Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 271: Two hundred and sixty-eight, a perfect match
Liu's wish to see Aoshan finally came to nothing.

Aoshan was lit in the square outside the imperial city.

Early this morning, the people went there to wait.

However, the reason why Aoshan is called "mountain" is because it is very big.

You can see it from a distance, but you can't see it clearly.

Li An originally wanted to take his parents to see it from a distance.

As a result, when they arrived in the inner city and approached the Imperial City, they found that several streets leading to the Imperial City Square had been blocked by patrol battalions.

The reason for the blockade is not that something big happened, but because there are too many people and the flow of people needs to be restricted to avoid stampedes.

Although Aoshan could not be seen, the lanterns all over the street were bright and colorful, allowing Liu and Li Nan to feel the prosperity of Bianjing.

The family of three went shopping until late at night before returning home.

As soon as she entered the courtyard, Mrs. Liu was stunned when she saw Liu He coming out. She stepped forward and looked him up and down, and said, "I see you have lost a lot of weight. Has your cousin treated you badly?"

"I've met my aunt and uncle!"

Mrs. Zhang also pulled Mrs. Liu and explained in detail what should be prepared.

Early the next morning, the family of three packed up, took gifts and took a carriage to Liu's house.

By the time they got home after shopping, it was already evening.

Compared with last night, Bianjing City was much more depressed during the day, but it was still very lively.

Li Nan and Mrs. Liu asked Liu Xuewen and Mr. Zhang to come forward to help propose marriage, and they naturally would not refuse.

After lunch at Liu's house, Li An's family said goodbye and left.

……

After the guests and hosts sat down, they chatted for a while and then started talking about business.

When I came here this morning, I learned that Mrs. Liu and the others had gone to Liu's house, so they had been waiting here.

Fortunately, it's just a door-to-door proposal, not a job offer. You can buy what you need with just a little money, so it's not a hassle.

Unexpectedly, I waited until it was almost dark before people came back.

Liu He learned from the Shi family and his son that his aunt and uncle had come to Bianjing, and originally wanted to pay a visit.

But thinking that Liu and the others needed to rest, they didn't come over.

Late at night, the flow of people on the streets of Bianjing still did not decrease.

After leaving Liu's house, he did not go home, but went shopping.

"Aunt, I'm getting stronger, not thinner. My cousin is very kind to me." Liu He said with a smile.

Mrs. Liu and Li Nan arrived in Bianjing near noon yesterday. They were so excited when they saw their son that they completely forgot about their nephew.

When they arrived at Liu's house, Liu Xuewen and his wife were already waiting at the door with Liu Wan'er.

After meeting and exchanging pleasantries, we arrived at the main hall of the Liu family.

He manages the teahouse with great freedom and doesn't have to be too good at eating and drinking.

However, he has been insisting on practicing martial arts, and it seems that he is indeed much thinner than before.

"That's good. Your mother made you two sets of clothes and asked me to bring them to you. I'll bring them to you later." Mrs. Liu smiled.

When Ms. Liu saw her nephew, she happily took her into the house to chat, leaving Li An and his son and Desheng there to carry the gifts they bought.

In the evening, Liu He had dinner and chatted with her for a while before going back.

Although Li An will be officially engaged tomorrow, it is different from later generations. Engagement is usually negotiated by the elders, and it is enough to have a meal together in the end.

There is no need to bring a bunch of relatives with you.

……

Early the next morning, Mrs. Liu put on a new mandarin made of dark purple silk fabric, and inserted a gold hairpin into her bun.

She happily sat in front of the dressing table and applied the rouge and powder that Li An took her to Li's Rouge Shop yesterday to buy in front of the bronze mirror.

After applying it, I looked at the mirror and realized it was too thick, so I wiped it off and applied it again.

After finishing it, he looked at the bronze mirror for a while and nodded with satisfaction.

After thinking about it, she took off the gold hairpin on her head and replaced it with the silver hairpin that Li An gave her last time.

This golden hairpin was also bought for him by Li An yesterday. Women have no resistance to this kind of thing in the hot weather.

Mr. Liu liked this hairpin very much. But when she looked at it now, she always felt that it looked a bit like a nouveau riche and was not dignified enough.

Today she went to the Sheng family to discuss Li An and Minglan's marriage. She was worried about being looked down upon by the Sheng family, so she eventually changed to a silver hairpin.

He looked in the mirror and saw that it looked very plain, and nodded with satisfaction.

