Chapter 717, Lessons
After Daohua got the information about the fields from Xiao Yeyang, she came to the main courtyard to find Madam Li.
Madam Li looked through them and said with a smile, "I was just planning to add some farmland to our family. Unfortunately, we just arrived in the capital and don't have many connections. Steward Sun has been searching for a long time but hasn't found a suitable one. It's really Ye Yang's ability. I think these farms are good."
Daohua smiled and said, "Then choose carefully, mother. These are all left by nobles. The fields are connected and easy to take care of."
Mrs. Li saw her daughter leisurely eating fruit and asked with a smile, "Have you chosen yet?"
Daohua nodded and said, "The farms around the capital aren't very big. I've picked out a few farms with more than a thousand acres."
Seeing that the rice flowers had been picked, Mrs. Li stopped being polite and started choosing seriously.
Daohua sat aside and watched. Seeing that Madam Li had chosen several farms of about 100 mu, she couldn't help but say, "Mother, a bigger farm is better."
Madam Li smiled and didn't hide it from Daohua: "These farms were not chosen for our family. Yishuang and the others are grown up now, and these are prepared as their dowries. Although our family has divided up, when Yihuan and Yile get married, our eldest wife still needs to add some dowries."
Hearing this, Daohua said no more: "Mom, are you already helping Yishuang and the others to find their match?"
Speaking of this, Madam Li felt a little troubled. "Yihuan is only a few months younger than you. I'm worried about her marriage. Our family just arrived in the capital and we don't know many people. I'm afraid we'll have to wait to find her a suitable family."
Daohua: "There's no rush. Just take your time and see."
Madam Li smiled and said, "There's no point in being anxious. Yihuan and the others have to wait until you get married before they can go out." As she said this, she couldn't help but feel worried. The royal family didn't know what the rules were for her daughter's marriage.
In the next few days, Mrs. Li and Daohua, mother and daughter, were busy buying the farm.
Daohua called Qin Xiaoliu and asked him to take Yan Shouhou to visit the selected farms and talk to Yan Shouhou about the things that needed attention in the capital.
As for the family's fields, she didn't interfere at all.
There are very few transactions in the larger manors in the capital, and many people who want to buy them cannot find the means to do so.
In this case of the Eight Kings' gang, many officials were investigated and confiscated. Some well-informed people knew that many manors were vacant, but compared with those who wanted to buy them, there were still more people than houses. Now was the time to see who had more connections.
The Han family also wanted to take the opportunity to buy some. There were still several girls in the family who had not yet married, and they all needed to prepare dowries. When they heard that the Yan family was buying a farm, they knew that the Yan family had connections, so the Han family sent someone to find Han Xinran again.
Han Xinran couldn't help but frown after hearing what the nanny in charge of her mother brought. She knew that her family was buying land. If it was in Zhongzhou, her mother-in-law would not avoid her about this matter, but this time she didn't inform her, which showed that she was still angry with her.
Seeing Han Xinran's hesitation, the housekeeper had no choice but to persuade her, "Second Miss, the Bo Mansion has been living off its savings. If it doesn't add some income, it will eventually run out of money. Now that the Yan family has connections, as an in-law, it's only right for us to lend a hand."
Han Xinran thought of her mother's worried look every time she checked the accounts before she got married. After hesitating for a moment, she nodded and agreed to help: "Wait for me, I'll go ask my mother-in-law."
Main courtyard.
Mrs. Li was calculating the money left in the family after buying the farm when she heard the maid come to report that her daughter-in-law was coming over with her grandson in her arms. After thinking for a while, she asked Pingtong to take the account book.
When she was in Zhongzhou, she was very satisfied with her daughter-in-law. She was good-looking, had a good family background, and had a good relationship with her son. She gave birth to her eldest grandson in the second year after their marriage. She was willing to give her daughter-in-law more face.
But after arriving in Beijing, the daughter-in-law gradually lost her sense of propriety.
She is not a mean person, nor does she want to stop her daughter-in-law from getting close to her parents' home, but if she goes too far, it will become annoying.
