How can someone travel through time and space and become a beggar?

Xia Chu looked at the stack of banknotes and roughly calculated that there were about two thousand taels! She couldn't help but grab Jia Qingwu's sleeve, "Mom! It's too expensive! Just take one piece! And the wedding dress can only be worn once, it's not worth it."

Jia Qingwu just patted her hands and said, "Listen to mother on this matter."

Xia Chu knew why Lin Lang was often too busy to spare any time. Apart from the wedding dress, there were simply too many things to prepare.

From the furniture to the clothing and jewelry, Xia Chu was increasingly moved. The abundance of the dowry, while ostensibly a display of the woman's wealth, was actually a message about how favored her daughter was. This collection encompassed nearly everything a woman might need throughout her life. From beds, cabinets, tables, stools, and screens to dressing tables, dishes, clothing for all seasons, and even spittoons and toilets, everything was included.

My daughter can support herself. Although she married you, she doesn't rely on you for support. You can't treat her badly.

These dowry money includes a woman's food, clothing and other expenses for a lifetime, and she can support herself with it.

In the man's family, the wife's dowry cannot be touched. If it is touched, it will be despised. Most of these things are carried in and locked directly into the woman's private vault. Only her children are qualified to use them.

If the daughter is no longer around, the maternal family can even take the belongings away. Or when the grandchildren grow up, they can take the belongings out of the list and give them to them.

Xia Chu seemed to understand for the first time the meaning of dowry. It was not just money, but the parents' deep love for their child.

But this also depends on the person. Some unfavored daughters will naturally be greatly reduced in status.

As for the man's betrothal gift, neither Wang Yong, Dong Xiaohuan, nor Jia Qingwu thought of taking a single cent, and they would let Xia Chu take it all as it was.

No wonder women from wealthy families need a special warehouse to store these things. They can’t fit in the bedroom at all!

Xia Chu was so busy that she was dizzy when the matchmaker hired by the Zhao family came to ask for the name.

Jia Qingwu had already written Xia Chu's birth date and time on red paper and handed it to the other party without much hesitation.

This time, the Zhao family left behind two pieces of flowing brocade, saying that they were prepared by the second young master Zhao.

"This must be for your wedding dress." Jia Qingwu looked at it with satisfaction. She had heard of this material, but this was her first time seeing it. She heard that when it was made into clothes and worn, the light and shadow flowed beautifully under the sunlight, so it was called Liuguangjin. "Change it to this."

"The wedding dress is already being made, so why not change it?" She thought of the phoenix-tail satin her mother had bought, which she also liked. She didn't want to let her mother down, and the wedding dress was already being made. If she changed the fabric at the last minute, the previous material would probably be wasted.

"Don't worry, I'll go ask if I can change her into casual clothes." Jia Qingwu smiled and took her daughter's hand. "This is also my son-in-law's idea. With this wedding dress, our Xiaochu will definitely be the most beautiful bride in Lin'an."

"What kind of cloth is this? It's so beautiful that I don't even dare to touch it." Dong Xiaohuan smiled embarrassedly. She had calluses on her hands and was afraid that if she touched it, it would get snagged and ruin such beautiful material.

"It's just a piece of cloth anyway. You can't turn into a fairy by wearing it." Xia Chu saw that Dong Xiaohuan was uneasy and a little inferior, so he shook his head deliberately and acted stupid, which really made Dong Xiaohuan laugh.

"You kid." Dong Xiaohuan patted her gently.

Old Madam Zhao personally sent the horoscopes of Zhao Huazhang and Xia Chu to the famous temple she often visited and asked the abbot to calculate them personally.

Xia Chu had no idea what the horoscopes could reveal, but the conclusion was that they were a match made in heaven. She figured that unless someone was deliberately trying to tamper with them, no one would say the two newlyweds' horoscopes were incompatible.

After Naji comes Nazheng, which means sending the betrothal gifts, and an auspicious day must be chosen.

No one knew how Zhao Huazhang's family was preparing. Xia Chu hadn't seen him for a long time.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, Lin Lang's wedding date arrived.

Lin Lang invited these sisters who were on good terms with him two days in advance, and Xia Chu came with the gifts she had prepared.

The gift she chose was a double-sided embroidered table screen, folded in four. One side depicted the Four Gentlemen of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum, while the other side featured a painting of the four seasons.

Xia Chu fell in love with it almost immediately. If she hadn't been told it was embroidered, she would have believed it if she had been told it was painted. It just so happened that Lin Lang liked painting, and this embroiderer's painting skills were not bad either.

She didn't know how double-sided embroidery created different patterns on each side, but from the surface alone, she couldn't see a single thread. It felt smooth and neat to the touch, but the two sides were different.

She suspected that they were two pieces of cloth, but Jia Qingwu said they were not.

This embroidery is so amazing, no wonder it has become an intangible cultural heritage.

I heard that the career of an embroiderer is very short, and her eyesight often fails before she reaches 40, and sometimes even earlier. However, it may take many years to train such an embroiderer.

Bai Wuxia took one look at the screen and immediately felt defeated. "Xia Chu has outdone me. This screen is so beautiful. Where did you buy it?"

"It's my mother's, from her collection." Xia Chu said this with embarrassment. It seemed like Jia Qingwu always came up with the idea for gifts. This time, as soon as she heard Lin Lang was getting married, she dragged her along to pick out a gift.

Xia Chu didn't look at the jewelry, as Lin Lang wouldn't be short of those things. Then she saw the screen, placed in the half-open box, which immediately caught her eye.

She was embarrassed to take it at first, but Jia Qingwu showed her her collection.

Not many, just about ten.

"How can I feel comfortable with that?" Lin Lang frowned. "How can I take someone's love away?"

Xia Chu joked, "Once sold, no returns."

"Take it. It's a gift from Xia Chu." Li Yun also liked the screen very much and stared at it for a long time. "It's really exquisite. A small screen like this would take several months of burning candles and oil."

With Xia Chuzhu's gift in front of her, other people's gifts seemed less impressive.

However, Lin Lang expressed that she liked them all very much. After all, they were carefully selected according to Lin Lang's personality and they all suited her preferences.

Besides them, there were also Lin Lang's sisters, no blood relatives, but quite a few cousins. Lin Lang dealt with them briefly and then took Li Yun and the others to another place.

"It feels so fast, I'm a little panicked." Lin Lang held his chest. "My mother has been taking care of me every day these days. I have to take care of the accounts during the day and attend classes at night. I don't have any time for myself at all."

Li Yun said softly, "It won't be long. When you get married, you'll realize your mother is doing this for your own good." She was also in a similar position. Ever since the marriage was arranged, her mother had handed over all household affairs to her. With the nanny watching over her and guiding her, she was quite adept at handling the situation.

"I hate those trivial matters the most." Bai Wuxia curled his lips.