There is no shortage of gold and silver here in Shen Rui. Before entering Beijing, Juren Shen gave one, Guo gave one, and even Zhang Lao'an also gave one; after entering Beijing, Xu gave one, except at the end of last year. In addition to a box of silver crocks, there is also monthly money per month.
When Chen Li arrived, Chen Ying came to see Shen Rui, afraid that he would not have enough money to spend, so he also gave him a lot of money.
Shen Ruihua didn't have much money, and he was very rich in his hands.
He asked Dongxi and Liu Ya to book gold and silver jewelry. In addition to repaying the favor and adding some private room to Sister Yu, he just wanted to prepare a dowry for Dongxi. He had already told Dongxi and Changshou that he would take the exam. After the examination, the two got married. Now, it only takes half a year to calculate it.
The next morning, Shen Rui took Changfu and his other one to the academy, left Changshou at home, and asked him to take two maids out. Of course, Xu's place had reported.
Although Dong Xi and Liu Ya were excited about going out to purchase, they did not forget their own business because of their own business. They really went to deposit gold and silver jewelry for themselves. They would do the job assigned by Shen Rui first and choose a gold collar for Sister Yu.
Shen Rui thought it simple, thinking that Sister Yu had a gold collar she often wore, and even if she gave a new one, she was just a box. The heavier the weight, the more affordable it was.
But Sister Yu, the gift given to him by his future cousin, won't let her go if she pleases the master and the eldest wife.
Therefore, after Dongxi and Liuya arrived at the Jinlou, they did not only choose the heavy collar, but chose the main one, which was solid and sufficient, and they were also exquisite and not crude.
In addition to the gold collar, the two of them discussed and chose two more gold lock pieces, a pair of longevity hairpins, a pair of lucky hairpins, a pair of bat pattern bracelets, a pair of chrysanthemum pattern bracelets, and a pair of ten thousand-character pattern bracelets. .
The jewelry in the Jinyin Building is sold directly, and some need to be ordered and customized in advance.
Dongxi and Liuyazhe are not inlaid with treasures and beads, but they are all finished products. Dongxi used the gold he brought to increase the labor cost and immediately paid for forty-six taels of gold. A total of fifty taels of gold were brought. After all these, there are still four taels left.
The two of them chose thin bracelets and asked for two pairs, and the remaining few gold coins added two pairs of gold earrings. The two gold rings were both of them without colors.
There are complete sets of silver jewelry, including gourd patterns, lotus patterns, hairpins, rings and earrings. One set weighs three or five taels of silver, and one set weighs ten taels of silver.
The two of them carefully chose two sets of heavy weight, and chose the simple rings with low labor costs and a few thin bracelets.
I also mixed a plate of various exquisite silver stews.
It took half a day to load a few boxes.
When Changshou checked out, he couldn't help but be amazed: "The two sisters are so honest. The fifty taels of gold they brought were spent on clean, and there was nothing left..."
Dongxi said: "It's rare to come out once, and it's worry-free if you prepare once."
Liu Ya pinched her fingers, calculated the expenses today, and said worriedly: "If it becomes a common law, how can my second brother be good in the future?"
Dong smiled and said happily: "Second brother knows to respect the elders, but will the elders receive things in vain? If there are coming and going, I can't lose my second brother."
Changshou was listening, and spat in his heart, thinking about something. Could Sister Dongxi be greedy for money? He would rely on his second brother's valuation to prepare a private room for himself?
If Dong Xi had such a character, she would not have been valued by Mrs. Hong and her second brother...
When Shen Rui came back from the academy in the evening, he was curious about Dongxi and Liu Ya's procurement content, so he arranged to read it.
When the two of them took it out, Shen Rui felt something was wrong.
There are two types of jewelry. One is well-crafted and has various auspicious patterns, such as collars, hairpins, rings, etc.; the other is without patterns, fine gold bracelets, earrings, rings, etc., and silver jewelry.
Shen Rui looked at it and frowned and said, "Why did you add so many other things when you ask you to buy the jewelry you use?"
Dong Xi smiled and said, "Today is the second day of the Chinese New Year. After Laba Festival, all families will start to send New Year gifts. Needless to say, the master will definitely let the second brother come forward. Although the wife will prepare the gift list, the second brother will add it.
The elders are convinced by their filial piety, right? In addition, the elders are suffering from the engagement of the second brother. The second brother thanked him while giving the New Year gift, and he was not polite." After that, he pointed to that
The two pairs of hairpins said, "This is for the respect of the wife and the third wife..." and pointed to the two teams of bracelets: "This is for the respect of the eldest wife of the fifth wife, the aunt, the concubine..." and pointed to the remaining two golden locks: "
This is from the Fourth Brother and Sister Fu…”
Shen Rui didn't even think of this before, and couldn't help but be stunned: "Why are they all women and children? What about the master, the third uncle and the others?"
Dongxi said: "Master, where can I find the third master's filial piety in the silver building? I will go out to find my second brother's streets, so I will find it myself. Anyway, there is still some time before the New Year."
Thinking of the relationship between people, Shen Rui couldn't help but feel a headache: "What about sisters-in-law? What about the clan brothers and nephews?
Dong Xi said: "It's not that there is still a wife, my second brother just begs her to go..."
Shen Rui thought about it, this is the same.
He prepared the rituals of his elders here, which was his filial piety; if the peers and juniors were asked to help prepare, otherwise he would be full of colors and would appear to be a heretic.
However, these things are more than 40 taels of gold and 500 taels of silver. If they are mixed in the New Year ceremony, they will have no place to cry.
Shen Rui asked Dong Xi to put the gold jewelry in a box and took it to the main room.
