However, Ye Qing's promise of one article a day was quickly broken and fattened, but the marriage was faster than expected.

It was noon, and the summer sun shone in through the window lattice, deep and shallow and colorful, and the red paper-cut flowers cast complex and beautiful shadows on the ground, reflecting the red gauze curtains.

Although there is a glass mirror, but according to tradition, or a new grinding copper mirror, this light can be seen, a pretty face in the mirror with a hint of redness, eyebrows slightly frowned, eyes are shining, and there is joy in the demeanor.

Xiao Xuan's window was closed, and he could hear the crackling sound of firecrackers outside the boudoir, and the noise seemed to be carrying things.

The maid Qiao'er couldn't stand at the door, and her footsteps were sneaky, and she might have sneaked under the porch to watch.

Cao Baijing sat alone in front of the mirror, wearing only a plain white obscene clothes, and slowly combed himself in the mirror.

The noise outside the window gradually became smaller, and only his own heartbeat could be heard in the room, Cao Baijing only felt that at this time, his mind was rolling, and all the chaotic thoughts came up.

On the first day of the fifth month, it will be the wedding in half a month...... The so-called ceremony is strictly in accordance with the wedding customs of Nacai, asking for names, Najib, recruitment, invitation, and personal welcome procedures.

The people who appeared in the folk wedding were all specialized matchmakers, with high and low levels, and the low ones wore coarse cloth clothes and mingled with the Ya Po in the towns and cities.

The medium-sized portal matchmaker wears a crown, a yellow bun, and a green umbrella.

And for the big family, it is gorgeously dressed and dressed like a noblewoman...... In a relatively strict society, most of them are a channel for men and women to place their hopes.

But the matchmaker saw the money, concealed the man's age, falsely pointed to the wealth of the two families, exaggerated the woman's appearance, reversed black and white, and pointed to the deer as a horse, in order to prevent this, he had to "marry his daughter-in-law".

Often the two families make an appointment, meet in the elegant environment of the restaurant garden, if you like, the man inserts the gold hairpin into the woman's crown sideburns, which is called the hairpin to set the fate, and does not give two colored satin as expected.

The woman can also refuse, but there is always a sense that the man is strong and the woman is weak.

If you don't go to your daughter-in-law, you have to resign yourself to fate, the funniest thing is a marriage the year before last, Yan Wen, the official of the imperial capital, married a wealthy Sun woman, afraid that he was old, so he didn't dare to go to his daughter-in-law, and hid his five-year-old age.

This absurd thing caused the current emperor to laugh, because it was regarded as a joke by people, and it was spread to the world in less than two years, and remote border counties such as Nancang County were also heard.

I heard that there is a more cumbersome blind date now.

But there are exceptions, men and women originally knew each other, or the interests of the two families were bound to marry, at this time to express attention, the man will ask a person with high status to come forward to talk to the matchmaker.

The dignity of a county, "Baili Hou" Lord Lu Ming came forward to ask for marriage on behalf of Ye Qing and marryed, which made his father have a lot of face, and he praised when he saw people: "I know that my son-in-law is affectionate."

Men and women have known each other for a long time, childhood sweethearts, and the county as a matchmaker, because it saves a lot of cumbersome blind dates, directly under the auspices of the county, the second step is officially posted.

Very quickly and straightforwardly.

Cao Baijing still remembers that she saw Ye Qingjin, the dragon flying and the phoenix dancing, writing the names and occupations of the three generations of great-grandfather, grandfather, and father......

The seventh man in the clan was born at a certain time in the seventeenth year of the Yuan Dynasty, his parents were not in the hall, and there were 500,000 yuan in the house

"There's no need to exaggerate like this" This was the only thought in Cao Baijing's mind at that time, and he spat out in annoyance: "Is it to show off with me?"

Looking down, the main marriage is Lu Ming of Pingshou Zhi County, and he is speechless here, this is the only wedding post in this county.

Cao Baijing was a little embarrassed to write her own sticker, but this had to be handed back to the man in reciprocity.

