Chapter 114: The Great Hiring

After living in the old house of Thirty Miles Yingzi until the fifth day of the first lunar month, and after eating the dumplings that broke the five, Lian Man'er and his family packed their luggage and returned to Fucheng in a mighty manner. In the convoy that returned to Fucheng this time, in addition to Lian Man'er's family of six, he also brought Wu Jiaxing and Lian Zhi'er.

Dabao was also brought in, and together with Zhang and Lian Zhi'er, he took Lian Man'er's carriage. Because Lian Man'er's carriage was made according to the grade of the county lord, it was wider and more comfortable than other carriages in the family.

Although it is still in the first month, there are many things to prepare for Lian Man'er's marriage. Wu Jiaxing and Lian Zhi'er came to help. Wu Jiaxing can speak well, and when the road becomes transparent, he follows Lian Shouxin and Wulang to help outside. Although Lian Zhi'er is not as capable as Wu Jiaxing, he helps to count and check things in the inner house, but he is more secure than anyone else.

Even Shouxin and Gorou were happy to bring Wu Jiaxing and Lian Zhi'er. The life of the Wu family is also getting bigger and bigger, and these two people will also be directors of the family in the future, and now they are helping out, which is also an experience.

Of course, this is also an opportunity to let the big families in Fucheng get acquainted with Wu Jiaxing and Lian Zhi'er, so that these two families can integrate into the social circle of the Lian family in Fucheng.

In addition, there are more emotional factors. Lian Jia handles things, and he is not worried that no one will help Zhang Luo. But Wu Jiaxing and Lian Zhi'er came to help, and the meaning was very different. Before Lian Zhi'er got married, she was accompanied by Lian Man'er. Now that the sister is going to get married, the sister also wants to accompany her sister more.

Back in Fucheng, Wu Jiaxing and Lian Zhi'er still arranged a small courtyard to live in, Wu Jiaxing went to the front yard to help every day, and Lian Zhi'er took Dabao to the backyard to help Zhang, Lian Man'er and Qin Ruojuan take care of affairs.

Dabao is very well-behaved, as long as there is a branch in front of him. Just let the little girl play with him, he will be very happy, and he will never cry. This is still relatively rare for a child of his age.

"I grew up from a young age, and Dabao grew up in the future, and he also has a good temperament." Lian Man'er exaggerated the treasure. Father and mother are good-tempered people, the family environment is also harmonious and smooth, although they love Dabao, but they are not doting, and it is not easy for Dabao to be crooked.

"Do you miss your grandfather and your grandmother?" In their spare time, the ladies drank tea and ate snacks. On the other hand, he hugged Dabaolai and coaxed him to speak.

"I want to ......" Dabao ate a mouthful of osmanthus cake, and his milk voice was authentic.

"Your grandfather, your grandmother didn't hurt you in vain." Zhang laughed. "In two days, your grandfather and your grandmother should also come."

Originally, Wu Jiaxing and Lian Zhi'er wanted to come with them to help, but Dabao was to be left to Wu Wang's family, because he was afraid that he would follow. Lian Zhi'er has no time and energy to help with things. But Lianzhier can't bear the big treasure, and the big treasure is too small, and he can't leave the branch. Or Lian Man'er said that it was not in the way, and Lian Zhi'er brought Dabao.

As long as Lian Zhi'er can come, whether he can actually help is a trivial matter. Moreover, there are many people in the family. There are so many girls and little girls, and they are not afraid that no one will bring a big treasure.

Wu Yugui and Wu Wang's family naturally came to Lian Man'er's wedding, and the two of them refused to come to drink the wedding wine in vain. Also said to help. It's just that in the New Year, the Wu family also has a lot of things. Therefore, the old couple first asked Wu Jiaxing and Lian Zhi'er to come with Dabao, and they cooked at home. Also come.

It's not just Wu Yugui and Wu Wang, Zhao and Lian Ye'er. There are also Zhang Qingshan, Li and others will also come together.

Time passed very quickly, and two heavy snowfalls fell in succession in the city, and in a blink of an eye, it was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. The sixteenth day of the first month is the day when the Shen family and the Lian family agreed to complete the employment.

On this day, Lian Man'er got up, dressed up early, and was surrounded by everyone and sat in the house. A room full of people was talking and laughing, and when they heard the drums outside, they knew that it was the Shen family's dowry gift. Then, I heard the sound of a salute, this was the person sent by the Shen family to the door, and even Shouxin, Wulang, Xiaoqi and others took people to catch it.

Sure enough, a little girl ran in to report that the Shen family had sent her to be hired and had been welcomed into the front hall for tea. Immediately afterwards, another little girl sent a gift post, and everyone smiled and passed it on. Before Lian Man'er finished reading the ceremony, she sent someone to send the Shen family's wedding letter to her to see.

The whole house was full of joy, and the salute was heard, this is the banquet of the Lian family has been prepared, and everyone from the Shen family who came to send them to the table to eat and drink.

Outside, it was joyful and lively, and even Man'er's house was a little quiet, but it was also full of joy. On this day, Lian Man'er didn't need to go out to entertain guests, she just sat in the house, Lian Zhi'er took Dabao, and Lian Ye'er accompanied her in the house.

There was a banquet outside, and a small kang table was also set up in the room here, and the girls brought the food up like flowing water, and even Man'er only picked what their sisters liked to eat, and also set up a full table, and the three sisters brought Dabao to sit around and eat together.

