Chapter 145: Adding the Dowry

The dowry list was written in triplicate by a steward in the mansion who was a good writer. The Jiang family will keep one copy, Jiang Yishi will keep one copy, and after that one copy will be sent to the government office for filing.

The dowry totaled one hundred and twenty-eight carries, a number of fields and manor stores, plus eleven thousand two boxes of silver.

Jiang Yishi doesn’t like the amount of packing silver. She once told Hua Hua that she wanted to reduce the amount by 1,000 taels or increase it by 1,000 taels for good luck.

Hua Hua said, “Modern couples like to have two ones, which means “one heart, one mind”.”

Jiang Yishi listened before not adding.

Looking at the thick dowry list, the old lady face smile happy, Jiang’s daughter married ten miles of red makeup, in the capital is also considered good, face is enough. The heart is still a bit painful, so many things are moved to another family.

Not to mention Jiang YiYan and JiangDaGrandma eye red, even the third lady’s heart trembled. Other daughters of the Jiang family, the dowry will not exceed a small half of these.

Busy and tense, the days rolled by to June 25th, and today the Jiang family was going to the Meng family to set up the bed.

The time to make furniture is short, even if a lot of craftsmen are hired, the workmanship can’t be too fine and complex. Jiang family prepared wood is nanmu, and then Meng Ruimo and privately sent a little Huanghuali, made out of the finished product can only be said to make do.

The good thing is that these things are sent in advance, and does not affect the Jiang family married daughter of ten miles of red dress.

Jiang Xun again took a day off, with Jiang Jin together with people to go to Meng House bed. Since Jiang Jin made a job, for Jiang Yishi to do things more than before, Jiang Grandma also much more enthusiastic.

After that, some relatives and friends came to add makeup one after another.

On the morning of the twenty-sixth day, Mrs. Zheng Xie brought two sisters, Zheng Tingting and Zheng Jingjing, to the Jiang family to add makeup for Jiang Yishi.

Mrs. Jiang was welcomed out of Ruyi Hall by the third wife.

After several people took their seats, Xie laughed and said, “The second girl is gentle and pleasing, not only my Tingting and Jingjing play well with her, but also the First Princess and I like her very much. She is going to get married, the Grand Princess and I are going to give her additional makeup ……”

Over the past month, Sister Xia from the Grand Princess Yichang’s residence had come to the Jiang residence twice more, both times to ask for tonic soup. She said that the Grand Princess had gotten much better after drinking the tonic soup that Jiang Yishi had made. Jiang Yishi was very dedicated to making the soup and then gave it to them with the soup and the pot.

To add makeup, one has to go to someone else’s courtyard, so the old lady, the third lady and the great grandmother accompanied the Zheng family mother and daughter to the burnt courtyard.

Once they entered the courtyard, they were warmly welcomed by Jojo as usual.

The first to come in were Xie and the old lady.

Not being beauties, Jojo called out, “Eat meat and tie pins.”

Then the Zheng Tingting sisters and a few maids came in, and Jojo called out again, “Flower, flower, there are good people in the north ……”

Xie had already heard of Jojo’s wonderfulness and laughed, “This little thing still recognizes people, we come in and tie needles and pins, and the little maiden comes in and shouts flower child.”

Said the crowd with great joy.

Jiang Yishi personally served tea to several elders.

Zheng Jingjing asked anxiously, “Jiang Er Sister, where is Hua Hua?”

Jiang Yishi laughed, “Went to the mountains to play.”

A few days ago, Hua Hua made a fuss about going into the mountains to play. Jiang Yishi thought that after marrying into the Meng family and using Flower Flower more, the little thing wouldn’t be able to go out easily, so she let it go. Before it left, it still took off the fragrance-avoiding beads, which would cover up Hua Hua’s “immortal aura”, and if it wore them, it would be easily attacked by wild animals.

Master Yu and said that the XuanDiao will not come here at least this year, this year is also more assured that the little thing to go out to play.

