"That's what the second child is like. He pretends to be magnanimous when he has nothing to do. I prepared a board in the study. If Lin Hai hadn't been wearing official uniform today, my son would have beaten him. Yuan'er, you guys, please see clearly. Don't look for this kind of thing anytime. A man, looking at the scenery and the moon, actually only has himself in his heart. At most, he has his own cubs, and no one else is important." Jia She said hurriedly. He didn't look down on Lin Hai last time, but this time Jia Zheng dared to say that Jia She would feel sorry for him even if he didn't step on him.
"What I'm saying is, can they go out and choose on their own? Or should we wait and see before giving it to them?" Jia Zheng also knew that Jia She was stepping down the steps for him, so he smiled hurriedly and brought tea to the old lady. Thinking about it, He shook his head gently and said to Yuan Chun, "Don't put your heart on others. It's all fake."
"See, this is a man. To men, everything is fake. Only their own cubs are real. Don't take yourself too seriously. To them, you are just their cub. Mother." Jia She clapped her hands and laughed.
"I can't teach you this, but what you eldest and second masters said is absolutely true. You are just the mothers of other people's children. Anyway, no matter what time, you should take care of yourself and your children first. As the old saying goes, I would rather beg for food. Mother, don’t be an official’s father. Anyway, you are not the only one who can give birth to babies. If you die, you can use your dowry to get another wife. If your mother’s family doesn’t help, your death will be in vain, and then you have to say My mother-in-law is ignorant. If I don’t look at it, I will be cold-faced, and your second master will still say that I have done it. I don’t ask him from the Lin family, but he is someone from Lin, so I can’t be cold-faced? Why? "
Ou Mengmeng stared at Jia Zheng. She knew what Jia Zheng was thinking. Although she didn't need to take care of Jia Min now, she still had to take care of Daiyu. Besides, in which family can a real son-in-law and mother-in-law really be of the same mind? It's all about saving face, and we just form a community of interests. There is no point in losing your temper in front of yourself.
However, Ou Mengmeng was really annoyed by Lin Hai. She read the greeting letter written by Lin Hai, and then looked at the letter written by Jia Min in the previous twenty years. After Jia Min died, Lin Hai wrote a mourning letter. The tone of the last letter, plus this one, actually speaks volumes.
The last report of mourning was actually an ordinary official article. There was not much emotion in the whole article. In his opinion, the post-Jia Min era was more important, so Jia Mu sent someone to pick up Daiyu. (Many people say that Jia’s mother felt sorry for her granddaughter, so she was forced to pick her up. But it’s interesting to look at the time. Jia Min passed away in October; in November, the Lin family was already preparing to send Daiyu to Beijing; she will board the ship on December 2 . On the way, they took a month one way. What Lin Hai said to Daiyu in the book, "I am nearly fifty years old and have no intention of remarrying. You are in poor health..." These words all show that Lin Hai has already I decided to send my daughter to Beijing. But Jia Mu just saw it and accepted it.)
This time, "Please An Xin" is about him returning to Beijing obediently, and the whole story is much warmer. He saw the value of the Jia family. I just said that for these men, the most important thing is their cubs. In fact, Ou Mengmeng didn't believe it. For Lin Hai, Lin Daiyu was not the most important thing to him now. At least in the letter, he still had an arrangement for Lin Daiyu. Arrangement and entrustment, these are two kinds of emotional support. How could she be kind to Lin Hai?
Jia Zheng was helpless and hurriedly stepped forward, "Yes, my son is wrong. You can do whatever you like in the future. If you don't like to see brother-in-law Lin, just don't allow him to enter Jia's house in the future."
"Having said that, according to the law, you have to give back half of your sister's dowry. However, I am just a daughter like her. She has flesh and blood, and regardless of whether she is a daughter or a son, I will give all of the dowry to Daiyu. , what do you think?" Ou Mengmeng raised her eyes and looked at brothers Jia She and Jia Zheng.
