After Lu Chengyu's marriage was finalized, Lu Tong's marriage was also finalized.
Lu Lin couldn't help being surprised when he heard that Lu Tong's husband-in-law was chosen.
Lu Tong chose the Li family! How could it be the Li family
The Li family, Li Ji, was the one that Wang Matchmaker introduced to Tang before. Tang had disliked him as a widower, and there was a child left by his ex-wife at home. He was very dissatisfied with this marriage, and even had a fight with Wang Matchmaker, causing a lot of trouble. Yes, I didn't expect to agree.
Tang is the one who cares about face the most, and now he is turning his back on it. It seems that the situation is not optimistic!
Chen Xiaomi curled her lips and said, "I had to pay taxes last year. Most of the boys of the right age are afraid of paying the taxes and they will get married." Three taels of silver is still a lot. Like Lu Chengyu, who would rather pay the taxes than give in? A few, "The dowry gift of twenty taels is not something that random people can offer."
Although Li Ji had a wife and a child left by his ex-wife, the conditions of the Li family are still good.
"I didn't expect Lu Tong to agree." Lu Lin said.
In Lu Lin's impression, Lu Tong was determined to be the wife of an official. Lu Lin felt a little unexpected that she would agree to marry someone to be his stepmother.
Chen Xiaomi curled her lips and said, "It's okay if she doesn't agree!" Lu Chengyu wants to marry the eldest lady in the town, it seems that it is very expensive for the country mother to use an animal to bring the bride back, and Lu Lin is married. At that time, a door panel was used to bring it over, but Chen Xiaomi heard that the Lu family planned to make a fuss this time in order to please the new wife's family. Yes, if the poor in the countryside marry a daughter-in-law, just buy some rice, flour, grain and oil, but if you want to marry a young lady in the town, it seems that you have to prepare some jewelry for the last time.
Although the Lu family has a lot of land, they probably don't have much money to support Lu Chengyu's education. The current situation requires a big deal, and the land may have to be sold. The farmer's family will not sell the land unless it is a last resort According to the idea, it is easy to sell things like land, but it is not easy to buy them back.
Left and right Lu Tong is also going to get married, so the betrothal gift received from Lu Tong's marriage is just right for Lu Chengyu to be hired.
Lu Lin smiled wryly, and thought to himself: In the previous life, the price of betrothal gifts was soaring. Many villagers lived frugally on weekdays. They would sell everything for their son’s marriage and borrow money from everywhere. After the wedding, they left a lot of bad debts.
"I heard that the old lady of the Li family is not a good match."
In Lu Lin's impression, this cousin of his is very aggressive, and if she marries into the Li family, it may be difficult to get along with her. There is a powerful mother-in-law and a child left by her ex-wife.
Although Tang loved this daughter dearly, it seemed that she would sacrifice Lu Tong for the sake of Lu Chengyu.
Lu Lin thought about it for a second, Tang didn't feel sorry for this daughter, so naturally he didn't need to worry about it, not to mention that Lu Tong was not a good person.
In my impression, Lu Tong got into trouble and framed it on the original owner. For example, Lu Tong ate the eggs at home and falsely accused Lu Lin of eating them. The original owner was fined to kneel. There are many similar things.
Lu Tong stayed at home preparing for marriage, feeling very bad.
Lu Tong was very dissatisfied with the marriage, but there was nothing he could do. Compared with other families who came to propose marriage, although Li Ji's family had a son left by his ex-wife, at least the family's conditions were acceptable, and there was no bargaining on the issue of dowry. .
There were quite a few families who came to propose marriage, and their houses were completely empty, not to mention the dowry gift of twenty taels of silver, and they couldn't even get even two taels of it.
Seeing that she was about to pay taxes, the family seemed to be getting more and more anxious recently. Seeing that no one else came to propose marriage, they simply agreed to the Li family.
Lu Tong once dreamed of getting married in a beautiful way, but he didn't expect that after a while, it turned out to be such a family.
It's hard to be a stepmother, and the ex-wife left behind a son. I heard that the old lady of the Li family doesn't like the son's ex-wife very much, but she still loves the little grandson very much. If she married, it would be fine if she gave birth to a boy. If there is a girl and a pair of children, then everything in the Li family will probably fall on that eldest son.
Lu Tong felt irritable when he thought about it, and wanted to reject the marriage, but it was a done deal, the family had already agreed to the marriage and accepted the bride price, so it was too late to regret it.
