Although the business is booming right now, the Yun family has four daughters after all. They can't just throw all their money at Yun Ruochun because she married into an official family. That would be unfair to the others.

“I think we can get the fabric from home, which will be cheaper. As for the clothes, the Qin family said they will prepare the wedding dress, which will save us some money. We don’t need a dowry either, as the betrothal gifts are all provided.”

"If you ask me, why don't we just fix up the gifts the Qin family sent? They're all the same stuff anyway, so it'll save us some trouble, right?"

Yunling drove the carriage away from the village. Seeing that Zhang didn't respond, she smiled and said:

"Okay, okay, I'll do whatever you say, you old lady, alright?"

Old Lady Yun glanced at Yun Ling again, but couldn't help but smile. She immediately sat up straight and smugly shook her head. Seeing her like this, Zhang Shi was also happy.

Upon arriving in the county town, Yunling immediately turned hostile, completely ignoring what her mother had said in the car.

She first went to the craft street, took the medicine cabinet made for Yun Chu from her father-in-law, and after discussing with her father-in-law about adding a bra pattern to the woodblock print, she went with Yun Ruoxia and Gangzi, who came later, to the shop selling wooden furniture.

Buy a rosewood chaise lounge, a huanghuali top-mounted cabinet, four camphor wood chests, a dressing table, a clothes rack, two armchairs, a dressing case, and a display cabinet.

Old Lady Yun hurriedly shouted:

"Hey you little rascal, why are you buying all this stuff again? Didn't we agree on this earlier?"

"What do you mean 'agreed'? I just said I would listen to the old lady. Is Grandma an old lady? Isn't Grandma the most beautiful girl in the village?"

Yunling walked across the street while chatting and laughing, and bought a set of white porcelain tea set, a vase with ink painting, a large blue and white porcelain plate, a hanging mirror, and a hanging screen.

"Alright, I won't have room for this car if I buy another one."

"Mom, let's just go and buy the festive things we want, so we don't get late and all the good ones are taken."

After hearing what Zhang said, Old Lady Yun immediately felt that there was a great deal of danger, and hurriedly pulled Zhang towards the market.

With one less nagging "living bodhisattva" around, Yunling felt instantly relieved and found it much easier to shop. She then went to Linglong Pavilion and Yanzhizhai with Gangzi and Yun Ruoxia.

She acquired a set of wooden combs, a comb case, a rouge box, an eyebrow pencil, powder, rose water, a bronze mirror, and floral hair ornaments.

I bought a mouthwash bowl, toothbrush, salt, soap, towels, and other toiletries. I also went upstairs to buy a pair of mandarin duck pillows, a colorful brocade mattress, a festive and auspicious bed curtain, and a canopy for wishing someone to have a son soon.

The three then went to a clothing shop and bought several large fur coats, lined silk coats, single-layered silk coats, silk outer jackets, and one open coat of various colors.

Finally, I detoured to Yunxiang Bookstore to buy a set of books and a box of writing implements. When the shopkeeper, Mr. Chen, saw that it was Yunling, he quickly gave her an extra stack of Xuan paper and said all sorts of nice things.

As the wedding day approached, Yun Ruochun stopped going to work at the county government office. On the first day of the eighth lunar month, her second aunt brought her a copied medical book, which discussed the matter of the shop.

Furthermore, since the male descendants of the Yun family's third branch were not numerous, with only Yun Shenghua and Gangzi, which was not impressive enough, the eldest and second uncles thought of coming to help. With the help of the two branches of the Fan family, there were a total of six male descendants, which sounded good and had auspicious meaning. Yun's mother and Zhang Shi naturally agreed.

Since they had already agreed to the house purchase, the eldest and second aunts also wanted to join in the fun, so the whole Zhang family came on the fourth day of the eighth lunar month.

The in-laws hadn't seen each other for a long time, and Tian Zhiyun's mother was very hospitable, so the atmosphere immediately became lively. Zhang's mother and father seemed to have been opened up, and they talked non-stop like a beeswax board.

The eldest and second aunts helped Zhang with various tasks, occasionally inquiring about Yunling's business. The eldest and second uncles naturally followed Yun Shenghua's lead, asking about her work at the trading company, and soon the conversation turned to Yunling's business.

The older and younger cousins ​​naturally favored Yun Chu. They kept talking to Yun Chu and even wanted to stay in the same room with her at night. Zhang Xiao also wanted to drag his two younger brothers to the stable to check on the horses. Since no one was talking to Yun Ling, Yun Ling had no choice but to go to Yun Ruochun's place.

When she entered the room, she only saw Yun Ruochun and Yun Ruoxia looking at something, and she jokingly said:

"Oh, what's so shameful about this? Why hide it like this?"

When Yun Ruochun saw Yun Ling approaching, she smiled and waved to her.

"Ling-jie, come quickly, this is the ox that Xia-niang gave me."

"ox?"

Yunling glanced at the table and saw a white porcelain ox statue standing there imposingly.

"Second Aunt, why did you give Eldest Aunt a cow? Eldest Aunt wasn't born in the Year of the Ox."

“I think my sister was hardworking and conscientious before, just like an ox plowing the field. But later, through her own efforts, she went from being a female yamen runner to a female constable. Since then, she has become incredibly powerful and will only become more powerful in the future, so I gave her this.”

Yun Ruoxia became more and more proud as she spoke, even tilting her chin upwards.

"The shopkeeper said there was only one left of this thing, so I immediately bought it."

Yun Ruochun was very happy. Yun Ruoxia had never given her anything before, so she was naturally delighted to receive such a meaningful gift.

"Thank you, Xia Niang~"

Yun Ruochun also quickly said to Yun Ling:

"Ling'er, I should thank you the most for preparing such a large dowry and two estates for me. It must have cost a lot of money."

"Aunt, we're family, no need for formalities."

Yun Ling could see the unnaturalness on Yun Ruochun's face, probably due to nervousness, but just as she was about to change the subject, Yun Ruoxia said:

"I heard that on the wedding day, the groom's side will send someone to urge the groom to prepare the dowry."

"ah?"

Yun Ruochun's tension visibly increased again.

"Does that mean we have to get up very early to put on makeup?"

Yun Ruoxia smiled and said:

"No, that's not it. Let them urge us. They'll urge us a few times before we get ready to go. Sister, don't feel embarrassed. Getting into the bridal sedan chair costs money. Otherwise, those people won't carry it. And there's money for the sedan chair to enter the house. They want money for this and money for that. They all want to share in the joy."

Yunling found it novel, so she sat down by the bed and listened to Yun Ruoxia continue talking. She didn't feel tired or sleepy. It wasn't until dawn that the three of them took a short nap.

**

Yun Shenghua and Gangzi moved Yun Ruochun's dowry out of the warehouse, and then pulled out two horse-drawn carts and a donkey cart from the stable. With the help of their maternal uncles and the two Fan brothers, they loaded everything in one go, and then headed into the city in a lively manner, witnessed by everyone.