Rebirth of the little landlady

Chapter 164 The Arrogant Marriage Proposal

Such a fiery and fierce dialogue naturally made the room quiet for a while, but Liu Guirong's aura had already weakened under Liang Pinzheng's roar, her gaze became wandering, she did not dare to contact the students, and her tone became stern stand up.

It was nothing more than the trivial matter that Yuan Bao had "sleeped" with Su Chunsheng in the past, so before Liu Guirong finished speaking, Ma Decai interrupted her first, "Auntie, we know the origin of this Yuan Bao, of course. Yes, after all, we have lived in the neighborhood for so long, so these words are hands-free, I really want to marry you!"

"Yes, yes..." The other students also echoed, some of them knew about it, but some of them didn't.

Liu Guirong was dumbfounded, "This... this is a big deal, how can you not care, your family..." Her one mouth, how can it be worth so many mouths of the students, besides, she was not a good at talkers,
But Liu Guirong's embarrassment didn't last long, because a long-term worker of the Su family flew in, "Young master, go and have a look, the person who gave the dowry is coming to our house!"

"Employment...betrothal gift?" Liu Guirong was a little numb after repeated accidents. At this time, someone told her that the sedan chair for marrying Yuan Bao had arrived at the door, and she probably wouldn't be able to react too much.

Su Chunsheng sneered, "I don't know who it is, this movement is fast enough!" And who knows, there are some things that cannot be compared with speed.

So Changgong's next sentence made Su Chunsheng unable to laugh anymore.

The long-time worker said, "It's Ni Mansion, Ni Mansion's dowry gift to our master!"

The people in the room who heard this sentence were all stunned, the Ni family is simply an invincible colossus to them.

Ma Decai's reaction was fast enough, he grabbed the long-term worker of the Su family, "Do you know which young master the Ni family is asking for, and what is it asking for?"

To be honest, Yuan Bao's current status is a state of high and low. If we say that in this rural area, there is really no one who is worthy of her. For a family like Ni's family, Yuan Bao's background is the main wife. It's a bit low again, what about being a concubine... Yuan Bao will definitely not agree, you know, Yuan Bao doesn't even allow his own husband to take a concubine, so how can he be a concubine for others?
That's why Ma Decai seized on this only hope at once.

The long-time worker said in a low voice, "Young master, little... How do you know these things, but, this person will be here soon, and by then, everything will be clear?"

Yes, the faint sound of blowing and beating has already been heard, even standing in the room can be heard, the person giving the dowry gift is really coming soon.

Su Qiusheng couldn't sit still anymore. The Ni family is no different than others. Today's incident has become a big deal!
When Su Qiusheng walked out of the gate of the Su family's compound, he saw that the dowry-giving team had just crossed the bridge, plus the people from the two villages who were attracted by the sound of blowing and beating, it was definitely huge, no wonder , before the person arrived, the long-term worker at home came to report.

The Ni family was quite dignified in their work. There were more than [-] carriages in a row, from the county seat to the entrance of Sujia Village, but they did not enter the village. Instead, the servants carried the sixteen-carrying red and colorful betrothal gifts out of the carriages. The trumpeters began to beat, the team first walked from the end of Xiejiao Village to the head of the village, and then crossed the bridge and rushed to the Su Family Courtyard in Su Family Village, could it not be slow?

But also because of this, everyone in the two villages knew about the Ni family's proposal to marry Yuan Bao, and it didn't take long before the entire Qing'an County, and even places farther away, would know about it.

This is the purpose of the Ni family!
A well-groomed woman walked in front of the betrothal presenting team at the head of the line. After entering the Su family compound, she asked people to put the betrothal gifts in the yard without even asking. It's full!

After all the things and servants were put away, the old woman walked into the main hall of the yard unhurriedly, and after sweeping a glance at everyone in the room, she sat down as the guest of honor without being invited. Only then did he speak lightly, his voice loud and articulate.

