As he spoke, Wu came over from the East House, said good fortune to Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Ning, pulled Qiu Chen and said with a smile: "The ladies and ladies of that house are all waiting to see the dowry from your mother-in-law's family, let's go quickly!" ”

Ning couldn't hold it with a smile, and stroked his palms and said, "Go quickly, go quickly, such a happy event should be happy with everyone!" ”

Liu also laughed and said, "Go, go!" ”

Qiu Chen smiled and followed the Wu family to the East House.

When those people saw the dowry list, they were naturally very curious, the Guogong family in the capital was the most noble family in the Ming Dynasty except for the emperor's relatives and relatives, what rare things can such a family use for hiring? Of course, there are also people who want to see if their in-laws are really asking for marriage...... How many young ladies with good background, good looks, good character and good character can't climb up to a good kiss, but they are cheap to a widow in a mountain village with two babies, but there are many people who are unhappy and angry!

Whether it is true or false, as soon as the dowry list was brought to the crowd, all kinds of praises and praises rang out, and all the ladies and ladies seemed to have never seen good things, and they exclaimed loudly without money! Praise!

After admiring and commotioning for a while, Huang, the wife of Anping County, proposed with a smile: "Why don't we simply take a look at the dowry and see it for a long time, it's no better than being dizzy and dizzy with this Laoshzi gift list!" ”

Huang's proposal was immediately applauded by everyone.

In this era, the defense of men and women is far less stringent than that of the Ming and Qing dynasties in history. Moreover, there is also a custom of 'showing the dowry' and 'drying the dowry', that is, the dowry under the mother-in-law's family and the dowry given by the woman will be opened after being sent to the other party for people to see. I didn't rush up before, but because everyone was afraid of the identity of the Wu family and Qiu Chen, and they were a little constrained, but they had long wanted to see how the real dowry was. After all, the name of the things written on this gift list is very good, how about the real goods, who knows if you don't read it! Maybe it's just a nice name in the capital!

Everyone should be in harmony and go out with a smile. Qiu Chen and the Wu family did not stop them, only Yufeng hurriedly sent Hanguang to run into the courtyard, and said to the Chen family, the ladies and ladies are going over, clear the field, and don't let irrelevant people collide.

Thirty-six dowry gifts, the number is really not much, but when they saw those things, the ladies and ladies only cared about admiring them.

After seeing the dowry, everyone also watched the ceremony, and then returned to the Sanjin Courtyard for dinner, and left clean after an hour.

Lord Yun and Lord Tang really brought the wedding date, March 19 is a good day for the Iron Tower Temple to preside over the election, after the calculation of Qin Tianjian, it is also said that it is the zodiac day of Shangji, for Qiu Chen, the time is tighter, but after all, he has long been mentally prepared, and he is not surprised, so it is set.

From February 16 to March 19, it will only be a month if you go to the capital to complete the marriage, and it is time to leave for Beijing after the recruitment is completed. Qiu Chen was not in a hurry, Qin Zheng had already written to her to tell her that he would come to marry her in person.

said that she would marry in person, and she didn't have to worry if Qin Zheng didn't come. Anyway, the dowry or something, Mama Chen will handle it properly, she just wants to take the children to the car!

The Wu family and the Guo family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law interacted for a while, and then left with Lord Yun and Lord Tang one after another. The Lin family finally breathed a long sigh of relief.

Sent off the guests, and the dowry was also carried into the Sanjin Courtyard, Qiu Chen accompanied the Liu family, the Zhou family, and the Zhao family to look at it box by box, Qingxing Yufeng and other girls had been looking forward to it for a long time, and they were also clustered around at this time, under the pretext of tidying up, to see the fact of the dowry, and their eyes shook off like stars, showing Qiu Chen's mother and daughter.

"Old lady, madam, look at this, it's really as thin as cicada wings, you can see the shadow of a person on the other side, no wonder it's called a cicada wing veil!" Qing Xing shook a silver-red cicada winged yarn.

