It was a coincidence to say that, it just so happened that the old lady Ren and Mrs. Ren went out to attend a birthday banquet today and were not at the house.
The Li family came from Li Siliang, the head of the Li family, Li Siliang's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Li, and the Li family's eldest daughter, Li Ma, who was married.
The Ren family is one of the largest and largest Ren family in Baihe Town, but it is not so easy for the Li family to enter the Ren family's door.
The people of the Li family started making trouble at the door of Ren's house. Mrs. Li and Mrs. Li Ma are worthy of being a mother and daughter. Their loud voices made the concierge almost start a fight.
Li Ma was pinching his waist, scolding and crying with an orchid finger: "My parents have been saving money for several years in order to marry such a daughter-in-law for my brother, but after you received the betrothal gift, you turned your face and refused to recognize the person. My poor younger sister-in-law was sold, and even sold to a kiln in the south! What a sin! My poor younger sister-in-law! Who will judge our family! "
Li Siliang listened to his daughter crying and grabbing the ground. He had already attracted a few passers-by who passed by Ren's house. Standing on the side, he pointed and watched the excitement. He was a little worried about his mother-in-law's Clothes sleeves, he whispered: "You can almost get our daughter. If the trouble is big, the owner's face will not look good, don't get the money and be beaten by those servants."
Madam Li was watching the excitement while crying and grabbing the ground. After hearing this, she thought about it and felt that Li Siliang was right, so she secretly gave her daughter a wink.
I didn't want Li Ma to talk so vigorously, and didn't notice her mother's eyes at all: "...It was because I accidentally offended the third young lady of your family, and she was beaten to the point of being kicked out with only half her life. You can be so cruel! Oh my god! What a sin! My poor sister-in-law!"
Seeing that there were more and more people, the concierge was also frightened and stunned. When a woman noticed something was wrong, she immediately ran into the house and reported to the masters.
Madam Li listened to it, but she felt that something was wrong, so she could not help but take a few steps forward and tug at her daughter's sleeve. Didn't you say you want money? Why is it still involved with the lady
The Li family bought rouge gouache, and Mrs. Li, who has been the proprietress for decades, does not understand anything.
Mrs. Li Ma gave Mrs. Li a calm look, bit her ear and said, "Mother, these big families are most afraid of losing face, and I say this, they will give more money to block our mouths. If my brother wants to marry a good daughter-in-law, he has to prepare more betrothal gifts, right? I'll scream a few more times, saying that what I said just now was a misunderstanding."
Madam Li thought about her son, and hesitantly put down the hand that was holding Li Ma.
Li Ma was secretly proud. She went back today and urged her parents to come here because she secretly received 50 taels of silver from others. The person said that after she finished the scene, she would still have 50 taels for her. One One hundred taels of silver is a lot of money. When she got married, her parents kept less than twenty taels of silver for her brother's dowry in order to save money. She knew their family background, so she always blamed her parents for being too partial. .
So she doesn't care whether the parents can get the silver from the Ren family today, and the silver has nothing to do with her anyway. All she needs to do is to make things worse and smear the reputation of the third young lady of the Ren family.
Thinking of this, Li Ma screamed harder and harder, and the door of the Ren family almost collapsed for her.
Ren Yaohua was coming out of the garden at the time, so she happened to bump into the concierge woman who came in hurriedly to report. Ren Yaohua sneered: "I want to see what tricks they are playing!" Then he took his maid. Son walked to the door.
When Aunt Fang heard the news, she frowned and called Ren Yaoying over.
"Did you find the people from the Li family?"
Ren Yaoying glanced at Aunt Fang: "Mother, if you don't bring down Ren Yaohua's daughter, I really can't take this breath! I don't want to see her show off in front of me again! If you don't help me vent, I'll do it myself, but I want to see a violent one. How could she marry into the Qiu family after her vicious reputation!"
Aunt Fang sighed: "Ying'er, why are you so disobedient! Auntie told you to endure just a little longer, she will always plan for you. You are too reckless to do this today! Although Ren Yaohua is impulsive, But she's not stupid, it's you who suffers from being bitten by her accidentally."
Ren Yaoying disagreed, she went up to hug Aunt Fang's hand, shook it, and pleaded softly, "Mother, please help me. With you here, why should my daughter be afraid of her calculations?"
Auntie Fang's face was full of helplessness.
Ren Yaoqi was watching Ren Shimin's paintings in Linxian Pavilion when he heard the news. Although it is hard to tell how Sun Eleven is as a person, her mounting skills are still very clever. Ren Yaoqi came to see it every day. Sun Eliniang was responsible for uncovering the heart of the painting and repairing the base paper, while Ren Shimin was responsible for the full color of the painting. The cooperation between the two was considered a tacit understanding. It is expected that the two paintings can be repaired in less than a month.
