A few days after the decision was made, Xu Lingyi moved back to the court.

The army stopped at the Xishan camp, 60 kilometers away from Yanjing, and General Xu Lingyi led his 3,000 officers and men to hold a ceremony at noon on June 6 at the noon gate.

On that day, Wanxiang Empty City looked at Xu Lang......

Eleven Niang took amber and holly to dry clothes and quilts at home, taking this opportunity to collect the cage.

Zhu Xiang brought mung bean soup to quench their thirst.

"Take a break!" Eleven Niang looked at the scorching sun and greeted Amber and Holly, who were busy in the yard.

The two of them entered the house with the heat of the moxibustion man, and drank the mung bean soup in one gulp before putting the bowl down.

"Rock candy?" Holly asked Zhu Xiang with a smile.

Zhu Xiang nodded: "I said that Miss Eleven asked for it, and there was rock candy in the kitchen." ”

has not yet married into the Xu family, and everyone is very different from the people in the eleventh mother's house.

Zhu Xiang hesitated: "Mother Shen in the kitchen said that her niece is very capable, can you bring her niece over when the young lady leaves." ”

Everyone looked at Eleven Niang.

Eleven Niang smiled: "Tell her, this kind of thing has to be decided by the mother." ”

Zhu Xiang nodded, took the bowl, and sent it to the kitchen.

Amber said vaguely, "Miss, do you want to see a few people...... There's always a way......"

Eleven Niang didn't make a sound.

Holly looked up at the sky: "It's such a hot day, I don't know if the Hou Ye can stand it?" Don't get sick! ”

Eleven Niang couldn't help but say: "Don't worry, the Xu family has been hired." No matter what happens to him, I'm always going to get married. ”

Holly listened but said with a straight face: "Miss, Master Hou is so good to you, you can't say such things again!" ”

The "good" in her mouth means that the bride price given by the Xu family to Shi Niang is 5,000 taels of silver...... Compared with the 1,000 taels given by the Wang family to Shi Niang and the 200 taels given by the Qian family to Wu Niang, it is too long to give yourself a long face.

Eleven Niang decided to remain silent.

On this issue, she and Holly really can't talk together.

The bride price is on the bright side, which is not only the face of the Luo family, but also the face of the Xu family. What's more, because the total price of the Xu family's dowry exceeded 10,000 taels of silver, the eldest lady had to rise and buy a dowry of 10,000 taels of silver for her. Of course, this kind of result is what Eleven Niang is very willing to see - who would think that she has too many dowries! In addition, the really valuable gold and silver jewelry, clothing and cloth in the dowry given by the Xu family will be given to her, and she will accompany her to the Xu family as her dowry when the time comes. Really calculated, the Xu family only spent two or three thousand taels of silver, but she brought two granges and two courtyards over, which alone was worth more than five thousand taels of silver...... The Xu family really earned both face and lining.

In contrast, it was the Luo family who suffered a big loss.

If you hire a daughter-in-law for your son, I'm afraid you will do the same!

However, the generosity of the eldest lady also surprised her.

After all, Wu Niang and Shi Niang got married, but she had a bowl of water flat, all of which were 100 acres of paddy fields and a yard......

And Holly saw that Eleven Niang didn't make a sound, knowing that she didn't like to say this by herself, but she really couldn't help it.

The husband is the wife. Marrying into the Xu family, whether it is life or death, good or bad, it all depends on the Hou Ye. If you don't serve the Hou Ye well, how can you have a good life. If Miss doesn't understand this, she will suffer a big loss in the future!

She couldn't help but persuade Eleven Niang: "Miss, you have read more books than me, and you know more truth than me." Only when the husband sings and the wife can the family prosper......"

A little maid ran in and said, "Miss Eleven, the sedan chair that went to pick up the fifth aunt is back!" ”

Eleven Niang stood up suddenly: "Really, where is it?" ”

The little maid smiled: "Just entered the alley." It's going to be a yard. ”

This is also one of the benefits of being married to Xu Lingyi - if there is anything about her at home, everyone is very active in reporting to her.

Eleven Niang asked Amber to reward the little maid with a few coppers.

The little maid took it and went away with a thousand thanks.

Eleven Niang sat down slowly.

Holly Qi said, "Aren't you going to greet your aunt?" ”

"When the time comes, my mother will naturally call me." There was a faint sadness on Eleven Niang's face.

Some things are on the surface of each other. Otherwise, how can there be a mother who values the son and the son who respects the mother. Only she is good, and others naturally dare not snub the fifth aunt......

But after a while, no one came to call her.

Eleven Niang couldn't help but get anxious. sent Qiu Ju to inquire: "Let's see if something happened?" ”

Qiu Ju left in response, and quickly turned back: "Miss, the fifth aunt didn't come!" ”

Eleven Niang was taken aback: "Didn't come? Why didn't you come? Is it unwell? Or is something else going on? ”

"I don't know." Qiu Ju shook her head, "However, this time Wu Xiaoquan and his family are here, Wu Xiao's family should know." ”

Eleven Niang was anxious, but she pretended to be calm on her face. It wasn't until the afternoon that Wu Xiao's family came.

She was also sharp, and said, "Auntie said, if you have a good home, it is better than anything else." She won't come. So as not to embarrass my uncle when I go out of the cabinet. Let me bring you a letter, so that when you go to your husband's house, you must honor your mother-in-law and your aunt, but you can't do anything unusual. ”

Eleven Niang was a little in a daze.

Fifth aunt, no matter when, the first thing that comes to mind is to be a daughter......

