The day and time of wedding reception were specially invited to see it. It was auspicious day and time calculated based on the eight characters of Zheng Lin and Sang Ye. After the two families passed the qi, the time of wedding reception was set at the third hour of You. As for that day, when the Zheng family's wedding reception team went out, it was up to them to decide. As long as the auspicious time is not missed, there would be no serious damage earlier or later.

The two families also sat together and discussed it carefully. After confirming that there was no problem, Old Man Zheng and Meng proposed goodbye. Zheng Lin did not say a few words to Sang Ye, but he didn't want to go home like this, but he was going to get married. There were still a lot of things to prepare, so he could only leave reluctantly.

After seeing off the three members of the Zheng family, Mu locked the gate of the courtyard and asked several sons to open the betrothal gift box, pick out the things that should be picked, and then add the things that should be added. At that time, all of them will be used as a dowry for mulberry leaves and will be carried to the Zheng family on the day of the wedding.

The brothers untied the red silk from the ten-car dowry one by one, and then opened the first betrothal gift. Usually, the first betrothal gift is tea. The Zheng family sent it was indeed tea, but it was a whole ten boxes of tea with very particular packaging.

The farmer is not interested in drinking tea. If a customer comes to his house, it is great to make a bowl of sugar water. Things like tea are expensive and not practical, which means they will be used during marriage. Generally, the man’s house buys two taels of tea at the tea house, wrap it in oil paper and put it in the betrothal gift. No one minds whether it is more or less or the quality is.

Of course, in the eyes of the village households, tea is a very high-end thing, and no one would think it is too much. Now the Zheng family has sent a full ten boxes, all of which are packed in bright red flower-painted porcelain jars. Just look at this point, you can tell that this tea is not cheap and is completely different from the oil-paper-packed ones.

"Oh my god, even if we drink so much tea every day, we have to drink it for the next year, right?" Sang Lin rubbed his hands excitedly, took out a porcelain urn and carefully uncovered the lid. Suddenly, a quiet tea fragrance penetrated into his nostrils.

Sang Lin's eyes lit up, and he picked up a piece of tea and threw it into his mouth: "Good tea is more fragrant than the Biluochun I drank in Fangjia Shop."

During these days, Sanglin has learned business with the shopkeeper of the Fang family. The tea used by Fang family shops to entertain distinguished guests is not only the best, but also the best tea. Usually one pound of tea is enough for ordinary people to spend a year.

The tea sent by the Zheng family is better than this one, and the price is definitely higher. The tea in these ten porcelain jars is all half a pound, which weighs five pounds in total, and it costs at least twenty taels of silver.

When he heard that these teas were worth so much money, Mu immediately took the porcelain jar from his second son and sealed it and put it back in the box. He also warned his old wife and son who stared at the teas with his eyes shining: "Let's keep half of these teas, and wait for Xiaoye to return to the door, and return it as a gift. You are not allowed to mess around."

According to custom, all these tea gifts belong to Sang's house. If they were one or two boxes, Mu would definitely stay with peace of mind. She would be embarrassed to leave all ten boxes. Besides, she would not be able to drink them all for a while. Isn't it a waste to keep them if they grow mold?

Thinking of this, Mu couldn't help but feel pain: "A Lin is also an unscheming child. This silver did not fall from the sky. Even if you use it, you can't stand it even if your family has a richer usage!"

After saying that, she specifically instructed her daughter: "When you get married, if Alin asks you to be the leader, you should keep it in front of him. If you don't mention this, just stare at him. Don't let him spend money in a big way. If you have children in the future, there will be more places to spend money!"

Sang Ye agreed with the first half of the sentence and nodded constantly. When she heard the next half of the sentence, she looked confused: "Mom, you have already gotten married yet, you have pulled all the children. You always think so far!"

Mu did not think that he was wrong at all. When he saw his daughter say this, he retorted: "Why don't you think far? Huan'er is so old and doesn't delay you having a baby. A Lin is not young anymore. If you can get pregnant as soon as you marry, that would be a great joy."

