Chapter 171 Is the gift of 1888 yuan considered a sky-high price? (please order in full)
"Xuemin, you...are made of pure gold?"
Lao Fengxiang's big red treasure chest was opened. The golden and dazzling gold ornaments inside instantly blinded the eyes of Cheng's father, Cheng's mother, and uncles.
The old uncle even stared at him and asked in disbelief.
All gold?
Is it all made of pure gold?
How rich his great nephew must be to have the capital to make these six things for low-level employees all made of pure gold.
This... if this were the landowners and wealthy people from thirty years ago, they wouldn't be so wealthy, right?
"Uncle, actually my parents didn't let him be so extravagant and wasteful, but Xuemin insists on beating him like this, and he can't even hold him back!"
Feng Jiayou once again looked at the gold jewelry in the treasure box in front of him, not to mention how beautiful it was.
But her face still looked like she couldn't hold her man back, and she was 'complaining'.
"Uncle, it's actually not bad!"
Cheng Xuemin nodded, but there was no other intention to show off.
All these things for the subordinates are made of pure gold. In fact, I still want to make my woman more beautiful.
After all, it's just this once in a lifetime.
Besides, turning everything into pure gold is also a way to prevent the money in your hands from depreciating due to future inflation.
These are the things anyway. You may save some money by using sterling silver, but it won’t hold its value well after spending the money.
They say gold is found in troubled times, collected in prosperous times.
If Liulichang hadn't been completely restored, Cheng Xuemin would have wanted to go there and buy a set of antique jade as a replacement, which would preserve or even increase in value better than pure gold.
Of course, then again!
After all, this was Cheng Xuemin's newlywed appointment. The one hired by Sanshuliu must be brand new, so using old antiques doesn't make sense.
So I gave up this idea. Anyway, Liulichang is at the foot of Yanjing Imperial City. After it is fully opened, Cheng Xuemin will have enough time to go shopping for treasures and build his own collection room.
It makes better sense to make things of pure gold when hiring something now.
"Okay! Okay, okay! Brother, I think Xuemin is doing well, so I can't be too aggrieved, young man!"
Cheng's mother also spoke, and even touched the items in the treasure box, saying, "With a golden comb, I wish you and your family a lifetime of love, harmony and beauty, and a long life together..."
Then he looked at several other pure gold samples and blessed them with their meanings.
There are a total of six pure gold ornaments in Cheng Xuemin's treasure chest, including a gold comb, a gold ruler, a gold scale, a gold scissors, a gold abacus, and a gold mirror. They are all made of pure gold in Lao Fengxiang.
These six things will be placed on the table of heaven and earth for worship when the engagement is held tomorrow, which means different blessings.
The first of them is the comb: Because the comb is used to comb the hair, giving a comb as a betrothal gift not only means tying the hair, but also means hoping that the couple will love each other for a lifetime and grow old together.
The second thing is a ruler: a ruler is originally a measuring tool. Using a ruler as a betrothal gift in marriage has a very profound meaning. Sending a ruler is extended to be a measuring tool for measuring happiness in a couple's life. It also refers to hundreds of children and thousands of grandchildren. Happiness has a long history.
The third thing is the scale: the scale is called the "Ruyi Scale" in the betrothal gift. It is inherited from the Ruyi Scale used by the groom to lift the bride's red hijab in ancient wedding ceremonies.
The fourth item is scissors: Scissors can be said to be a must-have for betrothal gifts, and they are also one of the "six certificates" in traditional weddings.
The fifth item is the abacus: it implies the couple's ideal plan for a stable and prosperous life in the future, and they can invest and manage money reasonably to win a lot of money.
The sixth thing is the mirror: the shape of the mirror is mostly round, which represents perfection and completeness. Giving a mirror as a wedding gift not only hopes that the bride will have a happy life after marriage, but also implies that the bride will be beautiful.
Originally, these six items in their countryside were usually made of wood. Even if a wealthy landlord wanted to get his son engaged, he might not be willing to make them pure gold.
Cheng Xuemin also acted arrogantly. Anyway, if the royalties he earned were deposited in the bank, they would depreciate.
It is better to use it to make gold products and use them for recruitment, so as to give your daughter-in-law a good reputation, and then become your daughter-in-law's dowry and the bottom of the box, and pass it on to future generations.
In addition to these six things that will be placed on the heaven and earth table for worship tomorrow when getting married, there is also a big red money box and a bride price. In this way, the eight essential items for a bride are complete.
The money box has been prepared, and the bride price is clearly written on the engagement letter: 2,008 yuan.
After making an agreement with my parents and uncle, I will send the person out.
Cheng Xuemin, Feng Jiayou and his wife calculated it again. Feng Jiayou looked at his own treasury that was already empty, with less than 100 yuan, and he was so miserable!