When Ren Yaoqi heard that Apple came in and reported that something had happened, Ren Yaoqi did not disturb Ren Shimin, who was concentrating on painting, and she quietly came out of Linxian Pavilion.
"Third sister has passed?" Ren Yaoqi asked.
Mulberry nodded: "The old lady and the eldest lady went out today, and the third lady left as soon as she got the news."
Ren Yaoqi nodded: "Go and get the chief steward of the inner court, and also call Mammy Zhou."
Mulberry went in response, and Ren Yaoqi walked out with Apple and a few other maids.
As soon as Ren Yaohua walked to the door, she heard Mrs. Li Ma's dry howl from outside. She stood behind the shadow wall and listened quietly for a while. The more she listened, the colder her face became, but she finally had some sense of restraint. The so-called shrew debate, otherwise it will really be a joke.
She beckoned Xiang Qin to go over, and Fu Er whispered a few words in her ear.
Xiangqin was also full of justice and indignation at first, wishing the lady would let her out and take a bite of the woman, listened to Ren Yaohua's explanation and nodded again and again, and then took the two old ladies and walked out of the house with high spirits.
Ren Yaohua didn't show his face, and still stood behind the shadow wall and listened.
After a while, Xiangqin's crisp and agile voice sounded outside: "Where did this so-called mother-in-law come from? The gate of Ren's house is also free for you? And you! If you watch others make trouble without reason, won't you drive people away? Is it? Could it be that the front of our Ren's house has become a vegetable market, and whoever wants to make trouble will let her make trouble?"
Li Ma secretly looked at Xiangqin, and saw that she was well-dressed, but before she got married, she had seen the shop of the rouge shop at home, and knew that this was just a faceless girl, so she did not embarrass her. Instead, he repeated the story of the Ren family selling Chun'er and asked the Ren family to hand it over.
Mrs. Li was relieved to see that someone finally came out, but her attitude was much better than her own daughter: "This girl, we just want to talk to us today. The Ren family received our dowry, but You sold Chun'er, who will my son marry?"
The maid Xiangqin stared imposingly: "Whoever you love will marry! The Chun'er you are talking about is the big maid next to our ninth miss? She made a big mistake and was punished by the madam Zhou next to our wife and sold it. Go out! When will our Ren family deal with a girl who has committed a crime, and we have to explain it to you? We have to explain to the eldest master Qingtian in the government!"
"We gave a dowry..." Li Ma said immediately.
But it was cut off by Xiangqin unceremoniously: "What kind of betrothal gift? Did she accept your family's betrothal gift? She is a maid, not even a freelancer, so how can she decide her own marriage? If she really accepts you I will send someone to report to the officials and bring her back! No wonder she will be kicked out of the Renfu, this girl has a bad mind!"
Mrs. Li hurriedly said, "No, no, it's the dowry she received after your master promised her marriage. It wasn't that she got married without the knowledge of the master."
"Oh?" Xiangqin glanced at Mrs. Li and said, "Our third master and third wife have never been married. Which master did she marry?"
"It's Aunt Fang." Mrs. Li said immediately.
Xiangqin heard the words and laughed: "Sister-in-law, are you here to make fun of Leer? Although Aunt Fang is also a half-master, but which one has a concubine to marry?"
As soon as these words came out, the crowd watching the excitement also whispered. The aunt is not a serious master, and even if she wants to give respect to the maid, she must obtain the consent of the mistress.
Outsiders don't know that Auntie Fang's status in the Ren family has always been somewhat special. In front of the old lady Ren, she even has more face than the serious wife of the third room. The eldest wife, Wang Shi, who is in charge of some trivial matters, will also sell the face of the auntie. Aunt Fang wants to win people over and marry a maid, which is not a big deal.
Mrs. Li and Mrs. Li Ma glanced at each other.
Xiangqin continued: "Since our family can sell Chun'er, then her contract of selling her life is in the hands of our master. Do you want to go back and check the laws of Dazhou?"
The Dazhou law "Household Law. Marriage" stipulates that "the marriage of slaves and servants is all by the head of the family. Anyone who does not ask the master to marry privately will be whipped a hundred times, no matter how long it is, whether he has ever given birth to a child, and his divorce will be terminated."
The owner of the house naturally refers to the master who holds the deed of slaves and servants.
Although Xiangqin brought out the Dazhou Regulations to scare the people of the Li family, the common people all know this, and they are even used to it, so Xiangqin, who is also a slave, did not feel uncomfortable when she said it. Because it was accepted by everyone at the time.
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Note: "Da Zhou's Regulations" refers to the "Da Qing Regulations"
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I'm sorry for posting so late. It takes a long time for the author to write a chapter. It's not that the author is too lazy, but that the efficiency is too poor. 〒_〒