Chapter 43: The Bride Price
Yu Mingzhi returned to Guo's house at the end of the day, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Guo Chang commanding the family in royal blue clothes, placing a big low bed in the center of the courtyard, and then putting a case. He re-examined everything, then carefully held it in his hands and placed it on the case.
Fortunately, the gate of Guo's house is hidden at this time, otherwise outsiders will think they are going to take over when they see it.
Seeing that the "daughter" was back, Guo Chang greeted him with a smile, "Baozhi, look, are you satisfied with the placement of things?"
Yu Mingzhi saw his movements, "Trouble Daddy." ”
"No hassle, no hassle. Guo Chang was too late to be happy, thinking that this was a "family affair" that his ancestors had only gotten after burning high incense, and now in front of the people, he had to behave like a loving father who loved his daughter, "Baozhi's life events are not sloppy at all." ”
He looked at Yu Mingzhi's dress again, on the bun made of long hair as smooth and smooth as satin, there were two butterfly hairpins inlaid with treasure and bird hairpins sent by Qin Ji, and two delicate pink peony silk flowers behind the bun, with a pomegranate red skirt, which was both delicate and lively and dignified.
"Will there be less headdress?" Guo Chang looked left and right, not to mention the marriage contract with the Qin Sheren, even if he married an ordinary family, as the daughter of the Guo family, it would be shabby. As he spoke, he instructed the maid to go to the study to get a box of jewelry that he had just bought yesterday.
Yu Mingzhi smiled and pressed his arm, "Daddy, no matter how much jewelry you have, it will only look gaudy." ”
Guo Chang said: "No, no, no, you must dress up thickly." The people of Qin She said that noon is an auspicious time, so we still have some time to dress up again. ”
Zhu'er followed and persuaded: "Master, Miss's dress is the favorite of the Qin She people. ”
"Huh?" Guo Chang stroked his beard in surprise, and could only follow her wishes, "It's okay or that's it." Come, come into the house and sit down, your grandmother and aunt and uncle have been waiting for a long time. ”
Yu Mingzhi looked at the hall, the Guo family was beaming, and Mrs. Guo's face was a little reluctant, but the Yao family and Guo Baoyun were missing, it seemed that they were still under house arrest in a remote courtyard.
Although the Guo family is well-informed, Guo Chang still explained: "Your mother is still sick, and the doctor said that it is not appropriate to be happy or sad, and you need to recuperate in bed." As for your sister, she is worried about her mother, so she is waiting next to her, and she will not be able to come today. ”
Yu Mingzhi said: "Mother should take care of her body more, I bought a lot of supplements and brought them, and I will take them to my mother in a while." ”
"Eh," Guo Chang waved his hand, "Just ask the maid to take it over for a while, so that your mother won't be excited when she sees you and affect your condition." ”
Yu Mingzhi did not continue acting, and responded: "Okay." ”
In the hall, a cold snort suddenly sounded, and you didn't need to look at it to know that it was Mrs. Guo.
Guo Chang gave Yu Mingzhi an embarrassed look, and then Guo Zeng's daughter came forward to say hello to Yu Mingzhi. Since Yao's grounding, she has become more energetic, and her clothes and accessories are much brighter than before, but there is still a trace of unwillingness in her smiling eyes.
"Bao Fen, you see that your sister Baozhi is very well-dressed and educated, and she will learn more from her sister in the future. ”
"Yes, mother. Guo Baofen obediently agreed, and smiled shyly at Yu Mingzhi, "Please teach my sister more." ”
"Definitely, definitely. Yu Mingzhi responded politely, but it is one thing to say yes, and it is another thing to act, I am afraid that in the future, Qin Ji will not allow Guo Yun's family to step into the Qin Mansion for half a step.
Guo Baofen's face was overjoyed, and she exchanged a smug look with her mother.
