The daily struggles of divorced women in ancient times

Madam Zhang and her youngest son Zhang Heng arrived at Pei's house on time the next day.

Xia Mianwan politely entertained the two of them.

Mrs. Zhang was tall and didn't look like a Jiangnan girl at all. Zhang Hengzheng looked a lot like Mrs. Zhang and was also good-looking.

Mrs. Qin is like a mother-in-law. The more she looks at her son-in-law, the more she likes him. The smile on her face...she can't stop it.

Originally, the young lady couldn't come out at this time, but Xia Mianwan still let Qin Qinqing come out to meet Zhang Hengzheng. Qin Qinqing was picky about marriage. If she was not satisfied, she couldn't end up making an enemy instead of a marriage!

Who knew, this was really a marriage destined by heaven. After Zhang Hengzheng saw Qin Qinqing, the look in his eyes immediately changed.

What surprised Xia Mianwan even more was Qin Qinqing. The moment Qin Qinqing saw Zhang Hengzheng, she became a completely different person. She was no longer the arrogant woman who insisted on marrying into a wealthy family.

If Mrs. Zhang hadn’t been there, Xia Mianwan would have definitely failed in managing her facial expression.

Since both parties were satisfied, the marriage was settled. In order to avoid any complications, the marriage was scheduled for three months later.

After the marriage was agreed upon, Madam Zhang took Zhang Hengzheng back to Yanzhou, and Qin Qinqing stayed in the Pei Mansion to wait for her marriage. She would leave the capital for Yanzhou two months later.

"Aunt, we have to arrive in Yanzhou half a month in advance. Have you decided how many people you want to bring?" Xia Mianwan asked.

Madam Qin was satisfied with her daughter's marriage and had been smiling these days. "Mianwan, this is what I thought. The maids we use, except for the two big maids and two maids around Aqing, are all from the Pei Mansion. I thought the Zhang family is simple and doesn't need too many maids. Except for the maids and maids we brought from the Qin family, we won't take the rest with us."

"Well, aunt is very thoughtful. I happened to ask Sister Yang about it. Mrs. Zhang usually employs two maids and a nanny. The eldest son of the Zhang family married the daughter of an ordinary scholar with an average family background, so he only employed one maid. It would not be good for my cousin to bring too many maids. But if my aunt wants to live outside, it would make sense to have more servants." Xia Mianwan said with a smile.

Mrs. Qin didn't expect that Xia Mianwan would even help to find out such a small matter, and she couldn't help feeling touched.

"Mianwan, your aunt is really sorry for what happened before. Please don't blame your aunt." Mrs. Qin said.

Xia Mianwan raised her eyebrows and said, "Oh? Then auntie, please remember this. I will ask you for it when I return to Yanzhou."

Madam Qin said hurriedly, "Look at what you said! However, I still plan to take my two servants with me. I want to prepare more dowry for Ah Qing. When the time comes, I will buy a courtyard and live in Yanzhou, so I don't want to bring too many people."

Xia Mianwan hesitated for a while, but still advised: "Aunt, I have no objection to how many servants you want to bring, but... if you prepare too much dowry, I'm afraid Zhang's sister-in-law will have an opinion. Also, although my cousin is living well now, if you give her too much, it will make her dependent, which is not good. I don't recommend that you give her too much dowry."

Mrs. Qin knew that Xia Mianwan was a capable person, so she naturally listened carefully to her suggestions. After thinking for a long time, she nodded and said, "What you said makes sense, so I will reduce some of the superficial things and add some practical benefits."

"Ah."

Qin Qinqing has been staying in the house every day these days embroidering her wedding dress. She is actually quite satisfied with her future husband and doesn't plan to make trouble anymore.

Xia Mianwan had discussed this with Madam Pei. Although Qin Qinqing was not a girl from the mansion, she had lived in the Pei mansion for a long time after all, so she should be given more makeup.

Qin Qinqing will definitely not be able to use the expensive jewelry in Yanzhou, so it would be better to give her more silver.

After the discussion, Xia Mianwan took out one thousand taels of silver from the treasury in the mansion, and then went to Yimeyuan with her maid.

Because Qin Qinqing had behaved very normally recently, Xia Mianwan let her live back in Yimeyuan.

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Yime Courtyard was also very lively. Because Madam Qin was also going to Yanzhou later, she wanted to put some things in the courtyard in place in advance, so she ordered the maid to tidy them up.

"aunt."

Mrs. Qin was surprised to see Xia Mianwan coming, "Why are you here at this time?"

Xia Mianwan smiled and followed Madam Qin to the hall, "My mother-in-law and I prepared some things for my cousin to add to her makeup."

"Thank you so much, you and my sister." Mrs. Qin smiled and asked the maid to serve tea.

"Where is my cousin?" Xia Mianwan asked when she didn't see Qin Qinqing.

"She's in the room. I'll ask someone to call her out." Mrs. Qin said and asked the maid to call Qin Qinqing out.

Qin Qinqing saw that Xia Mianwan was much more polite at this moment, so she politely bowed to Xia Mianwan and said, "Hello, cousin."

What a talent for changing faces!

Xia Mianwan couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart.

"Cousin, since you are getting married, the Pei family can't just not show any support." Xia Mianwan waved her hand and asked the servants to bring up the box containing the silver.

"Aunt, cousin, there is one thousand taels of silver in there, a little gift from the Pei family. Also, the small box contains some glass bracelets that I prepared. When you get to Yanzhou, you can give them to reward people or as gifts." Xia Mianwan explained to the boxes one by one.

"Glass bracelet? I've heard of this. I've seen Sister Liang wearing it. It's very beautiful." Qin Qinqing said in surprise.

Xia Mianwan had someone open the box. There were about twenty strings of glass bracelets in the box, which were colorful and very beautiful.

Qin Qinqing couldn't help but pick up a string of glass bracelets and gestured on her wrist, "Sister Liang bought this with great difficulty, but my cousin's wife actually bought twenty strings at once!"

Mrs. Qin smiled and thanked Xia Mianwan, "Mianwan, you are so polite."

"As long as my cousin likes it, I won't bother you any more." Xia Mianwan returned to her own yard after finishing her work.

Today, Pei Yanxu brought back a letter from Yubei, but she hasn't had time to read it yet.

In addition to telling about his daily life in Yubei, Pei Yanxu's letter also included two large boxes of jewelry, saying that they were all obtained during the suppression of bandits.

Pei Yanxu also said in the letter that the biscuits and bread prepared by Xia Mianwan were very useful, both in taste and to satisfy hunger, and everyone liked them very much.

Finally, Pei Yanxu said that he already knew about the Mansion of Duke Xu, the Mansion of Marquis Pingyang, and Minister Qiu, and would send someone to keep an eye on them, but his energy was limited now. If Xia Mianwan discovered anything, he could just write to tell him.

In addition, Pei Yanxu also gave Xia Mianwan a token. If there is an emergency, Xia Mianwan can take the token to the Huwei Camp to mobilize 3,000 troops.

It seems that Pei Yanxu really trusts her, otherwise why would he give such important things to Xia Mianwan? She pursed her lips slightly and secretly hid the token.

Pei Yanxu must have a deep meaning behind giving her the token, and it will come in handy eventually.