There is a home in the depths of the white clouds

Chapter 508

Zhu Yong was taken aback for a moment: "My childhood sweetheart?"

"That's right!" Wu Youwei said, "We've known each other since we were young, and we separated when we grew up. Later, we met in the Yuyingtang. The two young people are old acquaintances, but we talked a few times. You don’t know my son’s son, Mr. Guo, he is a stubborn person. Although he has never been in contact with a girl, he was tempted when he saw that the girl was kind. He came back and told me that he was going to marry a virtuous and kind wife. I Just such a son, let him live comfortably, just let him go."

Zhu Yong listened and nodded: "I understand, just pretend that the country has never mentioned this matter."

Seeing that he understood, Wu Youwei was relieved.

After drinking tea with him, having some snacks, and chatting for a while, Zhu Yong left.

When the people left, Wu Youwei also packed up and went back to Jinshi Lane in the capital.

It happened that Wantong was also at home, and the two had dinner together. During the meal, Wu Youwei also told Wantong about Zhu Yong.

Wantong thought for a while: "Oh, I've heard about his daughter. It is said that she is very lively, because she is an old woman, and she is a bit delicate."

"Miss Di of the Duke's Mansion is of course squeamish." Wu Youwei said, "Fortunately, Tai Ning was not allowed to marry her."

When such a Miss Jiao entered the door, the whole family had to be restrained.

Wantong didn't say that the daughter of the Duke's Mansion had an extraordinary temper.

Taking advantage of Wu Youwei's time to take a bath, Wantong asked someone to do something.

As soon as the Dragon Boat Festival was over, the University Scholars Office started the six rituals for the Yang family.

The first is to propose a marriage. This time the marriage proposal is a serious matter of inviting the official media to come to the door, exchanging Geng posts, and asking the Taoist Master Baiyunzi of Baiyun Temple to give a combination of horoscopes.

The conclusion reached is that "a match made in heaven" and "five generations of prosperity", both of them are mutually prosperous for each other's luck.

Wu Youwei was very happy to see it, his son has vision.

This change of Geng Tie is considered to have settled the marriage.

In July, it was the hot summer time, Wu Youwei sat in the main hall of the Yang family, discussing the dowry with Mr. Yang.

Discussing relatives before getting engaged, and discussing "little gifts" at the beginning of discussing relatives, in ancient times, it was quite a bit of a bargain.

It's just that the woman usually increases the price and the man bargains.

Now the other way around, Wu Youwei gave a list of betrothal gifts, Mr. Yang couldn't read, and Mrs. Yang couldn't even read. Yang Liu was a girl, so how could he read the list of betrothal gifts by himself?

Therefore, the new butler of the Yang family is useful.

This housekeeper Yang is a middle-aged man, and it is said that he is still a scholar. Because his family was in decline, his wife and children died of illness, and he was disheartened. After being rescued by Mr. Yang, he figured it out. Maybe it was a family, so they asked to stay in the Yang family and acted as their housekeeper.

Although he is a housekeeper, but if he doesn't sell himself, Mr. Yang can't wait for it.

Because they are in-laws with the University Scholars' Mansion, sometimes it is necessary to have someone who can read and write.

No, it's used.

Steward Yang took the list of betrothal gifts, and after a glance, he was stunned.

It's not that the betrothal gift is too light, but that the betrothal gift is too heavy.

"Read it." Old Man Yang looked at the butler, in fact, the old man also wanted to know, what dowry gift can the university scholar's mansion give?

If it's too light, he still has to think about this marriage...

"Yes, old man, listen carefully." Butler Yang cleared his throat: "Now there is a son of the Wu family named Mingde, whose name is Taining, and he is seeking to hire a daughter of the Yang family named Liu as his wife.

The offer is

Jewelry: Two sets of [-] pieces of red gold dot emerald heads, two sets of [-] gold heads, eight sets of [-] silver heads, [-] sets of twelve pearl heads, eight sets of ten gold inlaid emerald heads , Silver inlaid emerald heads, eight sets of ten pieces...  

Furnishings: one Shoubi Nanshan jade ornament, one white jade embossed Baizishan, a pair of jasper auspicious animal vases, a pair of crystal double-eared ring flat bottles, ten sapphire bergamot hands, two pairs of sapphire embossed blessings and longevity, agate lion button animal ears Four living ring stoves, one Suzhou embroidery screen with 24 filial figures....