"I am Xu Zhao, the official matchmaker of Qing'an County. Everyone calls me Mrs. Xu..." Mrs. Xu took out a special document from the small package she carried with her. Although the satin surface and the unique pattern are a bit old due to long-term use, they are well preserved without any wear and tear.

This is the proof of Mrs. Xu's identity as an official media. In modern terms, it is both a business license and a work permit!
In this time and space, the official media is an institution that represents the government in the marriage of men and women, that is, the official marriage agency. They have great power. Even if the marriage is made by a private media, they still have to register with the official media. The supervision of the media complies with the provisions of national laws.

There are less than ten official matchmakers in Qing'an County. They have been doing this business for generations, or passed it on to their daughters or daughters-in-law. Among them, Mrs. Xu is the oldest and most famous one.

So when everyone heard Mrs. Xu's self-reported family name, their hearts were already beating.

Mrs. Xu gently placed her "work permit" on the table, and with just one word and one movement, an aura seemed to form around her, drawing everyone's attention to her involuntarily. , the momentum was also overwhelmed by her.

But this is not over yet, Mrs. Xu then took out another item and put it on the table. The bright red color of this item, the gold-painted frame, and the auspicious pattern of dragon and phoenix make it easy for people not to pick it up and open it. Recognizable at a glance: this is a marriage certificate!
The marriage certificate is roughly equivalent to the marriage certificate of later generations, but the marriage certificate in this time and space is used in far more places than the marriage certificate.The reason why it is called a "book" is because it is not a piece of paper, but a booklet that opens like a folding fan and can be flipped page by page.

The first few pages of the Ni family's marriage letter are a beautiful essay full of auspicious words, which was written by a certain great Confucianist, and then there was a blank space, and now the blank space has been filled with two names: Ni Junfei and Yuan Bao.

After calming down the room, Mrs. Xu formally explained the purpose of her visit, "I was entrusted by Mrs. Ni and the second master of the Ni family today to talk about the marriage between the fifth young master of the Ni family, Ni Junfei, and Miss Yuan Bao." After a short pause, "Because the young master and the young lady have known each other since childhood and walk around frequently, so it is not an exaggeration to combine the four rituals!"

Marriage in ancient times is generally divided into six ceremonies, and this time and space is also the same.In layman's terms, they refer to marriage proposal, marriage horoscope, engagement, dowry gift, choosing a wedding date, and marriage.

The "four rites in one" mentioned by Mrs. Xu refers to the first four items, which is not uncommon among acquainted married couples, especially in this rural area where there is nothing particular about it, but Mrs. Xu still needs to make this clear. She can ignore the Su family, but she absolutely dare not treat the errand assigned to her by the Ni family carelessly.

In contrast, what these students did was at best the first step, accepting and proposing.I have to admit that even if other conditions are not counted, the Ni Mansion has already taken a big step forward based on this point alone, making it impossible for people to find fault and refuse.

While talking, Mrs. Xu opened the marriage letter and continued flipping through it. After the beautiful text in front, there are the horoscopes of the two married people. It can also be called "Geng Tie" but it is more formal than Geng Tie. "Miss Yuan Bao's horoscope is incomplete," because Yuan Bao is Picked it up, and besides her birthday, she doesn't remember the time of her birth at all, "But the Ni Mansion has invited someone to cooperate, no matter what time it is, it will be a good match for Shangji."

"Turn back..." Mrs. Xu glanced at Liu Guirong who was sitting next to her and Su Chunsheng who was sitting at the bottom, abruptly turned her disgust into indifference, and said, "You guys who can speak well will be left behind." Pen, just use the seal, don’t make any mistakes, all of this must be in accordance with the rules.” The eight characters should be written and signed by the parents themselves, which is a kind of recognition for the marriage. This step, the Ni family is doing no.

