Chapter 22 Festive Ocean 1

Let's not talk about Qin Henglin's journey, but said that after Lin got a letter from Liu, he went home and immediately told Xiao Shuanzi the good news. Later, except for the banquet of relatives and friends three days later, Lin ordered to put aside the rest of the matter for the time being and prepare for the marriage between the little bolt and the fish wholeheartedly.

Because both families have sons who are officials, Lin believes that this marriage should not be sloppy or too shabby, and must be decent. And I made up my mind early that even if I can't make the wedding of Xiaoshuzi and Yuer become the only one in Xiaoqi Village, I have to let the villagers praise and talk about it for the past year and a half.

So Lin personally took Xiao Shuanzi to the city and prepared a generous gift to meet the famous gentleman in the state school. The gentleman was very well-known and famous. He asked him to write a talented proposal for Xiao Shuanzi, and he couldn't be more face-looking.

The gentleman was also a warm-hearted person. After knowing the intention of Lin and Xiao Shuanzi, he now spread paper and ink, waved a pen and wrote a proposal for Xiao Shuanzi. After getting a proposal from the old gentleman, Lin turned to invite a well-known matchmaker in the city and asked her to help arrange the marriage.

The matchmaker was willing to go with Lin's family when she had money, so there was soon a woman dressed in red and green, dressed in flowers, holding an oil-paper umbrella outside the Yang family.

The woman stood outside the door of the Yang family with a bright smile. Seeing someone walking in the yard from afar, she raised her voice and shouted, "Is Sister Yang there? I'll send a good marriage to your family!"

Liu was stunned when she heard the words, and then realized that the matchmaker was invited by the Lin family to match, so she hurriedly asked Lin to invite the matchmaker in, sit down and watch tea. After a while, they sat down and talked.

The matchmaker had already got the right word from the Zhao family. She knew that the two families had already discussed marriage and had nothing to discuss. The rest was done after walking according to the rules.

Therefore, as soon as the matchmaker entered the room and sat down, she didn't have to take a sip of tea. She urgently took out the proposal she gave her, stuffed it into Liu's hand and said, "This is the marriage proposal sent by the Zhao family. Sister Yang, take a closer look first!"

Liu was illiterate, so there was a look on his face after receiving the proposal. However, although Liu did not know what was written on the proposal, he knew its use - in the Northern Song Dynasty, the marriage contract was called a post, and there were sketches and fine stickers (also known as fixed stickers).

Generally, after the two families have the intention to discuss marriage, they will take the lead in sending the man's proposal sketch (proposal) to the woman's house. If the woman agrees to this marriage, she will return a sketch with the woman's birthday to the matchmaker and hand it to the man.

And these proposal sketches, in addition to some simple situations between men and women, are nothing more than writing some words praising both men and women. At the end of the praise, some men and women are good words such as a match made in heaven and a perfect combination of pearls. In short, they are just going through the scene.

Therefore, Liu's illiterate and can't understand what is written on the proposal sketch. She just needs to give the prepared copy of the Yang family to the matchmaker according to the rules...

However, Liu didn't want the matchmaker to look down on it. She pretended to take a look at the straw post sent by the Zhao family, and then told Lin, "Go, take the straw post prepared by our family and let the matchmaker take it to the Zhao family."

After saying yes, Lin entered the inner room. When the fish hiding in the inner room saw Lin come in, she quickly came to her ear and told her, "Third sister-in-law, tell your mother not to pretend to look at the straw sticker sent by the Zhao family. She took the straw sticker backwards!"

Lin was stunned when she heard the words, and then covered her mouth and laughed: "Our mother is nervous about your marriage, so she didn't even notice the draft post!" Sister, don't worry, maybe the matchmaker can't read and doesn't know that her mother has reversed the proposal!"

While talking, Lin opened the treasure box at the head of Liu's bed, took out a big red straw post, and motioned the fish not to be impatient before leaving the house and handing the straw post to the matchmaker. After getting the sketch, the matchmaker got up and said goodbye. After leaving Yang's house, he went straight to Zhao's house.

After the Zhao family got the draft post sent by the Yang family, they then married according to the rules. After the marriage, they invited a fortune teller to combine eight characters. The Zhao family followed these rules one by one, and then asked the matchmaker to send the little bolt's Geng post to the Yang family. After receiving the Geng post, the Yang family had to get married again.

After the two companies successfully exchanged draft posts, the next step began to deliver detailed posts, that is, fixed posts. The matchmaker was very conscientious. She brought the result of the Yang family's marriage to the Zhao family and carefully told Lin Shiming about the matters that needed to be written in the detailed post...

