Chapter 154 Gifts
Thinking about it, the person was already in a daze, until the carriage stopped, Xu 13 called softly outside the car: "Banniang, let's get home." Banniang came to her senses.
stretched lazily, thinking about Xu Shisan's sentence "Banniang, let's get home", I couldn't help but feel warm in my heart. Yes, she has such a warm and nostalgic home. If her efforts can bring happiness to her family, then all the hard work will be worth it.
Lifted the curtain of the car, jumped out of the carriage, and looked at the four gilded characters of "Autumn Rain Master" under the hazy lantern, Banniang couldn't help but smile.
Xu 13 stepped forward and patted the door, and said with a smile: "Banniang, why are you so happy?" But what's the good thing? ”
"Family and Yexing, Brother Thirteen, is there anything better than this?"
Xu Shisan was alone, without a father, no mother, no brothers and sisters, the word family and Yexing gently hit his heart, and it was also warm, and he smiled: "There is nothing better in the world than this." ”
Banniang nodded lightly, and then raised her face to look at the hard-working young man in front of her, and said with a smile: "Brother Thirteen, you have come to our house for almost a year, and now we all regard you as our own family, my mother said a few days ago that I want to help you find a daughter-in-law, but I don't know what you want, they all say that there are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is great, our family will always get better and better, if you are willing, you can help in our family for a long time." Now that your life is stable, and you have a fixed income every month, my mother also said, Brother Thirteen, it's time for you to get married. A few days ago, my neighbor Aunt Wang also came to our house under the pretext of running the door, and my mother mentioned you, isn't her family a second mother who has not yet married, my mother thinks, Aunt Wang's words and other meanings, are fancy you down-to-earth, and diligent, now in our family income is also good, want to tell your family Wang Erniang to you. If you are willing, when my mother asks you one day, you will just say it. Don't worry, if you get married, the family will help you get married, and you will be given a beautiful scenery. ”
Xu Shisan didn't expect Banniang to say this, and his face turned red instantly, that Wang Erniang, he has also seen it a few times, is a hard-working, stable and kind little lady, and she is also very Zhou Zheng, but he really didn't think about marrying before. If he wants nothing like him, where does he dare to think about marrying?
While driving the carriage into the yard, he muttered: "I have nothing, how can I hurt such a good girl." ”
Since she praised Wang Erniang for being a good girl, she must be willing in her heart.
Banniang looked at him as a big man, and blushed and shy, she couldn't help but smile, Xu Shisan's face became more and more red when she smiled, and Banniang said: "Brother Thirteen has hands and feet, and making money with his own hands is the ability, and the life of Brother Thirteen will only be better in the future, how can I say that I have nothing?" If you are not good, Aunt Wang will not take a fancy to you. Don't worry, my mother also said that I will give you more monthly money in June, you have saved some money in the past few months, and when the time comes, our family will add some more to you, which is enough for you to marry. As for the house where you are married, if you are willing to go out and rent it, if you don't dislike it, aren't there still two empty houses in the back garden of our house? When the time comes, it's good to pack it up and live there. And the second mother of the Wang family is really a good one. My mother said that she was a good girl. Brother Thirteen, you might as well think about it. ”
Xu Shisan was also moved by what she said, but he just smiled and said, "I'll think about it." Banniang, you are tired for a day, so let's go and rest quickly. ”
Uncle Huang listened to the girl's words of persuading Xu Thirteen to marry, he also shook his head with a smile, closed the door, and urged Banniang to rest.
Seeing Xu 13 leading the carriage, Banniang asked Uncle Huang: "My father and mother are asleep, right?" ”
"It's all rested, Qi Niang asked me to tell you, the hot water is ready for you in the backyard, the stove is warm, you can go straight back to the backyard."
Banniang said goodbye to Uncle Huang and went to the backyard.
I saw that Qi Niang was still lighting the lamp in the house, waiting for her with a book, and when she saw Banniang coming back, she hurriedly poured a glass of water and handed it to Banniang's hand: "Are you busy today?" Why did you come back so late? Seeing Banniang's tired face, she helped her sit down distressedly: "You drink a glass of water first, if you are hungry, I will help you get some food?" ”
Banniang smiled: "I just came back from the restaurant, where am I hungry?" Seventh sister, don't be busy, I'll wash up and sleep, isn't Ming'er the day when the Wang family comes to give a gift? It's going to be busy at home. ”
Qi Niang said: "Then you sit, I'll prepare bath water for you." ”
Banniang knew that she couldn't persuade her, and she was busy for most of the day, and she was really tired, so she went with her. After cleaning up, lying on the bed, and turning off the light, I heard Qi Niang sigh leisurely: "The sixth sister is about to get married, and I always feel very reluctant." ”
This said, Banniang also felt sad, but getting married is always a happy event, right? Fortunately, Nancheng County is not far away, and it is much easier to see than the third sister. comforted Qi Niang and said: "When the sixth sister gets married, if we miss her, we will go to Nancheng County to play, doesn't it mean that our family still has a Yunzhuang villa in Nancheng County?" When my mother was a few years ago, I also said that the house over there had to be renovated properly, and we just happened to live for a few days at that time, so that we could see the sixth sister? Seventh sister, don't be sad, look at the appearance of the uncle and aunt of the Wang family last time, the Wang family should not be difficult to get along with, the sixth sister will be happy if she marries, besides, isn't the sixth brother-in-law the son-in-law of his father? I heard the second brother say that he is a gentle person, and he will definitely be good to the sixth sister in the future, and the sixth sister is a capable person, and she is not afraid of getting along with her mother-in-law's family. ”
"I know," Qi Niang smiled, "I just don't want to give up, but I have recruited you so much." It's not early, so go to bed quickly, see if you're tired. ”
There was nothing to say for a night, and early the next morning, the people from the Wang family who came to give the gift came to the door, apparently arrived the night before, and stayed in the inn for the night.
