Cannon fodder also wants to live (through the book)

27 Chapter 27 Dowry

Seeing her expression, Zhang Caixuan understood that it was fake that she came out to see her off, and the purpose was to ask questions, and said: "Don't send me off, sister-in-law three, go back, you are worrying about coming back alone with your stomach full."

Wu's goal was achieved, and he didn't force it, and said with a smile: "I'm here to watch you go home."

Zhang Caixuan didn't care, she took the silver and went to the west of the village, and the women she met on the way would greet her.When she was about to turn onto the path of her house, she heard a dispute in the courtyard of the Gu family.

From the corner of the eye, I saw the big red carriage parked in front of Gu's house. If you look closely, you will find that this carriage is very different from Mrs. Zhou's. It is decorated with pearls and the hood is silver-plated. It is very ostentatious at first glance, while Zhou Madam's carriage is darker in color, it is that kind of low-key luxury.

At this time, the coachman was sitting in the carriage, and he was flicking the whip in his hand in a bored manner. Zhang Caixuan didn't look at him, and her attention fell on the master and servant beside the carriage.

The woman was dressed in white, with delicate features, thin body, and looked a little weak. The little girl beside her supported her and was listening carefully to the sound of arguments in the yard.

After Zhang Caixuan glanced at it, she turned and left.If you think about it, you know that the Gu family's affairs are not simple.

Just turning around, I heard a woman calling, "Girl..."

The voice is soft and beautiful.

At the same time, Zhang Caixuan also heard the sound of footsteps catching up behind her. ,all in

"Girl, can I ask you a few questions?"

Zhang Caixuan turned around, and saw the girl in plain white clothes just now approaching.

She felt a little strange in her heart, and said, "Tell me."

"Is there any land here?" The woman looked eager, "I mean, can houses be built here?"

Zhang Caixuan was a little dazed, and didn't understand why all these people wanted to live in the remote Qingshan Village.

He said casually: "I don't know, you can ask the village chief."

She was careless, and the girl thanked her earnestly.

After Zhang Caixuan returned home, she went to the field to pull out weeds in the afternoon. Because it was a wasteland, there were more weeds than other fields.

She has been avoiding the sun intentionally or unintentionally recently, but she doesn't want to get burned when she gets married.

Thinking of getting married, Qin Sulin made an appointment with her to go shopping in the capital tomorrow, mainly to prepare some fabrics and porcelain as a dowry.Speaking of which, he was willing to seek her advice on the decoration of his home, and he was also willing to cook in the kitchen. Zhang Caixuan felt very lucky to meet such a person in Nanyue Kingdom.

You know, she has lived in Zhang's house for so long, and she has never seen Zhang Quanfu and his sons enter the kitchen once. Even the hot water is made by Mrs. Li and the others.

In the early morning of the next day, when Qin Sulin came to knock on the door, the carriage was already ready. Zhang Caixuan was wearing emerald green clothes, and she wore the gourd and jade hairpin on her hair to make her feel refreshed.

When Qin Surin saw her, her skin was as white as jade, her cheeks were slightly pink, and her throat moved. She thought she would be married soon after a month, but now she felt that it was still a long time.

He paused and said, "Caixuan, let's go."

His voice was a little low, and he seemed a little hoarse. Zhang Caixuan gave him a strange look, and felt relieved when he saw that his expression was normal.

Of course, there was nothing wrong with Qin Sulin's copper-colored skin.

The people in the village are not too busy now. At this time, there are no shortage of places to recruit short-term workers. However, because there are Gu family building houses, the wages are more than those used to go out to work as part-time workers. weeds.

But there is no way out, but anyone who has a way has gone outside, who would dislike a lot of money.

The carriage passed through the village, went directly to the town, and headed towards the capital without stopping.

It was still early when entering the city, so Qin Sulin took her to Guyuan Street, which was the street of the restaurant where Zhang Caixuan met Baoqin last time.

Most of the people who come and go on Guyuan Street are ordinary people, and there are also a little richer families. Of course, such as the last time the master holding the piano, I occasionally see them.

The things on this street are more friendly to ordinary people, and the fabrics and the like are cheaper than those in Huanxi Town. Zhang Caixuan went straight to the cloth village, and Qin Sulin guarded her to enter the door.

