Jinxiu Nanzhi, determined to be the richest woman

Several elders of the Yu family also made a secret calculation and asked what Yu Jiaxi meant, and then the elders calmed down.

"Auntie! I will keep you a little longer today!"

"These two children have been together for more than four months now. Although they cannot get married now, I still trouble you to be a witness and make arrangements for the marriage of these two children. Later, I will give you a good day for the two children to get married. !" Mrs. Yu said to Aunt Liu.

"What a good thing! My old lady is happy to be the matchmaker. From the very beginning, I knew that these two children were destined to be together!" Aunt Liu beamed.

The members of the Tian family knew that they had agreed to the marriage between their son and Yu Jiaxi, and were a little surprised and speechless.

"How do you like your future in-laws?" Mrs. Yu asked with a smile.

Wu Xiufen was stunned but did not answer, "Mom, I want to ask you something!" Tian Yinian hurriedly pulled on his mother's sleeve.

"Oh! Okay! I really like this kid Xiao Xi. He can marry such a girl because his Tian family's ancestral graves are smoking!" Wu Xiufen nodded hurriedly when she regained consciousness.

Witnessed by Aunt Liu, the two exchanged the engagement items, all of which were within reach.

There are actually two types of objects for engagement. One is witnessed by the parents of both parties. Most of the tokens exchanged are gold and silver jewelry, or some ancestral objects. When it comes to the wedding, the betrothal gift given by the man must include a piece of silk. The better, the better the man's family background and the more he values ​​the woman.

Another way is to directly give the silk silk to this party. Regardless of whether the woman agrees or not, accepting the silk silk means accepting the engagement. Some conditions are harsh and the person who has accepted the silk silk will not be allowed to cancel the engagement. Must marry.

This kind of marriage is more common among men. It is an engagement between a man and a woman who know each other but have never met their parents.

Of course, if both parties fall ill and die, the silk will be useless.

After both parties handed over the tokens, Aunt Liu sat for a while and then left.

After the two families got engaged, anyone who came to the door said that they were engaged. When they went out, they treated it as a casual mention and let it go.

Now both the children in the family have decided to get married, and the elders feel relieved.

As for the two old ladies, they should worry about their children's betrothal gifts and dowries.

The two old ladies both had their own dowries. Although they pawned some of their dowries during difficult times, they still left some items for their daughters and their wives.

Old Mrs. Yu left a pair of silver bracelets for herself and took them underground. The remaining ones were a gold bracelet, two silver rings and a gold ring, a pair of gold hairpins, a plain silver hairpin, two pairs of silver earrings, and a pair of The gold ones are all given to their daughters to be used as dowries when they get married.

These are what I already have at home, and there are other items. Apart from what I have, I have to buy everything else.

When I was young, I still had what Mr. Yu left for me when he was here. In addition to the money given by the children later, I left some for myself and Grandma Fu. The rest was used to buy a dowry for Yu Jiaxi. In total, Twelve taels, she took out six taels. This was her only daughter, and Mrs. Yu didn't want to treat her badly.

Originally, it was more than that, but when I married two wives before, I was unambiguous and gave everything that was due.

Because the family will not be able to get married until after October this year, Mrs. Yu still has a few months to prepare.

As for Mrs. Yu San, she is not in a hurry. She still has two or three years left, so she is not in a hurry.

The family has discussed it, and the quilts, pillows, bed curtains and curtains are all prepared by the family, and there is also a pair of shoes and socks, which are woven at home.

As for the date, since it will be after October, if the Tian family is willing to get married at the end of the year, they will see the date in September. If not, they will wait until next year.

The Yu family still wants to prepare all the dowry, especially the quilt and clothes.

As for Yu Jiaxi, she quit her job in the town and helped at home. She had to embroider her wedding dress by herself, without worrying about the fabric or thread.

We are not in a hurry for the rest. As for the fabrics, Yu Muyun is waiting for April. Ye Chanyi took the last piece of fabric this month and went to buy silk thread. Although there is silk at home, the second batch of silk has not come out yet. There is not enough time, and the family has discussed that they should not prepare too much silk fabric. It is not that Yu Jiaxi is being treated badly, it is just irritating, but this is all together. In the future, there will be more silk, so there is no need to worry, just use it to make clothes. .

It was also taken into consideration that although Yu Jiayin was a cousin, they all received the same treatment. Except for what her mother gave her, everything else was almost ready.

Originally, Mrs. Yu only wanted cotton and silk fabrics, but it was Yu Jiayin who said she would weave two bolts of silk for her sister and deduct it from her wages, so her family agreed.

I bought silk thread in Sangxiu Town, but I couldn't find the bright red silk thread. It was out of stock. Although other reds were available, they were not the red that Yu Muyun wanted. I prepared some and went to Nanyu Town to look.

Most of them here are bright and serious, so you can probably find them.

After Yu Muyun calculated it, it seemed that no one at home had ever woven such red fabric!

I thought about it and asked for more. I picked out a lot of other colors, gold and silver threads, and a lot of embroidery thread.

In addition to silk thread, I started to ask about cotton. This is not easy to find, but there are kapok, silk and cotton, but they are not very warm. Take the quilts at home as an example. The fillings in winter quilts are not cotton. , the only few cotton quilts still remain from before.

In addition to cotton, the Yu family began to collect down from various poultry and used the soft parts to make quilts.

At that time, Yu Muyun decided to make a quilt with silk. Anyway, it was stuffed inside. Once the outside was covered with cloth, nothing could be seen.

After shopping, I rushed home.

The second batch of silkworms at home have almost finished spinning cocoons. The ones Tian Yinian raised are different from the first time Yu Muyun raised them. This time, there were very few silkworms that got sick during the process, and there were almost no silkworm eggs. They have all hatched out, and after a while, they will almost form cocoons.

There is no need to wait for the silk pulling this time. After the cocoon is formed, Tian Yinian starts preparing to pull the silk.

After Tian Yinian and Yu Jiaxi's marriage was settled, Tian Yinian became more energetic at work and had a smile on his face every day.

Silk pulling has already started here. The day after Yu Muyun bought the silk thread, he went to Silk Miao Town again and bought silkworm seedlings. This time, his father didn’t have much, so he only bought two. As usual, I bought some silkworm eggs for a large amount of dustpan.

"Dad, who's talented in selling mulberry cocoons around here?" Yu Muyun asked.

At this amount, I'm afraid it won't be enough until silkworm production starts from this year to next year.

"Nearly every household in Silk Miao Town raises mulberry silkworms. Some of them are used by themselves and some are sold, but there are not many. You have to go to every house to see if they are for sale!"

"Then, dad, help me find out. I will come again around the time of the silkworm cocoons. No matter how much it is, I will take it all!" Yu Muyun said.

"Okay! I'll ask you, and I'll keep it for you if I almost have it, but we still have to agree on a deadline. Otherwise, if you come to get the cocoon and go back, the cocoon won't be usable!"

"We will go back tomorrow. Counting from the day after tomorrow, we will come here in twenty-eight days, which is the twenty-ninth day. We will be here. We will get the goods on this day. If we rush back, it will be almost the same!"

"Okay! I'll find one for you on the same day!" Dad nodded and agreed.