The chief of the guard, with two of his subordinates, returned in the afternoon of the second day. Not only did they bring back two live geese, but they also hunted five rabbits, four pheasants and a wild boar, one of which was alive, a rooster with very beautiful plumage.

Qingyang and Luo Xiaorong were very happy, hugged it and didn't let it go, didn't let it be killed, and said that they would raise it.

In order to thank and reward the chief of the guard, Qing Shu instructed people to clean up all the rabbits, pheasants, and wild boars, stew, steam, fried, fried, and browned, and then roasted. Accompanied by a few kinds of fried vegetables and specialties of the flavor snack shop, it is a large table. Zhou Boyan specially approved that the guards can drink alcohol tonight, but not drunk. So, Gu Qiang led people to send five altars of daughter red.

The gift of the proposal has been ready to stop, and now there are live geese, so after breakfast on the second day, Gufu invited Cheng Niangzi, and Cheng Niangzi took Gu Yuanhe to Xiaogujia Village. The person who wanted to go with Cheng Niangzi was also decided by Cheng Niangzi and Su's mother, and Qingshu did not participate because she didn't understand it at all. However, she listened carefully, and when Qingyang grew up, she would have to marry a lady, and her mother couldn't count on it, and when the time came, she would have to be Zhang Luo, who was her sister.

After Gu Yuanhe and the others left, Qing Shu went back to the room to sort out the notes of the East and West and transcribe them again. The marriage process is the Six Rites.

One is Nacai: The man's family invites a matchmaker to the woman's house to propose marriage. If the female family agrees to the marriage, the male family formally proposes to the female family, and the formal proposal must bring a live goose as a gift, so that people can accept the meaning of their choice.

The second is to ask for a name: the man asks the matchmaker to ask the woman's name and eight characters to prepare for marriage. There is also a fixed wording, "If a certain person is ordered, he will be added to Zhu Bu, and he dares to ask a woman for whom." "If the woman agrees, the gift is given. Then, the male family uses guò divination to determine the good luck and evil, that is, the eight characters of men and women. If the eight characters are combined, then proceed to the next step.

The third is Najib: Inform the woman's family of the good news of divination and marriage, and take gold and silver jewelry as gifts. The marriage was decided.

Fourth, for recruitment: the male family will send the dowry gift to the woman's family, which is also called a big appointment, and it is too big.

The fifth is the invitation period: after the male family chooses the wedding date, he prepares a gift and goes to the woman's house to ask the woman's family to agree to the wedding date.

The sixth is to welcome: that is, to marry the bride. Men go to the woman's house to greet their relatives (in very special cases, there are also men who do not go to the woman's house to greet their relatives). After returning to the man's house, the bride and groom eat together, and then cut a gourd into two halves, and the husband and wife each hold one of them, pour wine and drink, which is called a combination.

The rich and noble families are very strict in carrying out marriage and employment matters according to these six rites, and ordinary people are simple. Just like Gu Yuanhe's marriage, live geese can be without, and after the man proposes to the woman's house, the woman's family agrees and accepts the gift, and the matchmaker asks the woman's family for the woman's name and birth date on the spot to prepare for marriage, and there is no need to go through the procedure of "asking the name" again.

Qing Shu put away the notes that had been sorted out and transcribed, and the paper of the previous notes was torn and thrown into the small bamboo basket at his feet. From ancient times to modern times, people's habits of extravagance and waste in marriage between men and women have never changed. Her younger brother has grown up, and she doesn't know what kind of woman he will like? Thinking that the chicks under her wings will one day spread their wings and fly high, have their own ideals and ambitions, have their own families, wives and children, and can no longer have such a deep sister-brother relationship as now, she began to feel a little melancholy.

What will she become at that time? Is there a possibility that she came to protect the chicks, and then when the chicks spread their wings and flew high, she completed the task and returned to the era of high-rise buildings. Thinking of this, she shook her head, it was simply delusional! I don't want to, I don't want to, it's important to live the life in front of you, and it's important to save a lot of money. June 28 is Luo Xiaorong's birthday, what small gift should I give? The seventh day of the seventh month of July is her birthday, and it is enough to eat a bowl of longevity noodles.

Qing Shu walked out of the small study, walked around the courtyard, and then walked around, and then arrived in the small vegetable garden, saw two red fruits on the side, picked them, and walked back. When she went into the kitchen, she scooped up the red fruit and washed it, and when she brought it to her mouth to bite, she had an idea, so she ate a red fruit with a smile, washed her hands, and went back to the house, taking out needles and threads, scissors, and a few pieces of cloth to fiddle with.

Xiaoyu came in from outside and asked curiously, "What is Miss going to do?" Do you want to be a slave? ”

Qingshu was feeling the feel of several fabrics, and wanted to know which one was softer and more suitable for personal use, so he didn't raise his head and said, "You go and do your work, I will naturally call you if you need to." After sending away the small fish, Qing Shu sat in the house and buried her head in fiddling with needlework and fabrics, and after lunch at noon, she didn't sleep at noon, she continued to fiddle.

It wasn't until he came back from going to Xiaogujia Village to ask for relatives that Qing Shu blinked his somewhat sour eyes and put away his things.

Cheng Niangzi and her entourage went here to have lunch at Chen's house. The Chen family attached great importance to it, saying that they had prepared six hard dishes to entertain them. In the village, six dishes are already rare, and they are hard dishes, which is naturally a matter of great face for both parties.

In the evening, Bu Wu came to see the injured Zhou Boyan. Qing Shu didn't show up, and ordered the kitchen to prepare a sumptuous table and put it in Zhou Boyan's courtyard, so that the two of them could chat while eating.

