Chapter 33: Selling the Dowry
"I've seen Mama He," Shen Qingrong happened to come over to find her sister and asked how her sister was doing today, the little girl had been a little bad at eating recently, which also made her very anxious.
And as soon as she came, she saw Mama He.
"The eldest sister is here." Mama He was sorting out Shen Qingci's clothes, and when she saw Shen Qingyue, she laughed, "Our eldest sister has grown up and is also a big girl, so she should have promised someone, right?" ”
Shen Qingrong directly made a big red face, lowered his head, looked at his toes, and didn't know where to put his hands.
Shen Qingci was shaving his face, obviously the Lord was making fun of his sister.
And the embarrassed Shen Qingrong really wanted to pinch off her little face, this little conscienceless person really hurt her in vain.
Is the eldest sister here to find our sister, Mama He is not teasing Shen Qingrong, and she naturally likes Shen Qingrong, now since she has passed under the name of his young lady, it can also be said that she is the child of her young lady, and no matter what, it is also her young lady's family's family, and she can't tolerate others bullying her.
"yes, I'm here to get her to eat, she's not eating well lately."
"Ah Ning eats well," Shen Qingci climbed directly onto Mama He's lap, and then touched her little belly, she hasn't eaten much recently, but she is full, she doesn't move, she goes out like she doesn't have long legs, either hugged by her father, or hugged by Mama He, she can't walk by herself, she is four years old, not two years old, although she is said to be smaller, but no matter how small, she is also four years old, how can there be a four-year-old child, or let people hold it every day.
"Our sister eats well, but she also has to eat to eat." Mama He combed the small bag on Shen Qingci's head, then held her aside, squatted down, personally adjusted her clothes, and then asked Shen Qingrong to take her out.
And Mama He can still have things to do, she has been busy taking her sister recently, and she didn't take the time to do it well, she also took advantage of this to do it well, she asked Mama to look at the yard and went to find Shen Dingshan by herself.
This is the dowry list of my young lady, Mama He took a few pages of paper in her hand, and she was also in the case at that time, when the Lou family married a daughter, so many dowries were not boasted, everyone knew that the Lou family was rich and rivaled the country, of course, the compensation for the concubine of Dang Xuefei was also a family property of the Lou family, after all, the Lou family only had Lou Xuefei such a daughter.
"General, I will personally take over these dowries," Mama He looked at the dowry list in her hand, originally thinking that she could give these to the young lady in person in the future, but now, it is ......
However, she respected Miss's wishes.
After we have counted these, we will convert them into cash, and the general will use them.
"Mama Ho, did you really decide to do this?"
Shen Dingshan naturally understood what Mama He meant, but these things were left by his deceased wife, not because of how much money he had, but because these things were his thoughts about his deceased wife.
"This is what Miss meant," Mama He was also distressed, but she couldn't disrespect Lou Xuefei's last words, General, use it, when the time comes to the real war, if these things give General Bao a life, then it can be regarded as my young lady's spirit, as long as the general can be fine, he can give my sister a support, what are these things outside the body?
Shen Dingshan waved his hand, "Just do as you say." ”
Mama He bowed, turned around and walked out.
Now looking at those dowries, they are all people from the second room of the Shen family, but there are seals on the door, no matter who it is, they can't move those things, and those people in the second room of the Shen family, although they are staring at it every day, and their eyes are hot, but they still can't move that thing.
Mama He called someone, opened the door directly, and also carried out those boxes one by one, when she carried them, Mrs. Shen came over, every time she carried a box, she was distressed to death, every time she lifted a box, it was like digging her flesh and drinking her blood, she quickly turned around, she couldn't look at it, she really couldn't stand it, and if she continued to look at it, she might really die of exhaustion.
Mama He registered all these dowries, and in the end only left three boxes.
"Master, I've taken stock of everything," Mama He put the list in front of Shen Dingshan, "These are the dowries of Mrs. back then, except for those fields that we can't move, and we have to have the expenses of supporting a family, there are still these three families, which are left by my young lady to the three children, and they will be used when the children get married in the future." ”
Then I sold these dowries, but some things still couldn't be moved, and the house also had to eat, drink, and live, and there were so many people to raise, and others, such as those gold, silver, jewelry, antiques and jade, and famous calligraphy and paintings, were sold.
yes, let's sell it.
Shen Dingshan stood up, but he didn't go to get the list, now in the court, there is no longer much military rations, how many sergeants are still hungry, how can he not know, in fact, there is not much money in the general's mansion, and most of the money in the mansion is pasted into military rations. If there is still no money, I don't know how many people will die.
He can't stand it, he can't bear it, he is a general, he took them to life, he let them go out to die, if they want to have a stomach, they can't eat, how can he be right to be born and die with him.
And he felt guilty, he was also shameless, he had always relied on his wife's dowry to support the family, he wiped his face, he was sorry for his deceased wife, not only could not let her live in peace, but even let her worry for him, even if she was gone, he had to give him those dowries, just to keep him safe.
Mama He retreated, she sighed again, as soon as she looked up, she saw Shen Qingci standing not far away, a small person, standing with his head tilted, a pair of big eyes blinking from time to time, really Yuxue is cute, and people really can't help but want to pinch her little face.
But without these dowries, her sister would not have ten miles of red makeup.
Shen Qingci ran over and hugged Mama He's legs again.
"Mama is not afraid, Ah Ning will earn a lot of silver, and Ah Ning will also be like a mother, and will give the money she earns to those uncles and uncles to eat and dress them in warm cotton clothes."
Mama He squatted down and held the child's small body in her arms.
"Well, my sister is like a mother, the same kindness, the same heart for the world, and the same is not inferior to men."
General Shen sold all the dowry of his deceased wife, and received as much as one million taels of silver, and he used all of them as military salaries, bought grain and grass for the sergeants, and bought them new clothes.