Time Travel: The Noble Family

Yueyao shook her head and said to Nanny Hao beside her, "These matters are truly complicated. My cousin-in-law has it tough."

Seeing Zhuang Ruolan handle these affairs so methodically, Yueyao couldn’t help but admire her; she knew she didn’t possess such ability.

Nanny Hao chuckled, "If Miss could always be like this, in the future, she will certainly be as capable as Eldest Young Madam," she believed that her young lady could do well in anything as long as she put her heart into it.

After the steward Granny and other servants had left, with some worry, she said, "Miss, are you sure it’s appropriate to let Eldest Miss receive the guests? What if she makes an error?"

Zhuang Ruolan spoke indifferently, "If she makes a mistake, then she makes a mistake." Some minor errors didn’t matter much as long as nothing major went wrong. Anyway, her husband was already fed up with this half-sibling, and Lady Cheng wasn’t kind to her either, so why should she do such a good job?

Cai Yun said no more.

On the day of sending the dowry, Yueyao did not join in on the excitement, but when Xi Juan returned from the bustle, she reported, "Miss, the Tang Family really is wealthy. It was a total of one hundred and twenty dowry palanquins, each filled to the brim. Everything inside is of the highest quality. I heard those old nannies say that this dowry must be worth seventy to eighty thousand gold pieces."

Yueyao was not at all surprised; she understood why Ma Chengteng had made such a choice. His son was neither scholarly nor martial; marrying a wife who came from a more modest background but was capable and wealthy was a more practical choice. That way, at least they could live a life free of financial worries and become a wealthy family; and the Tang Family was willing to marry their daughter obviously because they valued the Ma Family’s status. It’s difficult for a merchant’s daughter to marry into an official’s family. A truly scholarly family is very particular about this. Just like the Lian family, let alone a Legitimate Child, even a Concubine-born child under normal circumstances wouldn’t marry a girl from a merchant family. Therefore, Yueyao was not at all surprised by the generous dowry of the Tang Family; it was something she had expected.

Nanny Hao had previously regarded Ma Chengteng as foolish, but now, upon seeing whom he picked for his son’s marriage, she realized he was clear-sighted and said, "Eldest Young Madam had one hundred and twenty-eight dowry palanquins, which are also worth seventy to eighty thousand gold. Now, Second Young Madam only has eight fewer than Eldest Young Madam. Uncle Master really knows how to choose a daughter-in-law!" Though the dowry is the private property of the woman, as long as there are no mishaps, these dowry items will still remain in the Husband’s Family.

Yueyao laughed lightly, "Uncle is looking out for my second cousin’s best interest, but aunt won’t understand Uncle’s painstaking efforts. I think she has her heart set on finding a noble woman from a prominent family for my second cousin."