"Mama Gui, look, my wife is so sad. Can you come again next time?" The eldest daughter-in-law of the Qian Family saw the look in her mother-in-law's eyes and instantly understood that her mother-in-law wanted to delay.
"Mrs. Qian, you're not thinking of using our young master's marriage, are you?" Mama Gui smiled faintly.
"Why would I? It's just that this is a big matter. Naturally, it needs to be discussed first …" The eldest daughter-in-law of the Qian Family also felt that she was being unreasonable. Then, she had a bright idea and said, "Our wife is just worried about her younger sister. After all, there are still three months before the son-in-law's mourning period ends. After the son-in-law's mourning period ends, how about Mrs. Qian send someone over?"
After Mama Gui heard this, she sneered. She really thought of herself as someone important. Their young master was willing to be respectful and observe mourning for his wife for a year. After a year, he would marry again. This could be considered as fulfilling the marriage fate of the two families. Their young master was a man. Even if he was not willing to observe mourning for his wife for a year, no one could say anything. After all, when she married into the family, she did not leave behind any children. In the end, her family even took back the dowry.
Thinking back, when Master Qian was still alive, the Qian Family was not so ridiculous. If that was the case, their master would not have married into the Qian Family. However, after Master Qian left, all kinds of demons and ghosts came out. The Qian Family was probably like this. It was a fool's dream to return to the time when Master Qian was still alive.
"What do you mean by this?" The eldest daughter-in-law of the Qian Family was furious at Mama Gui's attitude.
"To tell you the truth, our family's Madam sent me over to ask for this consent form. It can be considered as giving your Qian family some face and hoping to do things according to the rules. Whether you give it or not, our Madam does not care at all. Even without this consent form, if our family's Young Master wants to remarry, it is not impossible for him to do so. Even if you were to report this to the Emperor, you would not be in the right." After she finished speaking, Grandmother Gui stood up. As expected, Madam had already expected that this family would not hand over the consent form so easily. "I will be leaving first today, I will come back another day." After Grandmother Gui finished speaking, she glanced at Mother Qian in disdain before turning around to leave. If she still did not leave, this person would probably cry herself blind.
After Mama Gui left, Qian Mu immediately stopped crying. Her expression was gloomy. Seeing this, the daughters-in-law were shocked.
"Call your men here." Qian Mu suppressed her anger. If she had known this, she would have taken the initiative to gain the upper hand. She did not know which family the Jia Zhen family in Ningguo Province was from.
These daughters-in-law hurriedly left and called their men here. The first thing Qian Mu ordered was to find out which family the Jia family had been close to recently and which family had daughters of suitable age.
When Mama Gui returned, she told them everything that had happened in the Qian Family.
"Hmph, you really don't know what you're talking about." Mrs. Jia sneered and said, "Go and find some people to meet the other branches of the Qian Family. At that time, the money that the Qian Family received from our Jia family was all used to pave the way for the eldest son of the eldest branch. How can the other branches be willing to accept this? Since they can't accept it, we'll offer them benefits. I'm not afraid that they won't take the bait. As long as any of them send the agreement letter to me before the end of Zheng 'er's mourning period, I'll give them 50,000 taels of silver. "
Jia family did not lack money, but the Qian Family might not. Otherwise, they would not have been in such a hurry to take back Zheng 'er's wife's dowry.
"Madam's trick is really clever." Mama Gui praised.
"If it were someone else, we wouldn't have to go through so much trouble. We could just directly exchange the marriage invitations. The Qian Family would not dare to say a word. But Summer Girl is different. Summer Girl's father is Father-in-law's personal guard and has saved Father-in-law's life countless times. Moreover, her father is also on good terms with Master. So, in the end, we have to go through this trouble. In this way, Summer Girl's marriage to Zheng 'er will be justified," Mrs. Jia said.
"Madam is wise." Mama Gui flattered.
"By the way, Summer Girl's family moved out yesterday. Later, you can ask someone to send some fruits over. Although they cleaned up earlier, it's still not as good as the mansion. If there's anything missing, ask those servants to tell me directly. Don't let the Xia family's people buy it themselves. Of course, Summer Girl's dowry will be counted separately. "Mrs. Jia joked.
"Yes, this old servant will do it right away." After saying that, Mama Gui went down.
On the Xia family's side, Xia Lu was fighting for her wedding dress. Well, it should be her mother who was fighting for her wedding dress. With Xia Lu's embroidery skills, it was already very difficult for her to make a purse, let alone a wedding dress. However, in order to maintain Xia Lu's image, Mrs. Xia had to accompany her mother when she was embroidering the wedding dress. After all, the servants in this mansion were all transferred from Ningguo Province. If there was any news, the people in Ningguo Province would know immediately. The image that Xia Lu had painstakingly maintained for so long was suddenly destroyed.
"Mother's Little Lu 'er is actually about to get married. Time really flies. I remember the first time I saw you, you were carried in your father's arms. The way he carried you was especially ugly and very stiff. It was completely different from his usual image. At that time, you only weighed six kilograms. He could carry something that weighed more than a hundred kilograms without panting. But when he carried you, he was sweating." Xia Xiaofu's mother gently recalled her daughter's childhood as she embroidered the wedding dress.
"Really?" Xia Lu chuckled. She didn't want to talk about her memories anymore. As an adult, she couldn't even control her eating, drinking, and pooping. It was simply too tragic.
"Of course it's true. In the blink of an eye, Xiao Luer is getting married. That's really fast." Mrs. Xia stopped embroidering the wedding dress and patted Xia Lu's head. Then, she tucked her hair behind her ear.
The mother and son pair were very warm in the room.
On the other side, Xia Fu didn't idle around. He went around buying dowry for Xia Lu. The high-quality wood couldn't be bought in a short period of time. There were many rich families in the capital. When they had good wood, they would save it for themselves. Some girls who got married had to save up their dowry from childhood. Wood wasn't easy to find. Even if they found it, they couldn't make anything good in a short period of time. So, Xia Fu wanted to buy some Zhuangzi or something in the suburbs of the capital for Xia Lu. In the end, he realized that there was basically nothing to be gained.
The land in the suburbs of the capital had basically been divided up by the rich families in the capital. The land would only be released if an official's property was confiscated. The remaining land was basically not of good quality. Xia Fu was really at his wit's end.
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