The villagers listened to Aunt Qin's words and had no way to refute them. They had no choice but to be angry. Who told the Qin family to be so prosperous? Even the farts of Aunt Qin were praised by everyone.
"That's right. Our Qin Fang is the most powerful. He became a general, changed his family background, and took our Niu Dan away. But, Second Aunt Fang, this is not right. You can't value your son and forget your daughter. Our Qin Sanniu has already taken his daughter away, so how can you keep her by his side? If she follows Fang and the others, she will have a bright future with them, right?" A woman tried to sow discord in a sour way, and almost said that Second Aunt Qin was not kind to her daughter.
Aunt Qin smiled, not minding her words at all: "What nonsense are you talking about? Who here doesn't value sons? Who values daughters more than sons?"
This... is true.
The woman was blocked for a moment, and she felt unhappy. "But that was when we didn't have the conditions. Now we have the conditions and can train our daughter. How can we not train her? If we do this, be careful that Erya will hate us."
Second Aunt Qin ate some melon seeds and put the shells in her pocket. She is now the second aunt of the general. She will not throw the shells everywhere and will not do anything to embarrass the general. Now they are the only branch of the Qin family left. She has to establish a good image for the Qin family. Second Aunt Qin still smiled and said, "Don't worry about that. Even if our Erya doesn't know how to do it, there are still many matchmakers who come to propose marriage. But, Erya is still young, and I don't want her to get married so early. As for you being unkind to your daughter, that's not the case. Even if I value my son more, my daughter is also born from my belly. I have already prepared a dowry for her. Besides, our Qin family is an official family, and we value our daughter very much."
When they heard Aunt Qin say that she had prepared a dowry for Qin Erya, everyone asked curiously, "What do you mean by dowry?"
"Second Aunt Fang, please tell me, how much dowry have you prepared for our Erya?"
"That's right. Arya is the general's sister. She should have a good dowry, right?"
"It must be more than the dowry of the girls in town, right?"
Aunt Qin used to be called Erniu's, Erniu's wife, and Niudan's mother, but now she is called the general's second aunt and Afang's second aunt. Aunt Qin feels that she still prefers the latter, especially the general's second aunt.
Aunt Qin looked at the group of women and knew they wanted to ask, so she told them about Erya's dowry, and those incompetent women came to ask for marriage. Aunt Qin thought about it and said, "I have prepared two acres of land and twenty taels of silver for Erya as a dowry."
Since ancient times, no one in the countryside would give a girl a dowry of land, so when everyone heard Aunt Qin say that Erya’s dowry included two acres of land, they were stunned.
Aunt Qin thought about these things and recalled what her mother-in-law said before she left. Her mother-in-law said that when their daughters get married, they will prepare two mu of land and twenty taels of silver as dowry. This money comes from her salary. After she dies, she will not share this salary with her sons and daughters-in-law, but with her grandchildren, asking them to also take advantage of her salary.
Aunt Qin didn't care about this. Although she was also greedy for her mother-in-law's salary, the things she was greedy for were not for Niu Dan. Since her mother-in-law would give them to her grandchildren, why would she be greedy
She just felt that giving her daughter two mu of land and twenty taels of silver was too much. But since it was given by her mother-in-law, she had no objection, since it was not her money anyway.
"Second Aunt Fang, can you give our daughter two mu of land as a dowry? And twenty taels of silver?"
"Are you kidding? A bitch wants two acres of land?"
"That's right. Isn't this a waste of land? I want to leave it to my son."
Aunt Qin listened to their discussion and snorted, "Didn't you say before that we can't only care about our sons and ignore our daughters? Now our family is giving our daughter two acres of land and twenty taels of silver as a dowry, why are you saying no again?"
"This... this is different. Giving money is fine, but the land... Giving the land to Erya, does Niu Dan know?"
"That's right, if Niu Dan's future wife knew about this, wouldn't she make a scene?"
"Once the daughter-in-law makes a fuss, the family will be in chaos."
Second Aunt Qin said with a pout, "Am I afraid of her making a fuss? I gave Erya two acres of land, and Niu Dan still has more than ten acres of land. If Niu Dan's wife is angry, she should not enter our house. Why would I care about her mother? Besides, our Niu Dan follows his elder brother, and his elder sister-in-law will definitely arrange a wife for him in the future. The girls arranged by A Fang's wife are not the same as those in the countryside. Will she still care about these two acres of land?" Of course, this was Aunt Qin's bragging. She didn't know whether A Fang's wife would introduce a wife to Niu Dan, but they were thousands of miles away, so what was the point of her bragging here
Everyone was so angry at Aunt Qin's boastful tone, but there was nothing they could do, because what Aunt Qin said seemed to be true.
