Betrothal was a very important activity in ancient times, and at that time betrothal was also legally enforceable. The most important thing is the moral bondage, and repentance is one of the biggest stains on life.

In modern times, engagement has evolved into a pure etiquette, a relatively formal engagement ceremony. But it has no legal effect, and moral restraint is almost destructive. So now the engagement has become dispensable, and basically not many people take it seriously.

But the world is so strange, everyone knows that engagement is useless, and they are still very enthusiastic. This process is indispensable in most marriages. It's just that this ritual has been simplified to the extreme, and a matchmaker with three or five relatives and friends can sit down and have a meal together.

There are also big ones, all the three media and six certificates, all the relatives and friends can invite them to come, the luxury hotel to set a table, I don't know I think I got married. This is again extreme.

Traditional Chinese engagement ceremonies range from simple to complex. In ancient times, poor families couldn't even eat enough, so they could only keep simple. The big ones with money are a little more complicated.

But no matter whether it is complicated or simple, some processes are unavoidable, such as selecting auspicious days, worshipping ancestors, picking and pressing tea pots. It's not for nothing that the elders are drunk and happy to have a verbal agreement or something, but it's not enough to have a verbal agreement, and you have to change the sticker.

The sticker has the names of both men and women, their birthdays, and so on. Only if you change the post and get engaged can you be considered successful. If you don't post it, it's useless even if you're engaged.

Since Zhu Ziqing's engagement ceremony is very complicated, there are many preparations to be made.

On the same day, Jia Qigong and others properly discussed the procedures. The next day, Chen Qiming arrived and asked for his opinion, confirmed that there was no problem, and began to buy all kinds of necessities needed for the engagement.

An interesting thing happened when Chen Qiming arrived. Zhu's mother naturally didn't have a good impression of him, and she was not very enthusiastic when she received him. Chen Qiming knew the reason when he thought about it, and apologized to Zhu's mother very simply. On the contrary, it made her very embarrassed and blushed for a long time. I didn't dare to show Chen Qiming's face anymore.

Thereupon. Jia Qigong's three soldiers were divided into two roads, one was Jia Qigong, and they went to Lin Baoer's house. When you propose a relative, you naturally have to mention it first.

Although both families have agreed on this matter, there should be no less etiquette. At least send someone over to say: I have a son and nephew, and his character and IQ are just dropping. You have a girl in your family. Virtuous and virtuous. The two of them were a match made in heaven. Today I will be the next month old, I don't know what you think.

As soon as the girl's parents inquire about it, it will be a trouble for you. Then the two families began to discuss the matter of engagement. If you find out that this is not the case at all, then where did you come from?

Both have already said that Jia Qigong was just going through the motions in the past. And he had already told the Lin family in advance that he was going to propose marriage today, and Lin Bao'er's mother and grandmother were waiting at home. Jia Qigong's journey was the easiest.

Sun Shouqing and Chen Qiming were responsible for preparing various supplies and gifts for the engagement. Including gold and silver jewelry, fruit and pastries and the like. It's not a hassle to buy these things, and you can buy them all at any shopping mall.

But Sun Shouqing and others disagreed, the three masters worked together as a matchmaker, and naturally they had to be perfect. The gifts purchased are also exquisite.

Gold and silver jewellery must be a master's work of the dragon and phoenix. The preserved pastry must be from the century-old shop Tong Taixiang. Dresses for engagement don't need to be brand-name clothes. It is a century-old tailor shop Bao Yi Zhai's pure handmade products. It's not that the clothes of this house are better than those famous brands, but a kind of tradition, a kind of exquisiteness.

Do you think this is the end? Zhu Ziqing also thinks that this is the end, everything that should be bought has been purchased, and everything that should be purchased has been purchased, just waiting for the auspicious day to come.

The master told him with practical actions that you are thinking too simply, and this is only the beginning.

For example, what kind of box do gifts use? If you sell something, you will send the packaging. That's good, you don't need to prepare it specifically.

The truth is that no. Such packaging is not in line with etiquette. All replaced with wooden boxes. The box for preserved fruit and pastry must also be a round wooden box, and no glass or crystal is required.

The general wooden box is not enough, and it must comply with the regulations. The size, shape, color, and pattern are all exquisite.

Not to mention anything else, the round boxes used for preserved fruit pastries are all handmade, and the patterns on them are either mandarin ducks playing in the water, or dragons and phoenixes are auspicious...... The pattern is either painted, hollow carved, embossed, or incarnated...... It is usually used as a work of art, but here it is just a box for fruits.

Wooden boxes that meet the requirements are not easy to find. At this time, it was evident that the master had a wide range of connections. Sun Shouqing made a phone call to a sculptor friend, and the problem with the box was solved. It's a real work of art, even though it's something that the master made when he had nothing to do.

There are many similar situations, just looking at Zhu Ziqing from the sidelines has a feeling of dizziness. What is exquisite, this is called exquisite. What is luxury. That's called luxury.

What is packed with millions of cash, a few kilograms of gold jewelry to give, how many luxury cars, and a five-star hotel...... Compared to this, it's just weak.

This is just a preliminary preparation, thinking that the formal engagement ceremony has to go through twelve procedures (there are also ten and eight procedures, there is no unified standard for this), Zhu Ziqing suddenly felt that life was gloomy and boring.

The only thing that made him happy was that he didn't have to go to buy things in person, and the two masters, Sun Shouqing and Chen Qiming, were fully responsible. Of course, the two of them won't do it themselves, so naturally someone will do it for them. Therefore, Liu Xiaoping's disciples of several masters suffered and were arrested.

Zhu Ziqing's job was to stay at home and receive the teachings of the two masters.

"No, no, no, there's something wrong with your posture, it's too stiff and unnatural......"

"You see, you have forgotten that the gesture of salute is to make a fist with the right hand, and the left hand wraps the right hand. You're doing it the other way around......"

The engagement ceremony is very exquisite, and every action is exquisite. From ancestor worship to departure, from meeting the woman's relatives to eating, from exchanging rings to the final ceremony...... are all exquisite.

It's more important to be the main character, and you can't make any mistakes. Zhu Ziqing didn't know about these things, so he could only learn them now.

But some habits don't happen once or twice. For a whole morning, Zhu Ziqing found that not only did he not learn these etiquettes, but he even forgot to walk normally. Far from being bored, the two masters looked like they were in high spirits.

The people who were arrested as strong men were originally very unhappy with Zhu Ziqing's treatment, but after seeing this situation, they suddenly felt balanced in their hearts.

can also take advantage of the back and forth to 'comfort' him. Zhu Ziqing was 'moved' to tears, and secretly swore that when they got married in the future, he would definitely 'comfort' them like this.

It's a pity that he forgot that except for Liu Xiaoping, everyone else in these people seems to be married.

In the afternoon, Jia Qigong, who went to propose marriage, finally returned, and naturally brought Zhu Ziqing the news he wanted to hear the most. (To be continued.) )

PS: Sure enough, it doesn't work without saving the manuscript. I just said that I want to save a chapter manuscript and try to fix the update time. Today, my roommate from three years of college came to play with me from thousands of miles away. I remember the last time we saw each other was five years ago, we didn't see each other in five years, we only contacted each other by phone. I was very happy to see it today. Then I drank a little wine, and then there was no then. The words are not coded, and the manuscript is not saved. This chapter is still a little drunk and barely got up and reluctantly came out. I was so dizzy that I continued to sleep.