Xue Baochai, the belly of the Red Chamber

After Xue Baochai returned to the capital, he realized that the days in Yangzhou were really carefree.

On the second day after returning, Xue Baochai didn't have time to do anything here, and was called out by Prince Yu in the afternoon of that day.Tell him exactly what you have seen and heard in Yangzhou this year, and also secretly submit to Emperor Zhengde the memorial that Meng Shihan gave her before he came.

Of course not to Prince Yu, in fact, although Emperor Zhengde said that he had a lot of reliance on Prince Yu, he also had two points of guard against him in his heart.Although he didn't mind telling him about such confidential matters as Jiangnan, but like the secret memorial presented to her by Meng Shihan, Prince Yu was not qualified to inspect it yet.

After solving such a matter, Xue Baochai was relieved.

On the third day, I went back to my mother's house.

I haven't seen Aunt Xue for a year, so I naturally have a lot to say.What's more, as an aunt, she has never seen Xue Pan and Fang's son.

Not to mention that in a few days, it will be the little guy's first birthday party.

The son of Xue Pan and Fang's family is Xue Zhan. Xue Pan's knowledge is mediocre. Compared with some gifted scholars, he can only be regarded as knowing some words, not blind.Naturally, he would not be like some people quoting classics when naming the name.The reason why it is called Xue Zhan is that the Xue family came to his generation, which happened to be next to the word "Shui", and the meaning of the word "Zhan" is just right.He hoped that his son would become a clean and honest person in the future, so he took the character Zhan.

Although the implication is simple, Aunt Xue and Mrs. Fang are extremely satisfied.

Brother Zhan and Xue Pan are worthy of being father and son, they are very similar in birth, especially their eyes are almost carved out of the same mold.

Putting it together, people can tell at a glance that they are father and son.

It was the first time for her aunt to meet Brother Zhan, so she naturally couldn't miss this etiquette.Xue Baochai is not a person who is short of money, so what he sells is naturally a good thing.One side is transparent and moist warm jade, warm in winter and cool in summer, Aunt Xue doesn't think there is anything wrong?In her opinion, it is not an exaggeration to give her eldest grandson the best things in the world.

Fang Shi, on the other hand, was a little uneasy because the gift was too heavy, but soon saw that neither Xue Baochai nor Aunt Xue paid much attention to it.Then he gradually let go, so I didn't mention it.

After Brother Zhan's birthday, Xue Baochai began to prepare Meng Xue's dowry.

As a concubine, there is actually a limit to the amount of dowry, 5000 taels of silver.But what to do with 5000 taels is also a science.You must know that 5000 taels of silver is not too much but it is not a lot. If it is well prepared, it will naturally look like a decent dowry, which makes people dare not look down upon it.If it's not done well, hehe, that's what it looks like.

Although it is true that Meng Xue has Meng Shihan's blue eyes here, among all the sisters, she is the only one who has three points of face in front of Meng Shihan.

Although it was true that Meng Shihan had said that he would help if he could.

But Xue Baochai is not being taken advantage of here.

Naturally, Meng Xue's dowry was purchased in the range of 5000 taels.She added a little more here, and it looked like a decent dowry.

This is Xue Baochai's first dowry, but her action is beyond doubt.He directly asked Yunjuan to get a dowry list that was comparable to that of the Meng family.It's not a troublesome thing to directly tell Yunjuan and Yunshu to follow suit.

"Okay, that's about it. Send the list to the eldest sister, let her have a look, and ask, is there anything missing?" Xue Baochai glanced roughly, and then said.

Forsythia replied, and went down to do it without mentioning it.

Yun Shu said, "Grandma, isn't this dowry too thick? You must know that although the eldest girl is said to be the eldest daughter, she is a concubine, and her current dowry is like this. In the future, the second girl and others I'm going to follow." The eldest girl's dowry is really not thin, a total of 56 sets, although the things inside are not the best, but they are not bad, a concubine's dowry can be done like this, it is absolutely decent to carry it out .Let all the concubines envy.Needless to say, there are also two shops, one for rouge and one for cloth.Although they are not in the downtown area, they are all shops with not bad profits.

You must know that generally speaking, unless a concubine is married into a high-ranking family, it is rare for a concubine to be the mistress of the house and marry a concubine to a shop.It's not my own daughter, it's already kind to buy her a decent dowry, but I still want to shop, dreaming.

Therefore, Meng Xue's dowry is definitely the envy of all concubines.

"What's the matter? If the second girl leaves the cabinet later, we may not come back. My wife will worry about it. As for the third girl, the fourth girl, and the fifth girl, they are all my wife's own daughters, so I don't have to worry about it. It's okay. "The reason why she agreed to help the eldest girl do the dowry.The biggest reason was that she thought Meng Xue was quite pleasing to her eyes, and Meng Shihan also asked a few words here, so she was willing to intervene.As for waiting until Meng Xia's time, it's naturally out of her control.She doesn't have to worry about the rest of Meng Han, Meng Qing and Meng Jie's dowry.

Yun Shu nodded subconsciously, "After all, it's the shallowness of the slaves. I didn't think of this."

Helan looked at the blue booklet in her hand, and felt happy for her own girl, but at the same time she didn't forget to show a smile to Lianqiao, "I'm really sorry that I want to trouble Sister Lianqiao to make a special trip. Why don't you go in and have a rest, Have a cup of tea and leave." Although she still doesn't know what kind of dowry the grandma made for her girl?But looking at this dowry booklet, one knew that it must not be too simple.