The Liu family and the Zhou family and the Zhao family both pulled up the fabric in amazement, but Qiu Chen glared at Qing Xing next to him, this girl, there are five or six colors and twenty horses in the warehouse at home, it is worth her shouting here!

Qing Xing stuck out her tongue and turned her head to wait for the Liu family and the Zhou family Zhao to look at the dowry.

Looking at all the silk satin, pearls, jade, gold and silver jewelry, Qiu Chen didn't see any surprises, nor did he see anything that violated the rules. The only thing that doesn't taste her is that Aya Luoduo is something that looks good and is not easy to use, with bright colors and complex colors, and it is dazzling to be lively. Jewelry and the like are also red gold inlaid treasures, with complex patterns that make people dizzy. However, she didn't care much about it, such a thing as a dowry gift should be festive and lively, and she didn't like it if she didn't wear it in the future.

Thirty-six dowry gifts, in addition to a pair of wild geese composed of the first lift, the back two lifts are four jars of old wine, and then the back is eight lifts, respectively, the best tea cakes, tea two lifts; The so-called 'Sijing fruit' composed of dried longan, dried lychee, dried walnut and shelled peanuts are lifted twice; The last is the two dry goods of the mountains and seas. These make up the tea and wine ceremony in the dowry.

Behind are six pearl jade jewelry, six silk and satin, and six clothes and shoes and socks of various colors; Then the next few lifts are porcelain ornaments, etc., forming thirty-six lifts.

After sweeping it, Qiu Chen lost interest, but the Liu family and the Zhou family Zhao family watched it with relish, and the joy on their faces showed their relief and joy.

For Qiu Chen to marry into the high gate, they have always been unavoidably apprehensive and worried, today to see the in-laws so solemnly hired, and then see these real dowries, they finally relieved a little. With such a solemn request to marry, it shouldn't be embarrassing!

After reading the dowry, Qiu Chen directly handed over to Chen and Yufeng to take the gift list to check and put it into the warehouse, and she helped Liu to go back to the house.

After all, Liu is old, and his health was not very good before, and after being busy for most of the day, he really felt tired at this time, so he washed up a little and rested crookedly. After that, Qiu Chen arranged for Chengying and Yuhe to wait in the old lady's house, and took Zhou and Zhao back to their own rooms in the second courtyard to rest, and Qiu Chen also went back to his room to rest.

Today's troubles are really tiring and panicked, physical exhaustion is secondary, the focus is mental tiredness. These social things are really not done by people!

After resting for half an hour, Qiu Chen got up again, and he was already much better. The peace at home was restored, and her spirit was relaxed.

got up slowly, washed up and wore a set of furniture in a plain dress, and saw that the hour was still early, and the children were not yet out of school, Qiu Chen walked out directly. Chen Shi greeted Qiu Chen and whispered to him: "Madam, the two teaching grandmothers sent are placed in the inverted room. ”

Qiu Chen paused, and simply ordered the Chen family to invite the two teaching grandmothers over to meet. Judging from the situation just now, these two are much calmer than the two mothers-in-law beside Mrs. Li of Qin Mansion.

Chen waited for Qiu Chen to sit down in the hall and told the little girl to invite the two grandmothers. However, after the tea, the two grandmothers have already come over and asked to meet them at the door.

Qiu Chen took a sip of tea and instructed lightly: "Please invite the two grandmothers in!" ”

Two grandmothers dressed in plain cocoons, green clothes and green skirts walked in, and when they saw Qiu Chen on the seat, they were slightly stunned, and then they came back to their senses and stepped forward to salute Qiu Chen.

