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Chapter 39 The Xia Family of Xiangzhou Prefecture ([-])

Chapter 39 The Xia Family in Xiangzhou Prefecture ([-])

Baby kissing is not just a casual joke between the parents of both parties, and it can only be decided according to the rules. Although it is not as complicated as a formal marriage contract, the meaning is almost complete. Generally speaking, it is divided into four steps.

The first step is "promotion of marriage", which means that the man invites a matchmaker to the woman's house to formally propose the marriage.

The second step is to "see people".The matchmaker takes the woman's parents to the man's house for inspection to see if the family is in good condition.

"Looking at the family" is not just looking at the family, but mainly requires the promise of the father of the man's family. When the child gets married, the family property refers to the real estate and land, so that the woman's family can be assured of the baby's marriage.

The third step is "Wending". The man brings gifts and invites the matchmaker to the woman's house to exchange "Geng Tie". The geng Tie states the name, birth date, birthplace, three generations of ancestors, etc.

The fourth step is "Da Ding", which mainly refers to the man sending the deposit, cakes and various ornaments as gifts for the formal appointment of the alliance.At this time, the two parties wrote a marriage contract and exchanged tokens.

Through the above four steps, the doll is even settled.As for the last two steps, after the child grows up, the man will first go to the woman's house to "beg for a day" with the marriage contract and token, and finally welcome the relatives, worship the church, and get married.

The people here take the most promise. After they become a baby couple, they write a marriage contract and exchange tokens. Even if a major accident happens to one family later and they become unsuitable, the marriage contract still needs to be fulfilled as usual.

Although both parties can negotiate to dissolve the marriage contract, it cannot be dissolved unilaterally.

If one party repents, it will not only be considered very immoral and will be stabbed in the spine by the villagers, but the other party can bring the marriage letter to the government to sue. According to the law at the time, the marriage contract must be enforced!
There are also women whose families have amazing power. After the man is down, the woman repents of the marriage and succeeds.But there is no airtight wall in the world. After the rumors of the matter went out, the reputation of the woman's family was ruined.

There are even literati and writers, who compiled the repentance of marriage into a play and sang it to warn the world.

Since Hu Mei was not joking casually, Hu Hai also took it seriously. He and Hu Mei went to find the old patriarch. The old patriarch pondered for a long time, and finally said, "It's better to marry farther away!"

Now that the family agreed, Hu Mei invited a matchmaker nearby, brought gifts, and officially went to Hu Hai's house to propose marriage.

This matchmaker is just going through a cutscene, and is the third aunt of the Hu family who is familiar to both parties.

The third aunt can become a matchmaker, not because she is articulate, but because she is popular.She is helpful, treats everyone equally, never argues with people, and everyone in the village and outside the village can talk to everyone.

Aunt San has never taken the initiative to be a matchmaker, and the matchmaker she does is not the kind that needs to be fooled, but a ready-made matchmaker.

In fact, both the man and the woman have already decided on the marriage, but they just need a matchmaker to face the truth. This kind of matchmaker doesn't have to do anything, it's more of a form.

The ready-made matchmakers also want to thank the matchmakers. Sanshenniang is regarded as the established ready-made matchmakers in the village. In addition to her popularity, it is also a kind of reward from the whole village for her willingness to help others. It also means that "good people have good rewards". inside.

Today the third aunt came to the door, and Hu Hai warmly welcomed her into the hall. The third aunt is over 40 years old, not too old, with a medium build and a normal appearance, with a few faint freckles dotted on her face.

For a true matchmaker, matchmaking is her profession.For the third aunt, talking about matchmaking is the recognition of the villagers, and it is an honorable thing.

People are in good spirits at happy events. Although the third aunt is not as conspicuous as a real matchmaker, her clothes are also very festive. With her radiant expression and confident smile, she shows a kind of inner beauty.

Although the third aunt is a ready-made matchmaker, it is not easy to be a matchmaker this time.She handed over the gift that Hu Mei had prepared, and after saying an opening remark, she made an appointment three days later to accompany Hu Hai to Xiangzhou Mansion to "see others".

The Xia family is a big family and pays a lot of attention. Although Hu Mei is favored in her own family, her husband has to make up her mind for major events.

This time, when I went to "see others", I had to bring Xiao Zhengying along so that the Xia family could have a look.In fact, it mainly depends on whether the Xia family is satisfied or not, before deciding whether to marry or not.

Hu Hai didn't care much about whether the marriage was successful or not, but he was still willing to go to Xiangzhou Mansion.Although it has only been a few years since he was admitted to the show, he has not traveled far, not even Sunset City.

In the last Xiangzhou government's juren exam, Hu Hai did not take part in the lack of preparation, and because his wife had not given birth for a long time.In less than two years, the Juren exam will be held, and Hu Hai has no reason not to participate this time.

Now that I have the opportunity to visit Xiangzhou Mansion, Hu Hai is still very happy, but the family's sweet wife just gave birth to a son, although the mother-in-law and the maid are here to serve the confinement, Hu Hai does not say that he can leave.

Fortunately, there were still three days left. Hu Hai greeted his parents and arranged all the food for the family, including firewood, before he reluctantly parted with his wife and children, and took his daughter to Xiangzhou Mansion. .

Along the way, Hu Mei and the two children sat on the Xia family's carriage, while Hu Hai followed behind the carriage with a simple bookcase and the appearance of a scholar on a study tour.

Xiao Zhengying is very sensible. She doesn't recognize her when she is alone with outsiders. She tries to play with her cousin as much as possible, just like a big sister letting her younger brother. Hu Hai can't help but feel a little sad, thinking that this will make his daughter wrong?

Hu Hai thought to himself, although the big family is good, it needs to be treated by others.This time, "looking at others", once the cousin's husband's family shows any unwillingness, he can't forcefully give his daughter to them, otherwise the daughter will suffer because of it.Such an excellent daughter is not afraid of not being able to marry!
The coachmen of the Xia family are all sons of the Xia family, and they are all very loyal and very reasonable in the itinerary.

After setting out in the morning, I passed directly through Peach Blossom Town, arrived at Sunset City just before dark, and rested in the hotel for a night.

Seeing the bustling scene of Peach Blossom Town and Sunset City, although Xiao Zhengying still didn't smile, his eyes were full of yearning.

The next afternoon, the carriage arrived at the location of Dong Xia's house in Xiangzhou Fucheng. Hu Mei led the child into the gate of his house, and his son Xia Yang ran in excitedly, calling Dad as he ran.

However, the expected scene of the father's greeting did not appear. The family was deserted, with only a few maids sitting at home, and Hu Mei's husband was not at home.

Xia Yang lost face in front of Hu Zhengying, tears welled in his eyes, and Hu Mei's face was also very ugly.

Hu Mei called the maids over to ask, it turned out that the wife of her husband's eldest brother gave birth to a big fat boy, and the whole family ate "Three Dynasty" wine in the Xia family Zongtang, so the owner was not at home.

(End of this chapter)