Qin smiled helplessly, "The daughters of other people's families regard dowry as a major event in their lives. I have been preparing since the twelfth or thirteenth, in order to have a decent dowry when I get married, and I can live with my husband's family on my back. But with my daughter, business is the main thing, and the dowry has become a trivial matter. ”

Xiao Nuan thought about it seriously and replied, "Because other people's daughters embroider and make clothes, there is no other way to make money, and the dowry is the guarantee for their food, clothing, and housing in the future, so they care so much; Your daughter and I can make money and eat and drink without worry, so I don't need a dowry to decorate the façade. ”

Qin's face couldn't help but smile, Xiao Nuan was right, she didn't need a dowry to decorate the façade, because wherever she stopped, the money came in a hurry.

However, the Qin clan still persuaded, "Even if this is the case, we must also have what we should have." ”

"Don't worry, my daughter understands."

Xiao Nuan called Cui Qiao into the study and asked what was going on. Hearing that her mother was going to be her hairpin to buy a dowry for herself, Xiao Nuan really felt very uncomfortable; Hearing that it was Xiaocao who took out her private money, and the two grandmothers had the money to buy the dowry, Xiao Nuan's heart was so soft that she was in a mess.

The mother is kind, the sister is sensible, what else can she ask for, "Go and invite Mama Wang." ”

Mama Wang had long expected that Xiao Nuan would come back to look for her, but looking at the girl's gloomy face, she still felt a little drumming in her heart. Secretly said that this is not yet married, the girl's face is becoming more and more similar to the third master, and she will be able to pay it back in the future......

"Mama Wang, I said at the beginning, what is the total amount of money for your dowry?"

Mama Wang whispered, "Ten thousand taels." ”

"How much do you use now?"

Mama Wang hurriedly handed over the account book. In addition to the ability to farm, Mama Wang also learned how to follow the girl's requirements, clearly classify and itemize the accounts, "Mrs. and the girl let the slave maid and Sister Li buy the dowry so far, counting the screen just bought from Dengzhou, a total of 7,600 taels." According to the girl's instructions, the cloth and clothes were purchased from the cotton mill and the silk mill, and the girl's gold and silver ornaments accounted for more than 2,000 taels, and the ornaments in the house were used for nearly 2,000 taels, and the rest was mostly used to buy wood and furniture, and nearly 3,000 ......taels were used."

Xiao Nuan listened to her while looking through the account books, frowned and asked, "Isn't the furniture all made by the third fat uncle, why are there thirty more carpenters?" ”

Mama Wang replied humbly, "...... In February, the prince went to Qinjia Village to see Han San's fat marriage bed, and sent more than a dozen detailed drawings over after a few days, and asked his wife to choose the one he liked. ”

Little Warm ......

"Why don't you let me know about this?"

Mama Wang said truthfully, "Madame won't let the slaves and maids general, I'm afraid you won't agree." ”

Xiao Nuan was quiet before asking, "How much silver does it take to complete the bed?"

Mama Wang replied, "Madame chose a pedal bed with thousands of steps and a hundred steps, and designated the red sandalwood in the Shengwang Mansion, the huanghuali in the fourth village and the wenge wood in the sixth village, all three of which are good woods. The pedal bed is cleverly designed, intricately carved and beautifully decorated, so it needs to be built by multiple craftsmen, otherwise it will not be completed by May next year. ”

The villain in Xiao Nuan's heart picked up the sledgehammer irritably, eager to smash Chai Yansheng, a loser! She carefully recalled the furniture she had seen, and really didn't think that any bed would take dozens of craftsmen to build a year to complete.

Mama Wang explained, "This kind of bed is rare in our place, and it is more common for wealthy families in the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River. The marriage bed that General Wu's wife married with is a pedal bed with thousands of steps. Madame went to see it and thought it was very likely. ”

"After giving birth to a daughter, a large family began to prepare wood and find skilled craftsmen to create a marriage bed for their daughter to marry. 'Thousands of workers' means that the bed needs a thousand processes, and '100 steps' means that the daughter is still young, and it takes 100 steps to walk around the bed. This bed can be used for a lifetime, and it can be passed on to one's children. ”

The third master seems to be casual, but in some things, he is extremely particular. They have to sleep for a lifetime, maybe their children and grandchildren will continue to sleep in the bed, just spend a little more silver, Xiao Nuan admitted. As for the question of creating three sheets for Mao, Xiao Nuan didn't ask, "In addition to the bed, what else is different from the original dowry?" ”

Mama Wang replied, "There are also three Huanghuali inlaid stone arhat beds, two sour branch inlaid stone slab chaise longues, that's all." Girl, these are all things that should be, and Madame is also for you to marry decently......"

