The Book of Raising Children by Houmen

Chapter 198 Dowry (2)
Zhao Jing, on the other hand, was overthinking, and could eat as much as the bowl she had. Since Xu Si'an wanted to live with her, she must also know the situation of her own family. This dowry, I'm afraid she never even thought about it.

"It's easy to talk about the dowry. When the time comes, our Hou's mansion will send a dowry gift. Your family will pick a few to keep, and bring the rest back. Make up dozens of sets so that the neighbors can look decent. Our mansion I don’t need anything, I just need to finish this matter. It’s a pity that Master Hou is away on an expedition, otherwise there will be several auspicious days in this month!”

Yuan Shi kept nodding her head, Zhao Jing is now living in the Hou Mansion, so it's not that she wants to get things done quickly, otherwise the girl has a thin skin and it's not good to be talked about.But hearing what the old lady said, she was more anxious than herself, there was only half a month left in this month, how could there be time for a happy event?It can be seen that the neck of the old lady looking forward to her grandson is straight.

"No matter how anxious the old lady is, she will have to wait until Lord Hou comes back. The groom is not at home, so the old lady is in a hurry!" Mother Zhang smiled and said, so as to relieve Zhao Jing's embarrassment. Although she has a gentle and generous temper, But when girls talk about their life-long events, they are always a little shy.

Zhao Jing glanced at Zhang's mother gratefully, and only heard her continue: "Old lady, since Mr. Zhao has already agreed, let's quickly send someone to Zhao's house and tell Aunt Zhu, and don't let her stay there." Just wait!"

Yuan Shi originally wanted to go with her, but Mrs. Xu over there wanted to keep her for dinner. There were two children in Yuan's family to take care of, so there was no time, so she had to resign from Mrs. Xu, and reunited with Zhao Jing. After chatting for a few words, they happily followed the Hou Mansion's car back to Gulou Street.

After seeing off Aunt Zhu, the family had a simple dinner of noodles, and Yuan sent the two children to bed.She lit the oil lamp and went to Zhao Jing's room. She pulled out the red lacquered toilet from under the bed with a cat waist, opened the lid, held the box inside in her arms, and opened rows of silver ingots inside. son.

The hundreds of taels of silver have been saved for more than ten years, and most of them were brought out by Zhao Jing from the palace. Yuan Shi counted on her fingers. The big girl is still young now. I have saved some money; as for Erhu, boys put their studies first. If he is successful in the future and he is admitted to a scholar, he is not afraid that he will not be able to find a wife.

Thinking of this, Yuan Shi felt that the boy's life is going very well, so he pulled Zhao Yong's sleeve and said, "How about we make my sister look good, and at least set up a few tables, so that the neighbors in the neighborhood can have a good time?"

Zhao Yong was honest, he nodded after hearing this, thought for a while and said: "I have been a cook in Piaoxianglou for these years, and I don't know how many tables of dishes have been cooked. This time you just do it. I will be the cook when the time comes We invited the fellows in the building to come over and have fun, our sister can be regarded as the golden phoenix flying out of our alley."

After hearing this, Mrs. Yuan insisted on agreeing, grabbed two silver ingots from the inside, handed them to Zhao Yong and said, "When you go out tomorrow, go to the silk and satin workshop and bring back a piece of red silk. I will embroider the wedding dress for my sister." , although there is no shortage of other marquis residences, but this wedding dress has to be prepared for her by our natal family, don't you think?"

In fact, poor people don’t pay attention to these things, especially good wedding dresses. Most of the older sisters wear them for younger sisters, and the old mother wears them for daughters. Yuan’s wedding dresses were still brand new when she married. They just thought that Zhao Jing was going to marry. The Hou family still wants to make her a new one.The material must be the best in the market. Fortunately, Master Hou has not returned to Beijing yet. She is rushing to catch up with work. It is estimated that the top will not have time to embroider it carefully. The skirt underneath should at least be embroidered with dragons and phoenixes, or mandarin ducks playing in water. , or the pattern of double lotus, although these patterns are complicated, Yuan can still embroider them.

Yuan Shi laughed when she thought of this, and said with a smile while counting the silver: "This time our sister is proud, who said last time that the Shen family's resignation does not mean that our sister is too old? Now we can wait It's a slap in the face, and Aunt Li, who said all day long that Fu Niu is pregnant again, secretly asked if the girl is married, and she will give birth to one tomorrow, and that is the heir of the Hou family!"

Zhao Yong looked at Yuan Shi's rosy face, but he became a little distracted. A few days ago, Yuan Shi came to Guishui, and he didn't get angry for a long time. He hugged Yuan Shi, bit her ear and said: "Don't keep talking about other people's family, when will you give birth to me again? Don't count sons and daughters, will it work?"

Yuan Shi was thrown onto the bed by Zhao Yong, stiffened and said: "This is my sister's room, you should wait anyway..."

Zhao Yong couldn't wait any longer, so he stretched out his hand to lift Yuan's long skirt, poked it in from the waist of his trousers, and hurriedly entered the right way, and said with a sigh of relief: "My sister is married, You still expect her to live here! Let's have a good time first... let's talk!"

Yuan's mouth was cursing at first, but after a while, she hummed lightly, biting Zhao Yong's shoulder and said: "My friend, you can't help it, so be gentle! Ah..."

(End of this chapter)