Sang Ye had a headache and knew that he couldn't understand it with his mother. So he changed the topic and pointed to the big box in front of him and said, "Brother Zheng is not stupid, and he will not be able to do anything without any calculations. Besides, half of these betrothal gifts were prepared by my aunt. I'm afraid that the store owner would buy so much tea. You really don't have to worry that Brother Zheng will ruin his family's fortune and starve me to death."

Mu didn't know about these ten hirings

Half of the gifts were made by Meng. When his daughter said this, she said earnestly: "Your Aunt Meng has no bad intentions, but she is a little weaker and can easily fool you. From now on, you will just look at it from the side and see if something is inappropriate and not easy to tell her directly. Just tell A Lin that there is nothing wrong with them, mother and son."

Knowing that my mother was taking the opportunity to teach the way of getting along with her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, Sang Ye didn't have relevant experience and listened very seriously. After careful consideration, he felt that what her mother said was indeed reasonable, so he silently remembered it in his heart: "Well, I remember everything you said, don't worry!"

Then, at the sign of Mu, Sang Lin and others opened the remaining nine-gut big boxes one by one.

Five of the boxes contain snacks, sugar, wine, fruits, etc. These things are very practical, especially wine, which is full of three boxes. It is enough to serve guests on the wedding day. The same is true for the other things, and the Sang family almost doesn't have to buy them separately.

The remaining four boxes were filled with cloth of various colors. One box was fine cotton and the other was brocade. Not to mention fine cotton, the value of this box of brocade alone was no less than the tea gift at the beginning. This made Mu feel pain again, and he wanted to rush to the Zheng family immediately and teach a lesson about financial management to his prospective son-in-law.

When he saw something covered under the red cloth in the penultimate box, Yu, who had not spoken for a long time, couldn't help but praise him: "My brother-in-law is really intent, even Ye'er's four-season clothes are ready."

No, the box is full of clothes of all kinds, and even shoes and socks. Several people carefully counted it and now they have two sets of clothes, shoes and socks in all seasons. Before these clothes, shoes and socks are worn, there is no need to add clothes to themselves.

"Yeah, it's good. It's right. Xiaoye is right depending on the size. Alin is really kind!" Mu smiled so hard that she couldn't stop. She was satisfied with the things in front of her without caring about the amount of money spent in, but she was not as satisfied as this box of clothes.

Mang Ye also looked at the set of clothes, shoes and socks, and now it was all the colors and styles he liked, and his heart was as sweet as honey. This kind of care and thought is indeed rare.

Just as several women were constantly praising Zheng Lin around a box of clothes, Sang Lin's eyes were already aiming at the last box. There were several ancient and unique wooden boxes neatly placed in the box, with beautiful patterns and a few unimaginable words engraved on it, which made people subconsciously feel that what was contained in it was not ordinary things.

Sang Lin looked at the boxes and didn't know what to do. Still, Sang Shu couldn't help but bent down and picked up a large box one foot square on the top, pinched the copper tie on it, and opened it carefully.

The box is arranged in a staggered manner, with a complete silver-headed face.

Mangshu took a breath and felt the box in his hand was heavy. After a brief look, he immediately closed it and put it in the big box again, and no longer looked through the wooden box below.

These boxes have the same color and pattern. After looking at the first box, you will know that the ones under them are all heads and faces. These six or seven boxes contain six or seven heads. Even if they are all silver jewelry, they are piled up with white silver.

"Brother, what is it inside?" Sang Lin shook his mind just now and didn't see what is inside the box. Seeing that the eldest brother looked serious and thought it was something extraordinary, he asked while reaching out to get the box.

"Don't move, Ye'er's head is everywhere, let her open it and see it by herself." Mangshu stopped his brother's movements and did not let him take out the box.

When Sanglin heard that it was a woman's head and face, he suddenly lost interest. He just looked at the boxes full of these boxes, and couldn't help biting his ear with his elder brother: "Tsk tsk, A Lin will please our sister. This box of clothes, a box of head and face is thrown out, and even if our sister is bored with him, she can't stand it."

