This dynasty is somewhat like the Song Dynasty of the time and space in which Zeng Banniang lived in her previous life, the high dowry style prevailed, when the eldest brother married his wife and the third sister married, he had already made up for the mother's previous compensation, and when he came to the sixth and seventh sisters, the family was destitute, although it was a marriage with the Wang family for several generations, the Wang family was the same as their Zeng family, and it was a family of poetry, and they didn't necessarily care how much the daughter-in-law married, but people don't care, and whether you have it or not, that's two different things.

In fact, in Zeng Banniang's opinion, the fact that the seventh sister is a family is a little inexplicable and incredible.

That Wang Pingfu's maternal grandmother is the aunt of Zeng Baniang's family who married into the Jinxi Wu family, it stands to reason that Wang Pingfu should call Qi Niang a cousin, but the second brother is good friends with Wang Pingfu's brother Wang Jiefu, and his father has no doubt and takes a fancy to Wang Pingfu's talent, plus he is the same age as Qi Niang, male talent and female appearance, it is really a pair of beautiful people, Dad wants to kiss and kiss, and the Wang family also has this intention, so they booked the relationship between the two.

Banniang thinks it's funny, if Qi Niang marries in the past, when she sees Wang Pingfu in the future, should she call her cousin or her seventh brother-in-law?

What's even more entangled is that the eldest son of the Wang family, Wang Pingfu's elder brother Wang Jiefu, is also married to the daughter of the Wu family in Jinxi, and she is still a very talented woman, her aunt, but the uncle and grandmother of the eldest sister-in-law of Wang, when the time comes, will the talented sister-in-law call Qiniang her brother-in-law or cousin? It's strange to be able to put up the score of the eldest sister-in-law.

It's okay, the most important thing is that this Wang Pingfu's mother was their cousin.

Thinking about it like this, my mother-in-law was originally a cousin, my husband was a cousin, and my eldest sister-in-law was a cousin and niece.

Seeing Banniang snickering, Qi Niang knew what she was laughing at, not to mention that Banniang thought this family affair was funny, even when she first heard it, she also thought it was incredible.

But since ancient times, the parents have been in charge of children's affairs, so what can she say? Besides, I heard the second brother say that Wang Pingfu is also a talent, and he is also famous...... Thinking of this, Qi Niang's face couldn't help but turn red again, and she raised her hand and gently slapped her head: "Legs are not sore when you squat here?" Read your book and go. ”

Banniang knew that the seventh sister was actually very satisfied with the seventh brother-in-law, who was said to be talented and talented. I wanted to make fun of her, but when I saw her blushing again, I smiled and said to Qi Niang Zhengse: "Sister, don't be afraid, anyway, our family is not happy to marry early, you are only fourteen years old now, you have to wait a few years to get married, our family will not always be so poor, eighth sister, I will not let my mother worry about your dowry, you can rest assured, when the time comes, the eighth sister will definitely let you marry the Wang family." ”

How to make the Zeng family become rich, this is the question of how many days Banniang has been thinking about it, watching the family save money in order to treat her, the second brother, a young man of twenty-three or four, even often eats half a bowl of rice, and says that she is full, how can she not be moved and not sad?

Looking at the thin and bean-like Banniang holding her little fist and swearing to say comforting words, Qi Niang's heart was sour, let alone her, that is, the sixth sister's dowry has not yet been settled, not to mention the second brother, the fourth brother and the fifth brother, who are also undecided because of their poor families, Qi Niang smiled and said: "What did the little girl say, the Wang family is not a family that pays attention to dowry, if it is true, I will not marry." However, the sixth sister who accompanied her grandmother in Linchuan is also sixteen years old, and I heard that the Wang family in Nancheng Township has thought that they will get married in two years, and my father and mother have been worried about the dowry of the sixth sister. ”

Liuniang Zeng Yunqing's future in-law is in Nancheng County, and the future sixth brother-in-law is called Wang Zhizhi, who was his father's protégé, and because of his talent, he was very appreciated by his father.

