The skilled widow is busy farming

Chapter 84
A month later, the two girls got engaged. The elders were present and the girl and the boy met. They were both very satisfied with each other. The boy was handsome and upright, and he was also straightforward and generous when he stood up.

The man also fell in love with the girl and was very satisfied.

The man is not short of money and doesn't care how much the dowry is. What people care about is that there are officials in the Li family who can help their sons to enter the official career in the future. When we got married, we said it doesn't matter if the dowry is small. My family doesn't lack this. I want the girl to be able to read and read. experience.

This marriage is a perfect match. Marriage is not just based on money, but also family background.

Although Lian Hua and Wang Qiao have no officials in their families and their conditions are ordinary peasants, there is more than one official in Lijia Village. They are from the same clan and their marriages were arranged by the clan elders, which explains everything.

Except for the boy himself, there are too few people in the man's family who have fame. None of them are officials. They are just landlords. To put it bluntly, you are a farmer and you just have more money than us.

This marriage is not a high-profile marriage, and the man is very happy.

If he seriously went out to search, he wouldn't be able to find a better match than the Li family.

The two families took out their money and bought a few acres of land for the girl. They spent more than 60 taels of silver and bought about ten acres of land. They rounded up the sum.

The rest of the dowry is mainly practical. Xiu Niang and the Fourth Grandma went from house to house to share the gifts. Each house should give gifts. Don't give the same gifts. Repeating them would be a waste. Let's collect some dowry for the girl.

Xiu Niang made a list of the dowry that the girl needed, and asked everyone to choose which one they wanted. Then they would give gifts according to the list later to help lighten the burden.

No one said they disagreed, and they all happily chose gifts they could afford and gave them two gifts, one for each of the two girls, so that the children's parents would be less burdened.

This was the tradition in the past. Every girl in the tribe would give a gift to each girl when she got married, so as not to make the girl look bad.

This tradition has been maintained for many years and has always been like this.

Even if you don't have a girl, you will take the initiative to fill out one. If you don't have a daughter, don't you have a son? Your son is not getting married, which means that I won't be needed in the future.

Xiu Niang made two sets of head and face inlaid with gold and gems, one set for each person, plus a tapestry fan with a handle as a gift, which is thick and practical.

The two girls have to follow Xiu Niang to host the class every day after school, and they take the initiative to do the trivial and difficult things. This is where they start to gain experience. When they go to their husband's house, they will receive less glares.

Nowadays, accounts and other issues are solved one by one, and everyone can get experience.

Xiu Niang taught the girls how to order tea, play chess, play musical instruments, camellias and other things alone, so that they might be able to use them when they go out to be guests in the future.

The marriage between the two girls was really good, and it also gave them great encouragement. They became more energetic and tenacious in their studies. Their parents also saw the real benefits and cooperated throughout the whole process. No one had any objections.

The man brought the bride price, which was quite a lot.

According to the instructions of the clan leader, the food, tea and other gifts given to the elderly can be kept for personal use. All valuables must be taken back to the husband's house. Anyone who dares to mess around will live alone in the future.

Generally speaking, no betrothal gifts are left, and wealthy families will send them along with the dowry.

It's okay to stay, but you can't keep them all, otherwise your girl will suffer in the past. This marriage has little meaning, and it won't be able to help you in the future. People will look down on you.

Money is not a problem for the two families. Even if Lianhua's family is a little more difficult, the brother and sister-in-law are unwilling to keep the bride price. Wouldn't that ruin the sister-in-law's life?

In addition to studying at the family school, the girls also learned how to make palace flowers and purses from Xiu Niang. All the money was given to the family. The girls were skillful and the palace flowers they made were more beautiful and exquisite than my mother. The money they sold was quite a lot, so it was not free of charge. Drink for free.

It's not very good to be a palace flower, but you can also make bad goods and let your brothers sell them at the dock, which can make money.

After joining Ethnic Studies, I made more money than before.

