Traveling through troubled times to escape famine and cultivate crops as a grain merchant

Someone helped Xu over, and saw that she was crying sadly with snot and tears.

She said nothing when others asked her. When Zhou Xing stood in front of her in her wedding dress, she looked at her and then continued crying. No one knew what she was crying about.

Seeing her like this, Zhou Xing covered her face with a handkerchief and cried loudly.

Li also cried.

Xu also cried.

There was crying in the room.

Zhou Guo took out all her stuff with red eyes. She had to put on makeup after crying like this, otherwise her face would be covered with white and black spots, which would be so ugly. She was a new bride.

The people around them started crying too. Chen and Wang Fugui's wife were helping outside, but now they squeezed in and couldn't help but say, "She is the mother after all. Even if she is stupid, she and her daughter can sense each other. She knows that her daughter is getting married, but she just can't say it."

"Which mother doesn't love her own child? This Xu used to be very competitive, but now, even in this situation, she still loves her daughter in her heart."

Everyone in the room sighed and was deeply moved by Xu.

The auspicious time has arrived, it's time to go out.

Zhou Guo hurriedly said, "Sister, don't cry, don't cry, come, I'll heal you, you can't be like this."

Zhou Xing was afraid that she would not look good, so she lifted a corner of her veil to let her touch it up.

When the host shouted for the third time, the makeup was finally done.

Everyone in the room breathed a sigh of relief. "Hurry, hurry, it's done, it's coming, it's coming, pay attention, the new bride is about to leave the house!"

Li took Xu and went out first. They had to sit in the hall and could only go out after the new bride had paid her respects.

A lot of people came today, even more than when Zhou Gu got married last year. The yard was so crowded that there was no place to step. Everyone was looking forward to seeing how grand and lavish the Zhou family's wedding would be.

As soon as the new bride came out, everyone in the yard couldn't help but exclaim in admiration when they saw her bright red wedding dress.

How could a peasant family like them afford such a beautiful wedding dress? At most they could just buy a few feet of red cloth to make a set of clothes.

It’s not that complicated. The hem of the skirt is dragging on the ground. Won’t it be dirty?

And this one is layered and embroidered with flowers, it's so pretty!!

A group of unmarried girls in the village were stunned, their eyes glued to the dress, and they couldn't help whispering in their ears, "I want to make a wedding dress like this when I get married. It's so beautiful. I'll look like a queen in the palace when I wear it."

"Have you seen the empress? Does she look like the empress? I think she looks like a fairy. Only fairies can wear such a beautiful wedding dress. Look, the hem of the dress is fluttering. It's blown by the wind. How can there be such a beautiful wedding dress? Where is my mother? Where is my mother? Let her see."

After saying goodbye, Zhou Xing was carried out of the door step by step by Zhou Gu.

I have walked this road from the main house to the outside of the courtyard countless times, but once I leave today, I can't come back.

Zhou Xing was stuffed into the carriage, and the groom was riding on a horse next to her, his mouth grinning from ear to ear with joy.

The carriage carrying people went away, and Li poured out a plate of water. This was the custom when marrying a daughter, and no one could escape it.

Afterwards, Hu Zi took Lai Zi Tou and his group of people and carried the dowry out.

A steady stream of dowries were carried out of the house, and everyone was dumbfounded again.

At first, no one knew what those bricks and tiles were. How could a dowry include bricks and tiles? It was only after people around them explained them that we realized that these things actually were fields, shops and houses.

Whose daughter would be given a dowry of land, shop and house when she gets married? ?

Aren’t these all left for the family’s descendants?

Moreover, after the daughter is taken away, her property will belong to the Zhao family. Why should he give the Zhou family’s things to the Zhao family?

Few people present could understand it.

With the fields in front, the furniture behind the shop is no longer conspicuous, and the most expensive items have been sold.

The little girls didn't even dare to think about it now. They might be able to get a wedding dress that was similar enough through some persuasion, but as for the dowry, even if the family had mountains of gold and silver, they probably wouldn't be given a single cent.

Moreover, they themselves feel that these things belong to their mother's family and are to be left to their brothers at home. It would be great if they could have a set of furniture, a few quilts, and some money to keep as a deposit when they move out on their own.

Everyone was very confused and some even thought that Li was a spendthrift. How could a family be run like that? This was just the marriage of the niece. When Zhou Guo grew up and she went out, would she have to take half of the family property with her?

The ancestors of the Zhou family would be so angry even if they died.

There are many people who have this idea. Zhou Guo heard it many times when she was toasting at the banquet. She did not explain it because it was useless to explain it.

After breakfast, everyone went back home and all the guests at the Zhou family left.

Only his family was left to clean up the mess.

Zhou Mai, Zhou Mi and Zhou Gu all went to see Zhou Xing off, and there were not many people left at home.

Li sighed as she swept the room, "Marrying off a daughter is really frustrating. It was so lively just now, but as soon as she got out of the house, it became cold. The liveliness was all about other people's families."

Wu Ya couldn't help but nodded, yes.

While working, Zhou Su said, "Don't worry, mother. When I grow up, I will marry you a wife and give you grandchildren. Then when you grow up, you will only have the joy of having a son, and not the worry of marrying off your daughter."

Everyone laughed.

Zhou Guo laughed and said, "You are just a kid, but you only know how to get married and give birth to sons. If everyone wants the same as you and doesn't give birth to daughters, who will you marry the sons you give birth to?"

Zhou Su said, "Sister, why are you taking it so seriously? I was just trying to make mother happy. My eldest sister has been married off to my brother-in-law, so she will be someone else's from now on. When she comes back, she will be a guest. We have raised her for so many years, and she has lived with us for so many years, so how can she be someone else's family?"

Li sighed, "Hasn't it been like this for thousands of years? Girls are supposed to marry into other families, and sons are supposed to stay at home."

in the afternoon.

The people who went to see the bride off have returned, and the people who went to deliver the dowry have also returned.

Zhou Mai said, "The Zhao family is also very lively today. All the nearby landlords, big and small, are here. They are all prominent figures in the area. Even some wealthy families in the county are here. Mother, it's a good thing you prepared enough dowry for my sister, otherwise I'm afraid there would be a joke today."

Zhou Mi took a sip of water and said, "I heard some people talking about dowry. They originally wanted to laugh at the joke, saying that the landlord Zhao married a peasant daughter-in-law, but when they saw that the eldest sister's dowry was so generous, they changed to praising her. Some people were envious because they didn't get so much dowry when they got married."

Li heaved a sigh of relief. "I said that a family like theirs would not be able to look good if they didn't have enough dowry, and would inevitably be laughed at by others. Now that the dowry is paid, your eldest sister has a firm foothold in the Zhao family. Her mother-in-law didn't even have as much dowry as her. Now she can stand firm in the Zhao family."

Zhou Gu was curious, "Second Aunt, how do you know about Madam Zhao's dowry?"