Chapter 1595 General Tiger Girl 79
The Zhou family used to be farmers, but then a certain ancestor became cruel and frugally provided for a scholar. But the talent is not very good, and he stops when he is a scholar. The same is true for the second generation after them. They all make a living by teaching. Their families are not wealthy. They have bought some properties and can only live a moderately prosperous life. It wasn't until Mr. Zhou passed the imperial examination that he got a minor official position. Half of these land deeds and house deeds were bought by Mr. Zhou after he became an official.
What was brought up today, plus what was brought before, is fully calculated, which is ten thousand taels, which is barely enough to be a bride price for the legitimate daughter of a first-class official or above. And the gift list did say ten thousand taels. It was really hard for the Zhou family to prevent Zhao Yinghong from being wronged.
Looking at these additional betrothal gifts, the Zhenguo General Mansion was really dumbfounded: "I have accepted the silver and jewelry, but Mr. Zhou will take back these land and house deeds."
"No, no need!" Mr. Zhou waved his hand quickly: "These subordinate officials have no need."
General Zhao was also kind-hearted: "Why don't you use it? When Zhou's family takes office, it will cost money whether to rent or buy a house. You can choose a place to sell and buy one locally."
"The lower official can live with Zhuo Jing in the backyard of the Yamen." Mr. Zhou smiled with a smile on his face and did not think this was a shameful thing at all. If the eldest son can marry the daughter-in-law of the Zhenguo General's Mansion, he is willing to live in the stables and woodsheds. Even if other people live there, they won’t be able to have such a good marriage!
General Zhao reminded: "You still have a son."
When the elder man marries a wife, he spends all the family's money. What will happen if the younger son marries a wife in the future? A bowl of water must be kept level, otherwise the younger son will complain about partiality in the future.
Mr. Zhou was very confident: "Erlang is still young and doesn't like to study. He said it himself, he will learn martial arts from the third young master first, and then he will follow the third young master as an errand deliverer. If he gets military honors in the army, he is afraid that he will not be able to marry him. Wife? ”
General Zhao... In fact, there are a lot of people in the army who have not found wives. Otherwise, they thought that their daughter's reputation would be ruined and no one would want her, so they went to the army to find someone they liked.
General Zhao felt much better when he thought that his daughter would marry a pretty good little official's son. He was not only well-educated but also good-looking, no worse than his own son. This was better than marrying a big boss in the army.
However, the second young master of the Zhou family is still young. Mr. Zhou is now in the seventh rank, and his salary has increased a lot. If Zhou Lang really serves in the army, he will also get military pay. If you live frugally, you will have enough money as a gift to marry a wife in five years.
Mr. Zhou carefully looked at General Zhao's face, his expression seemed to have softened a lot, and he pretended to be brave and said: "Why don't you resign and think of a solution..."
General Zhao was curious: "What else can you do?" Maybe he wants to sell his ancestral home.
Mr. Zhou's heart was filled with anger: "I'll go and borrow it from you!" A daughter-in-law of the Zhenguo General's Mansion said she wanted to marry his son, and there was nothing she could do to offend Miss Zhao.
"Okay, okay, you don't have to pay back if you borrow." General Zhao was almost moved. He was sincere to the extreme, and marrying a daughter-in-law would empty out his family's wealth.
Mr. Zhou also thought that General Zhao was worried that they would use money from Miss Zhao's dowry to repay debts in the future. The dowry in the Bian Dynasty was generous. Unless it was a money-grubbing family, the dowry was usually higher than the betrothal gift. Some brides with rich families had dowries that were even twice as high as the betrothal gift. , several times.
There was once a case where someone borrowed high interest as a bride price, and after paying homage to the bride, he took the bride's dowry to repay the debt the next day. In the end, he only used half of the dowry to pay off the debt.
Mr. Zhou immediately waved his hand: "I will pay it back myself. Although our Zhou family is a small household, we will never do anything to use the woman's dowry!"
