Song people pay great attention to money, mainly refers to the woman's dowry and the man's dowry and financial gifts, the general matchmaker to come to the door to propose marriage to take out the man's family situation and financial commitment, if the woman is satisfied, you can agree to the marriage, and then the woman's birth date and hometown, father's ancestor, surname and surname to bring back to the man, of course, the most important thing is the dowry list.

But many times the man will cancel the marriage proposal because the woman does not agree, but don't believe in any nonsense, the real reason is that the dowry is too little, if the dowry is rich, even if it is really incompatible, I don't care too much, find a monk to open the light.

The man has to take three steps to send the wedding, first the ceremony, mainly wine, find two decent handsome little guys to carry the big wine jar to the woman's house, the wine altar is tied with eight red flowers and eight Luo silk color, and then the woman's family takes two bottles full of water, there are four live fish in it, and then put a pair of chopsticks, two green onions are hung outside the bottle, which is called back to the fish chopsticks, which is the homonym of 'back to happiness', and the marriage is agreed.

Of course, this is the gift of the poor family, the rich family is to use four jars of good wine, plus silk and satin, seven treasure scarf rings, jewelry beads and so on together as a gift, if the woman's family is good, you can use gold and silver to make fish and chopsticks, with colored silk instead of two green onions to hang outside the fish jug.

The second step is the dowry, generally the dowry marriage contract can not be reversed, so the dowry is generally very heavy, at least three gold: 'gold chuan, gold bracelet and gold pendant', if the poor do not have gold, at least use silver instead, want to take bronze instead...... Then don't get married.

If it is a wealthy family, there must also be expensive clothes such as gold sleeves, yellow Luo pin gold skirts, satin red long skirts or red Suluo large sleeve satin, as well as various gold and silver jewelry, pearl and green special buns, pearl and green crowns, etc., as well as fine variegated colors of various colored satin silks, flowers and fruits, tea, sheep wine, reunion cakes and other items.

The woman will also have a return gift, usually a green violet pair, a colorful satin, a gold and jade study toy, etc., all in all, the dowry must be rich, the more the better.

The third step is also the big head, that is, the financial gift, the financial gift and the dowry correspond, the Song Dynasty paid attention to thick marriage, the general financial gift can be lower than the dowry, if the man's family is too poor, the woman's family is rich, the financial gift can also be canceled, maybe the woman's family will secretly subsidize a little to the man, so that the man's family has a little face, after all, the Song Dynasty marriage to the man's requirements are more talented, and the woman's requirements are more important than wealth, so poor scholars can also marry the little lady of a big family, just like Li Daqi married the Ding family's lady.

If they are all rich families, then the financial gifts and dowries must be rich.

Today, Li Daqi met with his in-laws Cao Xuan in Qingfeng Teahouse, they need to communicate some more details, and they also need to sort out the financial gifts and dowry, mainly because the Cao family does not want Li Daqi's 10,000 taels of gold gifts, so the two sides need to communicate with each other with a little misunderstanding.

Before Li Daqi went to Hangzhou, he had given it to the Cao family, and sent a full ten boxes of clothes and jewelry, sheep wine, tea and fruits, etc., and the Cao family had accepted and returned the gift, but Li Daqi only sent the list, but it was returned by the Cao family, so Li Daqi wanted to talk to Cao Xuan again.

The two exchanged a few words, drank two cups of tea, and then entered the topic, Li Daqi said bluntly: "Some time ago, I went to Hangzhou to deal with some property matters, and before leaving, I asked the old scripture to hand over the list of financial gifts to the Cao family, but I don't know why you returned it again, what is the reason for this?" ”

Cao Xuan smiled, "This is what my father meant, Yanqing married a little girl as a flower in the imperial examination, which is an honor for the Cao family in itself, and the identity of Jinshi Tanhua is the best financial gift, every time I rob a son-in-law, there is no rule that requires the man to give a financial gift, only the woman marries generously, my grandfather does not want to break this convention." ”

"But this is not robbing a son-in-law, this is a marriage of the Ming media, it is my son marrying the lady of the Cao family, both parties have the orders of their parents, the words of the matchmaker, through the six ceremonies to marry, I think it is not the same thing as robbing a son-in-law at all."

Li Daqi was a little unhappy in his heart, because the robbery of his son-in-law implied the meaning of being rich, and he was not without financial resources, so why didn't he want financial gifts?

"If the Cao family thinks that 10,000 taels of gold is too little, then I will add another 100,000 yuan!"