In the Northern Song Dynasty, the detailed post when discussing marriage is also very particular and can't be sloppy at all. On the man's side, he should write down the name and position of his ancestor, father and himself, as well as his own date of birth, the date of birth, and the ranking of the brothers, and whether his parents are alive or not. If there is no father or mother, he should write down who is the main person. What fields, property and betrothal gifts are given to the woman should be clearly written on the detailed post one by one, and should not be faked.

After listening to the matchmaker's words, Lin did not dare to be careless at all. He immediately filled in the situation of the small bolts one by one according to the actual situation of the Zhao family. After writing, he handed over the detailed post to the matchmaker. While stuffing the copper coins to her, he said with a smile, "Please go again for me and send this detailed post to the Yang family! You can take this money for tea, and I will thank you again when things are done!"

The matchmaker happily took the money given by Lin, stuffed the copper plates into her sleeve, and then reached out to take over the fine posts. After that, she still took them in her arms, and then went out of the Zhao family and walked to the Yang family.

The matchmaker was not polite when she arrived at Yang's house. She went straight to a bench and sat down. Then she took out the five men and two women's flower note in her arms and gave it to Liu with a smile.

This time, Liu did not pretend to be in front of the matchmaker. He directly found a man and went into the inner room with a small post, and asked the illiterate fish to tell her what was filled in the detailed post. Seeing that the situation written on the detailed post was true, Liu was relieved and asked the fish to take out the detailed post he had prepared in advance.

The content of the woman's detailed post is basically the same as that of the man's, that is, the item of field property is missing, and then the bride price is changed to a dowry, that's fine.

And the Yang and Zhao families handed each other detailed posts, and even if the marriage of the two families is decided, the marriage contract will take effect immediately...

But even so, these three books and six rites and the rules before marriage have also come to an end. Since then, the Yang family and the Zhao family have been very busy, especially the Yang family wants to marry the most beloved daughter. Therefore, the family pays special attention to everything and strives to do the best to give the fish an unforgettable wedding.

Days pass day by day in a joyful atmosphere, and in a blink of an eye, there are only three or four days left before the fish get married. The little bolt wanted to marry the fish into the door earlier, so three days before the wedding, he hurriedly sent the makeup bun, golden cover, flower fan pollen box, and painted fruit and other things to the fish's house with the boss Zhao family, meaning makeup.

This makeup is also a custom in the Northern Song Dynasty, and its meaning is not difficult to understand - generally means that three days before marriage, the man's family sends someone to bring gifts to the woman's home and urges the woman's family to buy the bride's dowry for the bride as early as possible.

After receiving the makeup reminder sent by Xiao Shuanzi, the Yang family gave back gold and silver double victory, Luo Huapu head, green robe, boots and other things, indicating that they knew what the man meant. Two days later, the Yang family chose to send someone to deliver makeup and carried the dowry for the fish to the Zhao family first.

The bride's dowry is inseparable from her future status in her mother-in-law's family, and it is also the effigy of the new bride's daughter-in-law's family. Therefore, Liu spent a lot of money to carefully buy the fish's dowry. In addition, Yang Dalang, who has always loved the fish very much, also generously took out their own money and bought a lot of valuable things to add boxes for the fish.

According to custom, these dowries are packed in boxes and cages. The large ones include boxes, cabinets, quilts and mattresses, while the small ones include jewelry, clothes, silk, satin, the four treasures of the study and some gold and silver at the bottom of the box.

In addition, there is a thing called "children's bucket" in the fish's dowry. At first, Yuer was a little curious and kept pulling Liu to ask what the "children's bucket" was. Later, Liu said it plainly, and Yu'er knew that the "children's bucket" in her dowry was actually a red-painted toilet!

Yuer also listened to Liu's explanation and knew that the woman of the Northern Song Dynasty got married. No matter what her family background and what kind of dowry she bought, there must be this bucket of descendants in this dowry.

And this children's bucket also needs to put some things in accordance with local customs and habits. For example, the marriage of women in Hui'an is to put dates, peanuts, longan, chestnuts and lychees in the children's bucket, taking the meaning of "early birth of a noble son" and "five sons to the subject". Somewhere to the north, five boiled red eggs will be put in the children's bucket, which also has the meaning of "five sons".

Liu's explanation and the intention of the children's bucket immediately appeared - the big guys hope that after the fish and the little bolt get married, they can quickly give birth to a few big fat guys!

So the fish blushed before Liu finished speaking. After that, if there was anything curious, the fish did not dare to break the casserole and ask to the end, let alone mention the grandson bucket...

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I always think that the fish's wedding must be well written, but suddenly I don't know how to write it, sweat~