In addition, they probably have a new understanding of how rich their mother-in-law is. Of course, they are definitely not the only ones who have this understanding. There are countless people who feel like they are soaking in lemon juice all day long and are so jealous that they are almost dying.
Xiaocao is one of the numb people, not because of other things, but mainly because she feels that there are too many things. Really, they cannot be used up in several lifetimes, let alone a lifetime. Of course, some things cannot be kept for such a long time, so honestly, there is no need for them. Therefore, she told Han about it, but Han didn't think so at all.
"You can't use it all up. There are still your children. I estimate that it will take at most one or two years. Then wait for another twenty years at most, and then the next generation will probably have some. But there are few daily consumables that can be kept until then. As time goes by, materials and the like are no longer popular. Make more clothes for yourself. If you feel that there are too many, give them away. You don't usually care about things, but in fact, you have a lot of social interactions. These high-ranking families, royal relatives, and nobles are all big families. If you count carefully, there may be big happy events every day. Although you don't have to worry about most of them, you have to give gifts a few times this month. If you have ready-made gifts, you don't have to spend extra money."
Xiaocao really wants to say, Mom, you really think long-term.
"There are too many things, and it's not convenient to put them at Pingyang Marquis' Mansion." Xiaocao still refused to give up.
Speaking of this, Han's face turned pale, and she glanced at Xiaocao, "It's a marquis' mansion after all. Our family has many more people than theirs, but the house is not as big as the marquis' mansion. It's still spacious for us to live in, so how can their mansion not be able to accommodate these things? In order to get married, Wei Tingyu also moved the courtyard, connected the three courtyards together, and reorganized them. You were busy with the hospital's affairs and haven't been to Pingyang Marquis' Mansion for half a year. It's normal that you don't know. You use all the back rooms as warehouses, how can you not accommodate them? Besides, if you dislike it taking up space, just send it to the princess's mansion. I don't need to tell you how spacious your princess's mansion is."
Well, Xiaocao's excuse was really untenable. Before she could say anything else, Han drove her away, "Do your own thing. The dowry is something that parents worry about."
Xiaocao was helpless, and later she simply ignored it and pretended she knew nothing.
Han brought her two daughters-in-law and had someone reorganize the dowry. They counted the number of loads and found there were still a little over 350. Many of the boxes were oversized to begin with and were so packed that one could not even put one's fingers in, let alone close the lids. Many things that should have been separated were also stacked together. The shops, farms, and houses that had been replaced with bricks and tiles, which should have been separated, were all put together into one load. Take the jewellery for example. Originally, small boxes or cases would have made up a load and were more than enough to fit into one load. Xiaocao also changed them all to large boxes.
It is really difficult to reduce it to this extent.
Yu and Meng saw Han frowning, looked at each other, and then said carefully, "Mother, how about preparing 384 pallets? As it is now, there is really no way to reduce it any further."
They did not dare to ask Han to say less such things. After all, as daughters-in-law, they could never compare with their younger (elder) aunts. Han had always been good to them, but if they said any more about this, they might immediately arouse the disgust of their mother-in-law. Even if their husbands said one more word about this, Han might suspect that they were instigating it behind the scenes. Wen Renxu was out of town and did not know about this. Not to mention, Wen Renyang was a real bookworm among bookworms. As long as he had books, he would not care about anything, not to mention these worldly possessions. As long as he was not starving to death, it would be no problem for him to give all his property to his sister as a dowry. They, the sisters-in-law, were not stupid, so they would naturally not seek bad luck with Han.
But this dowry is really too generous!
Although Meng's grandfather was a great scholar, he was incorruptible and his family was very poor. Her dowry was a meager sixty-four loads. The only valuable things were probably some books and calligraphy and paintings. The money at the bottom of the box was a mere five hundred taels. Even with this amount of money, it was difficult for their family to come up with it. Fortunately, the Wen people did not despise her in this regard.
Meng took a quick look and realized that if she were to furnish her aunt's dowry in the same way as her own, it would not be a matter of doubling the number of dowries. Instead, it would have to be at least two thousand, or even three thousand. So, it was obvious how substantial each dowry was.
Seeing that there was no way to reduce the number, Han nodded and prepared to carry 384 people.
It was only thirty more loads, which was really easy. After picking them up, the original loads even seemed to have not changed.
I finally sorted out the dowry list, which took me until the next morning. I had to deliver the dowry that afternoon.
And today, many people came to add dowry to Xiaocao. Han was too lazy to write these things down in the list. They would just take them over with the wedding procession tomorrow. However, when the people who came to the wedding saw the spectacular scene, many of them gasped. Even people in their forties had never seen or even heard of such a generous dowry.
Even Zhen Muyao couldn't help but be amazed when she saw it. She thought back to when she got married, she had more than 200 dowries, and each dowry was also very generous, but definitely not to this extent. It had shocked the imperial city at that time, and people had been talking about it for half a month. When other noble ladies got married, they would inevitably compare their dowries with hers. Now that Sister Xuan's dowry has been exposed, she will probably have no chance of getting married in the future, and it is possible that it will last for decades.
Sure enough, Mrs. Wenren is richer than her mother.
Some people even couldn't help but ask Han whether she had given all her family assets to her second daughter.
Han smiled and said, "How could that be possible? I only prepared a little more than her sisters. Our Xuan'er already had two dowries. The emperor doted on her and gave her generous gifts. In addition, the betrothal gifts sent by the Marquis of Pingyang were also many. Our family was not short of those, so we simply let Xuan'er take them all back. That's why it looks a little more."
If you think about it carefully, it seems to be true. However, this statement can only fool ordinary people. Anyone who has seen some things will know that Han has really invested a lot of money and really dotes on this daughter to the core.
However, speaking of the betrothal gift, what happened in Pingyang Marquis' Mansion on the day of the betrothal gift could not be concealed. Some people could not help but feel jealous, thinking that she had offended all the in-laws before she even got married.
Han's expression was indifferent. "If you don't feel comfortable living in the Marquis of Pingyang's residence, you can live in the Princess' residence. It's not a big deal. Our Xuan'er is different from others. She doesn't have to live in her husband's house after getting married."
The person who spoke was choked up suddenly. It was true that other people were criticized for not living in their husband's family after marriage, but royal princesses were different. They had their own princess palaces, and they were the rulers to their husband's family. If they really wanted to set rules, their husband's family would have to show them courtesy, so what if they offended them
Wei Tingyu had a rough idea of Xiaocao's dowry, so he sent someone to pick it up relatively early. After all, there were too many things. If they came late, it might take until midnight to deliver the dowry to Pingyang Marquis' Mansion, dry it in the sun, and then put it away.