Chapter 888: The parties add betrothal gifts and the Guan family sends betrothal gifts [2]

"Wow, six folding screens, how big must it be? Even a small room wouldn't be able to fit them. Chen Xiaoqi's family is really generous."

The villagers who were watching were shocked.

"The copper artifacts in Mr. Gong's family are also amazing. Copper pots, copper mirrors, copper furnaces, how much brass is needed to cast them!"

The dowries from the Gong and Chen families were indeed expensive, especially the six-fold screen, which was specially sent by Chen Xiaoqi's uncle from the capital.

Just to thank the Qin family for helping Chen Xiaoqi and protecting Chen Xiaoqi's wife, so that the young couple could safely survive the crisis brought by County Magistrate Yang.

The Gong family also went there to express gratitude for the Qin family's protection and intercession.

Now, not only have the two been reinstated, but after a thorough investigation, they have become the cleanest people and are expected to be promoted in the future.

"The extra makeup given by these families today is nothing. The extra makeup given by Master Xue's family, Master Li's family, and Master Kang's family is really expensive... a whole set of gold headpieces, gemstones, pearls, and jade headpieces. Each of these headpieces is very expensive, and only rich ladies can afford to wear them. But the Qin family girl got several sets."

"There is also the Wenchang Marquis family. The Wenchang Marquis family also sent someone to give the Qin family a gift, a complete set of jade wares."

Marquis Wenchang, who was far away in Tianmang Prefecture, sent gifts to both the Qin and Guan families.

The reason why Marquis Wenchang went to Tianmang Mansion was to wait for the envoy from Dongmo.

Because of the undercover spies committing crimes, the Wei court sent a letter to Dongmo to question him, and Wenchang Hou had a high status and could control the situation, so Emperor Wuxing sent him to Tianmang Mansion to handle the matter.

Unfortunately, there has been no response from the East Desert so far, and the letter of questioning from the Wei Dynasty has fallen on deaf ears.

"Tsk tsk tsk, Guan Shuli really made a fortune. At his age and still a widower, he was able to marry a daughter of an official family, and bring a dowry to the Guan family that they could not spend in several lifetimes!" The villagers were envious.

The Qin family sent Uncle Qin and his wife to pick up the dowry.

Old Nanny Xiao brought with her maids who were very good at accounting, such as Luo Ningfang and Lu Qing'an; Shen Lu Niang and Xiao Shanglu brought with them maids who knew about medicine, to help the couple collect and add to the dowry.

In short, the Qin and Guan families have been very busy since the Mid-Autumn Festival, preparing for the wedding of Guan Shuli and Qin Xiaogu.

The house at the west entrance of the town where the Guan family currently lives, as well as the open space within a radius of about thirty meters around the house, have all been newly decorated.

Old Madam Guan called all the servants from the county town and those who stayed in other places, and they were busy near the house at the west entrance of the town every day.

Every day, truckloads of stuff are delivered to the Guan family.

When County Magistrate Kang learned that the Guan family was going to hold a wedding in the town, he was surprised and went to tell Qi Tianshi who was staying in the rural martial arts hall in the county suburbs.

But in the end, both Qi Tianshi and Wang Baihu felt that holding the wedding banquet in Taifeng Town might be safer than in the county town.

The current Taifeng Town seems to have a large number of people, but everyone who enters Taifeng Town has been checked and registered.

Taifeng Town also has sentries and more than 200 soldiers patrolling for protection, and the students also bring martial arts teachers with them. It is much better than the county town which has less than 100 soldiers for protection.

But because of his identity as a clerk, Qi Tianshi was afraid of the possibility of something happening, so...

"Oh my God, the Royal Guards, the Royal Guards who protect Qi Tianshi are coming to our town again!"

On the afternoon of August 20, sixty imperial guards rode into Taifeng Town and were eventually divided into two groups...

"A group of people went to the Qin family in Xinda Street."

"A group of people went to the house of the clerk of the Guanshu. They actually went to the house of the clerk of the Guanshu!"

"Oh my God, it's finally happened to Guan Shuli, an old widower. He's a gigolo... If it's against the law to be a gigolo, Guan Shuli should be sentenced to death!"

The folks all believed that Guan Shuli's family was protected by the Imperial Guards because of the Qin family.

The Royal Guards who heard this gossip: "..."

