Chapter 253: A Rich Dowry
Because of Yan Cen's matter and Du Yunnian's matter, the Zhuangzi Master helped the Du family's small third room a lot, so Du Fangfei got married, Du Jinning simply set up a flowing water table in the courtyard and outside the door, and invited all the people in the Zhuangzi to eat, in addition, she also set up a few tables of first-class banquets in the hall and the east and west wings, and invited Qi Bokun, Yuan Xiuzhu, Guan Lehe, Huang Chengming and a few other elders and gentlemen who took care of her to eat; Guan Jiaze and other friends and classmates are naturally indispensable, Zhuang Yue and Yao Shuqi and other shopkeepers are also invited, and even the shopkeeper of Cao Ji Shuyin, who is good friends with her, is also present.
When Du Yinsheng and Zhang saw these people and learned their identities, they were shocked. Zhang's little angry caution also dissipated in fright.
When Du Fangfei's dowry came out, it attracted a burst of exclamations from everyone. Not to mention everyone, Xu Chengyuan, who came to greet him, was taken aback, and his face was full of confusion.
Xu Chengyuan's classmates and friends, who came to greet his relatives together, bit their ears with their companions: "Didn't you say that Du Jinning was out of the house when he split up, and lived in the house on the Zhuangzi and the fields on the tenant Zhuangzi?" How could there be fifteen acres of fine land and half a hill for my sister to dowry? And just now in the new house, did you see the full set of new furniture made of good wood? I can't beat it without a dozen or twenty taels of silver. ”
Afraid that someone would be remembered when revealing his wealth, or he would be suspected of it for no reason and cause unnecessary things, Du Jinning specially told Chen before this.
So when everyone's exclamations stopped, Chen smiled and said aloud: "Everyone knows what Mr. Storyteller in the city said about "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "Dragon Babu", right? These two books are not only used to tell books, but they also sell well in bookstores. It was all written by our brother Ning. He didn't want to spend any of the money from selling the script, so he saved it all and bought paddy fields and mountains for his eldest sister as a dowry. Our brother Ning is a widow, and we used to have a difficult life, if it weren't for his eldest sister, he wouldn't have grown so big. He also wanted to repay his eldest sister's kindness to him. ”
Suddenly, all the relatives and friends were amazed, sighing that Du Jinning was promising, and sighing that he had a conscience. After getting the money, he didn't say that he bought property for his family, but he returned it to the eldest sister who was kind to him.
Of course, some people secretly scolded Du Jinning for being stupid, not spending his own money if he has money, and cheapening his family. But in front of people, he didn't dare to say this.
Chen turned to Xu Chengyuan again: "Son-in-law, our sister Fei has suffered a lot before, you have to treat her well in the future." ”
"I will, I promise." Xu Chengyuan hurriedly promised, "I will definitely not let her be wronged." I will also work hard to earn money to support my family, work hard to take the imperial examination, and let ...... Let her live a good life. When he said Du Fangfei, his face turned red.
He was not a man who liked to speak grandiose, and what he said just now was completely stimulated by the dowry. He thought that the furniture that he moved into the Xu family when he was laying the house was already the most valuable thing in Du Fangfei's dowry, and their Xu family was also poor, and he didn't expect Du Fangfei to have any dowry. Unexpectedly, Du Jinning actually came up with such a big easter egg.
He suddenly felt a lot of pressure.
If he has no interest, he will be a soft rice eater in the future. Not only did he eat it, but he also had to take his mother to eat. As a responsible man, eating soft rice makes him feel ashamed.
Hearing his son-in-law's words, Chen was very satisfied.
At this time, Zhang and Aunt Dong also helped Du Fangfei out of the new house. The bride was covered with a hijab, but the satin wedding dress she wore with the finest fabric, the jade pendant hanging from her waist, the golden hairpin and gold earrings that occasionally showed at the hijab when she cried goodbye to her mother, and the jade bracelet on her hand caused everyone to marvel.
At this time, Aunt Dong took the responsibility to explain to everyone: "Didn't their mother and daughter make dried tofu and buy it day and night?" All the money earned was given to the eldest sister to buy such a suit. ”
The woman who got married was all envious. With such a brother and mother, Du Fangfei is really blessed.
Zhang said on the side: "It's also our sister Fei who is kind, and she didn't even care about her brother's life to save her brother several times, so she was treated like this by her mother and brother." ”
So Du Fangfei didn't do anything, and his reputation rose to another level among relatives and friends. In the future, if she encounters something that is criticized, others will also refute today's events.
After Du Fangfei got married, the Chen family entrusted the business of making dried tofu to the Xie family. Xie Shi was looking forward to holding her grandson, and once Du Fangfei was pregnant, she was not too tired, so she didn't plan to do it with her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, but invited two very honest neighbors' daughters-in-law to help with the work, and she grasped the most critical steps by herself. Du Fangfei only needs to do embroidery work and do some housework.
The work of making dried tofu was delivered, and only the work of braised dried tofu remained, and the work was not tiring, just put the dried tofu in and cook it, at most it was a fire, so the busy Chen and Du Fangling and others were not used to it.
Chen came to discuss with Du Jinning: "It's not a problem for us to be so idle, do you have anything delicious to cook there?" Will you look for it in the book and teach us again? ”
Du Jinning couldn't help laughing, and teased his mother: "You are really born to work hard. ”
"Isn't that it?" Chen very simply admitted, "We are just working hard, and we are not comfortable when we are idle." Say, is there anything to do? ”
"Yes." Du Jinning freed them from the tiring work of making tofu, that is, there were more important things for them to do, "Have you seen the strawberries I planted in the yard?" After this year, I have also cultivated a lot of seedlings, and the backyard is almost out of planting, and the rice in the field has been harvested again, so you can tidy up the field closest to us, put some base fertilizer, and then move the strawberry seedlings to the field to plant. ”
After the strawberries were planted, Du Jinning did not rush to sell them, but let his family eat them, and gave them to Yuan Xiuzhu, Qi Bokun, Guan Lehe and others to taste. Chen naturally knew about this novel high-end fruit, and usually helped Du Jinning take care of strawberry seedlings.
Hearing Du Jinning's words, she nodded: "It's really going to move." When we have planted too much, we will take it out and sell it. ”
"Mother, let's do things, take one step and look at three steps, so that it is not easy to wrestle. When this strawberry seedling goes out, the people in the Zhuangzi will inevitably be curious, and then ask you to plant the seedlings, and you have to think about how to deal with it. ”
Chen was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that this was indeed the case, so he hurriedly asked Du Jinning: "Then how should we deal with it?" ”
"Think for yourself." When Du Jinning said this, he lowered his head and practiced his own words.