Chapter 124
This year's winter has grown particularly early. By mid-March, the weather has not warmed up, but it will not snow at least. However, if you stay outside, if you don't wear big clothes, you will soon be cold.
The spring dress in the mansion was ready, but it was still not allowed to wear it. After the clothes were ready, Yin Liu sent the things to Mei Yuan as Mu Yun ordered. Seeing the clothes, although Mei Yuan thought that this year's big sweater might have one of hers, she didn't expect Mu Yun to give her so much at once. In addition, when Jingwen got married last time Mu Yun also asked the mansion to make her a set of spring, summer, autumn and winter clothes for her. In addition, the past and now Mei Yuan didn't have to make big sweater clothes for many years.
Alas, this is the case with the master. As long as he can see her, she will treat you with kindness.
Mei Yuan couldn't help but feel emotion when she looked at the dowry stuff in her room.
Mu Yun is not suitable for hard work now, so Mei Yuan's marriage is naturally decided by her parents. Sun Manager's family has been working under Mu Yun over the years and has saved a lot of private houses. In addition, the two sons have been married, so the old couple saved 500 taels of silver for Mei Yuan to buy a dowry. Mei Yuan knew that this was all the savings of her parents in recent years. She was afraid that her parents would give her so much, so what would happen if the two sister-in-law had any objections to them.
She refused at first, but later her sister-in-law advised her: "Sister, don't worry. Since it was given to you by your parents, it's yours. We will never have any opinions about our parents because of this." Sister Mei Yuan comforted her.
When Mei Yuan heard what her sister-in-law said, her parents arranged for her, but she gave the two hundred taels of silver she had saved to her mother: "Mom, you have been very worried."
Mei Yuan used to save a lot of good things in Qiao's house. After following Mu Yun's dowry to the Wen family, she was slightly worse in the first one or two years, but in the past two years, the Wen family's family has improved a lot, and Mu Yun treats her very well.
Needless to say, there are several boxes full of clothes, and there is no need to buy them at all, because Mu Yun has a dyeing workshop. Even the jewelry on the head is tiny and there are several boxes, and the current silver is 400 or 500 taels. Therefore, when applying for the dowry, Mei Yuan specifically told her mother not to spend money on these things.
Mei Yuan's mother looked at her jewelry box and saw that she had four or five sets of gold and silver jewelry, and several other scattered ones, as well as a complete set of brand new boxwood combs and red sandalwood combs embedded in the tinsel. Their richness was as good as Jingwen's makeup box a while ago.
She smiled and said, "You are really a lot of things, and you have enough clothes for your daily life. But since you are getting married, you must buy a few new items. It's better to make a set of gold and silver jewelry. I see that there are a few old colors in your jewelry. It's better to take this opportunity to take them out and let them blow them up or melt them and then re-engage the new styles of fashion." Mei Yuan thought about it and then followed her mother.
Fortunately, Mei Yuan’s wedding date was not as rushing as Jingwen, and the furniture and so on had been prepared. After the engagement, Mei Yuan’s mother asked for the size of Zheng Lu’s house. Zheng Lu’s house was really not big, less than three places, and it was a little old. Although there were some furniture inside, most of them were a little old. After hearing this, Mei Yuan’s mother asked someone to put on a bed, a four-door wardrobe, a pair of top boxes, a dressing table and an eight-immortal table, a chair, toilet, clothes hanger, washbasin rack, etc., all of which were hardwood furniture with red paint.
Although it is not as expensive as rosewood and yellow rosewood, it is more affordable and sturdy. These furniture alone cost 220 taels of silver, plus other rouge, furnishings, etc., and 70 to 80 taels of scattered pieces.
Finally, when Mei Yuan's mother saw that she had more than 400 taels of silver left in her hand, she discussed with Mei Yuan that it would be better to buy a small shop or a small house to pay out for rent, which would be better than to keep it in her hand. Then she would be decent in her dowry.
Mei Yuan's mother asked Muyun to help her spend 500 taels of silver to buy a small shop a few years ago. Although the area is not large, because it is close to a side door of Wenhua Academy, it can make 70 to 80 taels of silver every year, which is enough for her daily expenses.
She only spent 300 taels of silver to take it off. Now if the shop is sold again, it will be sold at least 600 taels. Mei Yuan is naturally happy, but it is difficult to find the shop for a while. Fortunately, she has 50 acres of land given by Mu Yun in her hand, so there is no hurry to rush the shop for the house, so she will put it aside for the time being.
Later, after Mu Yun heard about this, he found someone to find a small house for her, which was very close to the Imperial College.
Although the house is smaller, the annual rent is quite considerable, so Mei Yuan naturally couldn't help but feel happy.
However, after Zheng Lu gave the betrothal gift in the first month of the year.
After that, Zheng Lu sent some things one after another. Although he had not saved much cash, he also had a lot of good things. After all, the Ministry of Justice often searched homes and took advantage of the troubled waters and could always get some good things.
These betrothal gifts are actually not bad, and they are quite heavy in their identities. Mu Yun later saw Zheng Lu cares so much about Mei Yuan and nodded secretly. A few days before Mei Yuan got married, one night she had someone quietly carry two boxes to Mei Yuan's house.
In one box, there was a pair of vases, a small kang screen, some medicinal materials, supplements, etc. In the other box, there was a set of Four Treasures of Study, Enlightenment books, a complete set of Four Books and Five Classics, as well as four or five military books such as "Sun Tzu". Although there is movable type printing technology, the books on the market are slightly cheaper, this big box of books costs more than a hundred taels of silver.
Mei Yuan understood Mu Yun’s meaning, which was to let her have a good life after having a child in the future. Mei Yuan’s mother was illiterate and could not understand Mu Yun’s profound meaning, and she only smiled and said, “Even if there are only these two empty boxes, it’s worth it. This is from mahogany. Madam really loves you.”
However, this is not counting. On March 20th, Mu Yun came here to add a pair of red gold hairpins in the style of magpies, a pair of red bracelets and a small purse of gold beads, with practical actions to show everyone: as long as you serve your master with your heart and do not make unreasonable thoughts, your master will definitely not treat you badly.
Not to mention that Mu Yun gave Mei Yuan several jewelry and fifty acres of land in private. Mu Yun said to her: "You don't have to be too arrogant after you marry. We don't want others to live a life. If you have time, come back more. After all, you will be an official wife after you marry. Others dare not underestimate you on the surface. And you naturally have to respect your parents-in-law, but don't lose your momentum. Our Wen Mansion will always be your parents' home. If you suffer grievances, just come back." Mei Yuan agreed with red eyes.
Mu Yun treats Mei Yuan well like this, so what about Jingwen? Of course, she treats everyone equally. Jingwen is a good person herself. Before she got married, Mu Yun also gave something worthless to Mei Yuan in private.
But Mu Yun had a deeper relationship with Mei Yuan, and the gift he gave was also heavy.
The main reason is that Mei Yuan is grateful to her for serving her hard and hard work over the years and has her own little thoughts.
Mei Yuan married some people, so she would be married if she could applaud her. I think Mei Yuan was over nine years old when she arrived at her house. Now she is sixteen and is about to marry into a wife. Zheng Lu is not the only one day, but she still has an old mother at home. Fortunately, Zheng Lu doesn't live with her parents, so she can be considered pure.
Mu Yun never mind treating her maids kindly with her dowry. After all, in this era, dowry is something that women can live in, and she will never let people who are good to her down! Therefore, she hopes that both Jingwen and Mei Yuan can be good.
I hope they are tough and don’t turn their lives into such a kind of aggrieved and aggrieved young wife.
Chapter completed!