read336; "Since these wives and grandmothers are here, I'm afraid that they will come to see the dowry, the girl has to be ready, and the five girls are also carrying it, my girl has something inappropriate."
Qinglan listened to Zhao Jingshu's words, and said hurriedly."
You're too impatient.You are dressed up with skillful hands, and there can be any indecent things there, I think it's good. ”Zhao Jingshu looked at Qinglan's anxious appearance, and said in two sentences."
Fifth girl, you are still looking for me to be happy, I am in a hurry to death."
Qinglan stomped her foot and said.A few people joked, and I heard a report from the maid outside, saying that a few aunts and grandmothers were coming.Zhao Lingyi was busy and ordered someone to invite in, the eldest sister Zhao Huiyin is now the grandmother of the Gui family, since she entered the door, everything is harmonious, and she is naturally decent.And she is a good person, and she is very good up and down, and no one in the house does not say that she is good.In addition, her dowry was extremely rich in red makeup back then, and she added a son and a daughter to the Gui family before and after entering the door, and she can be regarded as a person with both children and daughters.Therefore, even the other masters in the house can't say anything, even Gui's mother often says that this daughter-in-law is a blessed person, and it is the creation of their house to be able to marry such a daughter-in-law.After the second sister Zhao Muqing got married, her husband was a competitive person, and he had already won the promotion last year, but he failed in the Jinshi examination, and he was waiting for the next year's re-examination.Fortunately, the people in her mother-in-law's family are really the same as what the third wife inquired about back then, they are all very good, even if she is not pregnant until she enters the door, she has never been harsh on her, only let her take care of her body with peace of mind, saying that she is still young, and she can't afford to wait for a year or two, so she is also full of red face.It's the third sister, Zhao Yanwan, who has a straight face since she entered the door, and looks like she has a grudge against people.Of course, her mood is indeed not smooth at this time, and compared with her two sisters, her life is much more difficult.Why is she the daughter of the Zhao family, she is still the daughter of Guogong.Just because it's a concubine, so it can only be inferior to people?
Especially when she saw that others were all smiling, she became more and more unhappy.I just wish I could step forward and tear the smiles on their faces.All the sisters know that Zhao Yanwan has always been like this.So I won't take her mood into account.It is not as convenient as it used to be when the sisters did not want to meet now, so when they meet, they have to say a few kind words.Before the words were finished, a maid came in and said that the girl and the aunts and grandmothers would come over, and the wives and grandmothers of the various provinces had arrived.It's October.The weather is not hot, but it is not cold, so Mrs.
Shi set up a posture in the largest courtyard in the mansion and moved all the dowries, and now the girls are here to invite Zhao Lingyi over.Zhao Lingyi dressed up and walked over slowly accompanied by Zhao Jingshu and others.Sure enough, there were already many people in the courtyard, who were carefully looking at the dowry.Traditionally, when the dowry arrives on this day, it will not be shown except for the silver in the box.The others are for people to see, so all the cages and cabinets in the yard are opened.The grange and the shop, which could not be seen at leisure, were replaced by clods of earth and tiles, and it became clear that everyone only saw a few tiles and a few clods of earth.The grange and the shop, Zhao Lingyi is naturally not lacking, and other things, which Dou personally cooks, are naturally from the affordable, as if they are shallow and uncomfortable.All the cages are tightly pressed, and even one hand can't be inserted into it.In the things in this courtyard, in addition to the dowry originally prepared, Shi Lao Taijun ordered to add a dowry from the Yan Wangfu.Speaking of the dowry of Yanwangfu, I have to say.Wang originally thought that everything was prepared in the palace, so he didn't think about anything.Who knows, when King Yan entered the palace, he got the words of his mother's concubine, saying that although she could get this dowry, it was the son of King Yan's mansion who got married.If the palace doesn't prepare anything, it will inevitably be laughed at, and even the identity of the prince will be questioned, so let the palace also produce a part of the dowry King Yan has always known that this son has not been close to him since he was raised in the palace, and if it is not good again this time, I am afraid that the relationship between father and son will not be better in the future.In addition, he also owes a lot to this child, so he accepted it.Besides, this dowry must definitely be decent, and it will definitely not let people look down on the prince of Yanwangfu.After King Yan returned home, the husband and wife had to make a fuss, but King Yan also made up his mind at this time to give his eldest son dignity.No matter how the princess made a fuss, she just ordered someone to open the treasury, and took out many rare antiques, unique calligraphy and paintings, jewelry, and jade ornaments that had accumulated over the years, plus 10,000 taels of silver, and made a dowry.Wang originally thought that these were all hers, but now watching King Yan send him away like this, it was really painful.But King Yan had already put down the cruel words, saying that if she still insisted, she would investigate the matter of the original prince being hunted down and killed.When Wang heard this, he could only stop, and he could only knock out his teeth and swallow blood, and watch as many good things were removed.Therefore, Zhao Lingyi's dowry plus so many things is really decent.Everyone admired from their hearts, and those who had daughters at the moment also began to measure, Dou's stepmother can give Zhao Lingyi such dignity, are the dowries prepared by them as mothers a little thin?