There were two places in the jewelry store. After careful consideration, the grandfather gave one to a child from the Li family and the other to a child from the Lin family. He was mature and stable. He had been coming to Lijia Village for three generations and was a decent person.The Lin family is more difficult, with many children and grandchildren, but after working in a tavern with Xiu Niang, money has gradually become easier. This year, they plan to marry their children. This time, they can have one more person become an apprentice. Naturally, they will be very happy if they have a bright future.

Xiu Niang made some exquisite and complicated palace flowers to sell, and took them with the villagers along the way.

There were also fans and other things made by Qing'er and Yingzi, and Li Qing's son sold them and got the money back.

Xiuniang got more than 100 taels of silver, which was the price of the palace flower and a fan. Qing'er got 100 taels of silver and two fans. Yingzi also got 80 taels of silver. The two-hand fan was slightly less than Qing'er's, but it was still more exquisite. Slightly inferior.

"Yingzi, take all the money from selling the fans and take it home. Your family is going to build a house. Take it back and help your parents and second uncle to lighten their burden."

"Master, that would break the rules, no."

Yingzi is an honest person.

"If you don't suffer a loss, the money you paid for the first painting will be mine later. Just tell your grandpa Zeng, I said, the days are long, let's support each other."

"Then I'll go home and talk to grandpa."

Yingzi didn't dare to make the decision, so he went home and talked to his elders.

The grandfather listened to Yingzi's message and looked at his children and grandchildren, "You all heard it. Don't whisper behind your back that Xiu Niang is greedy for your money. You didn't pay the master-disciple fee. People changed their tricks and paid it back to you."

"Grandpa Zeng, we have never talked about my sister-in-law behind her back. She has always taken care of us."

Yingzi's second sister-in-law quickly explained that they were really concerned about Yingzi's money, but they really didn't dare talk about Xiu Niang behind her back. They did not treat his family badly.

""Take the money, Yingzi, learn your skills, and you will be able to paint later. Your master has the final say on the rest of the money. She wants to save a dowry for you, but she is afraid that your parents, brothers and sisters-in-law will be biased and leave you behind. , I deduct your money just to keep a secret. Your master treats you sincerely. You must have a conscience. "

The uncle has a clear conscience, Xiu Niang is such a smart person, Yingzi has started to make money, and the brother and sister-in-law are thinking that it will definitely not work if they don’t give anything, so they go back and forth like this. In fact, it is to make it easier for Yingzi to be a good person.

Yingzi's eyes were red, "Master keeps accounts, and said that if I can't give me the same amount of dowry when I get married in the future, she will step in for me, and she will keep every account."

"Let me just say that we are no match for Xiu Niang. They are guarding us from behind, hahahaha!"

Yingzi's mother clapped her hands and laughed, feeling extremely grateful to Xiu Niang. There were some things that she might not necessarily listen to when she was a grown-up.

My sister-in-law couldn't help but laugh, but she was also deeply touched. No matter how you say it, Renxiu Niang was very kind to our family, she didn't treat anyone badly, she helped us everywhere, she knew our difficulties, and she helped us in every possible way.

"Grandpa, let's build a house first. When we build a house later, we won't be short of money. We can also move away, so we don't need Yingzi's money. We agreed on the master's fee. We can't really pretend to be deaf and dumb to Xiu Niang. No, everyone will bully her after the morning and evening changes, and the workshop will start up soon, and the dividends that should be given should be given to others."

Uncle Yingzi also stood up and said with a smile.

"Well, if the rules of the weaving workshop are stricter, everyone can come and learn the crafts regardless of their family name or foreign surname this time."

"Then if I learn the craft, will it..."

"It's not that easy. Kesi brocade is extremely difficult to make. If you don't have ten years, you won't be considered a master."

The uncle smiled and waved his hand, "How can you make money so easily? Yingzi's money is subsidized by Xiu Niang after she pointed it out."

A group of sons-in-law and wives lowered their heads in shame.

(End of this chapter)