Chapter 56 Earrings

"Yuanzhu, come quickly."

Ye Yunyi was in a great mood because of Shen Yanhuai's return, and even when she saw Shen Yuanzhu, she was full of affection.

She held the palm-sized brass key in her hand and beckoned Shen Yuanzhu to come over quickly.

"Your father and mother love you dearly. They started preparing your dowry as soon as you were born. Now, the day has finally come for you to get married."

Ye Yunyi casually opened the storeroom door, took a flower catalog, and handed it to Shen Yuanzhu.

"This is your dowry list."

“Aunt Luo, Ling’er, and Xiaozhi have taken care of you since you were little, so they should naturally be part of your dowry. I will also give you the silver hairpin from my room to make a pair.”

Pulling Shen Yuanzhu deeper into the storeroom, Ye Yunyi said as they walked, "This rosewood canopy bed, meant to bring many children and grandchildren, took seven or eight years to make. It was just finished a while ago. Take it to the Xie family."

"In addition, I will have someone bring the matching wardrobe, large wardrobe, large red camphor wood chest, huanghuali eight-immortal table and eight round-backed chairs with it tomorrow."

"Oh, right."

Ye Yunyi turned her head and said earnestly, "The large red camphor wood chests were originally two pairs, four in total, but I decided to give one pair to Yuanqiong."

"Her mother passed away early, and there's no one to take care of these things. As the older sister, how about you give two of them to your younger sister?"

Shen Yuanzhu raised her head, her features exquisite: "Okay, sister-in-law."

Upon hearing this, Ye Yunyi beamed with joy: "Good Yuanzhu."

Luo's gaze swept over the furniture in the room, thinking to himself that Ye Yunyi hadn't dared to touch these fools.

The group walked inside, examining the dressing table, the abacus engraved with the character for "happiness," the silver abacus carved with mandarin ducks with their necks intertwined, the gilded scissors, the needlework box, and so on.

"These are the gold-threaded peony double happiness quilt, mandarin duck pillows, and bright red wedding handkerchief that your family prepared for your wedding..."

"Look, there are also these bowls, plates, dishes, cups, comb, mirror, face cream box, spatula, copper basin..."

"Oh right, this is the most, most, most important one."

Ye Yunyi hurried forward, pointing to the porcelain basin wrapped in a bright red wedding cloth: "The Treasure Basin of Gathering Happiness! Inside are peanuts and lotus seeds, symbolizing your marriage to Xie..."

She paused slightly before saying, "May you and Mr. Xie have a son soon."

Shen Yuanzhu slightly raised her lips and looked at the mahogany box with the character "囍" (double happiness) pasted on it.

She originally thought Ye Yunyi would take away all of her dowry.

Now it seems the other side doesn't have the guts.

Large items are too conspicuous; she can't take them away or replace them.

The gold, silver, and shop deeds were always kept in her own hands. It is likely that what was taken away were some jewelry that her mother had saved up for her.

Shen Yuanzhu stepped forward and lifted the half-person-high dowry chest.

The top of the jewelry box was full, but when you flipped it open, the bottom layer was completely empty.

Upon seeing this, Ye Yunyi said, "Some of these pieces of jewelry were left to you by your mother, while others were part of my dowry."

Her dowry?

Shen Yuanzhu smiled faintly and closed the box again.

They probably deliberately put their things together so that it would be difficult to distinguish them in the future.

"Yuanzhu, these three boxes are your dowry."

Pointing to a somewhat old box placed in the corner, Ye Yunyi said, "These are all your mother's things. Your brother was afraid that seeing these things would remind you of her and make you too sad, so he has kept them carefully for you all these years."

Chen Yuanzhu stepped forward and opened them one by one.

Inside were indeed her mother's old belongings; some items had dents or missing corners, all bearing the marks of her mother's use.

Shen Yuanzhu reached out and touched each item one by one.

Occasionally, a single item or two would instantly remind her of Ji Zhiyi's gentle smile.

"These are all your mother's dowry from back then. Now that you are getting married, they are naturally going to be left to you as your dowry."

She'd complain about the bad luck of being given worthless old things from the dead, even if they were given to her for free.

Ye Yunyi added, "The rest are your wedding dress, underwear, and other necessities. Your family has already prepared those things for you, so you don't need to worry about them."

The warehouse was full of dowry items, which seemed quite abundant.

In reality, all the jewelry, calligraphy by famous artists, hundreds of pieces of precious valuables, rare furs, and the red gold coins with the character for "double happiness" that her mother had collected for her over the years had disappeared.

Although Shen Yuanzhu was young, she already had memories before her mother passed away.

She also remembered that her mother once found twelve different colored gemstones and made six sets of earrings for her.

Among them were a pair of pomegranate-shaped gold earrings inlaid with pearls, and gold earrings inlaid with jade and a rabbit pounding medicine; she still remembers what they looked like.

And all of these have disappeared.

Shen Yuanzhu thought for a moment, then burst out laughing.

A sweet smile filled her eyes: "That's really great, thank you so much, sister-in-law."