Chapter 189 Wen's Calculation
"...It has been more than a month now, but no one came to our house to propose marriage. Of course, I know that this is not because of you, but because of the current situation of our family, which is really not a good marriage partner. Generally speaking, we shouldn't choose to marry you at this time, but your father... Alas, your father has his concerns. Don't blame him. Wen's earnest words to Jiang Ting seemed to be comforting, but in fact there was no key words. It seems that she asked Jiang Ting to come just to persuade her to think about it.
Jiang Ting smiled quietly and nodded, "Madam said that. Don't worry, I don't mean to blame my father at all.
Wen smiled and nodded, "Tinger, it's good that you can be so sensible. However, the situation in our family is not very good now. What your father said was serious at the beginning, and he had to ask me to decide the marriage before you arrived. A month passed in the blink of an eye, and there are still two months away from you. I thought about it and didn't think of any good way. I had no choice but to deliberately spread the words about your rich dowry..."
Jiang Ting interrupted Wen's words with a smile and said, "Madam, I understand what you mean. It doesn't matter. I don't mean to complain.
Wen smiled deeper and sighed, "You are such a good girl."
Jiang Ting smiled shyly and then said, "Madam, if you don't have anything else..."
Wen said quickly, "Don't leave in a hurry. I have something to explain to you." With that, Wen's face showed a little embarrassment. She coughed and said, "Well, in fact, the eldest grandson of my mother's aunt is about your age, only one year older than you, and has not been married yet. My cousin is now a six-grade local official and has just returned to Beijing to report this month. My nephew, who just passed the Xiucai exam, is an entergressive child. I thought that if the two families could get married, they would be good relatives. However, we are a female family. If we take the initiative to mention it, we will not be willing to do it at that time, and I'm afraid it will hurt your reputation..."
Jiang Ting looked at Wen quietly, but said nothing. She doesn't want to have anything to do with the Wen family's relatives. Even if no one wants to marry her now... Besides, it's not that no one wants her, and someone is waiting for her to promise to marry him.
In a word, no matter what Wen thinks, she will not agree. No matter how excellent Wen's aunt's eldest grandson is, it is a little diaphragm to her. Moreover, according to Wen's thoughts on her, if she really gets married, I'm afraid that her life will not be too good in the future. Therefore, she would rather marry Liu Yao than marry Wen's aunt's house.
Jiang Ting's silence made Wen's smiling face a little stiff. She stopped talking and sighed, "Since you don't want to, I won't mention it. Let's wait a little longer. Once the news is out, someone will come to propose marriage.
Jiang Ting smiled again and nodded, "Actually, madam, you don't have to worry too much. Things will always turn around. By the way, I heard that my wife is helping me calculate the dowry..."
Wen's face twitched and replied with a slightly embarrassed smile, "Oh, I'm thinking that since your father has left you the dowry shop, Zhuangzi, etc. to me, he has taken care of. Although there is a steward, I can't really not care about it. Therefore, this allows the stewers to calculate a general ledger and manage it later. Don't be too careful. I just want to know the situation, otherwise it would be bad if I was deceived by those black-hearted stewlers.
Jiang Ting nodded and said, "Well, madam did the right thing. In fact, my father has sent me to control those things over the years, and I don't know much about them myself. Now that my father has left, if no one in charge is in charge, he may have some thoughts. Even if they listen to my little girl's words, they won't pay attention to it. They still need their wife to take care of them more. Well, when I ask about this, there is actually a layer of selfishness. Madam, may I have a look at that booklet? Madam, don't laugh. I just want to know how much dowry money I have..."
Wen's eyes narrowed, and then said to Mother Tang beside her, "Mother, go and show the book to the girl."
M Mother Tang answered, went to get an account book and handed it to Jiang Ting. Jiang Ting looked over for a while, and the expression on her face became more and more surprised. In the end, she was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth.
This surprise is not pretinued. Well, she was going to pretend to be a little warmer. But after reading the numbers in the account book, she didn't have to pretend at all, as long as she acted in her original color. 5324 taels of silver, which is the sum of the dowry silver she currently has.
In just three years, those shops and Zhuangzi have helped her make so much money, which is really surprising. However, after the surprise, she began to feel heartache. Because when she came to see Wen this time, she was ready to bleed. But seeing that so much money is her own, she is a little reluctant to give up.
"Happy, these are all your dowry silver in the future." Wen said reluctantly with a superficial smile.
Jiang Ting sighed in her heart and closed the account book. She looked up at Wen and handed the account book to her. Her eyes were full of joy and said, "I didn't expect my father to help me save so much money."
"Yes, your father really loves you." Wen took the account book, but his smile was a little lonely: "Ha ha, the silver in our house is only more than 20,000 taels. After all, you are the richest person in our family.
Jiang Ting smiled and said honestly, "Madam, although my father helped me save so much dowry money makes me very happy. However, I can't really take so much money as my own.
"What do you mean by that?" A glimmer of light flashed in Wen's eyes and looked at Jiang Ting and asked.
Jiang Ting sighed and said, "Madam also knows that when my mother died, my grandparents took her dowry back. Later, after my father and I returned to the capital, my grandparents were afraid that my father would revenge on their ruthlessness in those years, so they asked people to return their mother's dowry. My father thought about my mother's love and thought that I had no mother's care since I was a child, so he endured the anger at my grandparents and did not attack; instead, he took all the things they sent and kept them as my dowry. But to be honest, those shops were already a little defeated at the beginning, and now they can make so much money, all of which are well run by my father. So I feel very guilty for taking so much money for nothing.
Wen lowered his eyes and said, "Tinger, you think too much. These are your father's love for you. What's wrong with the dowry money your biological father earned for you?
"Yes, Dad loves me, so he saved so much dowry for me. But I'm also the Jiang family. I also care about my father and my brothers and sisters, so I really can't swallow so much money alone. Jiang Ting said quietly, "I mean, those shops and villages and so on are all left by my mother, and it's not easy to share them. However, take out two copies of the more than 50,000 taels of silver for my sister-in-law. You can use this silver as the bottom silver to help them slowly buy an industry, or save more family business for our Jiang family. Anyway, I really can't swallow so much money alone.
"How can this be made? If your father knows when he returns, won't he blame me for embezzling your money? No, no, I can't promise you." Wen looked at Jiang Ting in surprise, with doubts and puzzles, as well as hidden surprises and surprises.
Jiang Ting smiled and said, "What's wrong with this? The shop and Zhuangzi are both mine, and I will continue to make money slowly. But when my younger siblings grow up day by day, there are not many industries in our house. If we don't prepare early, when they grow up, whether they get married or get married, they will seem to be overstretched. One more thing, this is also my love for my sister-in-law, and my father will not agree. Madam can rest assured that I will explain the matter to those shopkeepers in person and ask them to allocate money and send it to the outside account room.
Wen looked at Jiang Ting for a moment and said, "What you said... makes sense. But..."
Jiang Ting smiled and said, "Madam, there is nothing. Besides, since these are my dowry money, I have the right to deal with them. I just think that I will talk about marriage now, and there will not be much I can do for my sister-in-law in the future. Therefore, this is all my wish, so please don't refuse any more.
Wen thought for a while and sighed, "Alas, since Ting'er is so sincere, I can't refuse it anymore. You're right. Cheng'er and Xian'er are your siblings. They also like you very much. You should always watch and help each other in the future. Also, don't worry, I won't help you decide your marriage. You have to take good care of it, so that I can help you decide whether it is not or not.
"In this way, how troublesome it is, madam." Jiang Ting got what she wanted to hear, so she got up and saluted Wen and left.