The maid of the red house

Hearing that the Zhou family was coming, everyone in the room suddenly laughed, seeing Daiyu's face flushed with shame, and lowered their heads.

Jia Mu hurriedly ordered Sister Feng to say, "Put the wedding dress into the box quickly, and don't forget the money in the box."

Then he ordered Yuanyang to hold out a heavy brocade box, and said to Daiyu: "I didn't take good care of you. I only hope that you will marry into the Zhou family and live in harmony. This is the money I gave you ,in case."

Everyone looked at the strenuous behavior of the mandarin ducks, and they knew that there was a lot of money in the brocade box.

Sure enough, when the mandarin duck was opened, it was a piece of dazzling gold, about a thousand taels of gold.

Because all the dowries were ready, even when the dowry arrived at the door, Sister Feng did not rush, she hurriedly put Daiyu's phoenix coronet and Xiapei into the box, and she felt worried when she put the money in the box on the wedding dress. Looking at Jia's mother, she said: "Sister Lin has more than 20 taels of silver in the box, and more than 2 taels of gold. Plus the money from the ancestors, how can I put it in?"

Everyone gasped when they heard this. It was more than 2 taels of gold. Could it be that Mrs. Zhou was expected to pay the same amount?

Mother Sang frowned slightly, why bother to say these words here?For no reason, let people know how much money Daiyu put in the box?I thought, if Lin Ruhai hadn't sent 1 taels of gold to Sang Long before his death, and delivered it himself, how could he add such dignity to Rongguo Mansion at this time?I'm afraid that everyone will think that the Rongguo Mansion left it to Daiyu out of kindness.

Seeing this, Daiyu quietly ordered Xueyan to say, "Tell Sister Feng that it's just a matter of putting two ingots."

Xueyan nodded after hearing this, and according to the custom, when the Zhou family opened the box, Mrs. Zhou had to put money in this box, and the amount had to be more than the previous money in the box. Daiyu had a lot of money in the box. Is it impossible for Jiaping to put tens of thousands of taels of gold for no reason?Even if the Zhou family has several generations of scholarly families, I'm afraid they don't have so much money, so they quite agree with Daiyu's words, and hurried over to talk to Sister Feng.

Sister Feng let out a long breath, and was about to put two ingots in as she said, but was stopped by Jia Mu, who said, "Since you can't put all of them in, just put in the one I gave Yu'er. At least I can't lose face."

Then, he ordered Xueyan to say: "Record the money in the box that is not in it on the dowry list, so as not to make a mistake in the amount."

Xueyan sighed slightly in her heart, and agreed.

Sister Feng hurriedly put the gold handed over by the mandarin ducks on the wedding dress, and was about to close the box and lock it with the outer box for delivery, when someone said: "Wait a minute."

Everyone heard the sound and looked, but it was the wife of Zuo Du Censor Ji Hao's wife who spoke.

After seeing it, Mother Jia thought to herself that the family had never had any contact with the Ji family, but had some friendship with the Lin family. Every year when they gave gifts, they had their family. The things they gave Daiyu when she was adding makeup just now were very valuable. She hurriedly laughed and said: "Ma'am What do you have to say?"

Mrs. Ji said: "There is nothing to say, just return the things our master kept to Miss Lin."

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help being startled, and asked, "What is it?"

Mrs. Ji waved her hand, and each of the five wives held a box. Faced with everyone's questions, Mrs. Ji ordered someone to open the box.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and it turned out that these boxes were actually filled with gold.

The Ji family and the Lin family have long been friends. Daiyu met Mrs. Ji when she was socializing, and Mrs. Ji treated her very kindly, and she also went to Ji's house. Because Mrs. Ji went back to her mother's house after the next year, she did not come on Jiji's day. He hurriedly walked up to Mrs. Ji, and said, "I am very grateful for the thick make-up Madam put on, but I just don't know what the gold means?"

Everyone was also curious about the five boxes of gold hearts, but only Sang's mother vaguely noticed something.

Xueyan judged by appearance, suddenly her heart skipped a beat, could it be that Lin Ruhai entrusted Ji Hao to do Daiyu's dowry?If she remembers correctly, Ji Hao is Lin Ruhai's classmate and good friend, also in the same subject, and worshiped under the same teacher.

Sure enough, Mrs. Ji smiled slightly, and said to everyone: "The 5000 taels of gold were entrusted to our master to keep for Miss Lin when Mrs. Lin was dying a few years ago. I originally said that when Miss Lin came out of the cabinet, I would do it for Miss Lin." box of money."

