The Double Ninth Festival in early September also happens to be the day when the Zhou family comes to celebrate the dowry.

After being persuaded by the second aunt for a while, the third girl finally accepted the facts, stopped making trouble, and even talked to Zhou Shaobai for a while, as if discussing how to deal with the concubine in Zhou Shaobai's family.

Fang Fei took the list of the Zhou family's dowry, went to Yining Hall with Grandma Song, and handed it to the ancestor for inspection.

The dowry is a gift from the husband's family to the woman, which seems to be given out, but in fact, the things sent by the husband's family are for the future wife, and when the woman marries, these things will be carried back, on the contrary, the girl's family must buy the same amount of dowry for her, otherwise, the girl who married in the past will not be able to raise her head in the husband's family.

It is often said in the countryside that giving birth to a daughter is a loss of money, but it is not unreasonable.

"This week, did you move all your family here? It's just a concubine, and it's worth so much dowry? Didn't anyone teach him the rules? The old ancestor carefully looked at the gift list and squinted his eyes.

On the gift list, there are a lot of rare objects, clothing and jewelry from Persia, calligraphy, painting and antiques from the previous dynasty, even the deed is used as a dowry! He also brought five boxes of genuine silver, as if he didn't need money, enough to make up eighty-eight dowry.

When Zhao Wanrong, the eldest daughter of Grandma Song, got married, the Zhang family was only sixty-six dowry, for a concubine, this dowry was indeed too much, if the dowry was done according to the dowry, then the Zhao family didn't have to marry Zhao Yurong a mansion?

Grandma Song smiled and explained: "Shaobai's parents passed away early, and he doesn't understand these things, so he can take whatever he has at home, and he can't wait to put himself in the hands of Yurong." It must be a sincere desire to marry, which is Yurong's blessing. ”

Good luck? Grandma Song simply stands and talks without backache, and the younger generations in the family do marriages, regardless of the concubines, the dowry and dowry are all from the public, and the cost of the marriage is also from the public, and the parties are not allowed to pay a penny. Even if the Zhou family moved the treasury over to make a dowry for the three girls. Grandma Song and the second aunt don't have to pay a penny.

The old ancestor raised his eyebrows, glanced at Fang Fei, and exchanged a look. smiled: "Blessing is one thing, rules are another, everything has to be according to the rules, don't you say?" ”

Fang Fei pursed his lips. The head of the jaw said: "What the ancestor said is reasonable. ”

Without waiting for Grandma Song to answer, the ancestor said 'um'. continued: "Ah Fei, then you will buy a dowry for the three girls in accordance with the rules of sending the maid, and hand it over directly to the eldest daughter-in-law after the list is sorted out." You can do the rest for yourself, and add some that should be added. ”

To put it bluntly, only a part of the dowry is paid in the public school. The rest had to be purchased by Grandma Song and the second aunt with the silver.

According to the rules of sending concubines at home. The dowry from the public is only about 20 at most, and it may not even be enough for a quarter of the Zhou family's dowry, and the remaining three-quarters will depend on Grandma Song and the second aunt themselves.

Fang Fei nodded yes, took the gift slip from the ancestor's hand, and then handed it to Grandma Song, and instructed: "I'll go to the office later, and let someone send it over when the list is sorted out." ”

Grandma Song didn't dare to shirk it, so she reluctantly took the gift list, stuffed it into her sleeve, smiled far-fetchedly, and said, "Mrs. Lao is bothered." ”

"You're welcome, this is what I have to do." Fang Fei replied politely.

When the ancestor saw it, he nodded on the side and added: "That's right, the rules of the family can't be broken, everything has to be done in accordance with the rules, you can't break an example for anyone, you must know that once the precedent is opened, there will be endless troubles, and there are still a few unmarried daughters in the family, so you can't favor one over the other." ”

"What the ancestors taught." The two said in unison.

"Okay, let's go get busy, I won't go to the front yard to join in the fun." After speaking, the old ancestor waved his hand at the two and lay down sideways.

After leaving Yining Hall, Fang Fei went back to Luyuxuan, found someone to call Zhao Da Steward, took the account book of Gongzhong, discussed what things to list for the three girls to dowry, sorted out the list, and let people pick up things.

"Mrs. Tai." Chief Steward Zhao bowed and entered the account room with the account book in his hand.

Fang Fei came out of the inner hall and asked directly, "Have you brought all the account books?" ”

"It's all here." Chief Steward Zhao raised the stack of account books in his hand, "Mrs. Tai, I heard that most of the things hired by the third aunt were borrowed from relatives and friends, and the silver was also rented from usury, this is ......" Saying this, Chief Steward Zhao glanced up at Fang Fei, and stopped talking.

Fang Luo had already heard about these things, Fang Fei had already known about them, and it was not surprising that the chief steward of Zhao knew about it, the Zhou family made it clear that they wanted to blackmail the Zhao family, so the dowry was so grand, and the dowry given by the Zhao family could only be more than less, otherwise it would be a slap in the face.