Dabao was still young, and when he ate, he wore a bib around his neck, and Lian Zhi'er fed the steamed cheese to Dabao first.

"Sister Man'er, I went out to see it just now, and the dowry gift sent by the sixth master was full of yards, and I didn't count how many boxes there were." Lian Ye'er told Lian Man'er excitedly.

While eating crispy cheese, Dabao heard Lian Ye'er say a lot of boxes of good things, and the little guy was excited.

"Don't make trouble," Lian Zhi'er hurriedly coaxed Dabao, "Eat first, and when you're full, let's go outside with your aunt." ”

Because even Man'er has been sitting in the room, she has only seen the gift post at this time, and has not seen the real thing.

"Hmm." Dabao is a child who listens to persuasion, and when Lian Zhi'er says this, he really eats obediently.

The three sisters here had a leisurely meal, and when the banquet in front of them was dispersed, they sent the Shen family to leave, and it was already past noon.

Zhang, Li, Wu Wang, Zhao and others came over and called Lian Man'er to see the dowry together. The Shen family sent a dowry gift, and it was placed in the courtyard, and it would not be collected into the warehouse until everyone had seen it. Lian Man'er came out of the house, and sure enough, she saw that the yard was almost full of large and small boxes, and her eyes were full of red and bright joy.

The dowry of the Shen family is extremely weekly. It's also extremely heavy.

First of all, it was filled with six boxes of silver ingots and two boxes of gold ingots, which were sent by the Shen family with a total of 6,000 taels of silver and 2,000 taels of gold. Then there are two sets of red gold inlaid beads dotted with emeralds, and two boxes of gold beads, two boxes of jade, four boxes of hairpin rings, clothes and rulers of various colors, a total of six boxes, and the rest of the cakes, persimmons, fortune pills, candy, chicken, duck, candles, incense, etc.

The dowry gift given by the Shen family was like this, and even everyone in the family was very happy. The Shen family's dowry is complete and valuable. Obviously, it is to look at the re-wife, value this family business, and value the in-laws of the family. Everyone in the family naturally felt that there was light on their faces.

Wait for the dowry to be received. The family went back to the house and sat down. The Shen family sent the appointment this time, and also sent the selected wedding date. The two families agreed that the marriage date of Shen Liu and Lian Man'er was set for the tenth day of February.

"It's been a few days since I saw this," Lian Shouxin said. "I think the general preparations are almost ready, these days, let's work harder."

Everyone laughed in response, and Gorou picked up the gift post, and the family discussed how to deal with the dowry sent by the Shen family.

These dowry, part of it. Together with the return gift from the Lian family, it has been given to the Shen family's hired person to take it away. But as for the cakes, they are to be distributed to their relatives and friends. There are also sweets and the like, which will also be left to consume.

What Gorou has to discuss with everyone now is the question of how to deal with the rest of the things, including the bride price. This era. As for the bride price and dowry, it is customary for the woman's family to dispose of it freely. There are no rules. It is not uncommon to use the bride money obtained by the bride price to marry the children and grandchildren of the family.

Lian's family naturally won't do this kind of thing, not to mention that the current family conditions don't need to be like this, even if the family is still poor, they won't do such a thing of selling their daughters to supplement their sons.

Not to mention that even Shouxin and Zhang would not do such a thing, even Wulang and Xiaoqi would never agree. Lian Man'er is very confident in this.

"The bride price given by the sixth master, not to mention that it is the first one in our Liaodong Mansion, even if it is put outside, there are few families who can compare." Even Shouxin said, "What I mean, we don't keep any of these dowries, we will bring them to Man'er, and press the bottom of the box for Man'er." ”

"That's what I mean, too." Gorou laughed.

Zhang and Xiao Qi also nodded, and Qin Ruojuan naturally had nothing else to say. In fact, for the disposal of these dowries, the family has already had a draft, and the principles are there. When Lian Zhier was first hired, he also handled it in this way.

In addition to the bride price, the other heads, jewelry, clothes, rulers, etc., the family also meant to keep nothing, and they were all brought back to Lian Man'er. Generally, decent large families will also return some of the dowry, but like Lianjia, there are still a few who do not leave any money.

"Let's hire a girl, do we spend money to be happy, and can we still expect to make money from this? Don't say that we are like this now, even if we put it on the back burner, we can't do it. The Shen family sent them all to Man'er to press the bottom of the box. Let us be inexhaustible for the rest of our lives. "Even keep your word and say.

"Even if we don't have these, what we prepare for Man'er is enough for Man'er to eat for a few lifetimes." Gorou also smiled, and took out a brocade box from his sleeve and handed it to Lian Man'er.

"What is this?" Lian Man'er took the brocade box and didn't open it, but asked Gorou first.

"This was given to me by the sixth master alone, and it was not written on the ceremony." Gorou said, "I didn't look at it, so I brought it to you." ”

In addition to the dowry on the surface, Shen Liu sent her something else? Not sure what it will be. Lian Man'er touched the brocade box, thinking to herself, what would be in this brocade box. The weight is very light in the hand, and it should not be a golden and jade thing.

"Could it be the silver ticket, the private money he saved, and now hand it over to me to show his loyalty?" Lian Man'er thought to herself, and gently opened the brocade box.

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