Sang Shu glared at his younger brother and said angrily: "This is A Lin's intention to Ye Er, which makes your taste change after you say this."

"Don't yell, don't yell, I just talk casually. I really have no objection to A Lin's brother-in-law." Sang Lin quickly defended himself, for fear of causing unnecessary misunderstandings: "Our family is not bad now, and Ye'er's eyelids are not that shallow. I also think A Lin is in a rare mood and thinks that he should be better off in the future."

"Well, this is almost the same." Mang Shu was satisfied and patted his brother's shoulder and was very relieved.

After Mangye put his new clothes in the box, his eyes also moved to the last box. Seeing that the box had been opened, it contained wooden boxes of the same size. Mangye vaguely guessed what it was, so he took out a box and opened it.

"Hey, why isn't it the same color?" Mang Shu glanced at it and immediately found that the things inside were different from the box he opened, and couldn't help but shout.

Mangshu's shout attracted all the attention of Mu Shi and others. When they saw that the box in Mangye was holding was full of golden decorations, they unconsciously opened their mouths.

Next, the boxes were opened one by one by mulberry leaves. There were six boxes in the box containing the whole head and face, two pairs of gold, silver and jade. The box pressed at the bottom was a box of silver, a total of sixty-six taels. Needless to say, these were the Zheng family's betrothal gifts.

"Oh my God, the betrothal gift plus these betrothal gifts will cost at least 300 taels of silver. Alin must have emptied the whole property, right?" Mangshu wiped the sweat that did not exist on his forehead and asked worriedly.

Others were also worried about this problem, but Sang, who looked at them at the betrothal gifts, replied with a smile: "Most of these betrothal gifts are for Xiao Ye as dowry, why are you doing so much trouble?"

When everyone heard this, they thought it made sense. They would not mislead these betrothal gifts, so they only made a move and moved from the Zheng family to their daughter and sister. From now on, their daughter and sister will be from the Zheng family. Didn’t these things be used in the Zheng family? The Zheng family will not suffer any losses.

Thinking of this, the uneasiness in everyone's heart dissipated. Sang Lin immediately teased Sang Ye: "Sister, you have become a little rich woman at once. If A Lin treats you badly, you will throw them directly with these things."

As soon as he finished speaking, Sang Lin was hit on the back of his head, and it was naturally the one who beat him: "A crow's mouth, don't open your mouth if you can't speak."

Facing his mother's glaring, Sang Lin also realized that he had said the wrong thing and quickly begged for mercy to his mother: "Mom, I was wrong, I won't talk nonsense next time! You have a lot of adults, so I'll save some face for your son, and the children are watching."

After saying that, he pretended to be fierce and stared at his happy little nephew who was smiling, and bounced his forehead with his fingers.

Xiaoshan covered his forehead and complained pitifully to Mu: "Grandma, second uncle beat me."

Compared to his son who just said the wrong thing, Mu likes his grandson more at this moment, so she gave it to Sang Lin again, then touched Xiaoshan's head and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, don't be bitter, grandma has avenged you."

"Thank you, grandma, grandma is so great!" Xiaoshan did not hesitate to thank his grandma, and made a face at his second uncle.

"Little Bunny" Sang Lin pretended to be angry and stretched out his hand, plucked Xiaoshan's head hard, but his face was filled with the love of the elders for the younger generation.

The family was having a happy time, but no one had selfish concerns about this betrothal gift. Even Yu and Liu's sister-in-law felt that the dowry they had given to Sang Ye before was not enough, so they suggested to their mother-in-law whether they would add more.

Mu felt that the two daughters-in-law knew the generality and felt particularly relieved. However, except for the tea gifts, wine and other things, the others were used as dowry for their daughter. They looked very decent. They could not only block others' mouths, nor would they make their own reputation for selling their daughter, so they did not agree to buy them again, but just secretly decided to add more money to their daughter.

