Early in the morning of October 14, the people in the front yard of the Yangning Marquis Mansion were busy. On Yangning Street in front of the door, "four male servants are cleaning in front, and the first two are pushing water wheels to sprinkle water, so as not to get dusty when the cars pass by." The various fungus roads in the house have been cleaned up several times, and a lot of furnishings have been moved out of the warehouse in the Zunxiang Courtyard. After the morning, invited guests arrived one after another.

To add boxes to the girls to be married, most of them are the daughters of the relatives. What is only surprising is that the first people to come are not the unseen wives of the aunts who married in the early years of the house, but the county lord of Yixing and Zhang Huixin, who has not been married for a long time. As soon as the big pride and the small sedan chair entered the West Corner Gate, someone immediately flew to report the Muxiang Courtyard, so the sedan chair fell at the second gate, in addition to Mrs. Xu who greeted her there, there was also the most stable servant woman in the house who carried two green silk Nuanjiao and waited there, and waited for someone to come down and carefully helped it up, until it entered the courtyard after passing through the hall of the Tatexiang Courtyard.

Zhu's legs and feet were inconvenient, so he only greeted him outside the Muxiang Courtyard, and then after the people entered, she asked about the physical condition of the county lord of Yixing with concern, and learned that there was no big reaction, so she breathed a sigh of relief, and said with her palms together: "Since there is such a happy event at this pass, I only hope that all the gods and Buddhas will protect one or two, so that Huixin can add a younger brother and sister......

"Mrs. Cheng's words are auspicious...... Yixing County Lord suddenly laughed when he heard this, and then looked around again, "What about this Ah Lan person?" Although she is going to get married the day after tomorrow, she is not such a thin-faced girl, why did she avoid it and disappear without a trace? ”

As soon as she said this, Zhang Huixin also echoed: "Yes, yes, yes" I also plan to thank her......

"The county lord is her stepmother, and Huixin is her sister, she just avoids others, and she won't avoid you. It's not that Du Fuyou came early just now, and pulled her to the room over there to say something, and Xiao Si was also accompanying him......" Zhu's face was full of relief, and sighed again, "She's a girl, she is going to get married, and the last thing she can't let go of is me and Xiao Si." Last night, she nagged me and Zheng's mother to take care of a lot, and she was pulling Xiaosi to teach and supervise, I have a granddaughter like her, and Xiaosi has a sister like her" is really a lucky star. "Mrs. Du was earlier than me? The county lord of Yixing suddenly realized, and when she heard Zhu's words, she also nodded, "Mrs. Tai is only half right. Ah Lan naturally didn't say anything to Xiao Si, but her younger brother was also wholeheartedly devoted to her. Xiao Si's qualifications are not the best, after all, there were a lot of delays in the early years, but there is a tenacious stubbornness in his temperament. Listening to that, he wanted to practice his skills earlier, "I can protect my sister in the future." Besides, Mrs. Tai, you don't treat her partially......"

"Yes, yes, of course I'm biased, and the fourth is also a good ......"

After laughing for a while, Zhang Huixin waited impatiently in the house, and was about to stand up and go to Cuiliuju to look for Chen Lan directly, when after a burst of words outside, the door curtain was opened.

I saw Mrs. Du in front of her wearing a royal blue cocoon and big jacket, and Chen Lan in the back was green and yellow with willow green, which looked bright and outstanding, and her complexion was more and more picturesque, and Du Zheng on the side was dressed in red, "wearing a chic gold collar on her chest, which looked very cute."

After everyone saluted, Mrs. Du smiled and said: "I thought that there was nothing to do today, so I simply came a little early, and when I went out, Zheng'er insisted on following, "I took her with me, I didn't expect the county lord and Mrs. Dai to ...... so early."

"That's my daughter, so naturally you have to be more careful!" , The county lord of Yixing beckoned Chen Lan to "wait for a look up and down when the others came forward and looked up and down, and then smiled" "If it is according to my meaning, you will not be able to wear the materials and jewelry I came to add this time, but in the end, your father persuaded me." Whether it is the color of the satin pattern, or the workmanship style of the jewelry, it changes year by year, rather than sending these to be outdated, it is better to give you more money to press the box. Therefore, in addition to the four lifts of the fine wood guy, there are also two lifts of Lanzhou Gu Rong and Zhangsha, and the remaining two lifts are all converted into silver tickets for you to press the bottom of the box! As soon as these words came out, Chen Lan was suddenly startled. You must know that no matter how big the pomp and circumstance of the dowry is, if you convert all kinds of things into silver, five hundred taels for ordinary people is already quite rich, and the dignitaries and dignitaries are thrifty and arbitrary, but it is generally one or two thousand, and even most of the palaces only get fifty thousand. The Zhu family had prepared a lot of dowries for her before, and under her persuasion, the things were about the same as Chen Bing's 20,000 yuan, but the deeds at the bottom of the box in the field shop were more, with a total value of about 40,000 yuan. But as soon as the county lord of Yixing opened his mouth, he said that it was two boxes of money, and they were all silver tickets, how could she accept it!

