Jia Qiang's Ordinary Life

"What, are you going to get married?" Li Cheng almost jumped up on the spot, and he couldn't speak fluently.

"What's so strange about this!" Jia Qiang looked at him in surprise, "I'm already eighteen, and it's too late to get married at this time. When you were my age, not even children could talk!"

Li Cheng was speechless, and he laughed dryly: "Uh, I'm just not mentally prepared!" It's really strange, why did Li Cheng feel weird in his heart, and Li Cheng was depressed.Isn't it normal for Jia Qiang to marry a wife and have children?Why do you feel depressed?Li Cheng has never tasted the taste of so-called love in his life. His concubine is the daughter of a family chosen for him by the emperor and queen mother. Although she is not beautiful, she is quite beautiful. With a group of concubines, all of them are as beautiful as spring flowers, as long as he wants, no matter what kind of beauties he can't get?Such a person, he would dote on someone, but if he wanted to talk about love, that would be a joke!Why should he know what love is, since he can get what he wants from beauty without any need for love?Therefore, he was very unfortunate. He couldn't understand why he cared so much about Jia Qiang.

Li Cheng went back a little aggrieved, intending to think clearly, because Mao himself felt something was wrong, and Jia Qiang, unfortunately, did not know Li Cheng's inner confusion at all, and he was preparing a bride price for the Yuan family.

Yuan Anqing is not a rich man. Although he has been an official for many years, he is not the kind of pedantic person who has a breeze, but after all, the expenses are also high. Moreover, scholars naturally like all kinds of ancient books, calligraphy and paintings, and these are the most costly. , a rare rare copy, which can’t be bought for a few hundred taels. If there are any famous calligraphy and paintings from the previous dynasty, it would be a waste of money, so I didn’t save much money. Therefore, for the future wife’s dowry to be decent, Naturally, he had to work hard on the bride price he sent.Just like Jia Zhen back then, it can be said that Qin Keqing's dowry was almost entirely arranged by him.

Jia Qiang had a headache and sketched on the gift list, thinking that the ancients were really troublesome. If it was put in later generations, people's requirements would be to have a house and a car, dowry gifts and so on.

Jia Qiang had a headache thinking about it, so she had to call Manager Xu and ask him what to do. After all, Xu An is an old man who has experienced many things, so he began to give Jia Qiang advice.

"Young Master, you must have silks and satins of all colors. They must be fresh and fancy patterns. Twenty pieces of each type are enough. Then, Shu brocade and Yun brocade need ten pieces each." Xu An is serving Mrs. Xu. , has always referred to Jia Qiang as the young master, "Rouge jewelry is for the in-laws to buy by themselves. If the young master is interested, you might as well add a box of pearls and a box of gems, which are rubies that have been polished from Nanyang. And sapphire, unfortunately, the cat's eyes are temporarily missing, and it is not enough to make up a box, otherwise it would be more decent. Alas, in fact, emerald is better. I just got a large piece of good old pit glass from the south a few days ago, but it is too much trouble to polish it. , I haven’t finished it yet, I can only wait for the young mistress to make jewelry for the young mistress after she gets married! In addition, there are two boxes of gold and silver rafts, all of which are of good quality, and the in-laws can directly melt them into jewelry..."

Jia Qiang was dizzy and listened to what Xu An said about the good wood for making furniture. After all, the young mistress should at least marry furniture such as Ba Bu bed and dressing table as dowry, and it is best to have high-quality wood. It's a pity that it's not easy to put it in the bride price and send it over.

After half a month, it happened to be an auspicious day, and Jia Qiang sent someone to Yuan's mansion to present the bride price that he had prepared, which was worth tens of thousands of taels of silver. It seemed that there were only thirty or so, but in fact there was nothing mixed in it. water.

Mrs. Zhao looked at the boxes and cages in the yard, and when she received the gift list, she almost stared blankly, and quickly sent someone to reward the servants who carried the boxes, and then ordered someone to send the gifts into the warehouse.Butler Xu, who came over to give the bride price, said: "The preparations were too hasty, the bride price is really shabby, please don't mind too much, if there are any gaps, you can make up for it in private..."

"Master, isn't this marriage too rich?" When Yuan Anqing came back from the household office, Mrs. Zhao hurriedly pulled him into the inner courtyard, smacking her tongue.

"What's the matter?" Yuan Anqing was a little puzzled, "The princes of Jia's family, although Zhizhong has been separated from the government, it is not surprising that there are some family properties!"

"It's more than just some family property!" Mrs. Zhao took out the gift list and handed it over, "These things added up, I'm afraid it's not worth so much if we sell our family's property. , what would that look like!"

Yuan Anqing was also taken aback, and collected himself: "Go, let's go to the warehouse to have a look!"

When they arrived at the warehouse, the two asked the servants to go out first. Mrs. Zhao personally opened a box. In this box were several pieces of brocade with different moiré patterns, each of which was brilliant in literature. The silk and satin are ordinary, but compared to Yunjin and Shujin, they are all in the pattern of wearing butterflies, and the other box is in the pattern of gold and jade, and when you open another box, it is in the pattern of rich and noble peonies... Just the silk and satin, there are ten kinds of patterns. Six designs and colors, each with twenty horses.Yuan Anqing felt a bit of a toothache, he sighed: "All of this is to add makeup to Xuan'er, I think Lai Zhizhong also means the same, it is to let our family marry Xuan'er in a graceful manner!"

Mrs. Zhao has already opened a small box, which is full of rubies, all of which have been polished, and the smallest one is as big as a little finger, and another box is opened, which is a box of pink pearls, although they are not too big, they are rare. Both of them were shiny and round, and the same size, and both of them gasped. These are not things that can be obtained with money.

"Open them all, so you won't be surprised again!" Yuan Anqing was speechless. It's not that he has never seen wealth. You are always low-browed and pleasing to the eye.But Jia Qiang is different, he is the real rich.

When all the boxes and cages were opened, the old couple was about to be illuminated by all kinds of lights, making their eyes hurt.Two three-foot coral bonsai, a box of tortoiseshell, a box of sapphires, a box of agarwood, and a few gold pocket watches in a box. These are not common things. Compared with these, the two boxes The gold and silver zizi made into various auspicious patterns are simply the foil in the foil.

Mrs. Zhao locked the cages again, and then straightened up: "That's fine, the dowry will be Xuan'er's private money in the future, no matter what happens in the future, Xuan'er's life will be easier!"

Yuan Anqing nodded: "Zhizhong has a heart, this is his sincerity! Next, let's prepare a dowry for Xuan'er! Those precious stones are all made for Xuan'er, and the inexhaustible ones are also made for Xuan'er Private house! Those gold and silver coins are also melted away, and our family’s silver can be taken out, so much gold will be troublesome for a while!"

Mrs. Zhao nodded and sighed: "Looking at it this way today, I feel that the dowry prepared for Xuan'er before is too shabby. Speaking of which, when Xuan'er gets married, Heng'er will also get married in a few days. Fortunately, we He is the only son in the family, otherwise, someone will know that he is a bastard, I hope he can get a name this time, and then the marriage will be easier!"

"The sons and daughters are all debts, and the son and daughter-in-law are gone, so what else can we do except for us old couple to find a way!" Yuan Anqing sighed.