The dowry belongs to the bride. If she divorces or abandons her in the future, the dowry will be moved back to her natal family according to the amount on the gift list. Unless there is an emergency, using one's wife's dowry is looked down upon.
General Zhao really laughed. Fortunately, on the battlefield and in the court, he needs to be calm and calm, otherwise he would really be grinning. Regardless of whether the Zhou family is doing it for profit or future, it is already very difficult for them to do so. It can be said that General Zhao has never seen such a sincere marriage in his life.
On the one hand, it is selling the pot, on the other hand, it is a trick to ruin the reputation. Without comparison, there will be no harm. Choosing the Zhou family obviously seems to be the right thing for now!
General Zhao turned his head and said: "Please come, madam."
There are some things that his general said would inevitably be petty and petty, so it would be better if his own mother said it.
It was originally agreed upon, but Mrs. Zhao asked the boy who came over to invite her what happened in the hall. General Zhao's attitude became even more clear in her heart.
After passing by, she made a request: Zhao Yinghong is still young and has not yet grown hair, and her birthday is in September. She plans to get married in October, but she will not have children for the time being and will wait two or three years before having another child.
Mr. Zhou immediately nodded: "The dog will be Enke next year. If my wife is pregnant, it will definitely affect my studies. If I am on the imperial list, it will take energy to go to work. If I can't take good care of my wife and children, there is no problem if I am a few years late. After all, they are still young. . I will leave soon and will not come back until the wedding in October.”
Unexpectedly, she was so happy. Of course, Mrs. Zhao also had to show some attitude: "It's okay. Don't worry, Mr. Ling, we will take care of you."
"Then it's up to you, Mrs. Zhao and General Zhao!" Mr. Zhou bowed. From now on, the Zhenguo General's Mansion will naturally take care of Zhou Zexian as if it were his own son-in-law. After all, he is his uncle-to-be. In his spare time, he could make friends with the powerful people in Beijing, which was a good thing for Zhou Zexian.
Mrs. Zhao continued: "Also, Lihua has a weak body and needs to take ginseng and bird's nest every day. We cannot say that she is not frugal and only cares about herself."
There are many wives in the house, not to mention ginseng and bird's nest, even if their mother's family brings a fatter old hen and they eat it for dinner, their mother-in-law and sisters-in-law will complain that they only care about themselves and don't know how to be filial.
Mr. Zhou still nodded: "That's natural, so Quanzi should work harder to study and improve. When he is admitted and has a salary, he will buy ginseng and bird's nest for his wife. As for Xiaguan's Zhuojing, he must go to the county government with Xiaguan to take up his appointment. My eldest daughter is already married and is no longer in the capital. We can't take care of her at ordinary times, so we can only worry about the general's wife. As for the family affairs, we leave them all to Miss Zhao, and we can only ask the general's wife to give her more guidance."
It seems like a dumping, but in fact this is something that many women would laugh about in their dreams. As soon as I got there, I became the matron of the house, taking care of everything in my hands. The house was kept clean, and I didn't have to look at the faces of my mother-in-law and sisters-in-law.
Although she married into a wealthy family, she became a wife directly. Marrying a scholar without an official position, no matter how rich the family is, you can still be called a wife, but you can't bear to be able to take care of your daughter after she gets married, and you don't have to look at other people's faces and suffer.
The satisfaction on Mrs. Zhao's face could not be hidden: "My daughters are all members of my own family, so they are not troublesome."
My eyes happened to glance at the three sets of noodles placed on the tray. Although the headband of that style was made of red gold and inlaid with jewels, it looked like it was worn by a middle-aged woman.
After thinking about it, he smiled and said: "Speaking of Mr. Zhou's appointment, I happen to have a set of pearls and noodles that were rewarded by the palace. Please give them to Mrs. Zhou as a congratulatory gift."
Mr. Zhou was overjoyed.
(End of chapter)