Ever since the Wei family set the date, Zhu was greatly relieved. The date was set at the end of this year, probably with the intention of finding a wife for the New Year. Yurong began to get busy. Although she didn't have to embroider the wedding dress, she had to entrust others with the purse for her husband's family and her husband's clothes, shoes and socks.

Zhu also had to prepare her daughter's dowry and hire a servant, so she was busy as a whirlwind.

But Fan was pregnant again, so it was not a good idea to trouble her. The two old men in her husband's family were only interested in making money from the Wei family's betrothal gift, which was of no use. Fortunately, Zhu invited her own mother, Old Lady Tao, to come over. She was a very capable old lady. Although she was not young, she did not look old and frail. On the contrary, she was very capable.

Zhu weighed out a few pieces of silver and gave them to Old Lady Tao. "Use them to buy yourself some sweets. Don't try to be a second-hand vendor. Try to please your son by trying to please me. If I have anything from them, I will give it to them."

My daughter has always been like this. Before she got married, her family didn't give her any dowry. She earned it all by herself. She has a stubborn temper and never gives in to anyone. The same is true of how she speaks. I felt uncomfortable hearing it at first, but gradually I felt that there was some truth in her words.

The only time she is more reserved is when she is with her daughter.

Mrs. Tao took the money and asked Zhu, "How much dowry are you going to give?"

"If I could, I would like to give you 120 jin, but unfortunately I don't have it. It's very difficult to get 60 jin. Let's talk about the land first. You know that you can't buy land in Beijing even if you have money. The small house I bought may be considered good in our family, but it is like grass in the Wei family."

The fourth branch of the family was very poor. All the people from the third branch next door who had embezzled money were sent to jail, and after they were released they continued to embezzle. It was said that Yuwei's food, clothing, and dowry cost as much as five thousand taels.

It was different at home. Yang Zhao searched hard, but she didn't have much money. Although she had a house with a phoenix, that little money was nothing. Looking at the expensive silks and gold items sent by the Wei family, they were just a few of them. She was so anxious that her hair turned white.

The gap in status, family background and power is too big.

Old Mrs. Tao said, "If that's the case, then just use the Wei family's betrothal money to do it."

This was what Old Lady Tao thought. When Zhu was still unmarried, she said so. She even wanted to use the man's betrothal money to buy jewelry for herself to support her daughter.

Zhu waved her hands and said, "If we do this, our daughter will be looked down upon by the Wei family. We will return all the betrothal money to the Wei family, and I will take care of the rest myself. His father can think of some other way. We can't let our daughter lose face."

Yurong had never thought that her mother, who was so generous in front of her, would actually worry about this. She walked in and said, "Mom, you don't have to worry. The Wei family knows everything about our family. If we empty the family just to look good, that's absolutely not allowed."

The betrothal gift given by the Wei family was 10,000 taels. According to Jingzhao customs, the bride must return more than double that, which is 20,000 taels. However, this amount of money was an astronomical figure for the fourth branch of the Yang family. When Zhu opened the shop, she borrowed a lot of high-interest loans from the bank and is still paying it back. In total, she only bought a shop and 50 mu of land for her daughter, and had 2,000 taels in savings. She did save a lot of jewelry, but this was just a middle-class family.

Despite her family's financial situation, Yurong never felt that she was inferior to others.

If the Wei family wanted to marry someone of equal status, they would not have chosen her.

Since you married her, you must know her family background. If she suddenly bought all those things, that would be worrying.

Zhu held her daughter in her arms and said, "You have been so sensible since you were little. I am really ashamed of you."

She still had her eldest son to take care of. In a few months, the Autumn Examination would take place and her daughter-in-law would also be giving birth. Zhu really felt that she had to spend money everywhere.

Yurong laughed and said, "What are you talking about? My family has spent so much effort in raising me, how can you say that? Now Master Wei has gone to Shanxi to take up his post, and we are just waiting to get married."

Her marriage was full of twists and turns, but no matter what, it was good enough that she could get married smoothly.

Speaking of Wei Xuanning, Zhu was also overjoyed to talk to Old Lady Tao about her son-in-law.

Yurong heaved a sigh of relief. After she went back, she washed her hands, burned incense, and played a song on the zither. The sound of her music was never sad, but rather moving and stirring, or cheerful and moving.

The servants in the house were all mesmerized by the story. Bi Tao and La Mei said to each other privately, "Auntie is still the best. Our young lady is not the type to do needlework all day long. It's so nice for her to play the piano and drink tea like this."

Lamei agreed, "Who says it's not true? Our lady shouldn't spend too much time on mundane affairs."

Yurong found it funny to hear the maids talking. In her previous life, she was the one who argued with the officials of the Ministry of Revenue and calculated every penny clearly.

If I really help Zhu with the things at home now, Zhu will think I am incompetent and I will cause trouble to my daughter.

Sure enough, Zhu said to Old Lady Tao outside: "I hope my daughter Rong will always be like this." In Zhu's view, after getting married and having children, there will be no leisurely days. Now that she can enjoy a day of blessing at home, it is also a blessing.

Madam Lu felt upset when she heard the music. "Why are you making such a fuss? Isn't it just marrying into the Wei family? Why are you so happy?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard someone outside say that the second old lady had arrived. Old Madam Lu put on a kind face again and said that the people who came were the second old lady and her granddaughter Yuzhi.

The girl Yuzhi was born skinny. The second old lady had a strong temper all her life. Now her husband, son and daughter-in-law have all passed away, leaving Yuzhi alone to depend on. Almost all the girls in the clan have been engaged, so she came to ask her sisters-in-law.

"Second sister-in-law, how come you have time to sit here with me?" Old Madam Lu asked the maid to bring some easy-to-melt cakes to Yuzhi, and touched Yuzhi's little face: "I heard that this child was ill for a while, and now it seems that she is well again, right?"

The second old lady's face, which looked like dry bark, showed a little smile. Just as she was about to speak, she heard a burst of cheerful piano music. Old Lady Lu sighed, "It's Sister Rong playing the piano. This girl's mother has made her learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting since she was young, especially piano and painting. That Zhu family is giving it away like it's free. Now it seems that it's really working."

She knew that the Second Old Lady attached great importance to rules and believed that a woman's virtue lies in domestic affairs. It would be fine if she could recognize a few words. If she stood out too much, she would be considered not to be a woman's virtue. That was why she said this deliberately and sighed in a joking tone.

But unexpectedly, the second old lady said, "Mrs. Zhu is a sensible person. Yurong is like a fairy drinking dew. If she were rough, I would think it would be a waste."

Madam Lu forced a few laughs.

The second old lady came today, of course, to ask for help, so she did not hesitate to sell her a good thing, "Third sister-in-law, we have been sisters-in-law for so many years, and what we care about most is our granddaughters. Unfortunately, I know something about Yuwei."

When she heard that it was about Yuwei, Mrs. Lu perked up.

The Second Old Lady asked Yuzhi to leave before saying, "You don't have to send any more herbs to the Han Palace. Don't you know that the Han Princess is a person who values ​​rules the most? If the principal wife hasn't entered the palace, let alone the concubine, even the concubine will not be allowed to get pregnant."

What?

Mrs. Lu was struck by lightning.