Mrs. Ji didn't say that Ji Hao was upright by nature and jealous of evil. Lin Ruhai explained in the letter that if the Jia family gave Daiyu a dowry of more than 30 taels when Daiyu left the court, she would be grateful that they did not neglect Daiyu, and they were quite conscientious. Just give the gold to Daiyu quietly. If there is no 40 yuan, I will give it to Daiyu face to face as money.

It must be known that the family business of the Lin family has been accumulated for several lifetimes, and there are as many as three or four million taels. The jewelry around Daiyu's side, antiques, calligraphy and paintings are as small as 400 taels, and then I went to some farm shops reserved for Daiyu, and there are still nearly 20 million. The Jia family can get about a million, and the dowry of 10 taels looks like It is very rich, but it is only 200% of the family business that the Rongguo Mansion got from the Lin family.

Lin Ruhai has been an official for many years, and he can't be called a kind-hearted man. He didn't know the Jia family, so he entrusted his daughter and family business to them in a daze. arrange.He thought that Daiyu was a girl, and she had to swallow all the grievances she suffered, and he was already in hell, so he didn't need to care about these posthumous reputations, and when he did this, others would only think that he cherished his daughter. Shi Daiyu was already married, and the Rongguo Mansion couldn't do anything to her.

Although he had told Xueyan to use the half of the property he had privately stored as Daiyu’s dowry, he did not know whether Xueyan was loyal, so he explained to Ji Hao like this, and at the same time, he told Sang Long about the privately hidden property when he communicated with Sang Long If Xueyan took out this property, Sang Long could rest assured that Ji Hao would treat it as belonging to Jia's family, so he didn't need to take out the 5000 taels. If not, Sang Long would deal with Xueyan. Ji Hao saw Daiyu's dowry It is less than 30, and the heart of Rongguo Mansion can also be seen.

According to Xueyan's words, the Rongguo Mansion is extravagant and corrupt, and its descendants are incompetent. Lin Ruhai expected that the Rongguo Mansion would be in the sunset by then, and it would not be a threat to Daiyu or even her husband's family.What he entrusted to Sang Long and the others in the letter, of course, was to choose a good relative for Daiyu who had a decent family and a generous family. With Sang Long's potential, Rong Rong Guofu could not refuse very much.

Lin Ruhai's thoughts involved many things, but Ji Hao didn't know about them.

Although Mrs. Ji is a daughter of Jiangnan, but with Ji Hao's disposition of love and hate, when she was young, she saw Jia Min's ten-mile red makeup married to the Lin family, and Daiyu's dowry, eight or nine out of ten were old things, only some makeup powder The head oil, face and jewelry are new, and they don't even have a new bed that is the most important for Jiangnan's daughter. She felt disdain early in her heart, and said with a smile: "In addition to the 5000 taels that Master Lin entrusted to our master, there is also a sum of 5000 taels." Two and one sum of 1 taels, but in whose hands are the two sums of money, we don’t know.”

After finishing speaking, he asked Daiyu, "The 5000 taels, can someone send it to you?"

Daiyu was grateful for Lin Ruhai's arrangement in her heart, but also sighed that this move made her grandmother's family lose face, so she couldn't help but lower her voice when answering Mrs. Ji, and said softly: "I got a sum of 1 taels."

Mrs. Ji nodded and sighed: "I guess it's already in today's box money?"

Daiyu nodded slightly and remained silent.

When everyone heard this, they suddenly realized that the box money of more than 2 taels of gold just now, in addition to the bride price sent by Zhou's family two years ago, also included the gold that Lin Ruhai entrusted to someone else to deposit, and it was not left to Daiyu by the Rongguo Mansion.I couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion, and I deeply felt that Lin Ruhai's love for daughters was really a sign of the sun and the moon.

Sang's mother hurriedly said: "The dowry has already been urged outside, hurry up and carry the dowry out!"

As he spoke, he asked Xue Yan to add it to the dowry list, and at the same time packed the box.

Xueyan hurriedly came over to cook, but she was secretly surprised. Now she finally knew a little about Lin Ruhai's scheming methods. She was indeed old and cunning, and she did not forget to give her daughter a sigh of relief after she died. Maybe there are other arrangements. The owner of the 5000 taels of gold has not delivered it, whether it is accidental or deliberately greedy for ink, these snow geese have no way of knowing.

