture styles in elder sister's room are all popular in recent years. , why not ask a painter to come over and repaint it as a dowry. I don’t know how big sister would like it?”
Aunt Hu frowned first.
Gu Zhen nodded bluntly, "In two months, it is not easy to buy 60 sets of dowry. As for the furniture, the second sister's method is very good. And I also like the furniture in my room, they are all used. Yes. I can use it easily when I get married to the Xu family."
"I just wronged you." Aunt Hu said.
Gu Zhen laughed, "I'm not wronged. Before, I was worried that no one would buy the dowry for me. Now that my second sister is helping me with the furniture, I'm very happy. I believe in my second sister, and I can do as much money as I have. It's much better than my wife."
Eight thousand taels of dowry silver fell into the hands of Mrs. Xie, and I don't know if there will be six thousand taels left.
Leave it to Gu Jiu to buy it, at least every penny will be actually used to buy her dowry, so you don't have to worry about being corrupted.
Gu Jiu said solemnly: "Thank you big sister for trusting me, I will not disappoint your trust."
"It's my turn to thank my second sister. Without you, my dowry would definitely not be in sight yet."
"You don't have to say that, big sister. I'll copy a list, and we'll go through it again to see if there's anything that needs to be revised."
Gu Jiu was busy arranging the dowry for Gu Zhen, the air in the study in the outer courtyard seemed to freeze.
When Mrs. Xie learned that Master Gu had asked Gu Jiu to come forward to handle Gu Zhen's dowry, she was so angry that she wished she could chop him off with a knife.
This is a slap in the face!
Slapped in the face in front of everyone.
Xie's face turned red, and he stared at Master Gu angrily.
Mr. Gu said expressionlessly: "This matter has been decided by me, and it cannot be changed. You can buy the dowry for the third girl with peace of mind. You don't need to worry about the dowry of Miss Zhen."
Xie sneered again and again, what a cruel man.
Once a man turns his back on him, he is so heartless and unrighteous.
Gu Teng was caught in the middle, very embarrassed.
After thinking for a while, he stood up and said, "Father, please show mother some face."
Mr. Gu was very dissatisfied, "You don't need to worry about the affairs of the inner house. Go back to your room and study."
Gu Cheng sighed secretly, thought of a way, and said, "It's better to ask the mother to complain, so that the second sister will have a reason to arrange the dowry for the elder sister. The mother will not be unable to step down."
"Why?" Xie was very dissatisfied.
Gu Teng said very honestly: "This is also for the sake of my mother's face."
Mrs. Xie snorted coldly, "As long as your father changes his mind, I can still save my face. As the mistress of the second room, I can't arrange the dowry for the concubine daughter. If this matter spreads, how can I have any respect in front of my servants?" Can you speak of prestige?"
Mr. Gu said indifferently: "You asked for it yourself."
Mrs. Xie grabbed the teacup and was about to throw it at Mr. Gu.
Gu Cheng has quick eyes and quick hands, and hastily stopped him.
Master Gu was furious, "Get out! I don't want to see you now."
Xie Shi was so angry that he trembled all over, and wanted to rush up and scratch Master Gu's cheek.
Gu Teng hurriedly grabbed Mrs. Xie, forcefully pulled Mrs. Xie away, and left the study.
Mrs. Xie struggled desperately and yelled, "Unfilial son, let me go. You bastard, where do you stand? Do you still recognize me as a mother?"
Gu Cheng turned a deaf ear to Xie Shi's scolding, and exhausted all his strength to pull Xie Shi away.
Seeing this, the maids and women did not dare to step forward. It's just because Gu Cheng's complexion is really ugly, there is a sign before a storm is coming.
Gu Teng dragged Mrs. Xie all the way back to the Furong Courtyard before letting go.
As soon as Xie was free, he jumped up and hit Gu Teng in the face.
Snapped!
"Asshole, do you still see me as a mother?"
Gu Teng stood still, forcibly bearing Xie's slap.
Then he asked in a cold voice, "Mother, can you calm down?"
"Unfilial son, get out!" Mrs. Xie scolded angrily.
Gu Teng took a deep breath and said calmly: "Mother blamed me for taking you away, but if I do it again, my son will still do it."
Xie picked up the teacup and threw it at Gu Cheng's head.
Gu Teng did not stand still this time, but tilted his head away from the teacup.
Then, he said to his servants, "Take away all the teapots, teacups, and fragile things."
Xie's complexion twisted, "How dare you!"
With a sullen face, Gu Cheng said coldly to his servants, "Still not moving?"
The servants all trembled, and despite Mrs. Xie's objection, hurriedly took away all the fragile items in the house.
