The heavens from Bailuyuan

Chapter 244 Betrothal Gift (Full Order)

"I can't get enough of the red dates my husband gave me."

Bai Gui accepted the red dates and stuffed them into his bosom, full of them, and said with a smile.

"Go, let the younger generation in the village meet you."

"At this time, it's almost time for early school..."

Mr. Xu took out his pocket watch, looked at the direction of the hour hand, and said.

The pocket watch was a gift from Bai Gui to Mr. Xu four years ago when he returned home from studying in Japan.At first, Mr. Xu was not very used to using pocket watches, relying on his own biological clock and experience to judge the time. By the way, there is also the sundial in front of the ancestral hall. But as time went by, he became more and more aware of the benefits of pocket watches, and could not do without the help of pocket watches.

Not to mention, looking at the pocket watch time from time to time, this kind of posture is like a gentleman.

Although Mr. Xu doesn't care much about other people's stares, if he can arouse the envy of others, it will still make him feel very comfortable and satisfied.

The two went out the door one after the other.

Came to the opposite west building, which is Bailu Village School.

"Hello sir!"

"I've seen Mr...."

As soon as they entered the door, the Mongolian boys greeted each other with etiquette.

"This is Mr. Bai, let's get acquainted. Mr. Bai is your senior. Well, you saw it at the dinner yesterday. Your parents probably talked about Mr. Bai a lot on weekdays..."

Xu Xiucai pointed to Bai Gui and said.

Both Bai Gui and he are dressed as a gentleman, but he is used to wearing a student uniform, while Bai Gui is wearing a long gown. One looks like a gentleman from a new school in the city, and the other is a gentleman from an old school in the countryside.

"Hello, Mr. Bai!"

Meng Tong who was present stood up and saluted.

"Meihe, how about you come over and teach a class?"

Xu Xiucai suggested.

"I'll forget it. I don't have the patience and character to teach and educate people. Sir, you don't know that I have been a teacher in Yanjing for a period of time. Every day I go to class and leave get out of class in a panic..."

"I was given an elegant title of Mr. Running..."

"After resigning, I secretly made up my mind that I will never teach any more books..."

Bai Gui politely refused.

To be honest, he didn't want to teach the Mengtong in Bailu Village School.There are two points. One is that the current Bailu Village School is still the teaching method of the old school, and it is difficult for Xu Xiucai to replace him. He can teach how to draw cats and tigers, but he can't teach much. When it comes to enlightenment, he may not be as good as Xu Xiucai...

Teaching Beiman's women's university department, that is, the students already have the foundation, and he can understand what he said in a profound way.

The second is that he doesn't want to steal Xu Xiucai's limelight. Xu Xiucai's teaching is somewhat similar to a rigid old master, but he is much more humorous. There is no need to underestimate yourself.After teaching, if there is a Mengtong who "doesn't know what's interesting"... and says something to slander Xu Xiucai, it is his dereliction of duty as a student.

"Okay, then you can listen in."

Mr. Xu nodded.

He didn't think so much about Bai Gui, he just wanted to let a successful senior teach his juniors, it was just a whim, but Bai Gui declined, he didn't think it was Bai Gui's lack of face, there should be other reasons.

Gentlemen do not force others to make things difficult!
Bai Gui randomly found a Mongolian boy to share a seat and began to listen to the lecture.

as usual.

It is not much different from the teaching five years ago.

……

night.

Bai Gui and Bai Youde brought live chickens and ducks, as well as some dim sum gifts, to Bai Jiaxuan's home and visited him.

Several big men sat on the kang.

Bai Wushi, that is, Bai Jiaxuan's wife Xiancao went to the kitchen to pack some food and brought it up.

Warmed a few more jugs of wine.

Eat and talk.

"Since Bai Xianggong thinks highly of our Bailu Village, and he thinks highly of it, this matter has been agreed to. In the next two days, I will ask the elders of the clan and agree on a good date for the collection and inquiry period..."

Bai Jiaxuan said with a red face.

It is said that Bai Gui's family troubled Bailu Village, but in fact, according to Bai Gui's family's wealth and reputation, Bailu Village can't make Bailu Village busy, and there must be rewards afterwards.

Whether it is Baigui or Baifu, they are not short of that little money.

"Thank you Patriarch Bai."

Bai Gui cupped his hands and thanked him.

"Immortal Grass, give Bai Xianggong another pot of good wine. It's not easy for Bai Xianggong to come to our house once. If you don't get drunk today, you won't return."

Bai Jiaxuan shouted.

……

The days passed peacefully.

After more than ten days, Bai Jiaxuan and the elders of the family also discussed the auspicious date, and asked some famous people nearby to know what things need to be prepared for the recruitment. If you don't get hired, you can't get married. , Don't send it indiscriminately.

"It is recorded in Cui Yi's "Wedding Essay": 'We appoint birds and geese, with deerskin'..."

"I have already notified the nearby villages to see if they can meet wild deer in the White Deer Plain. They will hunt and skin the deer as one of the betrothal gifts..."

Bai Jiaxuan said.

As early as the Zhou Dynasty, the betrothal gift to be given was formulated. For example, it is recorded in "Book of Rites · Hun Li": "The son-in-law holds the wild goose in, bows to let him ascend to the hall, and then pays homage to the goose, which is the same as the parents who received it."

Wild geese are a necessity for wealthy families to get married.

But buckskin is different, it is better if you have it, and you don’t have to force it if you don’t have it.

If this thing can be hunted, it is the best as a dowry gift together with wild geese, it can be regarded as a gift of skin and silk.

"I know that..."

Thank you Bai Gui.

The origin of Bailuyuan is that when King Ping of Zhou moved to the east in the past, a white deer appeared in Bailuyuan, so it got its name.

"There is Bailu Yuan in the west of Xinfeng County, and Zhou Ping Wang Bailu came out." - "Book of the Later Han·Du Guo Zhi".

And Bailuyuan is adjacent to the Qinling Mountains, so it is normal for wild deer to appear.

"If there is no wild deer, the patriarch doesn't have to force it. When I arrive in Yanjing, I can buy it separately."

Bai Gui added a sentence.

Not long after he bid farewell to Bai Jiaxuan, he ran to the provincial capital to prepare the dowry.

Although the betrothal gifts can be bought in Yanjing, some exquisite and high-end betrothal gifts need to be customized early, so there is no rush.Moreover, it is obviously more sincere to take it from Qin Province to Yanjing...

Carrying the dowry from Qin Province to Yanjing... does not mean that he is really serious, but that some dowries are not cumbersome, they just take time.For example, some gold jewelry needs to be customized by hand, and it is best to find a good goldsmith to make it.

It often takes several months to complete a set of gold ornaments.

Of course, it was also Bai Gui who wanted to hide and relax. He had to socialize at home every day, and he had to bear unnecessary noise at night, so he was not as relaxed in the provincial capital.

"Bai Xianggong, why did you come to the provincial capital?"

In the provincial capital, the White Mansion on Shuyuan Street, Tian Xiaoe looked at Bai Gui who walked in in surprise.

Recently approaching the end of the new year, Aunt Cui also returned home. Most of the gourd chicken shops were temporarily closed, and she was left alone in the provincial capital. When she saw Bai Gui rushing over, a happy smile appeared on her face.

She dared not go home on her own.

If she was the only one who went home without authorization, it would be difficult to justify in every possible way. Who knows if she was kicked out, so she could only stay in the white house.

(End of this chapter)