Yang Ke also knew in his heart that his sister's appearance was not talented, so Lin Duowen naturally couldn't look at it.

But Cao Xixiong is lucky, not only recognized a Hanlin father, but also had a talented female sister for nothing.

If he was Cao Chifeng's brother, then he would have developed this opportunity a long time ago, but it is a pity that people like Cao Xixiong wasted such a good opportunity in vain. Cao Xixiong saw that Yang Ke was angry, and hurriedly said that he would go immediately, so he hurriedly went to ask the official media wife, and after the official media wife read it, she said that there was no problem with this, and she could do it according to this.

After Cao Xixiong came back, he told Yang Ke, Yang Ke said that this matter should be done as soon as possible, so that Cao Xixiong would take Cao Chifeng to Haining County today, as for the residence, his in-laws have a house in Haining City, which can be lived by Cao Xixiong.

After Cao Xixiong thanked him, he returned home and told Cao Chifeng that Cao Chifeng naturally had no objection.

So they arrived in Haining City, and after settling down, Cao Xixiong found the official media wife, this time Cao Xixiong learned to be obedient, took the silver first, and told him where he was. After the official media woman received the money, the original unpleasantness naturally disappeared.

Next, the official matchmaker went to the Lin Mansion and told Cao Xixiong that they had arrived, Yuan Lihua asked Ding Yuli to write, this is first to write the items of Nacai after they are written, wrapped in a soap-colored sac, and then write Lin Duowen's name in the center, and then write the matchmaker's name in the lower right direction of this name, and finally wrap it with a red rope.

After wrapping it, it was sealed with a seal, and then sealed under the gate of Taifu Linjun on the side, and the Ding Yuli played in white. Then place this on the chopping board. Next is the gift of Nacai, the sheep is led, the goose is kept in a cage, the silk is wrapped in a basket, and the rouge gouache is packed in a box.

As for the rice, it is wrapped in yellow silk, which is the glory of the Lin family, and it can use this color.

There are two jars of wine, and then there are several catties of meat. The matchmaker took these to the door of Cao's house and asked one person to take the wild goose to the door.

Cao Xixiong came out and saluted the man, and after the two sides finished saluting, the man handed the wild goose to Cao Xixiong, and Cao Xixiong also asked the servant to take it.

Next, the matchmaker came in first, and Cao Xixiong followed, and when they arrived in the lobby, the servants of the wild goose stood in front of the hall, and then entered it in turn with gifts. The matchmaker waited until all these people came in, and then saluted in front of Cao Xixiong and said, "Uncle Xinwu is not shy to recommend a certain courtesy." ”

Cao Xixiong knelt down and replied, "I dare not resign from the humiliation of the king. ”

Then the two returned to their seats, and these servants with gifts stepped forward and raised the case to Cao Xixiong, and after Cao Xixiong saw it, the person with the wild goose left first, and then these people put the gifts in the atrium in turn.

The next thing is that Cao Xixiong asked people to set up wine, and the matchmaker saluted first and said: "Xinwu Bo made a certain wine." ”

After Cao Xixiong returned the salute, he toasted to the matchmaker again, and this time the matchmaker did not have to return the salute.

After the two parties drank, the matter was settled, and the next thing was for the matchmaker to ask Cao Chifeng's name.

Cao Xixiong thought that the matchmaker was confused, this name had been said a long time ago, but he still answered Cao Chifeng's name truthfully.

The matchmaker saw that Cao Xixiong didn't understand this, so he told Cao Xixiong that he wanted to know Cao Chifeng's birthday.

Cao Xixiong didn't know either, so he asked the maid to ask Cao Chifeng, and Cao Chifeng wrote out the eight characters of his birthday.

After the matchmaker accepted it, he returned to the Lin Mansion, and now that Nie Yunfeng is here, Yuan Lihua asked Nie Yunfeng to help combine the eight characters.

Nie Yunfeng said to Yuan Lihua: "This marriage is related to the two of them for life, so naturally we should be cautious and not hasty." However, if the two parties are pure, the age is the same, and the family is right, it is an excellent marriage, so why bother to calculate anything. ”

Yuan Lihua said with a smile, this is all an old tradition, although it may not be accurate, but it is also very good.

Nie Yunfeng nodded and told Yuan Lihua that in fact, this was also a little idea of his own, and it was just a conversation between friends.

"Let's not talk about whether the book of fortunes is accurate, even if you and I are the estimators, how can we guarantee that there are no mistakes in it?"

When Nie Yunfeng said this, he remembered a joke, saying that people in the north think that if a woman is a sheep, she has a cowardly personality. However, in the south, if a woman is a tiger, she has a fierce nature. There is no basis for such a thing, but these people have always believed it.

Before the Chinese zodiac, there was no Year of the Goat, just a year of the Tiger, and there was no Year of the Tiger, and it was only the Year of Yin. Since ancient times, the Liu Dong clan has not all been born in Yinnian. And if you have to say so, then the rat is not the thief, and the serpent is not the malevolent. Isn't this ox going to be tired all the rest of his life, and he will not be able to be rich and rich?