"Mother, I naturally received those things in front of me, but I can't ......... this money."

The corner of the Yixing county lord twitched, but he said undoubtedly: "Huixin got married, I gave her 20,000 yuan of silver, and the real estate gambling tunnel is not counted." I know that your grandmother must have prepared all those for you, so she can also save two dollars, but this pressure box silver is not less, and it will be cheap to do anything in the future. My temper has always been liked, and it is my own people who are in love, otherwise I don't care about it even if I am a relative. Besides, your father and I have been in Jiangnan for so many years, even if we don't scrape the ground, but with our skills, we will not lack anything and silver. Ah Lan, do you still dare to say that you can't take this money? ”

Mrs. Du on the side was also taken aback by the generous amount of 20,000 taels of silver at first, but the county lord of Yixing explained it straightforwardly, and she was relieved when she listened to it, so she also helped beside her: "The county lord's temper, my lord must be going to stretch out his thumb and praise." Lan'er don't want to die with your mother, isn't it 20,000? In the future, if the county lord's child falls to the ground, you might as well say that when you get married in the future, you can just double it! ”

Zhu and Zhang Huixin both laughed when they said these two sentences, and Chen Lan couldn't help laughing. Well, thinking about the temper of the county lord of Yixing on weekdays, she no longer shirked, and simply didn't thank her, but just knelt down and kowtowed three times. When her forehead touched the ground for the last time, she felt that someone was pulling her up, and when she looked up, she saw that it was Zhang Huixin.

"Oh, okay, okay, it's all about you. Well, let my mother and Mrs. Du talk, and I'll sit in your room, and there will be more guests here. ”

The county lord of Yixing looked at Chen Lan saluting, and a smile naturally appeared on his face, at this time, seeing Zhang Huixin dragging Chen Lan to leave, she remembered to look at herself when she arrived at the door, and she waved her hand angrily: "Go, go, it's hard to get out of the door, I know that you want to talk to her." The three of us here are free to talk, and it's just right without you! ”

Seeing Zhang Huixin grimacing, Chen Lan smiled, and retired first according to her wishes. When the two of them returned to Cuiliu's house, without saying a word, Yun'er leaned into her head and shouted at the door.

"Miss, the Korean Duchess and several other aunts have arrived."

"You just have to remember if anyone comes next, and you don't have to report them one by one, unless I want to see them." Chen Lan glanced at the elated Yun'er and made a gesture to drive away, "Leave a clean place for me to talk to Sister Huixin." ”

Yun'er slipped away, Zhang Huixin's eyes narrowed into a slit with a smile: "Yun'er is not happy for you, the more boxes you add, it means that your mother's family is capable, and she will not be bullied after getting married...... Look at what I said, I don't think Brother Yang will bully you......" She said and dodged Chen Lan's hand stretched out under her squeaky nest, but she clamped her arms and raised her hands pitifully, "Isn't it okay if I don't talk about this...... Good sister, I'm here to thank you today. ”

As she spoke, she rolled up her sleeves with a smile, revealing a fresh-style gold tame on her wrist: "After I went back from Bada that time, I did as you said, dangling in front of my mother-in-law when I had nothing to do, and I was much more comfortable coming and going than before." My needlework was mediocre, and my mother-in-law taught me for a few days. Knowing that my mother has a body, "she also asked me to go back to see it often, and every time I cooked those nourishing things myself, and I also learned a lot from behind." This Jin Chuan is the last time my mother-in-law drew the style, and asked people to go to the gold and silver shop to call me......"

Seeing Zhang Huixin's gushing and happy appearance, Chen Lan was also happy for her, but he couldn't help but joke in his mouth. So while talking, the two of them got into a mess on the bed. In the end, Chen Lan promised Zhang Huixin that he would always communicate with her after she got married, and stretched out her little finger with a smile and hooked her.

"We will be the best sisters for the rest of our lives!"

On this day, in addition to the first arrival of the county lord of Yixing and Mrs. Du, most of the noble ladies such as the Korean Duchess and Mrs. Guangningbo came to give the box gift in person. Princess Jin was going to come in person, but before leaving, she learned that the palace concubine was in poor health, so she had to enter the palace to serve, but asked Jing's mother to send a glass dressing mirror, a set of porcelain tea sets from Ruyao, a pair of cloisonne fruit boxes and an extremely precious white bear skin. Although there is no gold or silver, the value of several things together is unbelievable. Because of this, it is said that Mrs. Ma became fat for a while after she went back.

And the greatest decency is still from the palace. In the afternoon, the celebrant and eunuch Qu Yong came in person, but on behalf of the Son of Heaven, he awarded a pair of flawless white jade for pressing the sedan chair. After awarding the award in Fuqing Hall, he looked Chen Lan up and down for a while, and said with a smile: "Lord of Haining, there are many daughters in the capital, but if you want to say that you are capable and sensible, no one can beat you." Only open guns are easy to dodge and dark arrows are difficult to prevent, the county lord should also be cautious, you must know that the scenery of your days is too prosperous, and it is easy to be jealous. ”