Chapter 263 Dowry

Compared to the tears of the two people in the Guan family, the Jiang family was full of laughter.

Shen Qing looked up from time to time to see what was happening outside.

The three members of the Guan family depend on each other for survival. Even though they knew that Guan Li would still live in the same village after getting married, they still couldn't help feeling sad, right?

After all, in this dynasty, marrying off a daughter meant she became someone else's family member and would live in another family. She couldn't see her parents as soon as she returned home, so even if they were close, it would still be uncomfortable.

Marrying a daughter-in-law means bringing her into the family and making her one of the family members, which is a very joyous thing to do...

"The bride is here! Go and see the bride!" Lei Dongtian ran around shouting.

Her aunt, mother and two sisters were helping to prepare the wedding banquet in the workshop, so she didn't have to go. Her parents told her not to cause any trouble.

She wouldn't cause trouble. This was her first time attending a wedding banquet since she was a child, and it was also the first time for her brothers and sisters to attend. Of course, she had to invite everyone to watch so that they wouldn't miss it!

The men of the Lei family were a little reserved, mainly because they had never participated in one before and didn't know how to behave without being rude;

Especially during happy events, people are afraid of making mistakes and bringing bad luck, so just in case, most of them gather in the main hall and drink tea and wait.

Hearing Dongtian's shouting, a group of men stood up and sat down again, but finally succumbed to curiosity and went to the yard to wait.

A huge crowd poured in, immediately filling the originally empty and spacious courtyard.

"Are we going to get married?"

"Where do we worship?"

"Stupid! Of course it's the main room. This isn't a thatched house in Qili Village where there's no main room, so it has to be in the yard!"

"Ahhh~ How do I do the ceremony? I want to go see the new house, but they said I can't go until the ceremony is over. How long does it take?"

"It's very fast. When you hear her being sent to the bridal chamber, you can follow the bride to the bridal chamber!"

The experienced woman gave the younger ones guidance, and at the same time she was looking forward to it.

In the past, dowries were brought along with the bride to her husband's house on the wedding day for all the people attending the wedding banquet to see. This was to let the husband's family and friends know that the bride was loved by her parents and had support.

Secondly, if there is a divorce in the future or the husband's family is unjust and wants to divorce the wife, with everyone as witnesses, the wife can have a reasonable and well-founded reason to get the dowry back.

But the Guan family did not send it today, but sent it quietly in advance, without any plans. The villagers only knew that the Guan family father and son made furniture for Guan Li as a dowry, but they had never seen the details.

In addition, in fact, the women in Qili Village rarely have dowries, whether they are married-in daughters or married-out daughters, very little dowry...

They want to see what Guan Li’s dowry will look like?

With a shout of "sent to the bridal chamber", everyone scattered and quickly ran to the door of the bridal chamber to wait.

Shen Qing’s home is so comfortable!

In particular, the main house has floor heating just like the workshop, so it is warm wherever you go. Xiaoli is lucky because her new house is in the main house.

As the door slowly opened, everyone held their breath unconsciously.

But what caught my eye was a large piece of crooked wood?

If you look closely, you will see flowers and plants on the wooden board, which looks very beautiful!

"Look at these flowers, they are so beautiful, just like the real ones." Lei Dongtian just thought it was magical. Can flowers be carved out of wood?

She had heard from her eldest brother that in the calligraphy and painting shops in the city, the paintings had flowers and plants, and even various animals on them, which was amazing;

She had never been to the city and had never seen calligraphy and paintings, so she didn't know how amazing they were. But when she saw the ones on the wood today, she thought they were amazing too!

"This is a screen." Xie Qingshan said.

This immediately aroused the curiosity of others: "What is the screen used for?"

Xie Qingshan explained, "It was used by wealthy families in the past. Firstly, it was used to block the view so that passersby could not see what was going on inside the house. When your house is open for ventilation, you don't want people passing by to see what you are doing, right? It's just that we can't bear to spend money to make one.

Secondly, the house was so small before, where would there be room for it? The big room is divided by a screen, and the inside and outside have different uses, which is great. "

After saying this, Xie Qingshan carefully looked around the room and added, "I think Xiangxi's room is quite large. It's almost as big as the main room, right? No wonder they have a screen."

The people who squeezed into the house were extremely envious and wanted to find Guan the carpenter to make one for them.

The people outside the house who didn't squeeze in were even more curious and shouted at the people inside to come in quickly!

Everyone understood that this must have been something that Guan the carpenter knew about while working for a wealthy family, so he also made one for his own daughter.

When they entered the house, they saw a long table and benches. The woman thought it would be convenient to sit on them to make clothes and shoes without having to squeeze at the dining table in the main hall.

Walking around the screen, I saw that the inside was even wider!

It's not a kang, so there's an extra wooden bed, covered with a fluffy bright red quilt. The padding under the bright red sheets is not thatch, but looks like a mattress made of new cotton because it's very soft.

There is a large wardrobe against the wall, and two camphorwood boxes. How many clothes and other things can they hold?

There are various small items on the inside of the bed, such as buckets for children, wooden basins of various sizes for washing, and shelves... The women looked at them with envy.

The Guan family is really good about their daughter!

When Jiang Xiangxi lifted the red veil, everyone in the room was stunned.

It’s not because of her beauty, after all, I see her every day, and I have seen her since she was a child, but because of Guan Li’s dressing.

I saw that the hairpin on her tied-up hair was not an ordinary wooden hairpin, but a silver hairpin inserted diagonally. There were also several things that looked like corn tassels hanging on the hairpin, which were also made of silver!

As the veil was lifted and swayed gently, it looked extremely beautiful.

Is this the silver hairpin? It's really beautiful.

Guan Li’s ears were pierced not with tea leaves but with silver earrings!

It hangs down in the shape of a flower, swaying. They don’t read much, but they just know that it looks good!

The men of the Lei family were shocked.

I thought that this is how girls are married off in the village. They thought that asking for less betrothal gifts was good to their daughters, but it turns out that some people even prepare so much dowry just to make their daughters' lives easier!

The other women in the village opened their mouths, thinking that after seeing Guan Li, not to mention their own daughters wanting her, they all wanted her!

Then he looked at Guan Li carefully again, thinking that the thicker silver hairpin would probably cost more than one or two taels, but the earrings were not big, so a few coins should be enough. Adding the silver bracelet, he thought it was not too expensive... Since he could afford it, couldn't he give it to his own daughter as well?

Shen Qing often said that one should earn money and spend money as he saw fit. This was all silver, and it could be used as money even in troubled times. It wasn't considered a waste of money, but rather a way to build up family fortune, right?

Everyone realized later that Shen Qingguo’s betrothal gift in Qili Village included a full set of silver jewelry.

Then he thought that not only Guan Li had it, but also his eldest daughter-in-law Huo Bing and even his sister-in-law Jiang Yu had it. Needless to say, Jiang Shui must have it too.

Okay!

This time, not only is it matched for my daughter, but all the girls in the family are matched with it.