CHAPTER XLVII
The general will remember the makeup list, put all kinds of makeup gifts into the box, and someone from the You family will come to urge the makeup. If you love to play and watch, come to WWW. LWXS520。 COM
Because it was not the day of marriage, the Chen family only symbolically made it difficult to do it a few times, and received the rich red envelopes sent by Lord You himself, and put the makeup team in.
Everyone entered from the gate, all the way through the Yimen through the hall to the main courtyard, but saw everywhere dressed in red and green, laughter and noisy, and into the main courtyard, only to see that the courtyard was full of dowry boxes and cages, all of which were dressed in red and hung with colors, and the clusters were new and brilliant. The contents of the cage are also stuffed and crowded together, not like some people's homes are just good-looking, and they can't help but praise it.
The auspicious time has arrived, and Chen Qi personally took his brothers and servants to send a dowry to the You family. Although it can't be called ten miles of red makeup, the majority of Chen's dowry is in a few grange shops, and the shipping business is a good livelihood every year. In addition, there are furniture ornaments carefully purchased by the Chen family in the past two years, pearls and green ayaluo, porcelain and medicinal materials, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, clothes for the four seasons, and the dowry gifts sent by the You family at the beginning, etc., adding up to a total of eighty-eight lifts. It will be at least thirty or forty thousand taels when converted into silver.
When he arrived at You Mansion, You Lao'an ordered the housekeeper to scatter a very large number of red envelopes, and Fang got the dowry key from the Chen family. When digging out the box and singing makeup, You Laoan listened to the dowry list with a pen, and he couldn't close his mouth with a smile. Even the relatives and friends who watched the celebration couldn't stop saying with envy: "Oh, Lao An is so blessed, such a rich dowry, not to mention a family like us, even the young lady who married from the Houmen Mansion, that's it." ”
The more everyone talked, the more sour their hearts looked at the new furniture in the room. What rosewood stepping bed, dresser, yellow rosewood table and chair, multi-treasure lattice, crystal clear glass kang screen. Even the cage for the things is made of good wood......
The richer the dowry of the daughter-in-law who enters the door, the thicker the foundation of the mother's family, and the more important she values her daughter-in-law. At the beginning, You Ziyu was blinded by the fact that he must marry the widow of the Chen family, but everyone laughed in private, thinking that You Ziyu was old, but he was confused. A good seventeen or eighteen-year-old yellow flower girl who looks like a flower and bones doesn't want to marry an old pearl yellow mother-in-law with two oil bottles. Why bother?
At this time, when they saw Chen's dowry, everyone thought they understood. sighed that You Ziyu was really a treacherous old man. After marrying such a rich daughter-in-law, the gold and silver leaking from the daughter-in-law's fingers will be enough for the family to eat, wear, and chew. Not to mention that Chen's elder brother is now thriving in the court, and he often enters and exits the gate of the East Palace, and the people who come and go are all powerful and prominent people in Beijing, and it is obvious that he has climbed the high branches. The future is bound to be good.
As long as Chen Jue's future is good, his own relatives and old friends are still worried about not having a support?
It can be seen that the family affairs of the You family are nothing more than to cling to the wealth and power of the Chen family. It's a pity that these people are shallow-minded, and they are confused when they laugh behind their backs, who knows that they don't know how to calculate.
What about widows? What about carrying a drag oil bottle? As long as she enters the You family, not everything will be from the You family. When the time comes, I feel that the eldest lady doesn't like it, so I can buy a girl with a delicate color and put it in the house for a few taels of silver. Wouldn't it be beautiful that there would be people and money?
In other words, even if this son marries a yellow flower girl because of his reputation, it is just a step-room for others. Who really cares for their daughter? Zuo is just a family that has climbed up because of the power of the You family. Since this idea is saved, who is willing to accompany such a large dowry? At most, 1,800 taels will be sent out, and it will be over. In the future, the You family will have to bother to pull the Yue family, where are all the benefits of marrying the Chen family?
Thinking about it like this, the relatives and old friends of the You clan became more and more calm. There are even a few people waiting to see that the Chen family's dowry is so rich. I don't think about it. Calculated that You Ziyu is over forty years old, and the Chen family is not a young daughter-in-law. When these two people get to one place, I'm afraid it will be difficult to conceive again. As long as they move around more on weekdays, You Ziyu will have no heirs under his knees, so he will have to pick a male baby in the clan to succeed. If you can pick your own baby's head...... In the future, the rich dowry and the You family's property will not all become their own?
Even if You Ziyu refuses to succeed, and the patriarch of the You family, everyone has to sit down with each other to discuss a way, it's not good to ask an outsider to take advantage of the family!
After weighing the calculations in his heart for a few moments, those people were even more smiling, and they were full of flattery to You Laoan.