Zhang Caixuan didn't buy the expensive silk, but only bought fine cotton cloth, and even bought two bolts of coarse cloth, five or six bolts in total. If only the two of them wore it, they might not need to buy cloth for a few years. If you order it, it will be enough to wear it for more than ten years.

When a girl in the village gets married, the natal family has to make several sets of clothes, so that she can save some clothes and don't need to buy new clothes for several years.

Zhang Caixuan is a bit too exaggerated.

The clerk was not displeased because she didn't buy satin, but when he saw that she bought so much muslin, his attitude was even more hospitable.

Qin Sulin followed silently all the way, and when Zhang Caixuan chose two pieces of dark blue and azure fabrics that were obviously for men, the corners of his mouth twitched.

Seeing that Zhang Caixuan asked his partner to calculate the accounts, Qin Sulin stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Don't you want to buy some satin?"

Zhang Caixuan refused straight away, "I won't buy it."

Silk and satin are not easy to wear when you take them back to work, and they are useless except for looking good.

Qin Surin thought for a while, and said to the clerk, "Bring that pink one over here."

The man glanced at him, turned around with a smile and took it. He reached out and touched it, only to feel that it was smooth and cold.

Zhang Caixuan smiled and said, "You don't need to buy this."

Qin Surin said to the clerk, "Calculate together."

The two spoke at the same time, the buddy looked at this and then at that, Qin Surin said seriously: "Put them together."

Zhang Caixuan was not entangled, and looked at the fur beside her in a blink of an eye. There were all kinds of furs, and there was even a cloak made of snow-white fox fur.

Seeing her looking over there, the man smiled and said, "Girl, these are from last year. The owner said that these furs will be cheaper. If you like them, now is the best time to buy them. If it's the second half of the year, it won't be this one." Price."

Zhang Caixuan smiled, "No need, that's all."

The guy smiled all over his face, "The total is 320 Wen. If you buy so much, you can pay only five taels."

Zhang Caixuan was about to take out the silver, when a big copper-colored hand had already handed him a silver ingot of five taels.

"This is my dowry," she emphasized.

Qin Surin smiled, "Anyway, it's the two of us who wear it, besides, you are my wife, shouldn't I buy you some fabrics?"

Zhang Caixuan: "..." Do you know what dowry is?

The cloth was loaded into the carriage, and it looked quite spectacular when piled together. Zhang Caixuan saw that Qin Sulin's expression remained unchanged, and asked with a smile, "Don't you think I wasted money?"

Qin Sulin's eyes were gentle, "It's as long as you are happy."

Zhang Caixuan was dumb, but her mood became even more elevated.

The next step is to buy porcelain. She has no requirements for exquisite styles, as long as they are suitable for use, she bought some bowls and chopsticks and vases.

Zhang Caixuan insisted on paying the money by herself, but Qin Sulin didn't force it.I went to buy some wooden basins and other utensils, all of which were painted with bright red paint, which looked festive.This time the carriage was more than half full, and Zhang Caixuan was in a good mood. Sure enough, every woman is happy to spend money in her bones.

Qin Sulin was also very happy to see the bright red in the carriage. Seeing that the smile on her lips never faded, she said in a low voice, "Caixuan, let's go eat first."

He didn't say anything, Zhang Caixuan didn't realize that it was getting late, she looked at the sky, "Come back after dinner."

The two entered a small restaurant casually, and the surroundings were lively, and because of the excitement, the two sat and waited for the waiter to serve the dishes.

Looking at the girl on the opposite side, after she stayed in a place like Zhou Mansion for several years, she did not insist on food and clothing at all, she could eat coarse grain steamed buns, and she still wore fine cloth clothes, Qin Sulin couldn't help but said: "In the future , I will treat you well."

Zhang Caixuan didn't know what was going on in his heart, and only planned to buy a few jars of salt to take back.When she knew that she would be hungry and eat grass roots and bark in the future, eating coarse grain steamed buns was already a good meal.

After the meal, Qin Surin got into the carriage with her, and asked casually, "Is there anything else you want to buy?"

Zhang Caixuan paused when she got into the carriage, "Buy salt."

Qin Surin was a little surprised, she just bought it last year, no matter how fast she ate it, she was alone, and they will get married in a month, raised eyebrows and asked with a smile: "Do you want to buy salt as a dowry?"

Zhang Caixuan turned around and asked, "Isn't it possible?"

Thinking of writing salt in the dowry list, Qin Sulin couldn't help but let out a smile, "Of course, even if you bring a leaf, I will offer it well."

