The Ji family arranged everything after leaving, and then set off with their son to Uncle Jingsan's house.

After arriving, Ji Chi asked someone to move two large boxes of luggage off the carriage, sent the coachman away, and stood at the door for a long time because of the commission negotiated before.

Then Cui's car called two Jing family's subordinates to help them carry two large boxes of things to the Jing family's courtyard, and then ran over to Uncle Jing and Ji with a smile on his face: "Sister and brother-in-law, you see, we have brought all the dowries we prepared for Zhu'er, when will we go to Beicheng together?" ”

Ji Chi also swaggered over, Ji Xun behind him seemed to be sleepy, and followed his father inch by inch, seeing that his aunt and uncle didn't even say hello, Ji Chi didn't say anything.

Uncle Jing had a dark face, it seemed that his plan had failed, and the Ji family was unwilling to give up Zhu'er.

Ji Shi looked at the two boxes, was a little speechless, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, your dowry is ready so soon?" ”

Cui Shi nodded, turned around and patted the box, and said: "The two big boxes are full of the best things that our Ji family can come up with, and it will definitely make Zhu'er marry beautifully!" ”

"Are you going to take these two big boxes to the North City?"

Cui Shi didn't think of anything else, so he immediately nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Ji's laughter was a little unbearable, Ji Chi saw it, and asked, "Sister, do you think there is something wrong?" Do you think that our dowry is too much or too little? ”

Cui Shi hurriedly shook his head and said: "No, no, it is more or less our elders' intention for Zhu'er, I just think that Beicheng is a long way away, and Zhu'er will have to return to the capital sooner or later to settle down, so Xiang Gong and I decided to only bring the dowry list to Zhu'er, as for the things, it is not too late to send them to their house when they come back, otherwise you will take them to Beijiang now, and when Beijiang is stable, they will be recalled to Beijing, and they will have to be brought back from afar." ”

Ji Chi thought about it, and this is not better, he can write whatever he wants on the list, and write as valuable as he can, so he said: "Let's put the dowry here first, you leave the capital and enter, wait for Zhu'er to come back, and transport it directly from you to Zhu'er's mansion." We write a dowry list in the evening. ”

In order to show his generosity, Cui Shi gave a lot of things, and specially added: "Yes, there are too many dowries, we don't remember them, and we have to open the box and count them one by one to write it out!" ”

The Ji family didn't have any opinions, but Uncle Jing San laughed and said, "You haven't written the dowry list yet?" Don't leave anything with us, we won't be responsible if we lose it. ”

Ji Shi could hear Uncle Jing's strange words, touched him lightly with his elbow, glared at him again, and whispered, "Talk to my brother!" ”

Uncle Jing didn't dare to disobey the Ji family, but he really couldn't believe the couple, so he took a breath and changed his words: "Madam, you see that the eldest brother and sister-in-law have a lot of things in these two boxes, and it takes a lot of time for the two of them to count and write the dowry list, let's count them together." ”

Ji Chi immediately lowered his face and said, "I can hear it, it turns out that my brother-in-law doesn't trust me?" Think I'm going to deliberately overreport things and rely on you? ”

Uncle Jing said in his heart That's right, that's what I think! You're a villain yourself, shouldn't others guard against you!

But he still wanted to give face to his daughter-in-law, so he smiled and said: "Big brother is too careful, I don't mean that, I just want to help you." ”

Fortunately, the Ji family also looked at Uncle Jing this time, and said, "Yes, big brother, it's getting dark, if you two just count it, don't think about sleeping tonight." Let's help. ”

If Ji Chi still refuses, it will really seem that he has bad intentions...... In fact, he didn't want to miss any slander on Jing Laosan at that time, he just knew in his heart that those things couldn't be used, so he didn't want Jing Laosan and his family to look at them.

Hey, now that I've been forced to the table, I can only open the box generously...... Fortunately, it is dark now, and the lights are not on, it is estimated that Jing Lao and the three of them can't see clearly, and when the time comes, he will still say what he is.

Ji Xun was young and couldn't understand what the adults were saying, and when they spoke, he stood beside him for a long time without making a noise.

Ji estimated that he was sleepy, so he first asked the maid to take him to rest, and then asked people to prepare paper and pencils, and the four of them opened the box together.

Ji Chi first took out a painting and said to Ji's: "Dongpo's "Rugged Strange Stone Map" is a picture. ”

Ji was about to write it down, when Uncle Jing suddenly poked his head over and said curiously: ""Strange Stone Map"? Authentic? ”

Ji Chi said with a cold face: "Naturally, it is genuine!" How can I give my daughter a dowry with a fake? Brother-in-law, you're too disrespectful, aren't you? ”

Uncle Jing held back a smile and said: "Big brother Mo Qi, I don't want to offend big brother, but the authentic work of this "Rugged Strange Stone Map" was originally in the General's Mansion, and was later given to his father-in-law An Youping by Lan'er as a dowry, how could it be here with you?" Do you know An Youping? Was it given to you by An Youping? ”

Ji Chi's body stiffened, and his face was a little unbearable, how could it be so coincidental?!

Ji also understood, this painting must be fake, and he actually took the fake painting to Zhu'er as a dowry, if it was seen by the people around Jing Yu, wouldn't they look down on Zhu'er!

