The Su family prepared sixty-four loads of dowry for Su Qingyu, which included money from Su's father-in-law and money prepared by Lin.
The sixty-four loads of betrothal gifts that the Shen family had used for their first betrothal gift were given by Shen Zhixiu to Su Qingyu as a dowry.
Later, out of the sixty loads of betrothal gifts sent by Shen Zhixiu, Lin only kept six for good luck, and returned the remaining fifty-four loads to Su Qingyu, who considered them her private property.
This is also the rule of wealthy families in the capital. They are afraid of being branded as selling their daughters, so the betrothal gifts are given to the daughters to take back to their husband's home.
Yesterday, the Lin family sent another sixty loads of dowry, so Su Qingyu had a total of 242 loads of dowry.
The delivery of the dowry should be done in a lively manner with the beating of gongs and drums. Some families with less dowry will leave a large gap between each pair of dowries to make it look better.
The Su family's dowry was different. It was just crowded with people and dowries were piled high against each other.
Even so, when the first load of dowry entered the Shen family, the last load of dowry had not yet left the Su family.
Zhenzhu walked into the Bishui Pavilion with a smile on her face, imitating the lively scene outside with Su Qingyu.
"Miss, everyone who saw the fun said that they had never seen so much dowry."
Su Qingyu thought about how to put these things in order after moving into the mansion, and she suddenly felt overwhelmed.
At noon, Su Shunci walked in happily, "Big sister, I want to give you a piece of jewelry to add to your makeup, please don't despise it."
Having said that, Su Shunci rarely lowered his head, feeling a little embarrassed.
Su Qingyu couldn't help laughing, and pulled Su Shunci over and hugged her shoulders, "What do you want to give me? I like whatever you give me, and I won't mind it."
Su Shunci carefully took out a long agarwood box from his arms.
After opening it, there was a hairpin inside. To be more precise, it was a wooden hairpin.
The wood is top-quality golden nanmu, and one end of the hairpin is carved in the shape of a plum blossom.
"Did you make this yourself?" Su Qingyu was pleasantly surprised.
When did Fourth Sister acquire this skill?
Among the people she knew, only her third cousin could carve wood.
Su Shunci nodded. "My third cousin taught me. I worked on it for a month. When I was done, he said it looked too ugly and fixed it for me."
Having said this, Su Shunci lowered his head nervously and twisted his hands together.
She always felt that saying this would make her look particularly stupid. But she couldn't bury her third cousin's contribution, and she couldn't go against her conscience and say that she did it herself.
Su Qingyu treated this sister as her own sister. She smiled and held Su Shunci's face and kissed her.
"How could you dislike it, sister? I asked her to keep the jade and save it for after we get married."
When Su Shunci heard that she wanted to wear the hairpin, she hurriedly said, "Sister, please only wear it in your room. Don't wear it outside."
She was afraid of being embarrassed, and even more afraid that Su Qingyu would be embarrassed because of this hairpin.
Not only Su Qingyu, but all the maids in the room were laughing so hard that they were rolling on the ground.
The inexplicable melancholy before getting married was diluted by Su Shunci.
The next day, before dawn, Su Qingyu was awakened by Zhenzhu.
"Miss, it's time to get up and comb your hair and change your clothes. The first lady and the third lady are here and are waiting for you."
The lucky lady from Su Qingyu's family who was combing her hair today was the third wife, Mrs. Hai. Logically, although Mrs. Hai had a son and a daughter, she couldn't be considered a lucky lady since the old marquis of the Su family was gone. But Mrs. Lin insisted on having Mrs. Hai come, despite everyone's objections, because of the harmonious relationship between the Hai family and her husband.
Hai wore a crimson long jacket with the inscription "Fu Lu Shuang Quan" on it and a red gold and gemstone hairpin on her head, looking dignified and elegant.
Soon, Madam Su, Madam Lin, and two aunts also arrived.
After Su Qingyu washed and dressed, she put on her wedding dress and sat in front of the dressing table.
Hai took the ox horn comb, said a few auspicious words, and then began to comb her hair.
After combing her hair, Hai personally put on makeup and drew her eyebrows.
"The makeup used in Beijing for weddings before was too gaudy. I think the makeup in Suzhou is very good, more delicate and beautiful."
"Our eldest daughter is already stunningly beautiful. If she were painted too gorgeously, she would lose her original charm."
Hai painted carefully, and after a stick of incense, she put down the rouge in her hand with satisfaction. She looked at it from a distance and nodded, "This is very good."
Su Qingyu looked at the figure in the bronze mirror and was very satisfied with Hai's craftsmanship.
At this time, the two brothers Su Chengye and Su Chengxun, along with the two uncles of the Lin family, were welcoming guests in the front yard.
There are many visitors to the Su family today. In addition to Su Chengye’s colleagues in the Ministry of Revenue and Su family’s relatives and friends, there are also people in the court who want to establish some relationship with the family.
It was not convenient for these people to go directly to the Shen family, so they came to the Su family to congratulate. Since they had come, they couldn't be driven away, so Su Chengye had no choice but to entertain them.
As the sound of firecrackers and drums rang out, Su Chengye knew that the wedding procession was coming.
Not long after, Shen Zhixiu, wearing a bright red auspicious robe, walked in.
Two other people accompanied him in welcoming the bride. One was Song Zan, the commander of the Five Cities Military Command and the Marquis of Loyalty. The other was Yang Wenshi, the Grand Secretary of the Huagai Palace and Minister of War.
For a moment, Su Chengye didn't know whether he should salute these people first or Shen Zhixiu kowtow to him first.
Fortunately, Shen Zhixiu had already followed the rules and knelt down to kowtow to Su Chengye.
Su Chengye's voice was a little weak because he was nervous.
"My dear son-in-law...get up."
Song Zan and Yang Wenshi, who had accompanied Shen Zhixiu to welcome the bride, also came forward to greet Su Chengye. Su Chengye felt dizzy and dizzy at being surrounded by several high-ranking officials of the imperial court.
Afterwards, Shen Zhixiu was welcomed into the main hall and kowtowed to the head of the Su family.
After the Su family's ceremony was over, the sound of wind instruments began to play again. Su Qingyu bid farewell to her elders and was carried to the bridal sedan by her third brother, Su Yuanyi.
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