The Zhou family, Dong and Chang Lian have returned home. Zhulan took Li and Zhao to sort out the gifts for the wedding banquet. They really didn't have time yesterday.
Unlike modern times, people rarely gave money as gifts in ancient times. Instead, they gave gifts.
At a wedding banquet, the gift boxes received by the Zhou family filled up half of the room. Zhulan had never seen them before. After checking, she found that most of the gifts were for daily use, such as decorations, fabrics, spices and other things.
Zhulan picked out quite a few for the newlyweds, mostly red and festive gifts for weddings.
Zhulan doesn't like spices because the smell is too strong and she can't stand it. She put them all away and she doesn't plan to use them for her family.
Most of the fabrics were brightly colored and festive, suitable for newlyweds, and Zhulan also picked them out.
Everything was sorted out, and Zhulan felt like she was at a loss. She paid for the bride's wedding and the wedding banquet, but all the gifts were for the newlyweds. There was only a small amount of food for the whole family, and some fabric for making clothes for the children. In the future, the return gifts would also have to be paid by her and Zhou Shuren, because they didn't split up the family!
Zhulan distributed the cloth that could be used to make clothes for the children to Li and Zhao.
The rest were packed into boxes and carried to Chang Lian's yard by Boss Zhou. They were all useful to the young couple.
Li was jealous. When she married the head of the family, she had no relatives in the Zhou family, nor were they close to the clan members. There were really few people who came to attend, and even fewer gifts. Plus, the dynasty had only been established for a few years at that time, and weddings were not as grand as they are now. The gifts given were only for the newlyweds. It was good enough for her to be able to bring gifts at that time, and they were mostly food. She only kept a few pieces of cloth for herself.
Zhulan, "Don't look at it. It's useless. It's only for newlyweds."
Li pursed her lips unwillingly. There were so many things that she couldn't use, so out of sight, out of mind. "Mom, we have packed up the gifts, let's go back to the main courtyard!"
Otherwise, it would be upsetting just to watch, and the lunch would not be tasty. Woohoo, I just can't accept this. I can't help thinking, if my third brother's wedding is like this, the scene must be even bigger when my youngest brother gets married. It hurts so much that I hold my heart.
Zhulan was too lazy to pay attention to Li. She had invested money and effort, and she had to repay the person in the future, but she couldn't keep her composure!
In the afternoon, Chang Lian and Dong came back. Looking at Dong's smiling face with the corners of her mouth raised high, he knew that she was not insulted when she came back home today.
Zhulan said, "Go back and have a rest. By the way, I have sent all the gifts from the wedding banquet to your yard. You can go back and sort them out yourself!"
Chang Lian drank a lot of wine and felt a little uncomfortable, so he said, "Mom, let's go back to the yard first."
"Go back."
At dinner time, Li was happy again, Zhulan raised her eyebrows, and Mingteng leaned close to grandma's ear and said, "Third aunt gave mother a lot of cloth and a pair of bottles for decoration, and mother was happy."
Ming Teng didn't lower his voice, and everyone at Zhulan's table heard it.
Li, “… … ..”
Specialized in destroying your parents' reputation!
Mrs. Dong smiled and said, "Mother, the guests all came for my parents, and we received the lion's share of the gifts. Chang Lian and I felt embarrassed, so I kept the ones we needed and gave the ones I didn't need for the dowry to my two sisters-in-law. On the day of the wedding banquet, my two sisters-in-law worked hard and this is what they deserve."
As for why she didn't give it to her mother-in-law, she gave it to them. Wouldn't it be a slap in her face if she gave it back to her mother-in-law? It's as if the family lacks her things. Dividing it between the two sisters-in-law is a harmonious relationship between the daughters-in-law, which is also what the mother is happy to see.
Zhulan sighed in her heart, different status means different education, Dong handles things in a comprehensive way, "You are thoughtful."
Dong smiled, "I should do that."
Chang Lian felt very proud. His wife was just so generous. He saw that what his wife exchanged for was the best thing in the dowry. She didn't use any cheap things to fool her sisters-in-law. His wife earned face, so he sat up straight.
Boss Zhou listened to his third brother's wife and then looked at his wife. He still felt that his wife was good. Although she made stupid moves from time to time, their life was lively. He liked a wife like this and life was not tiring.
Zhou Laoer felt that his third brother's wife was very sensible and would not bully his wife in the future, because his wife was the only one who had no one to rely on.
Xue Han felt that her third sister-in-law had personally taught her how to be a daughter-in-law, and she learned a lot from her.
The next day, Li's father came with his three brothers. Zhulan's family had a lot of land, and Li's three uncles' families had a lot of land. It was easy for each family to help Zhulan's family cultivate ten acres of land. When Li's father heard Zhou Lao Da talking about Dong's land, he brought his younger brothers to come this year.
