13 Chapter 13: Considerably Amusing

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If her daughter had married into an excellent household, Mrs. Su An wouldn’t be apprehensive, however her son-in-law was nothing however a farmer—how might he defend her treasured daughter! In her coronary heart, Mrs. Su An resented Grasp Su for stubbornly adhering to some silly settlement, fully disregarding his daughter’s happiness and marrying her off to such a person. What kind of good life might she anticipate sooner or later? She all the time claimed to like Woman Yue essentially the most, however in the long run, it was the concubine’s daughters of decrease standing who in some way married effectively. Desirous about this made her really feel suffocated with frustration.

However, now that her daughter was to be married off, Mrs. An ensured that every part doable was organized for her daughter. Though Su Wenyue’s dowry seemed to be just some containers of things, wanting considerably humble—and a few even speculated whether or not she fell out of favor at residence—the reality beneath was one other story.

What most noticed was merely the floor. The illegitimate daughters had an ostentatious wedding ceremony, with one dowry chest after one other, but the contents had been normal materials, porcelain, and the like, nothing significantly worthwhile.

In distinction, Su Wenyue’s few containers, although seeming modest, had been crammed with treasures. Mrs. An had nearly emptied the household’s shops to fill these chests with gadgets resembling premium medicinal supplies not often discovered in the marketplace, historical antiques, essentially the most modern and exquisite cloths, together with some contributed to the courtroom, and a number of other units of gold and silver jewellery made within the Capital Metropolis’s most interesting Silver Retailer, all exquisitely stunning. Although her daughter’s present standing rendered such gadgets pointless, it was good to be ready, and with that, she almost stuffed a number of massive chests.

To keep away from drawing an excessive amount of consideration, Mrs. An needed to convert the remainder into banknotes. Initially planning to offer Su Wenyue a pair thousand silver cash for the underside of her field, she later reconsidered her daughter’s naive nature with cash, fearing it could both be shortly squandered or swindled away.

After discussing with Grasp Su, they determined to go away just one thousand taels of silver for Su Wenyue’s dowry and used the remainder to purchase a Zhuangzi for her. The Zhuangzi wasn’t removed from the City so it could be handy to handle if Su Wenyue and her husband moved there. Fearing his daughter’s ignorance with farm affairs, and to forestall the workers from deceiving her, Grasp Su assigned a loyal previous servant to handle the Zhuangzi on her behalf, making certain not solely that she wouldn’t squander the property but additionally guaranteeing an annual revenue.

In her earlier life, Su Wenyue, resentful in direction of her mother and father, had not even wished to have a look at her dowry, carelessly utilizing it when wanted and even gifting a lot away, cheapening her mother and father’ heartfelt efforts. Again then, she had been raised too naively, with little understanding of cash, oblivious to the richness of her familial help. Reflecting now, she felt a mix of gratitude and guilt.

When Han Yu returned residence within the night, his hunt was fruitful. Not solely had he caught a muntjac weighing over twenty kilos, however his traps within the mountains additionally captured a number of pheasants and hares, a bountiful harvest certainly. Pondering it over on the best way again, he solely introduced the pheasants and hares residence, leaving the muntjac at his good brother Chen Shuang’s place midway up the mountain, planning to retrieve it the following day. Chen Shuang, orphaned from delivery and single, was tight-lipped, so there was no fear about leaks.

Han Yu didn’t need considerations over his daughter-in-law’s return to her mom’s household to upset his family. In spite of everything, such recreation might fetch a good sum of silver if offered on the City’s restaurant. His sister-in-law and third sister-in-law would absolutely be envious. It wasn’t that he cared a lot, however he didn’t need Mrs. Yang to really feel uncomfortable, probably resulting in resentment in direction of his daughter-in-law.

Han Yu understood his mom effectively. Although she appeared sort to his daughter-in-law now, it was just for sure causes. They hadn’t been collectively lengthy sufficient for true household bonds to type, and if she felt her son sided an excessive amount of together with his spouse, forgetting his circle of relatives, she would definitely cease being so agreeable.

How had Han Yu, in his earlier life, risen from a humble farmer to a high-ranking official? Though he appeared chilly and stern, his ideas had been meticulous and he was adept at gauging others’ hearts. At the moment keen to contemplate every part for his daughter-in-law, he had managed to rearrange every part so effectively that even the unmentionable content material was harmonized.

By the point Han Yu arrived residence, Su Wenyue was nonetheless organizing her containers, categorizing the trousseau contents in line with the record, separating the wanted from the unneeded. Beforehand, such duties had been dealt with by servant women, however now she needed to kind via all of it herself, which was no straightforward activity. Fortunately, Mrs. Li had come residence early at the moment, so she didn’t have to arrange dinner, permitting her to give attention to sorting these things.

Mrs. Li had come residence early at Mrs. Yang’s suggestion. Firstly, earlier than Su Wenyue was married into the Han Household, she agreed together with her spouse’s mother and father’ residence that Su Wenyue needn’t be concerned in such work. Moreover, whereas the household wasn’t affluent, and though they weren’t missing primary wants, life was tight. All the pieces from oil and salt to rice and flour was calculated each day. Though the daughter-in-law was expert in making scrumptious meals, they had been additionally expensive. A jar of oil meant for a number of days was nearly depleted by Su Wenyue after simply two meals, and the rice and flour had been additionally noticeably lessened. The family couldn’t afford such extravagance.

Really, that was Su Wenyue being conservative, contemplating the Han Household’s state of affairs. Mrs. Yang was too embarrassed to voice her ideas on to Su Wenyue—who had married right into a extra prosperous household, had been lenient about many issues, and absolutely couldn’t be begrudged a little bit oil and rice flour. So Mrs. Yang determined it was higher to have the daughter-in-law prepare dinner much less typically. With a number of daughters-in-law at residence, it was sufficient for the youngest to show the youngsters and embroider.

Whereas Su Wenyue had suffered a lot in her earlier life, she by no means needed to be thrifty with such important gadgets. No Rich Household ever lacked such fundamentals, and even when she was begrudged, it was by no means on this method, which is why she by no means observed Mrs. Yang’s ideas.

Han Yu, upon listening to that Mrs. Li had come residence specifically to prepare dinner and placing the items collectively, considerably understood the state of affairs and located it amusing. But, he felt this association to be favorable—his spouse, together with her delicate pores and skin, needs to be taken care of. She had not been married to him lengthy sufficient to have her worn down by hardships. Thus, even together with his clear understanding, he didn’t reveal his insights, permitting his spouse to assume it was her mother-in-law’s consideration—a pleasant misunderstanding.