As expected, ignorance is bliss.

Yu Zongqi was afraid that these rumors would affect the reputation of Guan Shuli, so when he arrived at Guan's house, he asked, "Madam Guan, do you want us to stop the rumors?"

Unexpectedly, Old Madam Guan burst into laughter, very happily.

Mr. Yu was worried... Could it be that the old lady had gone mad because of the rumors?

After Mrs. Guan had laughed enough, she waved her hand and said, "No, no, the rumors spread by the villagers this time are already very reliable."

Now it seems that the Guan family is not as good as the Qin family. The eldest grandson is definitely living off his granddaughter-in-law.

Mr. Yu didn't understand. How could such a rumor be reliable? How outrageous would an unreliable rumor be?

General Yu looked at the clerk.

The clerk said, "General Yu, don't worry about it. After a few days, the villagers will stop gossiping."

Let’s do it.

General Yu did not investigate further and began to deploy defenses centered on the Guan family's house.

The area west of the town is guarded like an iron barrel.

And because of the presence of the Imperial Guards, the flow of all kinds of supplies in and out was much smoother.

On August 21, Mrs. Kang, the matchmaker, arrived in Taifeng Town and lived in a house next to the Guan family.

This house also belongs to the Kong family.

Village Chief Kong specially cleared it out just to make it convenient for the Guan family...Now that he knew it was Mrs. Kang's temporary residence, Village Chief Kong was so happy that he cried!

He also wanted to bring people to meet Madam Kang, but was stopped outside. Steward Lu said directly: "Madam, you are here only to help the Guan and Qin families complete their wedding. Madam will not care about other trivial matters. Chief Kong, do you understand?"

"Understood, understood." Lichang Kong felt as if a layer of ice was covering his head. He shivered with cold and did not dare to do anything else. He hurriedly took his wife and children to leave, and promised: "I will definitely discipline the Kong family members. Madam, please rest assured."

Steward Lu smiled and said, "It's okay. If Chief Kong really can't discipline him, the laws of the country will take care of it."

This!

This time, even the eldest daughter-in-law of Kongli, who still had some thoughts, was trembling with fear. She completely gave up all her thoughts and fled back to Kongjia Village with her whole family as if they were being chased by ghosts.

August 23rd is the day when the Guan family sends the betrothal gifts.

Early in the morning, bursts of joyful sounds were heard in the Guan family.

When the Chen hour arrived, after the Guan family's grandparents and grandchildren paid homage to the heaven, earth and their ancestors, they were led by the matchmaker Mrs. Kang, and accompanied by Mr. Jing, the man's elder, they went to the Qin family, carrying twenty-four loads of betrothal gifts, with each step and a gesture.

Mrs. Kang was almost frightened to death by the fact that the Guan family invited Mr. Jing to act as an elder... It seems that her husband's guess is very likely to be true.

I'm afraid such a large number of students will really be sent to the Guanshu li... I can't think about it, I can't think about it, it's too outrageous.

Mrs. Kang secretly bit her tongue, using the pain to calm herself down and return to her role as a matchmaker.

For the sake of the two families' face, the betrothal gift procession went back and forth around the Old Street and the New Street of Taifeng Town, and entered the Qin family's shop at exactly 9 o'clock in the morning.

After Mrs. Kang said some congratulatory words, she presented the betrothal gift booklet to Grandpa Qin: "Grandpa Qin, please take a look at the betrothal gift list that the Guan family gave to your daughter."

After Grandpa Qin said some words of praise for the man's family, he took the betrothal gift book.

After some formalities, Mrs. Kang began to read out the betrothal gifts, while the Qin family held up the betrothal gift booklet.

"A pair of geese as a betrothal gift, congratulations to the newlyweds on their undoubted love!"

"The betrothal gifts are a set of twin lotus flowers, pearls, jade and gold headpieces, and the love between the newlyweds is stronger than gold!"

"A piece of red silk fabric as a betrothal gift, wishing the newlyweds a prosperous life!"

"Twenty acres of good farmland as a betrothal gift, congratulations..."

The villagers who were watching were envious, but also looked down upon: "It should be said that the betrothal gift given by the clerk's family looks good, but it is not as valuable as the dowry given by the girl's relatives and friends."

"That's right, tsk tsk, Guan Shuli is old and still wants to live off his bride, how disgraceful!"