dhibooks Chapter 184 Pull out the radish and bring out the mud
Chapter 184 Pull out the radish and bring out the mud
"My old man... just can't, but my nephew and nephew will!" Master Ji Kong also had a dark face, and asked someone to call the presiding master of Fahai Temple to come over.
Wu Youwei also remembered that this man might kill people casually, and he was close to criticizing horoscopes, and the monk's job is not to command orders, so if he knew it, he would have found a Taoist priest.
Don't you want to rub against Master Kong's famous head.....
The host master is an old monk who is about the same age as Master Jikong, but he wants to call Master Jikong Master Uncle. After he came, Master Jikong pointed at Wu Youwei: "Give him a horoscope!"
"It's not me!" Wu Youwei quickly explained: "It's for my sister and a young man!"
The master host has a good temper, so he took it over and made the final calculation: "You have a deep love, good luck."
"The flounder has a deep love, and it's a lucky fate!" Master Ji Kong snatched two fate cards: "Give me money! 100 taels!"
Host Master....!! ! "
Wu Youwei had prepared a silver ticket of 200 taels a long time ago, took it out and respectfully handed it to the host master, but the host master didn't reach out to pick it up, because he... knew that the uncle would go to get it!
Sure enough, Master Ji Kong stretched out his hand and took it over: "This is the old monk's horoscope for alms. Here, take it and donate it to the temple!"
He snatched it and handed it to the host master.
Only then did the master host reach out and take it over: "Thank you, uncle."
Master Ji Kong proudly raised his hand: "Where, where...
Wu Youwei said angrily: "Obviously it's the horoscope given by the host master!"
"So what? The old monk said it was approved by the old monk, and it was the old monk who approved it!" Master Ji Kong was unreasonable: "Don't you just want the old monk to approve the horoscope?"
Wu Youwei...!!!"
Depend on!
He lifted a rock and shot himself in the foot!
After making a fuss with Master Jikong, he finally got the official comment from Master Jikong, and happily sent someone to inform Wan Xinpeng that he could continue to the next step, so he took the man back, called Mudan, and showed her the comment : "Don't worry, I'm looking for Master Ji Kong, the old monk is very famous, no one dares to offend him, no one will dare to say that your life is bad.
Mudan knows that for many people, especially women, reputation is really important. If you marry and don't have children for a few years, some people will say that your life is bad.
Brother Yi doesn't have to find a famous master to approve her horoscope, he just needs to find a temple or Taoist temple at random, and ask a master or Taoist priest to approve her.
But he found the well-known Master Zhi Kong, she knew about it, Master Zhi Kong was famous far and wide, but... never heard that Master Zhi Kong gave any child a horoscope?Not to mention any comments!
And she is the first woman to get a comment, how lucky is she? ?
"Hmm!" Peony's eyes were a little red.
"Don't be afraid, since you called me brother, I can't treat you badly." Wu Youwei said: "Let them embroider your wedding dress for you now when they are free. I will discuss the dowry with the housekeeper. Do you have any?" What do you want?"
"No." Peony shook her head... and found some money and jewelry.
Although they have only been in this family for two years, they are treated well, Wu Youwei is generous, not only a big maid like Mudan, but even Lian'er has a lot of money.
"What's yours is yours, and the dowry is your dowry." Wu Youwei said with a smile: "Go back, I'll discuss it with Zhongming again, he has experienced more things and is more thoughtful than I thought."
"Yes, my sister will leave." Mudan left with a blessing.
Mudan, oh, Wu Xinyue, I will be called Wu Xinyue from now on.
Not long after she left, the housekeeper's wife came: "Missy has ordered some...dark silk satin, and is tailoring a piece of...men's clothing that should be worn by elderly people.
