The makeup reminder gift is the last step of the financial gift, which is generally given to the woman three days before the wedding, urging the woman to hurry up and put on makeup and prepare to leave the cabinet.

The make-up gift is generally to send a flower bun, a gold hijab, five men and two women flower fans, pollen bowls, shampoos, painted colored thread fruits, etc., and at the same time the woman's family also has to return the gift, generally gold and silver double victory, Luo Hua head, green robe, boots and other things,

Zhu Yuanfu came to the gate of the mansion, and the person who gave the gift was Fan Ning's second uncle Fan Tiege, who could speak well and was good at dealing with people, so he was basically responsible for dealing with foreign countries in this Fan Ning's wedding.

Fan Tiege wore a red staff suit, wearing a flat scarf, with a smiling expression on his white and fat face, he saw Zhu Yuanfu come out, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute and smiled: "Big official, Tie Ge has come to send a makeup reminder!" ”

After speaking, he turned around and waved his hand, and two handsome young men stepped forward carrying a gold-painted cage with green silk ribbons tied on it.

Zhu Yuanfu smiled and nodded, "Okay!" Good! Fan Yuanwai might as well go in and sit down and have a cup of tea! ”

"According to the rules of our hometown, I really can't go in."

According to the customs of Pingjiang Mansion, after sending the last reminder ceremony, the next link is to marry, during this period, the man's family can no longer step into the threshold of the woman's house, only wait for the day of the wedding, by the groom to step into the door of the woman's house, if the man's family enters the door of the woman's house during this period, but does not marry, this is called breaking the joy, a bit unlucky, should be avoided as much as possible.

Zhu Yuanfu smiled and said: "I haven't received the gift yet, Zhu Yuanwai is okay to enter, but if I don't accept the gift for a long time, Fan Yuanwai will be so anxious that he jumps to his feet, so good!" Later, there will be time for tea. ”

He commanded, "Carry the salute into the house!" ”

Two family members came up and carried the makeup reminder gift into the Zhu Mansion, and then sent the Zhu family's return gift, which was also two Nanmu boxes with gold and silver edges, with red silk ribbons tied on them.

Fan Tiege arched his hand with a smile, "The new house and beds, tables and chairs are ready, we are all looking forward to the Zhu family coming to the door!" ”

"Don't worry! Arrive early tomorrow morning. ”

Giving a makeup gift is the last step of the man's family before getting married, but the woman's family is not, and the woman's family has one more step before getting married, that is, making the bed.

In the process of holding a wedding, all kinds of ceremonies and banquets are paid by the man's family, and the cave room is also provided by the man, but since the family is right, the woman's family must also contribute to the wedding, and the woman is responsible for arranging the marriage room.

I know that now, this custom is still retained, for example, dozens of satin strips in the new house are provided by the woman's family, and for example, the man and the woman buy a house and get married, the man pays the down payment, and the woman decorates, which can be regarded as the same.

The arrangement of the wedding room is called 'making the bed', all kinds of silk and satin, all kinds of bedding curtains, all kinds of room utensils, all kinds of jewelry and so on, all the arrangements of the wedding room are in place, on the one hand, it is to help the newlyweds to make the room IKEA, on the other hand, it is also to show the financial resources of the woman's family.

Making the bed is for the female elders such as the woman's aunt and aunt to go to the man's house to clean up, of course, the female elders of the wealthy family will not do it themselves, and will generally bring a large number of servants and maids.

This time Fan Ning got married, the man spent about 10,000 yuan including financial gifts, wine banquets, ceremonies, etc., so the cost of making the bed in the woman's family will generally be equivalent to this amount.

As for the dowry, it is the property given to the daughter, even after marriage, it is at the disposal of the daughter, and the man's family generally does not use it, and many times, the status of the daughter in the man's family is generally determined by the amount of the dowry.

In the marriage of ordinary people, the issue of property is extremely important, and it can be said that it is the top priority, and what is the pleasure of the two is secondary.

The most typical example is Su Liang and Cheng Yuanyuan, the two are happy with each other, but the attitude of the Cheng family is destined to make this marriage unsuccessful.

The Cheng family is a big family in Yangzhou, and the family has a bit of a foundation, but they want to leave the foundation to their son, and they don't want to pay for their daughter's marriage, of course the Su family will not accept it, Su Liang is admitted to the Tongzi Kejinshi, and the Jinshi is born, the two families are already not in the right household, and the Cheng family is still unwilling to give their daughter a rich dowry, how can this marriage still be successful?

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Zhu Xiaoyun also took three days off because of his daughter's marriage, Zhu Xiaoyun is generally satisfied with Fan Ning's son-in-law, but the satisfaction is also relatively speaking, not as good as his father's satisfaction with Fan Ning, it can only be said that he is relatively satisfied.