Han Xinran carried her son into the house and saw the maidservant beside her mother-in-law leaving with the account book that had just been collected. Her eyes couldn't help but flash.
Mrs. Li ignored her daughter-in-law's awkwardness and smiled as she reached out to hug her grandson: "Xiao Mingyuan, do you miss your grandma?"
Han Xinran placed her son in her mother-in-law's arms, then said with a smile, "Mom, were you looking at the account book just now?"
Mrs. Li hummed and continued to tease her grandson in her arms.
Han Xinran played along and amused her for a while. Seeing her mother-in-law's smile, she asked, "Mother, I heard that our family has bought a few new farms?"
Madam Li paused smiling, glanced at the wet nurse, and after the wet nurse took her grandson aside, she looked at Han Xinran: "Our family doesn't have much property in the capital, so we have to buy some."
As he spoke, he picked up the tea and took a sip. Seeing that Han Xinran seemed to be hesitant to speak, he frowned, but was too lazy to pay attention to her and picked up the toys to amuse his grandson.
Seeing that Madam Li didn't say much, Han Xinran could only take the initiative to ask, "Mother, my family also wants to buy a few more farms, and I would like to ask you for help."
Before she could finish her words, Madam Li raised her hand to interrupt Han Xinran and looked at her with displeasure. After waving her hand for the servants to leave, she said, "Xinran, do you know what your current status is?"
Han Xinran was stunned: "I am the daughter-in-law of the Yan family."
Madam Li snorted coldly: "You still remember that you are the daughter-in-law of the Yan family. I thought you were still a girl from the Han family."
Seeing the undisguised dissatisfaction on her mother-in-law's face, Han Xinran was stunned. After coming to her senses, she quickly knelt down and admitted her mistake: "Mother, what did your daughter-in-law do wrong?"
Madam Li looked at Han Xinran with some annoyance and disappointment: "If you want to get close to your parents' family, I won't stop you, but you have to take care of your husband's family too."
Han Xinran was shocked: "Of course, I am the daughter-in-law of the Yan family, of course I have to take care of the Yan family."
Madam Li: "If you really cared about the Yan family, you wouldn't have said that today."
Han Xinran defended herself: "My daughter-in-law has no other intentions. She just wants to help my family because she has connections at home."
"By the way?"
Madam Li laughed out loud in anger. "There aren't so many convenient things in this world. It's hard to buy a farm in the capital. You should know this better than I do. If we can buy one, it must be because we owe someone a favor."
"This time, even though it's our own family, I didn't choose a few farms because I was afraid of causing trouble for others. But you, on the other hand, opened your mouth and asked for a few more farms for your mother's family too!"
Although Ye Yang brought a lot of farms for them to choose from at one time, Wen Kai told her that the court would not auction off the land confiscated during this raid, and most of it would be used as rewards to soldiers who had made meritorious contributions in the northern border.
Because of Ye Yang's status, he can withdraw a portion, but the amount cannot be too much, otherwise it will cause the emperor's dissatisfaction.
For this reason, she simply cut the prices of the several farms her daughter helped her choose in half.
Their family had already married up with their daughter and Ye Yang, so how could they let their daughter be dragged down by family matters?
Han Xinran quickly admitted her mistake: "It was my daughter-in-law who thought too simply. Mother, I know I was wrong. Please don't be angry."
Madam Li: "Xinran, it's natural for relatives to help each other, but they should also do so within their means. How could a married daughter take on all the responsibilities of her parents' home? If so, who would dare to accept such a daughter-in-law?"
These words were undoubtedly too harsh. Han Xinran's heart trembled, and with panic on her face, she said, "My daughter-in-law will never do this again."
Seeing her like this, Madam Li didn't want the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to become too awkward, so she asked Han Xinran to stand up: "Go back and think about it carefully. What kind of life have you led in the Yan family? What kind of life have other daughters who married out led in their husband's families? Don't think I'm being harsh on you."
(End of this chapter)
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