Zhang Caixuan snorted coldly.

In the end, I bought ten jars of salt and went back. Salt is not cheap, and I really use salt as a dowry.

In Qin Sulin's eyes, Zhang Caixuan just annoyed him as a joke.

When we returned to the village, it was getting late, and when we moved the things into the house, there was only a hazy night outside.

Early in the morning of the second day, Hu Niuniang ran to her excitedly, holding a needle and thread in her hand, and said mysteriously: "Caixuan, I heard that the person who came yesterday was Mrs. Gu. For some reason, her The niece of my natal family also wants to buy land in the west to build a house.”

With her inquiry that day, Zhang Caixuan was not too surprised, but wondered why they moved here.But now there is no sign of it.

Hu Niu Niu's face was full of excitement, "It's all right now, Hu Niu's father didn't find a job, so now he can continue building houses."

Zhang Caixuan agreed, "It's pretty good."

Seeing her sincerity, Hu Niuniang smiled and said: "At the beginning you wanted to live here, many people thought it was not good. You are a girl, and this place is too remote, but now it is very different. Mr. Qin can't move here. Said, all these rich and noble people come here one by one, it can be seen that this is a place of geomantic omen."

"Auntie, that's not right." Zhang Caixuan held a dress in her hand, which she made for herself.

Hu Niuniang was not convinced, "Why is it wrong?"

Zhang Caixuan asked with a smile, "Is there any other place in the village where you can build a house?"

Hu Niuniang: "..." It seems that there is no such thing.

Zhang Caixuan also felt that it might be a coincidence.Because of the arrival of the Gu brothers and sisters, that girl...that is, Mrs. Gu's niece from her mother's family moved here to live.

Sure enough, in the afternoon, the village head brought the yamen messenger to measure the land boundary. The girl only bought one acre, which was next to the house of the Gu brothers and sisters.

As a result, the village west became lively again.

The only difference from the brothers and sisters of the Gu family is that the girl built her house out of adobe bricks, and like Zhang Caixuan, she paid ten cents a day, regardless of food.

With the generosity of the Gu family in front, she seemed a little stingy.But now it's not the village's turn to choose, the girl only built four houses, and there are so many idle people, she doesn't have a few days' work at all.

There are many people who have figured this out, and no one dislikes it at all. As long as the village chief calls, there is no one who refuses.

Mrs. Gu's niece is surnamed Yang and her name is Yang Xuan'er. Because her house is not in good condition, she is now living in Gu's house. Judging by her appearance, she should not be a very wealthy person.She also came here once with Gu Yuelin.

Zhang Caixuan just listen to the things outside, and now she is hurrying to prepare the dowry. When Hu Niangniang comes, she is not good at embroidering wedding dresses, and she embroiders when she is alone at home. Embroidered the delicate ones, only leaned on the atmosphere, embroidered simple cloud patterns, the material of the wedding dress was given by Qin Sulin to the matchmaker during the application period, the etiquette between them is simple, but everyone knows that Qin Sulin has not treated badly She valued her very much.

You know, the material of Zhang Caixuan's wedding dress is Yunpiansha from other places, which is very valuable, and it can be regarded as the first piece in Qingshan Village.

After embroidering, it is as light as a cloud, very atmospheric and beautiful.

When Zhang Caixuan was making clothes, she simply measured Qin Sulin's size and planned to help him make clothes.

This is the same as the wedding dress, it is not good to do it in front of outsiders, it is not impolite, it is normal for a fiancée to help the fiancé who is about to get married to make clothes, but Zhang Caixuan is not so generous to let outsiders watch.Girls, you should be more reserved.

Of course, there is no need to avoid suspicion after getting married.

At the end of April, Yang Xuan'er's house was completed, but the courtyard walls of her house were made of green bricks, but the house was all made of earthen bricks, which was really weird.

But thinking of her living alone in a girl's house, it feels normal to use blue bricks for the courtyard wall.

Yes, Yang Xuan'er lived alone. She was an orphan, and lived in Gu's family. Now that the Gu family split up, the huge family fell apart, but she didn't live with Mrs. Gu, but ran to the remote Qingshan Village.

Hu Niuniang said that many people in the village guessed that Yang Xuan'er might fall in love with Gu Yuejing and came here with her lover.

Of course, it's just a private guess, it's about the reputation of the girl's family, so I dare not talk nonsense.

