Chapter 27: Preparing for the Wedding
The wedding date is set, and it is so close to the date, even Mrs. Tao said that it doesn't matter, what should be prepared still has to be prepared.
Listening to Fengxuan as Cheng Shaomu's residence, the new owner is about to enter the door, and the girls will naturally not be too idle.
Li Yingluo and Shen Xiu, as the big girls in the room, the first thing to do is to tidy up the main room.
In a month and a half, the house must have been too late to be renovated. But since it is a new house, it must be replaced if it is cleaned and tidyed up.
Especially when the bride enters the door, she has to accompany the wedding things and lay out the new house, and she must first empty the room and prepare it for the new daughter-in-law.
"It's too anxious, the new house is not decorated." Redsleeves couldn't help but whisper.
Li Yingluo glanced at her and said, "Where do you have so many words, today I have to move the uncle's things to the east wing, and I have to live more." ”
Although it is common for girls to complain in private, it is very inappropriate for so many little girls and mothers-in-law in the house to listen to it at this time, and to say such things openly.
Red sleeves are suitable as a second-class girl, at least it is much easier than Tianxiang, but there is only one, and she can't control her mouth.
Redsleeves immediately shut up, not daring to say anything more.
is clear in his heart, although Cheng Shaomu is considered an older age when he is twenty years old and has not married, but the marriage date is so urgent that the man is not ready for anything, and it seems that the woman is too anxious, and Mrs. Cheng does not look at her grandmother very much.
Generally speaking, to clean up a new house is to clean up the entire yard. But the daughter-in-law of the housekeeper who sent the message this time made it clear that she just cleaned up the main house. The day of marriage is approaching, and there is no need to toss too much, and Cheng Shaomu does not need to move to the study in the front yard, just live in the wing room first.
As for the east and west wings, the housekeeper's daughter-in-law didn't explain it at all, that is, she didn't have to worry about it. When the new daughter-in-law enters the door, let alone redecorate the new house, she doesn't even tidy up the east and west wings, so she throws it to the new daughter-in-law.
If Mrs. Cheng cared about this family affair and attached importance to this daughter-in-law, she would not be so lazy.
That's good, the new grandmother came in the door, I didn't know what her personality was, and the girls had been saying in private that they were afraid that they would have a hard time if they met a thin person.
Shen Xiu commanded the little girl and said, "Those clothes are all sealed, and there are few wardrobes in the wings, so I can't put so many pieces, so I only put the things I usually wear in the cabinet." ”
"There are also books on the case, and the boxes are also sealed first."
"If the box is sealed, all the people will move to the west wing, and for ordinary use, all will be moved to the east wing."
Li Yingluo also said to her mother-in-law: "The east and west wings must be cleaned, even if it is just a temporary residence, it must not be sloppy." ”
"Don't worry, girl, where the uncle lives, we don't dare to mess around." The mother-in-law said with a smile.
After a busy day, the east and west wings were cleaned, and all the things in the main room were packed and organized. The sealed boxes have all been carried to the west wing, and as for the east wing where Cheng Shaomu will live, it will not be able to be sorted out until tomorrow.
"I'm tired today, go back and rest early." Li Yingluo said to everyone.
After a tiring day, everyone was also tired, except for the two mothers-in-law who were routinely on duty at night, everyone went back to the room to rest.
After three or four days of hard work, the move was finally completed and the main house was completely vacant. Although the busy work is not finished yet, considering that it has been hard for a few days and the time is still in time, Li Yingluo let everyone rest for a day.
The little girl and the mother-in-law who worked hard could rest, but Shen Xiu and Li Yingluo couldn't be idle.
Li Yingluo personally went to the front to find the housekeeper's daughter-in-law, the house has been empty, what to do next, and the housekeeper's daughter-in-law has to give a word.
Especially how to arrange the new house, under normal circumstances, the woman comes to the man's new house a few days before the wedding. How much the woman is going to shop must be made clear in advance.
There is also furniture, if the woman is to marry the furniture, all the marriage is fine.
If it is only one part, the Pingyuan Hou Mansion must make up another part of the match, at least in a unified style.
"The Tao family said a long time ago, don't marry furniture." The housekeeper's daughter-in-law said a little sarcastically, "There's nothing to spread out the formation, just leave the bed empty." ”
"Huh?" Li Yingluo was shocked when she heard this.
Qingyang is rich, and the daughter who marries is still very rich, especially in large families, and it is even more face-saving. Even if she has no money, she has to take something to save face when her daughter gets married.
Although the Tao family was defeated, but it was the Pingyuan Hou Mansion that was married, and no matter how poor the Tao family was, they had to marry more to save face for the sake of face.
"There is not much silver for the dowry, which is used to make furniture, so it is better to accompany more acres of gold and silver." The sarcasm on the face of the housekeeper's daughter-in-law was even more obvious.
Generally speaking, Zhang Luo's daughter-in-law who is in charge of happy events can receive some rewards, but Mrs. Tao is a particularly picky person and does not pull out a dime.
The subordinates of the Tao family also complained again and again, only saying that the master was sloppy, so that the subordinates could not eat.
Li Yingluo was speechless when she heard it, although the furniture is used by the woman a lot, it is more convenient to use it for her own escort.
But with the situation of the Plains Hou Mansion, the man must be well prepared.
And this kind of furniture, although it looks decent when it is married. But in real life, furniture is neither easy to sell nor used for money. For those who have a lot of money, they can be accompanied by a full set of furniture.
With the Tao family's family background, it is more cost-effective to let the man prepare furniture and give his daughter a little more gold and silver.
But......
Just prepare bedding, which will save you money.
