Red Mansion, Second Master Lian is too despicable

Chapter 91 91 Dowry
You are asking this question at a certain level!
You must know that feudal etiquette divides people into three, six or nine grades, and even when marrying a daughter, there are rules to abide by.

Therefore, a woman's family background can be seen in the amount of dowry.

The eldest princess has the highest rank among women, so the dowry is 81 taels, and it is impossible for the queen mother to marry more than [-] taels to show her favor.

As far as this is concerned, there are those who have made great achievements and received great favors, both of which are indispensable.

What follows next is the princess who is a legitimate daughter, with 72 crowns, the concubine princess with 64 crowns, and the princess with 48 crowns.

Although there are some extra marriages, they are not common.

Daughters of other princes, grandsons, nobles, and high-ranking officials in the court were often married with the rank of county lord or township monarch, and the dowry could not exceed 36 taels; for those who showed favor from the royal family, the dowry could not exceed 48 taels.

If you exceed it, it is trespassing, and the emperor will have reason to deal with you.

Therefore, whether the girl is favored at home depends on the quality of the dowry; for the same dowry, the quality varies greatly.

And to see if this girl's father is capable, it depends on whether the dowry amount can exceed the standard.

The more he exceeds, the more important people express their willingness to marry his children, which means that this person will be more successful in the court.

Therefore, when someone asked such a question, the good-hearted Counselor Song immediately shook his head and pretended to be serious.

"It's hard to guess whose family the dowry is from, but the first dowry is quite scary."

Counselor Song's meaning was very clear. This girl was over 40 years old, but less than 48 years old. Naturally, she was not from the royal family or a princess. However, she was far beyond the 36 years old standard. She must be the daughter of a prosperous family at that time.

In this way, the scope of Jia She's first wife and Jia Lian's biological mother has been greatly reduced.This is basically equivalent to confirming that Zhang Erhe is the Zhang family, and Jia Lian's biological mother is the daughter of the Zhang family of the old master.

Besides, according to Counselor Song, this woman's dowry was not small in size when she got married, and the quality was not low.

Then this matter will be more interesting.

I don’t know how much the dowry is divided into, and each one is very particular.

The first step is the real estate, the second step is the title deed, and then, wooden furniture, furnishings for the outer house, supplies for the inner house, clothing for the four seasons, gold and silver jewelry, medicinal materials and spices, the four treasures of the study, and maids and slaves.

Although there are no hard and fast requirements for the quality of each dowry, and it does not involve exceeding the standard, the quality gap is still very large.

Those from rich families who love their daughters wish to exhaust their slaves to death, and those girls who are not rich enough or not favored by their families get married, and there are many ways to fool around with this dowry.

If you are marrying a daughter, your family background may appear to be the same, but the dowry may also vary greatly. This is the reality.

There is no way, the world is like this. As a daughter born in a well-established family, it is stipulated that you must have these dowries. If you don't do it, you will be looked down upon by your husband's family, or in the worst case, you will divorce your wife and return home.

Therefore, if your natal family does not have the ability to give you a generous dowry, it will have no choice but to fool around with it; this will force the whole family to collect enough for you.

It's not because you feel better in your husband's family, it's because of the face of your own family. Don't let you delay the marriage of the whole family's girls.

But Jia Lian's biological mother is obviously not like this.

The first dowry is very scary, it must be that the family is wealthy and she is favored.

A favored girl gets married quietly, which is much more interesting.

What's even more interesting is why the man surnamed Song wanted to talk about the huge dowry.

Everyone asked playfully.

"How to scare people?"

Seeing that everyone was obviously interested, Counselor Song spread his thumb and index finger, folded his other fingers and made an eight sign, then remained silent and allowed everyone to guess.

Everyone saw this and cheered in cooperation.

"Tsk~ What did I think! In the end, I got eight bricks and tiles as a dowry!" "Old Song, although this is a lot, it's not scary at all!"

This brick represents a real estate shop. According to the rules, it is not a shame if the princess's dowry shop has twelve shops. It doesn't matter if it is more than this. It doesn't matter if it is less than this. It just makes people laugh a few times, and it doesn't matter. Big deal.

After all, there will be a red cloth with the word "happy" on it, so no one but yourself can see much inside.

It is not easy for Counselor Song to tell the amount of the first dowry, not to mention that the girl who was getting married was obviously from a high-ranking official, so she was given eight bricks as a dowry.

It’s not that there’s a lack of seriousness, at least it’s up to standard.

What's more, there is a difference between bricks and tiles. Can a house in the outer city be the same as a shop in the inner city?

But Mr. Song, who said he didn't know whose girl it was, actually knew the amount of the first dowry. This couldn't be explained by self-deception.

But this alone is obviously not enough to surprise everyone.

Counselor Song naturally thought of this and laughed loudly.

"Hey~! If that were the case, would I be making such a fuss?"

After saying that, he didn't say anything, and everyone asked anxiously.

"Then what do you mean by comparing eight to eight?"

"Yeah, what do you mean by eight? Could it be eighty? That's really amazing!"

Who knows, even so, Counselor Song's expression remained unchanged.

"It's too small, the layout of the adults is too small. I mean, the dowry of the first station needs eight strong boys to carry it!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was frightened.

"what?"

At this moment, a large number of people gathered around, waiting to hear the scenes of the old prosperous times, but they didn't want to hear that the first dowry paid by Jia She's wife was so generous.

The more than 40 units at the back must be such assets.

No wonder the Jia family lives such a luxurious life!
At that time, the Jia family not only controlled shipping, but also oversaw the construction of palaces in the south of the Yangtze River. Jia She also married a grandma, the God of Wealth, which was considered a good fortune.

In addition, the Ningguo Mansion also produced the first Jinshi among the nobles, so the official career should not be underestimated.

How popular the Jia family was at that time!

When everyone heard this, they all felt sad and regretful.

"It's a pity that these good days are only a few days away. At least Jia Lian didn't catch up with those good days."

This kind of discussion happened one after another. The more people gathered, the louder the noise and discussion became.

Counselor Song, who has had a rough life, never expected that the moment he would be so noticed would be because he witnessed a wedding more than ten years ago.

Counselor Song, who had not been so famous for a long time, started showing off like crazy.

"That's not all. Do you know how thick the dowry list is when singing a wedding?"

After saying that, Counselor Song actually ignored everyone's gaze, climbed up to a high place, and started shouting.

This yin and yang sound was as if he was the man who sang the wedding.

(End of this chapter)