Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 492: Makeup Gift

However, when Yun went to school, she was like a child who could not leave her mother and insisted on following Yun to the school for a stroll.

Then she stood outside the window of the schoolhouse and eavesdropped on the teachers' lectures, calling it learning and prenatal education. In fact, Ni Daya could not read at all before she was ten years old.

However, later, after Hua Mancheng arrived at the valley, she followed Cheng Linsheng, and Hua Mancheng gave them special lessons every morning and evening. Over time, she gradually learned to read.

Now, she can recognize basic words and numbers. When she was at Hua's house, she often borrowed Xiaoyuan's enlightenment books to read, and she is also a person who loves to learn.

Two months later, Hualei carefully calculated the school's accounts. The income and expenditure were balanced, with a slight surplus. Hualei was very satisfied.

In early March, Xiaoyuan passed the county exam for the first time and ranked first. Hualei was very happy, and of course, Hua Mancheng and Yun Siwan were even happier.

Hua Lei asked Aunt Song to prepare a table of delicious food, and the family gathered together and had a great time.

Yunhai ranked second and qualified as a Tongsheng. Rongjue also passed the exam smoothly. Although his ranking was not as good as Xiaoyuan and Yunhai, he had a good attitude.

When Hualei was preparing delicious food for Xiaoyuan at home, he also came over after hearing the news. He said that because of his poor ranking, the Marquisate did not prepare any delicious food for him, which made Hualei smile knowingly and hurriedly asked Qingying and others to bring him bowls and chopsticks.

In early April, the Zhenbei Marquis's Mansion sent the engagement letter and gift letter to Hua's house in Yongningfang. A few days later, the four married people invited by the Marquis's Mansion, as well as the matchmaker, brought the engagement letter, gift money and 108 loads of betrothal gifts to Hua's house.

· The originally not very spacious courtyard of Hualei's home was filled to the brim. Hualei discovered that this ancient betrothal gift was indeed somewhat different from that of her previous life.

Although she had never been married in her previous life, she still knew something about the pre-marital tug-of-war between men and women in her previous life, as well as the materials that needed to be prepared.

However, among the betrothal gifts sent by the Zhenbei Marquis’ Mansion, eight of them were made entirely of gold ingots, which was similar to the betrothal gift in the previous life.

There are also many jewelry and jade articles for the bride, such as flower-shaped headpieces, dragon-and-phoenix bracelets, jade pendants in pairs, etc. I wonder if this is the same as the three golds and five golds given by the husband’s family before the marriage in the previous life?

If so, it seems that the hardware given by the Great Sheng Dynasty seems to be more grand and thicker. Just a pair of golden wedding bracelets with dragon and phoenix patterns is worth a lot of money.

In addition to these, the betrothal gifts also include various kinds of betrothal cakes, various seafood, candies, dried fruits, wine, tea, three kinds of meat, rice and flour, etc. It can be said that the variety is so wide that it is dazzling.

Looking at the betrothal gifts tied with red ribbons in the courtyard, Hualei smiled slightly, feeling very satisfied. The more generous the betrothal gifts from the man, the more he values ​​her.

I am a layman, I cannot do a simple naked wedding, nor do I believe in the saying "the gift is small but the sentiment is great". This generous betrothal gift, this pleasing red color, is very much to my liking.

Of course, Hualei also followed the custom and prepared generous return gifts for the Zhenbei Marquis's Mansion and the various rooms in the mansion. Hualei always did a good job of exchanging gifts and being polite and restrained.

Ten days later, the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion wrote down the auspicious date of May 18th for the wedding on the gift list and asked the matchmaker to deliver it to Hua Mancheng and his wife, asking for their consent. Hua Mancheng immediately wrote a reply and asked the matchmaker to take it back to the Marquis Mansion.

In the following days, Hua Lei still went to the Silin Bureau to work as usual. It was estimated that there was no other bride-to-be who was so keen on working in the Great Sheng Dynasty.

Even though Lord Yu disliked Hua Lei, he was very impressed when he saw that she came to work diligently every day and earned the monthly salary of ten taels of silver, even though she was about to marry into the Zhenbei Marquis's mansion as a young lady.

After all, the 108-cargo betrothal gift from the Zhenbei Marquisate was the highest-ranking gift in the capital, except for the royal family. Not everyone can remain calm in the face of adversity.

Hua Lei didn't quite understand what Lord Yu was thinking. She still handled her tasks as usual every day. When it was time to go out on field work, she still went around the barren mountains diligently.

It was not until May 12 that Hualei began to take leave and prepared to be a bride. In the following days, Hualei began to take care of her skin every day under the supervision of Qingying and Qinglian.

During this period, Lord Bai, Gui Jijiu, Liang Xiangyi, Zhou Ziren's uncle and other familiar people all sent Hualei generous gifts to add to her dowry.

Ruyi, agate and pearls were also given to Hualei as gifts for her best friend. In fact, as the man's sisters, they didn't need to give Hualei any gifts to add to her makeup.

However, they not only gave gifts, but also gave very generous gifts. In their words, before Hualei became their sister-in-law, she was already their best friend.

When her best friend got married, she had to give a dowry gift. So, Hualei, who was originally embarrassed to accept the gift, accepted it with a clear conscience.

The crew member who had not yet returned to the capital city had sent Hualei five thousand taels of silver notes and a thick handwritten letter. The letter was full of joy and blessings. Of course, she also told Hualei that she would not be able to be present on the wedding day.

And Manju, who runs the Nishang Pavilion, not only paid for all the formal dresses for everyone in the Hua residence on the wedding day, but also gave Hualei a deed to a prosperous shop on Zhuque Street, which was really beyond Hualei's expectations.

You know, the shops on the four streets of Qinglong, Baihu, Zhuque and Xuanwu in Shangjing City are very difficult to buy. I have been searching for several years but have not been able to buy anything.

However, the cheerful Agate also gave Hualei a name for the shop, "Cornucopia". She smiled and said that she thought Hualei would definitely like this shop name, and that Hualei would definitely have the ability to turn the shop into a real cornucopia.

Zhenzhu also generously gave Hualei a farm. The 800 acres of top-quality farmland and the farm were also worth a lot of money.

In Shangjing City, it is difficult to buy a shop in a good location, and it is equally difficult to buy a large farm with good fields. Pearl must have been searching for a long time.

Hualei was very touched when she saw the three dowry gifts. The three sisters must have discussed this beforehand, and the dowry gifts included a field, a shop, and cash.

Moreover, it was given to me as a dowry before I got married, so it was a real dowry to me.

You know, in the Great Sheng Dynasty, dowry was a woman’s personal property.