Step by step lotus flower

Chapter 84
Lu Zhongxian was dumbfounded by his two daughters, "I'm already an old man, and I'm handsome. After listening carefully, I laughed out loud."

Lu Mingxuan and Lu Mingfu hurriedly said: "Where is daddy getting old? Dad is not old at all, it is the age of the prime of life, especially today, standing outside with our sisters, I don't know, ten to ten I can't believe daddy There are already two daughters of this age."

"Why don't you say that I stand with you, people don't think they are father and daughter, but brothers and sisters? It's getting more and more outrageous!" Lu Zhongxian became more and more dumbfounded.

I didn't want the two daughters to nod desperately when they heard the words: "Dad, don't tell me, there are several pairs of brothers and sisters in our street who are in their teens or twenties. If we just go to the street and catch a passer-by and tell us They are brothers and sisters, I guarantee that person will not have the slightest doubt..."

Amidst the two sisters' gags, the sun gradually rose, and it was time for Lu Zhongxian to go to meet the bride. Qi's family was outside the city, and it took several hours to go back and forth. After going to the woman's house There is also some etiquette, if you don't start early, if you miss the auspicious time for worship, it will be bad.

After Lu Zhongjing left the Lu's house on a tall horse tied with red silk and was surrounded by people who were going to greet his relatives, Lu Mingxuan and Lu Mingfu also started to get busy.

Today, in addition to the side branches of the Lu family, some of Lu Zhongxian's close friends and some of the officials in Dingguo's mansion who have been friends with him on weekdays will also come to have a wedding banquet. The two sisters are expected to hold twenty tables. Each table has eight meats, eight vegetables, four dried fruits, four candied fruit and a hot pot. Obviously, the Lu family's own cooks can't cope with such dishes, so they specially invited a master chef from a well-known restaurant in the capital to do outsourcing; , Serving tea, fruit and snacks, entertainment for the guests after the banquet, etc. must also be arranged. Although there are a lot of aunts and sisters-in-law from the side family and their own servants to help, the main ones are the two sisters, so the two sisters have to be busy. There are many of them.

At three o'clock in the unitary hour, the bride and groom's sedan chair arrived at Lu's house amidst the sound of crackling firecrackers and gongs and drums. The auspicious time for worship was set at Xuzheng. Although Lu Mingxuan and Lu Mingfu wanted to stay in the hall to watch the ceremony, But Lu Zhongxian issued a strict order early in the morning, so that the two must avoid it, so as not to be bumped into by the outsider. When they are together, if they know that the two of them are watching the ceremony in a group of men and women, even if they are in their own home, they will still be talked about.

So Lu Mingxuan and Lu Mingfu had to lead their maidservants back to the room, and they had to wait until the ceremony was completed and everyone sat inside and outside the seats before going out again.

"I really want to see what the new wife looks like right away!" Lu Mingfu couldn't help sighing with Lu Mingxuan, "Is it really like what daddy said, giving people a 'very comfortable' feeling?"

Lu Mingxuan said with a smile: "Sister, what's the hurry? Wait a while after Daddy and the new wife are finished worshiping and sent to the bridal chamber and enthroned on the bed, we will deliver food to the new wife. Naturally, we will be able to see it, and it will only take a few hours. It's just kung fu, my sister has been waiting for a long time, could it be that the end is coming, and I can't wait anymore?"

According to the rules, there is half an hour of enthronement time for the newlyweds. During this period, the groom and the bride can get along alone, which is a chance for each other to get to know each other initially. After the enthronement time is up, the groom should go out The toast is over. At this time, the bridegroom's sister-in-law and sister-in-law should go to the new house to accompany the bride, and they can also bring food to the bride. It's just that Lu Zhongxian doesn't have a sister-in-law and sisters, and most of the side branches are from five clothes, so Lu Mingxuan and Lu Ming Fu volunteered to take this job, Lu Zhongxian thought that the girls from the Qi family were not much older than them, and it shouldn't be difficult to get along with them, so he agreed to this, so Lu Mingxuan said so.

The two sisters gossiped for a while, Xiaotao came in and said, "The master and the new wife have already finished worship and are sent to the bridal chamber. The mothers asked me to ask, should we start the banquet immediately, or wait a little longer?"

Thinking that the group of three aunts and six wives in the clan didn't think much of Qi's family at all, and how they might run against her in the new house, Lu Mingxuan said decisively: "Let's start the banquet immediately, you go outside the new house to say hello, and say that the front table is open , Ladies and grandmas, please go over quickly, so as not to miss your seat."

"Yes, Second Miss." Xiaotao responded and left.

Lu Mingxuan instructed Danqing again: "Go to the kitchen and see if there are any lighter dishes, pick up a few and pack them up, and the eldest girl and I will deliver them to the new wife later."

Danqing also agreed to go, and after a while came back with a food box, and said: "The servant and servant saw that the master has gone out to toast, and the two girls can go to the new house."

The two sisters tidied up their clothes and went to the main room with the food box.

At that time, today's bride, Mrs. Qi, was staying alone in the new house, still immersed in the shyness and joy of being alone with Lu Zhongxian for half an hour just now—although Lu Zhongxian had met her before, she had never met Lu Zhongxian. Knowing that the other party is a side branch of the Dingguo government, and now he is working in the Dingguo government, his family is very wealthy, and he has two daughters.She was not keen on marrying Lu Zhongxian to fill in the house. She still couldn't bear the shame of her mother and younger brother, so she chose Lu Zhongxian among the candidates given by the matchmaker. Lu Zhongxian was already the one with the best qualifications among the candidates for filling the house. She knew that she was getting old, and if she dragged on, she might not even be able to find someone with such qualifications in the future.

Unexpectedly, Lu Zhongxian was not as fat-headed or full of vicissitudes as she imagined. Instead, he was tall, handsome, and personable. The heart that hung high after getting off the sedan chair finally fell back.

What she didn't even expect was that the Lu family would be so wealthy. Not to mention anything else, just that the inner room where she is staying now is beautifully decorated, with bright red lichens on the ground floor and stickers with red happy characters on it. Under the window is a long table of rosewood, on which there is a pot of sallow bergamot, a white jade ruyi, a small lacquered screen, a beauty shrugs a vase with a feather whisk in it, and other furniture are also made of rosewood; The large carved bed was placed against the wall, and the brand-new curtains and quilts were all made of brocade, and there was a furnace of unknown incense, which lingered faintly in the room, and it smelled very pleasant.

However, after all, the Qi family has two generations of scholars, and the Qi family is also literate, unlike ordinary women. Although they have never seen such a scene of wealth and honor before, they will not be fascinated by it, and only think to themselves , I heard that my master's parents died young, and I didn't have any brothers or sisters to help me. I had a hard time in the early years. I can imagine how difficult it is to earn the current family fortune. I will be a good master in the future. Internal help, so that he has no worries when working outside.

(End of this chapter)