Daiyu's dowry was brought to Zhou's house by Jia Lian. The drums played and the dowry was carried out. There was a very long interval between each dowry. Along the way, the people onlookers on the side of the road were suddenly stunned, and they pointed and said: "It's really red makeup, look at the houses, farms and shops that are carried over there, they are worth tens of thousands of taels of silver, which is better than that of a rich family. The whole dowry of a married woman is worth more!"

Another person said: "Look at the bent pole, you can see that the things inside are full of weight."

When it was delivered to Zhou's family, Zhou's family had already prepared a banquet to entertain the guests. They toasted Jia Lian and others with a lot of wine and sealed a very thick red envelope. Then they got the key to the dowry from Jia Lian, and the housekeeper of the Zhou family read the dowry list. At that time, after pouring three full pots of water, Fang Lue relieved his sore throat, which made people amazed.

The sent dowry should also be placed in the new house for relatives and friends to watch. There are a lot of good furniture, Babu bed, floor cabinet, dressing table, Arhat couch, children and grandchildren bucket, tables and chairs. It was full, and the ones that couldn't fit had to be placed in the ear room. Someone said to Mrs. Zhou: "Really, this daughter-in-law you married, with such a generous dowry, where can you find a second one?"

Mrs. Zhou smiled faintly, and said: "My wife is the only girl left in the Lin family, and that's nothing."

Madam Zhou was quite surprised when she saw Daiyu's dowry. She originally thought that after the Jia family built the family-saving villa, they would definitely not have so much money to buy her a dowry, but seeing it now, she was really surprised. Can't help but pay more attention to Daiyu.

Everyone thought it right, if it weren't for the extreme wealth, which family would be willing to give so much to their daughter as a dowry, but not all of them would leave it to their sons.

But when she fell asleep at night, Xueyan heard Daiyu sigh, so she moved the bedding and came to sleep with her, saying: "Miss, go to bed early, tomorrow is the real day, you can't stay up all night."

Daiyu whispered, "Where can I sleep?"

Xueyan asked: "But for the daytime things?"

Daiyu nodded and said, "Grandmother didn't say anything, but I know that I feel bad."

Xueyan couldn't help sighing, and said: "The master has made many arrangements for the girl wholeheartedly. When I sent off Mrs. Ji, Mrs. Ji asked me to tell the girl quietly. The master said that if the Jia family gave me The dowry of 30 yuan for the girl is unnecessary, it is only given to the girl quietly. It can be seen that the family did not do it properly, and Mrs. Ji gave it out in public."

Speaking of this, Xueyan thought that Lin Ruhai must have never expected that the Lin family's clan was small and did not win any property except for the sacrifice of land, and Jia Lian relied on his power to embezzle all the property that should be handed over to the court. More than 150 million.The Rongguo Mansion obtained so much property, but only left Jia Min's dowry and some worthless clothing materials to Daiyu, plus the things left by the other mistresses, the amount was less than [-]. Mrs. Ru Ji couldn't stand it anymore.

Although Daiyu has a lot of dowry today, everyone praises her, but she is not laughing at the Rongguo Mansion in her heart. Xueyan understands that if it is not because Daiyu is a present-day marriage gift and cannot resist the decree, everyone in the Jia family will definitely not let Daiyu go out of Rongguo Mansion. The gate of the national government.

When Daiyu heard this, tears welled up in her eyes, and she said softly, "Father has worked so hard for me. He is about to get married, and he can't burn incense for his parents. For so many years, he hasn't even burned paper money once."

Xueyan put her arms around her shoulders and comforted her: "When the girl gets married to the Zhou family, she will be able to go out. At that time, let's go to the temple to burn incense and chant scriptures for the master and wife. When the uncle is free tomorrow, I will take the girl back to my hometown." , burn paper and burn incense for the old lady.”

When Daiyu thought of these things, she felt fascinated leisurely.

After finally turning off the lights and going to sleep, Daiyu suddenly said: "Xueyan, Mrs. Ji said today that my father left three sums of money for me. The 1 taels have already been given to me by my uncle and aunt, and Mrs. Ji has also given it to me. Why didn't you see a pen?"

When Xueyan heard her mention it, she shared her speculation during the day.

Money touches people's hearts, isn't 5000 taels of gold a huge sum of money? 5 taels of silver!Sang Long and Ji Hao don't care, one is good character, and the other is deep foundation, even if others don't care for a day or two, how can they be willing to give it away for three to five years?Since Lin Ruhai had already stated that the money was for Daiyu to be used as a press box money, they didn't send it, presumably because they were greedy and refused to give it to Daiyu.