At this moment, the carriage passed by them, then stopped for a moment, and a head popped out of the carriage: "Mother, I'm home." Uncle Qin's voice was loud and excited. Speaking of him, although he was in the general's mansion, he followed him to the military camp and fields, and he was also very comfortable, but it was not as comfortable as in his hometown. In his hometown, he could see people he knew when he went out, and he felt at ease.
Aunt Qin stopped bragging for a moment, looked at the head in the carriage, and then she shouted: "Ah..." Then she hid the melon seeds in her pocket and ran over, "Erniu, Erniu is back, how can he come back in such a dead state?" Uncle Qin, who had been away from home for a month and a half, finally came back. To be honest, Aunt Qin seemed carefree and didn't care about Uncle Qin's bullshit at all, but when it was really night and she and Erya were the only ones at home, she was still worried. It wasn't that she was worried about the mother and daughter, but she was worried about the son.
Now that her son has returned, she is finally relieved. Her eyes are red with relief: "Erniu, why did you come back?" This stupid son, he just sent the child home and went back immediately, he didn't know if his parents would miss him
Uncle Qin smiled naively, "I also wanted to go back earlier, but Afang's wife said that Niu Dan would not be able to adapt to the situation alone, so she asked me to accompany him for a while and to learn about the situation there. Oh, by the way, Afang's wife made two new sets of clothes for each of us, but since Erya is not here, she doesn't know our figures, so she asked me to bring the cloth back and let us make them ourselves."
When Aunt Qin heard this, all her concerns and worries disappeared. She no longer cared about where her son and daughter were. She only thought about the cloth. However, she still praised Yang Haiyan: "Oh, isn't Afang's wife too polite? She brought us cloth even though we didn't go. Erniu, next time you go, you must send them more food." It would have been fine if she just praised herself, but she also used her loud voice so that most people in the village could hear her.
Everyone knew what she was thinking, but there was nothing they could do because the Qin family was now wealthy.
"That's right, Qin Fang's wife is so filial."
"We are blessed to have such a beautiful niece-in-law."
"Aunt Fang, you are still very lucky."
Qin Erniu was confused. He listened to these people praising Aunt Qin Er. He even remembered clearly that some of them still disliked Aunt Qin Er. Just before he left Baili Village, he remembered that they had quarreled over washing clothes.
Aunt Qin was delighted by the compliment, so she said to Uncle Qin, "Come on, let's go home quickly. And who is this coachman?" she asked as she jumped onto the carriage.
Uncle Qin pulled her along on the carriage and said, "This is the master of the escort team. He is passing through here from Yunxiang County on his way to a different place. Ah Fang was worried that it would be unsafe for me to go back alone, so he asked the escort team to take me with him."
Aunt Qin: "Fang is still sensible."
When they got home, the driver unloaded the goods and went back. Qin Erya was doing needlework and embroidering handkerchiefs at home, and now she was out. Seeing so many things, she was surprised and asked, "Dad, are these all brought back by my elder brother and sister-in-law?"
Uncle Qin nodded and said, "There are still some clothes and fabrics. Come on, there are a lot of clothes."
Qin Erya walked forward happily.
Aunt Qin had already taken out the big bag of things: "Oh, this dress is really bright, this color is suitable for young ladies to wear."
Seeing a few brightly colored ones, Uncle Qin explained, "These are clothes that Afang's wife has worn. The other day, Afang's wife said she wanted to buy some fabric for Erya, and my mother said we could bring her clothes back for Erya as well. The fabric of her clothes is thin, and now that she's taller, these clothes are a little small, but they're too big for Siya and Sanya, and just right for Erya. This wasn't Afang's wife's intention, so that she wouldn't misunderstand that she was giving me the leftovers from her family. She also asked me to bring the fabric for her new clothes."
Second Aunt Qin said, "Am I that kind of person? Even if there is no fabric for new clothes, I still want these clothes." She really didn't care. Who in the country hasn't worn the clothes left over by her sister? Besides, the material of these clothes is so soft that they look like new ones. If she could wear them, she would have wanted to try a few pieces. But when she looked back at her daughter, she felt that her daughter was a little dark and couldn't support the clothes given by Afang's wife. After thinking for a while, she said, "Er Ya, from now on, don't go to the fields or go out to bask in the sun to make your face pale. Otherwise, the clothes given by your eldest sister-in-law won't look good on you."
Qin Erya was not unwilling, she happily responded, and then carried a pile of Yang Haiyan's clothes into the house. She was very happy in the house, trying on this and that.