Chapter XIX: Dowry

After the scallion oil biscuits, sesame biscuits, and milky biscuits were all made, Yan Xiaoyue took a little bit of everything to the front yard and beckoned: "Brother Zigui, come and try the new dim sum I made." ”

Mu Zigui tasted a little bit of everything, and looked at Xiaoyue excitedly, "The preserved fruits in the shop are almost gone, I'm worried, you can make such a good snack, so you don't have to worry about it now." ”

"Then tell me, are these good to sell?" Satsuki is still a little worried about people's receptivity.

"It's sure to sell well, I'll take some to the store tomorrow for people to try, and I'll make a lot of them in two days." Zigui was very happy.

"Wait, Brother Zigui, to make this biscuit, I have to build a new kitchen, let Zhaocai find the craftsman who came last time to go to the store and build another kitchen."

After handing over the biscuit matter to Jin Ling to be in charge, Xiaoyue was idle again. It's only the middle of November, the sky is already cold, the cold wind and ice slag knock on the roof "ding", and a thin layer of ice can be formed in the yard one night, which is not suitable to Yan Xiaoyue, who has lived in the south since childhood, is not suitable to the extreme, so he nests on the kang all day long, and does not even go out of the door, so he also attracted Mu Zigui to make fun of it, saying that Xiaoyue has also reached the hibernation period.

Yan Xiaoyue, who couldn't go out, rushed to make winter clothes with Jin Xiu every day, at first I didn't expect that the imperial city would be so cold than Qinghua Town, and the fur didn't prepare anything, but now that the day is cold, Mu Zigui ran to the fur shop every day, and bought it when he saw what he liked, and spent more than two hundred taels of silver scattered. Xiaoyue was distressed, so the biscuits in the shop were sold from 800 yuan to one or two silver a catty, and the milky animal biscuits also rose to one or two dollars a catty, and the price increased, but there were more people who bought them.

You always have something to eat at home on this cold day, and the snacks with boxes of "good comeback" are also very popular.

With the entry of December, the atmosphere of the imperial city is obviously different, the city gate is under martial law, and the night is fast, or Jin Ling said that Xiaoyue only knew that the eldest prince Jin Wang was going to get married on the sixth day of the twelfth month, and the main concubine and the side concubine entered the mansion on the same day, but only to go to the gate, and the other could only go through the side door.

Since Emperor Zong ascended the throne, the country was empty, and it was not easy to build the Qianming Palace burned by the former emperor, and then copied several mansions to build mansions for adult princes, and waited until this time to complete the marriage, you can imagine how poor this emperor is.

However, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, as the first prince, the former crown princess and the sister-in-law of the Empress Renyi who was posthumously crowned by Emperor Zong, his wedding is destined to be extraordinary. Princess Jin is the daughter of An Guogong, and the side concubine is the eldest granddaughter of Li Changzhong, one is the leader of the military generals, and the other is the Wenchen Taidou.

In the chat, Yan Xiaoyue took the opportunity to educate her maid, "Look at today's Zhongshu Ling, that is a figure above tens of thousands of people under a few people, his granddaughter can be a noble word, but once she is a concubine, she can't even enter the door, and she will have to sit in front of the main room in the future, I am afraid that she never thought of it when she was a noblewoman." ”

"But Miss, Miss Li is going to the Jin Palace, I heard that it is a grade, but it is not an ordinary concubine." Jin Ling retorted.

"You girl, you only see the scenery on the face, the princess is the second grade, and the side concubine is only the fifth grade, what can you do if you have a grade? Not a concubine yet? In the future, I will wake up the princess in the morning and kowtow to say hello, what is the princess in the house, what is the difference between this concubine and the concubine of the ordinary family? Remember, it's better to be a poor man's wife than a rich man's concubine. ”

"Yes, slave and maid, remember." Whether they understand it or not, it's good that the four of them agreed.