Daiyu sighed: "So I can't blame the family, people's hearts are like this."

After hearing this, Xueyan took it for granted. She secretly thought about who Lin Ruhai had entrusted the other 5000 taels of gold to. She had no idea for a while, so she persuaded Daiyu to take a rest earlier, and both of them fell asleep.

They didn't know who Lin Ruhai entrusted this gold to, and they never got it, until they met the old housekeeper who delivered the letter when they returned home to pay homage to Lin Ruhai and his wife. At that time, he was the county magistrate of the seventh rank, and I was very grateful to Lin Ruhai. When I saw Xueyan, I mentioned that the gold was sent to Du Lian's house. He is a world-renowned upright official, and Lin Ruhai trusted him with confidence.

Waking up early the next morning, Snow Goose put on new clothes and jewelry, and adjusted her makeup in the mirror. Looking back, she saw that the weather was fine, and the green willows were like silk, and the clouds were like illusions. Be beautiful."

Zijuan is also dressed in new clothes, nodded and said: "It's good, but the mansion is not as happy as it was yesterday."

Xueyan knew that it was Mrs. Ji's actions that made the Rongguo Mansion lose face in front of relatives and friends yesterday, and felt depressed, but since they dared to do it, why should they be afraid of people talking about it?Then she whispered back to Zijuan and said: "Don't you still blame Mrs. Ji for not being successful? Mrs. Ji is just entrusted by our master. If the house treats girls better, why is it so?"

Zijuan remembered that all the furniture in Daiyu's dowry belonged to Jia Min, so she had nothing to say.

When she was young, all the sisters came to accompany Daiyu.

Seeing Daiyu sitting on the bed shyly and timidly, all the people in Chaitan laughed and joked. After hearing Xiangyun's words, Daiyu retorted: "It's fine for others to laugh at me. Don't say that, don't you? Today without me?"

Xiang Yunfang blushed when he remembered that he was also engaged, and that his uncle and aunt were going back to Beijing this year and next.

During the bustle, someone said: "Uncle Lin is here, Uncle Lin is here!"

Xiangyun loves to be lively, and said with a smile: "You have to ask the government to stop you, don't make things difficult, how can we know the benefits of our sister Lin!"

The Zhou family's welcoming team carried the wedding sedan chair, and eight young and handsome young masters arrived at the gate of the Rongguo Mansion, but the door was closed tightly. All kinds of troubles entered the door, and a make-up gift was presented, which was Feng Guanxia's mirror case, makeup powder and other things, and a poem.

Zhou Hong is full of knowledge, and has long been looking forward to getting married, so he did a very good job. When it was passed on to the inside, everyone saw it and laughed and praised: "Where is the military general? It is clear that he is a literati, and strange people say that the tiger father has no dogs."

There were several reminders outside, and several poems were written. Here, Mrs. Quanfu dressed Daiyu and put on a phoenix crown and Xiapei, making Daiyu look more graceful, bright and charming. Finally, she put on a red hijab.

Looking at the emerald phoenix on Daiyu's phoenix crown, Baochai's eyes flashed with unknowing envy. Daiyu is a lady of the official family, and her marriage was a third-rank order, so there is an emerald phoenix on the phoenix crown, and the phoenix's tail spreads out, resplendent and resplendent , and she is just a lady of the Imperial Merchant, so she cannot use a phoenix when she leaves the court, but can only be replaced by other things, most of which are flower decorations.

Thinking of this, Baochai secretly sighed, Daiyu was already married three years younger than herself, so what about her life?Touching the golden lock inside the coat, Baochai smiled wryly in his heart, how much time has been wasted for this golden fate?

Seeing that Yingchun didn't care about it, Tanchun was also very envious, Baochai lowered her head, these sisters, now seeing that only Daiyu has a good family, although Xiangyun is engaged, but there is nothing in the Wei family in recent years The same goes for Baoqin. At the beginning, the Mei family was somewhat reluctant. Xue Biaofang took Baoqin and went to Rongguo Mansion, hoping to make the Mei family not regret the marriage by following the trend of the Jia family.

There was another reminder outside the door, and Jia Lian came in. Jia Lian was the eldest son of the Rongguo mansion. Baoyu was born weak, so he had to carry Daiyu into the sedan chair. When she said goodbye to Jiamu, Daiyu couldn't help crying.

