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Her little silver was more than enough to live a wealthy life in the village, but it would be a luxury if she wanted to buy a shop.
Although she was a senior executive in her previous life, she was only good at business.
However, the current Great Chu Dynasty did not prohibit officials from having private property. On the contrary, the dowry of a woman’s marriage was a woman’s private property. No matter if it was her mother’s family or her husband’s family, they had no right to take it.
This was also why the dowry of ancient women was so important.
Ye Muyu felt that this was very humane. A woman’s status was lower, but a
dowry could at least guarantee her food and clothing after marriage.
Of course, families with proper etiquette would not think of embezzling their wives’ dowry. However, there were cases of embezzling dowry. For example, there was one case in the Chu Law. During Emperor Taizong’s reign, the Minister of Personnel, the Liu family, scammed his wife’s dowry, spoiled his concubine, and killed his wife. After the crime was committed, Emperor Taizong was furious and punished him for the crime.
In the end, Minister Liu was stripped of his official position and sent back to his hometown. His concubine was sentenced to death for murder.
As for the Liu family, no one in the family could become officials for two generations.
This was serious. According to the Chu Law, he would only be stripped of his official position and not implicate his clansmen.
However, Minister Liu’s wife was a descendant of the famous founding general, the Lu family. At that time, Minister Liu’s wife’s grandfather and father had both died on the battlefield. Emperor Taizong was extremely sad, and this happened again.
The Liu family became the target of the Emperor’s anger.
Not only was Minister Liu stripped of his official position and returned to his hometown, but the Liu family members were also implicated.
Madam Lu and Minister Liu had divorced. This case was even written into the Chu Law’s records. As long as the Great Chu Dynasty existed, it would be read by scholars. It could be said to be nailed to the pillar of shame.
The Liu family is really miserable.
Now, it was the reign of Emperor Mingzong, the ninth year of Yuankang.
There was not a single piece of land.
However, the original host was also lucky at that time. She took five taels of silver and bought a piece of land in the village. Now, she was not without a dowry.
These dowries were all written on the marriage contract.
Ye Muyu thought that if she had some produce from her own field and sold it for business, it would be considered her family’s private property.
Chu Heng was probably not a greedy person. At least, ten taels of silver for three months was definitely unique in the countryside.
Then she had nothing to worry about.
However, he still needed to plan carefully what kind of business she wanted to do.
It seemed that she could only do a food business.
Ye Muyu thought about the ingredients that were available at this time. Radish, sweet potato, and other vegetables that were easy to preserve were also available in the cellar at home.
However, they were not worth much and were not suitable to be used as the first stepping stone.
When her business stabilized in the future, she could try to use these cheap ingredients to make food.
“Oh right, there’s still ginger in the cellar. When the season comes, it’s suitable to plant some ginger to sell.”
Ye Muyu held her chin and thought. Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind. His eyes lit up and he clapped his hands together. “Oh right, can’t I make a cake? There’s flour at home. Add eggs and make a small cake. If there’s cream, it’ll be fresh.’
“Furthermore, the county is going to announce the female arts competition. If we can make a big cake on the day of the announcement, with the county magistrate taking the lead to congratulate and share it with the people, it will definitely lead to the birth of the cake..”