my grandmother

Chapter 49
After sending Li Wenliang away, Li Jinzhu called Li Yinzhu into the main room, and handed the dowry list to Li Xiaonan, "Read it to your third sister."

"Sister San admits herself." Li Xiaonan handed over the dowry list to Li Yinzhu.

"I can recognize this word. Silver is 99 taels, and gold and what are two pairs..."

"Hairpin!" Li Xiaonan pointed at the word "hairpin" and taught on the spot.

Li Jinzhu and Li Yuzhu spun thread and weaved cloth, waiting for Li Yinzhu to read the dowry list.

Li Xuedong stood on the other side of Li Yinzhu, stretched his head to watch, and Li Xiaonan rushed to teach Li Yinzhu.

Li Yinzhu finally finished reading the dowry gift list, heaved a long sigh of relief, closed the list and asked, "What is this? They are all good things!"

"The dowry gift from the Hong family." Li Xiaonan raised her hand and flicked the dowry gift.

Li Yinzhu's eyes widened.

"The hall uncle told me that Tang Weng is going to prepare a dowry for you according to this dowry list." Li Yuzhu continued.

Li Yinzhu's eyes were already round and couldn't get any bigger, so she had to open her mouth.

"You are not young anymore. Hong Er is three years older than you. The hall uncle said that the Hong family wants to choose a date to get married in next spring. This is very appropriate. I discussed it with your second sister and agreed." Li Jinzhu frowned. Slightly frowning.

"Sister-in-law Yin said that business is good during the Chinese New Year, and every family has to buy some preserved eggs, cut everything, and a cold dish that is very popular on the table. I will help sister-in-law Yin to settle the accounts. If it goes well, this year, I can earn 50 taels. Five 60 taels of silver, we six her four, we can get two 30 taels.

"Originally, I discussed with your second elder sister that all the 30 taels of silver will be used as a dowry for you. But now, this dowry." Li Jinzhu sighed, "Let's talk about it, how can it be done."

Li Yuzhu took the sliver from Li Jinzhu's hand and spun the thread on the spinning wheel.

Li Yinzhu looked at Li Xiaonan, Li Xuedong looked from the eldest sister to the second sister, then looked at the third sister, and finally his eyes fell on Li Xiaonan.

"Elder Sister, can this betrothal gift be omitted? Or not so much?" Li Xiaonan asked first.

"The man's family can't provide a dowry, and the woman's family doesn't want a dowry. I've heard that the man's family gave a dowry, but the woman's family doesn't want it..."

Li Jinzhu frowned, looked at Li Yuzhu, Li Yuzhu shook her head, "I've never heard of it."

"Satisfaction is one of the six rites. The masters in the school say that among the six rites, acceptance is the most important..." Li Xuedong tried his best to think about the details of Nazheng and the six rites.

"If you've never heard that the man's family gave it, the woman's family just doesn't want it, or less. If we don't want it or don't want so much, then it's out of line, isn't it?" Li Xiaonan pushed Li Xuedong's shoulder and pushed it back. The words behind him.

"Anan is right." Li Yuzhu nodded.

Li Jinzhu hummed, looked at Li Xiaonan, and waited for her to continue.

"If you accept the dowry from the Hong family and don't want the dowry from Tang Weng, will people think that we are not close to the Hong family, Tang Weng, or our Li clan?

"When we were looking for a house, I heard you gossiping with the second elder sister, saying that it was the hall uncle who said: We don't want this or that, and some clan elders said that we have resentment against the clan."

"What do you mean, both ends?" Li Jinzhu frowned.

"Yeah!" Li Xiaonan nodded affirmatively, "Elder Sister always thinks, how can my brother be a scholar, how can my brother be a scholar, how can I be a scholar? How is she different from other scholars?

"Last time, I asked my brother how many scholars there are in the government school, how many people have passed the exam, how many have passed the Jinshi exam, let my brother tell me!"

Li Xiaonan pointed at Li Xuedong.

"It's very rare! I heard that in the first three subjects and nine years, there were only four candidates in the examination, and there was only one Jinshi. In nine years, one! Sir, the imperial examinations in this dynasty are very difficult." Li Xuedong replied hastily.

"Eldest Sister always thinks that people treat us well, so that my elder brother can pass the imperial examination and become a high official and prime minister. I don't think other people think that way, but Eldest Sister dares to think too much.

"The reason why he treats us well is because my elder brother is now a scholar. Then the Hong family, isn't it because they passed the examination as a scholar that they can't get up?" Li Xiaonan looked at Li Jinzhu.

"Ah Nan is right." Li Yuzhu agreed.

Li Jinzhu was silent for a moment, then hummed, "Even if this is the case, we shouldn't take four or five hundred taels of silver from him."

"The four 500 taels of betrothal gifts from the Hong family were carried over from the Hong family, and after two or three days, they were brought back to their Hong family, right? Tang Weng, the four 500 taels, you didn't listen to the uncle in the hall. Ah, they also want to move to Pingjiang City and open a shop in Pingjiang City to do business, so I will definitely need my elder brother's status as a scholar in the future."

Seeing that Li Jinzhu's brows seemed to be tightened even more, Li Xiaonan's words changed.

"If elder sister thinks it's wrong to take it, then it's us who borrowed it. In the future, when we make money, we can pay back the money directly. If they don't accept it, then wait until sister Ai Ye, the uncle's family in the lobby, gets married, or the elder brother-in-law When you celebrate your birthday, give a generous gift and just repay this favor."

"Ah Nan's words make sense. Our family and Hong's family are not in the same family. What should we do if Yinzhu gets married and suffers? This matter has caused us two to worry about it many times. If we can have this little 1000 taels of silver As for the dowry, Yinzhu also has some confidence. Let's remember this favor, and we can always get it back in the future." Li Yuzhu looked at Li Jinzhu and said.

"Well, that's it. We have to remember this favor. In the future," Li Jinzhu paused and sighed, "It would be great if we can repay it."

"It's definitely going to go! Elder Sister, don't worry! I'm here!" Li Xiaonan patted Li Jinzhu's shoulder old-fashionedly.

"Wait!" Li Yinzhu grabbed Li Xiaonan, "I don't want so much dowry, I..."

"It's okay, we owe a lot of favors, so we don't need this dowry." Li Jinzhu tied a strand of Li Yinzhu's loose hair behind her ear.

"Too many!" Li Yinzhu looked at everyone.

"It's only 1000 taels, not much! I'll make up for you later when I earn a lot of money." Li Xiaonan patted Li Yinzhu with a proud look.

"Damn girl!" Li Yuzhu laughed out loud, and patted Li Xiaonan on the head.

"I also want to make money..." Li Xuedong stretched out his head.

"You read your book carefully!"

"You study hard and become a good scholar!"

"You can't be distracted!"

Li Jinzhu, Li Yuzhu and Li Yinzhu shouted together.

(End of this chapter)