Yuan Lihua said with a smile that this is just a far-fetched thing that Xiaomin likes. But this is not to blame these people, they have not read and do not know the knowledge of the sages.

After talking and laughing, Nie Yunfeng brought the book of life, and after comparing it, he told Yuan Lihua that these eight characters are good luck and a match made in heaven.

Yuan Lihua nodded, and after thanking her, it was time to accept the recruitment.

This is a gift from the man, and this Yuan Lihua is also prepared, giving a thousand taels of silver, six horses, sixteen sets of four seasons, and twelve sets of jewelry.

After this was sent, Cao Xixiong naturally followed happily, not because of how valuable these things were, but because after he accepted them, this matter was settled, and as for the March temple meeting, he was not worried at all.

Next is the engagement contract, which has two parts. The first part is the main book, which is generally a fictional set of text, written by Ding Yuli himself.

The second part is the other book, the first is to write the relationship between the main marriage and the betrothed, the second is to write the names and ages of both parties, and the third is the expression of the marriage proposal.

"Chen Jingjing, Haining County, Canghai Prefecture, Dayu, today with someone as the matchmaker, someone to protect the family, with Lin Quan's second male Lin Duowen, a certain year old Hailan City Zhang'an Fang Cao's first order love name Cao Chifeng, now a certain age, married. Prepare a number of bride prices. After the self-employment is determined, the marriage will be made on a certain day. I wish the husband and wife to grow old together, and the piano is harmonious. Today, the marriage letter is for the user. The fourth day of the seventh month of the third year of Kuiguang. ”

After writing it, Cao Xixiong also wrote a return letter. After the book was handed over to the government, the magistrate stamped the seal, so it was completed.

Next is the question period, about this date, it is naturally the day that Nie Yunfeng watchs, and it is finally set on the eighth day of the next month.

The day is set, then all that's left is to start handling all kinds of things. Lin Mansion has been rewarded by the Holy Saint over the years, so there is no shortage of items for this use, and the only thing missing is food.

However, the nearby county is the capital, although this Hailan City is not very prosperous, but after all, it is the capital of Canghai Province, so it naturally has everything.

Everyone is busy, the only one who is idle is Lin Duowen, Lin Duowen has nothing to do, and he is bored.

He was embarrassed to find Chen Shihong, he felt that he was sorry for Chen Shihong. As for Sima Deyi, he is another rough man who practices martial arts. Although they can be regarded as friends, they cannot be regarded as bosom friends.

He finally found Yu Ming, Yu Ming first congratulated Lin Duowen on being able to marry a fair woman and start a family, and then congratulated Lin Duowen on giving birth to a noble son early.

Lin Duowen heard his congratulations, and he was also a little happy. Still, he spoke his mind.

Cao Chifeng is a talented woman after all, this is both virtuous, and she is a gentleman, how can she feel unworthy of her, Cao Chifeng married herself, after all, she was wronged.

Yu Ming smiled and said: "Uncle, what you said is not right, this person is born to know, since ancient times, there are not many." Uncle, in fact, you always think badly, and I don't blame you, who calls your old father, Wen Zhenggong is the first genius in the world, so you have this kind of self-blame. ”

When Yu Ming said this, he paused and told Lin Duowen that most people in the world are people who have learned and know. It doesn't matter if you can't learn for a while, as long as you work hard to learn in the future, the so-called can't peep into the garden, and you can't release the scroll, then you can naturally become a great Confucian.

Yu Ming said that he was like this, although he was still smart, but compared to those talents, it was too far behind. I have such knowledge now, and I don't rely on my own hard work.

"Uncle, say something that makes you laugh at your old age. Do you think I'm better than those talents? ”

Lin Duowen said that it was naturally not bad, and even if he didn't say it himself, he didn't know about Yuming.

Yu Ming said that hard work pays off, as long as Lin Duowen is determined to study hard, he will naturally become a great Confucian and be respected by everyone.

This made Lin Duowen feel a sense of enlightenment, and he thanked Yu Ming, thanking Yu Ming for being able to solve the confusion in his heart.

However, Lin Duowen said that he had a headache when he read a book, and he barely read it, but he got nothing.

Yuming asked Lin Duowen what he wanted to get, and Lin Duowen was stunned. Yu Ming told Lin Duowen that this ancient saying is good, read a book a hundred times and see its own meaning, since this Lin Duowen is not a genius, then he should read more and read more, can't just want to read the book once to know the knowledge of the sage.

I can't read this book, mainly because I want something in my heart, because I can't get it after reading it, so I will get tired of it, if Lin Duowen can find the heart of seeking, then I won't be bored.

Yu Ming's words were something that Lin Duowen had never heard before, how could he hear it, but he felt that it made sense, but when he thought about it carefully, it was a little wrong.

"My father has a saying, there is no doubt about employing people, and reading should be read from the doubt."

Yu Ming was right when he said this, but it didn't apply to Lin Duowen, after he saluted Lin Duowen, and then said, "Uncle, please forgive Xiaosheng for offending." With the talent of the uncle, he is no different from the Chinese. If you want to read the doubt from the doubt, you need to. ”

Yuming's words clearly told Lin Duowen that Lin Duowen's talent is not good, so don't read like a genius.