Wu Xiao's family looked at Eleven Niang's eyes a little red, and said with a smile: "Miss Eleven doesn't know yet, right?" Our fourth master is going to marry a daughter-in-law. ”

Eleven Niang was really attracted by this news, and said in surprise: "The fourth brother is going to marry a daughter-in-law?" ”

Wu Xiao's family nodded: "It's the young lady of the Zhou family in Linqiao, Yu County." It can be regarded as a generation of scholars. My grandfather used to be the prefect of the daimyo's house, but my father died early, and the family was in decline. ”

Eleven Niang nodded.

If it was good, the eldest lady would definitely not agree.

Wu Xiao's family saw that Eleven Niang was not disgusted with this topic, took a few steps forward, and said in a low voice: "However, I heard that Miss Zhou's personality is very pungent, and no one in the neighborhood dares to mess with her. So when I was eighteen years old, I didn't say anything about my in-laws. ”

"Eighteen years old hasn't said anything about his in-laws?" Amber whispered, "Isn't that bigger than our fourth master." ”

Wu Xiao's family covered their sleeves and smiled: "I am twenty years old this year, and I am in response to the statement that I am a junior in a female college year and holds gold bricks." ”

"Who did this family business?" Eleven Niang couldn't help but say, "Does the third aunt know?" ”

"It's the matchmaker of the wife of Hangzhou prefect Zhou." Wu Xiao's family smiled, "The eldest lady personally asked Mrs. Zhou to help find it, and the third aunt knows what is tight." I heard that Lord Zhou once worked with Miss Zhou's grandfather, and because he had the same surname as Zhou, he also talked about the prologue. No, the 10th day of the first month of September has been tentatively scheduled, and I have been specially asked to discuss the matter of getting married. ”

The so-called "discussing marriage matters" refers to coming to the eldest wife to get money, right? After all, whether it's a decision or a marriage, it's always hard to move an inch without money. What's more, during the Chinese New Year this year, the eldest lady sent someone back to Yuhang to get 20,000 taels of silver......

Here Wu Xiao's family and Eleven Niang were talking, and the eldest man over there was worried: "I said that the number of sisters should be about the same, but you don't listen." Okay now, what should I do if Brother Sheng gets married? ”

"What's the problem?" The eldest lady said coldly, "Powder the place where he used to live, and the furniture is also ready-made." However, when the decision is made, add some gold and silver jewelry, silk and satin, etc., and it will cost no more than two hundred taels, plus the chicken, duck and fish meat on the feast, at most four hundred taels is enough. ”

"No way!" The eldest man said, "You let me marry a daughter-in-law for four hundred taels, and it's strange that the neighbors don't laugh off their big teeth." I got a thousand taels of silver. ”

"A thousand taels of silver?" The eldest lady sneered with the teacup, "You don't look at what kind of family the Zhou family is?" If you take a thousand taels of silver, how can the Zhou family return the gift? Don't forget, the Xu family's dowry of 12,000 taels of silver will make us spend 20,000 taels of silver to marry the eleventh mother. The Xu family is accustomed to big scenes and has always been generous, we have to think about the Zhou family, right? Maybe for these four hundred taels, the Zhou family will have to borrow money to marry their daughter. ”

The eldest master had no choice but to mutter, "That's too little." When Brother Xing was young, it cost more than 5,000 taels ......"

The eldest lady glared at her husband impatiently: "The daughter-in-law's dowry is also more than three thousand taels!" ”

The eldest lord has never won the eldest lady's accounting, and he turned around to drink tea a little angrily.

"The 10th day of the ninth month has to be changed." The eldest lady groaned, "The Xu family came to ask me two days ago. It is said that Qin Tianjian said that only the tenth day of the ninth month is a good day. Otherwise, we will have to wait until October 22. I look at the meaning of the Xu family, I want to set it on the tenth day of September. Brother Sheng's day will be decided by the Xu family! After speaking, he called Mother Xu again, "I went to pick up the fifth aunt and the fifth aunt and grandmother - Brother Sheng's marriage is a big deal, and the two of them have to be discussed." ”

Now Wu Niang listens to Qian Ming in everything, and Qian Ming, like the eldest wife, has to take care of the Xu family first in everything. The old man had no choice but to stop talking. I can only wait for the Xu family to report the day.

The Xu family really took a fancy to the tenth day of September.

Because it was discussed with the eldest wife, the eldest lord immediately agreed.

Luo Zhensheng's marriage was changed to October 22.

The husband and wife had just discussed, and there was a letter from Shandong, saying that the day of Qi Niang's marriage was set for the tenth day of October.

"Didn't you say that spring would start next year? How did it change at the end of the year? ”

Mother Yu, who came to report the news, smiled and said, "You don't know how sincere our aunt's heart is. The second wife said that it would take time to beat the furniture, so the uncle hurriedly sent the furniture; The second wife said that the needlework could not be finished for a while, so my uncle invited ten needlework masters from Xianya Pavilion to our house to do needlework...... The second wife didn't dare to say anything when she saw this posture - could it be that she couldn't marry Miss Seven and let her uncle's family pay for it. No, first, let me report to the eldest master, eldest wife, and third wife, and second, let me come to Lao Jixiang to give Miss Seven a face. ”

The eldest lady glanced at the eldest master: "It seems that Brother Sheng's marriage date has to be changed again." ”

When a son gets married, his parents will always get it!

The eldest lord waved his hand: "Brother Sheng's marriage is scheduled to start spring next year!" ”

"Next year, the Zhou family girl will be twenty-one!" The eldest lady objected again.

The niece and the son, of course, the son is more important.

The eldest master didn't hesitate at all, and immediately said: "Then let Brother Xing send Qi Niang, and we will go back to Yuhang!" ”

The eldest lady's face was slightly gloomy.