Poor Family Chapter 544

  Chapter 544 Wedding Ceremony (Part 2)

Today's wedding leader is Tang Huai's uncle Tang Zhengzong. According to the custom, the bridegroom's uncle is usually the leader of the wedding ceremony. Li Daqi originally wanted his cousin Li Daguang to be the leader. Li Daguang looks very good and can speak well. Of course he is the best Candidates.

But Li Daqi thinks that his character is too bad, and Li Daguang drinks like his life. He was drunk and caused Li's ancestral hall to be burnt. At that time, Tang Zhengzong was the best man, and today it is best for him to be the leader of the team for his son.

   Tang Zhengzong hurried over and smiled, "Sorry, I'm a step late."

   Tang Zhengzong is the president of the Tangyin Association, and he introduced Xiao Li to Li Daqi's drumming class. The two exchanged some pleasantries, and Tang Zhengzong asked Li Daqi again, "Is the best man here?"

   The bridesmaid was a surprise, it was Li Yanqing's close friend Wang Gui, Li Yanqing got married, he specially came from Tangyin to attend the wedding, arrived in the capital yesterday afternoon, and was immediately arrested as Li Yanqing's best man.

  Li Daqi nodded, "It's Brother Gui, let him and Yanqing make up in the building!"

   "Go to work, Daqi! Leave this to me, and I will arrange the wedding."

  Li Daqi was indeed too busy, he nodded and left. As soon as Li Daqi walked to the gate, a steward of the building rushed over and said to Li Daqi nervously: "His Royal Highness sent someone to send a congratulatory gift!"

Li Daqi was taken aback. His Royal Highness actually sent his son a wedding present. He hurried down the steps. There were quite a few high-ranking officials presenting presents today, such as his son's bosses Deng Yong and Wang Anzhong, and former Prime Minister Fan Zhixu also entrusted him. People came to send congratulatory gifts, even Cai Jing sent people to send congratulatory gifts, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was different from them, he was the crown prince, and the crown prince sent congratulatory gifts, how could Li Daqi not be excited?

  The person who came to present congratulations to Prince Zhao Huan was an eunuch. When he saw Li Daqi running down, he asked sharply, "But Li Yuanwai from Baoyanzhai!"

   "I am!"

  The **** took out a large box and handed it to Li Daqi, "This is a pair of exquisite Ru kiln bottles, and it is a wedding gift from the crown prince to Li Yushi."

  Li Daqi quickly and carefully took it, handed it to the iron pillar behind him, bowed to the eunuch, took out a twenty-two ingot of gold and stuffed it to the eunuch, "This is a kind heart, please have a cup of tea with your father-in-law!"

  The **** held the heavy gold, and couldn't help but narrowed his eyes with a smile. As expected of the proprietor of Baoyanzhai, he spent a lot of money!

  He hurriedly returned a salute, "Thank you, Yuanwai Li, for the reward. I wish your son a happy wedding. Let us bid farewell!"

The **** left with a few entourages, and Li Daqi opened the box. The box was covered with yellow satin, and there was a pair of exquisite porcelain vases. It was indeed the top quality of the official kiln, and this kind of porcelain vases could not be found in the market. , only found in the court, there is also a card made of white paper, with Zhao Huan's own handwriting on it, "Congratulations to Li Yanqing's wedding", and two saddles are also hand-painted below.

Li Daqi returned to the wedding scene, and respectfully placed it on the table together with the box. He was worried that there was no congratulatory gift that could be handed out. No, the prince's congratulatory gift came, and it was just for decoration. The iron pillar next to him reminded in a low voice: "Second uncle, there are too many people here, so put such an expensive thing here, just in case"

One sentence reminded Li Daqi that it can't be put on the table yet, and it would be a bad thing if someone stole it. He handed the vase box to Tie Zhu, "You take it and put it in the gift room, and then urge Yanqing and the others to hurry up and leave. , be careful! The box is ready!"

   "Don't worry, Second Uncle, I will be more careful!"