Xiao Nuan's head lowered, just listening to the name, he knew that this thing couldn't be cheap. In fact, she really wanted to tell the third master that it was good to sleep on the kang of the adobe base, and the place was cool in winter and summer, so she could roll as much as she wanted......

Thinking about it, Xiao Nuan's head deviated to an inexplicable place. Her old face turned red, and she took a sip of tea before asking seriously, "Can't stop it for 10,000 taels of silver?" ”

Mama Wang nodded, "The slave is guilty." ”

Xiao Nuan re-ordered, "In addition to these that have already been purchased, more than one hundred taels of items must be reported to me, and I can only buy them after nodding my head." ”

"Yes." Mama Wang immediately responded.

After hearing this, Qin privately told Mama Wang, "If there are any things that must be bought in the future, disassemble them into small pieces and buy them." ”

"Madame is so nice to the girl." Mama Wang was moved, Qin's own clothes were exchanged for those two sets, and they were reluctant to buy decent jewelry, but they didn't feel distressed about how much money they spent on buying a dowry for their daughter.

Qin replied as a matter of course, "The family's money is all earned by Xiao Nuan, and it is used to buy her a dowry, shouldn't it be shared?" ”

At night, when Xiaocao slept, Qin took out the marriage bed drawings sent by the third master at that time to show Xiao Nuan. Xiao Nuan unfolded the drawings, and her mouth opened wide, which is a bed, it's a small house at all, okay!

But...... It's beautiful.

Qin Shi whispered, "I asked the craftsman, this is the style of the marriage bed used in Chaozhou. These drawings sent by the third master cannot be said to have been given by his uncle, nor can they be said to be the appearance of various beds collected by her family when she chose a marriage bed for her when she was a child. ”

Xiao Nuan looked at these papers carefully, it was indeed some years. Thinking like this, her mood is different. Maybe my mother guessed correctly, this is the blueprint used by her parents when they chose a marriage bed for her after Hua Concubine was married or when she was younger. It's a pity that Hua Concubine didn't use one.

The third master sent these drawings over, which means that he likes such a bed. If it weren't for the fact that the marriage bed should have been brought by the woman, he would have chosen a craftsman to build it a long time ago.

Thinking like this, Xiao Nuan was also curious about the marriage bed, and followed her mother to see it the next day. The place where the wedding bed was built is still in Han Sanpang's house, but now Han Sanpang's house is not the same as three years ago. His house more than tripled in size and became a furniture workshop, with twenty or thirty people busy inside and outside the courtyard.

The three fat aunts saw that Xiaonuan's mother and daughter were coming, and greeted them warmly with tea and water. Xiao Nuan saw that Daye and Erye were also there, so she asked, "Today's clan study is resting?" ”

Han San smiled fatly, and his double chin became more and more obvious, "No." I took a leave of absence for both of them, went back to study next fall, and studied at home this year. ”

The third fat aunt hurriedly explained, "Thanks to you, these skilled craftsmen who are not usually seen in the family have come to the house, and the head of the family feels that the opportunity is really rare, so let them follow the board and hand the chisel, not let them start to make furniture." ”

Qin said with a smile, "You're right, this opportunity is rare, the second industry of the great cause has learned the real skills, and the son will be able to inherit his father's business in the future." ”

Han Sanpang shook his head, "Sister, this is not a son inheriting his father's business. The craftsmen in the courtyard pulled out one at random, and they were all hundreds of times stronger than our craft, and my two sons learned some fur from others, and they were also a lot stronger than me. We didn't believe it before, but now that we see it, we know what it means to have people outside the world and there is a sky outside the sky. ”

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