Princess of Nongmen

Chapter 961 Buying Dowry
The next day, Zhou Cuilian and Liu Xuer happily went to the town to buy a dowry.

But when they arrived in the town, Zhou Cuilian said to Liu Xu'er: "Xu'er, you see, our family doesn't have much money now. Miss Chun has taken over the shop, and our family can only rely on your father to weave baskets to sell money. Then It’s just that you order a variety of dishes so that the family can eat. Besides, your big brother Xu will not dislike you for having a small dowry, right?”

Liu Xu'er thought for a while, and said, "Brother Xu really won't dislike this. But, mother, I will only marry once in my life."

Zhou Cuilian said: "Yes, mother knows. So mother wants to say, you can just buy a wedding dress that looks good. You can keep the money and bring it to your in-law's house. And you have bought a lot of them now. Things, the Xu family is so far away, and you have to hire a car to deliver the dowry, which is troublesome and wasteful, mother still thinks it's better for you to bring the money there."

Liu Xu'er heard what Zhou Cuilian said, thought it was right, and said, "Okay then, I'll buy a beautiful wedding dress, and some rouge and gouache."

"That's right, pick a good-looking wedding dress and buy it. If you don't have enough money, I'll give you this too." Zhou Cuilian said, and gave Liu Xu'er the money that Liu Dacheng gave her yesterday.

Liu Xu'er hurriedly said: "No need, a wedding dress doesn't cost so much money. Mother, just help me choose the style."

As a result, the two spent a long time in the clothing store, but they couldn't find a suitable wedding dress.It's not that it doesn't look good, but the price is too expensive.Liu Xu'er originally wanted to buy a wedding gown that cost three taels of silver, but Zhou Cuilian hurriedly said, "This one is just embroidered with a few more acacia flowers, and I don't see how exquisite it is. Otherwise, you can buy the one that costs one tael of silver." , the style is not much different, mother will embroider silk jubilation flowers for you later on. If you like, mother can also embroider peony flowers for you."

"Mother, can you embroider this?" Liu Xu'er looked at Zhou Cuilian in surprise, and then looked at the wedding dress that didn't have much embroidery, but actually still liked the expensive one in her heart.

Zhou Cuilian nodded and said: "In the past, my mother's family was also poor, and your father didn't have any dowry when he married me. I didn't buy the wedding dress, I embroidered it myself. I also embroidered the hipa, and they all looked pretty. Woolen cloth."

Seeing that Liu Xu'er was still looking at the most expensive wedding gown, she said, "Actually, it's mother's blessing that the bride embroidered the wedding gown by herself. I hope you two will be happy. "

Liu Xu'er had no choice but to nod her head, and said, "Okay then, it's hard work."

"It's not hard, it's not hard." Zhou Cuilian said, and said: "How about this, with the money your father gave me, I will buy a new dress myself, and I will buy another one for your father."

Seeing that Zhou Cuilian was still thinking about her father, Liu Xu'er thought that her mother was indeed trying to save money, so she didn't say anything more.

Seeing that Liu Xu'er agreed, Zhou Cuilian hurriedly asked the boss to wrap up the wedding gown that cost one tael of silver.Then she asked Liu Xu'er to pick out the silk thread, saying that she would embroider the most beautiful flowers on it, and the silk thread must be used well.

Liu Xu'er thought about it, Ya'er's mother also made clothes for their siblings with her own hands.The clothes they made were beautiful and the embroidery was exquisite, so I didn't doubt him, so I picked out silk threads of several colors and asked Zhou Cuilian to go home and embroider for her.

After that, I went to buy rouge gouache.Zhou Cuilian still persuaded: "Xu'er, don't buy too much rouge and gouache. After you get married, you have to concentrate on taking care of your husband at home and being filial to your father-in-law. You can't be ostentatious all day long, which will make people laugh. Buying too much of these things If you don’t need it, isn’t it a waste? Listen to your mother, just buy what you can use on the day you get married, and the bright red festive color will be fine.”

However, when buying jewelry, Zhou Cuilian didn't stop her, and let Liu Xu'er choose what she liked.It is said that a girl's family should have some decent jewelry, so as not to lose face of her mother's family.

After such a day, a lot of silver was spent, but half of the five taels of silver that Liu Dacheng gave was still left.

I bought all the things, according to Zhou Cuilian's point of view, they were not very good, after all, the Xu family was poor, and said that the Xu family felt that Liu Xuer was too delicate, maybe she was not a person who was passing by.

Liu Xu'er listened and felt that what Zhou Cuilian said made sense, she wanted to live with Xu Chenming wholeheartedly.Considering how poor Xu's family is, it really doesn't make sense for her to wear gold and silver all day long.

Back home, Zhou Cuilian first took the dress for Liu Dacheng and asked him to try it on, saying that if his daughter got married, he would have a good time.

Liu Dacheng didn't expect Zhou Cuilian to still miss him, and he was secretly happy.

After that, Liu Xu'er showed Liu Dacheng the things she bought.Liu Dacheng said: "Is it because I bought a little less? They are not very delicate. Is it because there is not enough money?"

Zhou Cuilian repeated what she had said to Liu Xu'er, and emphasized again and again that she was thinking of Liu Xu'er and asked her to take the money she saved as a dowry and help her family.

Liu Dacheng thought it made sense, so he didn't say anything more.

After dinner, Zhou Cuilian hugged Liu Xu'er's wedding dress and sat under the lamp to embroider seriously.But her handicraft was really not very good, and she embroidered until midnight, but she didn't embroider a decent flower.

However, Liu Xu'er looked at Zhou Cuilian's pierced fingers, and although she was anxious, she couldn't say anything.

In this way, Zhou Cuilian embroidered a new wedding dress for three nights.It was not until the morning of the fourth day that a decent flower was embroidered.

Like Xianbao, Zhou Cuilian woke up Liu Xu'er in the morning and said, "Xu'er, quickly put it on and show your mother, how beautiful the embroidery is."

"Mother, didn't you try this wedding dress when you bought it?" Liu Xu'er looked at the sky, yawned and said, "Besides, you are just embroidering on it, and it's not the right size, so it won't look bad." of."

Zhou Cuilian begged: "That won't work. Mother has to see if this flower is embroidered correctly, and then see where to embroider a few more flowers to make it look good. Xu'er, just listen to Mother's advice and put it on for Mother to see."

Liu Xu'er couldn't resist her, and she didn't have to keep rejecting her own mother's request.I had to get up and put on the wedding clothes.

Zhou Cuilian asked Liu Xuer to persuade her twice, and kept praising her for being beautiful.Then he said: "Xu'er, you see that this wedding dress is quite beautiful, let mother see how you put on makeup again, okay?"

"Mother, it's not time to get married yet, so it's fine to try wedding dresses, what else do you need to do with makeup. I don't paint." Liu Xuer was stubborn, but Zhou Cuilian insisted on pressing her in front of the mirror.

(End of this chapter)