Everyone comforted them and put on their makeup again. Daiyu lay on Jia Lian's back, and he sent him to the sedan chair.

Jia Lian rewarded eight golden pegs for each bearer, and they were willing to get up.

Sitting in the sedan chair, Daiyu felt uneasy. Even though it was early spring, her palms were still sweaty.

Jia Lian lit incense on the way to send the sedan chair, and then turned back to Rongguo Mansion. Zhou Hong rode on the horse, but he was heroic and majestic.

Yesterday, Daiyu's dowry was dazzling, but today she arrived at Zhou's house in a bustling manner, carried her through the main gate, and just helped Daiyu off the sedan chair, her wedding dress was full of brilliance, her figure was graceful, and she matched Zhou Hongying's figure. , I can see that everyone says they are a match made in heaven.

The Zhou family's ancestral home is also in the south of the Yangtze River. When they got married, they used colored silk, which was made of red and green silk into balls. The red and green girls were very beautiful.

Xueyan supported Daiyu and was amazed. No wonder Jia Baoyu replaced Xiren's Songhua sweater with Jiang Yuhan's Qianxiangluo. Everyone said that it meant marriage. Jiang Yuhan and Xiren were married. It was half red and half green, not bright red.

Holding one end of the green silk tightly, Daiyu stepped over the saddle, stepped onto the red felt, and stood side by side with Zhou Hong.

The Zhou family invited the most respected old man in the family to sing the salute, saluted, and the drums played.

Xueyan saw someone kneeling in front of the incense table, Daiyu and Zhou Hong also knelt down, held up incense and kowtowed, three sticks of incense and three kowtows, and then kneeling three times, nine kowtows and six sheng bows, it was very cumbersome, and Zhou Yan was dressed in a fine attire. The congratulatory badge is raised, and the next step is to worship the hall.

Zhou Yuan and Mrs. Zhou made the heads together, and accepted the ceremony with a smile on their faces.

After the husband and wife worship each other, after the ceremony, they are sent to the bridal chamber.

Xueyan supported Daiyu, and Zhou Hong led her into the bridal chamber. When she reached the door of the bridal chamber, she had to step on the sack and stepped on it. Xi Niang picked it up and handed it to the front, and spread it on the floor until she entered the room. Xueyan thought it was very interesting. .

Zhou Yuan and his wife pointed Zhou Hong to a large courtyard next to the main courtyard to build a new house. The people were divided into men, left, and women, sitting on the right. An old lady with good fortune and longevity held a scale and lightly knocked on Daiyu's head. The daughter-in-law will be happy from now on."

When the hijab was lifted, everyone felt that there seemed to be a bright pearl shining brightly in front of their eyes. They couldn't help but close their eyes. When they looked at Zhou Hong again, they were already stunned. Being so coquettish and tactful, I can't wait to hide in the room immediately to prevent outsiders from seeing it.

Daiyu was shy when he looked at her, and she couldn't help lowering her head.

In the room, there were many family members from the family who came to watch the fun, all of them were from their own family. Seeing Zhou Hong's appearance, they all laughed and said: "Hey, look at our beautiful and neat little new daughter-in-law. It's really the best choice among 1 people." Brother Hong is really lucky if not one comes out."

Zhou Yan came out from the crowd, took Daiyu's hand, and said with a smile, "My brother and sister-in-law are naturally the best."

Everyone laughed and said, "Look at this sister-in-law, is she okay? Other families are making things difficult for her."

Zhou Yan smiled and said: "My sister-in-law is good, I am not willing to make things difficult."

Xueyan was very happy for Daiyu, and suddenly someone urged: "Brother Hong, go out quickly, it's time for your wife to change her makeup."

Zhou Hong gave Daiyu a few words in a low voice, and then called Zhou Yan, "I'll take care of your sister-in-law." After Zhou Yan agreed, she went out.

Everyone laughed loudly, saying that Zhou Hong loved his wife.

Daiyu smiled shyly when she heard this, everyone stopped disturbing, and retreated one by one, Zhou Yan hurriedly ordered the girl to bring hot water, and closed the door, Xueyan and Zijuan came up and opened the cage, took the clothes, and saw the dressing table The mirror box is complete, and when you open it, you can see that the color and color are complete, and Fang will help Daiyu change her clothes, take off her phoenix crown, and take off her Xiapei.

