After the fourth day of junior high school, Chu Lingxuan did not be the shopkeeper anymore, and was busy with the father and son of Steward Luo to send the dowry to Luyuan.

On the seventh day of the first lunar month, Chen Shi's family returned to Dingzhou Mansion.

On the ninth day of the first month, Chu Ling Xuan returned to the Yamen.

On this day, the carpenter also came to Luyuan, and they had to finish the last bit of work. Chen Afu, Wang, and Chen Ming were even busier, and while they were busy with the dowry, they were making various preparations before Chen Afu got married.

On the 20th, Ah Lu and Dabao's long vacation ended, and they began to study with Mr. Liao again. But today only Dabao went to Tangyuan alone, and Ah Lu asked for leave because of something important.

At the beginning of this day, the main gate of Tangyuan was opened, and Chu Lingxuan wore festive clothes and took the matchmaker to give a dowry to Luyuan. A Lu and Chen Agui, who were smirking, stood at the gate of Luyuan to greet them, and Chen Ming and Wang sat in the hall, accompanied by Mrs. Chen and Chen Ye, waiting for their prospective son-in-law to come and visit. Hu and Chen Aju also came, and they stood in the courtyard, waiting to see how many dowry gifts Tang Yuan would give.

Wedding cakes, seafood, three animals, all kinds of gift boxes, sticker boxes, incense cannon bracelets, etc., the first load has entered the Lu Garden, and the people who carry the dowry are still pouring out of the Tang Garden.

Many villagers and children came to gather around the side of the road to watch the excitement.

Chen Afu hid in Fuyuan and was embarrassed to go out. Little girl Chu knew that today was the day when her father gave a dowry, and she wanted to go out to see the excitement, but she was too frightened to go out when she heard the hustle and bustle outside, so she only opened the gate of Fuyuan and hid inside to watch.

When she saw Chu Lingxuan passing by Fuyuan, she turned back to Chen Afu in the main room with a smile and said loudly, "Auntie, my sister saw my father, my father was wearing red clothes, and he was smiling so stupidly. ”

made a few little girls giggle, and she quickly added, "Hehe, my dad is still quite handsome." ”

When the hustle and bustle outside and Luyuan calmed down, Hu Shi hurriedly reached out to open the sticker box and gift box, wanting to see how much silver and gold and silver jewelry there was, but Chen Ye drank it. He scolded, "Such a big person, what is it about." ”

Hu had no choice but to retract his hand.

Chen Ming has already seen the gift list, and the bride price is two thousand taels of silver tickets. He used to open a few boxes, and there were so many gold bracelets, gold slabs, gold ingots, and gold heads that they were dazzling.

Mrs. Chen smiled wrinkled and said, "Ah Lu is blessed, and he even has a dowry for his daughter-in-law." ”

Chen Ming said, "We don't keep any of these dowries, and we will give them all to Ah Fu to marry." ”

Chen Ye was startled and said, "You are stupid, Ah Fu's dowry should be purchased by her own father." Lord Chu gave you a dowry gift, and he is also grateful to our Chen family for raising Ah Fu. You give Ah Fu a dowry, just mean it, and the furniture behind the yard, as well as the good materials you bought for her, are also worth a lot of money. Ah Fu has such a rich father, and he can't bear that you are just a good life, so I will accompany her with all these things. ”

Chen Ming shook his head and said, "Ah Fu suffered a lot when she was a child, but later her life was better, and it was also her own money. I'm a father, I'm embarrassed to leave the dowry gift from the man's family. Just give it to her, and the dowry will be more beautiful, not only to let her in-laws look down on her, but also to let her have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of her life. ”

Chen Yedao, "I didn't let you stay, you only left the dowry, and all those gold ornaments and other things were accompanied to Ah Fu." Ah Fu himself has money, and he has a rich father, so he will not be sad in the future. On the contrary, you, although you are better than me, are still far behind those big landlords. You have the conditions to be a big landlord, why do you have to give all this money to the richer Chu family, and live a tight life by yourself?"

Mrs. Chen also said, "Da'er is right, Ah Fu is rich, and the Chu family is even richer, they won't care about this money anymore." The old woman understands that money should be used on the blade, and if you and Ah Lu need this money, it should be used on you. ”

Chen Ming still disagreed, and said, "The Chu family didn't need to give us a dowry gift, just give a dowry to Lord Chen's family, after all, Ah Fu married directly from there." But the Chu family still gave us a dowry, they were benevolent and righteous, and they put my name in their eyes, so I couldn't be greedy. ”

The old lady was angry and scolded, "How did I raise such an elm-headed son as you." How are you greedy, that's what you deserve, you raised Ah Fu. ”

"Ah Fu was not raised by me, but by Juanniang. Chen Ming said stubbornly.

Chen Ye was also angry and shouted, "Then my Chen family always protects Ah Fu, right? She was able to be born and grow up safely because she was born in my Chen family and lived in the name of my Chen family's descendants." Otherwise, I don't know how many times I died. Also, she had an accident several times, and her mother, me, and Agui came forward to protect her. ”

Chen Ming said, "Yes, the Chen family protected Ah Fu, but Ah Fu also repaid our Chen family." We are living such a good life now, all with the help of Ah Fu. I was brought up by my eldest brother, and I accepted my eldest brother's affection, but Ah Fu should have paid me back, and what should have been paid back to you, all of which have been repaid. In the future, the eldest brother should not always say how kind the Chen family is to Ah Fu, she has given a lot. ”

This was the first time Chen Ming had confronted Chen Ye, Chen Ye was angry, he slapped Chen Ming and beckoned to him, and stopped in front of Chen Ming alive. Hate said, "Mother, let's be nosy, let's go." Then, push Hu Shi, Chen Aju, and Chen Agui out.

Mrs. Chen and the Wang family screamed in fright when they saw that Chen Ye was going to beat Chen Ming, and only then did they relax when they saw that the slap did not go down.

Mrs. Chen saw Da'er's back and said to Chen Ming, "Don't blame your eldest brother, he is also thinking about you." ”

caught up with Chen Ye and persuaded, "My younger brothers have grown up, and they can't just beat like they did when they were children." It's a good thing that the slap didn't go down, otherwise wouldn't it have wiped out all your love for so many years......"

Seeing that they were all gone, Wang hesitated and said, "Ah Fu is not short of money, or will he keep all this gift money?"

Chen Ming's face was extremely ugly, and he said, "No, you have to listen to me in this matter, and these dowries will be given to Ah Fu to marry." People's greed is indulgent, and I am afraid that if my hand is smooth, it will be smoother and smoother in the future. In that way, it is not good for Ah Fu, for you, for Lu, and for our family. ”

Ah Lu also said, "I also think I should give it all to my sister." ”

Chen Afu led Chu Hanyan to Luyuan and saw a room full of colorful dowry gifts in the upper hall. Chen Ming, Wang, and Ah Lu, who were in it, were not smiling, but had a sad face.

Ah Lu told Chen Afu what happened.

Chen Afu said, "I'm here to tell my father about it......"

Last night, Chu Lingxuan came to Fuyuan to discuss the dowry with Chen Afu, and specifically said that the dowry of 2,000 taels of silver would be paid for Chen Ming to stay, or buy land, or buy shops......