Mrs. Xie was furious, "It's wrong, it's wrong, you still control me. Do you have any conscience at all? I'm your own mother, and that's how you treat me, you unfilial son."
Gu Teng said coldly: "My mother blamed me, I understand. But if I do it all over again, I will still pull my mother away.
Because... It was obvious that his father was angry, and he already felt disgusted with his mother. at this time. My mother made many mistakes, and everything she said was wrong.
The most important thing mother should do now is to stay calm and not meet father recently. I will also try to persuade my father. "
Mrs. Xie sneered, "I'm old and my color has faded, so your father naturally hates me."
"Mother's words, it seems that the father is taken too lightly. The son thinks that the root of everything lies in the Xie family."
Xie Shi was startled, a little surprised.
"Your father kept saying that he didn't blame me. Besides, I have already cut off contact with Xie's family. What is he going to do? Do you want me to die?"
Gu Cheng pursed his lips with a serious expression.
"Does mother really think that father has forgotten what uncle did to father? Do you really think father will have no grudges?"
Xie's face was pale.
Gu Teng continued to provoke Xie, "In the final analysis, the root of all this is still mother. Father is not a magnanimous man."
Not a magnanimous man, he said everything in one sentence.
Mrs. Xie laughed, with a sad smile, "You are right, your father is indeed not a magnanimous man. I was the one who was naive, and actually thought that the rain was over and the sky was sunny. Hehe..."
With a hehe, it expressed the sadness and misery in Xie's heart.
She raised her head and kept her tears from falling, "Your father didn't imprison me in the small Buddhist hall because of your brother's sake, and he couldn't bear to let your brother bear a dishonorable reputation. I should be content."
Gu Cheng opened his mouth, wanting to comfort Mrs. Xie, but he didn't know where to start.
In the end, he said: "Mother, try to be more open. Since the relationship with Xie's family has been broken, it should be completely broken. When the son has a future, he will respect you."
Xie laughed at himself.
Just because Gu Teng forcefully pulled her back just now, Mrs. Xie doesn't expect him to be filial.
She waved her hand, "I'm tired, you step back."
Gu Teng hesitated for a moment, but still asked: "Will mother go to the banquet at the palace in the future?"
"If you let me go, I will go."
Gu Teng looked helpless, "Son, leave."
He walked out of the Furong Courtyard and looked at the sky. The sun was setting and the day was coming to an end.
He was a little melancholy, a little helpless, and a little dazed.
When the eighth younger brother Gu Gong came to him and accused him of turning his elbow outward, Gu Gong was furious and slapped Gu Gong severely.
Gu Gong was stunned.
Gu Teng taught him a lesson, "I don't know how to look at the time and place when I have a temper. Can you talk casually about the conflict between your parents? Go back and read more, so you can grow your brain."
Gu Gong was so angry that he didn't even enter the Furong Courtyard, and ran away angrily.
Gu Cheng sighed, walked, walked, and came to Zhilan Courtyard.
He hesitated for a moment, and knocked on the door of Zhilan Courtyard.
When Xiao Cui saw Gu Teng, it was as if she saw a ghost, she couldn't speak, and turned around and ran away.
"Girl, girl, something is wrong. The Sixth Young Master is here."
Gu Jiu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "What's wrong, don't talk nonsense. Qingmei, go and invite Sixth Young Master in."
Qingmei smiled, and asked Gu Teng to go out.
Xiaocui felt so ashamed and stuck out her tongue in embarrassment.
Gu Teng was invited into the study, "Trouble the second sister to rest."
"Sixth brother, please sit down, I happen to be fine. Sixth brother, drink tea or iced sour plum soup?"
Gu Teng said, "It's better to have sour plum soup."
He needs a cup of heart-cooling sour plum soup right now to wake up his head.
After drinking a cup of sour plum soup, Gu Cheng's expression finally became normal.
He put down his cup and sighed, "Let the second sister laugh."
"Sixth brother doesn't need to do this."
Gu Jiuke was polite.
She was a little dazed and didn't understand why Gu Teng came to her.
Could it be that the relationship between brother and sister is close enough to talk to each other
Probably not yet.
Gu Teng was silent for a long time before he said: "My wife has a bad temper recently, please take care of my second sister."
Gu Jiu knew it in her heart, "My wife must be very angry that I arranged the dowry for my eldest sister."
Gu Teng nodded without denying it, "It's really angry. I advised her to call her sick so that everyone's faces would look better, but she didn't agree."
Gu Jiu said casually: "My wife has to be strong-tempered. She is naturally unwilling to ask her to call her sick at this time."
Gu Ting said: "I have tried my best."
