Chapter 158: Dowry 1
(Cat flutter Chinese) "...... at home" Huang Jingjie's face was slightly gloomy, and his voice was flat with a hint of worry: "I haven't been home for many years." Please remember the URL of this site: . ”
"Yes, you haven't been back for a few years, the fifth brother got married, and the second master came in person, doesn't it mean that the old lady is not in good health? Alas, every year is really fast, I went back the year before last, the old lady is still very tough, speaking of which, if the old lady leaves, it is really the second master to pick it up? If only the uncle were still here. "Grandma Le Si is worried, the helmsman of the Huang family, the elder of the family, Old Lady Huang, heard that he fell ill just after the New Year, and he has not seen much better, after all, he is in his seventies, and his illness has caused the hearts of the people in the Huang clan to fluctuate.
The Huang family has not been in business for a long time, the grandfather of the old lady Huang has sold sesame oil for half his life with a burden, saved some silver and is about to buy a few acres of land, but the only son fell ill, a serious illness, the silver was spent, the son was not well yet, the old man was helpless, so he had to go out, take the remaining ten taels of silver and run the grassland with people to do business, who knows when the time comes, the first trip actually picked up half a load of silver back, from then on, this fortune is out of control, to the time when the old lady Huang was born, the family has been rich far and wide.
Mrs. Huang has three brothers, and Mrs. Huang's father made a rule before his death, and in the future, the position of the Huang family as a family member should be selected from the three rooms to have virtuous children to live in. To the five brothers of Huang Jingjie's generation, Changfang, that is, the eldest son of Mrs. Huang, Uncle Huang, is shrewd and capable, and treats people well, all say that the blue is out of the blue, and he is the inheritor of the patriarch recognized by the whole clan, who knows that seven or eight years ago, the second son of Mrs. Huang, Huang Jingming, is not bad, but it cannot be compared with the dead uncle. The second room is an only son, he has been studying since he was a child, but unfortunately he couldn't read it, and then he did business, he couldn't endure hardship, and he couldn't get started, so he simply went home to live a rich and easy life. Huang Jingjie is the eldest son of the third room, and there is a younger brother below.
Huang Jingjie has been very smart since childhood, Huang Jingjie's father loves the eldest grandson the most, but he is most optimistic about the fourth little grandson, Huang Jingjie remembered his grandfather's love and expectations for himself back then, and he came up with a daze, Xiaoyu was brought back by his grandfather, Huang Jingjie will never forget the first time he saw Xiaoyu, before seeing Xiaoyu, he never thought that a little girl could look like that, they all said that the five princes were good-looking, Huang Jingjie showed a smile at the corner of his mouth, the fifth brother is like his mother, but how can he be half as good-looking as his mother?
Grandfather said that Xiaoyu was a girl from the Huang family, Huang Jingjie sighed painfully and silently, Xiaoyu became a girl of the Huang family, and later entered the palace, and later gave birth to a fifth brother, and later died.
"Shiro?" Grandma Le Si saw that Huang Jingjie came up with a god again, and couldn't help but scream, Huang Jingjie came to her senses, exhaled and said: "I'm thinking about the past, if only the eldest brother was here, Qingfeng Building is the industry that the eldest brother presided over back then, the second brother's temperament is not enough, and the eldest brother can't be compared," Huang Jingjie said a few words, and said with a smile: "I'll say it casually, don't go to your heart, the old lady is a shrewd person, we don't have to worry about family affairs, the fifth brother and daughter-in-law have Sanli City, we have to scatter it, it's not good to lose the face of the fifth brother, This time the matter of the door ceremony, when the time comes, it will be handed over to the fifth brother and daughter-in-law, I have to go out quickly, there are still many things. ”
Huang Jingjie stood up as he spoke, and Grandma Le Si hurriedly got up to send him out.
The busy days passed the fastest, and in a blink of an eye, it was the day when the five princes got married.
The day before the dowry, Li Tian in the capital's six shops and the Huang family's seven or eight shops and restaurants on the lanterns, posted a big red post, from this day for three days, all the things in the shop were sold at half price, the door of the Sanli City stalls also long paved out, a sensation in the whole capital, such a stroke is unprecedented.
The guys in the six shops are busy in the shop, and the shopkeepers are all gathered in the Yongguo Mansion, the dowry that began early the next morning is not a trivial matter, the Yongguo Mansion can not find so many strong men who carry the dowry, the shopkeepers have been busy for a few days, and all the old people in the capital have seen it all over, and all the Zhou Zheng can use to hire them to carry the dowry and do miscellaneous, fortunately, the day of the prince's wedding has long been set, and the people in the capital generally do not set this day for men and women to marry, who is idle and has nothing to do with the royal family to steal the limelight.
The dowry is shopped by the king shopkeeper with the capital and other places to send the dowry into Beijing more than 20 shopkeepers are responsible, the shopkeepers are a color of red brocade tuanhua long shirt, tied with a gold wrong jade belt, big red gold soft feet, by the king shopkeeper commander-in-chief, each performing its duties, commanding and dispatching a large number of dowry teams, fortunately, the shopkeepers are all well-informed, are through major events, although there are many people and miscellaneous things, but still in an orderly manner.
The patriarch of the Li clan, the eldest lord Li Zhongzhi looked at it carefully for a while, twisted his beard with satisfaction, turned around and went into the house to help his son with the matter of the day of the wedding, Li Tian got married, this is a major event in the Li clan, he has already picked a good manpower, on the day of the wedding, no matter what, he can't lose the dignity of the Li family and hurt the face of the fifth sister.
The dowry bearers were gathered on the first day, talking about the rules and saying rewards and punishments, queuing up to bathe and change clothes, the dowry clothes have rules, black clothes with red edges and red belts, the maids originally prepared, but I didn't expect this trip to make the owner first send a set of red-edged black brocade new clothes, after carrying the dowry, the clothes will belong to everyone, the maids are excited, this set of brocade clothes is at least two taels of silver, just don't pay the wages are earned!
The Yongguo Mansion was brightly lit overnight, and when the sky was bright, everything was ready, and the two shopkeepers led forward, taking the lead out of the gate of the Yongguo Mansion.
The fifth prince yawned, stood in front of the window of the private room on the second floor of Qingfeng Building, looked at the Yongguo Mansion not far away, and said, "Who chose the time?" How could anyone start raising the dowry so early? It's still early. ”
"Qin Tianjian didn't choose so early, and Li Fu said that it was too late." Huang Jingjie responded with a smile, and the fifth prince said 'ha': "I'm afraid it's too late?" How much dowry does she have? Want to lift for a day? What about the dowry list? I don't think I've seen it? ”
"The dowry list is still the one with the next post, I asked once before, saying that it was too late to sort it out for a while, and then it was never sent over, and I didn't let people ask again, for fear of causing gossip."
"Well," the fifth prince yawned again: "Here, the formation is quite large." The fifth prince took half a step forward, and looked down at the furniture that came out first.
"It's not good if you don't see the second brother." Huang Jingjie stood beside the five princes, looked down at the dowry, and persuaded again: "He came this time, but he made a special trip to congratulate you on your marriage." The fifth prince was too lazy to see Huang Jingming, and Huang Jingming already suspected that Huang Jingjie had done something from it. Cat flutter Chinese