Chapter 403
Chapter 403
Du Bangchun smiled with a smile, and after putting away the letter of severance, he said with a smile: "Okay, then please remember today's words to Aunt Tao."
She finished speaking, turned and left with her entourage.
After Aunt Tao left, she immediately opened the big box, and saw that there was not much silver inside, but it was also a lot, about a hundred taels of silver.
This is rare in the village.
Aunt Tao was very happy, took the silver in it and said with a smile: "Great, we have silver again."
She said, raised her eyes and said to Tao Laosan: "You don't touch this silver, how you want to use the silver in the future, you have to listen to your mother."
Tao Laosan really didn't dare this time, touched the back of his head and said, "Yes, mother."
Aunt Tao smiled and moved the silver inside, then found a big lock to lock the red box, and finally hid the red box under the bed.
Tao Meiyu sat in the room and was still crying.
The second child of the Tao family shook his head helplessly, and walked towards his room with his hands behind his back.
The next day, the He family came to urge them to send the concubine to the mansion quickly.
Aunt Tao got up early and wanted to return the fifty taels of silver back to the He family, but just as she was about to open the box and take the silver, she found that all the silver in it was empty.
"Where is my silver? Where did my money go?
Aunt Tao shouted like crazy.
Tao Meiyu, the second and third elders of the Tao family, and Uncle Tao walked in and asked her, "What silver?"
Aunt Tao pointed to the bottom of the bed and said, "Why is the dowry given to us by the Zhou family gone?!" Everyone
looked at the empty box with doubts on their faces.
Aunt Tao set her eyes on Tao Laosan, "Third child, was this silver taken away by you again?"
Tao Laosan shook his head and said, "Mother, I really didn't take your money this time."
Aunt Tao pointed at him angrily and said; If you didn't take it, who would have taken it?
Tao Laosan's face was suddenly full of anger, and he said fiercely to his mother: "Mother, how can you wronged me indiscriminately, this silver is really not from me!"
Aunt Tao's face gradually turned pale.
Uncle Tao looked at the broken lock and said, "Child, was there a thief at home last night?"
Aunt Tao looked at the bad lock stunned, "I only received the dowry yesterday, and the thief came to the door at night?"
Uncle Tao sighed and said, "It's not because you speak loudly and attract thieves." "
Yesterday, when she received the dowry, her voice was so loud that it made the thieves passing by red, and she stole all her money in the first night.
Aunt Tao sat down on the ground and cried, "This is a full hundred taels of silver, that ruthless thief, why don't you leave me a single ingot of silver, where will I get the silver and return it to the He family!"
Uncle Tao was also so angry that he covered his chest and scolded her: "It's all because of you, if you didn't provoke the He family, how could we be like this!"
Aunt Tao was scolded by him, and she was still a little unconvinced, so she said sharply: "Blame me? Why don't you say that it's your eldest daughter to blame, if she hadn't made such a fuss, wouldn't she have gone to the He family obediently now, and Meiyu could still marry into the Zhou family!
Uncle Tao couldn't bear to slap her, "Meiyu is your daughter, Yaofang is also your daughter, what do you do?" Sell your daughter as a concubine, you deserve it!
He said nothing, and waved his hand.
Aunt Tao sat on the ground and cried.
In order not to be scolded, Tao Laosan immediately secretly left here.
Tao Meiyu even went directly into the house and closed the door, no longer caring about her father's affairs.
Only the second child of the Tao family slowly walked to Aunt Tao's side and said: "Mother, you were wrong from the beginning, if you care about the eldest sister and help the eldest sister plan her marriage with all your heart, then the Zhou family will respect our in-laws in the future, you only know that the eldest son of the Zhou family is the county order, but you don't know that he will enter Beijing as an official in the future."
"With such an in-law here, are you still afraid that your little sister won't be able to find a good in-law?" It's a pity that you only have a little sister in your heart, and you hurt yourself. The
second elder of the Tao family spoke, sighed and turned around and left here.
Aunt Tao sat on the ground alone and cried, and after crying, she continued to scold the thief.
After crying, the He family sent someone to urge him again.
Aunt Tao had no choice but to raise money at home, but it was a pity that their ordinary peasant family dug out all the silver in the family, and there were only twenty taels, and there were still thirty taels left.
Uncle Tao borrowed everywhere, but he didn't borrow a penny.
Aunt Tao reluctantly thought of her daughter who had just broken off her relationship, "I'll go find Yaofang, their Zhou family has so much silver, as long as they give us thirty taels."
Tao Meiyu stopped her, "Mother, don't forget, you and your eldest sister have broken off their relationship, aren't you going to humiliate yourself now?" The letter of severance said that even if we are poor in the future, the eldest sister will not care about us, even if we go to the government, it is useless.
Aunt Tao was deflated again.
Tao Meiyu thought for a while and said: "Mother, why don't I go to He Mansion with you, plead in front of Master He, let him have a grace period of a few days, we will have silver in the future, and then return the remaining thirty taels to him."
Aunt Tao thought about it, and in the end, it could only be like this.
In the afternoon of the same day, without waiting for the He family to send someone to urge again, Aunt Tao came to the He family with Tao Meiyu.
The He family was polite and welcomed the two of them in with a smile.
Master He walked at the end, and when he raised his eyes, he happened to see Tao Meiyu, and those eyes lit up instantly.
Tao Meiyu lowered her head and stood behind Aunt Tao.
"Mrs. Tao, why are you here?" Master He sat down slowly and asked the maid to pour a cup of tea for each of them.
"Madame, Miss, tea." The maid was very polite and called respectfully.
Tao Meiyu was called like this for the first time, and she was a little flattered, and raised her eyes slightly to look at Master He secretly.
This was the first time she had seen Master He, and she was quite surprised.
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