Daiyu had maidservants as dowry, so the two former maidservants in Zhou Hong's room helped them.

After Daiyu changed her clothes, Zhou Yan looked up and saw that she was wearing a red and two-tone gold satin jacket, a pleated skirt with pine flowers and elastic ink, and several jade hairpins. Although she was not as solemn as when she was wearing a phoenix crown and Xiapei, she was More romantic.

Zhou Yan pulled Daiyu and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law is getting better and better, I'm dumbfounded."

Daiyu said, "You come to make fun of me too."

Zhou Yan laughed and said, "I'm not joking, I'm telling the truth!"

Just as he finished speaking, he suddenly heard someone from outside bringing Tangguo, a servant girl went to open the door, and the person smiled and said: "Uncle ordered to bring Tangguo to grandma, grandma please come in."

Zhou Yan smiled, and hurriedly asked Xue Yan to pick it up.

When she was young, she had to visit relatives, friends and family members, so Daiyu didn't dare to eat more, so she just had two mouthfuls.

The two aunts and sisters-in-law were talking about themselves, while Xueyan was busy packing out the purse, ruler and other things that had been prepared. When Daiyu visited relatives, friends and family members, she got gifts from her elders, and she had to give gifts to each family. The younger generation's gift.

Sure enough, Zhou Hong came in, held Daiyu's hand, and said softly: "It's time to visit our relatives, friends and family members."

Daiyu nodded slightly, followed him to the hall, Xueyan, Zijuan and others hurriedly followed.

Zhou Yuan and his wife sat on it, and when they saw the two of them knelt side by side and kowtowed, they both said: "Okay, okay!" They hurriedly ordered someone to bring something to Daiyu.

The Zhou family was flourishing, and there were many offshoots of the direct line. Zhou Hong got married, and almost all of them came. Daiyu followed Zhou Hong to meet one by one. Everyone had their own respects. There were also one or two aunts, and Daiyu hurriedly asked Xueyan to present them with a pair of purses and a pair of longevity locks.

It was so easy to get everything right, and it was time for the banquet at night. Daiyu's master and servant were exhausted.

After the banquet, I went back to the room, drank the wine and ate the bedside fruit together, and relatives, friends and family members came to make trouble. After the people dispersed, it was already late at night.

Xueyan and the others helped Daiyu take off her make-up and clothes, pursed her lips, and retreated one after another.

Daiyu and Zhou Hong looked at each other speechlessly, for a moment they didn't know how to speak, but finally Zhou Hong first said: "You didn't eat anything during the day, I asked people to eat those that can be restrained."

Daiyu just felt tired and had no appetite to eat, so she hurriedly said, "I'm not hungry, so I don't need to eat at night."

She has always been a believer in Xueyan's way of keeping in good health. If she eats too much at night, she often cannot sleep at night. After hearing about this episode, Zhou Hong just asked someone to bring a bowl of bird's nest porridge, and said softly: "At least eat some, if you are hungry." My stomach doesn't feel good at night."

He had already delivered it to her, so Daiyu had no choice but to eat. She put down the bowl after two mouthfuls. Seeing that Zhou Hong drank the rest of the porridge in three or five mouthfuls, she couldn't help blushing and beating her heart, and said angrily, "If you want to eat, Then ask someone to bring it up, why eat what I left?"

Zhou Hong said with a smile: "What do you and I divide each other?"

As he said that, he asked someone to bring in hot water to help Daiyu re-wash her clothes.

Xueyan smelled the aroma of rock sugar osmanthus bird's nest porridge in the house, smiled, and went out after serving Daiyu to rinse her mouth.

Daiyu felt uncomfortable all over, and suddenly heard Zhou Hong ask: "Which two characters are your characters?"

Daiyu said in a low voice, "Grandma named me Tianyou."

Zhou Hong read it twice, and for some reason, in Daiyu's ears, he felt blushing and at a loss, and heard Zhou Hong say: "My name is Bo Yu, you can call it by that in the future."

Daiyu said softly: "But it was taken from the swan geese flying in the sky, and its feathers were austere? You are the eldest brother, so you are called Bo Yu?"

Zhou Hong praised: "Exactly."

Daiyu said: "You tell me to call you, and the words you call me are heard by outsiders. How do you think of me?"

Zhou Hong laughed, held her hand and said: "Why do you care about other people's eyes? If I cared about them, I would not have given up my pen and joined the army back then. The name and the word are called by people. Husband and wife are one, how close is it, It’s a bit too pedantic to be aloof and indifferent, not to be called by their first names, just like grandpa and grandma.”