"If it weren't for the fact that the cover has been prepared by her mother's family since ancient times, and there has never been a mother-in-law's preparation, Mrs. Tao would have even wanted to save the cover." The housekeeper's daughter-in-law said with a look of disdain.
is desperate, and he is stingy and grinding, and even the dowry is so cold. Don't say that the master can't look down on it, even their subordinates can't look down on it.
If this new grandmother inherits her own mother like this, I'm afraid that there will be jokes in the future.
Li Yingluo was speechless when she heard it, and said after a while: "Then I'll let the little girls just clean up the bed." ”
If I had known this, the main house would not have been completely vacated. She was originally going to clean it up for her new grandmother, but she didn't expect the Tao family to even save this.
"Just clean up." The housekeeper's daughter-in-law said indifferently and said, "The wife and uncle don't take this family business too seriously, so why should we be in a hurry." You watch and clean up, clean up, let me know, and I'll let my mother-in-law hang red. ”
In the new house of the marry, according to the rules, all the curtains must be replaced with red ones, so as to look festive.
Hanging red is just a little red silk on the original decoration, just for a scene. Although it is a little slow, it will save people trouble.
Li Yingluo said: "I have cleaned up, and my sister-in-law can go over at any time." ”
"Okay, I'll send someone when I'm free." The housekeeper's daughter-in-law said with a smile, and said to Li Yingluo: "This new grandmother, you don't have to be too attentive to the waiter, we can all be more relaxed." ”
If it is a county lord or county lord who marries into the door, the next person will really be busy breaking his legs.
Such a new grandmother is really trouble-free. It's still a joke if you can't get it right, and everyone has something to talk about.
Li Yingluo was speechless when she heard this, and asked again: "How many are the wedding girls, I'll clean up the room." ”
"Two girls, one wet nurse, it's very trouble-free." The housekeeper's daughter-in-law said, a little sarcastically: "Just like the Tao family, the girl doesn't know how miserable it is, just give the room casually." ”
Li Yingluo couldn't help but say to herself: "It's really troublesome. ”
There are only three people to marry, and there is not even one to use around, so this new grandmother has no worries even if she has an eccentric temper.
There are no people, and what waves can be turned over.
The housekeeper's daughter-in-law smiled and said, "Yes, we are all in trouble." ”
After saying a few more words, Li Yingluo went back to listen to Fengxuan.
The housekeeper's daughter-in-law said so, and she was too lazy to work hard. There are few places for the girl to contribute, but now that the new house is packed up like this, the task is completed.
As for the lower room, there are two lower rooms in the back row of Tingfeng Xuan, one for the wet nurse and one for the two girls, which is just right.
Send two mothers-in-law over, clean up casually, and it's over.
"I didn't expect it to be so easy." Li Yingluo couldn't help but say, I thought I would be busy for a few days, but I didn't expect to have an early holiday.
Shen Xiu saw that the girls were not in the house, so she whispered: "Do you know where the uncle has gone and when will he come back?" ”
"I heard my grandfather say that it seems to have gone to Kaiyang." Li Yingluo said.
Cheng Shaomu was in a hurry, but she still heard her grandfather say that Cheng Shaomu went to Kaiyang.
She didn't know exactly what to do, but listening to her grandfather's meaning, if Cheng Shaomu did it this time, the Yanwang Mansion would be turned upside down, and the Plains Hou Mansion would be fine.
According to what my grandfather said, Cheng Shaomu is a person who can do great things, and it is not a loss to follow such a master.
"Kaiyang?" Shen Xiu was surprised.
Of course, she knew where Kaiyang was, it was the coast of the Great Zhou, although it was also under the jurisdiction of Yanwangfu, but it was quite far away from Qingyang.
Cheng Shaomu went to Kaiyang, why did he go?
Li Yingluo said: "What's the matter with you?" ”
"No, it's just that the wedding date has been set, but the uncle has never returned." Shen Xiu said.
She was originally worried that Cheng Shaomu would deliberately stagger the wedding in the name of going out.
Cheng Shaomu has always bluntly said that he doesn't like Tao, and it is very possible to give Tao's a dismount by getting married.
I didn't expect Cheng Shaomu to go to Kaiyang, Kaiyang is a long way away, whether he can return on time, I'm afraid that I will have to obey the destiny of heaven.
"Uncle's affairs, where are we in charge." Li Yingluo said and whispered: "The marriage is so simple, and my wife doesn't care too much, why should you care too much." ”
And when he had spoken, he told the steward's daughter-in-law what she had said to her.
After the marriage was decided, Mrs. Tao became more active, she didn't care about her face, and her daughter-in-law was not assigned, and she brought the matchmaker every day.
Mrs. Cheng is not in the mood to greet every day, and only let the housekeeper's daughter-in-law receive her, according to the rules, this is a contempt for the in-laws, but where is the Tao family paying attention to now.
It's no wonder that Red Sleeves said it directly in front of everyone, the Tao family's actions are enough to explain in a word.
Shen Xiu said: "I don't care, I just think it...... As you said, the master's affairs, which is in our control. ”
"I don't know what the future grandmother will be, if she is as ...... as Mrs. Tao," Li Yingluo's expression was indescribable, "It's also a good thing, at least the grandmother won't make things difficult." ”
In the marriage of men and women, the daughter's family should be a reserved party, like Mrs. Tao is so forbearing, the new daughter-in-law will bow down before entering the door, where do you dare to make things difficult.
"But if you have been bullied, I am afraid that it will be ......," Shen Xiu said.
Rabbits bite people when they're in a hurry, let alone people.
Li Yingluo laughed when she heard this, lowered her voice, and said, "She also has to have this tooth before she can bite it." ”
The wedding date is approaching day by day, and Cheng Shaomu still has no intention of returning.
At the end of September, Princess Cheng suddenly came to the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion.