Chapter 285 Stealing the Dowry!

The woman told Qian about the grudge between the two brothers, emphasizing one point.

"...It's all the fault of the old couple in the main hall! They're too partial! For the sake of their eldest son's family, they forced their second son's family into a dead end! If they could be a little more fair and not torture their granddaughter's son so much, the second son's family wouldn't be adopted out!"

"So that's how it is." Qian's brows relaxed. "Since he's adopted, there's no bias. The eldest wife will be the head of the household here, and the second wife will be the head of the household on Third Uncle's side. No one will be at a disadvantage."

Woman: ...That’s not how I say it, and that’s not how I calculate it!

Qian had her own logic. She said, "The two brothers are still connected, and there's no deep hatred between them. So if they can adopt the child, then so be it. But why does the girl's tone sound off? As if she's holding a grudge?"

The woman said, "...I'm an outsider here, so I don't know much about this. Please wait a moment. After the ceremony, go ask Lian Sheng in person and have him explain this to you."

Qian nodded and stopped dwelling on it. She continued to wield her chopsticks to pick up food and eat, taking a sip of wine from time to time, feeling very comfortable.

She was timid, but the others were tense and no longer had the heart to think about eating meat and drinking. Right now they just wanted to fill their stomachs quickly and then leave.

There was something wrong with Qian's brain. They didn't dare to talk to her anymore and just wanted to stay away from her.

Qian drank wine and ate food at the same time. She ate very fast at first, but as her hunger eased, she slowed down her eating.

The others didn't care whether she ate slowly or quickly. They just ate their food with big mouthfuls. After a while, they said they were full one after another.

Qian didn't move. She had already drunk the whole pot of wine and was now a little drunk.

"I'm full too. I'm tired and cold from the journey. I'm going to sleep first."

After saying this, she staggered to her feet and walked out.

Probably because she drank too much and felt hot, she actually reached out and tugged at her collar, exposing a large part of her snow-white neck!

The style is really bold!

The people in the room saw her behavior clearly and gasped!

"There are so many men in this house! How could this bride act like this..."

A young woman who couldn't stand it any more couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice.

The older woman's heart sank. Whether it was the way Qian walked or the way she acted, the more she looked at her, the more frightening she became. She didn't look like a decent woman, but rather had the air of a prostitute...

You can't think about this matter too much. The more you think about it, the more frightened you become!

"Don't worry about it. Gu Liansheng is not a good guy. It doesn't matter whether he married a human or a ghost.

Hurry up, clean up the dishes and take them to the kitchen to wash them, and then wipe the table again. Once you’re done, you can all go home.”

"Oh!" Several people responded, rolled up their sleeves, and began to clean up the tables, chairs, dishes and chopsticks.

When they came out of the west wing, they found that people were still drinking in the main hall.

The older woman told them not to worry about it and just to do their own work and then they could leave.

Several of them were experienced workers, and they went into the kitchen to help each other. In less than a quarter of an hour, they had washed the dishes, wiped the table in the west wing, and cleaned the kitchen.

"Let's go back." The older woman patted her body, picked up her own hat and put it on her head, intending to go home in the dark.

"Why don't you tell the main hall?"

"Stop talking. They're still drinking. Let's not disturb them."

"What about the bride? Who's staying with her tonight?"

According to local customs, if the bride's family has to go to her husband's house before the wedding because the journey is too long, she must have a woman who has been married for many years to live with her in the same house.

The older woman pointed to the east wing and said, "This matter should be arranged by the host himself, but look at our host, he is so careless and only thinks about drinking, and he didn't do anything he should have done!

In the village, when people are getting married, they often ask us for help. Which host would just sit there and drink without asking anything? We are all busy running around, almost as if one person is doing the work of three people!

"That's right. Tomorrow is the wedding day, but there's no word on when to fire the cannon, when to perform the ceremony, or when to start the banquet."

"Just wait and see! Tomorrow will be chaos!"

"Go back, go back. These are none of our business. Maybe the master will think it's a remarriage and all the etiquette can be waived. If we worry about it, he might even think we're meddling!"

"Right, right, right! We can't get involved in this matter, let's go back..."

Several people put on their hats and walked into the snow shivering.

Gu Liansheng, who was in the main room, didn't know that all the women he had invited to help with cooking had left.

He was drunk at the moment, using the alcohol to numb himself, not wanting to face the reality of his current predicament. He kept thinking, how great it would be if life could be as comfortable and free as before!