"The list of dowry gifts is here too," Mrs. Xu flipped through the marriage certificate gently, "I don't think you need to check it anymore, the Ni family will surely be able to handle your affairs well. As for the return gift, you don't need to prepare it. The golden plaques and jade ruyis obtained there are all offered in the Ni mansion. There is nothing more precious than that. Now it is a betrothal ceremony. When you get married later, it will be the first part of the dowry. This is not something that ordinary people can get. Got it!" Behind the dowry is a blank page, of course it is a blank page of red paper, which is reserved for the bride's family to write the dowry list.

The back of the marriage certificate should be the date of marriage. The man will find out two or three, and politely ask the woman to pick one, but it is also empty now.

After the wedding, it should be the signatures and fingerprints of both parents and the parties, and now it is only half completed, and the next page is the signatures and seals of the witnesses, officiant and matchmaker. These Ni family members have also finished.

But the most precious part of this marriage letter is at the end, and now Mrs. Xu has turned to this place, "Our fifth young master of the Ni mansion will marry Miss Yuanbao and be the fifth young lady of the Ni mansion. The fifth young master promises that even Miss Yuanbao He has nothing to do, and he will never take concubines, keep concubines, never give up, never give up, this is left in ink and stamped on the marriage certificate!"

Deep and shallow gasps sounded one after another in the room. How precious is such a promise? !They asked themselves, how many people can do it?Besides, how could their family members agree? !

Even Su Chunsheng was trembling for a while, he asked himself, compared to Ni Xiaopang's sincerity towards Yuan Bao, he is not lacking at all, but in other respects, can he compare? !
After thinking about all the things that should be said about the marriage, Mrs. Xu closed the marriage certificate that has become more than half, "Leave this marriage certificate at the house. I will come to pick it up in three days, and then it will be a regular marriage certificate." It is." The marriage certificate is in duplicate, and the one sent by Mrs. Xu is for the woman's family. After the woman fills it out, the two parties will exchange and then go to the government to use the seal.

Since Mrs. Xu came in, she has been talking all the time, no one interrupted, and no one could interrupt, just kidding, who can refuse such a marriage, who dares to refuse? !
Liu Guirong's face was pale, and he didn't even dare to breathe out. He just listened to what Mrs. Xu said, not knowing if he understood.

At this time, Mrs. Xu suddenly coughed lightly, looked at Liu Guirong for the first time, and then said, "Miss Yuan Bao's background is clear to all of us. Ni Fu was six years old at the time, and his first year was only four years and one month old. Since then, he has been by our fifth young master's side day and night." She bit the words "never leave" very hard, "That's not counting, Half a year before Miss Yuan Bao entered the mansion, the Fifth Young Master of our family redeemed Miss Yuan Bao's body, all of these are well-documented, and Miss Yuan Bao was only three years old at that time!"

Mrs. Xu paused for a while, as if to make people who heard it think clearly, but she was actually building up her momentum, "Since ancient times, I have never heard of the saying that three or four-year-old milk babies have a bad reputation, which is ridiculous and a bit rustic. Shrew, you don’t know how to be polite, don’t know how to be funny, and just use old things like this to mess around with.” She suddenly slapped the table violently, with a sound of “choking”, the teapots and tea bowls on the table jumped together, even Liu Guirong Startled, "Do you think our Ni Mansion is easy to bully?!"

Liu Guirong only felt that his heart was about to jump out of his chest. Facing Mrs. Xu's cold eyes and angry face, she wished she could find a place to hide herself, but how could she speak? !
"If there is a rotten tongue and mouth that is not open-eyed and has ulterior motives, intentionally spreading rumors and damaging the reputation of our future wife of the fifth young lady of the Ni Mansion," Mrs. Xu's fierce eyes swept across the main hall, especially taking care of the Su brothers, " Then the Ni Mansion will definitely ask him to go back to the county government office, move the board, and let the county magistrate give a fair decision!" Her voice was slightly raised because of anger and warning, and it was heard by everyone, not sharp and irritating Everyone can't wait to get up and flee immediately.