Xiao Yue continued: "You are all older than me, when you are eighteen years old, I will find you a good family, let you marry and be a good lady, and then you will help me take care of some property, and I will never let my husband's family look down on you." ”

"Miss, look at what you said, what are we talking about it doing so far away, now we want to serve by your side, and when you get married, go with you, if you really want to get married, help us find one at my uncle's house, so that we can still be a housekeeper for you by your side." Jin Hui is worthy of being the oldest, and she is the first to say it, and Xiaoyue also treats her as a big girl on weekdays, and she relies more on her than others.

Look at the other maids, Jin Ling and Jin Xiu were flushed, bowed their heads and were silent, only Jin Xiu's eyes kept rolling, and they didn't know what they were thinking. On weekdays, this girl is a little active, but Yan Xiaoyue is not a person of this era after all, she has no concept of dignity and inferiority, and she treats the four girls like subordinates.

The weather is getting colder and colder day by day, and by the sixth day of December, it is rare to have good weather and the sun is shining. Xiao Yue got up early to freshen up, wearing a thick red cotton jacket with a pink skirt, a pair of tight cotton pants inside, a white rabbit fur cape, still combing her bun, and tying a red hair flower, which made her face even redder.

With the maid in Changsheng Street to find a home called Fugui Restaurant, chose a room near the window, called a pot of tea and a few snacks, sat down and looked slowly, from the time began to dry the wedding dress, the first lift put the handle of jade Ruyi, the water head is excellent, in the sun can see the jade in the thick of the gas, I heard that it is the queen to add makeup, the second lift is the first set of ruby gold face added by Yi Guifei, scorching in the sun, the third lift is eighteen gold bricks pressing the house title deed, this is the most important dowry, the number of gold bricks represents the number of Zhuangzi and shops, This is the foundation of the foothold in the husband's house in the future, the fourth lift is the vermilion lacquer mud gold carved three-screen mirror table, and the fifth lift is the carved step bed.

Then there is the wardrobe, the table of eight immortals, the beauty couch, the double-sided embroidered screen of the eight, the red brocade quilt, the table in front of the room, the cabinet in front of the bed, the hanger, the spring stool, the toilet, the bucket of the descendants, the painting table, the piano table, the circle chair, the mahogany of a water, the screen is made of rosewood, the screen is made of rosewood, and there are three layers of jewelry, a layer of gold, a layer of jade, a layer of silver, and clothes, a quarter of spring, summer, autumn and winter, a variety of brocade, silk, satin, Luo, yarn, silk each lifted, as well as rouge gouache, candy and pastries, even needlework scissors have, the sprinkled wedding procession took more than an hour to finish.

The woman's dowry not only shows how favored the daughter was at home, but also represents the strength of the mother's family. The dowry of the princess of Jin is one hundred and twenty lifts, from the time to noon, the dowry is not finished, the wedding team set off, in order to fully show the importance of the princess of Jin, the king of Jin personally greeted the kiss, a red dress riding on a tall horse, the facial features are not like a man, but as a royal person has a noble spirit that makes people timid, and ignores the delicate appearance of his appearance.

The greeting team did not return home until the end of the year, and the big red sedan chair carried by eight people was followed by two grandmothers, four pink-clothed maids, eight Tsing Yi Xiaosi, eight Tsing Yi maids, and followed in pairs behind the sedan chair.

"Oh my God, has this mansion been emptied by Princess Jin?" Jin Ling sighed.

"I heard that the Guogong Mansion only has one concubine, Princess Jin, and she is married to the King of Jin, so naturally the dowry will be more." Jin Hui explained.

"Alas, I used to think that I was a little rich, but today's comparison can throw me off 108,000 miles, hmph, Miss Ben swears that my dowry in the future will also be one hundred and twenty." Xiao Yue said excitedly, why is she not as precious as a local woman, she is a unique person who travels through women, and she is still a person with space.

When I returned home in the evening, I sighed again when I saw Zigui, and Zigui said solemnly, "Xiaoyue, don't worry, I will help you earn a dowry of one hundred and twenty." ”

Xiao Yue smiled heartlessly: "Hehe, Brother Zigui, you are so good." However, I can earn it myself. You have to use the money you earn to marry a daughter-in-law. After saying that, he went back to his room and continued to sigh.