In the next few days, Feng Jiwen stayed at home and competed with the embroidery needle, and she couldn't even care about practicing, so she hurried and hurried, and finally on the eve of the next hire, she rushed out with a barely passable and Dilian handkerchief.

Feng Jiwen, who consciously completed the task, suddenly relaxed, slept well that night, and dreamed all night until dawn.

The next day, Feng Jiwen was woken up by Qin Yan's soft voice.

Feng Jiwen, who opened her eyes in a daze, asked blankly, "What time is it?"

"Girl, it's almost time. "Towards Feng Jiwen, who woke up for the first time, Qin Yan's tone was very gentle and kind.

It's just that the words that came out made Feng Jiwen confused.

"Wake up so early, what's the matter?"

She only got up in the middle of the day.

"Hasn't the girl woken up yet?...... what kind of stupid thing is this?" Qin Yan smiled helplessly: "Today is the day when the Niu Colu family is hired." ”

But does it have anything to do with her?

As far as she knew, she didn't need to show up.

But Feng Jiwen didn't dare to ask this sentence, so as not to make Qin Yan feel that she didn't pay too much attention to this family business.

Anyway, I don't have much sleep, so let's get up.

Feng Jiwen obediently got up and washed and changed her clothes under Xiaoxian's service.

Sit in front of the vanity mirror and let Xiaoxian comb her hair.

Seeing that the little girl was full of prudence and seriousness, meticulously dressing up her appearance, Feng Jiwen wanted to sigh in her heart.

In the end, she doesn't have to go out to meet people, everything is handled by her grandfather, what's the point of making all this?

But Qin Yan insisted that this was an indispensable form, otherwise, let the girl sleep until mid-hour, put on clothes at will after getting up, and then eat breakfast at will, and there is no grandeur at all, it is really too undesirable and too unreasonable.

In this regard, Feng Jiwen is not easy to say......

The entire Tang Courtyard was shrouded in this "formal" atmosphere all morning. Qin Yan also sent Xiaocha to the front yard from time to time to inquire about the news.

From the time of entering the mansion, who came, and how many dowry gifts were prepared, everything reached Feng Jiwen's ears.

The dowry was sent by He Shen himself. Accompanied by Yuan Mei.

Although because of Mr. Yuan, it has added a lot of glory to this family business, but today's appointment spread in the city that day, and it was added to the vinegar by people with a heart. It has inexplicably become a laughing stock.

"Have you heard that the family affair between He Shen and Miss Feng has been booked, and the dowry that was ordered early this morning was only a few times before and after, and there was not even a decent thing, tsk...... How did Lord Yinglian endure not to show his face?"

"I expected it a long time ago, as far as his little family background is concerned, he was ruined in his early years, maybe how can he make up the expenses for this dowry......

"Ha, just rely on the return gift of Yinglian Mansion to get back to the book!"

"Of course. In a family like Yinglian Mansion, the only lady in the family is going to be married, and the dowry in the coming day will inevitably be much less...... This pro-knot, and that kid from Heshen has made a lot of money!"

"In my opinion, marrying a 'delicate person' like Miss Feng and going back, maybe it will be a blessing or a curse in the future haha. ”

"That's right, this deal is a loss or a gain, but it's not so easy to calculate!"

"Hahaha......"

In the afternoon, it is a good time for young children to entangle their friends to eat tea in the teahouse.

Listening to the bursts of laughter coming from the adjacent table, He Lin's face turned red. Listening to them laugh from the shame of the dowry to the virtue of the future sister-in-law, I couldn't bear it for a while, and immediately stood up and 'reasoned' with them.

Before he could straighten up, his right hand, which had been placed on the tea table, was held down by the person sitting opposite.

"What are you angry with them? ”

Yi Jiang'a smiled and persuaded: "Good day." Don't be disturbed by your two punches—"

When He Lin heard this, he could only forcibly hold himself, but the anger on his face did not diminish at all.

"I only know how to chew the root of a man's tongue behind his back and discuss his shortcomings, and what is the difference between a woman with a long tongue!" he said with disdain.

The dowry they gave to Yinglian Mansion was indeed not rich, but they were all purchased one by one according to the quota of Manchu marriage customs, and there were many of them. The rules have not been shortened at all, and they have been negotiated and finalized by the elders of the family and the Yinglian Mansion in advance, and the Lord Yinglian has no opinion, why are they outsiders making fun of his brother here?

