Not to mention how the two sisters laughed and frolicked in the younger daughter's house behind closed doors, but only that the eldest lady over there went to the fourth wife to withdraw money under various names by arranging her son's marriage.

In this way, the number of times is too much, and the fourth wife has no housekeeping talent, and she also feels that something is not quite right, but the fourth master has repeatedly ordered her, but all the money that the long house has withdrawn for the marriage of the eldest young master is all accurate. Second, Brother Jun is not the daughter of an ordinary family, although she is the daughter of a businessman, but there are people behind the family, and she can't afford to offend.

So in addition to the dowry of 10,000 taels of silver, 5,000 taels of silver were spent just to prepare for the marriage. Because the four old men listened to Aunt Liu's pillow style, they often found some names to support the silver and went out to say that they were lending it to a friend to do business, and they would also have a lot of dividends when they made profits, but in fact, they all took it to buy some fields and shops, which were recorded in Aunt Liu's name.

It was all because the Liu family told him that Mrs. Tai was old, and when Mrs. Tai left, this Bofu would definitely be separated. When the time comes, in addition to the meritorious fields, these ancestral properties in the mansion will be divided equally among the four houses, rather than letting people share so much in vain, it is better to take advantage of the fact that the power of the steward is now in her own hands, and use some means to transfer some of the silver and money properties of the Bofu to her name, so that it is said that her brother has made a fortune to make up for her dowry after so many years of trading, and the dowry of this wife and concubine is not among the brothers' divided family property*.

Therefore, when it is easy to finish this marriage, there are less than 10,000 taels of silver in the treasury of Uncle Anyuan's mansion, and the group of the fourth master does not dare to let Mrs. Tai know about it, otherwise Mrs. Tai will sigh how prescient she is, if she hadn't asked for the 40,000 taels of dowry silver of Yizhi and Yihui to keep, this son would definitely have vomited blood and died of anger for these rebels.

On September 18, the 18th year of Lin De, An Yuanbofu married Sun Xiluan, the eldest lady of the imperial merchant Sun family, as the eldest granddaughter-in-law. Because the bride is the niece of Mrs. Zuo Xiang, there are many guests who come to congratulate her, even when the first uncle passed away last year, there were not so many guests who came to mourn.

It's just that no matter how lively the marriage is, it has nothing to do with the ladies in the boudoir, at most they can only listen to the sound of firecrackers in the embroidery room, and then look at the fireworks set off in the night sky, while wondering in their hearts what kind of temperament this new sister-in-law will be.

Early the next morning, when the ladies saw the bride in the lady's room, their eyes lit up.

It's not that this new sister-in-law is so plump and beautiful, and it's bright, but-

But I saw her wearing a big red woven gold multicolored makeup sleeve jacket, and a golden skirt with emerald blue and wide drags all over the floor. Wearing a crown of gold silk emerald leaves on the head, in the middle is a golden box jade Guanyin full of pond Jiao distraction, a circle of gold inlaid gem headbands in front, a gold hinged silk peach blossom hairpin is inserted in the bun, red gold twisted passion hairpin on both sides, there are several pairs of as many as one, and then a lotus is covered with red gold dot cui, as big as the palm, decorated with several pearls, all as big as lotus seeds. There was a pair of golden silk gourd earrings hanging from his ears, and he was shaking there.

He also wore a sparkling gold collar with emerald inlays on his chest, and ten fingers were covered with gold and jade rings encrusted with various colored gemstones. This outfit is dressed in bright and golden clothes, and it is dazzling and dazzling.

The young grandmother, who had just passed through the door, was obviously extremely satisfied with her radiance, and she toasted Mrs. Tai with tea and greeted everyone with a smile on her face.

And when she greeted the young ladies, this new sister-in-law had one thing that was excellent, that is, like her aunt, she was very generous, and gave her several sisters-in-law a total of twelve pieces of gold box jade dotted emerald jewelry, only Cai Wei and Wu Wan and Wu Juan's three cousins were ten pairs.

Sun Xiluan asked their sisters with a smug face, "I wonder what talents the sisters are good at?" ”

When the girls heard the word "talent", they couldn't help but look at each other a little, but Yizhi said: "Our sisters just read the books "Four Books of Women" and "Boudoir Fan", and we just know a few words. ”

The eldest young grandmother curled her red lips and said with a smile: "Where is this talent, don't you sisters know that the famous ladies in Beijing now pay attention to these 'six arts of talented women'?" ”

Because Mrs. Tai and her eldest son fought for the title back then, most of them were criticized by some noblewomen in Beijing, and Mrs. Tai didn't like to go out and walk around later, even with the ladies of Uncle Anyuan's family, and because of filial piety in the past year, they have never gone out to walk around.

Yifei wanted to please this new sister-in-law, so she asked: "Good sister-in-law, what is this 'six arts of talented women'?" We've never heard of it, but my sister-in-law knows a lot, so please tell us a thing or two? ”

"The so-called 'six arts of talented women' refers to 'piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, female celebrity, and cooking', which is exactly the opposite of the six arts of the gentleman."

The young grandmother's voice fell, and Yifei asked playfully: "I don't know which of the six arts my sister-in-law is best at?" ”

Sun Xiluan said with a smile: "The piano is the first of the six arts, and I am naturally the best at playing the piano!" Why don't I play a song for the elders and sisters, and I even brought the piano. After saying that, he didn't wait for anyone to reply to her, so he ordered one of her maids to go outside and fetch her piano.

I saw two maids carrying a piano table first, one maid holding a piano stool, one holding incense, and the other holding the piano. Before everyone could come back to their senses, they heard the sound of the piano already sounding, and it was rumbling.

