"Where are Zhuo Lengping's parents?" A steward in a bright red jacket carried a heavy dowry to the door with many servants under his hands.

Leng Ping sat in front of the kang, peeking outside through the paper window, and saw that her mother had hurriedly greeted her.

"I'm the mother of the cold screen." Mrs. Zhang saluted and said.

"The two families exchanged Geng posts before, and the eight characters were combined, and this marriage was completed. Master Lu then taught me to wait for the dowry, a total of ninety taels of silver, but do you want to see it? ”

Although Mrs. Zhang felt that this dowry was less, and it didn't look like she was going to marry a wife, she was extremely poor on weekdays, and when she saw such a big box of silver, she couldn't help but be moved, so she was full of flattery: "Master Lu is really generous!" Do things so thoroughly, how dare my Zhuo family not repay with death! ”

"It's good to understand." The steward sneered.

"I don't know when the wedding date is?"

"Master Lu has read the yellow calendar, and he will marry two days after tomorrow, and you can take this silver and let your daughter dress up!" The steward said in a commanding tone.

Mrs. Zhang was already overjoyed at the moment, and hurriedly smiled and said 'yes', and sent them out.

"Daughter, my mother will use this silver to buy jewelry now!" Mrs. Zhang looked at her daughter's scorched face, and then at the glorious box of snowflakes and silver, her heart was sour, and she whimpered and shed several lines of tears.

"Mother, why are you crying so well...... Zhuo Lengping soothed his mother while making doubts.

Mrs. Zhang cried, without saying a word, picked up a few pieces of silver, and was about to go out of the house; When Zhuo Lengping saw it, he hurriedly persuaded her calmly: "Mother, I know you want Leng Ping to live a good life as soon as possible, but we also have to weigh it first." ”

"What else is there to weigh? No matter how stingy his family is, it's better than living this kind of day when he eats the last meal and doesn't have the next! ”

"Mother, this matter must not be taken lightly. I see that his family acted so hastily, and he didn't explain to his mother how to get married, and he didn't hand over the man's Geng post at the beginning, so he just relied on his empty mouth to say, 'The eight characters are all together', how can there be such a reason? Besides, the dowry is less, which violates the rules, and I think it is clear that it is to take a concubine. Why don't you hold down this box of dowry and don't take it, and when the time comes, it will be clear, and it will be convenient to fight with reason in the government, so as not to suffer a dumb loss. Zhuo Lengping doesn't talk often, but now he has to explain it to his mother.

But Mrs. Zhang pouted: "No matter if his family makes you a wife and a concubine, won't we all have no worries about food and clothing?" If you followed the prefect of Ye at the beginning. Where are we today? Daughter, you don't have to be careful. ”

Zhuo Lengping didn't think so, but he was afraid of hurting his mother's heart, so he just fiddled with the corners of his clothes and kept his head silent.

Her mother was overjoyed, picked up the money, closed the door in a hurry, and ran out into the street.

"Master, the slave took someone to see it, the mother and daughter's family are not ordinary poor, it's hard to say that they are poor, it's simply abject poverty!"

The steward knelt in front of a Taishi chair, and sitting on it was the old man of the Lu family, the father of Lu Jishou - Lu Zhengfu. This Lu Zhengfu is a local respected rich man, because his family's shops are all over Yangzhou, so he has long enjoyed a great reputation in Yizheng County, and even the county magistrate must respect three points.

His son Lu Jishou is in his twenties, but he does not test his fame, does not do farm work, and has nothing to do all day long, not only looking for flowers and willows everywhere, but also chanting some miscellaneous nonsense such as the five elements of yin and yang, heaven and earth, nature, etc., so that the magnates in Yangzhou Mansion do not dare to marry his daughter, so his father picks and chooses, and there is no wife and concubine so far.

The day before yesterday, Lu Zhengfu went out for business, and Lu Jishou was left to mess around at home; came back in the past two days, only to learn that his son made his own decision and took a fancy to other people's daughters, so he quietly got engaged to the Zhuo family. He was angry, but Su Ri doted on this son, so he didn't reprimand half a sentence, just sighed. Later, he gave a dowry, and it was he who wanted to take this opportunity to find out the details of the Zhuo family.

Let's say that Lu Zhengfu listened to the steward's words and was annoyed: "My Shou'er's vision is really clumsy!" I have to pick this kind of woman out...... Teach us how to marry the Lu family! I'm really not afraid of the shame of my ancestors! ”

"Otherwise, persuade the son to write a divorce letter." The steward admonished.

Lu Zhengfu squinted his eyes: "What are these words!" Shou'er wanted to marry this woman, and she couldn't break his heart. ”

"Then the minion doesn't know what to do."

Lu Zhengfu picked up the folding fan, shook it in his hand, thought for a while, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration, so he took the fan and knocked his head: "Let's just do this!" Our Lu family only told her family to marry a wife, and when the woman entered the door, she would only accept her as a concubine, how about it? ”

"If they sue the ......"

"Sue the official?" Lu Zhengfu laughed heartily, "They don't dare!" If this mother and daughter are really so courageous, I just need to write a secret letter to the magistrate and get through the joints, what is the difficulty? As long as Shou'er agrees, everything is easy to say! ”

The steward withdrew, and asked about Lu Gongzi's concubine. Lu Gongzi hurriedly said: "Anyone who can get this beauty, whether it is a wife or a concubine, will make it!" ”

When the steward heard this, his heart became a lot more steady, and he returned to the master, that is, he sent someone to get a wedding card and went to Zhuo's house to welcome his relatives.

Zhuo Lengping held a bronze mirror and sat in front of the kang. The mirror was a unique sheen she had never seen before. She stared at herself in the mirror in amazement, looking straight at the breezy eyebrows, and at the two eyes that were indeed fascinating.

It's a pity that he has been poor for a long time, and he has not applied powder, so his face looks yellow and thin. She immediately glanced at the rouge box on the table and gently took it, for fear that the rouge box would fall to the ground because of the shaking of her hand.

When she opened the box, a strong fragrance suddenly hit her face, almost making her dizzy. Her face turned red, like an immature little girl, and she wiped her face excitedly in the mirror. She felt that the rouge was cold, like a drop of dew falling from the sky to soothe her soul. The corners of her eyes gradually moistened, and she realized in a trance that she also deserved to have such rights that seemed insignificant to outsiders.

She took out a hosta as thin as a needle and thread, coiled up the loose blue hair slightly, and finally looked in the mirror again, and saw that her cheeks were ruddy, her skin was as white as snow, and a little bright rouge on her lips made her face more beautiful.

She was so excited that she was reluctant to leave half a step, and she was stunned.

"What about the bride? The Lu family is here! ”

But the noisy voices outside the house were still desperately urging her, urging her to see the husband who did not want to marry.

"The old man came out with his daughter!"

Mrs. Zhang smiled and greeted the steward who came to deliver the wedding card, while holding her daughter's hand and walking over.

"Where is the young master? It's not about welcoming ......."

"What?" The steward looked puzzled.

"The young master is waiting at home, just let me show you the way!"