Daiyu was very happy, looked at him and nodded slightly, very agreeing.

Zhou Hong also liked that she was extraordinary, so he took her hand and walked towards the bed. This night, she was turned into a red wave, and she couldn't say how much she was charming.

However, the dowry girls like Xueyan already had their rooms tidied up, one room for each of them, and some things were brought along with Daiyu’s dowry. Just neglect them.

Xueyan cleaned up, went to bed early, and had nothing to say all night, not knowing how loving Zhou Hong and his wife were.

Getting up early the next day, Xueyan, Zijuan and others went to help Daiyu get up, but they saw that the husband and wife had already woken up, and the Zhou family's mother was cleaning the bed. Xueyan pursed her lips and smiled, unable to see Zhou Hong's expression He has always had a dark complexion and a serious expression, but Daiyu's face has not faded, and she is very shy, she dare not look up at Zhou Hong, and pretends not to see the mother clean up.

Holding Daiyu's hand, Zhou Hong said: "I have asked for a month's marriage leave, and I can stay with you at home for more than twenty days."

Daiyu nodded lightly, and said: "It's a small matter to be with me, but your matter is a big one."

Zhou Hong smiled and said, "How can a lifelong event be considered a trivial matter?"

He was very gentle with Daiyu's words and deeds, but when he turned his head to look at Xueyan and others, he was very strict, and said in a deep voice: "Come over and help your grandma wash up." The implication is to ask Xueyan and others to change their words , Don't call me Miss Daiyu again.

Xueyan smiled, agreed, and hurried forward to help Daiyu brush her teeth and clean her face.

Danju combed her hair the best, she combed Daiyu into a very delicate bun, looked at it carefully, and asked Zijuan, "Can you take out the jewelry that grandma is wearing today? Bring it here quickly."

Zijuan hurriedly handed over a brocade box, and before she opened it, she saw Zhou Hong coming over after washing up under the service of the little girl, also holding a red brocade box in his hand, saying: "Your grandma is wearing this today."

The snow geese hurriedly took it in their hands, and opened it for Daiyu to see, but it turned out to be a red gold hairpin with five phoenixes hanging on the sun. The gold is nothing more, but the craftsmanship is very exquisite. It’s not very big, the size of a mung bean, and it’s very round and even. It is also equipped with pressing temples, picks, earrings, rings, and bracelets.

Daiyu was startled, Zhou Hong said: "Although you have a lot of dowry, I didn't give it to you. I gave it to you with last year's salary."

After hearing this, a smile appeared on Daiyu's face, and in Zhou Hong's eyes, she immediately felt that she had done a good job.

Xueyan stood aside and saw the lingering eyes of the two, coughed lightly, and reminded: "Master, let us put the jewelry on grandma first, and we have to pay my respects to the master and wife later!"

Zhou Hong only took a step back, watching them put Daiyu on.

After tidying up, Zhou Hong said: "I have sent someone to ask, but my parents haven't cleaned up yet. You should meet the people in our house first, lest they won't recognize you if you tell them to do things." He said and asked people to come up.

Zhou Hong is not at home all the year round, there are only two maids and two wives in the house, who are in charge of cleaning the house. Since he was transferred to Beijing, because he is about to marry a wife, although there are family rules, Mrs. Zhou still fears that the maids will be evil. Unexpectedly, Daiyu married in again because she had a dowry maid, so she was only matched with six little maids and six rough envoys.

A group of people came up to kowtow to Daiyu, they had seen Daiyu yesterday, they had heard of Daiyu's deeds to the Zhou family, and saw that her appearance and behavior were all unique, and she was newly married, which made her look very bright, and then looked at the corners of her uncle's eyebrows and eyes Different from the coldness and rigidity of the past, there is still something in my heart that I don’t understand, so I will serve wholeheartedly in the future.

Daiyu just glanced at it, and she knew it in her heart, and said with a smile: "Get up, you have worked hard these two days."

After finishing speaking, Xueyan brought a plate of purses, sixteen in total, and distributed one to each person. The gold and silver in the purses were all put in by her, and they were two pairs of silver coins. In the man's purse were a pair of golden pegs.

Everyone received the purse, very happy, kowtow to thank you.

Zhou Hong watched from the side, and said to Daiyu: "You will fuck them tomorrow, and now go to the parents' room to pay their respects."