She and Ye Qing knew each other well, and they couldn't pull their faces down to learn from other families to post random false reports, so they had to make a bitter face, gritted their teeth, and wrote weakly, and stabbed Ye Qing a thousand times in their hearts: "They are all Jinshi, who doesn't know that you are powerful, can't you be low-key?"

"Bang bang bang" sounded in the hall of the front yard, and Cao Hu smiled proudly: "Ha, I'm right, this generous gift...... Shingo Katsuya"

Cao Baijing's face immediately turned crimson with shame, covering her ears with her hands, she had no face to see anyone, this is still her father?

She knew in her heart that this was a gift of money, and she would welcome her relatives in half a month, and the next gift was almost at this time, but her father was really out of shape like this

The third step is to agree on the ceremony, the rhythm of marriage will be accelerated, and the man will choose the auspicious day of the zodiac, pick and choose, and the last one is May 23, which is said to be the most auspicious.

"What about the ghost to believe it......" Cao Baijing blushed and took another sip, in fact, when he heard the inside story, Ye Qing asked directly to the magistrate of the main marriage: "Is it okay in two months?"

It is said that at that time, a thick list of dowry gifts was smashed, and Lu Ming's eyes were about to fall out, and he almost couldn't catch it in one breath, pointing at Ye Qing's fingers trembling: "Insulting Sven, insulting Sven"

The world is peaceful, the world is rich, and the marriage period depends on the amount of financial gifts, which is human nature, but I have never seen this.

But the Cao family also wanted to marry as soon as possible, so when his father Cao Hu Fan and his grandmother Yao Taijun saw the gift list, they immediately responded: "It's better to be early."

"This is really his style...... Cao Baijing was not surprised at all, at this time, no one would come to listen to her opinion.

In secular habits, the gift of wealth means that the marriage has become a "foregone conclusion", and there is basically no room for remorse, unless you want the family's reputation to be ruined.

"Well, I don't regret it......" Cao Baijing muttered, remembering that she was bold and ran to a showdown with her cousin at night, she was still a little blushing, where did she get such courage......

Ye Qing's reply was surprising to her surprise, is there really such a man in this world?

With a sigh of relief, Cao Baijing didn't think much about it, and there was another exclamation outside the window, listening to a few words, it seemed that it was about financial gifts.

Cao Bai sat quietly and did not move, pricking up his ears to listen.

"It's just that the gift list is not mutually agreed, isn't it?"

Wealth gift is a general term, which is composed of the man's dowry and the woman's clothing, which is commonly known as the dowry.

Marriage events, all have to do their best for this, and the rich man's dowry gift is the so-called three golds, that is, gold pendants, gold earrings, gold pendants...... They are all used for the bride to wear a big red veil.

The eunuchs also have to sell gold sleeves or red Suluo large sleeve satin, yellow Luo pin gold skirt, satin red long skirt, pearl and green crown, four o'clock bun flowers, fine and mixed color satin silk, flowers, tea and fruits, reunion cakes, sheep wine......

It's like a dowry competition, to see who has the financial resources and gives it well.

The extravagance of the world can be seen.

Cao Baijing recalled the recent marriage of the Li family in the county, Xiaoxiao is the ninth rank of the general Shilang, his daughter Qing Yiniang, it is rumored that Zhen Shu is beautiful, Xu married the son of Wanzhi County, Linxian County, the dowry alone is as high as 55,000 yuan, and the marriage of 200 acres of land is not counted, of course, the Li family is the county wang, and its descendants are not pure and specialized in official careers, each has its own division of labor, so it cannot be measured by official products alone, let alone the political significance of the marriage with Wanzhi County.

"I hope he won't be too extravagant......" Cao Baijing was a little worried, afraid that his family would not be able to keep up.

If the dowry is not equal, she will be gossiped about when she marries, although she believes that Ye Qing will not say anything, but people are terrible, and they are also his clansmen

"It's really annoying......" She rolled back and forth on the bed, her head covered in the quilt, hiding the timidity in her heart in the face of an unknown fate.

