Chapter 202 My aunt will plan for you
Zhou Ziyang said anxiously: "Then I will ask the matchmaker to come to our house tomorrow to settle our affairs."
Jinhua's face turned red with shame: "My aunt said that even if I am a concubine, I still have to follow the rules. How can it be tomorrow? What good day is tomorrow? Is it suitable?"
"Ha, I'm just in a hurry! I can't wait to marry you home. Let's find someone to calculate the date."
Having said that, he pulled Jinhua out of the door.
Jinhua felt a sweet feeling in her heart.
The two of them came to Liu Banxian's shop in the town and chose a date, which turned out to be five days later.
Then, Zhou Ziyang took her to go boating and fly a kite.
They played until the evening before sending her to the carriage.
"Zi Yang..." Jin Hua lifted the curtain, "Will Aunt Xie... still agree to this?"
"Yes, I will tell her when I get home. I will give you a letter tomorrow. You just wait at home for the day when you become my bride."
Jinhua felt sweet in her heart and nodded with a smile.
When she got home, Mrs. Du saw that she still remembered to come back. She rolled her eyes and breathed a sigh of relief.
The next morning, Jinhua received a letter from Zhou Ziyang saying that his mother agreed.
Jinhua let out a sigh of relief and felt her heart at peace.
At this time, Mrs. Du pushed the door open and came in with a small box in her hand. She put it on her bedside table and said, "Here, this is your dowry."
Jinhua was startled. When she opened the box, she saw a pair of jade bracelets, a gold and silver hairpin, and twenty taels of silver.
"You know the situation at home as we are building a house. This is all I can prepare. When he comes to propose marriage in a few days, the eighty-eight taels will be your dowry."
Jinhua's eyes instantly turned red, and she felt a surge of guilt: "Mom... I'm sorry..."
"Okay, don't say anything. You chose this path yourself... Mother just hopes that it will be a good destination as you wish." At the end, Mrs. Du's voice choked a little, and she turned around and left the room.
After a while, Ye Caiping came over: "Hey, why are you crying?"
"No, you're here just in time, aunt. Please sit down." Jinhua quickly pulled Ye Caiping over and closed the door again.
After Ye Caiping sat on the chair, Jinhua blushed and said, "He...has set the date for the proposal, which is four days from now. I'll go talk to Grandma and Dad and Mom about it later."
Ye Caiping nodded: "Yes. Hey, this box is..."
"Mother came here just now and gave me some dowry."
"See, your parents still love you."
Jinhua nodded: "I am ignorant..."
"Okay. Now that you've made up your mind, don't worry about it. Think of something happy!" Ye Caiping picked up a teacup and said casually, "Where were you yesterday? Why did you come back so late?"
"We didn't go anywhere, we just went boating and flying kites. Really!" She was afraid that Ye Caiping would misunderstand Zhou Ziyang as a frivolous person.
Ye Caiping chuckled: "Why are you so nervous? Since your matter has been settled, it doesn't matter what happens."
Jinhua didn't expect Ye Caiping to be so open-minded, and instead felt a little embarrassed.
Ye Caiping said: "After proposing marriage, it shouldn't be too late for you to marry. After all, taking a concubine is different from marrying a wife, so there is no need for too many etiquette. If it's early, it will be one and a half months, and if it's late, it won't be more than three months."
When Jinhua heard the words "taking a concubine is different from marrying a wife", her heart was stabbed.
Although she had accepted the fact of being a concubine, she still felt uncomfortable when she heard such words.
"While he is still a beginner, you should have more fun with him outside."
Jinhua was puzzled: "Why?"
"Because once you enter the family, you will be a concubine who cannot be seen by others. When his wife enters the family in the future, it will be even more difficult for you to leave the family."
Jinhua's breathing became heavier. His wife...
These past two days, she had been thinking about the fact that she was younger, a concubine, and had a low status.
Until this moment, she suddenly realized that another woman would come in!