When Jia Min got married, it was the best time for the Jia family, and her ten-mile red dowry was by no means inferior to that of Mrs. Wang when she entered the house. Now that Jia Min is dead and has only one daughter, according to law, half of the dowry must be returned to her mother's family. Ou Mengmeng didn't want it herself, but she couldn't help but respect the opinions of her two sons. After all, the Jia family's environment is not a little worse now than before. Half of the dowry is divided between the two brothers, and one of them can share some. So she wanted to ask her son's opinion.
"Yes!" Jia She and Jia Zheng nodded together. They gave it away and never thought about taking it back. Now that her sister is dead, she only has one daughter. According to the law, half of it must be sent back to her mother's house. The remaining half was given to Daiyu as a dowry. Now the mother says that she doesn’t want that half, and there’s no problem in using the whole amount as a dowry for Daiyu.
"Go and get the dowry list." Ou Mengmeng nodded to Amber. Hu Bo hurriedly took out a small box and put it next to Ou Mengmeng. Ou Mengmeng opened it and took two volumes to Jia She, "This is the dowry list of Zhang and Xing. After Zhang's death, The Zhang family didn't mention it either, and I didn't like it at that time, so I didn't mention it either. Now you pack it up and see if you have any souvenirs for the children. It's still a thought. The Xing family has no children, so don't ask for her dowry. , she will still have to support herself in old age."
The old lady accepted this because she was the mother of the house. When she married a daughter-in-law, she brought her a dowry list. These are things that the daughter’s family will use throughout her life. It shows that my daughter is self-sufficient. Some people even put a small one in the press box. The golden coffin was used for funerals when someone died. So I really don’t use any stitches from my husband’s family to express my toughness. The old lady has never asked for the dowry from the daughters-in-law. It is your own private property. It is a courtesy for her to accept the order, but it does not mean that she covets it.
Jia She took it and responded. Mrs. Zhang actually came from a noble family, and her best dowry was her reputation and her connections among the Zhang family's literati. However, it was of no use. As for the Xing family, Jia She didn't bother to open it and take a look.
Ou Mengmeng took out another volume and gave it to Jia Zheng, "This belongs to Wang. I told her that I don't want it. I will handle Yuan'er and Baoyu's marriage myself, so she doesn't have to worry." "
"Mother." Jia Zheng blushed, not from shame, but from anger. Although a woman’s dowry is her private property, her husband’s family should not covet it. But like Wang, Jia Zheng would no longer be a human being if he wasn't angry.
"Okay, just by the way. The point is this. This is your sister's. You take it to Lin Hai, explain my meaning clearly, and ask him to calculate the money for Min'er's funeral. I will give it to him alone. Then. Restore the dowry and put it in a separate warehouse of the Lin family. Put the list in the Yamen for record. As for Min'er's companions, you go and bring them back, so as not to cause trouble to Daiyu in the future." Ou Mengmeng said that her daughter-in-law was just a convenience, mainly. I want to talk about my daughter’s dowry.
"Call the companion back, please? What do the Lin family think we are thinking?" Jia She has been picking up his servants these days, but he has done some good things. He really feels that there are no good people in Hongtong County. My sister has been in the Lin family for more than 20 years. After all, she is also the mistress of the house. Her companion was originally left to Daiyu's team. I'm afraid that many things in the Lin family are also in their hands. Now that she takes it back, I'm afraid that The Lin family all felt that the Jia family shouldn't do it.
"We are just afraid that they will think what we think, so we do this. Daiyu is his daughter. Whether Lin Hai wants to remarry or not is his business. We just need to take good care of Daiyu. Daiyu can get married with your sister's dowry alone. It's very nice. As for the Lin family, what does it have to do with our Jia family?" Ou Mengmeng sneered.
"Yes!" Jia Zheng understood, took it with both hands, and put it aside without looking.
Ou Mengmeng can do it because she has no feelings for the Jia family. If it were Jia's mother, she would actually have a lot of worries. Lin Hai is capable, but the Jia family is incompetent, so various factors add up and she has to be patient. Just like Mrs. Jia and Mrs. Wang, she endured it because of factors such as children and grandchildren, old age, old age care, and the family tradition of the Jia family. But these have nothing to do with Ou Mengmeng, I can't bear it, why should I tolerate it. No one can bear it, and I can’t bear it either. It was this kind of temper that made it impossible for everyone to deal with her.