Qiu Chen put down the teacup in his hand, got up and stepped forward, and held the two grandmothers who were about to bow down with his hands and said with a smile: "The two grandmothers were entrusted by the Duchess of the Kingdom to teach me, I don't dare to accept the courtesy of the grandmothers." ”

He turned around and instructed the girl to move the brocade stool up, waited for the two grandmothers to sit down, and served tea, Qiu Chen then retreated and sat down again, and smiled with the two grandmothers: "The two grandmothers are from the palace, not to mention the etiquette rules, but this form and appearance have already convinced me, it is really elegant and elegant, and the gestures are pleasing to the eye." ”

One of the thin grandmothers hurriedly said solemnly: "Mrs. is too famous, how dare the slaves and maids bear it!" ”

Qiu Chen waved his hand and smiled: "This is my true thought in my heart, not a false word." Hehe, I'm straight, and I won't talk around the corner, don't laugh at me for being rude. ”

The two grandmothers hurriedly shook their heads and said, "Don't dare, don't dare!" ”

Then, Qiu Chen said with a smile: "The two grandmothers must know a little bit about my life experience, and I have to deal with everything at the moment, and the marriage date is very tight, so these things must be properly settled...... I really want to learn etiquette and behavior with my grandmothers, but this kung fu is very distressing and I don't have time to distract...... In this way, I have an uninvited feeling, and it is really rare for two grandmothers to be like this, so it is better to follow me and remind me of my manners and manners all the time...... In the daily practice, I do not delay the handling of affairs, nor do I delay learning some etiquette. It's just that it's a little too difficult for the two grandmothers, and I'm a little hard to talk about. ”

The two grandmothers who came out of the palace looked at each other, and they were all a little surprised. Who said that this woman was a farmer's widow? Who said that this woman didn't know what means Lu Dao used to seduce Jingbei Hou?

Qiu Chen waited patiently for their eyes to meet as if exchanging attention, and after a while, he motioned for Qingxing to send two purses, and said, "I also know that if you follow what I said, the two grandmothers will inevitably suffer more, this is a little tea money, don't dislike the two grandmothers." When I finish my studies, I will give another great gift. ”

The two mammas looked at each other, and nodded together with great ambition to agree. The people of the Qin family have been sent away, leaving the two of them behind, do they have any other way but to agree? What's more, people said it so politely, and gave such a generous reward!

After sending the two mammas down, Qiu Chen went to the Westinghouse first. looked at Mrs. Liu, greeted her, and saw that Mrs. Liu's spirit was not bad, so she was relieved.

After the recruitment, Qiu Chen's wedding entered the countdown. Dowry and other matters Qiu Chen completely left it alone, but she still had to determine the personnel who would marry her.

The others had basically confirmed, and this night, Qiu Chen called Chunxiang and asked, "What do you think?" If you want to leave, I will send someone to expel your brothers and sisters; If you don't want to leave, you should consider whether to stay or follow me into Beijing...... Yuliang follows your second master, and at least he will stay in Anyang for a few more years. ”

Chunxiang silently knelt down in front of Qiu Chen, and Qingxing couldn't help but say, "Think about it, just your sister and brother, you are helpless, even if you are not registered?" Haven't you been bullied enough? Let me say, what about slavery? How many of those people who are not slaves are doing well? Working hard all day long, it's not even difficult to sustain food and clothing! ”

Seeing Chunxiang kneeling in front of Qiu Chen and hanging her head silently, Yufeng pulled Qingxing, leaned over and whispered to Chunxiang: "Qingxing is worried about you, but everyone has their own ambitions, and no one can force anyone to make her arsenic and your honey." It's up to you! ”

"Thank you, two sisters!" Chunxiang looked up in thanks, and Qingxing stomped her feet in hatred, turning her face away and ignoring her. Yufeng patted her hand for comfort, and also turned back to Qiu Chen's side to wait.

Seeing that the two girls said everything they should have said, Qiu Chen stopped being verbose, and just waited silently for Chunxiang to reply.

"Madam, the slave is willing to follow his wife into Beijing!" Chunxiang respectfully kowtowed her head in front of Qiu Chen, making Qiu Chen and Yufeng Qingxing both show surprise.