After finishing speaking, he took Daiyu to the main room, because the courtyard was very close to the main room, and there was nothing to see, so he told her where his two brothers and sister lived. In the courtyard behind their new house.

Daiyu kept them all in mind.

Xueyan and Zijuan Tinglan followed behind, all smiling.

Although I don't know what happened to them last night, but seeing their words and deeds today, they are very agreeable.

Not long after, when they arrived outside the main room, someone had already notified them to go in, and someone came to welcome them. After entering the main room, there were only Zhou Yuan, his wife, Zhou Yan, Zhou Lian and Zhou Yan's brothers and sisters. When they saw the two of them coming in, they all had smiles on their faces. .

The husband and wife kowtowed respectfully and offered good tea.

Zhou Yuan smiled and said: "My Zhou family is blessed to have such a good wife. Hong'er must treat your wife well."

Zhou Hong should be respectful.

The ancestral hall was opened for a while, and the couple kowtowed to offer incense, and the clan veteran Zhou Menlin recorded it in the genealogy, and it was considered a serious ceremony.

While offering incense to her ancestors, Daiyu glanced over and saw that there was only one spiritual tablet on the top, and it was written by Yun's family, not Zhoumen Yun's family, and there was no ancestor statue next to her. When he asked Zhou Hong in his own room, Zhou Hong sighed and said, "That grandma once confessed before she died that she would not be named Zhou until she died."

Daiyu knew that there must be a story in it, and asked, "Why is this?"

Zhou Hong thought for a while, sat down by the window, and said, "Do you remember that there is a lady's temple in Shanhaiguan?"

Daiyu nodded and said, "Why don't you remember? The one enshrined there is Mrs. Lie."

Zhou Hong smiled faintly, and said, "It's not Mrs. Lie, it should be Mrs. Yun, Zhoumen Yun."

Daiyu is so clever by nature, she was surprised when she heard this, "Could it be our grandma?"

Zhou Hongdao: "Why do you think our family has such a family rule?"

Daiyu heard this and asked, "But is it a family rule that a man who has no children at forty can take a concubine? Who knows this family rule in the capital? How many people want to marry into our family, if Zhao Yushi hadn't ridiculed him earlier If it's yours, it's my turn to have such a blessing."

Zhou Hong tightened his hands and said with a smile, "I am blessed."

As he said that, Fang said: "This family rule originated from grandma. Grandma suffered from concubine Ji's hardships, and then made a deed of husband and wife beating the Dengwen drum. She told the ancestors that from now on, she The children and grandchildren cannot take concubines, so as not to let the wives of the descendants suffer from spoiling concubines and destroying wives. Later, the ancestors thought about what to do if the family had no children? Therefore, such a family rule was established."

Daiyu's eyes were slightly red when she heard this, and she said: "I heard this story that day, and I didn't know what happened to Mrs. Lie's son after he was exiled from the clan. I didn't expect it to be the ancestor of our family. It's really unexpected."

Zhou Hong sighed: "Back then, when grandma died, even though her favorite concubine died, she left behind several children. At that time, the reputation of the Zhou family fell. The sons could not marry a good wife, and the daughters could not marry a good family. Although the ancestors had He intended to inherit the family business, but was abandoned by the clan. He was soon found guilty and expelled from the clan in the name of unfilial piety. The ancestors were displeased, so they took their wives and children with them and left their hometowns to establish their own family. Later, I urged my descendants to make progress and did not mention the past. Coincidentally, there were wars soon after, and after a few twists and turns, after the new dynasty, I became an official through the imperial examination. Only from the ancestors, outsiders no longer know that our Zhou family has such a history.”

Daiyu said in a low voice: "Back then, Xueyan and I also guessed that Mrs. Lie's son would not be tolerated by the tribe, but I didn't expect it to be so."

Speaking of this, Daiyu suddenly said: "You are in Shanhaiguan, you should have seen the statue of Mrs. Lie, how is it [-]% similar to my snow goose? Is there any other reason?"

Zhou Hong smiled and said: "You are so smart, you haven't thought it through yet? There are many people with similar looks in the world, and they may not be relatives. After all, grandma is the daughter of everyone, the wife of a wealthy family, how does she look and behave?" Can outsiders know about it? What's more, it has been more than a hundred years ago, and the Furen Temple was built by others according to the story, not according to the appearance of grandma."

Daiyu said with a smile, "You're right, but it's my demonic obstacle."