Mingshi

Chapter 639
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Before Luo Xin arrived at the city gate of Jinyang Prefecture, he saw Sun Jixian, the prefect of Jinyang Prefecture, Wu Tongzhi, the dean of Jinyang Academy, and a group of Jinyang officials greeted him at the gate of the city.Naturally, Luo Xin didn't dare to take it too seriously, he hurriedly got off the car, stepped forward and bowed his hands to salute:
"Master Sun, Dean Wu!"

"Brother Luo Xian, I have been looking forward to you for a long time!" Sun Jixian's eyes flashed, and he greeted him with a big smile, feeling extremely envious of Luo Xin in his heart.How long has passed, Luo Xin is already a fifth-rank official, and Sun Jixian is just a fourth-rank official.

Luo Xin and Sun Ji first exchanged greetings, and then exchanged greetings with other officials and celebrities, and then they were surrounded and entered the Jinyang Mansion.Luo Xin stayed in Jinyang Mansion for three days, and he couldn't do without banquets during these three days, and was invited back to Jinyang Academy by Wu Tongzhi.Luo Xin returned to Jinyang Academy again, but his identity was completely different.In the past, he was studying here as a student, but now he came back as a fifth-rank official. Now Luo Xin is a legend in Jinyang Academy, and every pair of eyes looking at Luo Xin is full of admiration.

Three days later.

Luo Xin left Jinyang Mansion, and when he left, there were five more carriages behind his carriage. They were all wedding gifts given to Luo Xin by the officials of Jinyang Mansion, and they promised to go to congratulate Luo Xin on the day of Luo Xin's wedding.

It departed from Jinyang Mansion in the morning and arrived in Yanglin County at dusk.

It was still far away from the city gate of Yanglin County, and the county magistrate of Yanglin County came forward with officials and celebrities in the county.Although the officials who greeted Luo Xin this time were all small and inferior to Luo Xin, Luo Xin still got out of the car and thanked him with a smile, which made County Magistrate Liu and those celebrities extremely excited.

Luo Xin had a mansion in Yanglin County, so Luo Xin asked Wan Daquan to bring the motorcade back to the mansion, while he took Lu Daqing to the banquet that magistrate Liu had already prepared.

Luo Xin stayed in Yanglin County for another two days before heading towards Shanglin Village. Behind him were two more carriages loaded with gifts.

When Luo Xin returned to Shanglin Village, he was greeted by the whole village. The Luo family set up running water mats in the manor for three days, and the whole village felt like a festival.

This is indeed something worthy of celebration, Luo Xin is the biggest official in Shanglin Village.

After the three-day running water table was set up, Luo Mansion began to become more lively.Because guests have started to arrive one after another, the day of Luo Xin's wedding is very close.

It stands to reason that this time is the slack time in winter and the most deserted time in the countryside, but in Shanglin Village, it seems to be celebrating the New Year.Every household in Shanglin Village was decorated with lanterns and festoons.

Today, the whole village is mobilized, from Zhang Shu to the Luofu, and they are all busy for Luo Xin.Because today is the pride of their Shanglin Village, the first-class Marquis of Yanglin in the Ming Dynasty, Luo Xinluo Buqi, the Tongzhi of Hangzhou, is about to win Miss Lu's family as his wife.

It is conceivable how many guests will come, so even if Luo Xin's manor is big enough, it cannot accommodate so many guests.As a result, every household in Shanglin Village has become a place for banquets, and the family members of each household have also become waiters for guests. The entire Shanglin Village has been mobilized to perform their duties.

This is not a big deal, the magistrate Liu of Yanglin County called all the cooks from all the restaurants in the county to Shanglin Village, three days before the big wedding, Shanglin Village was already overcrowded, and they started to set up water seats.

Luo Xin's connections are mainly in the north, and in the north they are mainly in the army, so the chief soldiers and subordinate officials of the nine northern towns have all come.More than 500 people came from these generals alone.

As for the civil servants, there are more people than the military.

That's easy to say, didn't you say that Luo Xin's influence in the army is great?Why are there more civil servants than generals?

That was before!Now that Luo Xin is less than 17 years old, he has become a Hangzhou Tongzhi, Shibosi Tiju, and Yuwang's teacher. Everyone knows that Luo Xin is going to be prosperous!If you don't come to curry favor with Luo Xin at this time, when will you have to wait?
So all the officials who could get a little relationship with Luo Xin came. In the end, what shocked Luo Xin was that the prefect of Hangzhou sent someone to send a congratulatory gift.In this way, the total number of civil and military officials exceeded 500.

