After she was busy with something on Qixi Festival, Pinlan said to Qiao Yuyan: "If Madam doesn't ask about this matter, it's hard for me to tell Madam. In fact, Mr. Zhong from the Zhong family was injured while moving something a few months ago."
Yao, I haven’t done any work in the outer courtyard this year.
In addition, I am getting older and my son has also entered the mansion. The eldest master happened to see me and told me that I don’t have to come to work anymore. The mansion will give me one tael of silver every month."
Qiao Yuyan knew that her words were not without purpose, and there must be something more to say.
"Although the government is considerate, but if you don't work in the government, where can you make extra money? Moreover, he has injured his body, and it will cost money to see a doctor and take medicine. In addition, this year is renovating the house and buying furniture. I probably don't have any at home.
How much is left.
I heard some time ago that I wanted to discuss with you, madam, whether I can give you a smaller betrothal gift. I don’t know about this on Qixi Festival. I just thought that she should come to my wife to beg her, but she hasn’t come yet."
Qiao Yuyan asked: "Then do you think her family really has no money left, or does she have other ideas in mind?"
"My wife wants to ask this question to me. It's not easy for me to answer. However, I heard that he has another son in his family, and he has reached the age to marry. Since he has not entered the mansion, he will naturally get married at a younger age than the mansion.
The boys here are smaller, and I guess it’s because of this that Mother Zhong finds it difficult!”
Qiao Yuyan understood now. In fact, strictly speaking, marrying a boy like Qixi to the Zhong family can be said to be a kind of grace from the master's family. Generally, the maids in the mansion can be released to be married when they are twenty years old.
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Basically, the target is the boy in the front yard, or if someone from the Zhuangzi comes to ask for it, he will be released.
The marriage contracts of these maids and servants are all held in the hands of the master's family, so where is the so-called betrothal?
There is no way to talk about the bride price.
It's just because a big maid like Qixi is usually very dignified in front of her master.
And if you can become a maid, you are naturally more capable than ordinary maids. Most people will feel honored when they get married. Offering a bride price at this time also means to value the bride who is about to marry.
But even so, compared to ordinary people's marriage, the bride price is not too high.
Qiao Yuyan then remembered the man and woman he saw at Rouge Lake that day.
She thought for a moment and said, "Go and inquire carefully to see what the situation is like in the Zhong family."
Pinlan responded, and then asked doubtfully: "Madam, are you afraid that the Zhong family will not respect Qixi Festival?"
"Although Mother Zhong seems to us to be an honest person, and she is not a scheming person after several encounters with her, this is a lifelong event for Chinese Valentine's Day. If she dares to play tricks in this situation now, we don't know what she will do in the future.
How to handle her.
This is the only disadvantage a woman has in her life. When she marries someone, it seems like the rest of her life is decided." Qiao Yuyan sighed and added, "You must inquire quietly and don't offend someone inadvertently. After all,
In the future, we will still go to other people’s homes to spend the Chinese Valentine’s Day.
If this small amount of money can test people's hearts, it can be considered as something we have earned."
Qixi grew up with Qiao Yuyan, and Qiao Yuyan did not dare to say anything else. She was confident enough when it came to money, and Qixi was not so short-sighted.
Not to mention three hundred taels, even Qixi's own private house is far more than this amount.
Qiao Yuyan had also prepared a dowry for her a long time ago. With the money, the Zhong family would definitely make a profit, at least because the daughter-in-law was serving in front of the wife, so it was not easy to get the money.
But when a woman marries with a dowry, it is not just for her future life. If the husband and wife become one, and if they have children in the future, the money will still be spent on the Zhong family.
After this matter was clearly assigned, Mrs. Wei came over with a smile.
Qiao Yuyan couldn't help but frown. The entire Wen family seemed to be in harmony now. In fact, there were turbulent undercurrents between the sisters-in-law.
As for Qiao Yuyan's interactions with Wen, no one would say anything.
I have been with the Wei family so frequently in the past two days, and I don’t know how many people I have touched.
When Mrs. Wei came in, she first admired Tao Ranxuan's courtyard, "This courtyard looks carefully designed. It is said that the sixth brother could draw the blueprints himself?
Ouch, you are worthy of being a talented scholar. When we were in Jiangnan, our master often said that it was a pity that he was too busy with official duties to even go to Beijing to see Liu Di. He also specially asked someone to copy Liu Di's articles and read them there.
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When I meet those literati Qingke, I will show it off and say that it is an article written by his sixth brother. I don’t know how he can be so proud."
The smile on Qiao Yuyan's face was a little stiff. This Wei family was really unambiguous when it came to praising people. He could praise anyone with any words. He was not afraid of Sun Wenqiong's face for such things.
"Second sister-in-law is joking." She could only keep a polite smile, said softly, and then invited Mr. Wei into the house to drink tea.
As soon as Mrs. Wei entered, her eyes swept over the furnishings in the room, and the smile in her eyes became a little stagnant.
Not to mention anything else, the beaded curtain that separates the room is actually made of various colors of Hetian jade, and even neatly spells out a pattern of clear water hibiscus.
The colors of Hetian jade are very wide, and these beads are not very big. At first glance, they don’t think much, but if you look carefully, you can see that these Hetian jade are all of high quality, and each one is glowing with lustrous grease.
The light is not shabby even if it is strung into bracelets.
But it turned out to be a bead curtain, let alone put together such a painting. One can imagine the effort involved.
The Wei family had never seen anything good in the past few years in Jiangnan. A rough estimate of the price showed that it would cost several thousand taels of silver.
Then I looked at the ones on Duobao Pavilion, and my eyelids couldn't help but twitch.
His eyes stayed on Qiao Yuyan's face for a while longer.
Mrs. Wei was really shocked. Of course she knew that the Xu family was rich, and she also knew that Qiao Yuyan had grown up with the Xu family's grandmother. The Xu family must have prepared a dowry for her.
No matter how the class went, I never expected that Qiao Yuyan would be so wealthy.
And the things in Qiao's house can only be seen by looking closely. If ordinary people come in, they will only think that the things inside are exquisite and do not know the real details.
As for the set of wood carvings on her table, Wei had a chance to see another set of the same set. It was the work of a famous root carving master from the previous dynasty. I heard that there are only two sets in the world, but they are slightly different in shape.
difference.
No wonder the 50,000 taels of silver were sent back without even raising an eyebrow.
She thought for a while and then said: "The sixth brother and sister haven't visited the old lady of the Xu family for a long time, right?"