After buying a house two years ago, Cheng Xuemin received royalties from the comic strips "Parents' Love" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and the couple's savings once again reached the 5,000 yuan mark.
pity!
In the new year, I will honor both my parents and add the necessary requirements for employment, and I will be gloriously cleared again!
This time everything was really cleared. Feng Jiayou’s current small treasury really doesn’t even have a hundred yuan.
Because these six pure gold betrothal gifts alone cost the couple more than three thousand!
In addition, Cheng Xuemin would not have dared to secretly forcibly stuff all the 2,080,800 yuan in the engagement letter back if he hadn’t heard from his daughter-in-law Feng Jiayou when he came back that her mother had secretly stuffed all the money back on the sixth day of the new year. Write down the gift money of two thousand and eight hundred and eighty-eight.
Originally, we planned to pay 1,080 yuan, including the 1,000 yuan that Cheng Xuemin and his parents secretly brought over.
If you do this!
The money they spent to honor their parents during the New Year was returned intact and all was put into the bride price.
A betrothal gift of two thousand and eight hundred and eighty yuan should be a sky-high price in this era, right?
Because when the old uncle saw the bride price written in the engagement letter, his eyes bulged out. You must know that in their Guanzhuang Commune, the bride price for betrothal gifts was only a few dozen yuan, and rarely exceeded a hundred yuan.
Even under the Imperial City of Yanjing, the betrothal gift for ordinary people's weddings is usually one or two hundred yuan, and wealthy families may have three to five hundred yuan.
But it’s really not like my nephew, who is just two thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight yuan!
How rich is this?
Anyway, for my uncle and his generation, this is a sky-high price that is simply out of reach.
Even if Feng Jiayou and her parents knew how much the bride price was, they still said that Cheng Xuemin and his wife did not discuss it with them in advance.
Giving such a high bride price is just to show off your money, right?
This is a serious disruption to the customary wedding dowry. In the future, their weddings will be... sad!
There is also a younger brother of the old Feng family, the younger brother of the Feng family!
Her brother-in-law had raised the price to such an extent. If the second son-in-law wanted to hire someone from their old Feng family, why not just scare him away?
Poor Feng Jiamo, the most heartless elder brother, jumped for joy for her sister when she saw the huge betrothal gift given by her brother-in-law.
Didn't she think about how she would get married in the future? !
If the marriage document hadn't been written by Mr. Tang and it was difficult to make any changes, Feng's father and Feng's mother really wanted to have a good son-in-law, so they would chop off the two thousand heads!
The betrothal gift of eight hundred and eighty-eight dollars is also very, very, very, very, very high among their friends and relatives, which is quite impressive!
"Daughter-in-law, daughter-in-law, it's all my fault. It's all my fault. When I hired you, all I used was your private money. I was really wrong!"
"Daughter-in-law, I will definitely make up for you as soon as possible!" "When I came back and passed by Yanhe Literature in the provincial capital this time, I had already handed over the script of "Loess High Slope" there. I guess the problem is not big and it won't be long. We have received another large sum of script royalties.”
"Besides, now that the New Year is over, after finishing our betrothal gift, I will start writing full-time!"
"Try to write the script of "Female College Student Dormitory" by Shanghai Film Studio as soon as possible, and also finish the rest of the comic book "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" as soon as possible!"
"With these three big heads, our small savings bank will soon exceed 5,000 yuan!"
"Besides, I'm going to write two long novels for your old man this year. I'll let my wife count the money until her hands cramp. How beautiful is it?"
At night, I was counting the pitiful little money in my bank account, and I realized that my wife was a little disappointed!
How can this be done!
It’s a wedding day, so the bride-to-be shouldn’t be so unhappy!
Of course, Cheng Xuemin did whatever he could to make women happy.
First of all, you must have a good attitude. First of all, emphasize that the money for this recruitment is all from the woman's treasury, and it is all your own money, my wife.
Secondly, we must also ensure that we must work hard, work hard to create income, and strive to make up for the money to my wife as soon as possible.
Finally, don’t forget to give it directly to the woman and draw a pie. Soon, the woman will be able to count money until her hands cramp.
"Hehe, old man, you have such a mouth...how can you say it!"
The young Feng family was coaxed to be beautiful by their man, and they laughed at Cheng Xuemin with a smile on their face. Just like Cheng Xuemin's hometown, they called Cheng Xuemin an old man. He really shouldn't be too beautiful and cunning, and said: "Old man, that money belongs to you. You work hard to write the manuscript and earn the royalties!”
"Isn't it natural to use it now when an old man marries a wife?"
Yes, yes, my wife, everything you said is right!
What she said made it seem like this woman was Cheng Xuemin's own mother, and she helped save the money for the old man Cheng Xuemin to find a wife!
Those who don’t know really don’t know that Cheng Xuemin is going to marry this girl herself!
"Besides, part of the betrothal gift given to my parents will be returned to you, old man, okay!"