These people all have real power, and those who are famous but not powerful are those celebrities.These celebrities admire Luo Xin even more, because the three books written by Luo Xin completely conquered them.How many celebrities are there?Moreover, celebrities are not like officials, who need some connections to congratulate. They don't need it, they just declare their status as celebrities, and they come under the banner of admiration and communication.These people come from all over the world, and the number is even larger.

So, the powerful are here, the famous are here, will the rich not come?
Naturally, the rich and gentry would not give up their relationship with Luo Xin, and even the merchants would not let go of this opportunity, especially the eight major commercial houses in the capital, where every owner came here early.

Such a large group of officials, celebrities, rich and squires came here, naturally they would not be bare-bones, they would all bring their servants, adding up the miscellaneous things would make the number too large, wait for Lu Yuan to count the number of people and show Luo Xin , Luo felt a little numb in his heart.

Ok!

The number of people who came to his wedding has exceeded 1.Of course, the servants accounted for the vast majority of the more than 1 people, but even if these people are the servants of the guests who came to congratulate them, they still have to eat, right?
You said that there are more than 1 people, but there are no more than 1000 tables?
County Magistrate Liu of Yanglin County directly became Luo Xin's big housekeeper for this wedding, and he took care of all the reception work.Lu Yuan was assigned to be in charge of a team of super chefs temporarily composed of all restaurants in Yanglin County.

Shanglin Village is not a big village, with only more than 300 households, and more than 300 tables are placed in more than 1000 households. This is really not a problem if it is spring, summer and autumn, and the big deal is to place the banquet outdoors.

However, it is winter now!If the banquet is placed in the open air, wouldn't the dishes be in a hurry to catch up with the cold?

Moreover……

The guests can't sit still!
Therefore, County Magistrate Liu arranged for craftsmen in the county to build many wooden houses around Shanglin Village in a very short period of time. The charcoal pots were made in the wooden houses, which was very warm.

The temporary wooden house has just been built here, and the borrowed seats over there have already been delivered.It is impossible for the Luo family to have so many tables and chairs, and the entire Shanglin Village will not have so many tables and chairs. They are all borrowed from Yanglin County, not only the tables and chairs from all restaurants in Yanglin County. and borrowed a lot from various households.

These tables and chairs lent to Luo Xin were later regarded as treasures by various households, and the tables and chairs of those restaurants were later robbed, making those restaurants a fortune.Everyone who snapped up these tables and chairs did not do anything else, just to get some of Luo Xin's joy and extravagance.

Hou Ye and the fourth grade official who are less than 17 years old!
Not to mention the afterword, the magistrate Liu of Yanglin County is most anxious about the ingredients. With such a small Yanglin County, the ingredients are really not enough to hold such a big banquet all at once!County magistrate Liu was so anxious that his mouth was foaming.Fortunately, Sun Jixian had considered this method long ago, and issued an order as the prefect of Jinyang, and the ingredients of the entire Jinyang Mansion would be tight to the Luo Mansion first.As a result, on the road from Jinyang Mansion to Shanglin Village, there was an endless stream of vehicles transporting various ingredients.

Looking at the mountain of ingredients, Luo Xin couldn't help but secretly wiped his sweat, thinking to himself:
"If it's summer... I'm afraid these ingredients will stink before they are eaten."

The next day was the wedding day, everything was ready and the theater troupe was invited.Everything is in an orderly and quiet hustle.

The next morning.

Shanglin Village became lively all of a sudden. It was impossible for those guests who came from everywhere to live in Shanglin Village, and there was no place for so many people to live in, so they all lived in Yanglin County.These people all got up early, and there was more than an hour before noon, and guests began to arrive one after another.

The kitchen began to be busy, the reception staff began to be busy, and the theater troupe began to sing...

This situation lasted until noon, when all the guests had arrived, County Magistrate Liu, who had transformed into Luo Xin's wedding chief executive, shouted loudly:

"Open the table!"

As soon as the sound was heard, the cooks who had prepared everything began to start. These cooks were divided into three grades, not only the cooks were divided into three grades, but the ingredients were also divided into three grades.The first class is, of course, for the real guests, the second class is for the guests' butlers, and the third class is for the guests' servants.

Three grades of cooks quickly cooked one dish after another, and then the waiters quickly brought the steaming dishes to the tables one by one.

