CHAPTER XLVI

The matchmaker invited by the You family is Xiao Sun, the wife of Feng Shilian, a member of the ministry. This Feng Shilian is the elder brother of Chen Qi's wife, Feng, and the little Sun family also recommended his friend Mr. Wu to the Chen family to teach the girls to read. The two families have always been close. It is very suitable for her to come forward to protect the media for the You family.

Hearing Xiao Sun's intention, even though Chen didn't think so, he still made a shy look on his face and retreated. Seeing this, Chen Wan also took the eldest sister and the second sister back to the room to gossip. Only Old Lady Chen, Old Lady Chen and Chen Qi were left sitting and eating tea.

Feng got up to greet the second door and brought the eldest sister-in-law and matchmaker's little Sun into the hall.

After offering tea for a while, Xiao Sun's got straight to the point and mentioned the matter of protecting the media. Because the You Chen family had already had this intention, this time the matchmaker was just going through the motions, and the Chen family naturally responded. After that, Nacai, Najib, Najib and other matters had to wait until the year after the year.

Mrs. Chen felt sorry for her daughter, and she also knew the current rules, and the custom of her husband's family to marry a remarried woman with a bride price halved, for fear that the You family would see that Chen was the daughter of a remarried, so she did the same and wronged Chen. specially took Xiao Sun's hand and Yin Yin instructed once, only saying that although the Chen family is remarried, the dowry this time is thicker than the first time, and the lintel of the Chen family is different from the past.

Xiao Sun also knows that the Chen family loves their daughter. What's more, if she protects the matchmaker this time, if the You family treats her solemnly and hires her with generous courtesy, she will also have a bright face as a matchmaker. Immediately smiled and responded.

After some gossip, he left for lunch, and the little Sun family said goodbye and left. When the You family understood what the Chen family meant, the You family and son were overjoyed. He also responded to Mrs. Chen's request for a daughter. They are only afraid that the Chen family will not pay attention to the Chen family, and in the future, the Chen family will not be able to speak in their mother's house, and they will not be able to help their husband's family much.

Now seeing that Mrs. Chen is so tight, You Lao'an people will explain that the dowry has already been thickened by several percent. After the Chen family got the news, their hearts became more and more ironed.

After the New Year, it is to exchange Geng posts, combine eight characters, and set a small period. The two sides exchanged gifts of Wending. The man only gave some gold rings, gold earrings, gold collars, gold bracelets and satin materials, and a letter of appointment, while the woman's return gift was a needlework made by Chen's own hands, and it was just some clothes, shoes and socks, sachets, purses, forehead wipes, etc.

Then came the next hiring period, because the two families had words first, when the You family gave the dowry, it was compared with the dowry of the Chen family that they had inquired about before, and the rules of the court when marrying a daughter in the five-grade official house, and really sealed a generous gift.

This generous gift is not only in the You family, but even in the eyes of similar people in Beijing, it is also extremely outstanding. Those who have the same conditions are just the same for their first daughters, let alone the Chen family's remarriage. For a while, there was a lot of discussion among the wealthy officials and eunuchs in Beijing, and they said that the You family had a thick foundation, and they deserved to be the main family who had stayed in the household department for a long time. Second, You Ziyu has a deep affection, and you can see how he treats the Chen family just from the dowry.

There are also people who secretly envy that although the Chen family is remarried, his scenery is proud, but he has overwhelmed many boudoir children. Especially those daughters of the Chen family, as well as the ladies of the Zhao family, the Chen family's ancestors. On weekdays, he was speechless, his eyes were red and envious, and he didn't dare to chew his tongue to offend Chen Jue, so he could only swallow his heart full of sadness and say that Chen's life was good.

The You family's actions really made the Chen family's face shine. Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Chen even said in front of the matchmaker that the Chen family would not leave any of this dowry, and would leave it to the Chen family as a dowry.

In other words, although the You family is hired with a lot of money, the Chen family is not a family that covets gold and silver. Every action is for the good of the children. Seeing the Chen family doing this, You Lao'an people also felt extremely ironed. Although she wanted the wealth and power of the Chen family, she agreed to her son's desire to hire the Chen family as his wife. But in the end, I feel that the widow is not as good as the girl in the boudoir, although I dare not say much, and I have slandered the Chen family for treating her daughter as a treasure, and a widow who remarries is more expensive than the yellow flower girl. This time he was full of praise for the love of the old couple Chen.

As for You Ziyu, he was thinking about marrying the Chen family into the family as much as possible, so no matter what the Chen family asked, he was full of promises, and he didn't care about other things for a while. really fulfills the old saying - a forty-year-old man talks about love, and a pot is hot!

Without further ado, let's just say that after the You family is hired, it is the invitation period.

Because You Ziyu is over forty years old, the Chen family is also nearly thirty years old. Both parties are not young, and they can't wait for their children to talk about marriage, and it will be two or three years of style. So the two families sat together and discussed for a long time, and after calculating the auspicious day of the zodiac, they set the wedding date for August 18.

Chan doesn't have much to find fault with. She believes that she is not a boudoir girl, so naturally she doesn't need to be pretentious, she has to use the marriage period to show her family's Jin Gui and her husband's respect for her. As a mother, she only cares about how her two sisters should enter the door of You's house.

According to the meaning of the You Lao'an people, the two sisters born by the Chen family can follow the Chen family back to the You family when the Chen family returns to the door in the third dynasty, or live in the You family first when the Chen family gives the dowry. Anyway, the day after the wedding, when the You family opens the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors, the names of the two sisters will be recorded in the family tree of the You family. The rest is just a matter of face, how to get cheaper, and you don't have to think about it.

