Old Mrs. Wen broke out in a sweat.

Wen Qian was calm and said without any emotion: "I don't know yet! My son will pay attention to it. Don't worry, it's no big deal."

"Hmph..." The old lady felt vaguely uneasy.

"Mother, Wen Yu just asked her son for her mother's dowry!"

"What? She wants it?! Crazy! Crazy! How dare you, little girl, mention this to you?!" The old lady was angry again.

"Mother! Don't be so excited." Wen Qian tried his best to comfort her.

"It's so funny, one after another, this is going to cause chaos!" Too many things have happened recently, and it finally aroused the old lady's anger.

Who do you think I am?

My life today didn't just fall from the sky! "Mother, you know what Wen Yu was like before. She suddenly changed so much, I guess her uncle came back and gave her advice behind the scenes."

"We are afraid of him!? If there is an amnesty, it only exempts the punishment, but it does not mean that the Chen family is wronged... First, we have no property, and second, no official position, and even no place to live. Haha, relying on the help of relatives and friends, and taking a little from the Wen family, it's good enough to be able to support our lives!"

"That's right." Wen Qian nodded.

"But..." The old lady thought she was a person who prepared for a rainy day. "You should also pay attention to it. If there are any signs, cut them off as soon as possible!"

"yes."

The old lady couldn't help but blame Yuan again. It was all her fault...what a disaster!

"Mother, we shouldn't make any moves now. As for the dowry, let's just leave it to her for now! Otherwise, it will be even more troublesome if we keep arguing about it. Our family doesn't want this anyway." Wen Qian said.

After the dock affairs were settled, life at home became much better. When he was promoted to the capital, life at home became even less of a worry.

The old lady squinted at him and sneered, "What I have is sealed in the storehouse! I have never touched Chen's dowry! What you have... Oh, have you told your precious wife?!"

"..." Wen Qian felt helpless after hearing this.

Ah Jun's family was well-off, but not rich. Then that incident happened, and when she married me, her dowry was so small that it could be ignored.

When I entered the house, I gave her all the private money I had saved for so many years so as not to lose face.

Then she had to take up a post outside the capital, socialize, and raise children, which became too expensive... Although her family could provide support, it was not as convenient as having money in hand.

So he gave all his deceased wife's dowry, shop and land to Yuan Xijun.

After talking to my mother now, I have to go back and talk to Jun... Oh, I'm really worried!

Wen Qian was a little impatient, but he had to cover up for his wife, "Most of the profits from those industries were used by our son. Ah Jun is a sensible person, I'll tell her when I get back. Just give it to Wen Yu, my son is busy and can't take care of it!"

"Well, it's up to you. Our family is moving to the capital, and that will require a lot of money. Mother can't help you with anything." The old lady said pretentiously.

In fact, it’s not that she can’t help at all, but she is unwilling to do so and wants to make things difficult for Yuan and make her feel uncomfortable!

The two were stunned for a moment.

Seeing her eldest son’s serious expression, the old lady felt sorry for him: “She’s just a little girl, and you can’t deal with her? How about... let me do it!?” There was a hint of viciousness in her eyes.

"Mom, there's no need to do this!" Wen Qian knew what his mother meant, but... "It's better for my son to be safe now. Besides, there are problems with my father too."

Now, the old lady had nothing to say.

The two of them were stunned for a while.

"Just give it to her. It's not a big deal. But the girl is already fifteen and her marriage can't be delayed. What do you think?" asked the old lady.

"I was just about to tell my mother about this. Now that she has received her dowry, you can find a local family to marry her off. Half a year later, when you go to the capital, you don't have to take her with you..."

The old lady was a little embarrassed after hearing this. Wen Yu hasn't been engaged yet, and she's going to get married within half a year? She's not the daughter of a poor family, how can she be so unrefined! ?

"The time is too tight. We haven't settled down yet, how can we get married in half a year? Besides, we can't just look for someone randomly! If the eldest daughter can't get married, what about the girls below her!?"

"Mother! Let's move to Beijing. We are all new people and new circles here. Who will pay attention to this?" Wen Qian asked calmly.

"That being said, she is the face of the family after all...hiss...oh, by the way! Magistrate Zhang's wife likes that girl very much. The Zhang family has an unmarried young son, who is said to be working in the government office..."

He was over 40 when he reached the position of prefect, and there was a limit to how high he could go if he went any higher.

The youngest son of the Zhang family...has no achievements.

The family tradition is good and the two families are close, so there are sufficient reasons to marry him! "Okay! It's him! Please, mother, make the decision!" Wen Qian figured it out in an instant, decisively interrupted the old lady, and made the decision.

Let’s stop here and not continue this topic.

…

Wen Yu, who was in the house, had no idea that her father and grandmother had already done this and her future was determined.

The red marks on her face had faded, and she was thinking about receiving her mother's dowry. She wanted to apply what she had learned from Song Shang in her previous life to this matter.

…

Wen Qian finished talking to his mother and returned to his room.

Yuan was waiting in the room. When she saw him come back, she stood up quickly.

"You're back?!"

"Well, sit down!"

Yuan smiled bitterly and said, "I'm sorry! Huanhuan went too far and made things difficult for you."

"It's not that serious." Wen Qian smiled.

"This is my fault. I didn't know before that she actually had such an idea..."

"Haha, she is used to being casual. If you want to blame someone, you should blame me." Wen Qian said gently.

"It's your fault! When I was trying to take care of her, you always stopped me..." Yuan scolded.

Wen Qian laughed at his wife and said, "She has never done anything wrong in all these years. How can a young girl be perfect in everything? Once in a while, she seems even more perfect."

Yuan was stunned: It seems that he still cares! "Alas! This girl is usually tight-lipped. She won't tell me if she is unhappy. I just asked her and found out that her status was deliberately belittled by those girls when she was socializing outside.

You probably don't know... Girls' world is so small. They would talk about the smallest things for a long time! It's normal for them to compete with each other."

"Haha, those are all petty girls. Our daughter can't be like them. After this incident, she should be more calm. Well... now, there is something I want to discuss with you..." He found that it was really difficult to say it.

Yuan saw that he was being formal, and her heart sank. "You and I are husband and wife, do you still need to be so polite?"

"Yes!" Wen Qian was stunned for a moment, then said: "It's like this, the girl was so noisy today, someone was behind it."

"Who?" Wu? Yuan Xijun's first reaction was his second brother's wife.

"It's her uncle. He just came back from there."

"Ah?!" Yuan was shocked. She had forgotten it for so many years!

"Yes. He didn't come to find me, but found Wen Yu. He just came back, and he probably didn't have a good time, so he set his sights on Chen's dowry."

"Ah?!" Yuan was surprised again. Dowry?

In my own hands...

"He suffered over there for more than ten years and came back penniless, so it's normal for him to have such thoughts. But, instead of coming to look for me or my mother, he schemed against his niece whom he had never met. It's really despicable... I guess he must have been afraid of suffering for so many years..."

"Then...what do you think?" Yuan asked carefully.

"Pack up your shop and property and return them to her!"

“……” Yuan was stunned.

(End of this chapter)