Luo Xin's father, Luo Ping, can't be idle at this time, he has to sit at the table to toast, of course, every table toast is a simple toast, Luo Ping doesn't need to drink, otherwise, if more than 1 people are toasted, Luo Ping will be able to do it even if he is a wine fairy Drink to death.

Originally, Luo Xin should be responsible for the toast, but Luo Xin had already left Shanglin Village at this time, and went to Lu Mansion of Yanglin County to pick up the bride.

The bride had to be picked up before sunset, and the winter days were short, so Luo Xin led the team out in the morning.

Here Luo Xin is still on the way with the wedding party, while the Lu Mansion over there is also in a hurry.

The Lu family was originally a big family, and all the relatives and friends came at this time. Above the Xiulou, a few women were helping Lu Rudai with makeup.Dai'er's mother also circled around Lu Rudai, offering some suggestions from time to time.

After some things were cleaned up, Lu Rudai sat quietly in the show building. At this time, those relatives all retreated, and there were only Lu Rudai and Mrs. Lu mother and daughter left in the show building. hand, to impart some experience to her, Lu Rudai blushed and listened attentively.

"Crackling..."

There was a burst of firecrackers, and the lady-in-law's gate downstairs from Xiulou shouted in unison:

"The sedan chair is coming..."

Luo Xin rode on the tall horse with a smile and watched the firecrackers set off in front of the gate of the Lu residence. After the firecrackers were set off, the people of the Lu residence retreated and closed the gate.

But Luo Xin didn't panic at all, he knew that this was a custom, and this custom was still preserved in many places in later generations.This custom is called "blocking the sedan chair door", that is, the young man on the woman's side makes a request, and the man should try his best to meet it.

In most cases, the young men on the woman's side want money, so every groom will prepare a lot of red envelopes when picking up the bride.Of course, there are also women from a scholarly family. They don't want money, they want the groom to match each other, write poems, etc.

And Luo Xin received a little more treatment, not only for red envelopes, but also for pairs.But these things couldn't help Luo Xin, but it took less than a quarter of an hour, the gate of the Lu Mansion reopened, Luo Xin entered the Lu Mansion, and the sedan chair to pick up the bride finally landed.

After that, the man's bridal go in to urge the bride to get on the sedan chair. According to the custom, the bride will not get on the sedan chair as soon as the bridal bride urges her.Whether she wanted to or not, the woman pretended not to want to get married and had to urge her three times. This time was not short, so Luo Xin went to toast his teacher and now father-in-law during the time when Xi Niang urged her to marry.Luo Xin first went to kowtow to Lu Tingfang, changed his name to father-in-law, then made a toast, and then stood up.Due to time constraints, it was impossible for Luo Xin to toast the relatives and friends of his father-in-law's family, so he picked up the wine glass and toasted together.

Lu Tingfang's face was full of smiles, and he was already very satisfied to have such a son-in-law as Luo Xin.Moreover, Luo Xin and Lu Rudai were childhood sweethearts, and there was no problem with their relationship. Luo Xin had a bright future, so why would he be unhappy?

Standing beside Lu Tingfang was Lu Tingjiang who had rushed back from the grassland. After shouting "The bride is out", Lu Tingjiang said in Luo Xin's ear while sending Luo Xin away:

"all the best!"

Naturally, Luo Xin knew that what Lu Tingjiang said was that everything was going well on the grassland, so he lowered his voice and said:
"Second Uncle has worked hard!"

At this time, Luo Xin had already arrived outside the gate, while Lu Rudai came out wearing a red hijab, and then Mrs. Lu fed the sedan chair rice, implying not to forget the kindness of nurturing.At this time, Lu Rudai was already in tears.

After eating the sedan chair meal, Lu Tingfang kowtowed to her parents, and then, supported by her sister-in-law, she went outside the gate and entered the sedan chair.

The time to go back this time will be much slower than when we came, because the sedan chair was empty when we came, but when we go back, there is a bride sitting in the sedan chair. The sedan chair must be lifted steadily, because everything is very particular. Yes, once the bride enters the sedan chair, her buttocks cannot move, which means "safety and stability", so the person who lifts the sedan chair should also be stable. Luo Xin blamed it, so who should take the responsibility?
Therefore, around dusk, the sedan chair entered the gate of Luo Mansion.Naturally, there is a sound of ritual music and firecrackers.

When the firecrackers stopped, the sedan chair just landed.Then a host shouted loudly:
"The groom stands in front of the sedan chair!"

Luo Xin dismounted and followed the rules, and Lu Rudai in the sedan chair also followed the arrangement.

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