Chapter 254: Giving a dowry gift
Sister-in-law Fugui and Xiang Hanqin were sitting on the edge of the hot spring, thinking about when to take a dip in the water, when Fu Bao and Shenhu suddenly appeared, startling the two of them.
"Fubao, your grandmother said earlier that you should write a letter to Xiangchu and let him come back to get married."
"Yes, Brother Milk Gang is looking at that family." Fu Bao came interested.
"Help your lobby brother see the merchant surnamed Qian, the family is engaged in rouge gouache business, sixteen years old this year, help your second cousin see the daughter of Tongsheng surnamed Sun, fifteen years old this year, not yet in time, and will be able to marry when he reaches the age of sixteen."
Xiang Hanqin was happy when she saw Fu Bao, and hurriedly answered first.
"Yes, your grandmother and aunt have even issued a letter of appointment, which can't be delayed." Sister-in-law also said.
"Nacheng, I'll ask my sister to bring Brother Lobby back."
Shenhu secretly rolled her eyes, since she asked to be Fu Bao's sister, Fu Bao has become more and more unkind to herself, what a self-inflicted sin.
However, with a stick of incense, Xiangchu has been brought back by the divine fox, and looking at Xiangchu's face, he knows that he is unwilling to come back.
"Brother Lobby, don't you want to get married?"
"Fubao, I want to train in the military camp for two years first, and when I have military merits, I will be able to glorify my ancestors."
Fu Bao understands Xiang Chu's thoughts very well, they have a Xiang Qian in the second room, and themselves, if there is no talent in the big house, how will they face the ancestors of the Xiang family in the future.
"Xiangchu, you have business acumen, and your grandmother is also the daughter of a merchant family, although the merchant is not on the stage, but it will be different if you are an imperial businessman."
Sister-in-law Fugui told Xiangchu the news she had heard, indicating that there were many ways for him to succeed, not in addition to literature or martial arts.
Xiang Chu glanced at Fu Bao, Fu Bao nodded again and again, if she can become an imperial businessman, then the Xiang family will really make a fortune, and she no longer has to rob the rich and help the poor everywhere.
Grandma Xiang learned that Xiangchu was back, and hurriedly gathered everyone to discuss, Sanshu has already gone to the letter of appointment, and Liuli has also gone to Nacai, Ask Name, and Najib Three Rites, and now she is going to give a gift book and Najib.
Ping'an took out five hundred taels of silver from his sleeve pocket, and he had three sons, so he decided that each son should give five hundred taels of silver as a dowry, otherwise he would not be able to make ends meet.
In the eyes of outsiders, the Xiang family is already the existence of the landlord, and Grandma Xiang has a million taels of silver in her hands, but Ping'an doesn't think so, he wants to use the silver he earns to marry his son.
With the help of Fubao, he can now earn more than 100 taels of silver every month, and he doesn't need to spend money to live, and he has a lot to eat.
Grandma Xiang nodded again and again when she heard this, and she also discussed with Old Man Xiang, every grandson who marries a daughter-in-law can get a thousand taels of silver from the father-in-law, because they have not divided the family at all.
When the sister-in-law saw the 1,000 taels of silver tickets that Grandma Xiang gave her, her surprised mouth couldn't close, in fact, she was also worried, her son married the daughter of a merchant's family, and the last thing people lacked was silver.
If they are too shabby, it will still be unfavorable to Xiangchu in the future, but now that they have a dowry of 1,500 taels of silver, their waists can be straightened a lot.
Fu Baozheng listened interestingly, and suddenly remembered that the emperor wanted them to enter the palace, and hurriedly said: "Grandpa, grandma, father, uncle, uncle, uncle, uncle, the emperor wants to recruit you into the palace, meet grandma's cousin, the holy decree will come in two days." ”
"What, enter the palace."
"Is it to see the emperor?"
"Can you not go, I'm afraid."
For a while, the faces of the Xiang family were different, and the old man Xiang was a little worried, he would definitely go, but he didn't know if it was a blessing or a curse.
Grandma Xiang is very entangled, her current life is very comfortable and satisfied, she doesn't want to go back to the tiger and wolf's den at all, since her mother passed away, her father is not her father anymore, and it doesn't mean anything for her to go back.
Fugui and Fugui's sister-in-law are a little unusual, the palace, they haven't been there yet, why don't you go and take a look.
Ping'an and his sister-in-law looked at each other, they were not very interested in the trip to the imperial city, in case they left, the cloth village would be handed over to whom, and the rice shop would be handed over.
Shen Miaoqin and Jixiang glanced at each other, they didn't want to leave, they were about to give birth, it was definitely not safe on the road, I don't know if they can use their big bellies to shirk it.
Old Man Xiang looked at Fu Bao and asked nervously, "Bao, is it a good thing or a bad thing to tell grandpa." ”
"Of course it's a good thing, it's a good thing to add an official to a knight, I have made a great contribution to Fubao, and the six princes have gone back to invite merit, so we are going to the imperial city to receive the reward."
Seeing that everyone was stunned, Fu Bao couldn't help but be happy, but he also kindly explained, don't frighten your family, especially grandma and auntie, one is old, the other is big-bellied, and can't afford to be scared.
Everyone looked at each other, it turned out that it was Fubao who was fighting for the interests of the Xiang family again, which was good, but they felt that it was better to accept the levy now, and they were very satisfied with that girl.
Three days later, it happened to be an auspicious day, and it was even more coincidental that Zhao Rongzhe came with the guard camp to announce the decree, and the old man Xiang had already made preparations, and took the whole family to the guest hall to burn incense to receive the decree, except for Fubao, everyone knelt down respectfully.
The village chief, Xiang Hanhe and others are not allowed to enter as relatives, but looking at the majestic guard camp, they also feel proud, and they are also connected to the Xiang family.
Those tenants even stopped what they were doing, and the Xiang family actually received the holy decree, could it be that Xiang Qian was admitted to the top prize, but it was not like it.
After Zhao Rongzhe finished announcing the decree, he handed the decree to the old man Xiang, who took the decree with trembling hands, looking at the golden Shu brocade, the atmospheric font, and the red jade seal, he could hardly control his tears.
"Fu Bao, Fu Bao ......"
The old man had a Fu Bao in his head, and Fu Bao heard her grandfather call her and hurriedly ran over.
"Fubao, help grandpa hide it, this is the most precious thing in our Xiang family besides you."
Everyone: "......"
Grandma Xiang looked at the sky, and if she didn't go out, she would miss the auspicious time, and the rich sister-in-law, sister-in-law and matchmaker, who were the people of the Five Blessings, came to the Qian family with a letter of gift and a dowry.
The Qian family had already gotten the news, and the door was wide open to welcome the people of Wufu to come to the next job, only to see three carriages with red flowers coming slowly and stopping at the door of the Qian family.
The village chief, the butcher and several other men moved the box from the carriage, and everyone nodded in admiration when they saw the red ribbon on the shelf of the box, the big red rooster and pork knuckle that the man had given to his father-in-law and mother-in-law.
The second box contains the wedding dress, shoes and socks prepared by the man for the bride, and of course, the measuring tools prepared for the woman, which means a hundred sons and thousands of grandchildren.