Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 1495 - 760: Wedding Gifts (Part 2)

Everyone then set aside the matter and started talking about other topics. With Lian Manman, Xiao Qi, and Zhang Caiyun joking around, Lian Zhizhi gradually felt better.

Lian Manman family had prepared all the dowry for Lian Zhizhi, and friends and relatives who came to add to the dowry were nearly unending each day.

Lady Li, Lady Zhang Wang, and Zhang Caiyun came early to help and were the first to send their dowries.

Lady Zhang Wang and Lady Hu Wang, who stayed home to manage and cook, both sent thick sewing packages, which included pairs of handkerchiefs, sweat cloths, pillowcases, chair covers, tablecloths, door curtains, window curtains, different sizes of various fabric covers, and even wrap cloths, all made of top-quality materials and embroidered with auspicious patterns by hand.

Clearly, these two women started preparing these items right after Lian Zhizhi was engaged.

Zhang Caiyun also sent gifts. She embroidered two silk handkerchiefs, a pair of satin pillowcases, two pairs of cotton socks, and two sweat cloths by hand.

Xiao Long and Xiao Hu also sent gifts—a pair of bronze basins, said to be bought with the money the little fellows saved from selling mountain goods at the market.

Lady Li sent a pair of gold-plated silver bracelets, a pair of Golden Cloves, and also a cotton and padded outfit, two sets of embroidered dresses tailored to Lian Zhizhi’s size.

The gold-plated bracelets and Golden Cloves were not newly bought; they were Lady Li’s cherished possessions from her youth, now treasured away. The dresses were meticulously sewn by Lady Li herself.

Over the years, Lady Li had accumulated quite a few gold and silver jewelry, and now, aside from the two or three daily worn pieces, she planned to give the rest to her descendants. When Zhang was sent off in marriage, some jewelry was included; when two daughters-in-law were brought home, some were also given. Now, Lian Zhizhi received two pieces, next would be Zhang Caiyun, followed by Lian Manman’s dowry. When Wu Lang and Xiao Qi marry, naturally gifts will be given, and when Xiao Long and Xiao Hu, the two grandsons, get married, even more will be given.

Lady Li had once told Lady Zhang she didn’t intend to take any of these items with her. "To take away" naturally means to be buried with them after death. Lady Li intended to divide these treasured belongings among her children and grandchildren.

"... No matter how much, I have to give each child,... it’s a thought, a remembrance..." Lady Li said thus.

While alive, it’s a thought; after she passes, it gives the children a keepsake. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Many women from farmsteads are like Lady Li. They accumulate these things when young, then pass them down when older, and find joy in doing so. It’s been passed down from generation to generation.

Speaking of Lady Li, one must mention Lady Zhou. Lady Zhou also had some cherished belongings, but Lian Manman had almost never seen them because Lady Zhou gave them all to Lian Lanlan and Lian Xiuxiu. These daughters-in-law, grandsons, granddaughters in the family never received anything from Lady Zhou.

Such practice is extremely rare among farmstead families. Lady Zhou goes her own way. Sometimes when talking about this, she would mutter, saying her life’s work was for her sons, daughters-in-law, grandsons, and granddaughters. With her words, she carried the burdens, and aside from exhausting effort, there’s no need to give them things. It’s rather they should honor her with things. Her belongings were naturally for the daughters she couldn’t care for and had married off.

Lian Zhizhi was getting married, and the old family sent their dowry over. The ones who came to deliver it were Lady Chiang and Lian Jizu.

Lian Jizu stayed in the front yard talking to Lian Shouxin, while Lady Chiang came to the backyard with the dowry.

The old home’s dowry was simple, four items of sewing: handkerchiefs, pillowcases, socks, and shoe tops. The sewing was extremely intricate, and the designs were unique, clearly the work of Lady Chiang. The materials were ones Lian Manman recognized.

These were fabric lengths given to the old home by her family and the Song Family; the leftover scraps after unknown uses by Lady Zhou.

Besides these four sewing items, there were various tassels made by Lady Chiang.

Comparing with the dowry sent by Lady Zhang’s family, the old home’s dowry seemed too modest. Lady Chiang understood, looking at the packed cabinets and floor with dowries sent by other families. She inevitably felt a bit uncomfortable.

Even so, Lady Chiang did not explain further. The old home’s situation was known to Manman’s family; saying more wouldn’t be helpful or meaningful.

Now Old Master Lian manages the old home, but in certain matters, Lady Zhou makes decisions. Neither Lady Zhang, Lian Zhizhi, nor Lian Manman had any expectations for the old home’s dowry.

Though there were no expectations, upon actually seeing such a dowry, Lady Zhang and Lian Manman couldn’t feel pleased. Important people and matters were treated lightly by the old home, and even with no expectations, it is impossible to be happy.

However, everyone strived to act as if nothing happened. Lian Manman even picked up those sewing items to examine closely, Lady Li and Lady Zhang Wang praised nearby, naturally praising Lady Chiang’s excellent sewing.

Lian Manman picked up the pairs of shoe tops, examining them more closely, and noticed from the corner of her eye Lady Chiang’s change in expression. Lian Manman had some faint guesswork in her mind, so she set down the shoe tops and picked up Lady Chiang’s tassels.

Even in the eyes of the skillful Lady Li, Lady Chiang’s tassels were fresh and beautiful. From these tassels and sewing items, it was evident Lady Chiang put thought and effort into them.

"Fourth Aunt, my Grandpa and Grandma have spoken; on Zhizhi’s day, we won’t stay for the banquet. Her dad and I will come to help. The rest at home are all arranged by Fourth Uncle and Fourth Aunt."

"How could we not let you attend the banquet." Lady Zhang said with a smile.

Everyone chatted with Lady Chiang about her tassels for a while. Only after Lady Chiang took her leave did Lady Zhang’s brows gently furrow.

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