Chapter 696 - 340 Dowry_2
Qian Sangui’s opening statement was, "The majority of our family estate was earned by Yixiu, and originally, I wanted to give her a dowry equivalent to half of the Qian family’s wealth. However, Yixiu disagreed, saying she wanted to leave more for her younger brothers and sisters. The bridal gifts from the Liang family are all going to be part of her dowry, and our family will add these items..."
Back in Huaxi Village, in order to prevent the family estate from being usurped should he die early, Qian Sangui divided the properties there between the then Qian Yeejin and Qian Yixiu.
Later, when Qian Yeejin changed his name to Zhu Sujin, he should no longer have been entitled to the Qian family estate, so the deed was changed back to Qian Sangui’s name. In fact, the Qian family still gave Zhu Sujin some properties, and among all the children, he received the most—the thirty percent share of the Glass Factory, which is currently the most profitable venture.
Qian Sangui said that in Xishan County, the Mountain of Flowers and Fruits would go to Qian Yixiu, as well as the Liancourt Cosmetics Factory which was being moved to the Capital City, and a ten percent share of the joint venture with the Wuxi Tea Garden. In the Capital City, a ten percent share of the Glass Factory, the Peach Court, and one thousand acres of land, along with a shop and a three-section residential property in the city, two shops, and one thousand acres of paddy field in Jiangnan. The Lotus Pond would not be given, as the Liang family also owned several hundred acres of lotus ponds within Ten Lotus Fragrance.
In addition, another twenty thousand taels of silver were given as part of Yixiu’s personal savings.
The items listed above, except for the ten percent share in the Glass Factory and Liancourt Cosmetics Factory, where the most profits are made and it is difficult to calculate their worth—when all the other dowry items were added up, they were roughly worth several tens of thousands of taels of silver.
Pan Yue also took out many ancient calligraphy and paintings, antique ornaments, jewelries, brocades and silk, as well as several major works by Old Master Pan, from her own dowry. These items together were worth about fifty thousand taels of silver.
Over the years, although Yixiu had always been committed to earning silver, she had not managed the silver herself. Suddenly having so much wealth at her disposal, she felt a bit excited.