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Chapter 391 Preparations Before Getting Married (2)
The dowry furniture and so on, Mrs. Li and Lin Erniu started to prepare the dowry as early as the year before last. The two daughters are exactly the same, even the carved style of the dowry bed is the same. All the furniture is the same. Water's solid mahogany, crafted.

There are also some accessories for the bed, and I went to the largest embroidery shop in the town to order it early. From bed sheets to quilts, and then to the book, all the bright red, water red, or pink are all customized. Eight sets, all the designs, colors and fabrics were selected and ordered by Mrs. Li and Widow Zheng in person. If you want to come to the embroidery shop, the delivery will be almost two days away.

In addition, Lin Xiaoxi's clothes after marriage, except for the red wedding dress, were made by Lin Xiaoxi himself, and the rest of the clothes for the four seasons of the year, four sets per season, a total of sixteen sets of clothes, all handed over to the biggest and best in the town. The tailor's shop sews.

Sixteen sets of clothes have been rushed out, and the proprietress of the shop came to the door with two boxes and cages to inspect the goods for Mrs. Li.

As for the dowry jewelry, it was not made or bought in a hurry recently, but, when Li Shi went shopping on weekdays, he saved his thoughts on choosing a dowry for his daughter, and each piece of jewelry was made by Li Shi. Years, carefully selected.

In addition, there are some antiques, calligraphy and paintings, etc. Li Shi only started to prepare these this year. She did not expect that Lin Xiaoxi would be a son of an official, so when she first prepared the dowry, she only prepared it according to the general wealth. Portal standard, come prepared.

Mrs. Li has always been an uneducated woman with a low heart and a very easy-to-satisfy temperament. Originally, she only wanted to find a husband's family who is close to her and has a simple family and a good character. They never thought that they would ask their daughter to climb some high branches.

Unexpectedly, she ran into Lu Haojie on the way. When she proposed marriage, if Mrs. Li hadn't seen him as a sincere and good-natured child, of course what moved her most was Lu Haojie's life experience. None, that's why Li nodded and accepted the marriage.

In fact, in the final analysis, Mrs. Li doesn't yearn for it at all. Those rich families or families of officials and eunuchs have too complicated relationships, and there are so many secrets behind their backs, and there are so many bad things going on.

Of course, these are all Li's intermittent, from the mouth of her good sister Zheng Widow.

Therefore, Mrs. Li decided that those rich and powerful families were not good, and she also knew that her daughter grew up in the countryside since she was a child.

A wealthy family is enough. Li's original criterion for choosing a son-in-law is to hope that after her daughter gets married, she can live in peace and stability for the rest of her life. She doesn't want to be rich and expensive, and it's best not to meet a difficult mother-in-law.

Originally, before there was Lu Haojie, Li Shi worked hard and opened his eyes, and wanted to find a suitable family for his daughter, and choose a good son-in-law.

Unexpectedly, the marriage of the two daughters did not require her, a mother, to worry too much. It seemed that the two marriages were a matter of course. So far, Li could only sigh weakly, it is really a marriage destined by heaven!

This is all the previous words, so I won’t say more!Let’s talk about the dowry calligraphy and paintings and antiques.

In other words, Lin Xiaoqiao's family was originally an out-and-out farmer's family, unlike those so-called scholarly families, who have some treasured calligraphy and painting antiques in the house.

The Lin family doesn't have these, and their family is a layman for these things, even if they want to buy some back, no one understands, they are afraid of being deceived.

Mrs. Li wanted to save face for her daughter, so she was absolutely determined. As for the dowry that the daughter of another family brought out when she left the cabinet, Mrs. Li also insisted on buying it for Lin Xiaoxi.

Therefore, he forced Lin Erniu, who didn't know a lot of Chinese characters, to go to the street every day to buy some calligraphy and painting antiques, and Lin Erniu received this task, which was extremely distressing!
Fortunately, Lin Xiaoqiao had an idea, and wrote this small family matter in a letter, and sent one to Lu Haojie and the other to Chen Xuewen, so that they could think of a way to deal with it.

Less than a month after the letter was sent out, there was already movement from Lu Haojie, who sent someone to deliver four boxes of calligraphy and painting antiques. It is said that these are things handed down from their family's ancestors, and it was said that they were used as a betrothal gift .

That being the case, Mrs. Li couldn't make any further excuses, so she readily accepted it.

About half a month later, Chen Xuewen also sent four boxes of antique calligraphy and paintings, saying that they had collected them immediately after receiving the letter, because these are relatively easy to break, so The itinerary of the escort along the way was a little slower.

Mrs. Li received the eight big boxes of things, and at that time her face was full of smiles, and she said that she had found two good and capable son-in-laws, so she didn't have to worry about anything.

As the auspicious day of getting married was getting closer and closer, the entire Lin family was busy with their work, and the wedding was always underway, and the preparations were in full swing.

Every day, there are always shopkeepers or bosses from the shops outside, carrying some boxes and cages, coming in and out of the door of the Lin Mansion.

Mrs. Li and Widow Zheng are busy from time to time, checking and accepting the things in the boxes and cages. If there is something that is not satisfactory, they will be carried back for revision.

Lu Haojie arrived five days before the auspicious day, and he only brought two attendants with him. It is said that he was in a hurry all the way, so when he arrived here, his face looked quite tired.

When he arrived at the Lin Mansion, he only rested there for a while, met Lin Xiaoxi in a hurry, and was 'driven' out by Mrs. Li without even saying a few words.

According to the custom here, couples cannot meet each other one month before marriage, otherwise it will be unlucky.

If not, seeing Lu Haojie rushing so pitifully, Li Shi probably wouldn't even give him alms for that hurried side.

After Lu Haojie was 'kicked' out by Mrs. Li, he went to the house on the other side of Mijing Alley, intending to take a rest before starting to prepare for the layout of the new house.

As early as when he received the letter of appointment, Lu Haojie considered the inconvenience of the journey when he got married, so he repaired a letter and asked Mrs. Li to help him buy a house in Anping Town. For temporary marriage.

The yard is not big, only the size of two entrances, slightly smaller than the one where Lin Xiaoqiao and his family lived. However, Mrs. Li asked Mr. Feng Shui to calculate it at that time, and said that this house has good Feng Shui, which is good for newly married couples to live in.

Therefore, Mrs. Li bought it without any hesitation, not to mention that she bought it for Lu Haojie, and considered it as Lin Xiaoxi's dowry.

While buying the yard, Lin Xiaoqiao suggested to Mrs. Li to buy two servants to guard the yard. After the yard is bought, it can't be left there forever.

(End of this chapter)