The feast lasted until midnight.

No one at the table was drunk, except Gu Liansheng and Li Shunzi.

Li Shunzi was the drunkest. He lay on the table motionless, like a dead pig. No matter how hard I tried to shout, I couldn't wake him up.

Gu Liansheng was better off than him and could still stand up and walk.

When they saw that he could walk, they ignored him and focused their attention on Li Shunzi, and carried him away together.

Gu Liansheng, despite being drunk, walked them out of the courtyard gate.

After they left, he closed the gate and went to the west wing. He wanted to ask if Qian was asleep.

When we were about to reach the west wing corridor, a noise suddenly came from the west room of the main hall.

"Boss! Your mother and I are hungry! Bring us some food."

Mr. Gu's voice was very abrupt in the middle of the night. After hearing it, Gu Liansheng felt furious.

When I asked him to hand over the silver, he didn't say a word. How can he have the nerve to ask me for food now?

Gu Liansheng came to the window and said impatiently, "The food prepared today is not enough. We have been busy all day and still haven't eaten enough. How can we have anything to eat for you two elders? Bear with it. I will boil eggs for you and mother tomorrow morning!"

Feng was lying on her back on the couch in the room. No one lit the lamp for them. The room was pitch black and she couldn't even see Mr. Gu sitting opposite her.

She listened with hope as her husband asked their son for food. She also knew that Mrs. Qian was coming today and there were two tables of banquets at home. She thought she would be able to get a bowl of delicious food, but she didn't expect to receive such a few words of disdain.

For a moment, I was overwhelmed with emotions, my whole body felt cold, and tears instantly welled up in my eyes.

Feng cried silently, and Mr. Gu was not much better, his eyes were sore.

He paused for a moment and tried to bargain with his son: "There are a few packages of cakes in the betrothal gift to Qian. Go and take one of them out, at least to fill your mother and me's stomach.

You only fed us half a bowl of porridge this morning, but that porridge was not filling. Your mother and I were starving, and if we hadn't been unable to bear it any longer, I wouldn't have bothered you..."

These words were spoken in an extremely humble and flattering manner, in an attempt to impress Gu Liansheng.

Unfortunately, Gu Liansheng didn't buy it and was hard-hearted enough.

"There's nothing in the betrothal gift, only those few packages of cakes are presentable. I was thinking of serving them to the guests tomorrow. If I give them to you, what will we have for the guests tomorrow?"

The room fell silent, and now Mr. Gu also started to cry.

In their son's eyes, they are not even as good as outsiders.

"Where's the medicine? Your mother and I haven't taken a single bowl of medicine all day. Doctor Qin said before that we should take two bowls of medicine a day, every day!"

If you don’t let him eat, you can’t not let him take medicine, right?

Gu Liansheng became angry when the topic of boiling medicine was brought up.

The job of boiling medicine requires a lot of patience, and what Gu Liansheng lacks most is patience.

The old couple didn't take their medicine today because Gu Liansheng was lazy and didn't want to boil the medicine. He postponed it to noon in the morning, to evening, and to this time in the evening.

Now the medicine is still in the cabinet, not a single packet has been touched!

Gu Liansheng was in the wrong in this matter, but he could not admit that he had made a mistake.

He simply turned the tables and started to complain about his own grievances: "You've always been thinking about your and mother's medicine, but never thought about me! In order to make you and mother better, I brought Qian here to get married early, just to bring good luck! I wanted to wash away all the bad luck in our family!"

"I've been busy around the house all day, so I'll have some time to relax now. I was hoping you and Mom would be understanding, but I didn't expect all you could do was order me around and complain!"

"You know I've never done these chores before, so I was hoping you and mother could come up with some money to help me. If nothing else, you could ask some aunts and sisters who know how to do these things to help me.

Who would have thought that at this critical moment, you and mother would both regret it! You wouldn't even give me a penny! You just watched me make a fool of myself! You just wouldn't lend me a hand! "

Old Master Gu stopped talking. Indeed, they were wrong in this matter.

No, it’s my spouse’s fault, it has nothing to do with me!

All the money in the house was kept by his wife, and he never saw the money at all.

Mr. Gu wanted to defend himself regarding the money.

But before he could open his mouth, Gu Liansheng started yelling in an irritated tone, "I don't want to argue with you! There's no rice, no cakes, and no medicine today. After my son gets married tomorrow, I'll let Qian take care of you!"

