Chapter XVI: The Dowry

Yongping said to let the rabbit in, the rabbit was really well fed, round and round, not honest in the arms of the person, patrolling to jump down, grabbing the ears There is one is still kicking backwards and jumping, Yongping took it and pointed to this one: "The male rabbit's feet are fluttering, this male is the most dishonest, with the female scurrying." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Zhang Zhaohua saw Yongping carefully deduct the soil from the rabbit's two paws, and said with a smile: "If you are so disobedient, pour a little vinegar into your nose and knock the stew to death with a stick." ”

Yongping glared at her widely.

"Comb off the soil and bring it over," Yongping instructed her palace maid, and then turned to Zhang Zhaohua and said: "This rabbit is the most reluctant to get wet, and the most powerful will whine, and the louder it is almost like the cry of a pig." ”

Zhang Zhaohua saw that she described her ridiculously and felt that she really got fun from raising rabbits.

"It's hard for the palace maid here," Zhang Zhaohua pursed his lips and smiled: "Give you a rabbit to walk in the yard." ”

"It's not their duty," Yongping said, "and besides, I see that they love this thing more than I do." ”

"What did you feed this rabbit?" Zhang Zhaohua asked.

"Grass, radish," Yongping also doubted: "I found that this rabbit is not full, I feed it three times a day, and they also feed it secretly, no matter how much food is given, it can be put into the stomach, like a bottomless pit." Now this thing either burrows or eats, and does nothing else. ”

"It's just a rabbit, what do you expect it to do," Zhang Zhaohua said: "This thing doesn't have a sense of satiety, you have to control its diet, otherwise it will explode like a ball, and when An Cheng comes to see it next time, she won't think it's a weasel, she will think it's a soil dog." ”

The two of them said a few words without a match, saying this here, the palace maid who combed the dirty rabbit hair over there did not come in, Zhang Zhaohua saw from the lattice window that the palace maid had just walked into the yard, the rabbit kicked on its hind feet, jumped from her arms, and disappeared under the wall in the blink of an eye, so angry that the palace maid called twice, vaguely.

"Look at your dowry list," Zhang Zhaohua still remembered the matter, and said, "Mother has drawn it up and asked me to send it over to you to see." ”

The two county lords are about to get married, and the treasure office responsible for purchasing the dowry is also very busy, and they have been building jewelry for days, such as the list written on the list "Daming Hongwu Yihai first month Ji Danyan domestic treasure made by the crown of the golden phoenix on each branch weighs two two two dollars and divides the whole", the materials, weight and price all show that Zhang Zhaohua also asked how long it will take to build such a pearl crown, and the people of the treasure house replied that it has been done since a year ago.

"Jewel-inlaid gold sideburns," Yongping also looked at it carefully, and was not happy when he saw this: "My temples are so narrow, what do I need to do with such sideburns!"

The sideburns are inserted upside down on the sideburns to escort the hair, and one side is worn symmetrically. And Yongping's temples are just as she said, the tip of the front fontanelle eyebrows is low to the ear point, as if from the hairline is the eyes and eyebrows, and she has a lot of sideburns hair, which is usually useless when twisted, and it seems to be thicker when born, which is also a point of special regret for her. It is said that a woman's eyebrows are good to fly obliquely into the sideburns, but when Yongping usually paints the eyebrows, he feels that he can't draw them at all, and the sideburns are still between them, and the eyebrows are almost the hairline up and down.

With Yongping's face shape, the two big sideburns were put on, not only did they not cover the flaws, but they highlighted the flaws, so she was very angry, and it felt like irony when she saw something like the sideburns.

"Good things for you, if you don't wear them, you always have to keep them and press them at the bottom of the box," Zhang Zhaohua said: "You say that the dowry is so easy to procure, and my mother doesn't know how much effort she has spent on this." ”

Zhang Zhaohua is not lying that Yongan and Yongping have two ways to procure makeup, "internal office" and "external office", among which the crown, hat, shoes and socks, jewelry and jewelry are organized by the "internal office", which is the treasure of the palace; and some expensive clothes and various fabrics, wood, lacquerware, leather and wool goods, etc. are organized by the "foreign office", and the "foreign office" is handed over to the prince Shi Gecheng to buy everywhere, such as buying flannel cloth, gauze cloth, and so on from Songjiang. Medicine spot cloth and the like, as well as the big ring cotton in Wuqing Town, the cotton silk in Tangqi Town, the Baotou veil in Shuanglin Town, and the spinning silk in Shengze Town. These things, Changshi took out the list from the princess, summoned the business office to order it to go down, and when the things arrived in Beiping, they had to check the quality and price, and even the princess had to personally look at them and inquire in person, which cost a lot of manpower.