When Chunxiang joined the Lin family, she once said that she hoped to be able to regain her free body one day, and also hoped that her younger brother would be able to study and pass the examination, so as to glorify the lintel and comfort the souls of her parents. Since Qiu Chen got married, Chunxiang has also behaved very low-key, with orders to do it, and if she doesn't have orders, she won't move forward, as if she is not enthusiastic at all, not only the girls, but Qiu Chen also thinks she wants to stay. Why, at this time, Haruka is thinking about following into Beijing? She also thought that even if Haruka didn't want to be expelled at this time, she would stay with her brother.

Haruka was not surprised by everyone's surprise, after all, before this, even she herself had never thought of following her into Beijing. It's just that when she said it at this moment, she seemed to put her heart back into the distance all of a sudden, and she was no longer entangled day in and day out.

Kowtowing again, Chunxiang said respectfully: "Madam, the slave maid was young and ignorant before, and she just wanted to go home and earn back the house and land left by her parents, but in the past two years with her wife, the slave and maid have seen that if there is no self-protection power, even if those fields and houses are taken back, our sisters and brothers will not be able to keep them." Moreover, following my wife every day, the slave and maid also understood that the wife was gentle and charitable, and it was the greatest blessing for our sister and brother to follow my wife. The slave maid figured it out, and she didn't want to do anything about expulsion in the future, so she would follow her wife in this life. As for Yuliang, he is now reading and reading with the second master, and if he wants to take the scientific examination, the slave will come to ask his wife to remove him. If he doesn't want to do the scientific research, the slave and maid will not force him. ”

Qiu Chen looked at Chunxiang silently, and the taste in his heart was complicated and indescribable.

If she were her, she would definitely fight for her free identity, and then work hard to live and live well. There is no free body, no matter how hard you work, what you earn is the master's, and what kind of property and status is just a matter of the master's words...... But after thinking about it, for some people who can't gain a foothold in society or live a good life, being a slave and maid has something to rely on, and it is not a way to live well!

After being silent for a while, Qiu Chen finally spoke: "You should tell Yu Liang about this matter, and ask him what he means before making a decision." As for whether to enter Beijing or not, you don't have to think about it, you are what I am used to, as long as you stay with peace of mind, you will not follow at this time, and then you will enter Beijing the same. ”

Haruka was silent. Kowtowed obediently, and Yufeng stepped forward to pull her up.

Don't say that Qiu Chen still wants her, even if she doesn't want her, she has nothing to say. Since she came to the Lin family, she has always thought about leaving the ...... For people who are ready to leave at any time, it is normal for people not to trust them.

Haruka's matter has been asked. Qiu Chen pondered again, in the end, he sent two honest mothers-in-law from the family to serve the Liu family. I went to buy two seven or eight-year-old girls to do some rough work, and married Yuhe decisively to a steward in the Anyang workshop.

It took two days to deal with these things, and the personnel were completely straightened out, and it was also confirmed, and it was already in late February.

Early in the morning of February 21, Qin Li sent a letter, and Qin Zheng had already arrived in Linqing Town with a welcoming team.

They will come to greet Qiu Chen on February 26, and then return to Beijing together to get married in Beijing on March 19.

February 26, but there are still five days to go.

After receiving the news, Chen accompanied Zhou and Zhao, and took the girls and mothers-in-law to get busy. Dowries of all kinds should be packed in boxes. If you have packed the box before, you will have to check it again with the dowry list now.

Qiu Chen arranged the affairs of each Zhuangzi workshop properly. When she married into Beijing, her eyes were black, she had to be familiar with the surrounding living environment, and she had to recognize people and be familiar with the relationships between all parties...... All kinds of troubles are enough for her to have a headache, and it is estimated that she will not be able to take care of the affairs here for a while, so she will naturally have to arrange it in advance, so that she can enter Beijing without worries. These are the foundation for her and her two children to live well.

