The lucky girl in the village has a good way of making money.

Chapter 418 Dowry
The written engagement letter must also be taken to the Fan family, and when the final engagement is made, it will be delivered together with the gift book.

From then on, the marriage between the Fan and Li families was officially settled.

This is not the first time that the Fan and Li families have married, but the significance of this marriage is different. The Fan family is marrying a direct branch of the family, and the girl they are marrying is a famous girl from the Li family.

Both the Fan and Li families were happy to see it happen.

Mrs. Fan was very happy to marry such a good daughter-in-law. As for Mrs. Li, although she knew that her daughter was perfect, what could she say? Fan Jin was the nephew of Mr. Fan, and he was also a student. He would soon take the imperial examination. Maybe he could become a scholar and then take the imperial examination to become an official in the future!

No matter how prosperous the Li family is, without an official position, they will always be a level lower.

This is certainly different.

If both parties are satisfied, how can it not be a happy event worth celebrating?

Therefore, everyone was having a great time, toasting each other, talking and laughing.

So in the end, Fan Jin's uncle was carried away drunk.

On the Li side, Shi Liu's uncles and uncles were not much better. They fell asleep and couldn't wake up even if the sky fell.

Shi Liu found this funny, so she asked them all to stay at the farm until after Old Yuan's birthday celebration.

The houses on the left and right sides of the village are large, with three entrances and a cross courtyard, which is completely spacious enough for living.

The men got drunk and fell asleep, while the women gathered in the flower hall to chat and gossip.

The big watermelon sent from Erlizhuang had been chilled in the well, and it was just right to cut it and eat it in the hot afternoon.

Outside, people were talking and laughing. In the east room, Wang was handing a box to Shi Liu. "Shi Liu, this is the dowry that your foster father and I prepared for you. It's not much, but it's a token of our love. Take a look and see if it suits your taste. If there's anything you don't like, we can change it."

Ding Fuguang standing by was also stroking his beard, nodding his head, and looking at Shi Liu with a smile.

Although Shi Liu had expected this, he was still deeply moved when he opened the box.

At the top was a gift list, and below that were land deeds, body deeds, etc. It was clear just by looking at the gift list.

Her adoptive parents had prepared two shops in Luoshui City, a two-story house in the city, and a hundred acres of top-quality paddy fields outside Pinghe County.

There were also four other indentures; her adoptive parents gave Sui Lu and Shi Hong to her, along with two servants.

She asked why her godfather and the others brought Sui Lu and Shi Hong today. It turned out that they were supposed to be here. She also had an impression of the other two young servants. They were both smart and down-to-earth.

Then I thought about the boxes that my adoptive father and mother brought in together when they came today - and then I looked at the gift list, which included four sets of head ornaments, ten pieces of top-quality Shu brocade, etc., and that was it.

In addition to these, there was a stack of silver notes at the bottom, twenty of them with a face value of one hundred taels, which was exactly two thousand taels, as well as fifty silver ingots of ten taels each, which were listed on the gift list but were packed in boxes, a box of gold cakes, and another small box containing the twelve gold zodiac animals and peanuts and melon seeds. Generally, wealthy families use these as rewards.

This preparation was really painstaking.

Before Shi Liu could do anything, Li Jihe and Song Shi, who had heard what Shi Liu read, exclaimed first.

Song even pulled Wang aside and said, "Sister Wang, this is too expensive!"

Wang said angrily, "Why is she so precious? Even though she is a godparent, in our hearts, Shi Liu is also our real daughter! All this should be given to her!"

Her stepfather had originally wanted to buy a complete set of dowry furniture, and he had picked out the best mahogany, but I persuaded him that as stepfathers, we should not fight with you for the dowry furniture." Not to mention that their family made a lot of money last year because of Shi Liu's help in joining the sheep workshop, even if they didn't have any, it should be substantial.

The master arranged the family property into ten parts and gave 20% to Shi Liu!

Since I made a small profit last year, I will naturally add a little more this time.

Song was also worried when she heard this. Fortunately, she didn't take over the dowry furniture as well!

Look at what's prepared for Shi Liu. In addition to the furniture, there is also a complete dowry. It's so decent that even the wealthy families in the city can't afford such a decent one.

After all, those families have many daughters, how can they afford to give thousands of taels of silver as dowries to each of them?
She lived in the city and had interacted with several wives of merchants, so she had heard about all this!
Although Wang did not say it explicitly, Shi Liu had a rough idea of ​​the Ding family's financial situation. How could she not know how much her adoptive father and mother had given her?

To say I'm not touched would be a lie.

There are so many godparents, but none of them can be as close as this one.

I won’t say more, Pomegranate has kept it all in mind.

He smiled and said, "I like them all very much. Thank you, foster father and foster mother!"

"That's good!" Wang smiled. "Sui Lu and Shi Hong were originally prepared for you. They serve you when you come to our house. You know, our Ding family has only been rich for 20 years, and there are no families with children or no children. Including Du Ping and Zhu Shi, they were bought later and selected by the officials. You can rest assured to use them."

This is to tell Shi Liu that even if someone is given as a dowry, they are all individuals and have no connection with the Ding family. Shi Liu should not worry that they will put someone next to her.

How could Shi Liu not know this? She nodded and said, "Mother-in-law, you are so thoughtful. I was thinking about asking you for Sui Lu and Shi Hong. They are great."

The Ding family's farm was not far from Dafengji, and Old Madam Ding and her family were still at the farm. Ding Fuguang and Wang had to hurry back, but they only said they would come back on the old madam's birthday since it was close anyway.

Shi Liu accompanied them all the way out of the farm, and when she came back, she first arranged the dowry given to her by her adoptive parents.

It was still early to get married, so all the belongings and money were deposited on the farm first.

The thirty boxes of jewelry, jade and other items are also on this farm. With so many guards and two large granaries, there is no place safer than here.

As for people, they should be used once they are delivered to them, and there is no reason to put them aside.

Therefore, Shi Liu made a major personnel arrangement, taking care of what Fu Dong had said: she should also have the style that the girls from wealthy families in the city have.

There are four first-class maids, namely Fudong, Xichun, Suilu and Shihong.

Fudong often takes her out, Xichun takes care of tea and meals, Suilu takes care of the money in the treasury, and Shihong takes care of hairpins, rings and jewelry.

There are four second-class maids, namely Nianxia, ​​Jinhua, Yuzhu and Yinsuo.

The last two were selected from Dazaozhuang. Yuzhu was the daughter of the head of Dazaozhuang, and Yinsuo's father was in charge of the granary in Dazaozhuang.

Yuzhu and Yinsuo are both good at sewing, so they can take care of her clothes. In the future, she won't have to go out to buy clothes, and she won't have to trouble Hongxiu anymore.

Hongxiu was asked to bring a few people to the sewing room at home to make clothes for other family members.

As for Du Ping and Zhu Shi, they were always there to take orders, like helping to pass on messages or something.

All arranged, done!