After saying these warnings, Mrs. Xu led the servants away, leaving only the betrothal gifts in the courtyard, which were so red that it hurt people's eyes under the setting sun.

From the beginning to the end, Mrs. Xu didn't ask Yuan Bao or the Su family whether they agreed to this marriage or not. She showed her arbitrariness and oppression with power and wealth to the fullest.

Of course, as far as the conditions offered by the Ni Mansion are concerned, it is indeed a huge temptation.

Mrs. Xu left, and the students behind left in a bit of embarrassment. Under such pressure, they really couldn't stand it anymore, and they were afraid of causing trouble.

But Ma Decai stayed behind, "Chunsheng, Qiusheng, don't be afraid, even if your aunt gets into trouble, because of Yuanbao's relationship with you, the Ni manor will not do anything to you!" This is the truth, It's just that Ma De didn't expect that the Su brothers didn't want to hear such words at this time.

Sure enough, Liu Guirong, who had been frightened by Mrs. Xu, seemed to have recovered a little after hearing what Ma Decai said. Her face was no longer so pale, and her expression became alive, and she began to think of her own.

"I don't need to worry about some family matters." Su Chunsheng said, his tone and expression were very gentle. No matter what, Ma Decai was out of kindness, and he was not in a hurry to leave at this time, which shows that he has a good heart for his friends. How sincere.

Ma Decai was stunned, and then said, "Then what, it's my marriage with Yuan Bao, that's what I think." He secretly glanced at the marriage certificate on the table, "There are still three days left, in case Yuan Bao really I don’t want to get married... I’ll go home and discuss with my parents right now,” puffed up my chest, “I don’t believe it, if Yuan Bao gets engaged in advance, can the majestic Ni Mansion force a marriage?!”

Facing Ma Decai like this, the Su brothers didn't know what to say. Tell him Yuan Bao really doesn't want to marry Ni Xiaopang?Don't say that Ma Decai can't be of much help, and should not implicate the innocent, but from an emotional point of view, isn't that just a disguised encouragement to Ma Decai? !If Yuan Bao is really interested in Ma Decai, that's fine, but Yuan Bao doesn't have any in his heart at all, this is a kind of deception!

Su Chunsheng had no choice but to repeat it again, "Brother Ma, please go back first, our family will discuss the matter of Yuanbao!" It's not that the Su brothers don't talk to friends, it's because the situation of the Su family is too complicated. After the Su brothers returned home, they didn't have time to do anything, and the suitors came to the door one by one, making them tired of coping.

Ma Decai finally left, but before the Su brothers could catch their breath, Liu Guirong, who was relieved, hurriedly said, "Chunsheng, this betrothal gift must be kept!" She patted The thigh yelled, "I told you to leave some money for yourself, but you didn't listen, it's okay now, we are out of money this time, no, call Yuan Bao back quickly, and let her get some more money Come out and give it to us, this Ni manor seems to be in a hurry to marry you!"

"Mom!" Su Qiusheng yelled, but couldn't say anything else.

Su Chunsheng asked rhetorically, "Mother, are you planning to marry Fifth Young Master and Yuan Bao? I never thought about asking Yuan Bao's meaning?!"

"Oh my god," Liu Guirong yelled, "Tell me, how can this be possible? This arm can't twist the thigh! Besides, the elders have the final say on which child's marriage!" He persuaded Su Chunsheng earnestly , "Although this ingot is good, it is a root seed that causes trouble. Chunsheng, you can't take the lives of our family because of the ingot!"

"Oh..." Liu Guirong suddenly smiled mysteriously, "You haven't seen the concubine my mother gave you, have you? That handsome man! It looks like a good-looking man," walked in front of Su Chunsheng, and pulled Su Chunsheng said, "The key now is the silver. You have to find a way to get Yuanbao to take out the silver. We don't care about the other things. It's useless to ask for silver if the Yuanbao has entered Ni's house, right?"

(End of this chapter)