The person who went to ask Zhao Da Steward didn't say it clearly, only said that Mrs. Tai asked him to take the account book and pick a dowry for the three girls.

"Don't worry about the chief steward, I have already discussed with my ancestor just now, according to the rules of the family, according to the rules of sending the maid, prepare a dowry for the third girl, and hand over the rest to the big house." Fang Fei got straight to the point.

When Chief Steward Zhao heard this, he was relieved.

"There are a few accounts at home, how many belongings are in the treasury, the chief steward knows better than me, please come over, just for this matter, there is a big steward of Lao." Fang Fei said lightly, and threw the matter of purchasing the dowry to the chief steward Zhao.

Zhao is the old man of the Zhao family, to be honest, how many things are in this family, out of the ancestors, I am afraid he knows best, but his loyalty to the Zhao family is beyond doubt, before the old lady Zhao passed away, the most trusted person is also him, when the two are alone, there is not even a master and servant, therefore, he is very concerned about the affairs of the main family.

"This is what the old slave should do, Mrs. Tai's words are serious." Chief Steward Zhao smiled, paused, and said, "Mrs. Tai has any other instructions?" If he didn't have a word, the old slave went to make a list and handed it to Mrs. Tai's ancestor for review. ”

Fang Fei shook his head, pursed his lips and smiled, and watched Zhao Daste leave the study.

Grandma Song over there took the gift list, as if she was holding a hot potato, and as soon as she returned to Tonghua Courtyard, she immediately asked someone to call the second aunt over.

Today is the big day of the third girl, the second aunt wore a dark red background, but some people are in good spirits at happy events, see Grandma Song, salute respectfully, stand under the tang with their heads down, and wait for Grandma Song's lecture.

"You take a look at this first." Grandma Song saw that the gift slip in her hand was handed backhanded, and the mother-in-law waiting behind her immediately took it with both hands, stepped forward with her hand, and stuffed it directly into the hands of the second aunt.

The second aunt was angry, but she didn't dare to say anything, the henchmen and mothers-in-law around the housemother, where did they offend the aunts. "Isn't that a gift list? How can grandma show me this? The second aunt scanned it roughly and was very satisfied.

This week, Shao Baiken gave so many dowry gifts, which shows how eager he is for this marriage, to the surprise of the second aunt, the Zhou family looks like an empty shell on the surface, and it can still come up with so many things to get hired, which really makes the second aunt a little surprised, especially this gift list, which is more than the gift list of the Zhang family's daughter of Grandma Song, and it is also valuable.

This dowry is now Zhao Yurong's thing, and the family will buy her an equal dowry, not to mention this life, even if it is the next life, she will be able to worry about food and clothing, and just now, the third girl has agreed with Zhou Shaobai, before she entered the door, Zhou Shaobai promised to dispose of all the concubines in the family, and when she saw this gift list, the second aunt was sincerely happy for her daughter.

Looking at the second aunt who was smiling with crooked eyebrows, Grandma Song panicked in her heart, and when she thought about asking for more than half of the dowry in the big house, she couldn't help but lose her face, and said: "Second child, don't be too happy, the ancestor said that the rules of the family cannot be broken, and Yurong's dowry must be released in accordance with the rules of sending concubines in the past, and the rest of the part will be left to you to figure it out." ”

"What are the rules in the house?" The second aunt asked puzzled.

When Zhao Wanrong got married, the Zhang family gave a dowry of sixty-six, and the dowry given by the Zhao family was also sixty-six, no more and no less, but in terms of value, the Zhao family's dowry was far better than the Zhang family's dowry. In this generation, Zhao Yurong is the first concubine in the family to marry, and the second aunt naturally has never seen a precedent, and she doesn't know how much she can produce in the public school.

Grandma Song snorted and said, "How much can be produced in the public middle school, and it will only be twenty ...... to die."

"How is this possible!" The second aunt immediately interrupted, full of doubts: "When Wanrong got married, most of the dowry was from the public, although the eldest grandmother herself quietly made up for it, but compared with the public middle school, that side is the big head, they are all the daughters of the Zhao family, how come there are only twenty lifts on my Yurong?" ”

"Don't you know that there is a difference?" Grandma Song sneered and ruthlessly pierced the facts.

Zhao Wanrong is the eldest daughter, and her husband's family is an official, so she can be regarded as a good person, such a daughter marries out to the Zhao family to have face, so naturally she can't lose in the dowry, how much dowry the Zhang family has, how much dowry the Zhao family dares to buy, and how much is less, this is to give the Zhang family face, but also to Zhao Wanrong to support the façade.

In contrast, the Zhou family is greatly inferior, if Zhao Yurong is the daughter of the concubine, then it has to be regarded as a low marriage, no matter how much dowry the Zhou family makes, the Zhao family only pays the dowry according to the rules, and the Zhou family has no choice, only the eldest grandmother and the second lady take the silver out to make up for it. (To be continued) R655