Zhang Caixuan originally thought that she and Qin Sulin would get married next, but Yang Xuan'er was in a hurry to move out of Gu's house and chose an auspicious time, the first day of May.

She is still a little different from the Gu family brothers and sisters. The Gu family moved, probably not familiar with the villagers, so they moved quietly.Yang Xuan'er was like the people in the village. She bought food, meat and vegetables, invited everyone to eat, and helped by the way.

In short, it is no different from people who live in the village themselves.

On the last day of April, Mrs. Li made a rare visit.

The Zhang family still owes her five taels of silver, Xiao Li and the others see that she is also very gentle, and she won't feel disgusted if they get along so lightly.

After all, she wants to stay in the village for a long time, and it is not good for her to really break up with the Zhang family.You must know that people with the surname Zhang accounted for the majority of the village, and everyone had some relatives. In their eyes, Zhang Caixuan was just a girl who had just returned from outside, and her relationship with her was definitely not as good as that of Zhang Quanfu's family who had never left the village.If there is a real quarrel, it must be to help the Zhang family. Even if she is not at a disadvantage now, if she is isolated in the village in the future, it is still possible.

Since her return, the Zhang family has not done anything that disgusts her. If everyone can live in harmony, Zhang Caixuan will certainly not tear her face apart.

Taking her into the house, Mrs. Li looked around and said with satisfaction: "Caixuan is really capable, and the house is kept clean and tidy."

Zhang Caixuan poured her tea and said with a smile, "Don't praise me, auntie."

Mrs. Li lowered her head to drink tea, and said: "You are getting married, your uncle said, and prepared a quilt for you, it is our heart, I will deliver it in two days."

Zhang Caixuan hurriedly refused, "No, keep it for yourself."

Mrs. Li smiled and shook her head, "When a girl in the village gets married, uncle should prepare a quilt."

After finishing speaking, don't wait for Zhang Caixuan to refuse again.She suppressed her smile, put down her teacup, looked at the empty yard, and lowered her voice, "By the way, I'm here today, and I have something to ask you."

Zhang Caixuan looked up at her.

Mrs. Li was a little worried, "You have been in the Zhou Mansion for several years, and Miss Yang will move tomorrow. You said that we are just a gift... how can I give it more appropriate?"

Zhang Caixuan laughed, "The Zhou family doesn't teach this either."

But what Li Shi asked was indeed a question. Although Yang Xuan'er was an orphan, she looked like she was raised and raised, which was different from the people in the village.Now that you've already been invited, it's inappropriate not to go, but you can't be too casual with the ceremony.

Mrs. Li was right after thinking about it, and said again: "Isn't it... I feel that you are more measured, so I came here to ask you."

After thinking about it, Zhang Caixuan said: "Neighbors, you can give what you should give."

Mrs. Li was dumbfounded, "If it's really a village relationship, maybe there is only one catty of grain..."

Or whole grains. ,all in

,all in

I'm afraid Yang Xuan'er won't eat this either.

Fortunately, the Yang family spread the news when it was getting dark, saying that they don't want everyone's accompanying gifts, but just want everyone to have fun and meet new neighbors.If you really give it away, just treat her as a neighbor.

The next day was the first day of May, and Zhang Caixuan also went, and Yang Xuan'er had personally invited her at the door when the date was set.

Everyone who was holding the gift book and still a little nervous relaxed instantly after seeing the dishes Yang Xuaner had prepared.

Those dishes are exactly the same as those used for weddings by villagers, and they are not expensive, even the steamed buns are made of coarse grains.It can be seen from this that Yang Xuan'er is not rich, but because of this, everyone feels a lot closer to her.

Zhang Caixuan didn't think that Yang Xuan'er could not offer better dishes. The reason for this was probably because she wanted to establish a good relationship with the villagers. Now it seems that Hu Niuniang and a few women came in to chat with her.

Yang Xuan'er looks weak, but she has a good temper. She doesn't show any contempt for these village women in her expressions and movements, but greets them warmly.

The brothers and sisters of the Gu family are not as open as she is, and if they sit in the room at will for no reason, it will make people feel uncomfortable to get close to, and most people dare not come forward.

But it's just that most people dare not.

The brothers and sisters of the Gu family are really good-looking, especially Gu Yuejing, who looks like a handsome young man. The little daughter-in-laws in the village dare not look at them, let alone the girl's family. Take a look.

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