Rich Peasant Girl: The General's Wife Has Space

Chen Qing also grew up in a pampered environment and never had to serve anyone. Chen Youli loved his daughter very much and taught her to read and write since she was young.

She also became a disciple of a famous embroiderer and learned embroidery and other skills. Although she was not worthy of being a lady from a wealthy family, she was worthy of being a lady from a small family.

She was beautiful and gentle, and if she had not been sold, she would probably have been able to marry and become the wife of a ninth-rank official.

But what is rare is that Chen Qing is a decent person and not vain. She does not complain about her fate even after being betrayed, and she works diligently and attentively for the Xiao family.

Xiao Wan has always admired such women, so she paid more attention to Chen Qing.

With Chen Qing's talent and beauty, Liu Yanqing's children will also have a promising future.

After the Chen family thanked Xiao Wan with gratitude, they began to prepare Chen Qing's dowry.

In fact, Chen Qing didn't have much dowry. After being sold, Chen Youli hid a few banknotes on his body, and they were barely discovered by others.

Together with the monthly allowance he received after coming to the Xiao family, he could barely afford a decent dowry for his daughter.

I was just afraid that if I gave all the banknotes to my daughter, my son would feel uncomfortable.

Unexpectedly, Chen Xin loved his sister very much. Seeing his parents' dilemma, he took the initiative to ask to give all the family savings to Chen Qing.

Although he was freed from slavery and became a good citizen, Chen Xin still had a sense of pride.

He was absolutely unwilling to let his sister suffer any grievance after marrying him, even though Liu Yanqing and his parents did not seem like they would suffer any grievance.

But when a woman gets married, it is good to have more money and dowry.

Chen's father and mother also loved their daughter. Now that their son understood, the couple left ten taels of silver for daily use and gave the rest to their daughter as a dowry.

When Chen Qing heard that all the family savings were to be given as her dowry, she was deeply touched by her family's love and care.

But she still refused firmly. She couldn't take away most of her savings just because she was getting married.

What if there is an emergency at home and I can’t come up with the money?

Although Liu Yanqing was considerate, she was married after all, so it was not appropriate for her to ask too much money from her family.

Even if Liu Yanqing supported it, Chen's father and mother would not agree.

After the final refusal, Chen Youli and the Chen family divided the family money into two halves, and gave half to Chen Qing to buy a dowry or take away.

The other part was kept by the Chen family. After saving some of it, they would find a marriage for Xin'er.

Now the younger sister will marry before her brother, because Liu Yanqing is not young anymore and there is a few years difference between them, but it is finally time for her to get married.

Nowadays, it is not uncommon for younger people to marry older ones, so Chen Xin is not in a hurry at all.

Chen Youli and the Chen family also have a good attitude and don't mind that Chen Xin's marriage will be delayed.

After all, I still have to work for the county lady now, and it is promising to be a manager in the future.

Liu Yanqing's heart was burning with joy. Now that he had some savings, it was more than enough for him to marry a wife.

Old Man Liu and Mrs. Meng even invited a matchmaker to their house and strictly followed the marriage-related procedures of three books and six ceremonies.

He was unwilling to let his daughter-in-law suffer any injustice.

In particular, Mrs. Meng had a lot of filial gifts from her daughters and sons. The old couple didn't spend much money on a daily basis, so they had saved about three or four hundred taels.

Therefore, they were not stingy when it came to the betrothal gifts.

They also sent a letter saying that the dowry was worth one hundred yuan, and some of the wedding gifts were complete.

Seeing how much their in-laws loved their children, the old couple cared even more about them.

The old couple were very satisfied with Chen Qing. Not only was she well-educated and well-mannered, but she had also thoughtfully made shoes and clothes for them before.

The stitches were very fine and comfortable. Although it was Xiao Wanrang who did it, Meng still felt the care put into it.

Therefore, she is generous to her future daughter-in-law and does not act like a mother-in-law.

When Liu learned that her younger brother was about to get engaged, she was afraid that her mother would be short of money, so she hurried back home and gave her mother two hundred taels of silver.

He also accompanied his mother to visit a jewelry store. Mrs. Meng knew that her daughter was not short of money, and since she had let it go anyway, she accepted the gift from her daughter.

Liu paid out of her own pocket to buy a gold hairpin and a gold bracelet with pomegranate flowers for her younger sister-in-law, and put them in the headwear her mother had bought.

As the former mistress, Xiao Wan also gave Chen Qing fifty taels of silver as a dowry.

Chen Qing refused to accept it. After all, the Chen family was already grateful to him for releasing his slaves without asking for their money.

How can I ask for the county lady’s dowry?

But Xiao Wan would not allow Chen Qing to refuse, and she would be unhappy if she said anything more. Chen Qing was very moved and accepted it.