Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 15
The Gu family in Hedong is busy, and the Zhou family in Hexi is not idle either.Early the next morning, as soon as it got dark, they began to prepare a banquet to entertain the men who came to hire today.

It is human nature to like to watch the excitement. Before the Gu family came to make the appointment, the Zhou family had already attracted many people to watch. The three floors inside and outside the house were packed with people.

At about four o'clock in the morning, Gu Wenxuan, accompanied by his family, arrived together with the Gu clan leader, the groom's matchmaker and others, followed by his cousins ​​carrying the betrothal gift.

"Come here, come here, the Gu family is here to hire someone."

"The letter of appointment has been issued!"

"Hurry up, hurry up, it's time to perform some etiquette and sing a salute."

Before Patriarch Gu stepped into the gate of the Zhou Family Courtyard, he saw Patriarch Zhou rushing to greet him. He cupped his fists and said with a smile, "Today I came to your Zhou family to propose marriage for my husband, the Gu family."

The two clan leaders here chatted and Zhou Yujiang (Dajiang) took the prepared candies and distributed them to the people watching the fun, making everyone feel happy.

In the main room, the groom's matchmaker opened the betrothal gift. In addition to the tea, wine, sugar, wedding cakes, fish, meat, etc., there was actually a set of silver jewelry.

Although this set of silver jewelry only consists of a pair of earrings and a pair of hairpins, which is certainly not much in a wealthy family, but no matter how wealthy a farmer's family is, it can be said to be a big deal.

Zhou Banxia was startled when he heard his sister-in-law running up and quietly announcing a betrothal gift.Obviously both families are ordinary people from a small family, so why is this happening?
"Sanya, we have to go to the main room. The head of the Gu family has come to deliver the documents in person. When you get to the main room later, remember to pour a cup of tea to the head of the Gu family in person."

Zhou Banxia, ​​who was a little confused, was reminded by the Zhou clan's eldest daughter-in-law. She nodded subconsciously, followed the force of the other party's hold on her hand, stood up, and followed her out of the room.

As soon as I went out, the hall was full of people sitting and standing.But what stood out to her the most was the big, silly guy standing there with a wide grin.

Crazy?
Zhou Banxia bowed her head slightly with a shy look on her face, put her right hand on her left waist and put her left hand on her left waist. She leaned back on her right foot, slightly bent her knees and gave the Wanfu salute to all the elders present.

Gu Wenxuan was almost dumbfounded.This is the rich lady who was raised in a boudoir in ancient times. Listen to everyone's praise, his wife's adaptability is much better than him.

Look at a room full of old men and old ladies that are so rare.You look so good, you Wednesday!Yes, yes, my wife is very graceful and handsome.

It was too late to take a closer look before, but his wife was very tender.Wearing a single ancient costume makes you look more fairy-like than wearing wedding clothes during previous weddings.

So much for etiquette.

The Ming matchmaker is marrying three of the "Three Letters and Six Rituals". The engagement letter and the gift letter are all ready, and there is also a marriage letter that is waiting for Gu Wenxuan to come to the door with the marriage letter in twelve days.

After bowing respectfully, Zhou Banxia returned to the "boudoir".There was no one inside at this time, not even Zhou Daya, who was still shouting that she would stay in the room with her without doing anything this morning, where she didn't know.

Not to mention how the betrothal process was completed according to custom and the food and wine were served, how Patriarch Zhou led Zhou Shun to greet everyone from the Gu family who came with betrothal gifts to take their seats.

How did he tell the Gu family leader that he takes the daughter of the Zhou family very seriously and must not bully her in the future? The other person replied, "The male of my Gu family is as good as he is by nature."

Before it was local custom, the man would not leave beyond the noon hour before betrothal. Zhou Banxia first opened the box, took out the red wooden box, and took out the dowry list.

It is said to be a dowry list, but it is actually just a piece of red paper.The name and amount of the woman's dowry are written on the red paper, in triplicate.

Keep one copy each for your natal family and your husband's family. The other copy will be filed with the county government together with the marriage after marriage. At that time, it will be turned into a book and stamped with the official seal.

The laws of Daliang state stipulate that the dowry belongs to the married woman personally and cannot be occupied by her husband's family.Even if the husband's family wants to use it, he still needs his consent.After dinner last night, her parents went to the patriarch's house and came back. When they got home, they asked Dajiang to draw up the dowry list with ink and pen, one to report and the other to write.

Everything that could be used as a dowry at home was written on it. Even the furniture that had not been taken home and the two acres of dowry field that had not been seen were already written on the paper.

This dowry list can be seen filled with small black letters.It can be as big as a kangqin cabinet or as small as a sewing box, which can make Dajiang's little hand cramp up when he writes.

There are a lot of bits and pieces.At that time, her scalp was numb when she heard that she only had one room in the Gu family's wing, so many people couldn't fit in it, and she still didn't feel crowded.

As a result, her father always said emotionally that she was born in the wrong child. Generally, girls would plant trees as soon as they were born, and the trees would be used to build furniture for their daughters as dowries.

For a moment, I didn't think about what kind of tree could grow for 16 or 18 years and be used to build furniture. I accidentally nodded and agreed and wrote down everything on the list.

"Sister, third sister, I'm here."

I still don’t know you’re here?Zhou Banxia laughed dumbly.Looking at the younger brother running in, he put down the brush that was already imitating the older brother's handwriting to write the betrothal gift on the list.

Zhou Yuhe came closer, turned his head and looked at the door and the window. Seeing that no one was approaching, he asked quietly, "Third brother-in-law, is it convenient for you to meet me now?"

"inconvenient."

"Give."

Was he bought off so quickly?Zhou Banxia humorously took the letter from his brother with one hand, and scratched the bridge of Zhou Yuhe's nose with his fingers.

"Third sister, I am an adult!" Zhou Yuhe stamped his feet, "Third brother-in-law promised me that he will listen to you and will not bully you in the future, otherwise I will not be able to spare him!"

"Awesome!" You are the most awesome brother-in-law in the world!Zhou Banxia couldn't help but chuckle, "Did he ask you to wait for my reply before sending it to him?"

"Hmph! I told you that no one in the house will say anything anymore." Zhou Yuhe changed his position and stood next to Zhou Banxia, ​​"The third brother-in-law said it's okay if he doesn't have time to reply.

If there is someone in your house, just let me hand it over to you. It doesn't matter if you read the letter later.The third brother-in-law is also afraid that your reputation will be affected by being seen, and you will treat me like a tiger. "

"That's right, my brother is smart." Zhou Banxia patted his young brother on the shoulder.Since there was no need to read the letter in a hurry, she put the letter into the box nearby and closed it.

"Do you want me to carry a message for you?" Zhou Yuhe took a look at the third sister's face. He must be very fond of the third brother-in-law, right? "I promise not to let outsiders hear what I say."

Zhou Banxia hesitated for a moment, "That's okay. Just say it was me who said it, and ask him to go back with everyone before noon according to custom, and I will reply later."

Zhou Yuhe silently recited what his third sister had just said, making sure he could relay it word for word, and nodded his head heavily, "Brother Liulang and his family want you to get married on the sixth day of the lunar month next month."

So fast?
"It sounds like that was the day when Gu Silang got married. Third sister, at first I heard the clan leader and our father talking about getting married sooner rather than later, but I didn't know what they meant."

It seems that whether it is the clan leader, clan elders, or the groom's family, they have decided to let the girl "die" of illness recently. "We'll find out later by asking dad."

(End of this chapter)