Chapter 85: The Dowry
Fang Yage turned his head to Bai Zhi and said, "This is the dowry I prepared for Banxia, you go back and send it to her." Later, when we have time, we will go to the sewing room and pick out a few pieces of cloth of better material, which will be counted in this dowry. β
Mrs. Zhang broke out in a cold sweat when she heard this, thinking that she had never seen so much silver in her life. Looking back, I thought, how much dowry does this Zhuang Kai have to take? People say that if the bride price of the dealer is too small, then the new daughter-in-law will enter the door, how can Zhuang Kai hold his head up, not to mention that the people who watch the excitement must laugh to death...... Mrs. Zhang thought that Zhuang Kai had accumulated all the money he had accumulated over the years, and it was estimated that it would not be worth the dowry.
And according to the rules of the Yonghe Dynasty, the bride's dowry belongs to the bride herself, and it is kept for the future children to make dowry and dowry, even if it is divorced or divorced, this dowry will also be taken away, and it will definitely not stay in the banker.
Besides, this Zhuang Kai's dowry is logically for the Yue family, but Banxia was sold into the mansion, to be honest, she is the person of the princess's mansion, the person of the county lord of Anning, and this dowry is naturally received by the princess's mansion.
Mrs. Huang didn't believe that the county lord of Anning would take a fancy to these silver dowries, and it was estimated that she would eventually marry Banxia and take them away. This Anning county lord is really calculating, willing to marry a sum of money, hollow out the banker's family foundation, and give his maid a place to rely on...... This Zhuang Kai doesn't want to take a concubine or anything in the future.
Fang Yage glanced at Mrs. Zhang's unpredictable face, turned her head to Mrs. Zhang and said, "I haven't experienced these things when I'm young, Mrs. Zhang sees that the dowry I prepared for the maid is missing?" β
Hearing this, Mrs. Zhang hurriedly adjusted her expression, and said with a smile: "A lot, a lot, the dowry of a dozen taels of silver for ordinary people to marry a girl is already a lot, and this county lord is really too generous." β
"Oh, is it? I really don't know. What I planned a few days ago, the girls around me have served since childhood, and I will definitely not treat them badly, so each of them prepared a dowry of 1,000 taels of silver. In addition to the five hundred taels of silver bills left at the bottom of the box, the remaining five hundred taels were given to them to buy some property or buy some furniture. As for the jewelry and cloth, these are not worth anything, and they are not counted in this thousand taels. β
Mrs. Zhang couldn't help but open her mouth wide when she heard this, it turned out that it wasn't all just now, and she had to take the money out to buy an estate for the maid?! But this inheritance is not something that a slave can own, could it be that the county lord means to return a piece of Banxia's deed of sale to her?! This county lord can't help but feel too sorry for his girl.
When Mama Li heard this, she saw Mrs. Zhang's stunned face, so she smiled and said, "My little ancestor, this dowry is a lot, but if you give so much dowry, it will be difficult for our girl to find her in-laws in the future." β
"What did the nurse say, I give the maids a good dowry, why is it difficult to find my mother-in-law?!"
Fang Yage began to pretend to be stupid, she did it on purpose today, and she has also learned what it means to be a daughter-in-law in the folk over the years. Although Zhuang Kai doesn't have parents, who knows if there are any relatives of the elders, Banxia's temperament is too soft, she doesn't support Banxia, who will support her? What's more, the other girls around me are also going to get married, so they can't all find the parents who are not there.
"County Lord, you give so much dowry, how much dowry do you want the man to prepare? Where is this Zhuang Kai going to make up this thousand taels of silver? β
Mama Li said this on the one hand, she wanted to follow Fang Yage to complete the matter, but don't force Zhuang Kai to do the stupid thing of borrowing money, on the other hand, Zhuang Jie is also by the county lord's side, don't turn around and have any misunderstandings.
Another point, this Mama Li also has her own selfishness, she takes a fancy to Bai Zhi, if Bai Zhi marries her son, then Mrs. Zhang's today is her own tomorrow. It is naturally good for a daughter-in-law to marry more, but a daughter-in-law who is bankrupt and bankrupt, this Mama Li is also a little worried for a while.
"I didn't say that Zhuang Kai had to come up with as much dowry as the dowry. How much the county lord is willing to marry the maid is the county lord's business, and how much he can show if he Zhuang Kai marries his daughter-in-law is his mind, and the county lord will not force him,"
Mrs. Zhang smiled bitterly when she heard this, "That's natural, Zhuang Kai must be doing his best to give Miss Banxia a decent dowry." Don't worry, the county lord. β
Although the county lord did not ask for a dowry of 1,000 taels of silver, he also said that it depends on the heart, and this silver is even more difficult to grasp. Fortunately, the brothers and sisters of this dealer are all on duty by the county lord's side, and they have a lot of monthly money, so they should be able to prepare a decent dowry. And I just heard what the county lord meant, each maid is married to a thousand taels, so wouldn't Zhuang Jie also have a dowry of one thousand taels? Mrs. Zhang was very happy when she thought of this.
"That is, this dowry is more or less based on the situation of each family, and it is not for nothing that the wealthy family is ready to carry one hundred and twenty or two hundred and forty. The ordinary people made up twelve or twenty-four lifts, and they did their best, and the bride's face was also bright. β
Mrs. Zhang listened to Mama Li's words, and hurriedly answered with joy in her heart: "What Mama said is very true, these dozens of dowries are also very generous, Mama rest assured, we will fill the boxes with this dowry and send it in decently." β
How much the dowry and dowry are raised represents how much the girl is loved by her in-laws and mother's family, but some people just fill the faΓ§ade and prepare a lot of boxes of dowry, but each box is only half a child, which is called sweetness and bitterness, so that the bride has grievances and can't say. Mama Li nodded with satisfaction when she heard this.
Fang Yage didn't care how much of Zhuang Kai's dowry he had, but she wanted the Zhuang family to understand that Banxia was her girl of the county lord of Anning, and if she offended anyone, don't offend Banxia, otherwise don't blame her for supporting her behind her back.
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Although Zhuang Kai knew that he was going to spend his family property to prepare the dowry, he was still happy in his heart, and he did not hesitate to take out the three hundred taels of silver saved over the years to Mrs. Zhang, entrusting her with full authority to handle the dowry.
Mrs. Zhang is a person who likes to join in the excitement and help errands, and when she saw Zhuang Kai's neatness, she knew that he really liked Banxia, so she was more attentive to her work, and saw Fang Yage's handwriting, and naturally picked the best when buying a dowry.
Three days later, nothing bad happened, Mrs. Zhang took Zhuang Kai and Banxia's birthdays to find a reliable fortune teller. found that the two were a match made in heaven, so on the fifth day, they hurriedly arranged the dowry and took Zhuang Kai's two aunts to the princess's mansion.
Fang Yage saw that there were thirty-six boxes of dowry gifts neatly stacked in the courtyard, including boxes of fabrics, complete sets of clothes for the four seasons, both in material and style, in addition to wedding cakes, two loads of old wine, and sixty-four pairs of baotou...... In addition, on a tray there were five ingots and twenty taels of silver, and on a tray there were gold and silver jewelry covered under the red cloth...... Seeing this, Fang Yage also understood that this Zhuang Kai had been prepared with his heart, and seeing that Mrs. Zhang's face became more and more kind, she asked Mama Li to seal a red seal of twenty taels to her, and Mrs. Zhang accepted it with a smile. (To be continued.) )