After a while, Mei Hanlin thought of the right thing and said to Mei Ying: "Ying'er, this Xiao Chen family is not only strange that there is no concubine, but what is even more strange is that the woman is in charge. That's what Mrs. Chen said. You see, Mrs. Chen is in charge of all the big and small affairs and businesses of their family. Also, the hospital opened by the queen's mother, Yangshantang, has such a big reputation in the Gyeonggi area, and the people praise it, at the beginning, it was the daughter of the Chen family, and the county lord Wen Hui was in charge, and later, the county lord Wen Hui went to Nanyang and handed it over to Mrs. Chen. Mrs. Chen has opened this hospital and Yangshantang better and better, and Mrs. Chen has been praised for her good skills both inside and outside the capital. ”

Mei Ying thought about her impression of Mrs. Chen, she was indeed a capable person, so she nodded.

Mei Hanlin continued: "Mrs. Chen herself can do it, and the daughter she raised can also do it, at a young age, she is still a girl's family, and she can actually go to the wild land of Nanyang to build a city. What a talent that is? The emperor has praised and praised him many times. The eldest daughter-in-law of the Chen family, Chen Wenjun's wife, seems to be in charge of the affairs of Xinguang City. This is no secret anymore. In this way, Chen Wenjun can free his hands and deal with the affairs of the Japanese state. Now half of the Wa Kingdom is owned by the Chen family. ”

Mei Ying didn't know this, she said: "Mrs. Chen told me several times that she should study more like her sister-in-law, and it turns out that this sister-in-law is really capable." Where can a daughter have her abilities? ”

Mei Hanlin smiled and said, "I think my daughter is better than her?" What do you think the eldest daughter-in-law of the Chen family is from? She was born in a merchant family and is the daughter of a silver shop in Wanjia in the capital. Because she married Lord Chen Wenjun, Wanjia has gone from a merchant family to an official eunuch family. Many of the sons and daughters of the Wan family are all working in Xinguang City, and they are all officials with imperial court seals. Many of them are bigger than my official position. ”

Mei Ying's heart moved and said, "Mrs. Chen asked me to find someone now." In the future, I will go to manage Tianshui City, and I will find more people from my mother's family, loyal and capable. ”

Mei Hanlin frowned and said, "This Mrs. Chen is really not an ordinary woman, and this kind of mind is not comparable to ordinary people." Generally, mothers-in-law don't want their daughter-in-law's mother's family to interfere in the family industry, and how many people are at odds with their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law because of this matter. But Mrs. Chen is different. She encouraged her daughters-in-law to find more family members to participate in the family's power. But. This may also have something to do with the fact that the power of the Xiao Chen family is too great. ”

Mei Ying thinks about it, the future mother-in-law is really different from ordinary people.

Mei Hanlin thought for a moment and said, "This thing is just right. Your brothers are young, but you are the eldest. But there are still a lot of people in our Mei family. for thy marriage is a royal gift. I'm afraid your stepmother won't be able to host well. I have written to my hometown and asked which of your cousins and sisters-in-law in the family to come over and help you. Now it's probably on the road, and you can reach the capital in two or three days. Wait until they arrive. Arrange for them to live in your little house. Take this money and go and buy you a decent dowry. Ay. I'm ashamed of my father, I don't have the ability, I don't have the ability to buy you a dowry. ”

Mei Ying hurriedly said: "Where my father said, my father has always doted on his daughter. Even after the death of the mother, the stepmother entered the door, and the father also cared for and loved his daughter. The daughter is already very content, where else do you want a dowry. ”

Mei Hanlin said: "I knew you were sensible. You look at these cousins of yours. If your ability is good, tell them that in the future, I will accompany you to Tianshui City, and you can get a half-official position. The province could not study at home, and it was also deserted. I will write another letter to those people in the clan who have always been famous and capable, please come to the capital, and when the time comes, you can bring more people from the clan, and I will be more relieved. ”

Mei Ying was overjoyed, she was still a little worried about the silver ticket that Bai gave her before. She is a girl's family, how can she show up to buy a dowry by herself, fortunately, her father has already made a plan and invited the cousins in the family to come over to help, thinking that he will be able to do things well. Moreover, in the future, she can go to Tianshui City to mix with an official and a half-job, firstly, she is worthy of her mother's family, and secondly, in Tianshui City, she can also have her mother's family to rely on.

Things went even more smoothly than Mei Hanlin expected, and on the third day, Mei Ying's cousins had already arrived in the capital. The Mei family, who have lived in Qingzhou for generations, was originally not far from the capital. It is also a big family in the local area, the people are prosperous, the family is cultivated and read, and there are people who are officials in the court from generation to generation, but the official positions are not big. This generation is Mei Hanlin who is an official. When the patriarch saw the letter written by Mei Hanlin, he said that the emperor had given marriage to the eldest girl of the Mei family. Or give the marriage to the city lord of Yipin, and in the future, she will be the lady of Yipin, this official position is bigger than Mei Hanlin, the Mei family attaches great importance to it, and they also know that the lady Mei Hanlin remarried is not good at character and ability, I am afraid that she will ruin the marriage of this royal gift, and the Mei family will be laughed at. The patriarch held a family meeting to discuss the matter, and the clan took out five thousand taels of silver, and sent three outstanding disciples of the Mei family to the capital to help Mei Hanlin take care of the marriage of the eldest daughter.