Chen listened to the words of the You Lao'an people and did not agree. In her opinion, her daughter is neither an unsightly outer room, nor an object, why should she follow the dowry into the You family, or follow the grievances when she returned to the door of the Three Dynasties without even a name?

According to Chen's meaning, he wanted to make a sedan chair with his two sisters on the day of his wedding, and the two sisters crossed the brazier and entered the door of You's house in a fair manner. Serve tea and kowtow to the new grandmother and new father. You Lao'an people don't feel like it, but they are afraid of this, making their relatives and friends laugh and talk.

It is about the innocent reputation of the two daughters, and of course the Chen family does not let it.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were at a stalemate, but in the end, it was You Da who cared about the beauty, and still persuaded her mother to agree under the pretext of the Chen family's snobbery.

You Lao'an couldn't resist his son, so he had to agree. It's just that because of such trivial matters, I feel more and more that Chen is not a harmonious daughter-in-law, and even has a little dislike for the two sisters.

The eldest sister and the second sister naturally didn't know that You Lao'an hated Wu and Wu, but they missed Chen's motherly feelings more and more. Even Mrs. Chen couldn't imagine that the Chen family was so far-reaching for her two daughters, and she became more and more embarrassed.

This toss will be two months later. Counting on the fingers, it is only March before the day of marriage. Fortunately, the two families knew what to do and prepared early, and they were calm and not busy.

Of course, it is the Chen family and the eldest sister who feel relaxed and relaxed. The second sister was detained by Mrs. Chen and the Feng family to write a dowry list for her mother. Needless to say, those big-headed grange shops, as small as a needle and a thread, a stroke of paper, and even a makeup face, silk and satin, porcelain and medicinal materials, furniture and cages, I can't wait to even how many pieces of foil gold luodian are pasted on the head, how many jade beads are inlaid, and how many gold threads and silver lines are carved to be written in detail. The second sister was annoyed, so Mrs. Chen smiled and said, "Don't be impatient, this will be more detailed, and there will be more good children in the future." ”

After a pause, he smiled and quipped: "You are doing it for your mother Zhang Luo now, and one day in the future you will write a dowry list for yourself, isn't practice making perfect?" ”

Before he finished speaking, Feng Shi on the side had already laughed out loud.

The second sister has always been a mischievous character, relying on her young age to know everything, she simply salivated and smiled: "When I get married, I don't have to bother to write a dowry list, and my words are cumbersome and unpleasant." Just draw the pattern of these things, and tell the embroiderer to embroider the dowry book with needle and thread, and write down the geometry of the materials, who makes zuò. In this way, it is clear at a glance, new and expensive, and there is no dispute. Grandmother, do you think you are okay? ”

When Mrs. Chen and Feng heard this, they laughed more and more in amazement. Pointing to the second sister, he said: "Sure enough, she is a clever and narrow ghost, it's really hard for her to think of it." ”

After laughing for a while, the second sister still buried her head in the dowry list, and Mrs. Chen and Feng discussed the person who would accompany the Chen family when she got married.

Now the few big girls who are now serving by Chen's side, Chunlan, Qiuju, Xia He, Dongmei, needless to say, He Cai's family, who manages the dowry shop, and Liang Rui's family, who manage the land of the grange, also have to follow. In addition, he accompanied the two rooms, and waited until the Chen family got married, and listened to the errand at the door to help the Chen family manage the You family. and Anzhi Tinglan, who was called to the eldest sister during the New Year's Festival last year, and Zhen'er Wei'er, who served beside the second sister, are also loyal and clever. It has to be left to the two sisters, lest after getting the You family, the maid and son-in-law who are called there will not take advantage of it and wronged their granddaughter......

In this way, there are more than a dozen people who accompany the room. Needless to say, Chen Jue also made the decision to divide his own shipping business to the Chen family for marriage, and a few people had to be transferred over there to keep the Chen family's call.

When the Chen family got married earlier, the Chen family was not yet developed, so the furniture at that time was made of red sour branch wood. After so many years, it has long been worn out, and even if it is painted with new paint, it is not possible to feel the novelty of wealth and wealth.

Seeing this, Mr. and Mrs. Chen and Chen Jue simply exchanged a batch of rosewood furniture from the household department more than a year ago that were sold at the official price when the house was confiscated, and made a batch of yellow rosewood.

It will not be until the beginning of August that this batch of furniture will be ready. The family and joy passed August 15, and the next day was August 16. It is the day of the bride's make-up.

The relatives and friends of the You Chen family got the news early in the morning, and they stepped on the hour to celebrate. Mrs. Chen and Feng received the guests, and after a brief speech, they went to the inner courtyard of the house to see the dowry. But seeing that Chen's dowry was full of sunbathing in the courtyard, the gold and silver were dazzling, and the colorful embroidery was brilliant, at first glance, there was no place to put his feet. Many female dependents couldn't help but be amazed, and sighed one after another.

Some people are selfish, and the dowry of remarrying their aunts and grandmothers has become so rich, and the dowry of the Chen family's serious brothers and sisters, Chen Huan and Chen Wan, may be even more good.

After seeing the dowry for a while, everyone went to Chen's room to add makeup. On the left are just some clothes, some are delicate and golden, and some are just to join in the excitement of the occasion, and Chen also smiled and accepted them all. Ordered someone to take it and remember it.