There are two reasons why he can't reach the height of Zhu Yuanfu's love for Fanning, one is that Fanning is too strong, so that his father-in-law can't control it, and he is even a little ashamed.

In fact, Zhu Xiaoyun still prefers a son-in-law like Liu Ran, the starting point is not low, and he is also born as a Jinshi, and he has to look up to himself, in front of such a son-in-law, he has a full sense of superiority.

But since the second uncle and his father turned their faces and broke up, Liu Ran has no hope, after all, this family is still in charge of his father, far from his turn, Zhu Xiaoyun can only accept his father's choice and recognize Fan Ning as a son-in-law.

Of course, as a high-ranking official of the Zhengsipin Imperial Court, Zhu Xiaoyun also knows the hidden political background behind this marriage, for decades, the Zhu family has always been a centrist, neither a conservative nor a reformist, and the Liu family is also a centrist, with the failure of Qingli's innovation, the dispute between conservatives and reformists has gradually evolved into a dispute over the heir, whether to support Empress Cao's righteous son Zhao Zongshi, or support Zhang Guifei's righteous son Zhao Wenyun?

As the struggle intensified, the centrists could no longer sustain themselves and had to make choices for the sake of the family.

The Liu family resolutely chose to support Zhang Guifei a few years ago, and the Zhu family also had a route dispute, the second uncle wanted to hug Zhang Yaozuo's thigh through the Liu family, but his father supported Zhao Zongshi and gave Zhao Zongshi a part from the Strange Stone Pavilion, which was a statement by his father.

This is the root cause of the split of the Zhu family, the father and the second uncle chose different routes, and the parting of the ways between the two is the inevitable result, and marrying his granddaughter Zhu Pei to Fan Ning is a choice that his grandfather wants to squeeze into Zhao Zong's inner circle.

And another reason why Zhu Xiaoyun feels less about Fan Ning is his relationship with his daughter Zhu Pei, daughter Zhu Pei has lived with her grandfather since she was a child, and she and her parents are less and more scattered, her daughter is seventeen years old, and she may not have been with her parents for less than five years.

Sometimes, Zhu Xiaoyun forgot that he still had a daughter.

has a flat relationship with his daughter, and naturally he will not pay too much attention to his son-in-law.

But no matter what, her daughter got married, so Zhu Xiaoyun specially took three days off to concentrate on preparing for her daughter's marriage.

After dinner, Zhu Xiaoyun and his wife Wang discussed their daughter's dowry and making the bed in the room.

Zhu Xiaoyun sighed and said: "I really didn't expect that my father would give Pei'er the twelve money shops in the capital as a dowry, if this matter spreads, there will definitely be disputes within the family, and I'm afraid Yi'er will not be happy." ”

Zhu Xiaoyun's second son Zhu Yi got married the year before last, and his father only gave him 200,000 yuan and a house in the capital, while the Gu family married a house in Changzhou County and 2,000 acres of fields.

In contrast, the marriage of daughter Juppé is too rich.

His wife Wang looks at the problem in more detail than Zhu Xiaoyun, although there are factors that the mother loves her daughter, but there are also other aspects.

She persuaded her husband: "The real estate in Mudu Town is actually not worth much, at most 20,000 yuan, as for 5,000 mu of Shangtian, it is only 20,000 or 30,000 yuan, but Yi'er got 200,000 yuan and a 10-acre mansion in the capital, he is actually not a loss." ”

Zhu Xiaoyun smiled bitterly, "The key is the twelve money shops in the capital!" ”

Wang's worries about her husband are noncommittal, it's her own daughter, if she doesn't give it to Pei'er, then the second or third family will take it away, why should the eldest suffer?

"Official, you have to think about Zhe'er, in the future, when we are gone, who will take care of Zhe'er? Do you think Yi'er will take care of him? ”

This is what the Wang family is most worried about, what will her eldest son do in the future?

Yi'er has been more disgusted with her brother since she was a child, and she is even more indifferent to him when she grows up, and when she and her husband are gone, Yi'er will never take on the responsibility of taking care of her brother, and Wang knows this.

On the contrary, the daughter feels very sorry for her brother and has been taking care of him, if she and her husband are not in the future, then the burden of taking care of Zhe'er will definitely fall on her daughter, just by virtue of this, the Wang family fully supports giving her daughter a heavy dowry, so she doesn't care what the other uncles will think.

Zhu Xiaoyun thought of his eldest son, and he sighed, "You're right, only Pei'er will take care of her brother." ”

Thinking about this, Zhu Xiaoyun didn't care about his father's partiality, and he said to his wife again: "I will start making the bed early tomorrow morning, and this matter will trouble you." ”

Wang nodded, "I know, everything is ready, I will go with the third aunt early tomorrow morning, she is more good at this." ”