farmer's wife

Chapter 187
Fu Yan took the jade pendant and stroked it slowly.

The whole body of jade pendant is emerald green, exquisite and translucent.There is a mandarin duck on each of the two semicircular pieces of jade, and the fine feathers are vividly depicted.If they are combined in one place, it is a complete circle.

It is worth a lot of money at first glance.

Seeing that she was playing happily, Xiao Lie took half of it from Fu Yan's hand, and said in a low voice: "In the past, I didn't have a lot of money at first, and then I had a shop, and I had a lot of things to do. I never cared about it. I'll buy you some serious jewelry."

Speaking of the past, the days from the farmhouse to the city and then to Yunjing flashed before them one by one.

Xiao Lie carefully looked at his still pretty and tender daughter-in-law, she only had a few pearls and hairpins on her head, she was a bit plain.

Xiao Lie's expression was gloomy: "You married me, worked so hard to manage the family business but failed to let you wear gold and silver, servants follow the crowd..."

Fu Yanben was still secretly feeling emotional, the more he listened to Xiao Lie's words, the more he felt that he belittled himself.Fu Yan stretched out her thin white fingers to touch Xiao Lie's lips, smiled lightly and shook her head at him.

Marrying Xiao Lie, from the beginning till now, she didn't feel wronged.This is the home she wants, the day she wants.

"What nonsense are you talking about. Why don't you go and see my jewelry box? There are quite a lot of pearls and hairpins in it. I don't like to put all the colorful hairpins in my hair, it's heavy and tacky." Fu Yan gave him an angry look, "The silver hairpins, gold bracelets, jade pendants, and some old beaded trinkets you gave me, as long as Brother Alie buys them for me, I like them all."

Xiao Lie was coaxed by him so that his brows raised slightly, and the corners of his eyes were full of smiles, "Really?"

Fu Yan nodded heavily.

Xiao Lie held up the jade pendant, handed it to Fu Yan, and said, "The shopkeeper said that this pair of jade pendants symbolizes a happy marriage. I...I thought it would be perfect to use it as our token."

Xiao Lie expressed his feelings boldly and straightforwardly, but he looked into Fu Yan's eyes persistently and profoundly.

Fu Yan looked at the two pieces of jade again, as if she was looking at the pair of wedding rings.

She lifted her long hair sideways, revealing her slender neck, and said softly, "Brother Alie, bring it to me."

"Okay." Xiao Lie leaned over to come behind Fu Yan, fastened the jade pendant with both hands dexterously.

The jade pendant was only the size of a thumb, and the skin was slightly cool when it first touched it, but after a while it seemed to be warmed by the body, which made people feel at ease.

Fu Yan lowered her head and touched the jade pendant, then raised the piece in her hand and said, "I'll bring it to Brother Alie."

Xiao Lie turned around cooperatively.

Tightening the rope, Fu Yan looked at Xiao Lie with satisfaction.Yu Lin is handsome, and they all look good!
Fu Yan seemed to go through the ceremonial mutual promise again, feeling excited all over her body and mind.She narrowed her crescent-like eyes, put her arms around Xiao Lie's neck, leaned close to Xiao Lie's ear and whispered: "From now on, our jade will not be taken off casually!"

Xiao Lie was stunned for a moment, then he raised his hands to embrace the slender waist of his daughter-in-law in his arms and replied: "Okay, listen to Ah Yan, don't take it down!"

At this moment, Fu Yan is like a kitten who has sucked catnip, rubbing against Xiao Lie's neck and acting like a spoiled child: "Oh, it's all your fault, it made my heart beat non-stop, I'm so happy, The drowsiness has flown away. I have to entertain guests tomorrow!"

"I'll touch it?" Xiao Lie moved his hands up and smiled sullenly.

"Don't!" Fu Yan's waist stiffened, be honest.

She put her arms around Xiao Lie's neck and leaned lazily in his arms. When she raised her eyes, she could see the jade pendant around Xiao Lie's neck. Fu Yan asked curiously: "Brother Alie, how much did you spend on the jade pendant?" Money?"

This time it was Xiao Lie's turn to freeze.

Seeing that he was silent, Fu Yan blinked and looked at him.

Xiao Lie first hugged his wife tightly, and then honestly explained: "600 taels..."

600 taels?Fu Yan stared at him in surprise.

At home, Fu Yan is in charge of the books and money.After arriving in Yunjing, his uncle Ye Zhuo often took Xiao Lie out to meet friends. Fu Yan worried that he would have no money to entertain, so she gave him 300 taels of silver bills first, and said that she would open the silver box to get them when the money was spent.

Xiao Lie nodded but always said that the money was enough and never asked her for it again.

In addition, after they came to the mansion, she and Xiao Lie and Xiao Jian also referred to the standards of young ladies and masters in the mansion, and allocated 30 two-month bills to them every month, and if they were not enough, they would withdraw from the company.It's just that the Xiao family never spent more.

Even if Xiao Lie's silver is added together, it is still less than 600 taels!

Fu Yan came out of Xiao Lie's arms, sat up straight and looked at him with squinted eyes.Fu Yan asked: "Brother Alie? Have you hidden your money?" Will you hand over all the agreed money?
Fu Yan didn't care whether he had all the money in the family, and the money used to run the shop in the past was also from Xiao Lie's hands.She cared whether Xiao Lie broke his promise and lied to her.

Xiao Lie grabbed Fu Yan's small hand and clenched it tightly, and hurriedly said: "No no no! Ah Yan, listen to my explanation."

Fu Yan didn't know how to make up his mind, crying and shouting "I don't listen, I don't listen".

She looked at Xiao Lie calmly, waiting for his explanation: "Say it."

Xiao Lie moved his mouth, let go of Fu Yan and walked to the box in the inner room.

Fu Yan looked over as he walked.

Xiao Lie opened the box, took out a box and walked back.Standing beside Fu Yan, he handed the box to her with some trepidation.

"This was given by my uncle a few days ago. I didn't want it at first, but he said it was a dowry he saved for my mother. Even if my mother is gone, he has saved it for many years. I wanted to wait for him to send it to my mother in a hundred years. They were buried with them, and they were given to me when they found us later.”

"What is this?" Fu Yan gently stroked the small box, which was nothing special.

"Open it and see."

Fu Yan opened it as she said, and there were eight shops, four Zhuangzi land deeds, and 2 taels of silver notes inside.

Fu Yan took a deep breath and covered the box.

"Isn't that too much?" There might be a total of 3 taels in this box.No one would marry a daughter with such a dowry.

Xiao Lie was also helpless.When Ye Zhuo sat behind the desk and gave the box to him, it seemed that if he didn't accept it, he would never forgive him.

Ye Zhuo always had a thorn in his heart about those past events of his younger sister.His daughter and son were raised pampered and well-fed, but now he can only make up for his young nephews through these gold and silver things.

Looking at his uncle whose temples were slightly stained with white frost, if he could make uncle feel better if he accepted it, Xiao Lie silently accepted it.

After hearing what he said, Fu Yan sighed silently.

Xiao Lie stroked Fu Yan's long hair: "Uncle said, mother's dowry was originally reserved for us, and let A Jian and I share it equally. Just because he is still young, let us, the brothers and sisters-in-law, take charge of it for him first." Take care of them. We will manage those few shops by ourselves in the future, and he will not care whether to continue the business or sell them.”

"I don't understand business matters. I still have to work hard on you."

(End of this chapter)