After the final discussion, Yang Shumeng and the Zhao family lived in Liujiaao, taking care of the Zhuangzi and the workshop here. Yang Shuyong is in charge of Nanmarsh Lake. Several other Zhuangzi workshops are managed by Daxing and Manchu and others. And Junwen and Junshu did not follow them into Beijing for the time being, and still stayed in Liujiaao to study. Qiu Chen also asked a few gentlemen, Liu Jiaao's school is still there, and the gentlemen are willing to stay and continue to teach.

After arranging these things, another two or three days passed.

This is about to be March in a blink of an eye, and the sweet potato seedlings cultivated in the greenhouse are growing gratifying after transplanting, and the ridges have been basically covered...... If it continues like this, it will be harvested in about two months......

Qiu Chen shook her head and sighed, but unfortunately, she couldn't watch these sweet potatoes harvest with her own eyes.

Slowly turning around the courtyard of the Lin family, the Lin family is now neat, the house is neat, and the house is like a large manor covering an area of twenty or thirty acres, which is no longer the appearance of the hut fence when she first arrived. She has been here for three years, and she is busy and hard every day, like a nest built by a swallow in the mud, but she didn't expect to leave it behind as soon as she got married! It's unpredictable!

Without waiting for her to finish sighing, Chen took a break and came over to report something to her. The noble sister-in-law was sent to the West Courtyard to teach, and it had been a few months since she learned needlework and cooking, and Chen came over to ask her what to do.

"Find a matchmaker and marry her from a distance. Don't forget to send her daughter over! Qiu Chen commanded lightly. As for whether to be a step-room or a concubine, she didn't care. Anyway, the one who only thinks about living a good life doesn't care if he is a concubine or not. It is enough to send it away from afar, and there will be no more chaos.

After a pause, Qiu Chen continued, "That lady is almost recovered, give her an identity guide, give her two hundred taels of silver, and send her away." ”

The lady looks good, bold and sharp, soft on the outside and rigid on the inside. But her background is complicated after all, and it is impossible for Qiu Chen to keep her by his side and make trouble for himself.

Zhou agreed, and went down to dispose of it.

Qiu Chen carefully brushed it over, and made sure that he had nothing missing, so he put down his thoughts, relaxed, and spent most of his time with Liu. This marriage into the capital, there is no way to come back in a short time, let alone filial piety to the Liu family, I am afraid that I will not see each other once a year.

Liu didn't know such a result, seeing that his daughter was busy, she was only tired of being by her side from time to time, and she was even more reluctant in her heart. But I can't help but let my daughter get married...... She has no ability to protect her daughter, let alone accompany her for a lifetime, and now her daughter has found a husband who treats her sincerely, looking forward to their love and harmony in the future, and she can really put her mind at ease as a mother.

The girl married twice, and Liu did not have the ability to prepare a decent dowry for the girl, and while regretting it in his heart, he searched his stomach and took out the methods of doing things that he could think of, and told his daughter over and over again in every detail. Qiu Chen also listened to it over and over again without any annoyance, feeling his mother's concern and love for her daughter.

On the twenty-fifth day of February, there was a holiday in the school and a holiday in the workshop, and the family worked hard to prepare. From among the workshop workers, young and strong young people with good facial features were selected to carry the dowry, and arranged to take care of Afu Aman's clothes, books, and luggage. There are also Junzhang, Junyan, Junli, and Chengzi's clothes and luggage that came over later......

The family was so busy that their feet did not touch the ground, but Qiu Chen took Afu and Aman to nest on Mrs. Liu's kang, and Old Man Yang also rarely did not go to the pond in the greenhouse to stroll, and also sat on the kang. The three generations, old and young, have a pair and a pair of people talking. Mrs. Liu told Afu Aman interesting stories about Begonia when she was a child, and Afu Aman sighed and laughed...... No one mentioned the upcoming parting, and no one showed a trace of parting sadness, but the whole atmosphere was filled with a thick reluctance.

