Chapter 487: Go to Lijiazhuang to get hired
In the past two days, Damu and their five carpenters have made a lot of furniture for the family, so in addition to a large wardrobe in Zhang Xiaoxue's house, there is also a soft couch by the window.
Of course, a lot of brand new wooden furniture has been added to the rooms of other people in the family, and the furniture promised to be made for the third uncle has also been sent to his new house.
Early in the morning of the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, Zhang Xiaoxue's grandfather, grandmother, third uncle, fourth uncle, uncle, as well as Zhang's father, Zhang's mother and Zhang Xiaoxue herself, after breakfast, took an ox cart to Lijiazhuang.
There are a total of three ox carts, the family sits on one, and on the middle of the ox cart, it is a dowry gift for the third uncle's wife, which fills the ox cart, of course, in addition to some prepared by Zhang Xiaoxue's grandmother, Zhang Xiaoxue's family has also added a lot.
There were six male slaves sitting on an ox cart in the back, and they went to help carry the bar box and move things, and there was also a layer that also meant to increase face for the Zhang family.
The most conspicuous thing in the dowry is two bar boxes, with red silk flowers tied on them, and in addition to the dowry of eight taels of silver, a box also has some quilts and quilts at the bottom.
In the other box are two sets of cotton clothes made for the woman, and there is also a silver hairpin, which Zhang Zhenhu bought for the future third sister-in-law in the county.
Then there are two jars of wine, the wine jar is also pasted with the word Xi, two pork weighing about 5 catties, and two fish, a pair of hens, a pair of roosters, two catties of sugar cubes, there are also four kinds of pastries, each pastry is also 2 catties, and there are two baskets of peaches taken out by Zhang Xiaoxue.
The pork, fish, pastries and sugar cubes in this are all taken out by Zhang Xiaoxue, in order to prepare a dowry for the third uncle, Zhang Xiaoxue also taught Erbao how to make fruit hard candy by the way.
When making fruit hard candy, Zhang Xiaoxue made a lot of flavors at one time, in addition to the dowry gift this time, and in a few days, the third uncle will also use it when he gets married, and the rest is also kept at home and kept for Bin'er to eat.
When Zhang Xiaoxue's family drove the ox cart out of the village, the people in the village would come forward to talk when they saw it, and they all knew that this was Zhang Xiaoxue's third uncle Zhang Zhenhu was going to the woman's house to give a dowry, and they all opened their mouths to send words of blessing.
Especially when the people in the village saw the dowry pulled on the second ox cart, they all praised the Zhang family's dowry to the woman was very rich, and hearing these words, Zhang Xiaoxue's grandparents also greeted the villagers with a happy smile.
In this section of the village, the time was delayed a lot, and when I got out of the village, the speed was much faster.
When they arrived at Lijiazhuang, the people in the village saw that this was here to give a dowry, and when they saw the sumptuous dowry on the second ox cart, they all guessed whose house it was going to.
When they saw Zhang Xiaoxue and their three ox carts, they were a little surprised that they were actually going to Li Stubborn Donkey's family in the village, they didn't expect that the black and thin daughter of Li Stubborn Donkey would find such a rich family.
When Zhang Xiaoxue's family just stopped the ox cart at the door of Li Guoguo's house, the people in the house had already received the letter and hurried out, and when they saw the dowry on the ox cart, the smile on their faces turned into a chrysanthemum.
"My in-laws are here, hurry to the house to rest and drink tea. ”
Because the people of the Li family knew that the Zhang family was going to come here to hire today, the family did not go out, and they were all waiting at home, so at this time, except for the girl from the Li family who did not go out, the whole family came to the door to greet the guests.
Facing the smiling faces of the Li family, of course, the Zhang family was also smiling, and both sides greeted each other happily and entered the Li family.
The slaves who came didn't need to be ordered, they all moved the dowry on the ox cart into the courtyard of the Li family and placed it in their yard.
And opened the two bar boxes and dried out the things inside, which is exquisite, as if it is a link such as a dowry, so that relatives and friends on the woman's side can take a look, and the man will give the woman a dowry.
The Li family is also a very poor family, otherwise the four brothers of the Li family girl would not be able to marry a daughter-in-law, and the mother-in-law of the Li family is also a very snobbish woman.
When she saw so many dowry gifts, especially the silver in the shape of eight ingots placed on the top, her eyes were shining with excitement, and the smile on her slightly snarky face was also very sincere.
Seeing that the people in the village came to see the excitement, in the face of so many dowries, especially the eight ingots of silver, the people in Lijiazhuang all said words of envy and congratulations.
Especially when there are slaves serving on the Zhang family's side, they are all a little puzzled, what kind of powerful family is Zhang Xiaoxue's side, and people who have good things in the village ask the sons of the Li family.
The Li family knew about Zhang Xiaoxue from the matchmaker, and the slave who came must also be in the name of the county lord of Xueshan, so they talked to the curious villagers.
The people in the village have already popularized pancakes, and most of them are grateful to the county lord Xueshan who invented pancakes, especially those who have a bad life at home, and they are even more grateful to Zhang Xiaoxue for inventing pancakes.
Now among the people who heard it, it turned out to be the county lord of Xueshan, and they all set their eyes on Zhang Xiaoxue, and when they saw that Zhang Xiaoxue was such a beautiful and lovely girl, they all transferred their praise to Zhang Xiaoxue.
This made Zhang Xiaoxue a little unexpected, the woman of the Li family heard these words from the villagers, and her heart was also happy, as if the words of praise were about her.
She also felt honored to be able to climb such a relative, which made her vanity very satisfied.
Today, the man came to the woman's house to have a meal at the woman's side, so the Li family prepared a table of banquets.
Of course, the food is indeed very farmhouse food, and the meal that entertains guests at Zhang Xiaoxue's house is really very different.
This is still because of Zhang Xiaoxue's existence, the woman of the Li family specially ordered the two concubines who came to help the kitchen to cook two more meat dishes, one of which was scrambled eggs with cucumbers.
Of course, the Zhang family didn't mind much about the quality of the food they were entertaining, and so many things they came to prepare today were also for the sake of the Li family's girl's face, just to give the girl more face.
After all, in a few days, the girl of the Li family will become a member of the Zhang family, and the Zhang family has always been more protective of her own family.
Today, I came to give the dowry, and the most important thing is to give them a letter of appointment from the woman, which is wrapped in red paper, and the wedding day is also written in it.