Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, two months have passed. It is already a spring season in the capital, and most of Mei Ying's dowry has been prepared. On this day, it was the day when the Chen family was hired, and many families in the capital who had good friends with the Mei family were scholars, and there were also those who came to congratulate the Mei family for the sake of the face of the Xiao Chen family, and they all came to the Mei family to watch the ceremony.

These officials, the children of the family and other male guests were all received by Mei Hanlin with his two sons and nephews from the three clans. The ladies were all prepared with the help of the three Zhuo families, Mrs. Mei accidentally got a cold and was sick, Mei Ying was naturally not good at making a meal because it was her own happy event, so she hid in the boudoir and chatted with the nobles in the capital.

Because there are more guests who come and Mei's house is relatively small, Mei Jizu and others are in charge of the front yard, and the backyard has a shed, the front yard is the male guest, and the backyard is the female guest. When the Chen family's dowry was delivered, everyone watched it, so they invited the people to Qinghe Building to eat. Qinghelou has already given the Mei family a bag today, of course, the Mei family gives money, and Qinghelou is only a little symbolic. Qinghelou's business is getting better and better, the scale has expanded, and there is an inner courtyard to entertain female dependents. Therefore, the Mei family can also cope with it.

The only thing that worries the Mei family is that if the Chen family's dowry is sent late, there will be more and more guests, and they really can't stand.

Fortunately, the Chen family was very considerate, and sent the dowry over early, and piled up the front yard and the back yard. In this way, when the guests come again, Mei Hanlin will greet them, please take a look at the dowry gift, and send them to Qinghe Building to sit. On the other side of Qinghe Building, Mei Jizu took Mei Ying's younger brother to entertain there. So. Although there are many guests, it is orderly, but there is no business trip, and the Mei family is very beautiful.

Mrs. Mei was lying in the bedroom in the middle of the room, listening to her mother-in-law tell her, "This Chen family is really rich." This dowry is a full hundred lifts. They are all sturdy 100 lifts, and if it were an ordinary person, these 100 lifts could become 300 lifts. ”

Mrs. Mei pursed her lips and said, "They sent a hundred lifts, didn't they also let us marry one hundred and twenty lifts?" And they don't suffer. It's our family that suffers. ”

The mother-in-law grinned and said, "Anyway, the eldest girl's dowry is cooked by the clan." We don't have to pay for it in our house, but the Chen family's dowry is all in the hands of Mrs. Before, Mrs. Chen also said that she could leave the dowry as a thought. Let's stay. Anyway, the Chen family is not short of these. ”

Mrs. May thought about it too. Immediately refreshed. After doing it, let the maid take a good look at the dowry list brought by the Chen family before.

While watching, Mrs. Mei exclaimed: "The Chen family is really generous." Sixty horses were given for the various colors of gold-woven jokes, four horses for Shu brocade, and one hundred horses for the colored satin of Jiangnan. There are also 100 light yarns unique to Jiangnan, which really can't be worn in a few lifetimes. Not to mention these ayara and the like, there are also cotton cloths, and there are a hundred horses. ”

The mother-in-law said, "Madame, didn't you look at it, the dazzling satin, clothes and the like in the front yard and the back yard are all full, and the boxes where the clothes are put can't be inserted with your fingers." ”

Mrs. Mei said: "Look, this fine wine is a jade ice roast produced by Xiao Chen's family, there are a total of 100 jars, all of which have vintages, and such wine can be sold for about 50 taels of silver in each jar in the capital, and it is often in short supply." ”

The mother-in-law said, "Didn't Madame smell the wine?" ”

Mrs. Mei said: "There are so many kinds of tea, each of which is ten catties, and there are also precious tribute teas, the Chen family is really powerful." ”

The woman said, "We can't tell if the tea is good or not, but the jars for the tea are all finely made pewterware, and those jars alone are worth much." ”

Mrs. May continued: "There are so many of them, either gold or pearls or precious stones. ”

The mother-in-law said, "Madame, didn't look at it, there are more than a dozen clips of jewelry in the box where the jewelry is placed, and they are all loaded slowly." Dazzling. My wife has never seen so much valuable jewelry in her life, and when they are all put together, even the sunlight does not appear bright. ”

Mrs. Mei was a little envious, and really wanted to go and see it, but unfortunately, she had already said that she was sick and couldn't go out to see, so she had to hold back and said: "Look at this decoration, gauze screen, glass screen, mahogany screen, rosewood screen, there are actually four of them." ”

The mother-in-law immediately said, "Madame, don't you see, those screens are very tall, how beautiful they will be in the house in the future." There are also those characters embroidered on the screen, flowers and birds, which are actually the same as alive, which really opens the eyes of the old woman. ”

Mrs. May said, "There are so many antiques, calligraphy and paintings, ornaments, and porcelain, many of which I have only heard of and have never seen. ”

The mother-in-law said, "Those old women don't understand." However, those porcelain wives still understand that they are all good things. ”

Mrs. May's heart was itching, and she couldn't wait to see it immediately.