Although there are sons in the house who want to inherit the family business, the daughter is also born by herself after all, so she can't be taken too lightly.For a while, the families who married their daughters in the capital bought a lot of dowries for their daughters, for fear of being criticized, which is a later story.Zhao Lingyi naturally listened to these words, she already knew that these things prepared by her mother were real, and all the cages could no longer fit a single thing, so she stopped, even the jewelry was like this, one by one was pressed densely.However, many of them were given by several uncles over the years, and her mother let her take them away as dowries.Zhao Lingyi saluted everyone, everyone knew that the girl in front of her would be the princess in two days, although they were all from big families, they couldn't compare to the dignity of the royal nobles, so they naturally refused to accept her courtesy.At one time, after inspecting the dowry, and saying many festive words, everyone said that it was a little cold outside, and they went to the inner room.The ladies came today just to add makeup, so when they arrived in the inner room, it was a logical start.The first one is Shi Laotaijun, who is his own grandmother.Begonia held a gold-painted box filled with a hibiscus flower style, and ordered it to be opened for people to watch together.But in between, there is a set of red, blue, and green dotted emerald gemstones, not to mention the craftsmanship of some emerald, just say that the gems inlaid on it.That piece is the size of a finger's belly, which shows that this is a good thing that the old lady treasures.There is another set, but it is a red gold silk hairpin bead, and the beads on it are the size of lotus seeds and rice, and there are three sets in front.It looks like it's all generally valuable.There are people who were there when Zhao Yanwan added makeup before, and they unconsciously remembered that Mrs.
Shi added makeup to Zhao Yanwan at the beginning, but it was obviously not as much as these.Sure enough, the daughter who came out of the concubine was more loved.Everyone was thinking about it in their hearts, and they heard Mrs.
Shi say: "These are still the dowry that my mother gave me when I got married, and I have been with me for decades, and now I have given it to you."
It's also good. ”The granddaughter of the grandson is only this one now, how can Mrs.
Shi not give her all the good ones?