Xu was asking the mother to prepare some medicinal herbs, and the third master was going to visit the He family tomorrow.
Seeing Shen Rui coming with a jewelry box, Xu said curiously: "What is this? I came here for a special tour...
Shen Rui put down the thing and said, "These days of getting married for me have caused my mother and elders to suffer. The child has no other filial piety. He remembered these common things and sent someone to find them today. It was a little bit of his heart."
The two maids of Jiuruju went out today. Xu knew that they had taken the carriage to the silver building. But they thought that Shen Rui rewarded the silver for them to add a dowry, but they did not expect that they were purchasing it for Shen Rui.
Although he didn't see anything, Xu felt relieved when Shen Rui was so grateful and knew his righteousness: "What good thing is it? Come and take a look with me?"
Shen Rui opened the box and put it together for four layers, all of which were Huang Cancan gold jewelry.
Xu couldn't help but be stunned when he saw it.
People like them are not country landlords. Even if they wear jewelry on their heads, they are all inlaid with gold and treasures. Such red gold jewelry is okay to be used for ordinary purposes. If you really have to wear it on your body, it is heavy, except for the young and pretty ones.
The little wife, there are not many people who love her.
"Why are there so many?" Xu said in confusion.
Shen Rui took out the pair of hairpins, said, "This is a filial piety to my mother..." and pointed out the other ones, and said the purpose.
Xu heard that even the stepwife of Xiao Xu and Yang Zhen, nodded with a smile and said, "The He family and the Yang family are the big media for this marriage. When you get married, you will still worry about your aunt and aunt.
The place is to be filial to one's heart..."
The preparation of things is rough, but it is also a pure heart. Shen Rui's own age is here, so how can he prepare a complete range of colors? It's just to win this heart.
Xu then calculated the day in his heart and said, "This year's New Year gift will be given later. On the 15th, you will go to each family on holiday. It also made it clear that it is this thank you and filial piety, not Common examples..." As he said that, he took out the two gold lock pieces and collars separately and said, "Keep these things first, the fourth brother's gift is just for the centenary gift, and I will give it to you before Sister Yu and Sister Fu's New Year. …”
There are many taboos between uncle and sister-in-law, and Shen Rui did not prepare several clan sisters, so he was considered a polite. As for Grandma Ying, Grandma Qi and others who were engaged to Shen Rui this time, they waited for the New Year ceremony. I'll give you an extra ruler here.
As the twelfth lunar month enters, the temperature in the capital passes by day.
The wind was cold and Shen Rui changed into a straight-haired cloak. Xu did not allow him to ride a horse to school, so he changed to a car.
Several candidates from the Shen clan of Songjiang and their in-laws finally arrived in Beijing before Laba after a thousand miles of travel.
The seventh room is Shen Shi, the eighth room is Shen Shi, the branch is Shen Yue next to the zong room, and the sixth room is Shen Qi's inner brother Zhao Juren, a total of four people went to Beijing.
I had already received a letter from the Master of Zongfang here and prepared a living yard.
The house where the eldest brother Zongfang lives is the house left by Master Chen Du. Even if it is not as big as the house of the second house now, it was a royal gift back then, and the meaning is different. Prepare the guesthouse in advance and entertain the clan's disciples, and is also Zongsun. Responsibility for the part.
Except for Chen Yue, who was the first time he entered Beijing, the other three Juren had visited Beijing in their early years and also lived in the old house of Zongfang.
Chen Yue is a junior of the side branch, and Zhao Juren is a foreigner. Chen and Chen Liu are the heads of the same house. In the early years, when the second house did not interact with other houses, he could ignore it. Now the situation is different, so he naturally has to move around.
It is necessary to line up in Beijing and hold banquets in turn to welcome relatives and relatives of several clans.
The elders of the second house are the oldest and have the most honorable status, so the second house begins to take turns.
First there was a second bedroom, then the fifth bedroom. Everyone thought that the third day should be the Shenli family, but they didn't expect that not only did Shenli's refusal to refuse the previous two days, the whole family did not show up, and then did not come forward to greet the uncle and brother of the clan.
Although the eldest brother of Zongfang felt uncomfortable, he could barely get on the top scholar's head. On the third day, the Zongfang held a banquet.
Because the third master was determined to be an imperial examination and social engagement, he also became more enthusiastic about his clan brothers and nephews who were engaged in the profession.
Chen Jun took the exam three times before, and Chen Liu took the exam two times, but failed. Both of them were about forty and had been reading books for half their lives. When it comes to the Four Books and Five Classics and the Times, they talk endlessly. The third master listened and felt that these two people were a little less spiritual.
On the contrary, Chen Yue, the nephew of the clan, has an ordinary appearance and can express a little unusualness in response.
Shen Rui mentioned Director Chen Yue to the third master. The Shen family was full of talents, but they were called "talented men". Chen Yue was the only one who became famous in Shilin, Nanzhili.
The third master was already obsessed with calligraphy and calligraphy. When he heard that Chen Yue was good at painting, he couldn't help but feel happy.
Although the two are of different ages, they are similar in age. When talking about calligraphy, Boya meets Ziqi.
In addition, the third master is also interested in the imperial examination, but now he has too much time to put down his books. He has been unfamiliar with the lessons he should prepare, so he asked the master and Xu, wanting to invite Chen Yue to live here and learn together.
The master and Xu had no objection. Although the eldest brother of Zongfang was unhappy, he was not able to hold on to others.
Because Chen Yue is a talented man, she is somewhat proud of her talent. As a descendant of the clan's family, she has a bad relationship with the legitimate house. She is not very willing to live in the clan's house, but now she can change the place, but she wants to , despite the explicit suggestion of the eldest brother Zongfang, he brought the book boy and moved to the second room...