In the middle of the twelfth lunar month, the National Women's Prison began to have a holiday. Because the weather was too cold, Shi Fuxin treated patients who went to Saihua Tuo Residence for medical treatment at night and wanted to lie in bed and sleep in during the day.
It's a pity that Mrs. Shi deprived her of this dream.
Because Shi Fuyue was accused of being chosen by the Seventh Prince as an attendant, during this period, everyone in the palace was busy preparing her dowry.
Every morning, the girls of the Shi family were called to Yixiang Courtyard to watch how the dowry was prepared.
"You are a girl's family, and girls have to get married. You will have to go through this again in the future, so watch it carefully."
According to the custom, when a girl from the uncle's house gets married, her father-in-law will only pay five thousand taels of silver. However, Shi Fuyue entered the prince's house after all, and the dowry was too shabby. Not only did it lose the dignity of the house, but it also made the seventh prince feel neglected.
So, with Mrs. Shi's approval, the government spent 10,000 taels of silver to buy Shi Fuyue's dowry.
The dowry of ten thousand taels of silver was considered quite good, but even so, Mrs. Shi Wu felt that it was not enough, so she added a lot of land and property shops.
At that time, Fuxin made some calculations in her mind, and found out that if these land and property shops were converted into silver, she would have one to twenty thousand taels of silver.
In addition to the additional 10,000 taels of silver sent by the fifth wife's natal family, Shi Fuyue's dowry amounted to nearly 40,000 taels of silver.
Seeing such a rich dowry, Shi Zheng and his family were a little silent.
Shi Dinghao was a little tongue-tied: "Wouldn't it be such a waste of money for a noble man in the capital to marry his daughter to his wife?"
Shi Fuxin: "Do you think Shili Hongzhuang is just a joke?"
Shi Dinghao's face collapsed: "If that happens, my brother and I won't be able to get a wife, because our family can't afford that much betrothal gift."
Shi Fuxin glanced at him: "Looking at your potential, can't you think of ways to make money?"
Shi Dinghao looked troubled: "It's very troublesome to make money. Let's just talk about the teahouse opened by my eldest brother. The daily income is not as big as his expenses."
"Second brother's bookstore business is not doing well either. The last time he entertained us, he secretly borrowed money from third and fourth brothers."
"The eldest brother and the second brother are pretty good. They have a family, and the government has given them some property. Like us, we only have a few taels of silver per month. Even if we don't eat or drink, we can't raise tens of thousands of taels as betrothal gifts."
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"Marrying a wife is so difficult!"
Shi Fuxin was speechless: "You are thinking about marrying a wife now, isn't it too early?"
Shi Dinghao's eyes widened: "It's getting late. We're already thirteen after the Chinese New Year. Zhao Shenghao is just a few months older than me, and Mrs. Zhao has already started to help him see other people."
"Zhao Shenghao said that a good wife is hard to come by, so you should look for her early to avoid others getting there first."
"In terms of choosing a wife, I'm quite behind Zhao Shenghao. The Zhao family has a big business, so the betrothal gift will definitely be large. I can already predict that my future wife will not be as good as Zhao Shenghao."
Shi Fuxin looked at her stupid brother with a dull look on her face, and said abruptly: "Our family's business is not as good as that of the Zhao family, but we can rely on our charm to get a wife."
Shi Dinghao was puzzled: "Charming?"
Shi Fuxin: "Yes, you and me are both good-looking, so you can rely on your reputation to make a living."
Shi Dinghao's eyes widened: "Wouldn't that make him a freeloader?"
Shi Fuxin: "It's your ability to make a soft meal."
Shi Dinghao looked suspicious: "Really?"
Shi Fuxin nodded: "Being good-looking is also a value. People all like good-looking people. When you see beautiful women, you feel good. When you feel good, you feel energetic in whatever you do."
Shi Dinghao touched his face and started thinking seriously.
Shi Fuyin watched from the side, staring at Shi Fuxin speechlessly, and patted Shi Dinghao on the head: "A manly man, what's the point of eating soft food? Study hard, and wait until you get the first prize in Wenhua.