As the two were talking, they saw Zhu Shi enter the house with a small bag in his hand, and saw Banniang squatting on the ground with her knees bent, frowning and saying: "Why are you squatting here, you will be dizzy when you stand up for a while, get up and sit on the stool, how can the little girl's family sit without a sitting phase, standing without a standing phase?" ”

Banniang got up as she said and moved a stool to let Zhu sit down: "Mother, why are you here?" ”

Zhu first pinched the face of Xiao Shi Niang, who was sitting on the bed playing with a puppet, and then opened the bag in his hand, took out a palm and three fingers wide tiger golden hairpin from it, and said with a smile: "This hairpin is still given to me by your grandmother when I first got married, it is enough to have six taels, and it is useless to keep it, and my mother doesn't need it. ”

The people of this time and space are very particular about credibility, and those who are traitors are only a few after all, not to mention that the Zeng family is famous, so the Zhu family is not afraid of Qi Niang being deceived.

Qi Niang's eyes widened: "Mother, this is what your grandmother left you, and now that your grandmother is gone, it is also your thoughts, how can you use it to fold money?" ”

My mother was pregnant and couldn't go out, and my second brother didn't have time to teach in school, so I asked her to go, but I didn't want my father to know.

In ancient times, half a catty and eight taels were folded into the measurement of Baniang in later generations, and there were also four taels of weight.

One tael of gold, ten taels of silver, although according to the market price, one tael of silver can be exchanged for ten pieces of money, but in fact, because of the time of the market circulation of silver money is not much, one or two silver for copper money, can be exchanged for about 12 times, this tiger gold hairpin, if lucky, enough to exchange more than 70 money.

That's a lot of money for a poor family like theirs. It's enough for the whole family to chew for a year.

If it weren't for the last resort, it would be impossible for the Zhu family to take out this emergency tiger hairpin.

"Mother, is there no money at home?" When she helped Zhu cook in the morning, Qi Niang found that the rice and noodle bowls in the kitchen were almost empty.

Zhu smiled and nodded: "This golden hairpin, my mother originally wanted to wait for your sixth sister to marry when she got married, but now she ...... It's not because the family has no money, seeing that the weather is slowly getting hotter, you brothers and sisters have to make new clothes. ”

"Mother, it's good for me to wear the old clothes before the sixth sister, don't I still have two new dresses? Change it and let the eighth and tenth sisters wear it. ”

Looking at his sensible daughter, Zhu was a little sad, and said with a forced smile: "Then where is it, you are just going to dress up, and it is better to say that you don't do it, your second brother is a gentleman in the school, and you can't wear too shabby, your fourth brother and fifth brother are all studying in Linchuan Prefecture School, Linchuan is a state city, and it is not easy to make people laugh." ”

The second brother, the fourth brother and the fifth brother were all born to the former wife Wu, and the Zhu family was the stepmother, so she felt that no matter how difficult it was, it was not easy to lose Erlang and a few people.

Qi Niang still wanted to persuade again, but Banniang looked at the tiger golden hairpin on the side but her eyes lit up.

was worried about how to sleep, so God handed her a pillow.

He took the golden hairpin from Zhu's hand and carefully held it in his hand, because it was put for too long, and it has not been fried again, the color is dull, but the workmanship is very exquisite, and the relief tiger on it is lifelike, obviously from the hand of a famous artist: "Mother, I will go to the gold and silver shop with the seventh sister to ask." ”

Qi Niang glared at her: "Eighth sister, don't be ignorant." This is my mother's favorite jewelry. ”

Banniang said in her heart, and it was also the last piece of jewelry.

If you don't want to think of a way, let alone this jewelry, I'm afraid that this ancestral house will be sold.

Ignoring Banniang's glaring at her, she put the golden hairpin into her bag and smiled at Zhu's family: "Mother, you take the tenth sister back to the house to rest for a while, and the seventh sister and I will go out to have a look." ”

As he spoke, he gave Qi Niang a look.

Qi Niang thought that she would find a way to leave this hairpin and coax their mother, so she no longer insisted.

Zhu was afraid that they would not know anything and not know the value of this hairpin, so he explained a few more words, so he took Shi Niang's hand and went out of the house.

The two sisters sent Zhu out of the door, and when they saw Zhu entering the front yard, Qi Niang turned around and entered the house, and Ba Niang snatched the bag in her hand, and said angrily: "Eighth sister, this is not a game, tell me to put it away and go back to my mother." ”

"Sister, don't worry, listen to me." Banniang smiled and picked out two of the few pictures she had drawn, "Look, what about the headdresses on the heads of these ladies?" ”

"Oh, Eighth Sister, you still have the heart to let me see your paintings at this time." Qi Niang said urgently.