"Wan Xinpeng has an adoptive father, and the two of them depend on each other for life. His adoptive father is his father... She is making clothes and shoes for the old man, right?" Wu Youwei thought for a while: "Try to find some of the old man's clothes and shoes. Body measurements and shoe sizes
"These...Okay!" The housekeeper went down and told Xu Niang, and then sighed: "How do you find this? Do you want it from the future young master?"
After hearing this, Xu Niang smiled and said, "Don't worry, old sister. I've already inquired with my future son-in-law. I know the size. It's easy to handle!"
The housekeeper's wife was overjoyed: "You're still careful, sister!"
Xu Niang smiled and said nothing, if she wants to know, she will definitely know...
Wu Youwei approached Wantong: "Let's discuss about the dowry."
"Is this... need to be discussed?" Wantong was very puzzled.
"I don't know much about it!" Wu Youwei scratched his head.
"But I don't know either?" Wantong scratched his head even more.
The two of them stared wide-eyed for a long time before Wu Youwei said, "What does your subordinate's family lack?"
"Lack of everything." Wan Tongdao: "His family lacks everything!"
Wu Youwei glared at him: "Bullshit! My house is short of everything!"
Wantong thought for a while: "He and his father are the only ones in his family. The father is not in good health. There is a coachman who is also a healthy servant. There is a servant woman who is a couple with the coachman. There is a son who takes care of the old man at home. There is a daughter who is eight years old now, and she can already do some women's work with her mother... Half of his monthly money is used to support the family, half to socialize, and the extra income is saved by the father, saying If you want to hire a wife for him, the old man should come over when the appointment is made.
The reason why he didn't come last time was because Wan Xinpeng wanted to give him a surprise. The old man will definitely come next time!
This is the first time Wu Youwei heard about it: "Then he... Father, are you so happy?"
"You don't know, Wan Xinpeng went back with the order of the horoscope, the old man was so happy that he was about to cry!" Wan Tong sighed: "He really raised Liang Ji like his own son. .”
Wu Youwei immediately said: "Don't worry, my eldest sister is also a good girl. When we get married in the future, I will definitely be filial to my father-in-law!"
He had to explain this point.
"That's good." Wantong was afraid that Wan Xinpeng would forget his mother if he had a daughter-in-law.
However, the two of them were still at a loss about the dowry. In the end, Wantong went directly to the palace to find his eldest sister, Wan Zhen'er. He wanted to inquire about it. Who knew about it?
"Dowry?" Wan Zhen'er smiled: "Who will marry this thing, if it is a princess, then there will be more.
"Just an ordinary son from a good family." Wan Tongdao: "Does anyone know about Eldest Sister?"
"No." Wan Zhen'er shook her head: "But you can ask a few wives of... small officials, it is best not to exceed the sixth grade."
Wantong...that's right! "
But why did he ask?
Eldest sister is also inconvenient.
After going back, I simply went to someone to investigate what the dowry lists for daughters below the seventh-rank officials in Beijing were like.
In the end, many seemingly clean and honest censor officials were found, and the wives they married were too abnormal!
For example, a censor who was always finding fault with the emperor actually married the concubine of a servant of the Ministry of Rites, and the servant of the Ministry of Rites surnamed Lin gave him a dowry worth 10 taels of dowry for this concubine!
There are 2 taels of silver at the bottom of the box alone!
Where is this concubine?Even if it is the eldest daughter, this dowry is enough to see!
But this Lin Shilang's family doesn't have such a family background.
It's true that he came from a scholarly family. It's okay to be noble, but he definitely can't spend so much money!
So I checked down and found that Lin Shilang's wife, although ordinary, had five concubines!
In ancient times, standard monogamy was practiced in the world, which means that an average man will only have one regular wife, and no matter how many other women you have, they are all "concubines".
In the Ming Dynasty, the basic fifth-rank officials and above could take three wives, one regular wife and two flat wives or Teng wives.
As for concubines and concubines, if you have money, you can buy more. If you have no status in the family, the son of a concubine also has no status.
And this one is already right.Lin Shilang of the Ministry of Rites of the third rank has already had three wives and four concubines!