Usually guests come will first surround the porch Jojo tease for a while, and today the guests directly into the house, Jojo and feel that he was neglected.

Started cursing, “Get out, bad man, bad man, go home, army stick serving ……”

Again, he made the crowd laugh.

Xie laughed and opened her mouth wide in shock, and then hurriedly covered her mouth and said, “This voice, this voice ……”

Zheng Tingting laughed, “Mother, I also feel that this voice is somewhat familiar, like whose?”

Xie smiled and shook her head, “It’s somewhat familiar, I can’t recall who it resembles.”

Jiang Yishi laughed, “This was given to me by Grandfather Meng, saying that it was an old subordinate’s filial tribute to him.”

Xie was enlightened. I see, no wonder ……

A few maids brought in a few brocade boxes, and a few grannies carried in a few boxes.

First of all, the First Princess of Canada’s makeup, is a red gold chi dragon seven jewels celluloid ring.

Xie’s makeup is, two sets of red gold inlaid treasure head, a red coral ornaments, a Su embroidered double-sided embroidered rosewood frame kang screen, a set of colorful porcelain tea set, four makeup flower Luo.

Zheng Tingting’s addition was a string of red coral, and Zheng Jingjing’s addition was two beautiful handkerchiefs.

These things are all top quality, at least worth more than a thousand taels of silver.

Jiang Yishi thanked her with a red face.

The old lady understood, feelings Zheng family thank you gift is a single send Jiang Yishi alone. She was so angry that her face flushed red, but she didn’t dare to show it, and hurriedly picked up the tea bowl and pretended to drink tea to hide her embarrassment.

After Xie’s mother and daughter left, the old madam sank her face. She didn’t go back to Ruyi Hall, and sat in the hall room of the burnt courtyard to sulk.

Jiang Yishi extremely hated the old lady’s greed for money, but she didn’t want to upset her before she got married. This mother’s family is no longer bad, now can not be torn face. In fact, in the future, the Fu family will be even more difficult to face, and when it is time for the mother’s family to intervene, they must be allowed to intervene. What’s more, Jiang Xun has to continue to live here, as well as his affinity ……

Jiang Yishi had long thought that there was this.

She laughed and said, “I heard Brother You Gui say that a few days ago, Tonglin County came to a southern merchant who liked flowers, so I let him sell a pot of exotic triangular flowers and two pots of rare orchids to that merchant. It was sold for eight hundred taels of silver.

“My brother and I lost our mother when we were young, and then our father a few years ago, thanks to our grandmother’s care. My granddaughter is unable to return the favor, so I had someone buy a ginseng, a green jade landscape insert screen, and a set of official kiln pink porcelain tea set to send to grandmother.”

Several subordinates brought out the items. The ginseng was bought a few days ago, and the screen and the red gold ornaments were gifts from Meng Zhimo and Li Zhenbao after they cured their eyes the previous year. In addition, they left behind the two pairs of makeup flower roses that Mrs. Zheng had given them.

The old lady revealed a smile, took Jiang Yishi’s hand and said, “Grandmother has always known that you are a filial and good child. Alas, you and Xun Er are also poor, grandmother has been attentive to you …….”

Jiang Yishi said the opposite, the old lady also had the good sense to go along with it.

The old lady in order to show Jiang Yishi’s unloved and unwillingness to give up, this evening also ate dinner in the scorching courtyard, Jiang Yishi and let people to the third lady and the great grandmother to invite.

Jiang Xun returned before dinner. He took a four-day vacation, from tomorrow to the day Jiang Yishi returned.

It was only at the beginning of the eleventh hour that the crowd was sent away, and the Scorched Courtyard was finally quiet.

Jiang Yishi was calm on the surface, but in her heart she was dying of anxiety.

In the next morning she felt the watery air outside the light bead getting thicker and thicker, this was Hua Hua crying, crying still very sad.