Ye Caiping continued, "I will teach you some rules now. Otherwise, you will offend your mistress in the future and suffer from her punishment."
Jinhua: “…”
"You love Zhou Ziyang very much now, right? But you have to keep this love to yourself and hide it in your heart. Don't show it in front of others."
"On the day he gets married, he will have his wedding ceremony with his wife, and you cannot appear in front of the guests. The next day, you have to kneel in front of them and serve them tea."
Jinhua's heart was twitching.
Wedding ceremony...
They sat there and she knelt before them...
Ye Caiping said, "Jinhua, why don't you say anything? Did I not explain it clearly? Okay, I'll explain it more clearly. That woman will sleep with your man and beat your children in the future."
"No matter what occasion, she always stays with Zhou Ziyang, and you can only hide in the room. If you go out in front of others, outsiders will say you are unmannered!"
"You are just a concubine, you are not worthy to stand by his side! The only one who can stand by his side is his wife. Do you understand?"
When Jin Hua thought about Zhou Ziyang going out with another woman, she almost collapsed: "Stop talking!"
As she spoke, she stood up suddenly, her face livid, and looked at Ye Caiping:
"Aunt, why are you telling me all this? Are you trying to scare me? Actually... you want to break up Zi Yang and me?"
Ye Caiping snorted and laughed: "Why would I break you up?"
"Of course... don't you want me to be someone's slave?"
"Are you really willing to be someone's mistress? Are you really willing to hide in a dark corner and watch him go out with other women?"
Jin Hua agreed to be Zhou Ziyang's concubine because she was forced to compromise. She shouted angrily: "So what if I don't want to? I can't live without him..."
"So, you can only wrong yourself?"
"yes!"
Ye Caiping said: "Happiness depends on one's own efforts. Of course, status and identity also depend on one's own efforts!"
Jin Hua was startled and looked at her: "Aunt, do you have any solution? I don't want to be his mistress, I want to be his legal wife! Zi Yang and I are the ones who truly love each other, why should another woman come in between!"
Ye Caiping smiled: "You are right to think so. Come, I will give you some advice!"
Jinhua immediately perked up: "Little aunt, tell me."
Ye Caiping said, "You're going to be a concubine anyway, so why don't you elope with him and have Zhou Ziyang leave a letter for his mother. He won't come back until she agrees to let him marry you as his legal wife."
Jinhua was stunned. She had never imagined that her aunt would actually teach her to elope!
What the hell is going on!
Jinhua said anxiously, "How can that be possible! Zi Yang made a scene last time, and Aunt Xie was so angry that she went on a hunger strike and refused to take any medicine."
"Humph, you and Zhou Ziyang are too young." Ye Caiping looked at her, "There are no parents in this world who don't love their children. Look at your parents, you made a fuss for a few days, didn't they relent and agree?"
Jinhua was stunned and could not help looking at the small box, which was the dowry her mother gave her.
He obviously didn't want her to be someone's concubine, but he still compromised in the end! And give her a dowry!
Ye Caiping continued to add fuel to the fire: "The reason why Mrs. Xie didn't compromise is because Zhou Ziyang didn't work hard enough!"
Jinhua choked and her heart was in turmoil.
Is it really that Zi Yang is not working hard enough?
But what my aunt said is right!
Just like her parents! Her parents have three children, and she is not their favorite. But in the end, she still compromised and even gave a dowry!
And Zhou Ziyang...he is the only son in three generations! If he gets tougher...
Ye Caiping continued, "Given your current situation, you might as well elope with him. First, you can take the initiative and control Mrs. Xie, and second, you can force his fiancée to leave. Once your elopement becomes a big deal, he won't be able to marry a girl from a good family. If you try hard, you might be able to become his legal wife."
Jin Hua was hesitant: "But what if Aunt Xie doesn't compromise in the end? And what about his fiancée...is this too much?"
Ye Caiping laughed when she heard this. She would never consider Zhou Ziyang as a fiancée. She dares to guarantee with her life that Zhou Ziyang will not elope with Jinhua!
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