Chapter 8 [Grand Dowry]
"Hahaha......" There was a person in the hall who finally couldn't help laughing while slapping the table, and his mouth was still splashing saliva: "Good, good, good, a wonderful person, it's a pity." I was shocked when I saw the girl on Wednesday a few days ago, and today I know that this wonderful person is like this, but it's a pity, why don't you find this son......"
"Ahem, cough, cough," another person next to him faked coughing a few times, and pulled this person's sleeve, this person just saw Xu Houye's murderous gaze, and hurriedly put his hands together and said: "Congratulations Brother Xu, oh, Xu Houye, I will help Hou Ye to greet me on the seventh day of the fourth month, and I will give me a big red envelope when the time comes." Looking, Xu Houye's face was even more ugly, it seemed that he was afraid that he was going to be unlucky, so he lifted his feet and slipped at the door: "Lord Zhou, the little nephew retired first, the seventh day of April, everyone has said goodbye, the seventh day of April, rememberโI will definitely come to cheer!" Colleagues, on the seventh day of the fourth month, see you and disperse......"
"Okay, well, on the seventh day of the fourth month, then you will definitely come to the humble house!" The man by the door was shouting, and here Master Zhou was smiling at the audience. That Marquis Xu couldn't sit down anymore, and he was depressed and couldn't understand what he had done today. - Raised his feet to say hello and walked away by himself, and when the old man came back to his senses, the Hou Ye had long since disappeared. Thinking of stammering Xu Hou again, I couldn't help but feel stunned, and thought that my aunt and niece would marry Mrs. Hou, and climbed to this family, and there were many more when I stammered in the future, and I couldn't help but feel proud again, and I went to greet other guests here for the time being.
Here it is said that Junyi went back over the wall, followed by Yingchun and Yingying. Yingchun chased Jun Yi and pulled her sleeve and said: "This Marquis Xu is dignified and powerful, how many girls from official eunuchs in Beijing want to entrust their lives to him, and said that the daughter of the Marquis of the country is unspeakably noble but has to be a concubine, and it is said that Princess Fuping, who is the most favored today, also liked it, but she never wished." However, it is extremely inappropriate to promise so cheerfully today. My sister should know the truth of blessings and misfortunes!"
"What my sister said, how can my sister not know the reason, the original intention was just to want him to withdraw from his family, but he didn't want to make such a fuss. That's it, just as my sister said, it is a blessing and a curse, but there are also words that are a blessing and a curse. Today's things are not something that you and my little woman can control, it's better to be like a chess game, walk-step-step-step, the soldiers will block, and the cars will bombard!" Jun Yi said slowly.
Yingchun listened, nodded again and again, this aunt and cousin used to cry and cry, looking for death and life, but today Fang knows that he is an assertive master. Then he said again: "My sister is so relieved." After walking back to the inner courtyard, the three of them said goodbye and went back to each courtyard.
When he returned to the courtyard, Junyi instructed the maid to prepare clean water, soak in a petal bath, and just put on his clothes and came out, he saw the old lady, Mrs., and Grandma Zhou bring the maid and the mother-in-law, and the big man walked in with a smile. Jun Yi hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute, and Grandma Zhou stepped forward to help her: "Ouch, my sister, you are weak, hurry up and rest in the house." โ
After entering the back room, everyone sat down respectfully, and Grandma Zhou squeezed Junyi's hands in her hands again, with a distressed expression on her face: "Yo, tsk, tsk, look, old ancestor, tsk, tsk, how did my sister lose weight like this?" Yesterday, my mother's family brought two thousand-year-old ginseng, and today I brought my sister, who cut it into slices and soaked it in water every day to make tea and drink, which is excellent for qi and blood!" Saying that, he took it from the maid's hand and gave it to Junyi, who thanked him and asked Li to put it away.
When the eldest lady saw it, she took a teacup and said with a smile: "Old lady, if you look at this girl's film, you will know that you will feel sorry for my sister and don't know how to honor me as a mother-in-law." Anyway, I also have it here - I don't care about her if I string good South China Sea beads, come, Ye family girl, my aunt will bring them to you. As he spoke, he took out a string of pearls from his sleeve, and the beads were round and jade, and they were indeed excellent things.
Grandma Zhou walked over and put it on Junyi: "Ouch, obediently, my sister is really good to be born like this, look at this neck, with this chain, it is more and more white and tender." โ
Seeing this, the old lady said to Jun Yi in a serious voice: "Granddaughter, look at how good your aunt and cousin are to you, do you know that this thousand-year-old ginseng is a priceless treasure in the market, and this pearl chain was also given by a beautiful woman in your aunt's fortieth birthday a few years ago. After taking a sip of tea, he continued: "You lost your mother when you were ten years old, and your uncle and aunt took you as their own. Now that you are getting married, your uncles and aunts - up and down the family are running for you, so that you can have today. This - piles, pieces - pieces, for people's duty, such kindness must not be forgotten. When he arrives at the Hou Mansion in the future, he wants to do more with the Hou Ye for the beauty, and the beauty remembers you and her husband in her heart. On that day, the beauty, the Hou Mansion, and the Zhou Mansion were all prosperous. โ
"Yes," Jun Yi hurriedly got up and blessed the old lady, "The words of the old ancestor and the granddaughter have been remembered in my heart, and the kindness of the Zhou Mansion to Jun Yi is not forgotten by Jun Yi." โ
"Hmm" The three people present were very satisfied with Junyi's attitude, they all laughed and groaned, and after chatting for a while, they dispersed again.