There is no rice to cook at home, and if you don't sell your mother's gold hairpin, the family will be hungry, but this is the last piece of jewelry at the bottom of the box, and it is left by the deceased grandmother, she is really reluctant, and her heart is worried.

"Seventh sister, if you want to keep your mother's golden hairpin and not let the family go hungry, you have to find a way from these pictures of mine."

Banniang pretended to smile mysteriously.

This is also one of her skills, thanks to the influence of various travel novels, as a senior professional and technical person, Banniang feels that her future is quite promising. Her other specialty, she can't play without money at this time, but it is not difficult to draw a few jewelry sketches, maybe she can exchange money when she has the opportunity? No, the opportunity has come?

Qi Niang was inexplicable by what she said: "What does it have to do with your paintings?" Are you going to go out and sell your paintings? Qi Niang said and sank her face, "Eighth sister, don't make trouble, although you are good at painting, there are more people who are better than you, and I don't see anyone who can make a living with a few paintings." ”

Qi Niang is a polite statement, she wants to take out these paintings that are not paintings and sell them, not to mention that they can be sold, and not letting people laugh at them has already counted her face.

Banniang said angrily: "I don't know that this painting is ordinary, people buy my paintings when they are sick, forget the seventh sister, and you can't tell you for a while, don't you want to protect your mother's golden hairpin and not let the family go hungry?" I have a way, if you believe me, go to the gold and silver shop with me, if my sister's method fails, there is no loss, the big deal is that we get this gold hairpin back. ”

Qi Niang thought about it, as long as she didn't sell this golden hairpin, could others still grab it? But in the end, I was curious about Banniang's method, and I didn't believe her, so I asked: "You tell me what method is first, and then I'll go out with you." ”

Banniang whispered to her again, and the seventh sister's eyes widened in surprise: "This is also possible?" ”

"You have to try to know if you succeed or not."

Anyway, there's no other way, let's be a dead horse as a live horse doctor. Qi Niang nodded: "Okay, just follow the way you said, we'll go now." ”

"Sister, my hair is messed up, it's ugly to go out like this, you comb my hair first, and then we go out."

This little girl loves beauty the most, Qi Niang is funny, and took a comb to help her comb her hair. After two simple double-ring buns and a change of dress, the two went to the main house, said to Zhu, and asked that the largest gold and silver shop in the city was Tai Rui Xiang, and the two sisters went straight to Tai Rui Xiang gold and silver shop.

The Zeng family lived in the south of the city, but Tai Ruixiang, the largest gold and silver shop in Nanfeng City, was on the busiest street in the middle of the city, so it took half an hour to arrive. Qi Niang is not obvious, but Banniang is already tired and panting, and secretly said in her heart that this body is really weak, since the serious illness to now, it has been raised for half a year, and it is still like this, and you have to find a way to refine it in the future.

Standing in front of Tai Ruixiang gold and silver shop, he took a breath, wiped the sweat on his head, and straightened his clothes, Banniang took Qi Niang's hand, Shi Ran paced, and entered the gold and silver shop.

There was a young woman wearing a concubine-colored gown who was clear and refreshing at a glance, and said with a warm smile: "Two little ladies, the slave family is the shopkeeper in this shop, and the two little ladies call the slave family a Lu lady, I don't know if the two of them came, do they want to buy jewelry, or do they want to order?" If you buy it first, please take a look at it, and if you like it, you will call the slave family. If you want to customize, please tell us about the requirements of the two. ”

Qi Niang didn't squeak, and Ba Niang smiled and said: "Let's take a look first, if there is no suitable one, then ask this lady to introduce." ”

Lu Niangzi saw that the older of the two only pursed her lips and smiled, as if she was a little shy, but the younger lady replied, she was a little surprised in her heart, but she didn't show it, and said with a smile: "The two little ladies just watch, if necessary, then call the slave family." ”

As he spoke, he led the two of them to the shelves.

Banniang carried Qi Niang and looked carefully at the dazzling jewelry.

In fact, she didn't have any bottom in her heart, after all, this was the first time she visited a gold and silver shop. She came to this world for half a year, first sick at home, and then cured, but her mother and sister were busy with housework, and several brothers were busy with their studies, and they only occasionally visited the night market with them.

Coupled with the poverty of the family, whether it is the Zhu family or Qi Niang, the limited few silver jewelry styles are extremely simple. Banniang really doesn't know if there is a market for the jewelry she painted.