Dragging the family to flee famine?Don't be afraid, I have room to fill the granary

Chapter 223 Chapter 223: Three Books and Six Etiquette

The first of the six rituals is to accept the gift, and the second ritual is to ask for the name (taking birth date and horoscope).

Generally, the man asks the matchmaker to go to the woman's house to understand the woman's wishes first. If the woman has no objection, he will hand over his birth date to the matchmaker. This is also to avoid embarrassment if the woman disagrees.

The third ceremony - Najib.

After getting the woman's birthday horoscope, the matchmaker will go back to the man's side and use the birthday horoscopes of both men and women to see if they conflict with each other. If not, then they will take a second look to see if they are auspicious. An auspicious day.

An auspicious day to propose marriage, an auspicious day to get married.

This is to protect the woman. If the two people's birthdays are not the same, it doesn't matter if there is no further information.

The fourth ceremony - accepting the levy.

That is, the man prepares the engagement letter, the gift letter, and the auspicious gifts, and goes to the woman's house to propose marriage.

The engagement letter and the gift letter are two of the three books. The other is the welcome letter, also called the marriage letter, which is only used when getting married.

There is no limit to this gift that represents auspiciousness. The more you prepare, the more auspicious it is.

Generally, families with sons and wealthy families will start preparing these things very early.

Nangong Ye is no exception.

Just saying more or less.

The fifth ceremony - the due date.

That is, when proposing marriage, the woman will be informed of the engagement and the auspicious day of the marriage at her home.

The sixth ceremony - welcoming the bride.

As for the betrothal gift, it is sent to the woman's family before the wedding, and then the woman will bring the dowry to the man's family when she gets married.

As for the engagement, this is optional. In fact, it means that the date of getting married is considered an engagement.

However, if the date of marriage is relatively far away, the relatives of the man and woman can have a light meal together first and recognize each other, which is considered an engagement.

No fuss required.

That afternoon, the matchmaker arrived at Gu's mansion.

Successfully obtained Gu Qiqi's birthday and horoscope.

The date of marriage was also successfully set.

It is scheduled for September 9th two years later.

The next day, Nangong Ye went with Jiang Su and the matchmaker to the Gu Mansion to propose marriage with the letter of engagement, gift letter, and gifts.

Looking at the vast procession of marriage proposals, Gu Qiqi didn't expect this guy to be so fast.

Seeing the elders discussing their marriage in the main hall, Gu Qiqi motioned to Nangong Ye to go to the back garden with her.

Looking at Nangong Ye, Gu Qiqi asked: "Yesterday we decided to get married first, and the matchmaker came to the door this afternoon. Today you came to propose marriage? Are those things already prepared?"

Nangong Ye: "Some gifts were prepared a long time ago. Families with sons who want to marry a wife will prepare some gifts in advance. Others are prepared by myself during the past six months."

Gu Qiqi said meaningfully: "Then you have been planning for a long time. Just wait for me to jump into the pit."

Nangong Ye replied with a smile: "Wait until you are voluntary, take the initiative, and never force you." After speaking, he took the initiative to hold Gu Qiqi's hand and walked around the artificial lake in the backyard.

Gu Qiqi let him hold his hand, and then said: "Forget it, since we have already decided, it is only a matter of time, so I won't pursue you for this pit."

"But, does the date of getting married really fall on the 9th of September? Or is it your decision?"

Nangong Ye told the truth: "I didn't have any interference in this. If I had intervened, I wouldn't have decided so late. When the matchmaker calculated the days for us, my mother and I told her about the auspicious time and date in two years."

"So after calculation, one is on the ninth day of September and the other is on the first day of December."

Gu Qiqi: "So you chose the ninth day of September."

Nangong Ye's desire to survive came online and he immediately explained: "The ninth day of September means longevity, so I chose this auspicious day."

Gu Qiqi looked at Nangong Ye's anxious explanation, couldn't help but smile, and asked, "Did I say anything? You are so anxious to explain."

Nangong Ye: "I, I'm not in a hurry to explain. I'm just explaining the situation to you."

Gu Qiqi: "Um, is there a difference?"

Nangong Ye looked at Gu Qiqi. If she dared to say there was no difference, he might block her.

Looking at Nangong Ye's posture, Gu Qiqi quickly replied: "There is a difference, there is a difference. You are not explaining it to me, you are explaining it to me."

After hearing Gu Qiqi's answer, Nangong Ye changed the subject: "Now that the marriage is settled, you can go about your business with peace of mind."

Gu Qiqi: "What about you? Does Sixth Brother have any ideas? Or do you have any ideas?"

Nangong Ye: "Of course there is. We can use these two years to unify several surrounding countries that are eyeing Dayong."

"As for what you said, there may be other countries on the other side of the sea. As for those other countries, we will wait until they appear in the future."

"In the meantime, before they appear, we just need to strengthen our own country first. If they appear in the province, we will not be able to protect ourselves."

Gu Qiqi looked at Nangong Ye who had a plan and nodded: "It takes two years to unify the Central Plains, I'm afraid it's a bit rushed. There are many small countries around Dayong. Even if we have weapons, it will take three to six months for one of us. Oh."

The word "Zhongyuan" was what Gu Qiqi said when he told Nangong Ye and the others that there might be countries beyond the sea after learning that there was a sea in the south.

She called the land they were currently on the Central Plains.

Nangong Ye replied: "Don't forget, I am not alone. In the later stage, the eldest brother, the second brother, Chang Wu, and Chang Ning will all lead the team. Plus me, it will be the fifth team. Our five teams will set off together. It will not be possible in two years." impossible."

Gu Qiqi thought for a while and said, "Then we have to make adequate preparations this year, including provisions, food, and troops."

Nangong Ye: "Don't worry, the sixth brother was planning to arrange for the eldest brother and the second brother to go out to recruit soldiers. It happens to be in the past few days. When our marriage is finalized, they should be leaving soon."

"As for grain, grain and grass, now that the disaster has passed, potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn have been planted on a large scale in various places. There should be no need to worry about grain, grass and grain."

Sweet potato vines and corn stalks can be used as fodder to feed horses.

Sweet potatoes and corn can be eaten by soldiers, and nothing is wasted.

Gu Qiqi nodded: "Well, when the time comes, I will think of another way. I won't sell the grain from several villages and stock it up to supply the military camp."

After finishing speaking, Gu Qiqi thought of something again and said: "In that case, the construction of official roads will have to be postponed. Otherwise, it will be the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, road construction, and unification of the Central Plains. Dayong's manpower I’m afraid it’s not enough.”

"Also, since you two are going to be separated at that time, you should train more people and let the eldest brother and the second brother choose some people to come out. At that time, you should try to bring [-] each as elite soldiers."

(End of this chapter)