Not to mention that the relatives of the You family have their own plans. It is only said that two days after the makeup is the day of Chen's marriage.
Although Chen is the daughter of remarriage, because of the love of her mother's family and the respect of her husband's family, the specifications of this remarriage are more solemn than that of ordinary girls when they first marry.
Early in the morning, the sky in the east was about to turn white, and Mrs. Quanfu, who had invited her to make up, had already come to the door. Washing and twisting the face and drawing the eyebrows, Chen is so heavy. What's more, she is a mother again, so she naturally can't compare to the shyness and anxiety of a bride, and it is difficult to sleep and eat. It's just that everything that should be dotted is also done properly, and Mrs. Quanfu also knows how to please the mouth, and the words are full of auspicious and good signs that make people happy, so that people can listen to it and feel comfortable to the bones.
The eldest sister and the second sister were mixed in the relatives and friends who were invited by the Chen family to watch the ceremony, and watched with a smile as the combing lady used five-color cotton yarn to open Chen's face, and then rolled her face with hard-boiled eggs, and then put fragrant powder and rouge...... Mrs. Quanfu was not only articulate, but also had excellent makeup skills, smearing and painting on Chen's face with one hand, and after a while, the makeup was finished. Long eyebrows and phoenix eyes, skin color is better than snow, bright and compelling, and it compares the girls in the house for twenty-eight years. Even the lady who combed her hair couldn't help but praise it sincerely: "The girl's handsome appearance must be blessed." ”
But he sighed in his heart, isn't it a great blessing, a widow who also gave birth to a sister, not only can she marry the head of the imperial court household in three media and six appointments, but even the dowry has overwhelmed countless boudoir daughters, which shows that the parents and brothers of the mother's family are very fond and care about being able to give the waist. What's more, if you have such a good look, when you marry into your husband's family, put down your body and serve once, why don't you worry about not being able to hold your husband in the palm of your hand.
The combing lady thought about it for a while, picked up a new mahogany comb from the red lacquered and gold-painted tray, and began to comb Chen's hair. While combing his hair, he sang in his mouth: "One comb combs to the head, wealth does not have to worry, two combs to the head, no disease and worry-free, three combs to the head, many sons and longevity, and then comb to the end, raise the case and raise eyebrows, two combs to the end, more than the wings and □□, three combs to the end of the eternal knot and wear the same heart......"
The second sister had never heard of it before, so she couldn't help but watch it with relish. Chen saw the two sisters staring intently from the makeup mirror, couldn't help but smile and waved, and asked in his mouth: "Look at everything, I'm looking good today?" ”
Without waiting for the two sisters to speak, the maids and mothers-in-law who were waiting on the side and the relatives who watched the ceremony and combed their hair all smiled and praised: "Mrs. Gu is so good-looking." When Uncle Zi saw it later, I was afraid that my eyes would not be able to move. ”
As he was talking, he suddenly heard the excitement outside. But it turned out that You Ziyu came over with a team to welcome relatives.
It's a good day, and the procession is not as easy as it was when the dowry came in. The hyrasa outside will be passed over, and the boys from the Chen Mansion who went out to inquire rushed back to report the news. Chen Qi immediately instructed Chen Ju and a few brothers and brothers of his own family and a few sturdy little guys on the door to resist the door, and the line of troubles was enjoyable, and the red envelope received a soft hand, seeing that the auspicious time was coming, so he ordered the boys to open the door and let them go.
The general pulled out the bolt, and You Ziyu and other married people swarmed in. After laughing and laughing, Chen Jue led everyone into the main courtyard through the instrument gate, and You Ziyu hurriedly sent the phoenix crown and other makeup gifts, and Mrs. Quanfu sent them in. and read more than a dozen hypnotic poems outside the door, and Chen was helped by his eldest sister-in-law Feng to the main hall to say goodbye to his parents.
Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Chen looked at their daughter in a red wedding dress and a red hijab, and the two sisters who were still dressed in pink carvings and jade carvings and painted jade girls couldn't help but have red eyes.
Yibi took Chen's hand and Yin Yin instructed a few words of filial piety to her in-laws, husband and children, and Mrs. Chen fed the sedan chair rice, and Chen Qi went out on the sedan chair on her back. When he sat down in the sedan chair, he beckoned the eldest sister and the second sister to sit together. The mother and daughter sat upright, put down the red sedan curtain, Chen Jue stuffed more than a dozen gold bills engraved with auspicious wishes into the hands of the sedan chair driver, several sedan chair drivers turned the gold bills in their hands, and said a few words with a smile, "Uncle, don't worry, let's carry the sedan chair no matter how stable, we will never drop the bride and the two sisters" auspicious words, then he blew a breath into his hand, tremblingly lifted the sedan chair.
