Chronicle of Farming in Muxianfu

Chapter 288 The Dowry
Not to mention Mu Ai's heartache here, but to say that Chun Equinox and his group entered Huawang City all the way to the gate of Chu Mansion, Chun Equinox and Dong Zhi went in to invite Mrs. Chu, and then they arrived at Nianzi Alley in the south of the city together.

Mr. Han and Mr. Zhao received the news early on, knowing that the wife of the Tongzhi Farmer would come to lay the bed on behalf of the woman. Both of them were very excited. They invited the eldest wife of the Zheng family, the dean of Honghu Academy, and the two teachers who worked together. The wives of Mr. Feng and Mr. Yang came to help accompany the guests.

The three wives originally heard that Wei Xiucai was going to marry a peasant girl. When they gossiped in private, there was a bit of ridicule in the words. Mr.'s adoptive father is here, and he is also famous. It is easy to find a woman from a middle-class family in the city. It is impossible to marry a vulgar woman from a farmer's family.

Unexpectedly, when Mr. Han came to ask them to help accompany the guests last night, he actually said that the person who was going to put the bed was an official's wife. The unique intuition of women immediately made them feel that something was wrong.After arresting their old man and questioning them carefully, they were immediately enthusiastic about this marriage many times.

Among the wives of Huawang City with a little bit of status, everyone knows that Mrs. An Guohou Shizi will hold a party in her garden every two months, and all the wives who are invited are rich or noble.And many of these ladies can buy a beauty product called honey at the party.It is said that this honey was obtained by the fairy lady known to everyone in Kao City on the sacred mountain. The amount is very small. If you can drink a small spoonful of it every day, you will become ten years younger.

Last month, a lady who was very close to Mrs. Zheng was lucky enough to get a small jar, and she was ecstatic.I only made a very small cup for Mrs. Zheng, and it still hurts to taste it.It caused Madam Zheng to come back and complain to several people non-stop, and she sighed that if she could be invited, no matter how much money she spent, she would buy a jar back.

Unexpectedly, the woman Wei Xiucai was going to marry was actually Mrs. Xian's righteous sister. No wonder she could invite the wife of the Chu family, who knew farming affairs, to come and make a bed. Who didn't know that Mrs. Shizi and Mrs. Chu were very close.Then let alone asking for an invitation post in the future, I am afraid that it is not impossible for them to get a can from Mrs. Xian.In the future, we must treat this new daughter-in-law better.

So, early this morning, the three wives went to the door early and waited for Mrs. Chu to take her to the west wing.After Mr. Han ordered the boy to reward her with a purse of one tael of silver, he avoided suspicion and gave way. The remaining three wives tried their best to gossip with Mrs. Chu, but after all, they often walked around on occasions, admiring each other. It's not overly flattering.Mrs. Chu had a smile on her face, and occasionally said a few words, and they had a pleasant conversation for a while.

The spring equinox and the winter solstice retreated, entered the main room, and directed a few servants to arrange tables, chairs, dressing tables and other things neatly.

Wei Xiucai, together with Tang Scholar and a few familiar classmates from that day, were standing in the yard supervising the young men setting up the wedding shed and tying the red silk.

Tang Scholar looked at each piece of exquisitely crafted wooden utensils, with envy flashing in his eyes, and complained half-truthfully, "Brother Wei, if you don't treat us well with a glass of wine, we can't forgive you. I thought I was going to play, but I didn't expect that you actually married someone else's daughter back!"

"Exactly! Brother Wei must invite you to drink, and go to Xiankelou to drink. Just looking at these wooden utensils, the woman's dowry must be very rich. Brother Wei will make a fortune now." Chang Shusheng echoed in a strange voice road.

Song Scholar also smiled and said in a low voice, "The lady in the room is not young, and when Brother Wei takes off, don't forget to support and support Brother Wei."

Wei Shusheng clasped his fists and made a bow. He could clearly hear the sourness in everyone's words, but he still said in a good-tempered manner, "It's easy to say, easy to say. Brothers and sisters are also busy in the morning. After a while, the banquet will open and drink a few more glasses." After this matter is over, we must get together in Xiankelou."

Tang Shusheng and the others got the promise, and they all laughed.

As soon as Mr. Zhao and Mr. Han entered the west wing, Mr. Zhao cupped his hands and said with a smile, "Brother Han, congratulations, you don't need to worry about Anzhi's official career in the future, and everything will go smoothly."

Mr. Han was also full of joy, and quickly said modestly, "It's all thanks to Brother Zhao, thanks to Brother Zhao for finding such a good marriage for him."

Mr. Zhao laughed loudly, "Others still say that An Zhi's family relationship is inappropriate, but they don't know how rare this family relationship is."

Mr. Han raised his hand and poured him a cup of tea, then took out the dowry list in his arms, ordered the boy at the door to call Wei Xiucai in, handed it to him and said, "This is your daughter-in-law's dowry list, take a look." Just put it away."

Wei Xiucai took it respectfully, opened it, and was so shocked that he didn't react for a long time.

In fact, Mr. Han is also very concerned about what the woman gave as a gift. After all, Wei Xiucai’s parents left him with only 4000 taels of silver. He ignored his advice a few days ago and insisted on taking more than 1000 taels as a dowry gift. Well, if the woman's dowry is too thin, and the money for the Huadu University Examination is set aside in the future, the life of the young couple will be tight.

