Chapter 451 Shuiqing's Gift
If there are grains, there are meats.
The weather is getting hotter, and fresh meat cannot be kept. The Ding family does not raise poultry and livestock, so all the meats sent are pickled and smoked meats.
In the eyes of the villagers, these pickled and smoked meats are far better than fresh meats!
Salt is so expensive, and smoking takes so much time. And this is a full 60 kilograms of pure meat. If you eat it every two or three days, you can eat it until the New Year!
The Hu family is so willing to spend it.
Hearing about 60 kilograms of meat, Zhang Chunhua pursed her lips, and her face was no longer proud.
Baldy Zhang was watching the fun happily, but suddenly thought that it was also a daughter's wedding, so why didn't his son-in-law send a betrothal gift?
Yes, Fan Dazhu gave ten taels of silver, but that was because he was lame and would be a cripple in the future!
The rice, flour and meat in front of him cost several taels of silver, so why did Fan Dazhu have nothing?
Or maybe it was because Baldy Zhang was too easy to talk to, so his son-in-law dared not take him seriously!
"One piece of fine cloth, crabapple red, one piece of pomegranate red, one piece of water red, one piece of cherry red..." Feng Dayan couldn't help swallowing her saliva when she talked about the cloth.
God, she only knew today that red alone has so many colors.
Especially since it is all calculated by piece, it is hard to imagine how happy it is to wear new clothes every day.
Zhang Chunhua stared at the bright cloth in front of her with a dark face.
Then she thought of something, and she reached out to touch the silk flower on her temples, with a smile on her lips.
"A silver hairpin, a pair of silver earrings and silver bracelets."
Feng Dayan just wanted to sigh: The Hu family's parents are really willing to spend money on their daughter-in-law who has not yet married.
Such a good father-in-law and mother-in-law, only the old village chief and her own mother-in-law can compare with them in the whole village
The villagers watching opened their mouths so wide that they could almost fit eggs.
It would be very good for their village to have one of these three pieces of jewelry. That is a treasure that can be kept in the bottom of the box and passed down. The Hu family actually gave them all at once?
Oh my god, this is not even married yet, and they are giving it as a betrothal gift? At least they should wait until they get married and serve the old couple well, and then decide whether to give it or not after seeing how the daughter-in-law performs.
In the past, except for Aunt Li, all the women who have been daughters-in-law for many years have done this?
The Hu family gave away all their assets right away, how can they control their daughter-in-law later... The kind-hearted ones thought that if the husband's family gave so much right away, they could even serve the mother-in-law during the confinement period!
Zhang Chunhua put down her hand that was touching the silk flower angrily, and her dark and thin face was so gloomy that it could drip water.
Qin Yilin knew a little about the Hu family's assets and gifts.
It was much better than the farmers in the village, but that was also compared with the people in the village. During this period, they had to buy mountains and forests and land, and buy bricks and tiles to hire people to build houses. Even if they had money in savings, it would not be much.
The valuables were put at the end. Now that they were talking about silver, there must be no more. The two stood up, and Qin Yilin said with a smile: "Brother Hu and Sister Hu, you have too much!"
Ding Heli followed up: "Yes, too much!"
It took so much effort to make so much meat, and the rice and flour were even more substantial. They were filled to the brim, without any ambiguity.
Feng Dayan said first: "There's more!"
Ding Heli and Qin Yilin were stunned. There's more?
The men, women, old and young who were watching were stunned. There's more? The silver has come out, what else can there be?
Zhang Chunhua muttered: "What else can there be? The betrothal silver, it's just eight taels of silver, and you have to put it at the end. Just now, it was said together with the silver jewelry."
The man, woman and child beside her heard it and frowned together.
Immediately, a woman retorted: "Oh, Chunhua, you are different now that you are married. You speak in a very arrogant tone.
It's just eight taels of silver? I'm afraid that the old village chief's family would not dare to say this!"
From her appearance, she looked down on eight taels of silver. You know, in the past, their whole family might not be able to save eight taels of silver in two or three years!
As for Zhang Tuzi's family, if Zhang Chunhua had not received a betrothal gift of ten taels of silver when she got married, I'm afraid they have never seen so much silver.
Zhang Chunhua's face turned red and she turned her head away without saying anything.
Feng Dayan picked up a heavy long wooden box from the cart and announced happily: "This wooden box contains a gift from Jiajia's future aunt!"
This was what Hu's mother had agreed with her in advance, but she didn't know what it was, so now she is most looking forward to it!
When she heard that it was Shuiqing's gift, Ding Heli and Qin Yilin were surprised, but they reacted quickly.
Shuiqing and Wenhua have a good relationship, so it is normal for Shuiqing to add a gift.
If it can be placed behind silver, it must be gold. The two looked at each other and thought that a gold hairpin would be fine, but a gold hairpin plus gold earrings would be too expensive...
Feng Dayan held the long wooden box, with an excited heart and trembling hands, and slowly opened the lid of the wooden box.
The golden shine that caught his eyes almost made Feng Dayan dazzled.
The people around him forgot to breathe.
Even the well-informed Ding Heli and Qin Yilin couldn't help but gasp!
Oh my God, there were not gold hairpins, nor gold earrings and gold hairpins, but pairs of gold earrings, gold hairpins, gold bracelets, jade hairpins, jade earrings, and jade bracelets!
The jade was translucent and transparent, and the color and water head were excellent at a glance.
This is not expensive anymore, this, this, Qin Yilin looked at the head of the family and stammered: "Heli, what do you say?"
Can it be accepted?
Ding Heli was also in a dilemma. He had already sent it, so could he return it?
Feng Dayan carefully looked through the jewelry in the wooden box, and then showed it to the people around him, and said with a smile: "This is a clear road. If anyone dares to steal the jewelry, they will be sent to the government and sentenced to life imprisonment!"
"Of course! I remember all this."
"Sister Dayan, don't worry. There are people patrolling the village every day, and there are many people coming and going in the village. If anyone is seen sneaking around, no matter who it is, they will be sent to the government directly!"
"We are living a good life now. We can't afford gold, and silver is a matter of words. Who would take risks and do bad things when they can't live a good life?"
There is no need to talk about other families.
Even the poorest Zhang Tuzi's family can now earn some money by making toothbrush handles. Their life is better than the rich, but better than the poor. Moreover, he can live a poor life without money, but he can't suffer a little, so he won't take risks.
As for Fan Qian's family with bad character, some are sick and some are disabled. They have the will but not the ability.
When Zhang Tuzi saw rice, noodles and meat, he was burning with jealousy, but when he saw gold and silver jewelry, he didn't care. He could get some rice, noodles and meat by forcing Fan Dazhu. As for gold and silver jewelry, he couldn't get it even if he killed Fan Dazhu!
Besides, he knew what his daughter was like. If Fan Dazhu could really get gold and silver, would he marry his daughter?
Fan Dazhu was lame, but he was not blind.
Zhang Chunhua was completely the opposite. The more she watched, the faster her heart beat. She wanted to go back and scold Fan Dazhu right now!
She turned around and saw Fan Dazhu rushing over with a cane.