A few days later, the Marquis of Xu really brought the dowry as promised, and when the dowry arrived in the hall of the Zhou Mansion, the steward came to talk back, and gave the gift list to Junyi, saying that Grandma Zhou asked Junyi to go and count.
Jun Yi had heard Li say that the eldest wife's maiden family was the protector of the country, and the dowry of the eldest lord of Zhou for the daughter of the protector was not an ordinary precious, it is said that the Zhou Mansion was almost the capital of the whole family at the beginning, although the Zhou Mansion was not a big official back then, but there were also several generations of people in business, and the assets of the whole family can be seen to be not ordinary. Although the Zhou Mansion spent a lot of money when hiring the eldest wife, it was therefore climbed to protect the country, and since then it has been a steady progress in the official career, and the family resources have not been many times higher than the dowry, of course, this is gossip. However, at that time, in order to embarrass Hou Ye Xu, I hoped that he could let it go, so there was such a problem. Jun Yi really didn't know if this marquis had his head in the water or if this official was really a way to make a fortune, so he actually agreed to it at that time, and the capital of the Zhou Mansion at the beginning, this Yasukuni Marquis Mansion was actually ready and sent in a few days. Jun Yi took a look at the list, and it was proposed:
1000 taels of gold
A load of cake (100 pounds)
Seafood: 50 kg of hair cabbage, 50 kg of abalone, 50 kg of oysters, 50 kg of scallops, 50 kg of squid, 100 kg of mushrooms, 50 kg of sea cucumber, 50 kg of shark fin, 50 kg of fish maw, 50 kg of shrimp
Three livestock: two pairs of chickens, 500 catties of pork, and 100 catties of beef and mutton
100 dace
100 catties of dried longan, dried lychee, dried peach and shelled peanuts
100 catties of four-color sugar rock sugar, orange cake, winter melon sugar and golden cocoon
100 kg of tea and 10 kg of sesame seeds
Lotus seeds, lilies, green wisps, cypress 50 catties each, betel coconut two pairs
Red beans, mung beans, red dates, dried peaches, dried longan, 100 catties each, 120 catties of glutinous rice, 32 catties of sugar
2 pairs of dragon and phoenix candles and 2 couplets
2 boxes of incense, 2 boxes of large firecrackers, and 2 boxes of large artillery
2 pairs of gold dragon and phoenix bracelets, 1 gold abacus, 1 pair of gold combs, 1 gold mirror, 10 gold rings, 10 gold necklaces, 10 gold headdresses, 4 pairs of gold earrings
2 gold-inlaid jade pendants, 2 jade pendants, 2 Hetian jade hairpins, 10 jade headdresses, and a jade Ruyi handle
1 crystal silver crystal phoenix hairpin, 1 Lian Mulan Pavilion royal hairpin, 1 pair of blue night crystal jade bracelets, 1 pair of red sandalwood crystal jade bracelets, 1 pair of crystal jade bracelets, 1 pair of white blue jade diamond necklaces, 1 white blue jade diamond ring, 1 pair of pink floc phantom pendants, 1 beaded coral bat hairpin, 1 butterfly hairpin with gold inlaid jewelry, 1 gold inlaid jewelry half-winged butterfly hairpin, 1 Chaoyang five phoenix hanging bead hairpin, 1 pair of agate silver round bracelets, 1 white jade fish ring, 1 pair of agate Fushou armor
4 pairs of jadeite bracelets, 10 jadeite necklaces, and 10 jadeite headdresses
A pair of night pearls, 10 catties of South China Sea pearls, and 1 South China Sea coral tree
100 pieces of Shu brocade, 100 pieces of gold brocade, 100 pieces of Suzhou brocade, 100 pieces of tribute satin, 100 pieces of georgette, 100 pieces of silk, 100 pieces of silk cloth, 100 pieces of fine arrowroot
It's really a big deal, no wonder this Marquis Xu said that he wanted to sell the Marquis Mansion of Yasukuni at that time, and he must have known about the Zhou Mansion to protect the Marquis Mansion at the beginning. Jun Yi handed the list to the Li family to go to count it, expecting that although the people of the Zhou Mansion would not add more, they would not dare to offend the Yasukuni Marquis Mansion, and they would never hide it and swallow it privately.
After Li finished counting, he replied to Jun Yi: "This Yasukuni Marquis Mansion is a heart, and the dowry is not only prepared according to the list drawn up by the eldest master, but the grade of each item is not much higher than that of the eldest wife." The Hou Mansion also sent an escort team, invited the largest band in the capital, and put all the hired things on flat carts to pull horses, or put them on horseback to carry them, or the men and maids to hold them in their hands, but they were not packed in cages. The people in the capital came out to see the excitement, the doors of the shops on the street were blocked and they were forced to close, most of the street stalls were trampled on, the cars and horses were not allowed to move, and many people were squeezed to the ground and injured countless people. There is no exception to such a lively scenery at present. โ
After saying the excited-tone, Li raised his head and looked at Junyi, and when he saw that Junyi listened to it, he only continued to wring the Jinpa in his hand, and then said again: "Master Hou can be seen to value the girl very much, and the girl can be relied on in this life."
Is that really the case? Jun Yi secretly smiled bitterly, why is this Marquis Xu like this? Is it that you have offended many times and want to take revenge? The Yasukuni marquis is high and powerful, so you don't have to spend all these twists and turns, right?