The oil bottle of the Red Chamber

The matchmaker invited by the You family was Xiaosun, the first wife of Feng Shilian, a member of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.This Feng Shilian is the elder brother of Chen Gui's wife, Feng Shi. Xiao Sun first recommended Mr. Wu, a good friend of her boudoir, to the Chen family's office to teach the girls to read.The two have always been close.It's perfect for her to act as a mediator for You's family.

Hearing the purpose of Mrs. Sun's visit, even though Mrs. Chen didn't take it seriously, she still looked shy and retreated.Seeing this, Chen Wan also took her eldest sister and second sister back to the room to gossip.Only Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Chen and Chen Gui were left sitting and drinking tea.

Mrs. Feng got up and went to the second gate, and brought Mrs. Sun, the elder sister-in-law and matchmaker, into the hall.

After serving tea for a while, Mrs. Sun directly mentioned the matter of media protection.Because the You and Chen families had intended this for a long time, the matchmaking was just a formality, and the Chen family naturally agreed.Afterwards, various matters such as acceptance, asking for names, Najib, and acceptance have to wait until the next year.

Mrs. Chen loves her daughter dearly, and she also knows the current rules. The husband's family has a custom of halving the dowry when marrying a remarried daughter. She is afraid that the You family will see that Chen is a remarried daughter. They will do the same and wronged Chen.He specially took Xiao Sun's hand and instructed him earnestly, only saying that although Chen's remarriage, but this time the dowry is thicker than the first time, the current lintel of Chen's family is different from before, I hope You's family will not With secular prejudice, the Chen family was treated poorly.

Xiao Sun also knows that the Chen family loves their daughter dearly.What's more, if the You family treats her as a matchmaker seriously and hires her with generous gifts, she will have a bright face as a matchmaker.Immediately responded with a smile.

After some gossip again, after lunch, Xiao Sun said goodbye and left.When the You family explained what the Chen family meant, the You family's mother and son were overjoyed.He even fully agreed to Mrs. Chen's request for a daughter.They were only afraid that the Chen family would not pay much attention to the Chen family. In the future, the Chen family would have nothing to say in their natal family and would not be able to help their husband's family much.

Now seeing that Mrs. Chen was so worried, You Lao'an explained that the betrothal gift had already been increased by several percent.After the Chen family got the news, their hearts became more and more irritated.

After the turn of the new year, it is to exchange Gengtie, combine the eight characters, and set a small date.The two sides exchanged engagement gifts.The man just gave some gold rings, gold earrings, gold collar, gold bracelet, silk and satin materials and a letter of appointment, and the woman's return gift was needlework made by Mrs. Chen herself, and it was nothing more than clothes, shoes and socks, sachet, purse, forehead wipe and other things.

Then came the appointment period, because the two families had their words first, when the You family gave the dowry, it compared the Chen family's dowry that they had inquired about before, and the rules when marrying daughters of the five-rank official family of the imperial court, and sealed a generous gift. .

This generous gift is not only available in You's family, but even in the eyes of similar families in Beijing, it is extremely brilliant.Those who have the same conditions are just like that when they marry their daughters for the first time, let alone Chen's remarriage.For a while, there was a lot of discussion among the wealthy officials and eunuchs in Beijing. They said that the You family had a solid foundation and that they were worthy of being the head of the family who had been in the household department for a long time.The second is that You Ziyu has a deep affection, and you can see how he treats the Chen family only from the dowry gift.

There are also people who secretly envy Chen's remarriage, but his prosperity surpasses how many boudoir children.Especially the daughters of the Chen family and the female relatives of the Zhao family of Chen's ex-husband.On weekdays, he talked a lot, was envious, and didn't dare to offend Chen Gui, so he could only swallow his heartache and infer that Chen's fate was good.

The You family's behavior really made the Chen family look good.In front of the matchmaker, Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Chen made it clear that the Chen family would not keep any of the betrothal gift, and would leave it to the Chen family as a dowry.

In other words, even though the You family was hired heavily, the Chen family was not greedy for gold and silver.Every action is for the good of the children.Seeing what the Chen family did, You Lao'an also felt extremely ironic.Although she wanted to take advantage of the wealth and power of the Chen family, she agreed to her son's desire to hire the Chen family as his wife.But in the end, she felt that widows were inferior to boudoir girls. Although she didn't dare to say too much, she even secretly slandered the Chen family for treating her daughter as a treasure.At this moment, they are full of praises for the old couple's love for their daughter.

As for You Ziyu, all his thoughts are thinking about marrying the Chen family into the family as soon as possible, so no matter what the Chen family asks, he will fully agree, and he can't care about other things for a while.Really echoed the old saying-the 40-year-old man is in love, and the pot is hot!

Let's not gossip, just say that after the You family recruited and recruited, it was time to apply.

Because You Ziyu is over forty years old, the Chen family is also close to thirty years old.Both parties are not young, and they can't wait for their younger children to talk about marriage. When it comes to marriage, it's a style of delaying for two or three years.So the two families sat together and discussed for a while, and after calculating the auspicious days of the zodiac, they set the wedding date on August [-]th.

Mrs. Chen has nothing to criticize about this.She considers herself not a girl in a boudoir, so naturally she doesn't need to put on airs, and insists on delaying the marriage date to show the respect of her family's Jingui and her husband's family.As a mother, she only cares about how her two sisters can get into You's house.