Either way, time flies by like water. In the blink of an eye, it was the twenty-sixth day of February. Qin Zheng is about to come to the door to get married!

February 26. Morning.

It turned out that when the children got up in the morning to exercise every day, the children didn't need to exercise in the morning today, but Qiu Chen woke up at the end of the day, and he no longer felt sleepy.

She didn't move, just lay quietly on the bed, looking at the ceiling of the tent with pale cyan embroidered branches, her brain was full of thoughts, but it was like a mess, and she had no clue.

After lying blankly for an unknown amount of time, Chen asked outside the tent, "Mrs. hasn't woken up yet?" ”

It seemed that the girl on duty at night made a gesture, Chen walked towards the bed with very light steps, slowly picked up the two layers of tents inside and outside, and saw Qiu Chen with his eyes open, and smiled unexpectedly: "Madam, it's time to get up." There's a lot going on today, so we need to pack up early...... When the Hou Ye arrives, it will take time to leave the door, and there will be no delay when the time comes! ”

Qiu Chen only felt lazy and didn't want to move. For that strange and uncertain future, she always has a negative idea in her heart not to cooperate. It's just that the people around her are very positive, all the people are happy, and she sometimes feels like a stone in the water, carried by the current, and she can't help but move forward, towards the unpredictable future.

No matter what, Qiu Chen still got up according to Chen's hand, and then went into the ear room to bathe.

I didn't get any medicinal soup and medicinal juice in the ear room today, but I just took a bath with flower dew. In the meantime, a bird's nest soup with red dates and lotus seeds was delivered, and Qiu Chen ate it without knowing it. After getting up next, I came outside in a bright red middle coat, and the girls and women gathered around, twisting their hair, face, and eyebrows...... Qiu Chen was shocked by this momentum, but for a moment, he couldn't help but wave his hand to send away the extra girl, leaving only Yufeng Qingxing and Chen's Wang, who took out the mask and put it on, and when the mask dried up, the girl slowly dried her hair, simply curled it behind her head, and then removed the dry mask, and the fine hairs on her face also fell off. Wang Shi took out five boiled eggs out of nowhere, quickly peeled off the shell, and rolled the eggs on Qiu Chen's face while they were hot.

Then he cleaned one side of his face with water, and Qiu Chen began to slowly put on his own makeup.

Because she had to wear a bright red wedding dress, it was completely impossible to wear a plain face, and there was no way to match the light makeup, so she had to make as much makeup as possible.

When she was putting on makeup, Zhou and Zhao also came over. Not long after, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Wu family also came, and they arrived almost at the same time as Wu Yunqiao's wife and the two young grandmothers of the Liao family...... The outhouse was slowly crowded with people, and the Zhou family and the Zhao family took the Chen family and the Yufeng Qingxing out of the hall to socialize. Qiu Chen was left with Laurel Chengying Hanguang and Wang's Lin Clan.

After the makeup was painted, Qiu Chen's maid-in-law began to comb Qiu Chen's hair and coil his hair.

At this time, the four brides sent by the Qin family in advance couldn't bear to re-enter the house. Seeing that the makeup on Qiu Chen's face looked at each other a little, for a moment, he had to pull Wang and Lin, and whispered to the side: "The bride's makeup is too plain...... Not festive enough! ”

Although Lin and Wang followed Qiu Chen's side for a short time, they also knew that his wife seemed to be gentle and easy to speak, but she had her own insistence. There are some things that once the wife has decided, there is no room for persuasion.

Wang smiled and handed the bridesmaids a purse, and said in a low voice: "A few people have worked hard, this is a little tea money, don't dislike it!" ”

The purse is heavy, and a few brides have this unexpected joy, so they naturally no longer pursue any makeup, whether the makeup is festive enough or not, they don't care, take an extra reward, they don't have to work, no matter how it is calculated. So, Duxi smiled and gathered around Qiu Chen to praise how good the makeup looked.