These words made him feel uncomfortable. Mr. Gu's chest began to hurt again, and his tears kept flowing!

Gu Liansheng didn't care whether the old man had chest pain or not. He hurried back to the west wing corridor and walked to Qian's door with his own hands and feet.

The lights were still on in the room, so he must not have gone to bed yet.

He approached the door and whispered softly, "Yunniang, are you getting used to living here? Have you had dinner? There are cakes in the box I sent earlier. If you're hungry, just open some and eat..."

Gu Liansheng was talking a lot outside the door, but Qian in the house didn't say a word.

This made him very embarrassed.

I raised my hand and knocked on the door. Maybe because I knocked too hard, the door creaked and moved.

Qian didn't lock the door?!

I tried pushing it, and there was another "creaking" sound, and then the door was pushed open.

Gu Liansheng paused and walked into the house.

There were two stoves burning in the house, so it was very warm.

On the bed against the wall, Qian was sleeping soundly wrapped in a quilt.

Fell asleep?

Gu Liansheng was a little surprised. Since he had gone to bed, why didn't he close the door?

He stood by Qian's bed and watched for a while, vaguely smelling a faint smell of alcohol.

I leaned over and took a closer smell, and it was indeed the smell of alcohol.

Did Qian drink?

Gu Liansheng pursed his lips, feeling unhappy.

Turning to the oil lamp, he wanted to blow it out and leave

When she reached the table, for some reason her eyes suddenly fell on the dowry piled not far away.

He stared at the dowry for a while, then looked back at Qian. His heartbeat suddenly accelerated, his scalp went numb, and his hands trembled with nervousness!

The next moment, he walked around the table, came straight to the dowry, squatted down, and quickly flipped through Qian's dowry with his hands.

The dowry that Qian brought included boxes and bundles. The boxes were locked and could not be opened for a while. Gu Liansheng had to give up and focused on rummaging through the bundles.

He moved carefully, trying not to mess up the things in the bag, and keeping them in their original state as much as possible so that Qian wouldn't notice.

After rummaging through two bundles in succession, Gu Liansheng finally found an unlocked dressing box in the third bundle.

When I opened it, I found a box full of silver jewelry.

Gu Liansheng grinned and quickly emptied the box, revealing two pairs of silver bracelets, six silver hairpins, six silver rings, and six pairs of silver earrings.

He stuffed all the silver jewelry into his arms and then packed the bundle back to its original state.

There were still two bundles that had not been looked through, so Gu Liansheng struck while the iron was hot, rubbed his hands, and opened the remaining two bundles.

There was nothing else in the two bundles, one contained a bellyband and underpants, and the other contained winter clothes.

Gu Liansheng was not disappointed. Tonight's gains were already very unexpected. At this moment, he was just excited and happy.

He restored the bag to its original shape, stood up, blew out the oil lamp, and left the place in a hurry.

Returning to the east wing, he bolted the door and then lit two oil lamps, doubling the brightness in the room.

Two oil lamps were placed on the table next to Gu Liansheng's bed. He took off his shoes and sat on the bed. With the help of the light of the oil lamp, he took out all the silver jewelry in his arms and put them on the bed.

These silver jewellery pieces are bright silver and feel heavy to the touch. I just don’t know if they are plated silver or pure silver.

Gu Liansheng took out a pair of scissors and cut off all the silver rings and silver earrings. He looked at the wounds carefully and found that they were all pure silver and not adulterated.

Rings and earrings are easy to identify, just cut them off.

However, silver bracelets and silver hairpins are not suitable because they are too thick and cannot be cut with scissors.

Even if it could be cut open, he wouldn't be able to do it.

If you want to verify whether this silver bracelet and silver hairpin are real or fake, you can either go to Bei'an City and ask the shopkeepers to check them, or get some charcoal and try to melt the silver into silver cakes.

If it can be integrated, then it is true; if it cannot, then it is false.

Gu Liansheng chose the latter option. He packed up all the silver jewelry on the bed and planned to try to melt it into silver cakes when he had time.

After collecting the silver, he yawned. Although he was tired and sleepy, his mind was still filled with excitement!

These silver jewellery should weigh about 40 to 50 taels in total. If they were all melted into silver cakes, it would be enough for him to use for several months.

That is... I'm afraid the Qian family is going to make a scene.