Cloth: two pieces of top-grade silk of each color, four pieces of satin of each color, eight pieces of wrought flowers, eight pieces of folded branch brocade, eight pieces of cloud brocade, and eight pieces of Shu brocade.Eight pieces of silk yarn of various colors, eight pieces of velvet wool, eight pieces of palace silk, eight pieces of palace forging, eight pieces of palace cotton, eight pieces of cloud satin, python satin, makeup satin, gold flower satin, organdy, soft smoke Luo, pomegranate silk, etc. each have ten horses....

Antiques: A pair of Ziding jade pots and spring vases from the Northern Song Dynasty, and a pair of Ru Kiln beauty shrugging vases.

Calligraphy and painting: Chu Suiliang's calligraphy "Ni Kuanzan", Mi Fu's calligraphy "Shu Sutie".

Home use: cloisonné enamel eight-treasure fish ear jar, cloisonné enamel hook lotus round box, blue and white pine, bamboo and plum pattern teapot.

Medicinal materials: eight hundred-year-old ginseng, one pair of hundred-year-old Ganoderma lucidum.

In addition, the betrothal gold is one or two gold ingots, one hundred pen ingots with wishful patterns, one hundred magpies with magpie climbing branches; one or two silver ingots, four hundred in the style of Hehe Erxian, four hundred in the style of auspicious celebrations, and one hundred in the style of Wufu Linmen. Four hundred…. "

What is left is a load of betrothal cakes, eight types of seafood, three animals, and four Jingguo.

But these things are also a lot of talk.

Although it is said that getting married in ancient times was troublesome, but Wu Youwei enjoyed it as much as he liked. This is his son marrying his daughter-in-law.

Mr. Yang was dumbfounded!

Although their family has a little wealth, they definitely don't have so much!

"This won't work!" The old man shook his head at that time: "There are too many of these things."

"Not much more, this is already a short list of betrothal gifts." Wu Youwei said: "Those fabrics can be made into clothes as dowry at that time, those gold and silver can also be made into jewelry, and those antique calligraphy and paintings can all be fine. Dowry back."

In fact, Wu Youwei was showing face to Yang's parents. The Yang family had a weak family, but the Wu family was not.

That's all, it's all reduced and reduced to become what it is now. If the betrothal gift prepared for the son before was ten times richer than this.

It's just that the Yang family won't be able to provide so much dowry, so that it doesn't look like marrying a daughter, it looks like selling a daughter, so it has been reduced and reduced.

"It's too much, let's reduce it by half!" Old Master Yang kept shaking his head: "The dowry that my family can get out is only a hundred taels of silver at the bottom of the box, and a small shop."

This is already the greatest ability of the Yang family.

The second elder actually still has some money in the bottom of the box, but it is the coffin book, it is impossible to take it out, and besides, it is not enough to take it out.

"Mr. Yang, when a girl marries into my family in the future, she will manage the dowry herself. You can also take the dowry as a dowry, what do you think?" Wu Youwei said, "From now on, besides the dowry, there will be various At the bottom of the box, there are still things when we welcome the bride, you can decline now, and more things in the future, can you still decline every time?"

The elder sister of the matchmaker who followed said: "I said, Mr. Yang, you don't even think about it. Who are you marrying? The family of Wu Dashi is well-off and has a lot of property. This is a list that has been reduced and reduced. This matter I know it, but I'm afraid you think it's wrong. If you want me to tell you, whether it's expensive or not, what's rare is the thoughtfulness of your in-laws."

There was a matchmaker who made the lubricant, and the two families had a pleasant discussion. In the end, the Yang family accepted the list of betrothal gifts, and the Yang family returned to the Wu family with four sets of clothes made by Yang Liu himself.

One set was for Wu Youwei, who is a father, but the other set was for Wantong. After receiving it, Wu Youwei felt quite warm in his heart.

One set is for Wu Mingde, and the last set is women's clothing, which is actually for Wang Qianqian....

Wu Youwei returned home with her things, and when she saw four sets of clothes, Xu Niang laughed immediately: "Young master, this young mistress who has never been married, is a sensible person."

"Well, he is a sensible person." Wantong took his suit and touched it.

The material is very ordinary, but the stitches are fine and tight. It can be seen that the people who made it were very careful.

Among the three sets of men's clothing, Wantong's is pine green, Wu Youwei's is bamboo leaf green, and Wu Mingde's is lake green.

They are all green, but the degree of green is not the same.

Men's clothing is not so particular, but women's clothing is different.

This set of women's dress is Xiahong, embroidered with a pattern of hundreds of butterflies wearing flowers. Hello, daughter-in-law.