These four sets of heads and faces are indeed the four most valuable sets of her dowry back then, and the first few granddaughters were not willing to give it, and now they are willing to do it.Zhao Huiyin and Zhao Muqing are just two, but Zhao Yanwan, watching her grandmother add makeup so lavishly, and then think of her back then.I felt that it was really shabby, no wonder the people of the Shen family didn't want to see her.However, this is just a dowry, but so much dowry.It seems that it is necessary to talk to her father, and it is good to fill in some more for her, otherwise she will suffer too much, and she can't keep all the good ones in this house Zhao Lingyi, she can't get anything.After that, there was Dou as a mother, and Dou had tears in his eyes.looked at Sister Ling and said: "I'm not as good as the old lady, I only prepared two sets of noodles for you, I just hope that you can live a peaceful and smooth life in the future, just don't let me worry." ”Dou's is really two sets of heads and noodles, and four horses.Zhao Lingyi listened to Dou's words, but her eyes were red, when her mother got married, the Dou family had already declined, although she had some family background, but in the end, there were four brothers and sisters, and her mother didn't get much, and her mother gave a lot of those good things in the dowry early on, and now she gave her these two sets of heads.But this is not the time to excuse herself, so she had to order Qinglan to accept it.Since the third lady entered the office, she has received a lot of support from the uncle of the Li family, so she is naturally not far behind at this time, and she also took out the same courtesy as Dou's to add it, and said a few auspicious words, and Zhao Lingyi also ordered someone to accept it after thanking her.The fourth room came from the housekeeper's aunt, naturally she couldn't compare with the two serious wives, but she didn't treat Zhao Lingyi lightly, compared with the two in the second room and the third room, there were only two less horses, and the rest were quite.Everyone looked at it and understood that the status of this fourth girl in the mansion was really extraordinary, so that she could be treated so favorably by these people.It seems that this fourth girl is naturally a good one, otherwise, she would not be worthy of being treated like this.After these people, there are the three uncles and wives of the Li family, speaking of which, the Li family is really distressed by Zhao Lingyi, although the second master is stationed at the border pass, and Wuzhao cannot enter Beijing, but the second wife took her daughter-in-law to the capital thousands of miles away, and she only arrived the day before yesterday, that is, she rested for a day yesterday, and came with her sister-in-law Shi early this morning.On the contrary, Mrs.
Li San was instigated by someone a few years ago to break up with her own family, so she naturally became a little less close to Zhao Lingyi's niece, and came a little late, but she came early, and she also had a smile on her face.The people in the capital, there are no people who don't know that these people are the most distressed about this niece who has no mother, and when they add makeup, naturally some people will look at it with their eyes.Shi Shi started, but it was a pair of golden jade Ruyi, saying that the emperor rewarded Master Li two years ago, although the big families can see it usually, but what came out of the palace was different.The crowd was reluctant to say something flattering.After that, it was a glass kang screen, the shape of the rosewood shelf was good, and the patterns on it were even more festive, which made these people drop their eyes a lot.This is something from overseas, a piece is worth a lot of money, and it is rare for Shi Shi to be willing to add makeup to a niece.In addition to these two things, there are two ornaments, one is coral, and the other is white jade, although they are rare and good things, but in the final analysis, they also avoid the value of the two rooms in front of them.Looking at the things that the eldest sister-in-law took out, the wives and grandmothers present were already a little dumbfounded, looking at the second uncle and wife one by one, who didn't know, this second uncle has been in the border for many years, and his family background is no thicker than this eldest brother who is an official in the capital.The second uncle's wife really did not disappoint, a slip of four gold-painted boxes in the hands of the maid over, ordered to open a look, the first eight inches square small box is a variety of gems, rubies, sapphires, emeralds, are the color of the top grade, it can be seen that it took a lot of effort to make out so much, and then a box, is also the same size, but it is the East Pearl, full, if not the pearl is round, I am afraid that I can't even leave a gap, and then the back two boxes are two pieces of jade.It's just that these are whole pieces and have not been processed."
I naturally can't compare with my sister-in-law, I was ready two years earlier, I want to make a head for you, think about it, and think, if it is new from time to time, you are afraid and don't like it, just give it to you, what kind of thing you like in the future, you can make it by adding some things yourself, but it is also cheap."
The second wife said with a kind smile."
In this case, the second wife should have sent it with the gold and silver threads."
There is a smile that likes to make funny things.These words made everyone present laugh, and the atmosphere was very harmonious for a while.After that, the third uncle's wife, the third uncle's affection for Zhao Lingyi is not as deep as the two sisters-in-law, and she also watched Sister Ling grow up, but this makeup is not to be underestimated, it is a Zhuangzi and a shop.also smiled and said that she was a layman, and always felt that it was most important for a girl to have silver by her side.After the three of them finished adding makeup, the people behind them didn't dare to move, and some of them even thought about letting their subordinates buy another one or two pieces to put in.Because everyone is used to moving around in large households, in order to avoid all kinds of emergencies, there are naturally redundant things around, and now it is not too difficult."
I, as an uncle, can't compare to the uncles and wives of the Dou family, but it's also my heart, and I ask my niece and daughter not to dislike Jane."
It was Mrs.
Dou who spoke.
(To be continued.) )xh211