It would be fine if her daughter married a man with a good family background, but her son-in-law was a farmer. How could he protect her precious daughter? Su's mother, An, had a grudge against Master Su. She hated that Master Su didn't care about her daughter's happiness at all in order to keep that broken promise. How could she have a good life in the future by marrying her daughter to such a man? She also said that he loved Yue Niang the most, but in the end, those concubines who were not presentable married better than each other. She felt suffocated when she thought about it.
But no matter what, since her daughter was going to get married, An still arranged everything she could for her daughter. Although Su Wenyue's dowry looked like just a few boxes of things and looked a bit shabby, some people even speculated whether Su Wenyue was unpopular in the Su family, but in fact there were many tricks involved.
What one sees from the outside is just appearance. The two concubines' daughters were married off with great ceremony, and their dowries were piled high one after another. But in fact, the boxes were filled with ordinary silks, satins, porcelain and so on, nothing particularly valuable.
Although Su Wenyue's boxes of things looked a little small, they were actually all good stuff. An had bought in almost all the good stuff in the warehouse, such as high-quality medicinal materials that were rarely available on the market, antiques that had been around for many years, and the most fashionable and beautiful fabrics. There were also a few pieces of tribute materials, and several sets of gold and silver jewelry, head ornaments, and jade wares. An had specially asked someone to go to the best silver shop in the capital to buy them. All of them were the most exquisite and beautiful. Although her daughter couldn't use them with her current status, it was better to be prepared. She almost filled up the boxes.
In order to avoid being noticed, An had to fold all the other money into banknotes. She had originally thought of giving Su Wenyue a few thousand taels of silver to keep in the bottom of the box, but then she thought about her daughter's ignorant nature and her extravagant spending. She was afraid that the silver would be squandered in a short time or be taken away by someone else.
Later, An and Mr. Su discussed it and finally left only one thousand taels of silver for Su Wenyue as a safe deposit, and used the rest of the silver to buy a farm for Su Wenyue. The farm was not far from the city, and it would be convenient to manage if Su Wenyue and her husband went to the city in the future. Mr. Su was afraid that his daughter would not be familiar with household affairs and knew nothing about the things on the farm. He was afraid that his daughter would be deceived by the people below, so he transferred a loyal old servant to the farm to manage it for Su Wenyue. In this way, he would not have to worry about Su Wenyue losing the farm, and he could also get an income every year.
In her previous life, Su Wenyue hated her parents so much that she didn't even want to look at her dowry. She just took it out when she needed it and gave a lot of it away, wasting her parents' kindness on others. Moreover, she was raised too naively at that time and had no deep understanding of money, so she didn't realize how generous the dowry her parents gave her was. Thinking about it now, she feels both touched and guilty.
When Han Yu came back in the evening, he had a great harvest. Not only did he hunt a muntjac weighing more than 20 kilograms, but he also caught several pheasants and hares in the traps he had set in the mountains for a few days. It was a great harvest. Han Yu thought about it on the way back and only took the pheasants and hares back home. He left the muntjac at the home of his good brother Chen Shuang halfway up the mountain, and planned to get it when he went out tomorrow. Chen Shuang had been an orphan since childhood and had never married and lived alone. He was also tight-lipped, so there was no need to worry about the news leaking out.
Han Yu also didn't want to make his family unhappy because of his wife's return. After all, if a wild animal like a muntjac was sold to a restaurant in the town, he could at least earn a few taels of silver. His eldest and third sisters-in-law would definitely be jealous when they saw it. He didn't care much about it. Han Yu didn't want to make Yang feel uncomfortable, which would inevitably make her have opinions about his wife.
Han Yu knew his own mother very well. Although she seemed to treat his wife very well now, it was only because of several reasons and they had only been together for such a short time. It was impossible for her to truly treat her as her own daughter. If she felt that her son was biased towards his wife and had forgotten about his family after getting married, she would definitely not be so easy to talk to.
As for why Han Yu was able to climb from a small farmer to a high-ranking official in his previous life, although he looked cold and serious, he was actually very meticulous and good at guessing people's hearts. Now he was willing to consider his wife and make arrangements everywhere. Thinking of the explicit words his wife said before leaving the house, Han Yu's mouth curled up again, and then he sighed, feeling a little discouraged.
Hey! The wife is only a little more open-minded in her mouth. After all, she is a new wife who has just left the boudoir. She is still very shy in some aspects. He has to teach her well, otherwise when can he have a good meal of meat? A man who has just tasted the taste of meat can't afford to be hurt!
When Han Yu returned home, Su Wenyue was still sorting boxes and crates, categorizing things one by one according to the dowry list. Things that were needed or not needed were put away separately. In the past, the maids helped to take care of these things, but now she had to sort them out slowly by herself, which was not an easy job. Fortunately, Li came back early this afternoon, so she didn't have to cook dinner and could concentrate on sorting these things.
It was Yang's idea for Li to come back early. Firstly, before Su Wenyue got married, she had promised Yue's family that Su Wenyue would not have to do these things. Secondly, the family was not rich, and although they were not short of food and clothing, life was tight. No matter whether it was oil, salt, rice, noodles or other things, they had to calculate the daily amount. The cooking of this young daughter-in-law was delicious, but it was too expensive. She had calculated that the can of oil would last for several days, but Su Wenyue had used up most of it after only cooking two meals. The rice and noodles were also much less, and the family could not afford such spending.
Actually, this was the result of Su Wenyue's saving money considering the Han family's situation. Yang was embarrassed to tell Su Wenyue directly. After all, her daughter-in-law's family was wealthy, and she didn't care about many things when she got married. It didn't make sense that she couldn't even use this little bit of oil and rice. So Yang thought about letting her daughter-in-law cook less in the future. After all, there were several daughters-in-law in the family, and the daughter-in-law could just teach the children to read and do some embroidery.
Although Su Wenyue had suffered a lot in her previous life, she had never been frugal in these matters. The most common things like oil, salt, rice and flour were never lacking in any wealthy family. Even if someone wanted to make things difficult for Su Wenyue, no one would do so. Therefore, Su Wenyue did not notice Yang's thoughts at all.
However, when Han Yu heard that Li came back specially to cook, he understood a little after thinking about it carefully. He found it a little funny, but he thought it was also good. His wife was delicate and tender, so he had to take good care of her. He wouldn't make her rough after just a few days of marriage. So even if he understood it in his heart, he didn't say it out loud. He let his wife think that it was the mother-in-law who was considerate of her. Such misunderstanding was also good.
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