"Sister, I've seen the dowry, do you know what the road is?" Brother Cao Mingliang broke in again, but found that the room was dark and dark, and he couldn't see anything: "Sister, what are you doing?"

Cao Baijing was silent in the dark, secretly annoyed that the maid was derelict in her duties, quickly put on her coat and skirt, and with a wave of her hand, the red light flashed.

The light in the room returned to brightness, and Cao Bai sat quietly in front of the dressing table, grooming in the mirror generously.

His sister has always been like this, Cao Mingliang didn't feel any different, so he shouted excitedly: "My brother-in-law is compared to the gift list of ordinary officials and eunuchs, twenty-four boxes, but what does he use...... Gongzao sells gold big sleeves, Gongzao red Suluo big sleeve satin, Gongzao yellow Luo pin gold skirt, Gongzao ......"

"Gong Zao Hey, I heard that only Gong Zao Weaver Girl was allowed to mark, and put it in our small place in Nancang County, if it weren't for the fact that my sister-in-law touched the material and was as smooth as skin, and saw the flower charm with sharp eyes, everyone wouldn't recognize it."

"Don't talk big if you don't understand, haven't you ever been out of Pingshou County?" After running a few times at the foot of Daddy's Beibi Mountain, you dare to say that Nancang County is small?" Cao Baijing glared at his brother, avoiding the key question.

Cao Mingliang grinned: "Sister, the key is that this is different from the words written on the sticker."

"What's different?" Cao Baijing pinched her eyebrows.

"You think, the man pays for the money, and the woman pays for it, but it must be equal, even a line higher, but I saw my grandmother stunned, and looked at our father. ”

As he spoke, he touched his chin like a little adult, very ill-willed: "I can't help it, I guess I have to come back and ask...... Daughter, you look at ...... yourself."

"Die"

A gust of wind blew him out of the door, and he heard the bear child shouting: "Evil mother-in-law, brother-in-law can't stand it sooner or later...... Uh, Dad

"Hmph" Cao Hu Fan didn't care about the reprimand, stopped outside, and knocked on the door.

"Father, please come in. A girl's voice came from the boudoir.

"Ahem......" Cao Hu Fan understands things, his beloved daughter is about to get married, and there are many daughters who are ready to go, so he is not a good father and rushes in: "No, I'll ask and leave." ”

After thinking about it, he asked carefully: "This dowry is a bit heavy, or can you secretly push it off a little......?"

I was very careful, I was afraid that my daughter would not accept it.

There was silence in the boudoir for a while, Cao Hufan hesitated for a moment, and when he saw that he didn't answer, he said again: "Maybe you can only tear some silver from the clan."

There was joy in the boudoir, and Cao Bai listened silently, feeling sad.

At this time, he said: "Father doesn't have to be embarrassed, the Taoist clothes embroidered by my daughter in the past two months have not been traded, and I can just return the gift." ”

"Ah, that's not good. ”

"It's okay, he doesn't care" Cao Bai sighed quietly, and said: "Those palace-made fabrics, I heard that he brought back a group of palace-made weaver girls, there are not many people who know about this matter, and we don't have these on the market in Nancang County, the father left a satin red dress for his daughter to make a thought, and the others were taken out and sold, at this time, the price is the best, and it can make up for the profits of the Taoist clothes." ”

Hearing her father leave happily, she sat alone in front of the mirror, touching the shining Taoist clothes, and then looked at the words on the wall, and her eyes fell behind: "I hate to press the gold thread every year and make wedding clothes for others." ”

Suddenly came to his senses, and was a little annoyed: "This guy must have calculated it a long time ago, and deliberately made this trap and asked me to send this coat over......"

After sitting for a while, he carefully pulled out the drawer from the dressing table and took out a light blue robe, with a dark brilliance on the delicate material, and a silk light of three-color spiritual embroidery.