"Then, what about the dowry? Give me some ideas, what should I do?"
As Wei Mama helped Fang Shi walk towards the front hall, she said, "Madam, judging from the way the Duke and the young master are acting, these dowries will definitely go to the eldest young lady."
Madam Fang's face darkened, and she paused in her steps: "How can that be! I raised her all these years, do you think I didn't spend a single penny? She's not someone who can grow up just by drinking water. Her dowry absolutely cannot be left to her! If it's all given to her, what will happen to my Mi'er and Pei'er? When they get married, their dowries will be meager, how will they be able to hold their heads high in their husbands' families?"
Madam Wei glanced around and lowered her voice, saying, "Madam, this young master is also the late Madam's flesh and blood. How can her dowry be given entirely to her daughter, ignoring the life and death of her son? The young master has already come of age two years ago. This time when he returns to Shengjing, he may have to get engaged."
Fang turned to look at Wei's mother with a puzzled expression: "What does that have to do with that dead woman's dowry?"
Madam Wei smiled and said, "An engagement requires a betrothal gift, right? You can't just bring all those things from the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion as the betrothal gift, can you? And what about the second young master? When he gets married, won't he have to bring those things with him?"
Fang understood what Wei Mama meant: when the late Madam married into the family, she had a very large dowry, which could be saved for her children to marry into the family.
However, when she sought refuge in the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, besides a maid named Wei, she couldn't even afford a hundred taels of silver, let alone any dowry.
In the future, when her children get married, the betrothal gifts and dowries can only be drawn from the public account of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion.
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