Even though Ji Chi was her brother, she was a little angry, twisted her eyebrows and said, "Brother, you are too much!" Originally, even if you didn't prepare a dowry for Zhu'er, it was nothing, anyway, Zhu'er was raised with me since she was a child, just like my daughter, I just prepared her dowry, and I didn't want you to do anything, but you actually got a fake for her! Are you interesting? ”

Ji Chi didn't know how to explain for a while, but Cui's reacted quickly, and hurriedly relieved the siege: "Oh, Xianggong, it's all your fault!" I advised you before, telling you not to buy calligraphy and paintings with vassals, but you can't understand it, and you don't know if you've been deceived by others! ”

After speaking, he said to Ji's family: "Sister, this is really not your brother's intention, your brother also bought it from the calligraphy and painting shop, and spent a thousand taels of silver, at that time, your brother was distressed and ate radish pickles for a month." You also know that your brother has never read any books when he was a child, he is not more knowledgeable than his brother-in-law, and he is not as scholarly as the Jing family, so he was deceived by profiteers, and it was really not intentional. ”

Ji Chi hurriedly nodded and said: "Yes, yes, sister, you have to believe me, I was really deceived, I bought a fake at the price of a genuine work, I will go back and smash that calligraphy and painting shop!" ”

Cui Shi and Ji Chi sang and said: "Sister, Zhu'er was born in October when I was pregnant, you have never conceived a child, you don't know the hardship, when I was pregnant with Zhu'er, it happened that the family was poor, I went to the field to pick grass with a big belly, and no one asked when I fainted on the ridge of the field, and when I gave birth to Zhu'er, I hurt me for a day and a night, and I almost passed!" How could I not hurt her? When I was sent to you to raise her, it was because my family was poor, and I wanted her to live a good life, but in my heart, no matter where she went, Zhu'er was my biological daughter! ”

Ji Shi was afraid that she would say this, she couldn't give birth to a child, Zhu'er was not her own, these two things were the biggest pain points in her life, and she was uncomfortable when Cui Shi said but she couldn't refute it.

She had no choice but to compromise, her tone weakened, and said, "Then forget it, you didn't mean it, I know that you must be uncomfortable if you are deceived." ”

Uncle Jing pouted, Ji believed their nonsense, he didn't believe it, but because of his relatives, he didn't want to make too much trouble, so he didn't say it.

Then he took the second piece, Ji Chi had just been hit, and he had no bottom in his heart, so he simply retreated, took out all the calligraphy and paintings, and said to Uncle Jing: "Brother-in-law, I am a big old man who doesn't know whether it is true or false, these calligraphy and paintings are all bought by me from the same store, you can see for me whether they are true or false." ”

Uncle Jing didn't refuse, took it and threw it away. Some of the counterfeits are very rough, not even as good as the ordinary imitations on the market, he really can't understand how Ji Chi's best product is embarrassed to be stuffed into his daughter's dowry!

But in the end, Uncle Jing San still picked out two authentic paintings, Ji Chi wiped his sweat, fortunately, he gritted his teeth and endured the pain during the day and put two real ones, otherwise he would not have a single box left.

Uncle Jing San took the two authentic paintings, put them back in the box, and said to Ji's: "Write it down, one of Tang Hu's "Xiaoxiang Flowing Water Map" and one of "Peach Blossom Lake Water Map" in this dynasty, because Tang Hu is still alive and his fame is not very big, so it is not valuable." ”

Ji Shi glanced at him, and the front should be written down, and the sentence behind him ...... You don't have to write it, do you?

Ji Chi and Cui is faces were a little unbearable, Ji smiled awkwardly, and then opened another box, most of the jewelry and clothes prepared by Cui Shi in that box, these things are much better than calligraphy and painting, because there is no real or fake, just to divide the material and workmanship.

Those things, Uncle Jing San didn't know, but the Ji family was also very popular in the Jing family, Jing Lan didn't marry a daughter-in-law in those years, and if he got any treasures in southern Xinjiang, he had to ask someone to send them back to her and Aunt Jing quickly, and he had seen all the precious things, so he knew at a glance what the Cui family had taken out.

Ji remembered the things that Cui took out the same way, and didn't say anything directly, but his face became darker the further he went.

After writing the list, Ji Shi directly threw the pen on the table and said, "It's not early, you two go to bed early." ”

After that, he turned around and went back to the room, and Uncle Jing quickly followed.

Cui Shi also whispered to Ji Chi in the back, "Does your sister have an opinion about us?" ”

Ji Chi sighed, and found that the two of them had made a batch of "rags", and it was strange that his sister could be happy.

"Forget it, it's not the first time we've been here, we're all familiar with it, let's go find a room to rest by ourselves."

Otherwise, what else can I do, it's all come to this point, if I go back in disgrace, the face will be lost in vain!

Uncle Jing followed Ji's back to the room, and the husband and wife closed the door and began to complain: "It's too much!" How could Zhu'er have such parents! ”

Ji Shi was wronged by Zhu'er, his eyes were red, and he said: "The second uncle's family heard that Zhu'er is going to get married, so we asked us to bring congratulatory gifts to Zhu'er and Yu'er, and they also prepared good ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum, and that pair of jade Ruyi is also worth a lot of money." Counting the second uncle's family, they have nothing to do with Zhu'er, at least they are preparing congratulatory gifts, how can this pair of biological parents be like this! ”