In this way, Mang Ye’s dowry is very considerable.

Mu felt very satisfied and said to Sang Ye in private: "With these dowry, you can stand up straight from the Zheng family in the future. If someone from the Zheng family makes things difficult for you, just like your second brother said, just take the money back, we have the confidence."

The Zheng family is located in a big family. There are too many relatives in the family. Mu family is afraid that someone will look down on his daughter's widow's status as a remarriage, so they deliberately make things difficult for this reminder. It's not that they are worried that the Zheng family will feel sorry for their daughter.

Sang Ye has heard of similar concerns several times, so he had to comfort him again: "Your daughter, I am not a soft persimmon, I can't help but pinch you, so don't worry!"

How could Mu really feel at ease, but she also knew that no matter how worried she was, she could only rely on her daughter to solve the problem by herself. All she could do was come up with ideas from the side, so it would be hard to follow her again.

What did the daughter say?

Thinking that in ten days, her daughter would be someone else's family, Mu felt so empty. But her daughter's happy day was coming, and she was crying and inauspicious, so she suppressed her reluctance in her heart, making people unable to see any strangeness.

In the next period of time, Mu gave all the housework to his son and daughter-in-law, and didn't bother with worrying about his younger son's courtyard exam. Every day, he instilled his daughter the truth about being a wife and daughter-in-law, for fear that she would not adapt to her husband's house for a while and would make her life a mess.

Every time she listened to her mother's preaching, Sang Ye always listened carefully. Although she did not agree with her mother's ideas, she did not refute it openly. Both the mother and son cherished this time very much, and just wished that time would pass a little slower.

However, no matter how reluctant the mother and daughter were, the wedding date was still approaching day by day. The day before August 28, Sang Yu, who had just heard the teacher finish the exam questions, brought Huan'er and Xiaoshan back.

Sang Yu looked in a good mood. When Mu asked tentatively, he said bluntly that he was half sure.

Knowing that his son has always been modest, he said he was half sure, but in fact, even if he was not 100% sure, he could pass the college entrance examination, he was 80% likely. This Mu was very happy, and his sorrow of getting married was diluted a lot.

When Sang Ye and others found out, they were also happy for their younger brother. Sang Ye even joked: "When you are a scholar in high school, your elder sister can also benefit from you. When you walk outside, you say that you are the sister of the scholar, and they will also look up to your elder sister!"

Sang Yu's face was a little embarrassed, but he mustered up the courage to look at his elder sister and said seriously: "Siucai's sister is nothing. I will study hard, pass the juren, pass the Jinshi, and become a good official in the future, and serve as a backer for my elder sister for the rest of my life."

Speaking of this, he paused and continued: "If the eldest brother-in-law is not good to treat his elder sister in the future, the eldest sister can divorce him. In the future, the eldest sister can hire a son-in-law and never suffer from the in-laws' grievances."

Sang Yu had long wanted to say these words, but in the past, the family had limited conditions, so he dared not imagine that he could go all the way to the end. Now that the situation at home is getting better, he no longer has such concerns. He devoted all his energy to studying, and he was confident in fulfilling his promise to his elder sister today.

"Oh, you can't stand it. I'm so happy that I'm laughing so hard. Do you mean to make me cry? Don't worry, your elder brother-in-law is nice to me. If you really treat me badly one day, you'll just go to him. Just study hard, and your elder sister is waiting for the day when you win the toad palace and parade on horseback."

Sang Ye was really moved and cried. She didn't expect her brother to be so open-minded and even said something to her. Apart from holding her brother to encourage him, she really didn't know what to say.

Sang Yu's eyes were red, and she hugged her sister without saying anything. He buried his reluctance in his heart, and did not let anyone see the worry he was hiding deep in his eyes.

The exposed emotions of the siblings infected the others. The most emotional Yue Niang shed tears. Mu looked at the pair and her eyes were wet. Needless to say, the others were all reluctant to leave, and even Sang Hushi's eyes were red.

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