Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 680 Wedding Dress

After they officially met, Lin Wenxuan asked his servants to bring in two heavy nanmu boxes. The whole body of the boxes had a warm luster, the corners were covered with engraved copper parts, and the locks were carved with delicate lotus patterns.

"This is the dowry that your aunt prepared for you."

Song Ying was stunned. A woman's dowry was usually prepared by her parents, and her closest relatives and friends would only add some hairpins, rings, and clothing fabrics.

She knew that her master treated her well, but she didn't expect that he even prepared a dowry for her!

While she was stunned, Lin Wenxuan opened the lid of one of the nanmu boxes.

In an instant, his eyes were filled with red, like a ball of fire, burning Song Ying's heart.

What's in the box is the wedding dress!

"It's so beautiful!" Yuan Shan and Tong Yunshu were stunned and exclaimed almost in unison.

After the exclamation, he couldn't help but look at Song Ying with envy.

Song Ying's throat was slightly dry, "This..."

"My aunt said that since you have no mother to look after you, as your teacher, she must earn some face for you."

Song Ying's tears rolled down. Her master never said anything, but he truly treated her as his own daughter and thought of everything for her.

Since she didn't have a name full of blessings given by her elders, she gave her a nickname; knowing that her grandmother and others would not prepare a dowry for her carefully, even though she was far away in the capital, they still prepared one for her and sent it to her.

Although she could name herself and prepare her own dowry, she still had regrets.

The master made up for all her regrets.

Song Ying turned her head away and wiped away her tears, but they were too wet to stop. She could only say in a hoarse voice, "How can I trouble Master with these matters?"

Lin Wenxuan smiled and said, "Grandma said that you are her only apprentice. If she doesn't take care of you, who else can she do it for? Try it on quickly. If there is anything you don't like or it doesn't fit well, ask the embroiderer to make changes immediately."

Miao Yufu also smiled and said, "Come on and try it on. This wedding dress was designed by my aunt herself. I hired the best embroiderer in the capital, and it took her nearly half a year to make it.

She said, "You're busy treating patients every day, so just embroidering a few stitches on the wedding dress will be enough."

Hearing this, Song Ying knew that Miao Yufu, her niece's wife, was very much loved by her master. She nodded, squatted down and took the wedding dress from the box.

The main material of the wedding dress is brocade, which is worth every penny. The pattern of a phoenix flying to the sky is woven with the zhuanghua technique, and the edge of the dress is densely embroidered with four-sided Ruyi patterns in gold thread.

In the sunlight, the dark patterns on the fabric flow like clouds, which is very beautiful.

Song Ying gently stroked the phoenix's gorgeous feathers, and a warm feeling surged in his heart.

It's not the usual wedding dress with blooming flowers and harmonious couples, but a phoenix soaring into the sky. The master hopes that even after getting married, she will still be Song Ying.

With the help of Miao Yufu, Yuan Shan and Tong Yunshu, Song Ying changed into her wedding dress.

She was naturally very satisfied with the pattern, but she had grown a little taller in the past six months, and a few parts didn't fit her well and needed some slight modifications.

She had to treat patients, so she could only wait until noon to take the wedding dress to Yunxiu Tower. Aunt Cen was amazed at the needlework skills of the wedding dress and directly expressed her willingness to modify it for free. She just wanted the wedding dress to stay in Yunxiu Tower for a while for the embroiderers to observe and learn.

There was still nearly a month before the wedding, so Song Ying naturally agreed.

The wedding date is set on the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, an auspicious day when everything is suitable, and the bride's wedding banquet will be on the ninth day.

Luo Yanxing arranged the shop's affairs a few days in advance. On the morning of the ninth day, she told Mei Yue and Nan Xing to go back for a banquet in the afternoon, and she herself rushed back early.

Most of the village's people gathered in the Song family's yard, busy preparing for the wedding banquet in the evening.

Seeing her, people rushed to greet her:

"Hey, the geese are back!"

"You're a very busy man. Only Song Ying's wedding would allow you to rush back so early!"

"You and Song Ying are best friends. How much makeup are you planning to add to her wedding?"

"Yan Xing, you're the only one left among your good friends. You've done well in business, but you should also pay more attention to the important events in your life. The aunts are all waiting to eat your wedding candy!"

Luo Yanxing greeted them one by one, and then asked Yang: "Aunt Yang, where is Song Ying?"

Yang pointed in the direction of Songlin Hill and said, "They're going to pay respects to their ancestors. Tianwa just came back and said she's finished paying respects to her grandfather. She should be paying respects to her parents at Songlin Hill now."

Luo Yanxing was from another family, so it was not easy for her to go to other families to worship their ancestors. So she said, "I'll go to the bridal chamber and wait for her."

Having said that, she went straight to the bridal chamber, leaving those who were waiting to see her put on makeup feeling very disappointed.

Ever since Zhao Xiaocui from the Zhao family got married, the dowries that the other girls gave to their friends always amazed them and became a topic of conversation for a long time.

Song Ying, the most capable girl in the village, is getting married, and the villagers have been looking forward to it for a long time.

Pine forest slope.

Song Ying lit the incense, bowed solemnly three times, and then stuck it into the soil in front of the grave. Li, who was standing next to him, murmured to the grave, "Fuping, Ying's daughter is getting married tomorrow. Her husband is the daughter of the Yuan family from Wutong Village next door. She passed the imperial examination at the age of fifteen and is very capable. She will take the provincial examination next year. If she passes, she will become a juren.

Yingwa married well, don't worry, but you, a short-lived child, were not blessed. You died too early and didn't get to enjoy the blessing of a daughter and son-in-law..."

By the time she finished speaking, she was sobbing uncontrollably, tears streaming down her face.

Song Ying looked at the small mound of earth, but she did not feel very sad.

When her mother died, she had just been born and had no memory at all, so naturally she didn't have any particularly deep feelings or longings for her.

Before, she didn’t even know what it felt like to have a biological mother. It wasn’t until her master appeared that she understood.

Her memory of her father was also vague, with only a few scattered images. She missed him, of course, but she could not feel as heartbroken as Li.

Not knowing what to say, she just burned paper money silently.

After setting off a string of firecrackers, Second Uncle Song also squatted down to burn paper money, and at the same time persuaded Li: "Mother, Yingwa is now married so well, and my eldest brother will be relieved in the underworld. Don't cry, don't make him feel uneasy."

He then said to Song Ying, "Yingwa, your father has loved you the most since you were a child. Burn more paper money for him. From tomorrow on, you will be a member of the Yuan family and will no longer be able to worship your father and mother.

But don't worry, during the New Year and other festivals, Second Uncle will never forget to pay respects to them. Even if I die, I will tell you two younger brothers to pay respects to them."

The custom that a married woman can no longer worship her natal relatives is not only practiced in Xinghua Village, but also in the entire Qingshui County, as well as in the capital and other places.

Song Ying pursed her lips and suddenly thought that this custom might be one of the reasons why people prefer boys to girls.

People in the world attach great importance to posthumous worship. After a woman gets married, she follows her husband and is no longer a member of her natal family. She needs to serve her husband's family for worship. She can only express condolences to her natal family members in her heart or ask her brothers to burn paper money on her behalf.

Perhaps it is because of this that people pay special attention to boys.