Chapter 97 Giving birth to a son
Five thousand taels of silver, that's not a small amount. Some wealthy families only paid five thousand taels of silver for their daughters to marry. And he, a young lieutenant general who had just been promoted, where could he get five thousand taels of silver?
One of his junior lieutenants married his sister, and with five hundred taels of silver, he could buy a very generous dowry.
However, seeing that the younger sister had defended Mrs. Cheng in front of Aunt Cheng several times, Vice General Cheng went to find his colleagues and borrowed some from here and there, and collected a total of one thousand taels of silver to give to the younger sister as a dowry.
Aunt Cheng was not happy. She cried, made trouble, and hung herself. Finally, her neighbor persuaded her to stop.
Vice General Cheng didn't agree to this matter, so it was okay.
A deputy general's annual salary is less than one hundred taels of silver, and neither deputy general Cheng nor Mrs. Cheng have any other income. As a mother, you have to force your son to spend five thousand taels of silver as a dowry for your daughter. That's not true. Are you forcing your son and daughter-in-law to die?
If this matter breaks out, it will be shameful for Aunt Cheng.
Finally, the younger sister got married with a dowry of five hundred taels of silver.
The other five hundred taels of silver were secretly given to Brother Cheng by Aunt Cheng.
However, when Vice General Cheng found out about this, he lost his temper with Mrs. Cheng.
You know, he borrowed the thousand taels of silver at the beginning, and it took him two years to pay it back.
But half of this money was given to her eldest brother by her mother to eat, drink and gamble.
If he didn't want to be accused of being unfilial and afraid that the censor would find out and impeach her, which would affect his future, he almost sent Aunt Cheng back to her hometown.
As for the fact that the son was unfilial and would be impeached by the imperial censor, Aunt Cheng found out somehow.
At this time, Aunt Cheng was so happy that she became arrogant and bossy towards her son and daughter-in-law. When she didn't get what she wanted, she threatened to sue her son and daughter-in-law for being unfilial. She also used this as a threat to force her son to take Brother Cheng's family home. Come and live in Yi'an.
When Vice General Cheng saw his mother, he turned ruthless and said he didn't hate her, but that was a lie. But for the sake of his future, he endured it.
But Mrs. Cheng kept pushing further and went too far.
In addition to asking for money from Vice General Cheng from time to time, she also gave the jewelry and clothes that Vice General Cheng gave to Mrs. Cheng to her sister-in-law. She even forced her to give up the main house where Vice General Cheng and Mrs. Cheng lived. .
It is said that the eldest brother has a large family and needs a big house to live in.
He also forced Deputy General Cheng to give up the hereditary position of Thousand Households, which he had finally obtained with great difficulty, to his nephew.
Vice General Cheng would not agree with anything on this point.
He had earned it with his life, and he just wanted to keep it for his son. However, Mrs. Cheng's belly had not moved in the past ten years after her miscarriage.
At that time, Vice General Cheng was almost thirty and still had a lot of money under his knees. Aunt Cheng asked him to divorce Mrs. Cheng and marry another woman.
Vice President Cheng has feelings for his wife, so he naturally disagrees.
Later, after Mrs. Wu married Mr. Wu, in order to win over Mr. Wu's right and left hand, she gave her beautiful personal maid to Vice General Cheng as a concubine.
Mr. Wu personally asked, and Vice General Cheng did not dare to refuse. Besides, he really wanted to find a concubine to give him a son.
His wife has not been pregnant for many years, and this matter has always been a problem in his heart.
Mrs. Cheng had no objection to him taking concubines. She couldn't give her husband a son and a half because she was incompetent and useless. As long as he didn't divorce her, he would have taken more concubines. She There will be no complaints either.
(End of chapter)