Guo Chang sighed secretly, before and after these things, the younger siblings, mother and daughter still want to climb on the Qin machine, they are really tired and crooked. He has to cut it off quickly before there are more signs, and the involvement of the Guo and Qin families can be done by him alone.
Everyone sat down again, Dao Xi laughed, and before he knew it, in the middle of noon, the maid guarding the door ran back happily and shouted: "Old lady, master, miss, uncle's people are here!"
As soon as the words fell, there was a knock on the door.
Guo Chang asked Yu Mingzhi to wait in the hall, and led his family to go out to greet him with a smile on his face, and Mrs. Guo got up helplessly in Guo Zeng's low persuasion.
The family opened the door, and a man about forty years old, dressed in a dark red brocade robe, strode in and arched his hand to Guo Chang, who was in the lead, "My lord, Gu Zhongyi, who is a scholar in Xiazhong, came to your mansion to give a dowry gift on behalf of the Qin Sheren." ”
Guo Chang was stunned for a moment, and looked at his family, more shocked.
It stands to reason that young talents with heads and faces should be selected among the groom's relatives to give the bride price. This surnamed Gu is obviously not a person from the in-laws, how could he come instead of the Qin family, but ...... It's actually a Chinese book waiter of the third grade. Qin Ji not only has face, but also fights for the Guo family to save face.
Guo Chang didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly surrendered his hand to Gu Zhongyi, "Guo has seen Gu Shilang. ”
Gu Zhongyi smiled, and presented a gift letter with colorful threads in both hands, "This is a marriage book, please take a look at it." ”
Guo Chang hurriedly used the knife on the desk to pry open the lid of the gift letter, and carefully took out a roll of paper inside.
The paper is precious and beautiful, faintly shining with delicate patterns in the sun, and the three big characters on it are "intermarriage", sprinkled with a few columns of small characters, which are Qin Ji's handwriting.
"Good, good. Guo Chang smiled even more, and after handing over the marriage letter to Guo Zeng's on the side, he took out a letter, "This is the marriage letter, and I bothered Gu Shilang to bring it to Qin Sheren." "This marriage letter was given to him by Qin Ji last night, tied with a red ribbon, and he was not allowed to read the contents. Although he was curious, he didn't dare to take it apart to see it if he had a hundred dares.
"Congratulations to my in-laws. Gu Zhongyi didn't take it apart either, carefully and properly put it in the gift letter, then turned sideways to get out of the way, and waved his hand to signal the servants who came with him to come in.
The festive suona gongs and drums sounded again, and people had already gathered at the door to watch the excitement again and again, pointing to the bride price that was constantly carried into the door and whispering.
Yu Mingzhi stood at the door of the hall and looked around, and Zhu'er said: "These things were purchased intensively after the prince got Yu Tingshi's marriage certificate." In fact...... Many of them were sent by Yu Tingshi to his son. ”
Yu Mingzhi's lips trembled slightly, watching the silk and satin colored cloth, livestock and game, and gold and silver treasures brought in, and then a mouthful of new red rosewood boxes, the curious people stretched their necks, guessing what kind of treasure was inside.
She knew it at a glance - her father had said that he had prepared a dowry for her, including her favorite swords, bows and arrows, the four treasures of the study, and rare rare ancient books, packed in a large box. Those were carefully collected and prepared by my father, just for her liking.
Now Qin Ji has found her back in the same way.
The Guo family has a lot of money, and the front yard is naturally not small, but the bride price sent by the Qin Sheren actually filled the entire courtyard, and there were a bunch of those that were not sent in the back.
Until finally, a young man led a horse into the gate of Guo's house.
Yu Mingzhi's eyes widened and he looked at it incredulously.
The horse was black and shiny, without a single trace of stray hair, except for the snow-white hooves of its four feet, and with a vigorous neigh, it stood still in the middle of the yard.
"It's ......" she stepped out of the threshold with sour eyes and trembling legs, staring at the horse so hard that she couldn't blink.
This is my father's mount.