"Nope! No! No! The in-laws misunderstood, we are by no means too little, I really feel ashamed, Yanqing's Jinshi Tanhua is the best financial gift, and we have to collect another 10,000 taels of gold, which really shouldn't be. ”

Li Daqi also understood the other party's difficulties, he thought for a while and said, "That's it! If the Cao family really doesn't want a gift, I can also take back 100,000 taels of gold, but the dowry should also be reduced, according to the Cao family's normal dowry, I can't accept the dowry according to the standard of robbing a son-in-law, I just hope to marry normally. ”

Cao Xuan thought for a while and said: "A normal marriage, the Cao family is a dowry of 30,000 yuan and some jewelry and clothes, and the land and house are gone. ”

"Wouldn't that be nice? In fact, our two families didn't care about money, and then I gave the Cao family one tael of gold, five taels of silver, six horses of colored satin, and forty horses of miscellaneous silk according to the ordinary financial gifts, so that everyone was very happy. ”

Cao Xuan was helpless, he also understood Li Daqi's taboo, and hoped that the two parties could marry equally, so he had to nod, "Okay!" I went to persuade my father, it shouldn't be a big problem, there is one more thing to discuss, that is, the wedding place, there are too many relatives and friends of the main Cao family, at least a few hundred people, I am afraid that your mansion will not be able to accommodate so many people, can you put it in the Cao family to hold the wedding, of course, just borrow the Cao family's territory, or in the name of the Li family. ”

"That's not right!"

Li Daqi categorically refused, there was a reason to hold a wedding at the woman's house, he hurriedly said: "I have already thought about it, I will charter Alum Tower for one day, and all the weddings, maids, singing and dancing, wine and food, pick-up and drop-off, etc., will be contracted to Alum Tower, so I think this is the most trouble-free, nothing more than spending more money." ”

Cao Xuan was suddenly anxious, "What about making the bed?" It won't be in the alum building! ”

Making the bed is also the common name for arranging the cave room, which is generally the responsibility of the woman's family, and it is also the embodiment of the woman's family's financial resources.

Of course, the bed is made in Yanqing's house, the cave room can not be located in the alum building, this is not very good, after the salute in the alum building, the newcomers are sent back with two gold-painted carriages, and then directly into the cave room, and the rest is not our business.

Cao Xuan also felt that it was feasible, "Okay! I went back and told my father that I would work hard for my family today. ”

"Wait a minute!"

Li Daqi said with a smile: "There is one more thing I want to ask my in-laws to help, about Baoyan Zhai." ”

"Please! As long as I can help, I will definitely not refuse. ”

Li Daqi told Cao Xuan his idea of renting half of the Lianggong armory shop, and said: "I originally planned to build a new store, but Yanqing insisted on selling the land in Yujie, and I had to accept his intention in the end, but Yujie can't do without Baoyanzhai's shop, so ........"

Although Cao Xuan is relatively cowardly at home, he is in charge of the family property in the family, and he was very surprised: "The shop land in Yujie is hard to find, why should Yanqing sell it?" ”

Li Daqi hesitated, but he still decided to tell the truth to the Cao family, "Maybe it's because he has something to do with King Yun, and he doesn't like it." ”

Cao Xuan nodded, Yanqing is the prince's family, of course he wants to clear up the relationship with King Yun, he understood, and said with a smile: "Although the Lianggong Armory Shop covers a large area, it does not rely on store sales to make money, I don't think it is a big problem to rent half to Baoyanzhai, but I can't call the shots in this matter, I have to go back and tell my father to answer." ”

"I'm not in a hurry, I'm just asking my in-laws to give me news as soon as possible."

"I'll go home now and say I'll give you news before dark, then I'll take my leave."

Cao Xuan wanted to go back to report to his father, so he got up and said goodbye, and Li Daqi also had a lot of things to deal with, and he hurried to Yujie.

........

After listening to his son's report in the study, Cao Ping couldn't help but smile dumbly: "This Li Daqi is very face-saving!" was actually afraid of taking advantage of the Cao family, did he think that Yanqing was a son-in-law for the Cao family? ”

"The child thinks it's understandable, after all, he is the big proprietor of Baoyan Zhai, his family is rich, and he is not short of that money, and the child also thinks that the dowry for Yun Niang is too thick, and it is not fair to other daughters of the Cao family."

Cao Ping frowned, "Is anyone dissatisfied?" ”

"There are some rumors in the inner house, and the children are under a lot of pressure, since the Li family has taken the initiative to ask for a lower dowry, can you .......?"

Cao Ping snorted heavily, "I can agree to Li Daqi's request to give a dowry according to the normal daughter of the Cao family, but it's not because of any rumors, you have to figure this out, if their daughter can also marry a Jinshi, the dowry I give is just as generous." ”

"Child..... Got it. ”

"You know a!"

Cao Ping scolded his son, and said: "It's okay to hold a wedding in Alum Tower, but it's really not appropriate to hold a wedding in Cao's house, so this matter is decided." ”

"Does my father agree to the matter of the sword shop?"

Cao Ping took a few steps with his hand in his hand, and said with doubts in his eyes: "In principle, I don't object, anyway, the two families are married!" As long as the rent is fair, the people in the house won't say anything, but I'm a little strange, how is the land in Yujie related to King Yun, and when did Yanqing get in touch with King Yun? ”

"This big weapon didn't say, if my father wants to know, I can ask Yanqing."

"Don't ask about this, I'll talk about it later, you still have to concentrate on preparing for the marriage, there are only ten days left."

"Farewell child!"

Cao Xuan left in a hurry, Cao Ping was still puzzled in his eyes, Yanqing was obviously the prince's person, when did King Yun win him over?