Suddenly, the drum music sounded again, and the Xi Po maid who followed behind scattered copper coins and fruits all the way, all the way to You's house safely and steadily, entered the main gate and got off the sedan chair, but the first to come down was not the bride, but the eldest sister and the second sister who were dressed up like dolls. Everyone knew that these were the two sisters born by the Chen family. But when he saw the description of the two sisters' appearance, he thought about Chen's graceful bearing, and unconsciously smiled and praised a few times "The bride has a good appearance".
The eldest sister and the second sister bent down to help Chen get off the sedan chair, and a happy lady took over Chen. The eldest sister and the second sister are still following behind. I saw Xi Niang helping Chen step over a vermilion lacquered wooden saddle, step on the red felt, and stand on the right side of the Xi Tang. You Ziyu stood on the left.
The person invited by the You family was an old and virtuous elder of the You family. I heard the clan elder standing in the hall and shouting, "Go to the temple to see the ceremony, play music!" ”
Then the chief incense person knelt down first. Then You Ziyu and Chen followed the kneeling and worshipping, three incense and three kowtows, and then "three kneeling, nine kowtows, six sheng worship", during which there was a thirteen or fourteen-year-old child kneeling on the right side of the happy hall on the Buddha stool to read the blessings. After all the rituals are completed, it is to worship heaven and earth and enter the cave room.
At this time, it is obvious that the eldest sister and the second sister are not easy to follow into the cave room. Fortunately, the You family had already prepared the bedrooms of the two sisters, and the eldest girl of the You family personally led the two sisters back to the room to rest.
It was a stranger, but Zhanyan became a sister, and when the two sides sat together, they were a little embarrassed and didn't know what to say.
After being silent for a long time, the eldest girl of the You family asked first, "I'm tired of making trouble this day, can I eat some tea and fruit pastries to pad my stomach?" ”
After that, he didn't wait for the two sisters to agree, turned his head and told the personal maid Yindie'er to go to the kitchen to get some tea, fruit and pastries, and said with a smile to the eldest sister and the second sister: "It's not a good thing, just pad it." Later, I will have a banquet, and there will be a lot of trouble. ”
The eldest sister and the second sister saw each other, so they had to thank them. After eating a little something, they asked each other's names and ages, and talked about the prologue. The eldest sister and the second sister only call the eldest girl of the You family "big sister", and the eldest girl of the You family also laughs and calls "big sister" and "second sister", because she smiled and said: "When Ming'er worships her ancestors, she should be called the second sister and the third sister." ”
The eldest sister knew that You Ziyu still had two concubines, and she couldn't help but be surprised when she heard this, and was just about to ask, only to hear that someone outside invited them to the banquet to meet relatives and friends. The eldest sister had to stop talking, and there was no need to elaborate on the arrival of the eldest girl of the You family at the banquet.
The You family is not as small as the Chen family, and the population of its descendants is large, this time You Ziyu got married, and almost all of them came, each with their families, dozens of people rushed to Chen's name, some called "sister-in-law", some called "aunt", and more than a dozen children rushed to Chen's "aunt", "uncle" and "mother-in-law".
Chen couldn't tell who was who, and he couldn't figure out the relationship between them, so he only ordered the eldest girl Chunlan Qiuju to give gifts one by one, all of which were a pair of silver longevity locks, wrapped in small lotus. At the same time, he beckoned the eldest sister and the second sister to come forward, and rushed everyone to call them casually. Everyone might as well that the Chen family actually called the two sisters of the late husband's family to the banquet, and it was not easy to accept the gift in vain for a while, so they had to return the gift according to the rules.
Because of the suddenness of the act, many people did not prepare, and in a hurry they had to take the gold ring and silver bracelet from their wrists as a gift. This came and went, instead of breaking the bank, the Chen family made an extra share of it for nothing, and the relatives of the You family saw it, and they all said behind their backs that the Chen family was a tricky and difficult person who did not suffer losses.
There are even some old-fashioned and stingy old people who call the Chen family immoral, but they are afraid of the power of the You Chen family and dare not say it to their faces.
Chen once visited a relative, but his hand was weak when he received the gift. Naturally, I was very proud. You Ziyu was in a hot pot, for fear that Chen's would be tired, so he was busy holding tea and asking Chen's to moisten his throat. The husband and wife were as happy and beautiful, Chen took a sip to moisten his throat, and saw the eldest girl of the You family standing silently behind You Laoanren. She had the intention to confess in front of You Ziyu and the You family, and immediately beckoned and smiled: "This is also my daughter." I've seen two times before, so it's needless to say. A little bit of something, just keep it for fun. ”
After saying that, he glanced at Chunlan. >