In the front hall, the father and son were waiting impatiently at the dinner table.

The breakfast was almost cold, and there was no sign of Liu.

Li Nan wanted to urge his wife, but was afraid that she would get angry, so he looked at Li An and said, "Aniu, go and urge your mother."

"Dad, if you don't dare to go yourself, just let me go. I'm not stupid."

Li An gave his father a roll of his eyes. Can this woman be forced to put on makeup?

Li Nan's eyes widened and he said, "Why, I am a father, and I can't control you anymore?"

Li An couldn't refute, so he could only go to the backyard in a depressed manner.

He came to the door, knocked on the door, and said, "Mom, it's getting late, are you okay?"

"The door is not closed, come in." Mrs. Liu said without looking back while applying gouache in the mirror.

Li An opened the door and walked in. Seeing his mother still putting on makeup, he smiled and said, "Mom, you are naturally beautiful, you don't need to put on makeup at all."

Ms. Liu, however, did not want to be flattered by him and said calmly: "Oh, really? Since your mother is naturally beautiful, why did you buy her rouge and gouache?"

Li An suddenly felt like he had shot himself in the foot, and said with an apologetic smile: "Although my mother is naturally beautiful, rouge and gouache can also enhance her beauty. Just apply a little bit. Otherwise, if I go to Sheng's house today, I won't get all the limelight." I have to be snatched away by my mother.”

"You little brat, if you read some books and don't notice, your mouth is getting sweeter and sweeter. I think you can't wait any longer, are you here to rush me? They say you forget your mother when you have a wife, and this wife hasn't even entered the house yet. , have you started urging your mother?" Mrs. Liu said angrily.

"Mom, actually, dad got impatient with waiting, and he didn't dare to rush you, so he asked me to come."

Faced with someone like Mr. Liu who had no money or salt, Li An had no choice but to sell his father.

"boom!"

Hearing this, Mr. Liu put down the bronze mirror heavily, stood up and said, "I'm going to go ask your father why he's so impatient with waiting!"

Li An looked at his troubled mother, secretly praying for his father, and quickly followed him.

……

After breakfast, the family of three took a carriage, followed by a donkey cart filled with gifts, and headed to Liu's house.

Liu Xuewen and his wife also dressed up for a trip today, and the two families gathered together and headed to Sheng's house.

Because Li An had notified him in advance, Sheng Hong specifically took leave today and stayed at home.

When Li An and the others arrived, Sheng Hong and Mrs. Wang were already waiting at the door with their eldest son, Sheng Changbai.

The three families exchanged pleasantries, and after being greeted by Sheng Hong and his wife, they entered the main hall.

The three families were talking, and Li An, a junior, was naturally not qualified to speak. He sat at the end with a smile on his face, listening to their chat.

In fact, it was said that three families were chatting, but in fact it was mainly Liu Xuewen and his wife and Sheng Hong and his wife who were chatting.

Li Nan and Liu were ordinary people. They were a little nervous when facing Sheng Hong and his wife, and they didn't know what to say.

As Lao Guo said, marriage is all about a well-matched couple.

This is a custom passed down from ancient times. Although it seems feudal, it actually contains the command of the ancients.

The two families were incompatible with each other. In the words of later generations, they had no common language and naturally had nothing to talk about.

Mrs. Wang didn't care about Minglan's affairs at all, and she was talking to Mrs. Zhang the whole time.

Fortunately, Sheng Hong was a tactful person and knew that it was not good to neglect his future in-laws, so he took the initiative to ask Li Nan about the situation in Yangzhou.

Sheng Hong had been an official in Yangzhou for several years and knew a lot about the situation in Yangzhou. Li Nan was a native of Yangzhou and had been living in Yangzhou for these years. The two barely had something in common.

After a while, Liu Xuewen took the lead in getting down to business and talked about marriage.

Generally speaking, before proposing a marriage, the woman's attitude will be tested. The woman will come to propose marriage only if she does not object.

The matter between Li An and Minglan had been settled before, but because his parents were not in Bianjing, they did not formally visit.

Therefore, the testing step is not necessary.

Normally, after proposing a marriage, you will start to follow the three books and six etiquettes. However, Minglan has not yet reached the age of hairpin, so the three books and six etiquettes will have to wait until she reaches the age of hairpin.

Therefore, after Liu Xuewen proposed it, Sheng Hong and his wife did not refuse, and the marriage was considered settled.

(End of this chapter)