On the tenth day of the eighth lunar month, the university scholar's office gave the dowry.

Box after box was carried into the gate of Yang's house.

Lao Yang and his wife are very popular in the neighborhood, and many neighbors came to watch the fun, and they didn't stop them, in fact, they meant to show off.

Because someone had guessed for a long time, what kind of family would the willow raised by the old couple find?

Some people say that they are recruiting husbands by giving birth. This reason has excited many bachelors nearby.

Some said they were concubines, because although the Yang family's willows did not grow well, they were in good health since they were young, probably because they were easy to bear.

Some people even guessed that they would find a rich family and give Lao Yang and his wife retirement....

Who knew that when the betrothal gift came in, the person who sang the betrothal said first that the premise of this marriage was that the young master of the Wu family could not accept two sexes, unless he had no children after forty; The two boys and the second girl are both surnamed Yang; the other thing is that Yang Liu can go back to her mother's house at any time, without the permission of her husband's family, because she is the only daughter in the Yang family, and the second one is getting older, and the daughter often comes back to take care of her. One or two is also possible....

There was even a signed contract, and the witness Mr. Yang sought was the head of the Yoying Hall.

This was the most authoritative man he could ever know.

When everyone heard it, there was an uproar.

This Wu family is really benevolent to the Yang family!

Yang Liu has found a good family.

In addition, once the betrothal gift is displayed, it will blind people's eyes!

Everyone was amazed. In this marriage of the Yang family, it was heard that the man came to propose marriage twice, so Mr. Yang nodded his head. If it was them, he would have agreed the first time.

Some people were jealous and hated that Yang Liu, an adopted daughter who didn't know where, had such good luck.

As soon as Wu Mingde appeared, someone recognized him. Isn't this the number one scholar of the Sixth Head of State?

This time it was even more lively.

Yang Liu unexpectedly married the husband-in-law that all women in the capital, and even the whole world, dreamed of!

This is not jealousy and hatred, it is simply enviable to the point of jealousy.

Mr. Yang was also shocked: "The number one scholar of the six heads of state?"

"You don't know?" Wu Youwei looked at his new father-in-law like a monster: "Taining is this year's new champion, the sixth head of state, and now he is serving as a scholar in the Imperial Academy, from the fifth rank."

Probably because this is the head of state, when Emperor Xianzong appointed him as an official, he deliberately raised his rank, and let him go to Ciqing Palace with his father every three days to give lessons to the crown prince, which was regarded as half a companion.

It is rare for the crown prince to be accompanied by a peer of the same age, and because he and the fifth prince are also alumni, they have a common language.

"Our family doesn't join in the fun..." Mr. Yang said awkwardly: "I didn't go to see the top three parade...."

Therefore, I still don't know that my son-in-law is the number one scholar of the six heads of state.

Wu Youwei didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You are too nerdy."

Knowing that the son-in-law is the six-scholar champion who is rare in a century, the Yang family is even happier.

The Yang family was happy, but the Duke's Mansion was unhappy.

Mrs. Guogong has supported the family at home for many years, and her temper is rather stubborn. In addition, this old woman is favored. Her daughter is more caring than her son, and she is closer than her daughter-in-law. When she heard that the Wu family rejected the marriage, she immediately became angry: "My daughter What's wrong, the Wu family dares to refuse the marriage?"

"What's so good?" Zhu Yongdao: "He's a childhood sweetheart, and we've known each other since we were young. Based on this alone, the Wu family won't marry their daughter. And you haven't communicated with the Wu family. , is it very face-saving?"

People who are used to life and death don't care about such things. Besides, he wants to keep his daughter for two more years.

But Mrs. Guo doesn't think so!

The lady of the Duke's Mansion also thought it was a sure thing, but it didn't work out, so the lady started crying at home and even went on a hunger strike.

The angry Zhu Yong felt that his daughter was not caring.

The Duke's wife felt sorry for her daughter, so she entered the Xiulou, kicked out all the maids, and coaxed her daughter to eat.

But Ms. Zhu was not happy. The husband-in-law she was looking for was gone. She was so angry that she didn't eat, and it was not good to let her mother coax her. Tears were streaming down: "Mom, I like him alone!"

In the boudoir, in front of her own mother, Miss Zhu couldn't care less about anything else. She already had several older brothers, and she was a military commander. My husband and son-in-law are about to die, how can I not cry?This is all light.

