wear it lord god

1595 Chapter 79
The Zhou family used to be a farmer, but later a certain ancestor became ruthless and gave up a scholar by saving money.But his talent is not very good, and he stopped when he became a scholar.The same is true for the next two generations. They all make a living by teaching, and their family background is not rich. They have bought some properties, but they can only live in a well-to-do life.It wasn't until Mr. Zhou won the election in his life that he got a small official. Half of these land deeds and house deeds were bought by Mr. Zhou after he became an official.

The ones brought in today, together with the ones from before, were fully paid and counted, and it was 1 taels, which was barely enough to be the bride price for the first-rank official's daughter.Moreover, the gift list did indeed say 1 taels. In order to prevent Zhao Yinghong from being wronged, it was really not easy for the Zhou family.

Looking at these additional betrothal gifts, General Zhen Guo's Mansion really couldn't laugh or cry: "The money and jewelry are accepted, but Master Zhou should take back these land deeds and house deeds."

"No, no!" Master Zhou quickly waved his hand: "These low officials are useless."

General Zhao also had good intentions: "Why can't I use it? Zhou's family will go to work when the time comes. No matter renting or buying a house, it will cost money. You can pick one and sell it and buy one locally."

"Xiaguan can live with Zhuo Jing in the backyard of the yamen." Mr. Zhou smiled all over his face, and he didn't think it was a shameful thing at all.The eldest son is willing to marry the daughter-in-law of the General Zhen Guo's mansion and let him live in the stables and woodsheds.Even if other people live, they will not be able to live in such a good marriage!
General Zhao reminded: "You still have a son."

Dalang married a wife and spent all the money in the family. What if the youngest son married a wife in the future?A bowl of water should be level, otherwise the youngest son will complain about partiality in the future.

Master Zhou is very confident: "Erlang is still young, and he doesn't like reading. He said it himself. First, he will learn martial arts from the third son, and then he will be an errand messenger with the third son. If he gets military merits in the army, he may not be able to marry him." Daughter-in-law?"

General Zhao... In fact, there are a lot of people in the army who haven't married a wife, or they thought that their daughter's reputation would be bad, and no one would want it, so they went to the army to find someone they liked.

Thinking about his daughter marrying a pretty good son of a small official, not only knowledgeable, but also good-looking, no worse than his own son, this is better than marrying a rough old man in the army, General Zhao is in a much better mood.

However, the second son of the Zhou family is still young, Mr. Zhou is already at the seventh rank, and his salary is a lot higher; if Zhou Zhoulang really serves in the army, he will also be paid by the army.If you live frugally, marrying a daughter-in-law in five years will be enough for the bride price.

Mr. Zhou carefully looked at General Zhao's face, as if his expression softened a lot, he pretended to be bold and said, "Why don't you step down and think of a way..."

General Zhao became curious: "What else can you do?" Could it be that you still have to sell the ancestral house.

Mr. Zhou's heart was overwhelmed: "I'm an official, go borrow it!" The daughter of a general who guards the country said that she wanted to marry his son, and she couldn't wrong Miss Zhao no matter what she said.

"That's enough, that's enough, it's not about not repaying." General Zhao was almost moved. His sincerity was so extreme that marrying a daughter-in-law would cost the family money.

Mr. Zhou thought that General Zhao was worried that they would take money from Ms. Zhao’s dowry to pay off their debts in the future. The dowry in the Bian Dynasty was rich, unless it was a greedy family, the dowry was usually higher than the betrothal gift, and for some rich brides, the dowry was even twice as much as the betrothal gift , several times.

Someone once borrowed usury as a dowry, and after worshiping, he took the bride's dowry to pay off the debt the next day, only half of the dowry was used to pay off the debt.

Mr. Zhou immediately waved his hand: "Your Majesty, pay it yourself. Although our Zhou Mansion is a small household, we will never do anything like using the woman's dowry!"

The dowry belongs to the bride. If she divorces or divorces in the future, the dowry will be moved back to her natal family according to the amount on the gift list.Unless it is an emergency, the use of one's wife's dowry is despised.

General Zhao really laughed. Fortunately, he needed to be calm on the battlefield and in the court, and not show any emotions, otherwise he would really grin.

Regardless of whether the Zhou family is for profit or future, it is not easy with this heart.It can be said that General Zhao has never seen such a sincere marriage in his life.

On the one hand, it is selling the iron, and on the other hand, it is playing tricks to ruin the reputation. Without comparison, there will be no harm.Choosing the Zhou family is obviously right now!
General Zhao turned his head and said, "Madam please come."

Some things, his general said, it is unavoidable to be petty, and it is better for his mother to say it.

Originally, it was agreed, Madam Zhao asked the young man who came to invite him again, what happened in the hall, and General Zhao's attitude was even more assured.

After the past, I made a request: Zhao Yinghong is still young, not yet a hairpin, her birthday is in September, and she plans to get married in October, but she will not have children for the time being, and she will have another child in two or three years.

Mr. Zhou nodded immediately: "The dog wants Enke next year. If his wife is happy, it will definitely affect his studies. If he is on the imperial list, he will need energy to take up the job, and he can't take good care of his wife and children. There will be no problem a few years later, after all, they are still young. .It means that I will leave in a few days, and I will come back before the big wedding in October."

Unexpectedly, it would be so happy, Madam Zhao of course had to show some attitude: "It's okay, let the young master feel at ease, we will take care of it."

"Then there will be Mrs. Zhao and General Zhao!" Master Zhou bowed.From now on, Zhenguo General's Mansion will take care of Zhou Zexian, just like taking care of his own son-in-law, after all, he is a prospective uncle.It is a good thing for Zhou Zexian to be able to make friends with the dignitaries in Beijing and China in his spare time.

Mrs. Zhao continued: "The other thing is that Lihua is weak and needs to take ginseng and bird's nest every day. It cannot be said that she is not frugal and only cares about herself."

How many daughters-in-law in the mansion, not to mention ginseng and bird's nest, even if their natal family sends a fatter old hen, and eat it by themselves for dinner, they will be insulted by their mother-in-law and sister-in-law, saying that they only know themselves and don't know how to be filial.

Master Zhou still nodded: "That's natural, so the dog should work harder to study and improve, and when he is admitted to the exam and has a salary, he can buy ginseng and bird's nest for his wife. As for the humble Jing of the lower official, he must go to the county government with the lower official to take up his post. My eldest daughter is already married and is not in the capital, so we can't take care of her at ordinary times, so I can only bother the general's wife. As for the family affairs, I will leave it to Miss Zhao, and I can only ask the general's wife to teach me more."

It seems to be shaking hands, but in fact, this is something that many women would laugh at in their dreams.As soon as she passed by, she became the mistress of the house, everything was in her hands, the house was clean, and she didn't have to look at the faces of her mother-in-law and sister-in-law.

Although marrying a wealthy family, you will directly become a wife.Marrying a scholar who has no official position, no matter how rich the family is, she can still be called a lady, but she can't stand the fact that after her daughter gets married, she can take care of her without having to look at other people's faces and get angry.

Mrs. Zhao couldn't hide the satisfaction on her face: "My daughters are all from my own family, so it's not troublesome."

His eyes just caught sight of the three sets of heads placed on the tray.That style of hair, even though it is made of red gold with jewels inlaid, it looks like it was worn by a middle-aged woman.

After thinking about it, he said with a smile: "Speaking of Mr. Zhou's appointment, I happen to have a set of pearl hair noodles from the palace. Please pass it on to Mrs. Zhou. It's a congratulatory gift."

Master Zhou was overjoyed.

(End of this chapter)