Suddenly, she found that the most important silver in the dowry, she didn't pay attention, she hurriedly looked for it, and when she found it, she couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, and said, "Oh my God, the Chen family is really generous, and they actually gave a dowry of 20,000 taels of silver." ”

The mother-in-law paused for a moment and said, "But, there are so many things outside, and there is not a single silver ingot?" ”

Mrs. Mei said hatefully: "What do you know, the Chen family is low-key, can this silver be taken out neatly?" It must be placed in a small clip with a silver ticket inside. ”

When the mother-in-law thought about it, she smiled and said: "Generally, people's dowries are all taken out, so as to show off, this Chen family is really different." ”

Mrs. Mei said: "What do you know, does the Chen family still need to show off?" There is no need to show off, everyone knows that the Chen family is the richest man in Da Chu, what else is there to show off? Not to mention these silver, but these silk satins, ornaments, toys, calligraphy and paintings, etc., everyone's eyes can't see it? Those photos of the head and face jewelry that your eyes have spent, people are blind and can't see? Don't know how many dowries the Chen family has? Look at people, silk or something, a hundred horses are a shot, who can have such a big deal. I estimate that after today, for a long time, the capital will discuss the Chen family's dowry, and use these silver to show off? ”

The woman smiled embarrassedly.

Mrs. Mei ignored her, and looked at the list carefully, the more she looked at it, the happier she became, and finally, she suddenly found that there were a few things behind the list, and when she looked carefully, it was actually a thousand acres of fields in the Gyeonggi area. There are also six shops in the capital.

This is too big, the land in the capital is not only expensive, but also difficult to buy, that is, the Xiao Chen family is powerful, or if you don't take money, you can't buy a thousand acres of land together. Not to mention, the shops in the capital, not to mention doing business, are very objective in rent.

It's great to think that these things are already my own, that I can have rent in my account every month, that I can collect rent every year, and that I don't have to live on Mei Hanlin's money anymore. Mrs. May was so happy that she was about to burst into tears. For the first time, Mrs. Mei was grateful to the Chen family.

After a busy day, he finally got the matter done, Mei Hanlin dragged his tired body to send the guests away, sent his nephews and daughters-in-law away, and the subordinates began to put things together and dismantle the sheds. Mei Hanlin did not go to the backyard of those aunts as usual, but went to the main house.

Mrs. Mei was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly brought the maid to make a cup of tea and handed it to Mei Hanlin with her own hands. Mei Hanlin squinted at her and said to his subordinates, "You all go down." ”

The maids are busy.

Mei Hanlin looked around and saw that there was no one around, and then said to Mrs. Mei, "How is it?" Are you feeling better? ”

Mrs. Mei was embarrassed and said: "It's not a big deal, the main thing is that I don't know how to take care of this, and I'm not used to socializing with those officials and eunuchs, so I presumed that I was sick." Fortunately, there are nephews and daughters-in-law, they are all from scholarly families, and they are used to cooking at home and in the clan, so I think they can handle these things better without me. So, I pushed the disease. ”

Mei Hanlin originally planned to scold his wife well, but he didn't expect the first sentence, and people were honest, Mei Hanlin was a gentleman, but he had no temper, and his tone naturally became gentle: "You are self-aware." ”

Mrs. Mei hurriedly said: "You also know, our family is a family of merchants, and I can barely read a few words, and I will plan to make a plate and read an account or something." But I really don't understand the dealings of this official eunuch. In fact, it is to manage housework, because I was very pampered in my mother's house when I was a child, and I didn't learn, so I really can't take care of things in this family, let alone the big girl's marriage. ”

Speaking of origin, Mei Hanlin immediately lost his temper, the first wife and he fell in love, both of them were talented, and the poetry of the capital was sung and sang, but unfortunately, after his wife gave birth to three children, he fell ill. After his wife went, Mei Hanlin finally won the Jinshi and entered the Hanlin Academy. It's a pity that it is not easy to live in the capital, and I have spent all my family's savings for many years to take the exam, even the dowry of my wife has also been spent. After becoming an official, it was not easy to live because he was compiling books in the Hanlin Academy of Qingshui Yamen. Later, after being introduced, he married the current wife of a merchant family in the capital. When I saw that this wife was much younger, she was still very beautiful, and her dowry was rich, but she was arrogant and indulgent, and her temperament was not too vicious. So, at first, it was okay, and this wife can be regarded as a few competitive men and women. However, because of the age difference, cultural difference, and identity difference between the two people, there are more and more disputes between the two people, and Mei Hanlin sees that Mrs. Mei is not good for the three children born by his wife, so in order to protect the three children, he can only take away the rights of the housekeeper and hand it over to the eldest daughter who has grown up. However, in this way, the rift between husband and wife is getting bigger and bigger, and none of the aunts in the backyard are fuel-efficient lamps. (To be continued......)