Bu Wu drinks and eats at the same time, and from time to time he has to praise a good wine.

Zhou Boyan chuckled, "Drink your bar!" No one will be greedy, and there is no need to deliberately remind them again and again. ”

Bu Wu also smiled, "Haven't you always disliked being an official?" Why did you take over the position of imperial history? ”

Zhou Boyan took the wine jug and filled it for him, "What you ask is nonsense." ”

Bu Wu shook his head, "Yes, you can't shirk this matter." Unlike me, there are many brothers in the family, and they have to do the important things of the family, which makes me cheaper and makes me a free businessman. ”

"Yes, when my side was in a state of weakness to broaden the trade route, your side took the opportunity to seize a lot of business in the past, and even the red fruit became your only business, earning enough silver taels."

"Huh...... You don't have to be red-eyed. Around the Spring Festival, the sauerkraut trade in the capital is not your only one. ”

"Isn't your Yipinlou sold?"

"The sauerkraut trade in the capital is your world, don't you want me to sell the Yipinlou in Jinyang City that you missed? I just don't know, who will Miss Gu cooperate with this year? ”

"She is very cautious and will only ask you and me to cooperate."

"You seem to know her well. It's rare to see you pay so much attention to a woman, what's the matter, so tempting? ”

Zhou Boyan didn't answer this question, "I heard that Mrs. Bu really wants her to take the surname of your Bu family." ”

Bu Wu's warm and jade-like face showed a little helplessness, "My mother's joke has actually spread to Huizhou." With that, he shook his head.

Zhou Boyan's tone was cold, "You think it's a joke, but some people don't think so." ”

Step Five heard his tone wrong, "What do you mean?" ”

Without waiting for Zhou Boyan to answer, Qingyang's voice sounded outside the door, "Brother Yan, Brother Buwu, can Qingyang go in?" ”

It turned out that Qingyang was worried that Zhou Boyan would drink, so he came to supervise after eating. He entered the door, sat next to Zhou Boyan, sniffed, and didn't find the smell of wine on Zhou Boyan, so he nodded his head to express satisfaction.

Zhou Boyan touched his head with some tears and laughter, "Brother didn't drink, don't worry!" Seeing that Qingyang was a little hesitant, he said again: "If you don't go back, Xiaorong has no playmates, and he will have to find it in a while." Go for it! ”

Qingyang came out at this time, returned to the courtyard where he lived, and saw Xiaomei, the maid of Luofu, doing things in the courtyard, so he asked Luo Xiaorong if he had come back. Xiaomei replied and was talking to Miss Gu in the room.

Qingyang sent away Guan Mutou, who was following him, and entered the house, hearing a faint laughter inside, he walked in. I saw my sister standing in front of the bed with her back to him, and Luo Xiaorong was standing on the bed in her underwear and hugging her sister's neck and laughing, he immediately leaned over, "What you are saying, I also want to listen." ”

Luo Xiaorong let go of Qing Shu's neck, sat on the bed with a smile, and said shyly, "The birthday gift given by my sister, Xiaorong likes it very much." ”

Qingyang's eyes widened with curiosity, "What did my sister give?" I want to see. ”

Luo Xiaorong's little face flushed, and it was very strange, his two little hands grabbed the waistband of his underwear and shook his head.

was actually rejected, and Qingyang became even more curious.

Qing Shu smiled, "Xiaorong, it's okay to show your brother." Forgot? You only took a shower together the day before yesterday, don't be shy. "Tomorrow is Xiao Rong's birthday, and when the things are ready, she will send them in advance.

Luo Xiaorong was moved, although his little face was very red, he still stood up, and then pushed down the pants of his underwear.

Qingyang opened his mouth wide and was stunned, "What, what?" ”

I saw Luo Xiaorong wearing milky white boxer panties in the pants of his underwear, and a cute frog was embroidered on the left.

Qing Shu was not satisfied with his work, "Xiao Rong, turn around and show your brother." ”

Luo Xiaorong turned around shyly, and a cute frog jumping was embroidered on the left side of the back of his underwear.

Qingyang's eyes were red at that time, "Sister, I want it too." ”

At this time, Luo Xiaorong hurriedly lifted the underwear of his underwear and sat on the bed and laughed.

Qing Shu walked to the side, took the burden he brought to the bed, opened it, and took out a pair of underwear that was bigger than Luo Xiaorong was wearing, "No, yours." ”

Qingyang hid behind him when he got his hand, "Sister go out, Xiaoyang wants to change clothes." ”

Qing Shu pinched his nose, "I know, I know, our Xiaoyang is a big man, and my sister is not allowed to see it when he changes his clothes." After the joke was finished, the burden was left to them, "Two for one person, you can change your clothes." Also, don't be naughty. As he spoke, he walked out.

As soon as Qingshu left, Qingyang put down the bed tent with his feet, took off his shoes and went to bed, quickly took off his coat and underwear, and put on the underwear in his hand.

Luo Xiaorong tilted his head and looked, "Wrong, wrong, it's reversed." ”

Qingyang was puzzled and took off and put on again. Luo Xiaorong nodded this time and said yes. The two of them got the same gift, and went to the bed and grabbed the other pair of underwear in their hands to study. Qingyang asked, "What is this?" Luo Xiaorong replied, "My sister said that this is called a frog, which can croak and eat pests." Qingyang's eyes lit up, "Is it right that the crops are croaking?" Luo Xiaorong nodded violently.

Qingshu was complacent about giving her two younger brothers special gifts, but she didn't know that her behavior would annoy someone and make them remember it for years.

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Happy New Year's Day to all!

I really want to travel to the south!