Chapter 28 Bride Price
Soon the news of hunting wild geese in midsummer spread throughout the capital. People in the capital who knew about the situation were very curious, as sending wild geese was clearly something the men were supposed to do.
Seeing Sheng Xia's brother go hunting wild geese, everyone speculated whether Sheng Yuan was going to get married. After all, the eldest master Sheng was not able to walk, so it was normal for his younger brother to do it for him.
In the evening, Shengxia went to the warehouse in person to choose a betrothal gift for Xia Yanjing. He felt that letting Xia Yanjing marry into his family was already very unfair to him, and he had to compensate him in this way.
Butler Wu was a little surprised to see the things Shengxia had picked out. He didn't expect that the future son-in-law meant so much to the young master. Butler Wu didn't dare to delay and quickly ordered people to pack the things and prepare them.
Fortunately, people's curiosity didn't last too long. The next day, a group of people came out of Sheng Mansion, carrying six boxes filled with big red flowers. At the front was the Sheng Mansion's housekeeper Wu and the famous matchmaker in the capital.
At first, everyone thought that Sheng Yuan had sent Butler Wu to propose marriage to a certain family, but when they saw the group of people heading to the place, they found that it was the Yongning Marquis Mansion.
The news of His Majesty's decree granting the marriage had already spread throughout the capital, and many people who knew the inside story guessed that perhaps the illegitimate son of the Xia family would marry into the general's mansion, but it was only a guess.
Some people who were curious about the inside story did not dare to go to the General's Mansion to inquire about the news. At one time, they all came to the Yongning Marquis' Mansion. The Yongning Marquis' Mansion had entertained more officials in these days than in the previous year combined.
Everyone came with a gift, and Yongning Hou and Fang Yu couldn't stop smiling. Xia Yanjing knew nothing about this because he was studying cold noodles.
Summer is coming soon, and he believes that the cold noodles that are popular in modern times must have been very popular in ancient times. Since he can't see his wife, he can only keep himself busy.
In his previous life, he was trapped at home due to the epidemic, and everyone showed off their skills on the Internet. Making cold noodles was a very popular thing at the time. Xia Yanjing was no exception and followed the video to make it. In the end, he succeeded in making it.
According to memory, Xia Yanjing started tinkering in the kitchen. Because of his marriage to Shengxia, Xia Yanjing had a free hand in the Yongning Marquis's Mansion. The Yongning Marquis and his wife would not care about such trivial matters as using the kitchen.
Fortunately, hard work pays off, and Xia Yanjing finally succeeded in making it. Fortunately, the Yongning Marquis Mansion is also a wealthy family, and the kitchen has rich seasonings. Xia Yanjing has successfully reproduced 70% of the flavor of modern cold noodles.
Fortunately, this fictional Wei Dynasty already has most of the modern seasonings and fruits and vegetables, otherwise Xia Yanjing felt that life would be missing a great pleasure.
Xia Yanjing returned to the yard with the cold noodles he had made, and the first thing he saw was six boxes with big red flowers tied on them. Xia Yanjing had watched the TV series and understood what was going on. It seemed that the betrothal gifts had been delivered.
Xia Yanjing slowly walked to the boxes and opened the lid of one of them. The contents of the box appeared before his eyes, and Xia Yanjing couldn't help but be a little surprised.
This box was filled with brocade. The soft texture and gorgeous patterns made me unable to help but gently touch the brocade, feeling its smoothness and delicacy.
Then, Xia Yanjing opened another box. This box contained silk, which had a very good luster and felt very soft, obviously of excellent quality.
Xia Yanjing secretly felt lucky that he had the original owner's memories. Otherwise, with his previous experience of only wearing pure cotton fabrics, he would probably not be able to recognize these brocades and silks at all.
Two fox furs lay quietly in the third box. The first one was as white as snow without a trace of other colors. Its fur was soft and delicate, its color was shiny, and its workmanship was exquisite.
The other fox fur is even rarer. Its fur is a bright red color, like a burning flame, and its fur is also very soft.
After seeing the first three boxes, Xia Yanjing couldn't help but want to see what was in the fourth box. The two boxes of cloth were all colors that men could use in daily life, which showed how much the general's mansion valued it.
The fourth box contained some calligraphy and paintings. Xia Yanjing was not too interested in them. Forgive him for not being an elegant person, but the tea set inside was extremely exquisite. Xia Yanjing was already looking forward to the leisurely life of drinking tea together in the general's mansion.
After the fifth box was opened, there were four exquisite small boxes inside. One of the boxes contained ten silver ingots weighing fifty taels, and the second box contained ten gold ingots weighing fifty taels.
The third box contained a golden hair crown and a golden hairpin, and the fourth box contained an imperial green jade pendant and an imperial green jade ring.
After reading it, Xia Yanjing quickly closed the box. My goodness, this box is too valuable. He has never seen so many good things in his life. His wife is so rich.
When Xia Yanjing opened the sixth box, he found that there was only a small box inside. After opening the small box, Xia Yanjing discovered that there were four shops in the East Market, and the four shops were next to each other, covering a total area of 600 square meters.
Xia Yanjing closed the box with a snap. His hands were shaking as he held the box. Although this was his wife, he really wanted to fight with this group of rich people.
He had previously thought that the three hundred taels of silver he asked for was already a lot, but compared with the betrothal gift given by his wife, it was a drop in the bucket. How should he repay his wife?
Xia Yanjing, who had been stunned for a long time, was awakened by the servant, "Master, where are these six boxes of betrothal gifts?"
Xia Yanjing looked at the six boxes of valuable betrothal gifts and was worried about leaving them somewhere else. "Carry them all to my room."
After putting the things away, Xia Yanjing then came to Shitou's room, "Shitou, this is the food I researched myself, young master, you try it."
"Master, you are so kind. I'm hungry too." Shi Tou didn't actually have much hope after hearing this. After all, Xia Yanjing had never cooked before, but he couldn't discourage the young master.
Shi Tou looked at the noodles in front of him that didn't look like noodles, closed his eyes and took a big bite, then opened his eyes in surprise. It was so delicious and very appetizing.
Shi Tou started eating without even asking Xia Yanjing what it was. He couldn't stop eating.
"Shi Tou, I have something to discuss with you." Xia Yanjing looked at Shi Tou seriously and said.
"Master, go ahead." Shi Tou kept talking and spoke vaguely.
"Please pack up and move to my room to sleep later. I'll ask them to make up the bed." Xia Yanjing was not at all worried about his baby.
Shitou slowed down his swallowing and asked in confusion, "Why, Master?"
"The general's mansion sent a betrothal gift today, and it's full of goodies. I'm afraid someone with ulterior motives will covet it. Plus, you're recuperating from your injuries and can't go out, so it's just right for you to help me look after my treasures." Xia Yanjing said stealthily.
"Okay, no problem." Shi Tou replied vaguely while eating cold noodles.
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