It's really idle!

He Lin poured herself a large bowl of tea, full of resentment.

I listened and became angry, if these words reached the ears of the eldest brother and Miss Feng again, I don't know how to feel. He suddenly said with some discomfort: "It should be a happy day, but I didn't bless it, but I even added oil and vinegar to entertain this matter......

It doesn't matter how they bully and make fun of their brother on weekdays, even on days like this......

The look on the young man's face changed from anger to grievance.

Just because their family background is declining, should they be ostracized from time to time and laughed at in everything?

"Yo, is this uncomfortable?" Yi Jiang'a smiled and quipped when he saw this: "The child is still a child after all, if this is really treated with his brother, he will put it in his heart, even if his face does not change into a child, what about the beast, if you are idle and panicked, don't you like to call for a few sentences? If you really want to see them in general, you can just think that you can have a quiet time." ”

When He Lin heard this, he subconsciously straightened his originally declining back.

"You're right, even if the eldest brother listens, he will definitely not see the same knowledge as them. ”

He is indeed still a child, and he will never be as calm as his eldest brother, not minding the eyes of others, and his joy and anger are invisible.

However, the eldest brother doesn't mind, Miss Feng will still mind, right?

Being talked about like this by outsiders, whoever it is, I'm afraid that I will feel shameless.

Although the dowry they gave was not less, it was indeed not too much for the young lady from the second-grade family......

But they can't take anything more than that.

Thinking like this, He Lin couldn't help but worry about whether this future sister-in-law, who was known for her temperament and impulsiveness, would cause any more trouble because of this......

……

After sending off the guests, Feng Jiwen came out of the Tang Courtyard again.

According to the rules, on the day of her appointment, she had to go to the ancestral hall with her grandfather to burn incense and worship, as a sign of her intention to tell the gods and ancestors about this great joy.

After the worship, Feng Jiwen did not leave in a hurry.

Even though she didn't leave the Tang Courtyard all morning, she still learned a lot of discussions outside at this time - because the dowry sent by He's family was too meager. Even with her, she was ridiculed.

This is due to the fact that Xiaocha has a good relationship with the people under her, and because she doesn't know what to say and what not to say, she doesn't know what to say and what she shouldn't say, so she told the ears of her own girl as it was.

However, at this time, he had been punished by Qin Yan to go to the hugging mansion and wash the floor with the rough maids.

Feng Jiwen recalled the words that Xiaocha told her, she has not stopped being talked about since she came to the Qing Dynasty. I can roughly imagine how the people outside are now sneering.

Although it is a little unhappy to be talked about like this, it is impossible to be angry.

In the end, this family affair is not a marriage in the real sense of the word for her, so the sense of substitution is naturally much weaker......

She was just a little curious.

I am curious about the dowry given by the other party, what kind of shabby method it is.

After Feng Yinglian left. She excused herself by burning more incense for her ancestors, so she stayed in the ancestral hall for a while.

Today, the letter of appointment and the letter of gift sent by the man's family are packed in a vermilion lacquer bookbox depicting the four gilded characters of 'Good Couple Tiancheng', which is being placed in front of the shrine to be enshrined.

Feng Jiwen took out one of them and unfolded it in front of her.

The text on it is two kinds of upper and lower Chinese, and she can't understand the Manchu text, only sweeping the rows of rows of fonts with extremely regular fly-headed letters.

Feng Jiwen was suddenly surprised.

She had heard Qin Yan mention some of the Manchu people's customs of bride price before, but now compared with the list on the gift list, there seemed to be no difference.

Although it is far from being comparable to the pomp and circumstance of the homes of high-ranking officials and magnates in Beijing, at least the rules are complete. There is no loss, and there is no phenomenon of 'deliberately not giving her Feng Jiwen's face' that is spread outside-

Feng Jiwen let out a soft "heh" and put the gift slip in her hand back into the bookbox.

She kind of got it.

One has no money at home and the other has a bad reputation, these two people, both of whom are disliked by outsiders, are now together, and they are a 'laughing stock' in themselves, so no matter what the facts are, they can always be picked out by boring people to exaggerate and use them for entertainment.

There's nothing wrong with having fun, but it's idle to have fun all day long.

There is a mouth in the close. Is it useless except to talk about others?

It's boring.

She turned to walk out, but suddenly she remembered something and turned back.

With curiosity, she took out the letter of appointment from the bookcase.