Tie Zhu took the box and hurried away, Li Daqi thought about it, and there are still a few people who need to confirm, the man's side is himself, Li Zhen, Li Dongdong and Li Daguang, and the woman's side is his in-law Cao Xuan and nephew Cao Xing With an elder, Cao Zhu, they should come over after calculating the time, so Li Daqi walked quickly to the gate

Li Yanqing is currently receiving makeup on the fourth floor of the Fan Building. Of course the groom needs makeup, not only the groom, but also the bridesmaid. Wang Gui is in charge of today's best bridesmaid. The best man in Yanqing was Li Yaozu, the youngest son of Li Zhen, but Wang Gui must be the best man. Fortunately, the best man in the Song Dynasty had no strict requirements on whether he had ever been married. Yes, the key is to be strong and able to drink. To go to the bride's house, you need to use your strength to open the way. After the groom enters the bridal chamber, the bridesmaid will drink on behalf of the groom and the guests. Naturally, these conditions must be Wang Gui.

  The two of them sat in front of the mirror and let several beauties from the building wipe their faces and comb their hair, but their mouths were not idle.

   "Old Li, you said you wrote me a letter two days ago, what was it about?"

   "It's nothing, just to tell you that I'm getting married, and congratulations on becoming a father."

  Wang Gui laughed triumphantly, "You are better than me in other respects, but I am much better than you in terms of having sons."

   Several beautiful women in charge of make-up in the room also laughed. Li Yanqing didn't bother to pay attention to him, and asked again: "How is Fifth Brother? Has his adopted son Yue Yun met?"

"Fifth brother is still the same. Recently, he also served as the martial arts instructor of Lushan Academy, and his income has increased a lot. It is not a problem to support the family. Last time I returned from the capital, I gave Wu brother the hammer method you entrusted to me, let alone , Xiao Yueyun is really good at practicing martial arts, he can lift a stone lock weighing more than 30 kilograms at the age of two, he is born to practice hammer, even I envy Fifth Brother for raising a good son."

  At this time, the door opened a crack, and Tie Zhu asked with his probe: "Second Uncle asked when the make-up is over, the time is coming soon."

  A beautiful woman said: "Hurry up, just another change of clothes will be enough!"

   Tie Zhu hesitated for a moment and then said to Li Yanqing: "His Royal Highness sent someone to send a pair of porcelain vases, the second one seems to be Ru porcelain, the second uncle said it was very expensive."

  Li Yanqing trembled, almost embarrassed, don't hide any more notes! He quickly asked: "Is it delivered in a sandalwood box?"

   "Exactly! It was delivered in a box, but it was not sandalwood, it was just an ordinary white wooden box, and the second uncle even found a new sandalwood box to put it in."

  Li Yanqing immediately understood that everything sent by the prince must be carefully checked. The original wooden box must have been removed to prevent letters from being carried inside, so he replaced it with an ordinary wooden box.

   "What was written?"

   "Just write congratulations on the young proprietor's wedding, and simply draw two saddles next to it.

  Li Yanqing understood the meaning of Zhao Huan's gift of a pair of bottles and saddles. He hoped that he would be safe and sound, and there was no need to send additional letters. The gift itself was a message.

After the make-up was over, both Li Yanqing and Wang Gui had turned into very handsome young men. The two of them changed into coats again. The groom wore a flowered head, gold and silver shoes, and a deep red gown. Xiang also wears the same attire, but the color of the outer robe is light red, and only the groom can wear a deep red robe.

  The departure time was almost here, Li Yanqing and Wang Gui walked downstairs quickly.

Cao Yun woke up early, and it took more than an hour to put on the base makeup. Before the formal makeup, the bride also has a lot of things to do. First, she said goodbye to her parents and thanked them for their upbringing, and then went to the ancestral hall in the back garden to worship Worship the ancestors and ask the ancestors to bless the door safely.

There are two Cao family ancestral halls, one is in Zhending Mansion in his hometown, and the other is in the back garden of Cao Mansion, covering an area of ​​five acres. For married daughters, it is necessary to go to the ancestral hall to worship the ancestors, and must be accompanied by elders.

   Accompanying Cao Yun to worship the ancestors were grandfather Cao Ping and father Cao Xuan. Cao Ping lit the incense and turned to Cao Yun, "You should also offer incense! Then I will say a few words to the ancestors."

Cao Yun stepped forward to insert three sticks of incense into the incense burner, Yingying knelt down and clapped her hands together and said in a low voice, "I'm married today, but I don't dare to be self-sufficient. I don't stop smoking at four o'clock and eight festivals. Tell the gods, and I hope you have mercy! Men and women marry, The reason is natural, there is auspiciousness and celebration, the husband and wife are both happy, there is no disaster or difficulty, and it will last for a hundred years, like a fish in water, better than sugar."