Wouldn’t it be better to rely on talent to marry a wife?”
Shi Dinghao touched his chin: "But I think eating soft rice can better show my unique charm."
Shi Fuyin: "......"
Shi Fuxin saw through her silly brother's thoughts at a glance
The idea of getting something for nothing: "You need to be talented to eat soft food. No matter how good-looking the skin is, without an interesting soul to support it, you will get bored if you watch it too much."
Shi Dinghao didn't take it seriously: "Sister, you and the third sister should stop talking about me. You should think about yourselves. I am a man and I can afford to wait until later to get married, but you are different."
"There are so many brothers and sisters in our house. When it's your turn to get married, I'm afraid the house won't be able to spend so much money to buy dowries for you."
"Without a good dowry, you won't be able to hold your head high in your husband's family."
Shi Fuyin and Shi Fuxin looked at each other, and then both glared at Shi Dinghao.
Among the several rooms in the uncle's house, their family has the worst financial background, and this money cannot be earned in a short time.
Shi Fuyin said softly: "I just want to find an ordinary family who doesn't need to prepare so much dowry."
Shi Fuxin was not worried about the dowry issue. Shennongtang had begun to take shape in the Northwest Bureau, and all nine border towns under the jurisdiction of the Western Region Protectorate already had Shennongtang branches.
Only because she had spent so much time this year, there was no money coming in. After the first one or two years, she would be able to make money sooner or later with the various prescriptions she had in hand.
Now she is still considering opening a Shennongtang branch in Northern Xinjiang, but unfortunately, she has never found a suitable person in charge.
Since she cannot participate in direct operations, the choice of person in charge is particularly important.
Xue Quan has already trained a group of medical apprentices and medical women. As long as the stewards responsible for the Northern Xinjiang region are found, Northern Xinjiang can start opening branches.
The biggest problem she faces now is that there are too few available talents.
Time passed by, and it came to the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, the day when Mr. Zhao got married.
Because Shi Zhenghe and his family had contacts with the Zhao family and the Wuchang uncle's house, the uncle's house also accepted the Zhao family's invitation. Early on, under the leadership of Mrs. Shi, the whole Shi family went to the Zhao family to be guests.
In the Zhao family, Shi Fuxin and Shi Funin were once again shocked by the bride's generous dowry.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Shi Fuyue's nearly 40,000 taels of silver in dowry, they already think it is enough, but compared with the Zhao family's bride's ten-mile red dowry, Shi Fuyue's dowry is a little
Not enough.
"Converting these dowries into silver, I'm afraid it would cost a small hundred thousand, right?"
Shi Fuxin pulled Shi Fuyin and whispered: "The nobles in this capital are too rich. No wonder the emperor likes to raid homes."
Shi Fuyin was also speechless. The comparison of the dowries of the bride of the Zhao family and Shi Fuyue also reflected the defeat of the uncle's house from the side.
It's the same uncle's house, and the same girl is coming out of the palace, but the pomp and circumstance is nothing comparable.
"I found that even if I marry into an ordinary family, I have to prepare a dowry for myself."
Seeing the guests pointing at the bride's dowry of the Zhao family and the satisfied look on the faces of the Zhao family after seeing the bride's dowry, Shi Fuyin felt a little worried.
The world attaches too much importance to a bride's dowry. If the dowry is too small, she will really be looked down upon by her husband's family.
"There is a trading company in the National Women's Prison. It is said to help students learn to do business. As long as they get the trading company's license, they will also provide shops. When school starts next year, I want to have a look. If I can open a shop, I can save some dowry.
OK."
When Shi Fuxin heard this, she also became interested: "I also know this, and we will do it together when the time comes."
While the two sisters were talking, they saw Shi Dinghao running into the backyard and quickly stopped him: "Why are you in the backyard?"
Shi Dinghao: "I'm here to see the dowry."
Shi Fuyin: "Where's brother?"
Shi Dinghao: "Brother Zhao is accompanying Brother Zhao outside." He lowered his voice and said, "Brother Zhao is very happy today. I am not very happy to see him."