"No, grandma is busy with things, and I still have a lot of things waiting for me to deal with. If I have free time in another day, it's not too late to come over to Miss Miss to ask for some tea." Lian Qiao said with a smile.

Helan also knew that Xue Baochai didn't stay at home much, and even more knew that not only Xue Baochai was busy with the elder girl's dowry, but even her maidservants had no free time.So she didn't force her anymore, but she pulled Lianqiao and said again and again, she must come over when she has free time and wait for such words.

Lianqiao didn't insist here, and left soon.

Here, Helan happily entered the room with the pamphlet in hand.

Meng Xue looked at the brochure He Lan handed over, a trace of red floated across her face, she stretched out her hand to flip through it.After reading page by page, it took about a cup of tea to finish flipping through this booklet.Although the above things are not very good, they are not bad either.Then she also knew that Xue Baochai had put her heart into it, and she was very grateful immediately.Especially when you look at the last page, see that everything written on it is a good thing.

A set of golden phoenix headpieces inlaid with silk and gemstones, a set of emerald headpieces, a set of pearl headpieces, and a pair of double-flying roses with contrasting wings. Almost 2000 taels of silver.

Gongzhong only gave 5000 taels, and it was clear at a glance that Xue Baochai paid for these things by himself.

I am very grateful in my heart.

It seems that Auntie really has the foresight.

Knowing that it is good to get along with the eldest brother, let alone the value of these things, it is just a matter of face.What's more, with these things, she will have more confidence in marrying into the Zhou family. After all, before giving birth to an heir, the dowry is the confidence for a woman to marry into her husband's family.

On the ninth day of October in golden autumn, it is advisable to get married.

Today is the day when Meng Xue is getting married. Although it is said that she is marrying a daughter, because Meng Xue is the eldest daughter, Meng's father is also a face-saving person.In addition, she valued and loved her daughter Meng Xue quite a lot, so she ordered Mrs. Liu to make it more lively. After all, she was the first daughter in the family to marry. If her marriage went well, then the weddings of the next few daughters It will also follow smoothly.

Naturally, Mrs. Liu didn't want to make a fool of the concubine's daughter, but since Father Meng had spoken, and Mrs. Liu was also a little superstitious, she reluctantly made arrangements.

"Mother, my sister-in-law really doesn't think much of you. You are her mother-in-law anyway, and she treats you like this." Meng Jie looked at the smiling mother-in-law and servant girl who were uniformly wearing new clothes, and lifted her hand. The dowry carried went out from Meng Xue's yard, as if there was no end in sight, she couldn't help being jealous, and turned her head and said to Liu Shi.

Meng Xue is just a concubine, and she is not married to a wealthy family. Is it necessary to prepare a 56-carrying dowry for her?The first daughter in the family is just such an example.Earlier, she had heard from the maids that the sister-in-law had subsidized Meng Xue a lot in private, which was really unfair.

Although Mrs. Liu had two complaints in her heart about Meng's father asking Xue Baochai to arrange Meng Xue's dowry, she was soon relieved under the guidance of Ji Jiao.Things like this kind of dowry for concubines are actually thankless things.If you do well, others may not appreciate it. If you do poorly, you will definitely be called a mean concubine.Let Xue Baochai take over, anyway, there is only so much money for the concubine's dowry, if you want to do it well, you must pay for it yourself.

She is not willing to give her private money to a concubine.

It's just that now seeing Meng Xue with such a decent dowry, Liu Shi still feels a little uncomfortable.

Because this dowry can be seen from the heart, and Xue must have paid a lot of money.Thinking about when Xue Baochai came back, the presents he brought her were just some silk and satin cloth, not even a single valuable thing.Thinking of the three sets of head jewelry she gave to Meng Xue, the sum totaled more than 1000 taels.

She felt more and more uncomfortable in her heart, and her tone was tinged with yin and yang, "What can I do? I'm not her real mother-in-law."

Mrs. Cao at the side keenly sensed Mrs. Liu's dissatisfaction with Xue Baochai, rolled her eyes, and said, "Now you know how important it is to have a daughter-in-law who is with you."

"Sister-in-law, I know what you want to say. But there is nothing you can do. Who dares to disobey the emperor's marriage." Although she loves her niece, she can't take the life of the whole family for the sake of her niece. Well, it can only be said that Sister Huan and Brother Han are destined to each other.However, thinking of his niece's obsession with Meng Shihan, and he still hasn't made up his mind, he sighed in his heart, "It's a pity that Sister Huan is such a good child."

Cao's voice suddenly became a little lower: "Sister, I know you feel sorry for Miss Huan. But this is a marriage bestowed by the Holy One, and there is no way to do it. I can only say that our sister Huan is not blessed." Seeing Liu's face There was even more distress for Liu Yuhuan, and I was two points satisfied in my heart, "Eldest sister, although it is not appropriate to say this at this time, sister-in-law wants to ask you something." Sorrowful, there was also a tear in her voice.

Liu Shi looked at Cao Shi, who had tears in her eyes, and felt a little flustered all of a sudden, so she said anxiously, "Sister-in-law, if you have something to say, just say it? Our family is of flesh and blood, and we don't need to ask for this word."

"Big sister, please fulfill all of sister Huan's infatuation." Cao said sadly.