This family affair ended quickly, and the other party didn't dislike her sick old lady, so he didn't have any other requirements, originally said so, Zhang Qi still had doubts in his heart, and he still valued the family background of the second candidate more in his heart, saying that he could help Zhang Chang - he didn't know how the Wang family thought like this, but the Wang family didn't want a mother's power, and he was afraid that a powerful daughter-in-law would come in and bully the honest Zhang Chang, and he couldn't hold it down. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In Zhang Zhaohua's view, Wang's idea is right. My own family is just the most ordinary people, what help do you want, and it is not the support of officialdom, a powerful in-law can indeed make steady progress, and my eldest brother is no longer supported, and he can't study and be an official or crisscross the shopping mall, this in-law can't help anything, and it's not to live by guarding his own one-third of an acre.

Besides, people have high eyes, and they don't look down on their old Zhang family. However, in half a month, the Wang family heard the new news, saying that this family was originally going to marry a squire in Dangshan County, and it is said that it has changed the Geng post through the eight characters, but it was taken by the squire to get married.

"What kind of obstacle," Zhang Zhaohua listened to Coke and said, "I'm afraid it's an excuse that I don't want to get married." ”

"It's really an obstacle," Wang said: "It is said that Shen Zichen was born in Layue in the year of the year, and he committed the iron broom, and those who committed this evil will sweep the woman's house and the woman will sweep the man's house." Seriously broke the family, and Kefu remarried. ”

"My God," Zhang Zhaohua shook his head and said: "This thing can't be believed, it's not a fortune teller's mouth, these people are the most annoying, broken marriages, bad families!"

"What do you know," Wang said, "This iron broom is not completely bad, and there are people in my hometown of Shanxi who specialize in marrying iron brooms." ”

"Why is that?" Zhang Zhaohua was puzzled: "Didn't you say Xingke?"

"It also takes time," Wang said, "although there are some punishments for the Kefu family, but those who are born in the morning are really unlucky to sweep the family wealth out with an iron broom, and the more they sweep it out, the poorer they become; ”

"Hahaha," Zhang Zhaohua couldn't help laughing: "I know where such a statement comes from, because the fortune teller broke an iron broom is unlucky, I didn't expect this iron broom woman to marry her husband's family did not become poor, but became richer and richer, the couple and children are beautiful, this fortune teller has nothing to say, can only say that this iron broom is to transport wealth to the family to sweep!"

"If you don't believe it, it's fine," Wang said, "Some people believe it, and there are many people who believe it." The daughter of this family happens to be an iron broom that sweeps outside the house, although few people know about this, but there is no impermeable wall in the world, and the rumors come out, everyone is waiting to see a good show, and when she gets married, she must pick up red beans!"

It is said that the iron broom also has a broken method, when the woman gets married, in the mother's house to gather enough "five grains", so that the accompanying wedding guests to the door of the husband's house to throw on the ground, the groom hands the bride a new broom, let the bride sweep the "five grains" into the courtyard, and then wrap it in red cloth and put it in the cabinet of the husband's house to show the prosperity of the family.

"None of this has anything to do with our family," Zhang Zhaohua reminded: "It's true that we should hurry up and prepare a new house." ”

Because the bride is going to marry in, the previous left wing room is where Zhang Chang and Zhang Sheng's brothers sleep, and now Zhang Sheng has gone to the county seat, Wang originally planned to treat this house as a new house, but Zhang Qi said that the house is not spacious, and a new house will be built behind the left wing, and a new house will be built behind the right wing, which is a new house for Sheng's brother in the future - but the budget is not enough, and the family is still short of money, especially this year Zhang Sheng went out to do business, and Zhang Chang still has to marry a woman.

According to Wang's idea, the construction of the new house is not in a hurry, the daughter-in-law has already ordered, and she is not nervous, and it is okay to find a good day to marry in June and July next year.