There were fifty acres of land, and each of Li's three uncles was given ten acres to cultivate, leaving twenty acres. This favor was given to the head of the village and allowed to arrange the land. With the head of the village in charge and the land belonging to the county magistrate's daughter, no one dared to cheat.
Li Xu came along, and Zhulan invited Li Xu to come over for dinner the next day and also to be a witness.
In the afternoon, Zhulan asked Zhou Laoer to go back to Zhoujia Village and tell the clan leader's family that the time was set for tomorrow. Zhou Laoda went to Yang's family, and everyone from the Yang family would come tomorrow.
Li took Dong to prepare dishes for tomorrow's meal. Zhulan's family still had some mutton and a lot of pork left, enough to cook several tables of meals.
Because wolves had infested the surrounding villages, and more were consumed during the New Year, there weren't many poultry left in the nearby villages. The chickens to be used tomorrow were all pheasants, all bought from hunters. It was difficult to collect pheasants, so Mrs. Li and Mrs. Dong had to hurry and get them out.
When Chang Lian got married, Zhulan's family used up a lot of dried vegetables, and the remaining dried vegetables were only enough for tomorrow. Fortunately, spring was approaching and the wild vegetables were about to sprout.
In the afternoon, not only did Zhou Laoer come back alone, but Xuemei's family also came over.
Zhulan was holding Jiang Miao. This girl looked like Xuemei, except that her eyebrows and eyes were like Jiang Sheng. The girl's hair grew fast and she had big eyes. She became cuter and cuter. She was the second prettiest girl in the family, with Yu Lu from the eldest family being the last.
Speaking of Yu Lu, this girl's temperament is not like Li's. The little girl is introverted and not very willing to speak. She has the temperament of the eldest sister. Well, she likes to stay with Zhu Lan the most. Although she is small, she can sit still. But she has a problem. It is probably because she saw Li doing it a lot, so the little girl learned it. The little girl likes to hide things. She likes to hide the food and toys given to her. Sometimes she forgets and keeps spinning in circles in a hurry, which makes Zhu Lan and Zhou Shuren laugh. The personalities of the little girls are completely different, but they are all sensible children.
Xuemei sent her daughter and brother out to play, and took out a cloth bag from her bosom, "Mom, I'm going to give this to my second sister-in-law tomorrow."
Zhulan took a look and saw a pair of silver earrings, "You are thoughtful."
Xuemei smiled and said, "Second sister-in-law has helped me a lot, this is what I should do."
The next morning, the Yang family arrived first, followed by Li's parents, and finally the patriarch Zhou and his wife. The patriarch brought the family tree.
Zhulan only found out when Mingrui was one year old and was included in the family tree that Zhao had no marriage certificate and no matchmaker. Zhao was not included in the family tree at the beginning, so she wrote the marriage certificate and matched the horoscopes not only to correct her name, but also to be included in the family tree.
Zhao had been at a loss and excited since she woke up in the morning.
Zhou Wangshi didn't like Zhao. Even though Zhao didn't cry often later, she still didn't like her. She got angry when she kept looking at her with her head down. Zhou Wangshi was not surprised that Yang cleared Zhao's name. After more than a year of contact with Yang, she found that she was indeed a rare good mother-in-law and a kind-hearted person.
As for why they didn't give her a proper name before, Zhou Wangshi automatically made up her mind, and Yangshi also wanted to hone Zhaoshi. Look, now Zhaoshi doesn't even cry.
My horoscope was calculated by Zhulanhua Yinqian, and I found a famous fortune teller to do the calculation. It is a happy marriage, a good marriage.
The marriage certificate was written by Zhou Shuren and signed by Patriarch Zhou. After the marriage certificate was written, Patriarch Zhou took out a thick family tree and filled in Zhao's surname. From now on, no one would question the Zhao family's legitimacy.
Zhao tried hard to hold back her tears. She couldn't cry. Today was a happy occasion and she couldn't cry.
Zhou Lao Er took Zhao to thank the elders, and Zhou Wang patted Zhao's hand and said, "You have a good mother-in-law. Live a good life in the future and respect your parents-in-law."
Sun didn't say anything, but just patted Zhao on the shoulder to comfort her silently.
Zhulan asked Zhao and Zhou Laoer to go out, and Li and others also went out. Zhulan was actually very curious about what Li had sent Zhao off for, but unfortunately she had to wait until tomorrow to find out.
After dinner in the afternoon, the guests left and Xuemei's family went back home in the clan leader's ox cart.
After dinner, Zhulan took out a cloth bag and handed it to Zhao, "Take this back and look at it when you get home. This is a gift from your mother."