According to You Lao'an's wishes, the two sisters from the Chen family can follow the Chen family back to You's house when the Chen family returns from the three dynasties, or live in You's house first when the Chen family is sending the dowry.Anyway, the next day after the wedding, when You's family opened the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors, they would record the names of the two sisters and children in the You family's genealogy.The rest is just a superficial issue, naturally how to get it cheap, so there is no need to bother too much.

Mrs. Chen did not agree to what You Lao'an said.In her opinion, her daughter is neither a shady concubine nor an object, so why did she enter You's house with her dowry, or follow her after three dynasties when she was wronged and wronged without even a name?

According to Chen's meaning, he wanted to take the two sisters and sons to make a sedan chair on the wedding day, and the two sisters and sons would walk across the brazier and enter You's house in a fair and just manner.Serve tea and kowtow to the new grandmother and new father.You Lao'an didn't feel like it, but he was afraid that if he did so, his relatives and friends in the world would laugh at him.

It is about the clean reputation of the two daughters, so of course the Chen family will not let anyone.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had a stalemate for a while, and it was Mrs. You's heart for beauty, and he still used the excuse of the Chen family's snobbery to persuade his mother to agree.

You Lao'an couldn't resist his son, so he had to agree.It's just because of these few trivial matters that Chen's is not a docile daughter-in-law, and she even has some suspicions against the two sisters.

The eldest sister and the second sister naturally don't know that You Lao'an hates black and black, but they feel more and more grateful for Chen's loving mother.Even Mrs. Chen couldn't imagine that Mrs. Chen was so far-reaching about her two daughters, and she became more and more sad.

This tossing will be another two months.Calculating with one's fingers, the date of marriage is only three months away.Fortunately, the two families were well-intentioned and prepared to leave early, so they took it easy and didn't feel rushed.

Of course, it is Mrs. Chen and the elder sister who feel relaxed and relaxed.The second sister was restrained by Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Feng to write a dowry list for her mother.Needless to say, those big farm shops are as small as stitches and threads, pens and papers, and even dowry, silk and satin, porcelain and medicinal materials, furniture boxes and cages. Jade, pearls and emeralds, engraved with gold lines and silver patterns, have to be written down in detail.The second sister found it annoying, so old lady Chen smiled and said: "Don't feel impatient, be more careful now, there will be many good things in the future."

After a pause, he joked again with a smile: "You are taking care of Zhang Luo for your mother now, and one day you will write the dowry list for yourself in the future, isn't practice makes perfect?"

Before he could finish a sentence, Feng Shi who was on the side had already laughed out loud.

The second sister has always been an unscrupulous person, relying on her young age and ignorance, she simply smiled and said: "When I get married, I don't have to bother to write any dowry list, the words are cumbersome and not flattering." Just draw the shape of the flowers, draw all these things and ask the embroiderer to embroider the dowry book with needle and thread, and write down the materials used and who made it. In this way, it is clear at a glance, new, ingenious and precious , there is no dispute yet. Grandma, can you take a look at me?"

When Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Feng heard the words, they laughed even more in astonishment.Pointing to the second sister, he said, "Sure enough, she is a clever and narrow-minded ghost. It's really hard for her to figure it out."

After talking and joking for a while, the second sister still buried her head in memorizing the dowry list, and Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Feng were discussing the dowry of Mrs. Chen when she got married.

Needless to say, Chunlan Qiuju, Xia He and Dongmei, the big maidservants who are now serving Mrs. Chen's side, He Cai's family who manages the dowry shop and Liang Rui's family who manage the land of the farm also have to follow.In addition, they will accompany the two householders, and wait for the Chen family to serve as a servant at the door after the Chen family is married, helping the Chen family to manage the You family.And Anzhi Tinglan, who was assigned to the eldest sister during the New Year's Eve last year, and Zhen'er Weier, who served by the second sister's side, were also extremely loyal and clever.They have to be left to the two sisters, lest after they get the You family, the servant girls over there will not take advantage of them and wrong their own granddaughter...

Calculated in this way, there are more than a dozen companions alone.Needless to say, Chen Gui decided to share his family's shipping business as a dowry to the Chen family, so he had to send a few people over there to keep the Chen family at his mercy.

Also, when the Chen family married earlier, the Chen family was not well-developed, so the furniture at that time was made of red rosewood.After so many years, it has already been worn out. Even if it is painted with new paint, it will not feel rich and new.

Seeing this, the old Chen couple and Chen Gui simply bought a batch of red sandalwood furniture sold at the official price when the house was confiscated from the household department more than a year ago, and ordered a batch of huanghuali wood for the two families. After exchanging Geng posts, I went to You's house to measure the house and make furniture.

It will not be until the beginning of August that this batch of furniture will be ready.The whole family passed the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month happily, and the next day was the sixteenth day of the eighth month.It is the day when the bride puts on her makeup.

The relatives and friends of You and Chen's family got the news early in the morning, so they went to celebrate at the door according to the time.Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Feng received the guests, said a few words, and then went to the inner courtyard of the upper house to see the dowry.But seeing the Chen family's dowry is full of dowry in the yard, the gold and silver are shining brightly, and the colorful embroidery is brilliant, at first glance, there is not even a place to step down.Many female family members couldn't help being amazed and praised one after another.

Some people privately speculated that the dowry for remarrying the aunt would be so rich, and the dowry for Chen Rong and Chen Wan, the serious brother and sister of the Chen family, would probably be even more impressive.

After seeing the dowry for a while, everyone went to Chen's room to add makeup.On the left are just some clothes, some are exquisite and more expensive, some are just for the fun of the occasion, Chen also accepted them all with a smile.Order people to keep it in mind.