Wang was also anxious when he heard it, more anxious than Zhang Qi, and waited until the year after tomorrow Zhang Chang was nineteen years old and twenty years old, although it was difficult to ask for a wife in the village, but he had never heard of it at the age of twenty, isn't this a joke, besides, Zhang Chang has no disease and no problem, there is no reason to be pointed out behind his back.

Now Wang drove Zhang Qi to repair the new house, the village people also came to help, every day people come and go, Wang is busy, during the day to cook a big pot of rice to entertain the villagers, at night the machine can ring a night, from the sound of the machine can hear Wang's urgency.

Zhang Zhaohua helps Wang do a lot of housework every day, feeding chickens and collecting eggs, washing pots and dishes, cleaning the house and adding charcoal, and having time to review homework, but also playing the knots, the fingers are swollen like small frozen radish, and he didn't notice it, or Zhang Qi saw that her fingers were not very flexible when she combed her hair one day, and she couldn't hold a top corner when she took two hair bands, so she pinched her hand to see, only to find that she didn't know when the girl's little hands of the fleshy nest actually had calluses, although Zhang Zhaohua repeatedly explained that it was written and grinded, but Zhang Qi pointed to her frozen and cracked place, or distressed。

After that, Zhang Qi bought her facial oil and roller oil, one was boxed, the other was awesome, and secretly bought her a box of Zhu Ling, the ease of use of these three things surprised Zhang Zhaohua, the first two are more comfortable to wipe than many hand creams in later generations, and a little bit of wiping on the face and hands can keep it dry for a day or two. After using the latter Zhu Ling once or twice, Zhang Zhaohua found that he finally didn't lose skin on his body.

In the evening, the villagers who saw off the helpers were gone, and the family sat next to the charcoal basin to discuss things. Zhang Qi calculated the cost of building the house so far, and seemed to have saved some compared with the estimate, and a smile appeared on his face.

Wang looked at the charcoal fire absentmindedly, Zhang Zhaohua looked at her appearance, and knew that she was checking and calculating in her heart what she had picked up after five days, so she asked, "Mother, is there anything else missing?"

"Flower red, cloth, four-color fruits," Wang said silently: "two taels of silver." There is also a lack of ringing sugar. ”

"Brother Sheng's child has brought Xiangtang from the city," Zhang Qi said, "Tomorrow will be here." ”

Ringing sugar is the sugar offering used for joy and funeral, New Year's Festival, there are various shapes of people, birds and beasts, fish and insects, fruits, like a big platter, put into a table, sell on the table, only sell in the city, and use it as a very face-saving thing. The Wang family had already told Zhang Qi to go to the city to buy sesame candy, but Zhang Sheng had already set up a new filling candy this year, and asked someone to send it over.

The wine and fruit used by Nacai are relatively simple, because it symbolizes engagement, and the subsequent levy is the real bride price.

Zhang Zhaohua saw that things would almost not change, so he wrote down all the dowry gifts, which is also a rule, and the collection, recruitment and invitation period must be written and presented to the woman's family.

Before the Ming Dynasty, there were a total of six procedures for weddings, including asking for names, Nacai, Naji, Nazheng, invitation, and personal welcome, and when it came to the Ming Dynasty, it was simplified into four: Nacai, Nazheng, Invitation, and Welcome.

After Zhang Zhaohua wrote the dowry, he began to write a marriage report, which is the marriage book, there is a formatted sample, Zhang Zhaohua copied a copy, probably "the main marriage of someone, there is a woman in a certain place with someone to agree with someone to marry, a number of hired silver, a number of gift money, choose a certain day to get married, this is two wishes, no more words, now want to have a basis, so the marriage book is recorded." ”

This is the marriage book used by ordinary people, and there are also formats that belong to the scholarly class, because they have mastered the skills of literature, so they can write the marriage book brilliantly.

This paper marriage book is a good legal certificate for the marriage of two surnames, and there will be the signatures of the main marriage, the matchmaker, and the man and woman - Zhang Zhaohua wrote it again, and felt that the handwriting was ugly and unsightly, and found a big-character copy from the room, and compared and described it word by word dozens of times, until late at night, and finally wrote a marriage book that could be read.