At the end of the song, the eldest lady praised her daughter-in-law for the first time, and kept saying that she played it well, and the fourth wife also echoed two sentences casually in a soft voice, but Mrs. Tai didn't say a word of praise, but said lightly, "After making trouble for half a day, I am also tired, and I want to crook for a while, you all go down first!" ”

Everyone retreated, and Sun Xiluan saw her mother-in-law ruining her happiness like this, full of reluctance, and pulled down her face when she landed, pouting and walking out behind her mother-in-law. When she arrived at the courtyard outside, Yifei came over again, and smiled to the eldest lady first: "Auntie, let our sisters accompany our sister-in-law to the back garden for a walk, I like it when I see my sister-in-law, so that our sister-in-law can be closer to each other!" ”

The eldest lady responded with a smile, "Okay, well, you sisters will accompany your sister-in-law to go shopping!" So he let them go, and ordered the maids to follow.

Seeing this, Yizhi and Cai Wei had to follow behind, and the group slowly walked towards the back garden. I listened to Yifei tell her cousin-in-law, which yard is this place, and what is the yard of that place, and I heard her ask: "My sister-in-law's figure is really tall, if I can grow up to be as tall as my sister-in-law in the future, so that I can look good in a long jacket." ”

Sun Xiluan lifted the skirt a few points, revealing a pair of high-soled shoes with big red silk buttons and bent bows to show everyone. When the women saw that the high soles behind them were inches high, they all felt that it was very new.

I heard Xiluan laugh and said: "Where am I so tall, it's thanks to this pair of high-soled shoes!" It is also the style of women's shoes that only emerged in Beijing at the beginning of the year, if my sister likes it, I will send you two pairs of sister-in-law. Xide Yifei couldn't stop thanking her.

When Cai Wei saw it, she whispered to Yizhi: "This kind of high-soled women's shoes have been available since the Northern Qin Dynasty, and I don't want to think that after so many years, they will rise again." ”

When he arrived in the back garden, Sun Xiluan looked left and right, and said with a disappointed face: "How can this garden be so narrow, not half the size of our small garden?" I don't think there is a good view to visit, but this one pavilion is not bad, why don't my sisters sit here and listen to me play the piano? ”

As she spoke, she ordered the maids behind her to set up the piano table and stools, light the incense burner, and she sat down under a laurel tree, and began to play again.

It turned out that she had just played a song in Mrs. Tai's room, and she had not shown her piano talent, so she did not order the maids to send the piano back, and carried it all the way here, and settled down to play a few more songs so that people could know her amazing talent.

It was a few young ladies, and I couldn't go shopping elsewhere, so I had to sit in the pavilion and listen to her play the piano, and every time this sister-in-law finished playing a song, she looked at them expectantly and waited for praise. Although Yifen also had the heart to praise a few more words, she didn't dare to say anything when she saw that her sister Yihui's face was faint.

Sun Xiluan played a few more songs, and saw that only Yifei was holding the scene, and the other people were all indifferent, so he lost interest in playing again, pushed the piano, and walked into the pavilion and said: "Seeing that a few sisters are so uninterested, I dare not understand the meaning of this piano, it is no wonder, my sister has never learned this 'women's six arts', so naturally I can't hear the benefits." According to me, this piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, sisters should also learn it, and now the high-ranking families in Beijing look at their daughters-in-law, how do they see the talents of this daughter's family? ”

Yizhi turned her head angrily and didn't want to deal with her, how could a sister-in-law who had just entered the door say these nonsense things to the girls and young ladies. Yi Hui straightened a slightly crooked silver hairpin on Yifen's head for her, and even Yifang lowered her head and fiddled with her clothes belt without saying a word.

Cai Wei only turned her head to look at a white bird flying from the lotus pond, but she also shook her head again and again in her heart, at first she wondered why with such great power as Zuo Xiang, his wife's niece could not climb a high branch, and when she saw the new cousin's style at this time, she suddenly understood.

Yi Fei was afraid that it would be cold, and the new sister-in-law didn't look good, so she hurriedly said: "What my sister-in-law said is very true, I have seen my sister-in-law's excellent piano skills today, and I am also full of desire to learn!" He glanced at the dozen or so maids standing behind Xiluan like goose wings, and asked, "Sister-in-law's maids have all followed my sister to visit the garden?" ”

Xiluan said with a smile: "Where all are followed, there must always be a few people who watch the house." ”

Yifei smacked her tongue when she heard this: "Yo, how many maids does that sister-in-law have?" ”

At this time, Sun Xiluan was obviously proud in his heart, but he deliberately pretended to be calm on his face, and said casually: "If you talk about girls alone, it's only twelve girls serving me, where can you compare to the sisters in the Cheng'en Mansion, each of them has more than 20 maids waiting in their room?" That's the gold and jade, everyone's weather. But why are there so few maids waiting around my sisters? ”

"Although the younger sisters are not good at comparing with the ladies of the Chengen family, but the ladies of the Anshun Bofu family also have more than a dozen girls to serve, why are the sisters only six girls per person? And the monthly money is only two taels of silver, what is this enough? The monthly silver of the sisters of the Chengen Mansion has two taels of silver and a penny! ”

Hearing this, the faces of the ladies of Bofu couldn't help but be a little red and white, Yizhi, as the eldest sister, was already white-faced, and she couldn't bear it anymore for a while, thinking that their dignified Bofu nobles would be despised by the daughter of this merchant here?

Just as he was about to speak, his sleeve was pulled, and when Fang looked back, he heard a boom, and a thunderclap suddenly exploded in the clear sky.

If you want to know what will happen next, let's see the next time!