"What's the matter, Anzhi, but the dowry is too thin. Show me." Mr. Zhao took the list from Wei Xiucai, put it in the middle and read it with Mr. Han.

The two were also taken aback, and only then did they understand.This dowry is not thin, it is rich, absolutely rich.

One of the five courtyards in Lijia Village was obviously prepared by the natal family so that the daughter could go back and live in it from time to time.

There is a small village [-] miles south of the city, with [-] households and [-] mu of fertile land.

Among the large pieces of wooden utensils are a boxwood bed, a dresser, two fir wooden front tables, a pair of red cabinets, a pair of bedside cabinets, a pair of hangers, and an Eight Immortals table. Small items include two pairs of armchairs, two pairs of spring stools, one rocking chair, one toilet, one descendant bucket, four pairs of red lacquered long boxes, four pairs of carved square boxes, and two pairs of red lacquered holding boxes , two pairs of red lacquer food boxes.

For the clothing materials, a white fox fur cloak, a green satin mink coat, and two boxes of dresses for each season are prepared for ready-to-wear.The fabrics include eight pieces of Tuanhua Brocade, eight pieces of Jinzi Shoujin, eight pieces of Liuxia Brocade, eight pieces of Yusi Brocade, eight pieces of Yuehua Brocade, and eight pieces of Cloud Brocade.Eight pieces of thin smoke gauze, eight pieces of emerald cloud yarn, eight pieces of colorful weaving yarn, and eight pieces of sea cloud yarn.There are eight colors of high-quality cotton cloth, and each color is also eight pieces.There are 24 boxes of embroidery threads, [-] boxes of purses, and [-] boxes of handkerchiefs.

The jewelry is also extremely expensive, two sets of sapphire jewelry, two sets of ruby ​​jewelry, and two sets of pearl jewelry.Two pairs of suet jade rings, two pairs of emerald jade bracelets, four pairs of plum orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum hollowed-out jade plaques, two pairs of golden lotus hairpins, two pairs of plum flower hairpins, two pairs of butterfly hairpins, two pairs of gold bracelets, gold Four pairs of rings and two pairs of gold collars.Four pairs of silver bracelets, eight pairs of silver rings, two pairs of silver locks, four boxes of wooden combs of various colors, eight boxes of rouge and water powder.

The antique ornaments include two ancient paintings of the Han Dynasty, a pair of jade lotus bonsai, a sapphire pen holder, a green jade brush wash, four boxes of fine pine smoke ink, four boxes of Zhao's Langhao pens, and a pair of Liecheng red inkstones There are [-] sheets of Lancheng rice paper, a set of purple cloud tea sets, and a pair of four screens.

The medicinal materials are actually one century-old ginseng, one century-old Sichuan pockmark, one century-old Shouwu, and one century-old astragalus.

Finally, there is 2000 taels of silver in the box, plus two dowry maids.

Mr. Han and Mr. Zhao looked at it carefully twice before raising their heads and looking at each other. There was shock in each other's eyes.

A rich family in the city might not be able to buy a dowry for a daughter-in-law. The gold and silver jewelry and fabrics may be easy to say, and you can buy them if you have silver.However, the last few medicinal materials are too precious, they are all a hundred years old, and ordinary small medical clinics cannot find such good medicines as treasures.Wild ginseng can hang life at critical moments, Chuanmazi is a holy medicine for the elderly, and Astragalus Radix Shouwu is also a rare and good medicinal material.

Although they don't know the exact price of these medicinal materials, even fools know that it is definitely a sky-high price. This fairy lady gave her younger sister a dowry generously. If it wasn't for the piles of medicinal materials in her family, she valued and loved her sister very much. .

The two old foxes exchanged glances, and tacitly decided that this dowry list should not be shown to outsiders. Not to mention that the dowry is worth more than ten thousand taels of silver, these few medicinal herbs may cause a lot of trouble. Waiting for help to come to the door, giving my family distress, not giving it is offending others.So, it's best to hide from time to time.

Mr. Han closed the list, took a sip of tea, glanced at Wei Xiucai who had recovered, and said, "Anzhi, this list must be put away, and no outsiders can read it again. Besides, after your wife passes the door, you want Treat it well. Got it?"

Wei Xiucai was not an idiot either, he immediately complied, put the list carefully into his bosom, and then left.

At noon, the three wives still accompanied Madam Chu to have a sumptuous banquet. In the afternoon, when the sun was setting to the west, they entered the main room and made their bed formally.

On the spring equinox and winter solstice, the two opened the two closets and took out the quilts one by one. Mrs. Chu laid out the thick mattress and sheets by herself, and then two soft pillows, dragon and phoenix quilts. Mrs. Zheng, Mrs. Feng and Mrs. Yang laughed together. How good the embroidery is, how bright the color scheme is, this daughter-in-law must be a virtuous one, etc. Madam Chu smiled and said politely, and finally took the jade bowl handed over by the spring equinox, and sprinkled the round lotus seeds on it. bed.

Everyone in the room hurriedly followed the custom and shouted loudly, "Lianshengguizi! Lianshengguizi!"

In this way, the bed setting is all over, everyone retreats one by one, the spring equinox carefully closes the door, until after the worship tomorrow night, before the new couple enters the bridal chamber, no one can enter this room again.

Only then did Mr. Han and Mr. Zhao come out to see Mrs. Chu off and board the car. By the time they rushed back to Lijia Village on the spring equinox and winter solstice, it was already dark.

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