  She kowtowed three times, stood up and left the ancestral hall. Cao Xuan nodded and said, "Go back and put on makeup! There are still two hours before the Li family's wedding team will arrive. If there is anything else going on, your mother will explain to you in detail."

   "The daughter left first."

  Cao Yun bowed to his grandfather again, and followed the wedding bride to his room.

   At this time, Cao Ping said to Cao Xuan: "The mansion is needed to welcome the guests over there. You go to the Fanlou first, and I will leave it to me to receive the groom here."

   "The kid will go first."

   "Go!"

  Cao Xuan hurriedly left Cao Mansion and went to the Fanlou, while Cao Ping returned to the living room. There were not many things to do at the woman's house, mainly there were some ceremonies to send the daughter off to get married, and then everyone rushed to the Fanlou for a wedding banquet.

A little bit of time passed, and the makeup of the bride was basically done. Next, the mother "opened the face" for her daughter, twisted off the excess rough eyebrows with silk thread, so that the eyebrows became very sparse, and then drew long and curved eyebrows with eyebrow pencil Thin eyebrows, which means that the era of little ladies is over, and they are about to enter the ranks of ladies.

At this time, the sound of drums and music was faintly heard from a distance, and the procession of welcoming the bride finally arrived. The bride below will put on her red lips, draw her eyebrows, and then wear a phoenix crown and a scarf. Go down to Cao Jiaojiao to accompany my sister.

   "Scholar, can I marry you together!"

  Cao Jiaojiao pursed her lips and said unhappily: "Today, mother scolded me severely, saying that I am ignorant. I don't want to live here anymore. I want to go with you."

   "Don't talk stupid things, sister is getting married today, not you, you just come over to play often in the future."

   "But Daddy said, you are not in the capital in the future, what kind of 'fish' are you going to, I don't know where it is? If you are not in the capital, who am I going to find?"

   "Just study hard at home, don't be naughty, and you have too many cats, you have to give some away."

   "Nonsense, I won't give it away!"

  At this time, Xi Niang came in and said, "Little aunt, today is your sister's big day, so don't make trouble."

   "Then I'll go see Brother Li."

  Cao Jiaojiao ran away in a hurry, Cao Yun became worried again, this little guy must be messing around!

The groom's wedding party has arrived in front of Cao's mansion. In addition to 18 drummers, there are also more than 20 young children. They are holding vases, candles, incense balls, Shaluo for washing, photo stands, makeup boxes, and skirt boxes. Household items such as clothes boxes, cool umbrellas, etc., surrounded by the groom and bridesmaids on horseback, of course, there were eight bridal sedan chairs and two ox carts. The suona played so loudly that it attracted the attention of countless passers-by.

Four big men carried two large baskets of copper coins and kept throwing them around, attracting groups of children chasing and scrambling for them. Two other men carried a money box, which was the red envelope of later generations. Poor families stuffed some copper coins, but rich and wealthy families Put silver cakes, usually one or two weights, wrapped in red paper, and a large family needs several hundred.

The leader Tang Zhengzong walked in the front. He also served as the tea and wine ceremony officer today, that is, he was in charge of various customs and etiquette. Ladies, they stretched out their hands and shouted, "Bring the money!"

  Cao Sheng scolded, "There are no rules!"

He cleared his throat, and chanted loudly: "Xian'e descended into the world, and came to Xiantai just a few steps away. Today, the gate is full of joy, and the flower box is profitable. There is no need to be stingy. Many gifts are expensive at the gate, how can it be more expensive than the ordinary market?" Daojiao, one hundred thousand coils should be enough, three thousand five somo lightly thrown away."

Tang Zhengzong stepped forward and responded with a smile: "A gentleman never cherishes gold. This intention has deepened in pursuit. I hope that my relatives will chat with each other, so I don't need to bother to introduce it for a long time. Xiantai is within walking distance. What is there to block in front of the door? I am ashamed." There is no profit market, and it is difficult to retreat without any reason.”

After the two finished their poems, Zhang Bao, Zhang Ying, and Yang Guang threw silver cakes at the disciples of the Cao family inside the door, throwing hundreds of them in a row. Chuichuida entered the house.

  (end of this chapter)

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