Gu Jiu played with the teacup, and said after deliberation: "It's easy to change the country, but it's hard to change the nature. For people with strong personalities, it's not that we can change them by doing our best. Sixth brother, instead of trying to make his wife change his mind, he should think of other ways .”
Gu Cheng frowned, "What way?"
Gu Jiu said softly, "Draw the bottom of the pot."
Gu Cheng frowned, and after a little thought, he understood what Gu Jiu meant.
The so-called dredging from the bottom of the pot means that Gu Teng or Gu Teng should hurry up and get married and marry a wife. After the young mistress came in, he worked a little bit, and took care of the internal affairs with Mr. Xie.
Xie doesn't care about his family, so naturally he can't turn up the wind and waves.
And if you marry a strong young mistress, as long as Gu Teng stands firm, maybe the young mistress can cure Xie's self-esteem problem.
Gu Cheng couldn't help thinking about it.
Gu Jiu lowered her head and smiled, boasting once, that she is really a filial daughter. In order to prevent Mrs. Gu from falling into Xie's pit, she was encouraging Gu Teng to draw his salary from the bottom of the pot.
It is worthwhile for Mr. Gu to prepare a dowry of 40,000 taels for her.
Gu Teng seemed to have figured it out, and thanked him solemnly, "The conversation with my second sister has benefited me a lot. Thank you, my second sister."
Gu Jiu smiled and said, "Sixth Brother, don't blame me."
"How come! I know you really think about me."
Gu Teng is very sincere.
Gu Jiu also returned him a sincere smile.
Gu Cheng bid farewell and left, and Gu Jiu personally delivered it to the door.
After seeing off Gu Cheng, Gu Jiu went back to his room to rest.
Qing Mei waited on Gu Jiu to wash, and said by the way; "The sixth young master must have suffered from his wife."
Gu Jiu said: "He is my wife's own son, he deserves to suffer a bit."
Qingmei babbled: "Master and his wife are arguing so violently, I don't know how it will end."
Gu Jiu laughed mockingly, "How can it end? After a few days, everyone will stop discussing this matter, and this matter will be over. Do you think that the wife will subdue the master, or the master will subdue the wife?"
Qingmei said: "Of course it is impossible for the master to subdue the wife. As for the wife, maybe it is possible."
Gu Jiu changed into a cotton underwear and lay comfortably on the bed.
"In the past, when they were in love, the wife might still be submissive and submissive. Now, the two of them have directly torn faces, and the wife has a son next to her. She thinks she is full of confidence. I bet she won't Take it easy."
Qing Mei asked: "Are we going to be in a stalemate all the time?"
Gu Jiu took a sip of plain water and said, "Of course it won't be a stalemate. Just wait and see, maybe things will change soon."
Mr. Gu, who hadn't shown up for a long time, found Mr. Gu with a flagon in the middle of the night.
He pointed at Mr. Gu's nose and cursed, "Idiot, after all these years you have finally done the right thing."
Master Gu's face was extremely ugly. He was quite old, and he was the magistrate of the capital, and he was pointed at his nose and called a fool, and he lost all face.
"It's getting dark, father, please go back."
Old Master Gu sneered, "I won't leave."
Master Gu frowned, "What exactly does father want to do?"
Old Master Gu said angrily, "You can't see what this old man wants to do? It's a rare opportunity. Why don't you take the opportunity to divorce Mrs. Xie and marry someone else. This old man will hold your eyes for you personally and marry a noble girl from a famous family."
Master Gu's face was livid, "It's ridiculous! If you divorce your wife, father don't want to mention it again."
Mr. Gu glared, "Idiot, you still miss Mrs. Xie. That woman is a troublemaker, can't you see it? Are you blind?"
Master Gu was very angry, "No matter how bad Mrs. Xie is, she is also the biological mother of four children. Divorcing his wife is easy to say. After divorcing Mrs. Xie, how will Gu Cheng and Gu Gong brothers gain a foothold in the officialdom in the future? Gu Yue and Gu Gong How does Shan gain a foothold in her husband's family? Father, don't worry about my affairs, I have my own ideas."
Mr. Gu pointed at Mr. Gu's nose and cursed, "Idiot, idiot, family idiot. Can't you think of a way to make Mrs. Xie die suddenly, and you have to keep her to make trouble?"
Mrs. Gu's face turned dark, "What kind of person is a father when he is a son? Are you a murderer when you are a son? It is simply absurd. You want to separate the father-son relationship between me and my two children, and I tell you, there is no way."
Master Gu was so angry that he smashed the jug, "Idiot, Xia Chong is beyond words, there will be a day when you will regret it."
Mr. Gu left angrily. He was so mad, why did he give birth to such a stupid son.