In addition to this, there are also things sent in various names, which are all sent by people who ask for the palace, or people who have a relationship with the palace, these things are in the name of adding makeup and offerings, they are too expensive to accept, and if they are received, they must think about returning them, and there are also things that are not suitable for the two county lords to make dowries, all of which need to be chosen.

This dowry list, thick seven pages, in addition to the jewelry and treasures made inside, as well as bedding, felt tents, pillows, backrests, greetings, bed felt, carpets, curtains, tents, curtains and other daily necessities, are also embroidered by the embroidery lady of the palace. Three days ago, the last batch of furniture made of precious wood was also shipped from Wanping, like the stool machine, foot pedal, box, bed, book partition, cabinet and other furniture written on this list are all made of wenge wood, this kind of good wood Zhang Zhaohua is astonishing, think about the middle of the Qing Dynasty almost no good material, so the hardwood furniture of the late Qing Dynasty is mainly mahogany. What's more, these dowries are undoubtedly treasures in furniture from the selection of wood and production technology, and they don't know how much collection value there is.

"Also, the things you have used to since childhood, your mother will let you take them away," Zhang Zhaohua said: "cups, plates, basins, pots, mouthwashes, tea cans, honey boxes, soaking jars, oil lamps, candle cutting buckets, braziers, table lamps, hanging lamps and so on, you count them yourself, write out the list, and I will attach them." ”

"That is to say, I seem to be able to get married and never come back!" Yongping suddenly frowned, and his eyes widened: "This palace is still my home, I can come back when I want, and I will live for as many days as I want, no one cares about me!"

"This is home, you don't have to pack up anything if you want to come back, you can come back in a sedan chair," Zhang Zhaohua felt funny: "You are better than how many girls who marry far away, I know that a family marries a daughter, and if you want to go back to your mother's house, it is even more difficult than climbing to the sky!"

It should be that all the girls to be married have such thoughts, and they suddenly realized that they will eventually have two families, and seeing themselves go out with the dowry, it is like rolling up the covers and burdens and leaving, and they can't accept that such a place where they have lived since childhood is suddenly far away from her.

"You should think like this," Zhang Zhaohua smiled slightly: "It's easy to ask for priceless treasures, and it's rare to have a heart." If you meet a lover, who knows you, loves you, respects you, is happy with each other, and is in harmony, you will not think that one day you will return to the palace. ”

"But before that, we still have to talk about this priceless treasure," Zhang Zhaohua saw Yongping's stunned look, and immediately turned a corner and said: "In my opinion, any gold or jade in this dowry is not a priceless treasure, the Tao is this Tie Pear Case, Bogu Wai Ping, Song Ben Chunhua Pavilion Post, Qin Mirror, Han Tang Ding, Tai Extreme Yan, Cheng Jun Fangmo and other things, it is difficult to buy and can't be bought with money, it is really a good thing, and it is a good thing that you can't buy with money for yourself." ”

"Secondly, you also know that I can't discern the knowledge of how many treasures come out of my small portal, and I can't discern the knowledge, but I know one, I want to keep money, the silver is not too much, the more the better, this thing is not like satin will be broken, not like calligraphy and painting books that eat insects and rats, and there is another one, if you have this thing, your heart will be steady, and everything next to you is empty. ”

In the final analysis, Zhang Zhaohua just had some feelings, when she married the prince of Yan Wang, the court procured a lot of dowries for her, but even if they looked good-looking, they couldn't give her a little confidence, like silk and satin materials and jewelry, they couldn't be worn when they were over, and they were greedy for that little bit of good-looking, and it was better to hold real money in their hands.