One concubine wife, two average wives, both of them are ladies from wealthy families in the south, and the dowry is so rich that one person can bring 5 taels of silver into the door!
Make a flat wife for someone!
If this is the first wife, it's okay to say, the flat wife...haha!
An ordinary wife has to perform "concubine etiquette" in front of her first wife!
There are four concubines, and there are already three of them, and of these three, two are the daughters of salt merchants, and one is the daughter of Juren.
They all have a dowry, and the dowry ranges from 3 to [-] taels.
Ha ha!
This is really a good way to "make money"!
And this matter is done in a watertight way, you just take it out and say it, I will do what you want, and you will not break the law!
Wantong is so angry!
It's just that when he is not angry yet, he has to follow the old military household to discuss marriage.
Discussing relatives before getting engaged, and discussing "little gifts" at the beginning of discussing relatives, is actually bargaining.
This time the old military household came, and Wu Youwei stood at the gate to greet him. The old military household looked very old, but his back was straight and his eyes were bright.
He looked like a tough old man.
It's just that he looks old, but Wu Youwei heard that he is only 44 years old...
It looks like 64. In his era, men had 41 flowers, which was a mature and stable age....
getting old here
When he saw Wu Youwei, he smiled: "Master Wu, right? In...Wanda Mountain."
Wu Youwei was taken aback, Wanda Mountain?It seems to be a milk brand.....
"My maid, Wu Youwei, hello Mr. Wan." Wan Dashan has no official position and rank, and Wu Youwei has fame, so he cannot be treated as an equal, so he can only be called "Mr. Wan".
"Okay, okay!" Wan Dashan smiled and patted Wan Xinpeng who was standing beside him: "This is my son Wan Xinpeng!"
Wu Youwei...haha! "
"Let's go in and talk!" Wantong led the way into the house.
The group finally sat down in the living room, and the maids served tea, taking a few glances at the people who came.
Well go back and talk to Peony!
Now that the marriage has been agreed, of course a small order must be made.
Generally, "four magentas" or "six magentas" (four to six bolts of silk and satin cloth), two gold rings inlaid with gemstones, and a pair of head and face; dowry gift, small gift 36, middle gift 64, big gift 64 sweets (two); food, individual The number "64", that is, 64 pairs of Baotou, 64 oil bags, [-] sesame cakes, etc., and there are still two to eight loads of old wine, so Shengnan is called "old wine jar".Mr. Wan specially brought six pieces of expensive red wine gold silk, two gold rings, and two pairs of gold earrings.And a pair of mandarin ducks, Jin Pei, as a token of engagement.
This was sponsored by Wantong, and Wantong chose this pair of gold pendants from his pile of gifts given to him by others, because he knew that Wu Youwei had the best suet jade there, so he would not give it to him. Jade pendant, it's embarrassing to give it away
Wu Youwei looked at the thing, it was indeed good, he smiled to express his satisfaction, and asked someone to take it down and show it to the eldest lady.
Then he began to entertain the future in-laws, and talk about the issue of dowry by the way.
Accepting a gift from someone else is considered an engagement. After the engagement, the man carries the above-mentioned gift to the woman in a box.
In fact, it was carried in already.
At noon, Chef Fang cooked a table of special dishes, and when he was full, he saw Rose come out with eight maids, presenting eight snacks, a set of clothes, and a pair of shoes.
The dim sum is to show that you can cook; the clothes are for Mr. Wan, and they are made of tribute brocade with the swastika pattern. The whole set is densely stitched and beautifully embroidered; the shoes are for Wan Xinpeng. At the bottom of the layer, there is embroidered with a small flying bird with wings spread.
These three things are Wu Xinyue's return gift.
When Mr. Wan saw it, he smiled so hard that his teeth could not see his eyes.
Wu Youwei also took his own gift in return: a pair of mandarin duck pendants carved from top-quality mutton fat white jade.