"Old man, you prepared such a big red money box. How much will it cost my parents to do as a dowry?!"
Feng Jiayou laughed at her man angrily again.
Just like what Feng Jiayou said, the heavier the betrothal gift from Cheng Xuemin, the heavier the dowry will be from Feng Jiayou and her parents on the day of the wedding.
Let’s not talk about the six betrothal gifts made of pure gold. They must be placed in the money box when giving the wedding, and they will be used as dowries for the Feng family’s young children!
Therefore, this pure gold betrothal gift of more than 3,000 yuan was just transferred around in the hands of her mother-in-law.
The other two thousand and eight hundred plus bride price will be used by the woman to buy dowry items, such as bicycles, televisions, sewing machines, and watches that ring every three times. This is a must!
Perhaps his mother-in-law will prepare these dowry items separately, and the dowry gift of 2,000, 80, 100, 18, and 20,000 yuan will be returned intact.
Maybe even a little more.
Of course, the specific situation will be known when he and Feng Jiayou get married.
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The 12th day of the New Year is an auspicious day for getting married!
There were not many guests on both sides. Except for Cheng Xuemin’s family, the woman called her grandparents over, as well as the Feng family, her brother, sister-in-law and younger sister.
In addition, Mr. Tang, one of the three mediators, did not alarm anyone else.
The matchmaker on the male side of the three matchmakers is Uncle Cheng Xuemin; the matchmaker on the female side is Feng Jiazhao, the uncle; and the other middle matchmaker is Mr. Tang.
The ceremony started at ten o'clock in the morning. The man on Cheng Xuemin's side moved all his things outside the front yard gate, and was welcomed into the main hall of the front yard amidst the sound of firecrackers on the woman's side.
And under the witness of the matchmakers from the three parties, the ceremony was completed.
Following the engagement and wedding banquet at noon, the two families became one family and had a lively day at the Changzheng Hotel in Yanda.
"Mom, what are you doing?"
After a day of fussing, Feng's mother entered her daughter and son-in-law's house carrying the big red treasure box that Lao Fengxiang had given her at noon today.
Seeing her like this, Feng Jiayou asked with confusion on his face.
"Keep your dowry by yourself, and then take it out when you get married, just to make a spectacle for your parents!"
Mother Feng placed the red treasure box on her daughter's clean red bed quilt. The happy blush on her face did not dissipate, but she pretended to be impatient and sent everything back intact.
"Mom, this is the betrothal gift given to you by Xuemin, what's the point of letting me exist by myself!?"
Feng Jiayou was stunned for a moment, with an embarrassed expression on his face, he opened the big red treasure box very rudely, and found that in addition to six gold items, there were also stacks of brand-new Great Unity, two thousand and eight hundred and eighty. Eighteen pieces of betrothal gifts were also returned together?
"Mom..."
Cheng Xuemin was also moved when he saw it, and wanted to be polite, but Feng's mother waved her hand to stop her and said, "Xuemin, this is not returned to you!"
"These things and the bride price are all given by me to my young child. They are the dowry for her!"
The mother-in-law emphasized just one point!
The things and money that have been paid to Old Feng’s family belong to Old Feng’s family!
As for whether there will be a dowry later?
How much is the dowry?
It definitely has nothing to do with his son-in-law. Even if everything goes back as a dowry, it will be considered as her daughter's dowry.
These dowries are her daughter's private treasury.
From now on, whether or not her daughter should take care of the couple's life is her daughter's own business. No one can control it and no one can force it.
Even if Cheng Xuemin is her husband.
Come on!
Cheng Xuemin also understood what his mother-in-law said. The money and things went into his house, but it didn't matter if they didn't match him, right?
"Hee hee, mom, why don't you spend the night and take a good look at the betrothal gift your son-in-law gave your daughter!"
Feng Jiayou was heartless and laughed at her mother.
"Okay, then I'll take it back for the night, but whether your mother is willing to take it out again tomorrow depends on your mother's mood!"
Feng's mother was also funny. She would take it away immediately because of her pretentiousness. Who are you pretending to be?
Believe it or not, I just won’t give it to you?
"No, no, no! Thank you, mom, thank you, mom!"
"Mom, you said, I will keep my own dowry myself. Mom, you are so wise, so good, so good!"
"Hehe, thank you mom, thank you mom!"
The heartless money-obsessed daughter stopped being polite to her mother and even entered her house. Why can her mother take it back?
As for her mother's reluctance to take it out again after taking it back as a joke, it must be a joke.
"I will thank God if you will be less angry in the future!" Feng's mother said angrily again.
Cheng Xuemin saw this and hurriedly said to go out to get some hot water and left.
Soon, Feng Jiayou's voice coaxing her mother came from behind: "Mom, look at you, why are you crying while you are talking!? Am I not married yet?"
"Mom, if you really don't want to get married, then just return these gifts and we won't get married, okay?!"
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