She has heard the three books and six rituals of ancient times. But I haven't seen it before.

Now I want to see what is written on this letter of appointment.

Since the He family is a Manchu, there are also Manchu and Chinese characters on the letter of appointment-

Hongpier's letter of appointment was folded into nine folds, and the handwriting on it was different from the letter of ceremony, and Feng Jiwen vaguely felt a little familiar.

I looked at it and suddenly remembered.

It is consistent with the handwriting on the book of the burden that she burned away......

This letter of appointment was actually written by his own hand.

According to etiquette. It should have been written by the fathers of the family.

But after thinking about the situation in his family, Feng Jiwen also understood.

The content of the letter of appointment is not roughly different from the ordinary letter of appointment, the first page is embellished with "forecast good date", the last page is embellished with "dragon and phoenix Chengxiang", and the engagement date in the middle book is still empty, it is necessary to wait until the auspicious date is determined after the invitation period, and then fill in the date.

Afterwards, "In order to marry the daughter of your mansion, I will prepare the following dowry gifts, and send Mr. Yuan Mei and his juniors to your mansion to hire——"

The following is a neat list of the contents of the dowry.

The difference is that there is another line of words at the end.

"The family is in a bad situation, such a thin gift is really a grievance for the daughter of your house, and when he is treated, he will make up for it a hundred times. This time, I will take this book as the basis and will never break my word. ”

Feng Jiwen looked at it and showed an expression that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

How could a good letter of appointment be written by him as if it were an IOU?

……

The day after the dowry was issued, Feng Jiwen ignored many rumors outside and settled her accounts at home with peace of mind.

Halfway through the reasoning, I suddenly heard Xiaocha coming, saying that the little young master and Aunt Wu were coming.

Feng Jiwen instructed Xiao Cha to invite them to the hall to eat tea, put down the pen and ink in her hand, wiped her hands with warm water in front of the basin shelf, tidied up her appearance a little, and walked out of the study.

Seeing her come out, Aunt Wu immediately stood up and saluted.

"Auntie, sit down, don't be formal. ”

Aunt Wu should come down, and when she saw Feng Jiwen sitting down, she sat down in place a little cramped.

"The girl is engaged, and the concubine has nothing to give away, and she has nothing to do in the courtyard these days, so she embroidered some trivial things for the girl that may be used in the future......" she said softly, turning her head to the maid guarding the door and instructing, "Chunxue, bring the things." ”

The girl who called Chunxue brought the thing to Feng Jiwen.

There are all kinds of embroidery neatly stacked on the vermilion lacquer tray, there are about five or six handkerchiefs, a pair of lake-blue embroidered orchid pillowcases, and there are even a few drum stool covers, the patterns are different, but they are all very delicate and delicate.

"These are all embroidered by my aunt's own hands?"

Or because she has been learning embroidery in recent days, she knows the difficulty of a stitch and a thread, Feng Jiwen looked at these embroideries in front of her and felt extremely precious.

Aunt Wu nodded a little shyly: "The thing is worthless, it's just the concubine's heart, and I hope the girl won't dislike it." ”

The girl is engaged, and she is not very qualified to give anything as an aunt, but these days, Feng Jiwen has taken care of Feng Shuzhi in her eyes, and she has always been grateful in her heart, so she wants to take this opportunity to express her heart.

But the girl has been a delicate person raised by brocade clothes and jade food since she was a child, and even if the jewelry in her hand picks out the best, she can't get into the girl's eyes.

"I accepted my aunt's wishes. Feng Jiwen said with a smile.

Aunt Wu was both relieved and happy when she heard this.

But Feng Jiwen suddenly asked, "Can my aunt read and write?"

Aunt Wu was stunned for a moment, thinking that the words on her embroidery were wrong, and nodded with some anxiety: "I learned from my wife in my early years, but it took a long time...... I'm afraid I'm a little rusty......"

Seeing Feng Jiwen nodding, she blushed again and asked crampedly: "But the stitching of the concubine's body is wrong?" The girl brought it up, and the concubine tried to take it back to see if she could change it, and if she couldn't change it, she ......would embroider it for the girl again."

This time, Feng Jiwen was stunned.

Then he shook his head with a smile and said, "No, my aunt's embroidered words are very beautiful." ”

Aunt Wu breathed a sigh of relief.

It's just that...... If that's right, why would the girl ask her if she could read? )

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