Chapter 259 Dowry for the Abandoned Mother
"Do you think it's appropriate?" Lu Qiniang asked back, "If I hadn't seen how they handled these things, I wouldn't understand. And even if I understand now, I still don't agree with it. I won't do that."
She is so petty and doesn't understand the overall situation.
"I'm different from them," Xiao Yan said. "Tell me what you think is wrong with us. I can change it."
Do you think I'm too high?
Okay, I will be an ordinary citizen with you.
Lu Qi Niang: "...I didn't say that."
Seeing that she wanted to be a coward again, Xiao Yan would not allow it.
"You were once someone else's child bride, but I also have a wife."
"The original wife? You... Oh, I see. You said that the girl who died of illness and had nowhere to go was buried in your family's ancestral tomb. I get it, that doesn't count, then..."
Lu Qiniang suddenly opened her mouth wide.
"What's wrong, abandoned mother?" Xiao Yan was frightened by her.
"No, Xiao Yan, since you have severed ties with the Marquis' Mansion, what should we do with her? She couldn't have been moved out of the Xiao family's ancestral tomb, right?" Lu Qiniang looked anxious.
She can be so caring and compassionate towards strangers she has never met...
Xiao Yan felt warm in his heart.
"After I got into trouble, her family moved her grave and cut off all ties with me to avoid being implicated."
Lu Qiniang: “…”
So the original wife is not worthy anymore?
Is there a place to bury it now?
But when you think about it, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it.
After all, the mistake Xiao Yan made could really implicate others.
If you don't even listen to the emperor, and you want to execute your entire clan...
Oh, the emperor is also gone, that’s not possible.
"Her family arranged a ghost marriage for her with someone else. Because they were anxious, it seems that they promised her to a servant who had left the family." Xiao Yan said.
Lu Qiniang: “…”
Although it was inappropriate to say this, she still wanted to say that it was a good thing he died.
If he were alive, he would probably end up being tortured in the same way.
With this interruption, Lu Qiniang forgot about whether they were worthy or not, and sighed for a long time.
Then she thought of Xiao Yan's Wangyun again.
——If the original wife is dispensable, then this is Xiao Yan’s “true love”.
"Xiao Yan, how much do you think Wang Yun would cost before they can sell him?"
I'm really afraid that I don't have enough money and that will make Xiao Yan sad.
"It shouldn't be cheap. Since it's a gift from the emperor, it needs to be processed."
"What operation?"
"We'll have to use a horse as a scapegoat."
"ah?"
"Wangyun was a gift from the emperor," Xiao Yan said. "In fact, many imperial gifts are not allowed to be circulated, but the emperor can't control it, and he won't. But Wangyun is different, it's too precious."
This is too eye-catching.
"Actually, I originally thought, wouldn't it be enough to just let the emperor find the Seventh Princess? But then I thought, it's not easy for the emperor to ask, so we have to rely on ourselves." Lu Qiniang said.
"Actually, there is a way to spend less money." Xiao Yan said.
"Ah? What's the solution?"
"I'll steal it back."
Lu Qiniang: “…”
Xiao Yan, your idea is very dangerous!
The family is so poor that this person wants to steal?
Not really, not really.
But Xiao Yan said, "As long as I can steal it, no one can blame me. Because the horse was originally under my name. At most, I can find a way to make it less implicated for those people in the stable and make amends to them."
With one thousand taels of silver, I could provide for their settlement.
"That old Hu's medicine was wasted." Lu Qiniang muttered.
"Leave it there. It'll be useful someday. Don't worry about it. I'll take care of it."
"That's fine." Lu Qiniang yawned. "Time flies. It's already the fifth day of the New Year. After the Lantern Festival, we have to open for business."
"Qi Niang, stop setting up a stall. It's exposed to the wind and sun, and you have to move so many things in and out every day." Xiao Yan said, "Let's buy a shop near the dock. It'll be perfect for Zhuo Zhuo to get some of the money. Otherwise, she's just a little girl, and I wouldn't trust her to set up a stall."
Lu Qiniang was tempted, but she was a little reluctant to spend the money.
"Three thousand taels of silver would be enough for a two-story shop on the dock," Xiao Yan said. "Since we have some money, let's buy it."
"First, hold on to your horse..."
"No, I know what I'm talking about. When we have some free time these days, we can go find someone to look at the shop." Xiao Yan said, "We need to buy a big one."
He had a hunch that the canal wharf would become more and more prosperous and the shops would appreciate in value.
In the future, even in the worst case scenario, this shop will be enough for him and Lu Qinniang to support themselves in their old age.
"Let's wait and see."
Lu Qiniang always felt a little embarrassed to use Xiao Yan's money.
In the next few days, Daya, Erya and Yunting were busy making flower ornaments and setting up the stall.
Because at the beginning, the progress was much slower than expected.
Because Daya also experiments with recipes from books, and before the Lantern Festival, most shops are closed, so it's difficult to buy all the ingredients...
Erya was so anxious that blisters appeared on her mouth.
But she also had to contact and purchase other rouge and powder, which kept her very busy.
Yun Ting is in a stable mood. If he needs something, he will ask his old friends for help.
It happens to be the first month of the year, so everyone needs to move around.
Daya comforted Erya: "Don't get angry. On the Lantern Festival, we are mainly promoting Huadian. We can make some samples and show them to everyone, but we won't sell them. If anyone wants to buy, I can draw for them on the spot. This way, they will benefit from us and will also support our business in the future."
"Okay." Erya finally felt relieved.
Lu Qiniang and Xiao Yan took a fancy to a shop that was very spacious, with six rooms on both the upper and lower floors. It was already tidied up and had originally been a pawnshop.
But the original owner of the shop was going back to his hometown, so he wanted to sell the shop.
The shop is located right next to the canal. Standing on the second floor, you can have a panoramic view of the canal.
Except for being expensive, there is nothing wrong with it.
Because the asking price for this shop is three thousand five hundred taels of silver.
Also because it is too expensive, it has been sold for half a year and still hasn’t been sold.
Lu Qiniang couldn't make up her mind.
Xiao Yan asked the middleman to bargain for the price. After three days of negotiation, the deal was finally concluded at a price of 3,200 taels of silver.
When Lu Qiniang went to the government office to handle the deed, she felt dazed.
More than three thousand taels, just gone like that?
So when Xiao Yan called her, she didn't react immediately.
"ah?"
"Abandoned Mother, come here and write your name." Xiao Yan said with a smile.
Lu Qiniang was stunned for a moment, then waved her hands repeatedly, "No, no, I don't want it. This is your shop."
"You and I are husband and wife, and we are inseparable."
Xiao Yan put the deed in front of her and asked her to sign it.
Lu Qiniang: "No, we are equal, shouldn't I write your name too?"
No matter what, there is no reason to write her name.
The middleman smiled and said, "Madam, you are so lucky! Your husband is so worried about you that he added this to your dowry list as part of your trousseau."
It turned out that the imperial court protected the dowries of married women, and if necessary, a copy of the dowry list could be kept in the yamen.
Even if your parents make up for it later, it will still be valid.
Xiao Yan simply regarded the shop worth 3,200 taels of silver as Lu Qinniang's dowry.
Lu Qiniang choked up.
Dowry was such a distant word to her.
Men may deceive, but money cannot.
She thought, at least now, Xiao Yan's feelings for her were true.
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