Chapter 38 The Qiu Family's Dowry
Tang Junsheng sighed helplessly, "No matter whether he said it or not, we have to ask. One hundred and twenty-six taels are not a small amount!"
Ordinary families may not be able to save 126 taels for several generations.
Tang Zheng, who was out soon, came back. Seeing his indescribable expression, Jiang's heart suddenly raised, "How is it? Jing Ming's grandfather is angry? Are you so angry?"
Tang Zheng shook his head.
Jiang then breathed a sigh of relief, "It's good if you're not angry, it's good if you're not angry... What did Jing Ming's grandfather say?"
The calm Jiang family looked at Tang Zheng leisurely.
Tang Zhengdao: "Mom, the amount of the betrothal gift is determined by Grandpa Qiu!"
"Cough cough cough..." Jiang was so scared that he was choked by his saliva. Tang Junsheng also looked dull, and no matter how they thought about it, they would never think of the result.
"You Grandpa Qiu is so generous!" Tang Junsheng held it in for a long time before he said this. If he really doesn't make a sound, he will make a big splash!
Tang Zheng sat down, drank a glass of water, and said, "No! I couldn't believe this when I was at Qiu's house! Grandpa Qiu said that they originally planned to give 128 taels, but it seemed that they went out to ask around. Who said that six is more auspicious? Then it was replaced by 126 taels."
What is the difference between 126 taels and 128 taels?
Jiang Shi shivered and almost knocked over the teacup on the table, "My mother! Do I have to be grateful? I always thought that the dowry prepared for your sister was rich enough, but I didn't expect that even the other person's bet was not as good as..."
Jiang was a little depressed, not knowing whether to be happy or worried. As he said that, he secretly glanced at Du Chunyue.
Du Chunyue was straightforward, "Mom, how much dowry you and your father plan to give Aning is your business, and I don't care about your things."
Jiang laughed twice, praised Du Chunyue, and then sighed, "What should I do now? Even if Aning takes her dowry away, it is not enough!"
Du Chunyue said: "Mom, I still have some stuff on my back..."
Before he finished speaking, Jiang stared back, "We old couple are still here! How can we use your daughter-in-law's private money!"
When Tang Ning came back, he happened to see Jiang sitting in the hall with a frown, and there were a bunch of boxes and baskets tied with large straps next to her. She knew what it was, but she didn't understand how Jiang's reaction was, "Mom, you won't regret marrying me to the Qiu family!"
Jiang came to his senses and rolled his eyes in anger, "Go away, I'm annoyed by your mother! Your Grandpa Qiu really likes you. He gave you a betrothal gift of 126 taels at once. My mother didn't know what to do!"
Tang Ning was stunned for a moment and immediately understood what Jiang was worried about. She sat next to Jiang with a funny look and said, "What's wrong? Do you think my dowry is too small?"
Jiang raised his eyelids, nodded honestly, and murmured: "I don't say that it's better than this one hundred and twenty-six taels, but it can't be much different, right? This dowry is the confidence of a woman to live in her in-laws' house. The richer the dowry, the tougher she speaks. Do you understand? Besides, others will also look at her, and mother cannot make people laugh at her!"
This other person naturally refers to the Wei family and the Huang family, and of course it may also refer to her sisters-in-law. Anyway, the relationship between women has always been very reviewed and they fell in love and killed each other. Tang Ning didn't ask much, and took out a bag of silver from his arms, "Is this enough?"
Jiang's eyes lit up. He took the purse and opened it. He immediately took a breath of air conditioning, "So much?"
The purse is full of 10 taels of silver, totaling six, exactly six taels.
Tang Ning explained: "I saved a lot of money after escaping from my hometown, and this little money is nothing to me."
Jiang remembered the transaction of silk soap and her money-making skills. She believed in this. With this money, Jiang finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Sixty taels plus the sixty taels that my mother gave you, and those silver hairpins, should be 126 taels!"
Tang Ning nodded vigorously, "It must be! If not, I will get another eight taels of silver, and I will win 128 taels!"
"Go and go..." Jiang was amused and sighed: "I originally wanted you to hide half of the dowry and shine half of them. Now I guess they have to be put on the surface, but I believe you should still have money, right?"
Tang Ning nodded again, Jiang was completely relieved, and his face was full of joy.
In the evening, everyone came back from the shop and learned that the Qiu family gave him a betrothal gift. They came to watch the fun one by one. When they saw the various gifts, they were even more amazed and said that Tang Ning had met a good family.
Jiang covered her mouth and laughed, "No, it's also her stupid person who is stupid."
The foolish Tang Ning expressed dissatisfaction when he heard this, but unfortunately there was no place for her to speak here.
After the engagement, Tang Ning and Qiu Jingming were a couple in everyone's eyes. Every time Tang Ning went to Qiu's house, someone would always be joking. Fortunately, she was shameless and unaffected, and she still did what she wanted. Because she was an unmarried couple with Qiu Jingming, she would usually give her any good things she got.
Seeing that the Spring Festival is coming, thinking of the chilly year last year, everyone planned to do it well. Not only did the clothes have to be brand new, but even the bedding needs to be replaced. In fact, these bedding have only been purchased this year, so I can only say that everyone has made good money this year.
Jiang also discussed with everyone, planning to make some food for the New Year in his hometown. Tang Ning and Qiu Jingming were responsible for inquiring about how the Spring Festival was spent in Chaozhou, and there were no things that should be missing.
So I got together and found a bunch of rice cakes and glutinous rice cakes. I had to prepare this thing in many places for the New Year, but what happened to pickled vegetables? Since Chaozhou has come to Chaozhou, they have never had to worry about eating vegetables all year round, and they have never tinkered with pickled vegetables. Tang Ning almost forgot that there is this thing.
It is still good to remember the bitterness and sweetness on weekdays. I feel that eating pickles during the Chinese New Year is unreliable. What makes her even more unacceptable is that they actually put the whole piece of pickles on the plate and it is completely untreated.
In addition to pickles and lumps, there are also dried bamboo shoots, I don’t know where Jiang and the others squeeze out time to tinker with these things.
Tang Ning sighed deeply. Since he took it out, he didn't do anything.
So she cut the pickled cabbage and fish into shreds, soaked the bamboo shoots, chopped them together with the lean meat pickles, and made buns.
Chapter completed!