When all the things were brought in, a woman in a Chinese dress wearing a crown, a yellow bun, a green umbrella on her back, and a red gown stepped forward, saluted the Zhu family, and said with a smile: "Mrs. Wang greets Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Wanfu." ”
This kind of dress can be regarded as the standard dress of the matchmaker invited by the middle school of the Great Song Dynasty, and you can know her professional identity at a glance.
Zhu also bowed his head lightly and said with a smile: "It's hard work." Sit down and talk. At the same time, he motioned for Ah Lan to serve tea.
Wang Po smiled: "Madame doesn't have to be polite, the tea is fragrant whenever you drink it, and please take a look at our financial gifts first." ”
As he spoke, he walked to the neatly placed cages and let people open them one by one, letting Zhu and the third lady An look at them one by one.
Because the property listed on the dowry list sent by the Zeng family is very rich, so the dowry of the Wang family is not thin, and there are many fashionable gifts such as gold chuan, gold hammer, and gold pendant, and there are also a lot of items such as makeup buns, gold hijabs, flower fans, pollen plates, and painted colored thread fruits.
Zhu and An couldn't help nodding secretly, but when the Wang family as a man sent the red Suluo big sleeve satin, yellow Luo pin gold skirt, satin red long skirt, pearl and green crown, four o'clock bun flowers, fine color satin silk, flower tea and fruits, reunion cakes, sheep wine and gold five coins, four taels of silver, four colored satin tables, miscellaneous silk thirty horses, etc. are also in accordance with the fashion of the times. Bonus gift boxes and other return gifts, fortunately, the six female workers are very good, and there are a lot of things prepared by the female workers in the return gift, and they finally have a face.
When the Wang family's dowry was poor, the Zeng family never used it, because it was the dowry that Liu Niang wanted to bring back when she got married, even if it was not taken back as it was, it had to be exchanged for something of equivalent value, otherwise wouldn't it be a joke for the in-laws? The Zeng family naturally would not lose such a person.
This time, the Zeng family's dowry is rich, and the Wang family has never lost the number of courtesies for marrying a daughter-in-law before.
Mrs. Wang followed the list, in front of Zhu and the third lady An, one by one in the cage of the dowry, seeing that Zhu and An were very satisfied, then smiled and let people close the cage, Zhu also called Aunt Yang and Aunt Huang to carry the cage to the inner room, here the matchmaker Zhang Pozi invited by the Zeng family naturally came to the stage, and also invited Mrs. Wang to inspect the return gift of the Zeng family, but the woman's return gift is simple, but it is a gift to the man's Luo Hua head, green robe, boots, wat and other things.
However, the return gift should be seen, and the dowry on the dowry list should also be sealed one by one, after the Wang matchmaker inspected it, it was said that the things were all exquisite and gorgeous, and it was obvious that the Zeng family also used their hearts, especially the set of complete and exquisite and extraordinary family goods, Rao is the Wang mother-in-law, the top famous matchmaker in the southern city, has never seen it, and the people who led a group of Wang family to come over to send the financial gifts are full of praise and praise, and praise nothing else, only this set of family goods, the daughter-in-law in Nanfeng City, and no one can find anyone whose dowry can compare. The mouth is so praised, and the heart is even more astonishing, when the two families were engaged in the past, the Zeng family was not like this, only in just two or three years, the Zeng family was as different as a cloud of mud, they were matchmakers, and they knew everything about the daughters of each family, although it was not a city, but I had also heard that the eighth daughter of the Zeng family was a capable person, and I couldn't help but look at Zeng Banniang in the crowd, and found that this Miss Zeng Ba was just a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl, beautiful and beautiful, although the appearance could not be said to be beautiful, But what kind of rich lady has she been in a rich family, and she has never seen a famous show? The down-and-out and generous bearing of this eighth lady of the Zeng family makes people feel unusual. Secretly regretted that when he came to Zeng's house, why didn't he have Shuanghui eyes, if he had found out that this Miss Zeng Ba was a rare person and found a good mother-in-law, how could there be a matter of that mother-in-law? Wouldn't she be able to get a big thank you gift from the matchmaker at that time? I couldn't help but regret it.
To say, the young ladies of the Zeng family are not bad, Mrs. Wang couldn't help but give up a look at the five-year-old and childish Shi Niang, thinking that in another two or three years, when the little Shi Niang of the Zeng family can also discuss marriage, she must start first, and she has to look at a good mother-in-law for the little Shi Niang of the Zeng family.
Poor little Shi Niang looked at the excitement, she was silly there, and she didn't know her future, and she was already worried about a very dedicated matchmaker.
Not to mention Mrs. Wang's thoughts, just that both sides were very satisfied with this round, and Mrs. Zhang also asked people to carefully put things into the cage one by one. Only then did he lead the people of the Wang family to talk in the flower hall.
Lunch is very early, because Nancheng County is dozens of miles away from Nanfeng City after all, if you go back late, you will definitely not advance at the city gate. After lunch, the ladies in the cluster where the Zeng family was going to go to the man to make the bed also packed up and prepared to set off together with the people from the Wang family.