The Evil Mistress's Killing Crazy Daily

"What. You want to sell the ancestral home?"

When Mrs. Zhao heard that Lu Yitong was going to move into the family house, she was not happy.

"No, absolutely not!" She frowned and shook her head. "That ancestral house was passed down from generation to generation in your Lu family. It is the root of the Lu family. If you sell the ancestral house, how can I face your father in the afterlife?"

"Mom, I'm not selling it, I'm pawning it." Lu Yitong explained quickly, "When my son has money in the future, he can redeem the house sooner or later."

"When will you be able to have money?" Old Lady Zhao pouted and immediately asked back, "You married such a spoiled wife, how can you save money in the future? It's hard to say whether you can support her."

"mother……"

"Don't call me mom, I'm not your mom!"

Old Mrs. Zhao glanced at her son and felt angry.

She worked hard all her life and served the Lu family all her life.

After his son finally grew up, passed the imperial examination and became an official, and the time had finally come for him to enjoy his retirement, he insisted on marrying a daughter-in-law.

She hasn't even gotten married yet, but she's already selling the ancestral home.

When she marries, will the Lu family still have a say?

Thinking of this, Old Mrs. Zhao became more determined.

But she couldn't refute her son too much, so she thought about it and took out a square handkerchief from the bottom of the suitcase. She opened the handkerchief and took out a fifty-liang silver note and a few larger silver pieces from it, and gave them all to Lu Yitong.

He only kept a few pieces of silver and some copper coins for himself.

She hunched over, patted her son with her rough, warm hands, and said earnestly, "Yitong, this is all the family savings. It's all for you. You can give it to that young lady. If she really likes you, she will definitely understand you."

"Ugh."

Lu Yitong sighed.

Seeing that his mother was so determined, he didn't know how to persuade her anymore.

After asking Old Lady Zhao to put away all the silver, he returned to his room and took out the silver note he had given to Mr. Yang before.

After he went to the money shop and exchanged all the fifty taels of silver for small change and added a lot of copper coins, he made another appointment with Xiao Qintang.

"Qintang, look."

As soon as he saw Xiao Qintang, Lu Yitong happily handed over the package.

"What is this?" Xiao Qintang took it curiously, opened the package and found that it was full of small change. She looked at Lu Yitong strangely, "Why are you giving this to me?"

"The betrothal gift."

"what!"

Xiao Qintang's expression changed instantly.

She looked at Lu Yitong in disbelief. "You're using these things as a betrothal gift to me? What do you think of me? Am I, Xiao Qintang, such a lowly person in your eyes?"

"Don't be angry first..."

Lu Yitong quickly pulled her to coax her, "You also know the situation of my family. My father died early, and my mother was a woman who was able to raise me and support my education. It was already very impressive. Where did she get the money to marry me? I had to shamelessly borrow this money from every family."

"Didn't you say you were selling the ancestral home?"

"How much is the ancestral house worth?" Lu Yitong sighed, "Besides, it's such an old house. Even if I want to sell it, no one will be willing to buy it for a while."

"What then? Are you going to use this dirty, smelly change as a betrothal gift to me?"

"Of course not? How can these small amounts of silver be good enough for you?" Lu Yitong said quickly, "Actually, I've thought about it. You keep these silver coins first, and I'll continue to borrow. If one house doesn't work, I'll borrow from two. If one day doesn't work, I'll borrow from two days. One day, when I've borrowed enough money, I'll be able to marry you in style!"

"Then how long do you have to borrow it?"

"No matter how long it takes, I will lend it to you!" Lu Yitong grabbed Xiao Qintang's fingers and said affectionately: "Qintang, as long as you are willing to marry me, I will marry you even if you are in your seventies or eighties!"

"Seventy or eighty years old..."

Thinking of herself in her seventies or eighties, with gray hair and still waiting to get married, Xiao Qintang felt a chill.

She inexplicably began to feel some regret in her heart.

If Lu Yitong couldn't even afford the betrothal gift, would he be able to support her after she married him? Would she have to live a hard life with him in the future?

"Qintang, what's wrong with you?" Seeing Xiao Qintang's face change, Lu Yitong asked hurriedly.

"nothing."

Xiao Qintang shook her head.

She sighed softly and looked at Lu Yitong, "Brother Lu, you will always be loyal to me, right?"

"Of course." Lu Yitong immediately expressed his loyalty, "Didn't I swear before that if I, Lu Yitong, betray you, I will die a miserable death."

"it is good."

After hearing what Lu Yitong said, Xiao Qintang reaffirmed his determination.

She returned the whole bag of change to Lu Yitong and asked him to go home and wait for news.

She herself turned around and went back to the general's mansion.

Suifeng Garden.

Xiao Qintang was stopped before she could even enter the door in a hurry.

She frowned at Nanny Wan who dared to stop her, and asked angrily, "Old man, are you blind? How dare you stop me!"

"Miss Third, please forgive me."

Nanny Wan quickly apologized with a bitter face. "Miss Third, you may not know that our Madam has caught a cold recently. She has been coughing all day and night, and she wants to cough out her lungs. To prevent bad luck, Madam specifically instructed that no one in Suifeng Garden is allowed to go to other courtyards. No one in other courtyards is allowed to enter Suifeng Garden either. Especially Begonia Pavilion..."

"What happened to Haitang Pavilion?" Xiao Qintang was puzzled.

"Nothing happened at Haitang Pavilion, but Miss Third, you are having a wedding recently. What if something happens to you? Isn't our Madam thinking about you?"

"So that's it..."

Xiao Qintang blinked and nodded.

She was about to leave in a daze, but suddenly realized, "But I have something important to tell my sister-in-law!"

"What's the matter?" Nanny Wan looked curious. "Why don't you tell me and I'll go in and ask for you?"

"It's nothing, actually..."

Xiao Qintang hesitated, a little embarrassed, "Just... can you ask my sister-in-law if she can lend me her dowry?"

"dowry?"

Nanny Wan was surprised.

She didn't expect that Xiao Qintang would actually open his mouth.

Not to mention the wealthy families in Beijing, even the sisters-in-law of ordinary rural families are not so ignorant.

Suppressing the unhappiness in her eyes, she smiled and pretended not to have heard clearly, and continued to follow Ruan Yunluo's instructions: "Your dowry, Third Miss, and the betrothal gifts of the Second Young Master have actually been moved out separately a long time ago, and are now all kept by Aunt Yin. If you want to go into the storeroom to see the dowry, why don't you go find Aunt Yin?"