Because my father just came back, I haven't had much contact with him, so I don't dare to quarrel with my father, but it's okay to quarrel with my mother, and my mother loves me, as long as I ask for more, my mother will definitely let me get what I want.

"Why did you fall in love with him?" The Duke's wife sighed: "The other side rejected it. If you continue to make trouble like this, it will not be good for your reputation."

"Mother, I've seen him before." Miss Zhu hugged her mother and said with red eyes, "He's the only one I like."

"When did you meet him?" The Duke's wife was shocked, this daughter has not been out of the cabinet yet, how could she see a foreigner?

How can you get a bad reputation?

"When he straddled the street." Miss Zhu blushed.

At the first sight, she fell in love with this man, the number one scholar of the six heads of state, a rare sight in a hundred years.

"Oh." Mrs. Duke heaved a sigh of relief. It turned out that it was time to straddle the horse and parade through the street.

The daughter insisted on not eating, and the wife of the Duke had no choice. In the end, she felt sorry for her daughter who had been hungry for three days, so she went to beg Zhu Yong again, but Zhu Yong was busy and would never go again.

I had no choice but to make up my own mind. Anyway, the Grand Duke was not at home at the time, and she was the one who made decisions about the big and small affairs of the family, so she got used to making decisions by herself.

The matter of the Wu family going to the Yang family to propose marriage was also heard in Beijing.

When Ms. Zhu heard this, she became even more troubled, looking for death and life, she was slapped by Zhu Yong, and she was put in confinement.

Well, Zhu Yong has learned a lot of new things while leading troops outside in these years, for example, he can no longer use army sticks and so on, and has changed to confinement!

Safer and more effective.

Now that I came back, I thought it would be used on my son, but it turned out to be used on my daughter.

It's just that with such a confinement, she will have no chance to go out, and her father will not spoil her like her mother, and she dare not annoy her father, because his aura is too terrifying.

It took several days for Mrs. Guogong to intercede with her daughter, but Zhu Yong ignored her and did not release her until the Mid-Autumn Festival.

But after the tenth day of the eighth lunar month, Wu Mingde's marriage was even settled, and the dowry was over.

Miss Zhu was thinking about her sweetheart, but she didn't dare to let her family know, because she knew that her identity should not have any stain on her reputation.

People become less energetic day by day.

Mrs. Guo saw it in her eyes and was anxious in her heart.

The Wu family on the other side is celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival happily.

Since the dowry has already been paid, the marriage is already half done, so when the ceremony is performed on the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is natural that the Yang family will be included.

This time, there was no heavy gift, just twelve bolts of cloth and a moon cake in a four-layer food box.

The return gift from the Yang family is also very special. It is a moon cake made by Yang Liu himself, the most common kind of green and red silk stuffing, five kernels and jujube paste.

There are not as many tricks as the Wu family sent, but it is more traditional and the craftsmanship is good.

Wu Youwei ate mooncakes happily, and said to Wan Dao, "I can be considered as enjoying the craftsmanship of my daughter-in-law."

Wantong didn't say a word.

After a while, Wan Kun's daughter-in-law brought a pot of milk tea to Wu Youwei: "Don't always eat moon cakes, it's a bit dry, drink some milk tea."

When Wu Youwei heard this, he was really thirsty, and the mooncakes were quite sweet.

There is more milk and less tea in the milk tea, so as not to sleep at night, but there is no sugar, the milk is full of fragrance, but not sweet, otherwise it should be someone.

Wan Kun's daughter-in-law put milk tea and left.

Wantong looked at Wu Youwei, who was drinking tea happily.

The corner of Wantong's mouth curled up. Didn't he already enjoy the blessing of a daughter-in-law?

Besides, Ms. Zhu didn't have a good Mid-Autumn Festival.

There is a big maid beside her, who is a child of the family. The elder brother of the maid is working outside the second door. After knowing the troubles of the little master of the girl, he gave her an idea. That girl is not a wealthy family. If this is the case, the University Scholars Office will not want such a woman.

Although Ms. Zhu is a bit spoiled, she is not a brainless person. The eldest maid does not dare to tell her about this kind of thing, so let her elder brother figure it out.

Her elder brother is almost thirty, because of his glib talk all day long, and his behavior is not very correct, no servant girl has taken a fancy to him, and he is not very good in the Duke's mansion. If he wants to help the young lady, he may be able to To be a daughter-in-law?

So he went to battle in person, went out to contact a few idle people, and on August [-]th, entered the gate of Yang's house in the dark...