【Quick Wear】My Years as a Mother-in-law

Chapter 211 Grandmother Jia 13

He from the Ning Mansion next door followed Yun Xi's footsteps closely. When Yun Xi went out to check the accounts, she went too. When Yun Xi went to the farm to verify, she went too. In short, she couldn't let anyone fool her.

The Ning and Rong mansions are now vaguely headed by the Rongguo Mansion.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, there was another banquet in the palace, but Yun Xi claimed to be sick and didn't go. Now is not the time to show off, so keep a low profile.

Every time there is a festival, Zhang, Wang and He are all busy. On this day, Zhang, who was busy preparing for the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, suddenly fainted. The maid hurried to tell her mother-in-law. Yun Xi took charge of finding a doctor in the court to see her, but unexpectedly, she was pregnant again.

Yun Xi:......

Damn, Jia Lian is only five months old, okay? Jia She is such a beast!

When no one was around at night, Yun Xi took a ruler and beat Jia She.

"Your wife just gave birth to you, and she hasn't recovered in less than a year, and you're touching her, you bastard."

Jia She was beaten so hard that he held his head and dared not move.

He feels aggrieved, it's been more than a year since Zhang became pregnant, and she has been a vegetarian. Does it mean that he has to be a vegetarian for two years just to get pregnant?

"What if you just hold it in? You're such a sex-hungry devil!"

Yun Xi had no intention of letting him take a concubine, but not long after, Zhang took the initiative to give Jia She a good concubine.

Yun Xi:......

All right, as long as you are happy.

It was not known whether this was a sign of something, but at the end of August Wang was also found to be pregnant. Not willing to be outdone, she promoted Jia Zheng's two concubines to imperial concubines.

This is completely different from the original work, but Yun Xi doesn't care, just whatever!

As for having children, you can have them if you want. It’s not you who will be hurt.

Yun Xi managed the household for a few days before handing it over to Jia Min. "Being a housekeeper is very hard work. When you get tired of it one day and become curious about the outside world, you'll find yourself trapped in an unbreakable cage."

"Don't be discouraged then, because all the noble ladies in this country are just like you."

Jia Min felt sympathetic, but she also knew that this could not be changed unless someone dared to change the world.

After Jia Min became the independent housekeeper, she asked Yun Xi if she didn't understand something. She was busy for half a month but gradually got the hang of it. She would go out to check the accounts of the shops once a month. Most of the shops of the Jia family were rented out, and a few were kept for their own operation, so checking the accounts was very necessary. She had learned how to check accounts from her sister-in-law and mother, so she was familiar with it. She would deal with problems in a timely manner, otherwise the people below would take advantage of her.

Gradually, Jia Min also understood that being the mistress of a large family was not easy. It was not as pleasant as watching flowers in her spare time or listening to the rain on rainy days.

Soon it was the end of the year, and the shopkeepers and heads of farms sent in their account books. The farm also sent in many special products, ranging from deer, roe deer, sea cucumbers, bear paws, deer tendons, dried prawns, various grains, etc. These were basically the output of the farm, from the mountains, rivers, and the sea. It was nothing for the farmers to pick a little bit from the rivers and mountains on weekdays, but the bulk of the products had to be handed over to the Jia family.

After a few busy months, Jia Min invited a stage to perform during the Spring Festival, and the mansion was very lively. After the first day of the New Year, Jia Min became busy again without stopping. Every gift from each relative needed her review before being sent out. There was also pressure from the four kings and eight nobles. Her mother made it very clear that she would not associate with them in the future, and would not give or receive gifts.

None of it is easy.

Fortunately, the Lin family is a simple family.

In March, Jingsi got married, and Jia She took Jia Hu to the wedding, and the gifts were also prepared by Jia Min.

"Mother, my sister-in-law is about to give birth. I'm so tired." Jia Min pouted. "I have to worry about everything and do everything properly. Otherwise, I'll be embarrassed. It's really embarrassing."

"There are still two months left. How about this? Your eldest brother is free anyway, so let him take you out for a stroll tomorrow. Buy whatever you want and then have some fun outside before coming back."

Yun Xi rubbed her forehead. She didn't want to do it either. The assets she had in her hands were enough to worry about, and there was even more to worry about.

Jia Min is fifteen years old this year. She will have a coming-of-age ceremony for her birthday in April, and her two daughters-in-law are expected to give birth in May. She has to be busy with all of these.

The year after next, Lin Ruhai will take part in the imperial examination, and after that, the marriage will be put on the agenda. The Lin family sent a few dates, and she set it on the sixth day of June the year after next, which happened to be Jia Min's seventeenth birthday. She had to check Jia Min's dowry before that.

"Glass, pack up, let's go out for a while."

After sending Jia Min away, Yun Xi took her people out and went to a jewelry store to buy four sets of fashionable jewelry, one for each of her two daughters-in-law, and the remaining two sets to add to Jia Min's dowry. Will it be out of fashion by the time Jia Min gets married? Don't worry, fashion is a cycle, and real gold, silver and real gems are all valuable.

After the purchase, he picked out ten boxes of various gems.

"Would you like to see some pearls, old lady? These are the newly arrived pearls from the East, the leftovers from the palace." The maid's voice was as sweet as an oriole, making people feel friendly. She placed two boxes of pearls on the table. Each one was the size of a lychee and of different colors.

Yun Xi shook her head, "No need."

There were many pearls and oriental pearls in her small treasury. She had picked out half of them to add to Jia Min's dowry, and the rest she would use for herself. As a collector, she didn't like pearls. After all, pearls would lose their luster and turn into powder over time. But as a girl, she liked them very much and wanted to make them into jewelry or grind them into powder for beauty and skin care. But the family had more than they could use up, so she decided to forget about it.

After leaving the jewelry store, Yun Xi asked someone to lead the way to a large pharmacy, where she carefully selected and bought a batch of medicinal materials, such as high-grade ginseng, Ganoderma lucidum, ordinary bird's nest, blood bird's nest, cordyceps sinensis, deer antler, Polygonum multiflorum, seahorse, Tianshan snow lotus, Dendrobium officinale, bear bile, bezoar, etc.

There were six boxes in total, half for personal use and half to be added to Jia Min's dowry. After these were put in, the dowry could be sealed and used when the wedding took place.

Originally, the plan was to have 72 loads of dowry, but later on, thinking it didn’t need to be too ostentatious, it was reduced to the common standard for wealthy people marrying off their daughters: 64 loads of dowry!

However, the items inside were still prepared according to the requirements of 72 loads. The Lin family gave the highest standard of 40 loads of betrothal gifts, of which the horses and sheep were kept, and the remaining 36 loads of gold, silver, jade, cloth, etc. plus their own 36 loads were reasonable. However, no one said anything if it was compressed to 64 loads. Some impoverished nobles would keep most of the betrothal gifts when marrying off their daughters, and use ordinary items as dowries. Of course, that was an extremely disgraceful practice, and the Jia family had to be decent.

What we have to worry about now is Jia Min's coming-of-age ceremony.

Yun Xi went to a jewelry store to order an exquisite and gorgeous jade hairpin. There was nothing special about it. The purpose of the coming-of-age ceremony was to show others that my daughter had grown up and could get married, but most girls had already been engaged before the age of fifteen, so it was just a formality.

The first step was to invite the main guest. She had already chosen the person, the Grand Princess. This princess was the 22nd daughter of the late emperor and had a close relationship with the current emperor. Therefore, she was the only princess of the previous generation to be named the Grand Princess.