Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 16 Three pieces of paper

Looking at her younger brother jumping out, Zhou Banxia smiled.He took out the letter from the red wooden box and folded the dowry list and put it back in its place.

When the banquet breaks up outside, the mahogany box along with the dowry list will be carried out by her mother and given to the male matchmaker, one of the "three matchmakers" present today, to take back to the man.

There are so many customs.

This is already so simple. Even the six rituals were almost done once today, but it was still quite torturous. I just don’t know what Xuanzi wrote in the letter.

I wrote three full pieces of paper.Perhaps I am still not used to using a writing brush, so the brush stroke seems weak. At any rate, the traditional Chinese characters I can write cannot be just one character per piece of paper.

He is not as good as her when it comes to writing with calligraphy.She had more than five years of experience copying scriptures in a small study, which made her as unforgettable as her embroidery skills.

Look at the content of the letter again.

It's all about the current general situation of the four houses of the Gu family, including the occupations of the staff in each house, the amount of money paid every month or year, and even the situation of the in-laws' family.

Help comes in times of need.

She is not a city girl. She is the eldest daughter of a poor family in the mountains. She later went to college and went out. She really understands the situation of people in the countryside.

When I was a child, it was common for some families to have trivial matters, and the sisters-in-law would quarrel with each other, and even their men would fight.

Although there are some sisters-in-law who quarreled well and then quarreled again, there were some who lost the quarrel and went back to their parents' house, and immediately started a fight with their husband's family, even beating people to death.

Later, when the legal system was improved and the children and grandchildren of every household were not willing to live together, the village chief and the elderly had less power, and fewer people were beaten to death.

Nowadays, four generations of the Gu family and dozens of people live under one roof. Their tongues are still touching their teeth, not to mention that the whole family supports a scholar. How can there be no conflicts?

Suddenly I glanced at the last page written by Gu Wenxuan, see you when you go out at midnight tonight?He didn't learn from the good ones, but he learned from the bad ones. He even hooked her up and went out over the wall at night!

Zhou Banxia almost burst out laughing, but she happened to hear footsteps walking towards the room. It was her mother's footsteps coming towards the room accompanied by her eldest sister muttering something unknown.

Make it difficult for them.

Normally, the two of them would have been shouting at the top of their lungs, but before anyone arrived, the voices came first, and now they had to speak softly.

Putting away the letter, Zhou Banxia didn't wait for anyone to enter the room, and took the lead in placing the wooden box containing the dowry list in a bright place where Li could see it at a glance.

"Just stay in the house alone."

Zhou Daya suddenly remembered that she had said that she would stay in the house with her third sister and not go anywhere today, and then she smiled: "I was so busy that I forgot about it. Are you hungry? The eldest sister will go get some food."

Zhou Banxia hurriedly waved his hands, and now people were coming and going outside, and there was a lively exchange of cups and cups. There were so many people and it was so chaotic. "I'm not hungry. There are pastries. Let's eat together after the guests leave."

well said!
You are not as good as your sister.The elders of both families are here, so we can eat whatever we want.How long has it been since I ate in the morning? Eat, eat, eat, I'll be reincarnated as a ghost to death!
Ms. Li opened and closed her mouth, but held back the curse and picked up the wooden box with the paper-cut words Double Happiness on it, "Have you added to the betrothal gifts I took away with you?"

"Three copies filled out."

"Okay, Mom will take it out first and give it to the Gu family's eldest lady (the groom's matchmaker). There are many people outside, so you wait in the room first. Mom will call you if I want you to go out."

Seeing Mrs. Li leaving the room, Zhou Daya winked at Zhou Banxia, ​​"Did you see that? There are so many people outside who are afraid of bumping into you. If you go back to your husband's house and go to the ground, my mother will cry to death."

You don't understand this. My father had another purpose in preparing the dowry list for the elder last night, which was to make the second elder of the Gu family unable to open his mouth and let you, the third sister, and I go to work in the fields.But it was too showy to say it out loud. Even if she saved almost all of the family's wealth, her carefree temperament did not mean she was happy to see her parents treat her differently.

"Similarly, my mother loves you too. She is worried that there are many people outside because she is afraid that I don't know the wrong person and will make a joke. Have you seen Da Jiang? No one is trying to make him drink?"

Zhou Daya shook her head, "Your brother-in-law and Gu Liulang are both here. I saw that my brother-in-law is pretty good. He is related to our family. I asked your brother-in-law why he didn't bring his children."

That is, if Xuanzi wants to be familiar with himself, everyone can think of him as a warm-hearted person. "That's good. It will help him and his brother-in-law interact more in the future."

Zhou Daya was very happy to hear this.The two younger brothers are still young, so the brothers-in-law are not allowed to go out and help them more, otherwise it will be difficult to rely on their parents.

The two sisters chatted quietly for a while, but the man and woman outside and the three matchmakers who acted as intermediaries had already left the banquet early and returned to the main room to start doing their respective duties.

Speaking auspicious words, Aunt Gu took the dowry list from Li, and the eldest daughter-in-law of the Zhou clan also saw that Li had prepared a return gift for the man.

The banquet in the front yard dispersed just before noon as Zhou Banxia expected. The elders of the two families and the visiting relatives all exchanged warm greetings and stood up.

In the main room, Aunt Gu got the dowry list. After hearing the news, she mentioned to the other two matchmakers that it was almost noon, that is, twelve o'clock, and the implication was that it was time to leave.

The eldest daughter-in-law of the Zhou clan had already determined that there was nothing rude about returning the gift. After hearing this, she happily called Zhou Banxia, ​​who was staying in the west room, to come out while arranging for someone to move the return gift.

Zhou Banxia was not slow to come out, and Zhou Daya, who was surrounded by people, was there. She wanted to straighten her clothes and see if her hair was messed up, but she was about to be dragged out.

Following the guidance of the eldest daughter-in-law of the Zhou clan, Zhou Banxia, ​​who didn't know what the next customs were, followed them out of the hall and saw Gu Wenxuan in the yard again.

Gu Wenxuan followed his father Gu Erzhu behind him and accompanied the elders, listening to them chatting as they walked out. He was looking back to see if Zhou Banxia had come out.

In the crowd, the two looked at each other.

Seeing that Patriarch Gu and others were about to leave the hospital in front of him, Gu Wenxuan quickly turned around, took long steps, stood one step away from Zhou Banxia, ​​and said something quickly.

"Wait for me, I will pick you up in twelve days."

"Okay, I'll wait for you!" Zhou Banxia was a little confused by such a sudden attack. He spoke quickly and only then realized that there were many people around him.

There was silence and laughter.

Gu Erzhu was even more happy than spending money.

Yes, I also know that I should protect my wife more when I am outside.He is indeed the son of Gu Lao Er!With that said, no one knows that Rokuro of his family is very fond of his wife, and the two children are also in love with her.

"Okay, don't be happy anymore. Look at the two children, their faces are red with laughter. Let's go. The whole village has hired people today. You can see them whenever you want."

So, there is no rule that men and women cannot meet before marriage?Zhou Banxia really didn't know that Qinghe Village didn't have this custom, so she knew that Fucheng couldn't do it.

All the young ladies in the high court are after the invitation period, that is, after the wedding date has been chosen, the man and woman must not meet before the wedding.

In this case, why do we still want to meet each other in the middle of the night?She didn't believe that Gu Wenxuan, who inherited the memory, didn't know this custom, so why not just come to the door?

(End of this chapter)