After receiving the order, these three disciples of the Mei family took their families and traveled day and night, and soon arrived in the capital. The three of them first went to Mei Hanlin's study to meet Mei Hanlin, and the three of them went to the inner house to visit their aunt, that is, Mrs. Mei.

Mei Ying was very affectionate to her sisters-in-law, but Mrs. Mei was unhappy. Why does everyone attach so much importance to Mei Ying's marriage, the clan not only sent people, but also gave five thousand taels of silver, she is really jealous, and when her daughter marries in the future, the clan will not take a penny. As soon as she thought of this, Mrs. May couldn't be happy, and she didn't want to entertain these nephews and daughters-in-law. She said lazily: "I am also very happy that the clan attaches so much importance to Mei Ying's marriage, but you have also seen that the capital is different from Qingzhou, the land here is expensive, where are there so many places in the family?" There are so many men and women, and so many people from your entourage of maids and servants, how can I settle down? ”

Mei Ying's sisters-in-law looked puzzled, shouldn't the aunt thank them for their high righteousness and warm reception? Why is it such a face? One of them is the wife of Mei Jiye, the second son of the patriarch of the clan, who was born in the Zhuo family in Qingzhou, and is also a big family of poetry and book heirlooms, with outstanding ability and a good temper, and he is not angry when he hears the words, no wonder the patriarch of the family said that the stepfamily married by Mei Hanlin is not a virtuous one, which is sure enough, the first few sentences are so annoying, how to get along with each other in the future, how to complete the task of the bus generation?

Mei Jiye's family said: "Auntie, if the family really can't live, we can rent a house to live, or we can live in a guest house, rest assured, we don't need to pay for it, although we are not from the capital, we are born in the countryside, this money is still available, so we won't trouble my aunt." ”

Mei Yingqi's face flushed. At this time, Mrs. Mei's maid suddenly came outside, and she didn't salute her master when she entered the door, but just blessed Mrs. Mei, and said, "Madam, the lady of the Xiao Chen family outside sent a grandmother over, saying that it was a gift for the eldest girl." ”

At this moment, Meiying's cousins and sisters-in-law all heard it, and it was actually Meiying's future mother-in-law who sent something, which was a little strange.

Mrs. May immediately came to her senses and hurriedly said, "Please come in." ”

The grandmother immediately entered the house, and Mrs. Mei asked, "Are you the right-hand man beside Mrs. Chen?" Mrs. Chen is really polite, the reward banquet has already given us the reward of the eldest girl, why is she giving things now? ”

The grandmother was neither humble nor arrogant, wearing a purple satin jacket, a brown cotton skirt underneath, and a red gold hairpin on her head, and her hair was meticulously pulled up, looking neat and neat. After she entered the house, she saluted in a proper manner, without squinting, Mei Jiye's family couldn't help but secretly admire, this Xiao Chen family is really worthy of everyone's background, this rule is good.

The grandmother said, "Mrs. Yumei." Our lady said that at the banquet that day, she liked Miss Mei very much, and in a hurry she only gave her a bracelet, which was not very suitable for Miss Mei. It just so happened that today's hot spring Zhuangzi sent early-maturing vegetables, which were very fresh, and Mrs. asked me to send two baskets of them, and asked Mrs. Mei to hide a fresh. There are also these bracelets for the girls at home, a picture, and a clip of twelve palace flowers newly obtained from the palace, the style is fresh, and they are also sent together for the girls to wear. ”

Mrs. May smiled happily, and asked someone to take a reward and give it to the grandmother, and the grandmother retreated and went back.

As soon as Mrs. May waited for the grandmother to leave, she couldn't wait for someone to bring everything up. I saw that the two baskets of vegetables were contained in two large baskets, and as soon as they were brought in, there was no place in the room. The vegetables in the basket were fresh and green, and there were several kinds of them, which looked very pleasant.

Mrs. May said: "It's hard to grow these vegetables on such a cold day, and now the vegetables in winter are very expensive, more expensive than meat." Now I have so much at once, I don't have to buy groceries for days. Come on, hurry up and take these dishes to the kitchen and save some food. ”

Mei Ying can really be angry.

Mrs. May and the others took the dishes away, so they couldn't wait to take the two clips and open them. Inside a clip are twelve palace flowers, all made of silk and satin, peony, plum blossom, peony, treasure flower, hibiscus flower, rose and other kinds, like the real thing. Mrs. Mei looked at it, put it aside, and quickly opened the clip of the bracelet, only to see a burst of pearl light opened, and there were five pairs of bracelets inlaid with red gold inlaid with southern pearls side by side, each pair was made of solid red gold, and each bracelet had six red gold chains hanging on it, and the end of the chain was six round lotus seeds and rice sized southern pearls, which were on these southern pearls. (To be continued)

PS: Thank you for your support, today is also the third watch. Hey, it's been three watches these days, and it's a headache for code codes. For my sake, please support me so much.