The family has been preparing for the elder brother's marriage recently, and has not paid much attention to her marriage.
Lu Tong suddenly found that his family had become strange, and Lu Tong became silent unconsciously. Lu Tong sneaked to the door and heard his mother and elder brother discussing things inside the door.
"Need to buy a gold hairpin?" Tang said with some pain.
Lu Chengyu nodded and said, "Because it's a town, so there must be one or two pieces of jewelry that can be sold."
Tang gritted his teeth, and said, "Then you don't need to buy gold!" In the countryside, it is very decent to buy silver jewelry, why buy gold.
"After all, she is a young lady in the town. It is said that when her sister got married, she had a dowry gift of eighty taels, three pieces of gold ornaments, and two carts of silk and satin." Lu Chengyu said.
Tang sighed, and said with some embarrassment: "Isn't he married to the Master Registrar? We don't need to compare with the Master Registrar!"
Lu Chengyu gritted his teeth and said, "Even so, it shouldn't be too bad. People will think we are shabby. Fangyue's family is not short of money. They should bring back the dowry we gave as dowry."
Tang Shi gritted her teeth and said, "I'm afraid there's not enough money for preparing a banquet and such a big ostentation!"
Lu Chengyu pursed his lips and said, "If it's really not possible, we can only sell a few acres of land first."
Tang frowned, and said: "The crops have just been planted in this field. It's not worth selling at this time. There's no other way. I'll just buy it after I'm admitted as a scholar." Lu Chengyu gritted his teeth and said.
When Lu Chengyu went out two days ago, he met Chen Jing. Because of the previous incident, the two had become rivals.
Lu Chengyu has always looked down on Chen Jing, but he did not expect Chen Jing to be admitted to Tongsheng. Chen Jing was very rude when he met Lu Chengyu, and said that the two of them are now Tongsheng. If Chen Jing's luck comes, maybe he can First of all, Lu Chengyu was admitted as a scholar. Lu Chengyu felt that what Chen Jing said was an insult to him.
Tang Shi squinted his eyes and said, "Chen Xiaomi's family has a lot of money. If you can borrow some, you don't need to sell the land."
Lu Chengyu shook his head and said, "Forget it, Chen Xiaomi is a tough guy, if he comes to make trouble, it would be bad if it affects the progress of the marriage."
The fact that the Lu family sent Lu Lin out for ten taels of silver was not very glorious. Lu Chengyu still valued his reputation and didn't want to cause more trouble at this time, so as not to spread this matter to his brother-in-law.
Tang Shi gritted her teeth, a little reluctantly, and vaguely felt that Lu Lin was being cheap.
Lin Xiuer stayed at home and sighed a little depressed.
Cheng Yu married a wife, and the ostentation was too great. There were twenty tables prepared for this banquet. Why invite so many people? Back then, when Lu Lin married Chen Xiaomi, he didn't just lift the door out.
Lu An glanced at Lin Xiuer, and said, "How can Lu Lin compare with Cheng Yu? Cheng Yu is a scholar, so he has more rules."
Lin Xiu'er said sullenly: "After studying for so long, I still haven't been admitted as a scholar. How much money has my family spent on this?" It's not as good as Lu Lin. Lu Lin has worked for the family for so many years. Earned twelve taels for the family.
"It might be easier for Cheng Yu's daughter-in-law to come through the door with the relationship of the Master Registrar," Lu An said.
Lin Xiu'er sighed, and said, "I hope so, how much dowry Cheng Yu plans to offer!"
"About thirty taels." Lu An said.
Lin Xiuer gritted her teeth and said: "Thirty taels, this is to kill people!" The family got Lu Linrui, Lu Tong married off, and it happened to be thirty taels, and Lu Chengyu married a daughter-in-law, and the compensation would not be enough.
"Thirty taels are just the betrothal money, cloth, jewelry, and I have to prepare something else. I'm afraid..." The fifty taels couldn't come down. The old man had discussed with him and hoped that he would advance three months' wages. Lu An was afraid that he would not give the above. Good impression, declined.
Lin Xiuer gritted her teeth, a bit of worry flashed in her heart, the new daughter-in-law has a great background, and the posture of the family seems to want to confess that girl, a Tang family is enough to deal with, this woman enters the door, if she and Tang Now that she is united on the front line, she will not only have to look at Tang's face, but also the face of her new daughter-in-law.