Early Tang Dynasty: forge ahead

Chapter 36 The worrying dowry

After the nursery rhyme incident, Xiao Anjie became much closer to Chen Qingsi, and his words were a little more respectful.

In the situation just now, he really couldn't think of any other way to relieve the embarrassment. He could only drive away the children to prevent the situation from getting worse. Cold sweat broke out instantly.

But he didn't expect that the young man, the person who had been harmed, showed no trace of anger or panic. He resolved the embarrassment with just a few words, and in the end, he expressed his ambition in Lingyun with a poem, which ended perfectly.Today's news spread, Chen Qingsi's identity will not cause him any trouble, but it will make his image more stalwart, with both filial piety and ambition.

Of course, for Xiao Anjie, the most important thing is to earn enough face for the Xiao family.

The Xiao Shu family of Lanling was greatly weakened by the incident with Concubine Xiao Shu, and its prestige plummeted. Many northerners came to Wujin County in the name of traveling, just to see jokes and step on them, so that the Xiao family of Lanling could be disgraced and even shaken. The foundation of the leader of the Jiangnan gentry.

Now, Xiao Anjie felt happy just thinking about it, and felt great regret in his heart. He couldn't really get along with such a person.

Chen Qingsi's wedding team has not yet arrived at the Lanling tribe's land, and the news from the county has already reached them quickly.

When they heard the children in the county singing ballads, the chief Xiao Xuan and all the elders of the Xiao family all changed their minds.

But then they heard Chen Qingsi's performance and were overjoyed one after another.

"Zhongming, you have a good son-in-law!" Xiao Xuan twisted his beard and laughed.

A middle-aged man with a haggard expression also showed a happy smile: "Hong Wuhan."

Because of the matter involving his eldest daughter, Xiao Hong has been running around Chang'an, trying to understand the situation and even meet Concubine Xiao Shu.

In the end, everything was in vain. Xiao Hong knew that this disaster was inevitable, and his only wish was that the remaining daughter could be harmonious and happy. Hearing his son-in-law's performance today, he felt relieved.

Xiao Xuan's smile rose and fell, and he leaned on the ground with a cane in his hand: "The juniors are too arrogant, do you really think that our Xiao family is made of clay? Zimei, you are the best in handwriting. In my name, give them some family heads." Repair the book and let them appreciate the literary talents of my son-in-law of the Xiao family. Zhongchu, please sort out what happened today. I heard that your grandson likes singing and dancing, and can also compose his own music? This is a very good story! Junior It’s not okay for us to interfere in our affairs and let the juniors make trouble. It’s impossible for the juniors to make trouble while we are not allowed to make trouble. This doesn’t make sense.”

The two elders of the Xiao family understood and chuckled in unison.

Xiao Rui, who was ordered to do so at the critical moment, already had stories in his mind about several wretched five-surname villains who had a crush on his Aunt Miaochen, and used this as a means to humiliate the protagonist, only to be slapped in the face.

The ancients were only limited by the times and could not understand things beyond their own knowledge, but they themselves were not stupid. The various methods commonly used by later generations were also good for the ancients.Even for the methods that later generations thought were extraordinary, Chinese ancestors had already had precedents. For example, the U.S. dollar was linked to oil and gold, which was left over from Prime Minister Zhuge's play.

After this incident, the status of Chen Qingsi, the Xiao family's son-in-law, was in vain. When he entered the Xiao family's land, he received extraordinary treatment.

Firecrackers exploded from the entrance of Xiao's Archway, and the sound was endless all the way to Xiao Hong's residence.

The children of the Xiao family cheered and shouted along with the wedding procession.

Chen Qingsi also met her father-in-law and mother-in-law and made up for the ceremony.

According to the rules, Chen Qingsi should have paid a visit to the two elders long ago, but the two had been in Chang'an before, so they had never met.

Xiao Hong and Mrs. Xiao looked at the polite and high-spirited young man in front of them with joy, and all the worries in their hearts disappeared.

The two experienced great sorrow and great joy, and they had nothing to ask for. They just held Chen Qingsi and told him to treat his precious daughter well.

Chen Qingsi made a solemn promise to this, although he has never seen the wife who has submitted the marriage certificate so far.

But as someone who has experienced it, Chen Qingsi is very open-minded about relationships.He doesn't mind an arranged marriage, and he doesn't need a spectacular, world-destroying love. As long as they have compatible personalities and can stay together stably, that's enough.

As a famous family, the Xiao family is very particular about etiquette.

On the day of worshiping the pavilion, Chen Qingsi sincerely accepted the teasing and teasing of the woman's three aunts and six wives...

After a series of complicated procedures, Chen Qingsi finally waited until the bride got into the sedan chair.Although Chen Qingsi comforted her daughter-in-law as long as she was virtuous and it didn't matter whether she was beautiful or not, at the critical moment, she still hoped that her wife would be both talented and beautiful.

Looking intently, I saw a graceful woman in green walking out of the boudoir, followed by two beautiful maids. At first glance, I was disappointed. They were already far away, and the woman was using a fan to cover her, making it even harder to see clearly.

However, the two maids supporting her are pretty and lovely...

Don't be in a hurry, you should be able to see it clearly when you get close.

Chen Qingsi's face was calm, but she was thinking secretly in her heart.

But the next move of her father-in-law Xiao Hong made Chen Qingsi curse in her heart: "What an evil rule."

Shortly after leaving the boudoir, Xiao Hong put a kerchief on his daughter's head, and then the couple admonished their daughter to "respect her with caution" and "respect her with encouragement".

Chen Qingsi finally understood that before entering the bridal chamber, he never expected to see his wife's true appearance in Lushan.

The green-dressed bride wearing a headscarf boarded the wedding car with the support of Xiao Hong. Chen Qingsi rode a horse and circled the car three times, which meant that the bride would receive comprehensive care and attention after her marriage.

At this point, everything has just come to an end, and the wedding car is driving towards Tongguan Village.

In fact, there is one last link, the car wreck.

The so-called car jam means that relatives, friends and family members will crowd in the middle of the road to block the wedding car from leaving, and the groom has to spend money to buy the way.Sometimes "wrecked cars" would become a means for village gangsters and even local officials to extort money. In history, a governor did this and asked for a thousand pieces of cloth. The groom got [-] pieces of cloth from here and there, but the governor was not satisfied. , the bride was imprisoned for three days, she was extremely immoral.

But the Xiao family obviously took special care of Chen Qingsi, so they arranged for a group of children to talk about it, gave him a few snacks and pastries, and then sent him away.

Snacks and pastries are still in Xiaojiashun...

As the groom, Chen Qingsi leads the way. He is proud of his life and looks straight ahead without looking back.

It wasn't until after walking a mile that Chen Qingsi heard the discussion of the wedding team beside her that she looked back.

A long red dragon followed their wedding team from where he was to the Xiao family's archway.

This is?

dowry?

A sentence suddenly came to Chen Qingsi's mind: Poverty limits one's imagination...

Not right!

Chen Qingsi suddenly realized a problem. Even if she filled her humble house, she could not hold the tenth of the dowry.

How to do?
He, who had always been calm, was anxious about the excessive dowry.

The return journey was slower than the journey due to the extra dowry that stretched for a mile.

The Xiao family's movements were much faster than theirs.

Well-written scripts began to spread to the south of the Yangtze River, and Li Bai's "Shang Li Yong" also began to spread to all directions. This good article recommended by the head of the Xiao family in Lanling triggered a chain reaction far better than "Compassion for the Peasants".

　Accompanying a client, I came back late, sorry!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)