Shi Fuyin glared at her younger brother: "Don't say this casually."
Shi Dinghao curled his lips: "That's right, the smile on Brother Zhao's face is very forced."
Shi Fuxin said softly: "This marriage was ordered by the emperor. Brother Zhao and the bride may have never met each other, let alone whether they have any feelings for each other."
"My whole life
Who can be happy if you can't make the decision on big things yourself?"
As he spoke, he sighed.
"It's not easy for everyone to make a living in the capital. Climb up. It's not good to be too conspicuous. It's easy for people above you to take notice."
"The people above, in order to demonstrate their power, like to ignore other people's wishes and force others to do things they don't like. They also call it closeness and respect."
"But if you don't climb up, you will have no power, and even everyone can step on your own head. There is no dignity at all."
"The Zhao family... is also quite difficult."
Shi Dinghao nodded fiercely: "I also said that Brother Zhao is actually quite difficult."
"Why are you here? I finally found you."
Zhao Yuyan suddenly came over, grabbed Shi Fuyin and walked to the main courtyard: "There are too many guests, I am too busy, you have to help me greet them."
Seeing Shi Fuyin being pulled away, Shi Fuxin urged Shi Dinghao to leave the backyard: "The backyard is not your place. Go to the front yard to play with Zhao Shenghao."
When Shi Dinghao left, Shi Fuxin glanced at the courtyard full of people and walked towards a place with fewer people.
After passing through the rockery verandah, Shi Fuxin was about to sit in the pavilion. As soon as she entered the pavilion, An Ran behind her quickly grabbed Shi Fuxin and kept looking at the northeast corner of the pavilion.
Shi Fuxin followed An Ran's gaze and her eyes suddenly lit up.
Because of the rockery, there is a pavilion hidden in the northeast corner of the pavilion.
At this moment, in the pavilion, Chu Yao, dressed in a white fox cloak, was lazily sitting on the edge of the railing, holding a wine glass in his hand, and quietly looking at the snow outside the pavilion.
Looking from the pavilion where Shi Fuxin was sitting, we could just see her profile.
The perfect facial contours and melancholy eyes, even though they were several meters away, Chu Yao's broken feeling was still clearly reflected in Shi Fuxin's eyelids.
"This damn feeling of fragmentation makes me feel so sad when I see it."
Shi Fuxin clicked her tongue and shook her head.
An Ran and Xiao Fang behind them looked at each other and quickly lowered their heads.
The girls in their family are always like this... they won't stop talking without saying anything surprising...
Chu Yao noticed someone coming in the pavilion next door early in the morning, but he ignored it until... he felt a line of sight seemed to be on him, and then he glanced lazily behind him.
Oh, he said who was so brave and dared to keep staring at him, it turned out to be the round pomegranate.
"When you stare at me like this...it's hard not to make me think you're up to something bad."
"What bad ideas could I have? Even if I do, are you afraid?"
Listening to the sound of music playing in the distance, Chu Yao was not in a good mood. He couldn't help but think of all the bad words Dongfang Yunrong encountered after he was accused of being accused by the sixth prince.
"Do you also think I'm a joke?" Maybe he had been feeling aggrieved for too long, or maybe he felt that Shi Fuxin had nothing to do with him to vent his emotions, so Chu Yao asked Shi Fuxin coldly.
Shi Fuxin asked back: "Are you a joke?"
Hearing this, An Ran and Xiao Fang lowered their heads even lower.
But Chu Yao smiled, took a deep look at Shi Fuxin, turned his head, raised his head and drank the cold wine in his hand. Then, with a "swish" sound, a wine glass shot straight towards Shi Fuxin.
Shi Fuxin hesitated for a moment, then stretched out her hand and firmly caught the wine glass.
When Chu Yao saw it, the smile on his lips deepened.
Feeling the chill coming from her fingertips, Shi Fuxin glanced at the stove that was burning brightly in the pavilion: "Isn't there a stove? Why don't you heat up the wine before drinking it? On such a cold day, it's better to drink hot wine."