Chapter Seventy-Nine: There Is No Cave
Song Fujian Road in Quanzhou City at night.
After all, Quanzhou is not the Kaifeng Mansion of Song Tokyo, and it has not yet reached the level of "brilliant lights never sleep", so after nightfall, pedestrians on the street are relatively scarce.
At this time, the door of Li Dejun's house was wide open, and a small girl was carried out from the house.
There was a carriage parked at the door of Li Dejun's house, the wheels were deeply sunken, and the car was obviously loaded with heavy loads, and Li Dejun's son Li Mao stood beside the car with a helpless face.
Li Dejun and his wife Wang sent it out.
"Wan'er, after passing through the door, you have to keep the woman's way, respect the woman's commandment, honor your in-laws, and serve the main room. Choose words and speak, don't speak ill words, sometimes speak again, don't get tired of people... Mrs. Li Dejun, Mrs. Wang, nagged Li Wanting in the sedan chair.
"Ting'er, things are too hasty, I haven't prepared much dowry with you, I hope you don't dislike it." Li Dejun also spoke.
Li Sanjian is willing to accept Li Wanting as a concubine, and Li Dejun is still happy in his heart.
Li Wanting is Li Dejun's niece, and Li Dejun certainly hopes that she can be someone else's wife, not a child.
But Li Wanting is only Li Dejun's niece after all, not his daughter, and Li Wanting's parents are still alive. At the same time, Li Wanting dared to elope to Quanzhou, and her ability is not small, which shows that she is a very assertive person, so what can Li Dejun do? Instead of obstructing it, it is better to send Li Wanting out happily, as for Li Dejun's brother and brother-in-law if they are to blame in the future, then they will have nothing to do with Li Dejun.
If your biological parents can't discipline you, do you still want your uncle to discipline them?
The most important thing is that Li Wanting is a concubine for Li Sanjian, the chief of Quanzhou, and Li Sanjian's wife. In the realm of Quanzhou, who doesn't rely on Li Sanjian's snort?
This matter is of great benefit to the Li family, so Li Dejun and others respectfully sent Li Wanting out of the door.
Although Li Dejun said that the dowry was thin, it was not true, it was just his humble words, and the six large boxes in the carriage were full of rare treasures.
This is not comparable to the general rich room in Quanzhou.
In this world, a woman's dowry can sometimes determine her status in her in-law's family, so Li Dejun does not dare to slack off.
"How dare Wanting dislike it? Thank you, uncle, thank you, aunt, uncle, Wanting is gone. At this time, Li Wanting's gentle thank you came from the sedan car.
"Let's go!" Li Dejun waved his hand.
Then a small sedan chair carried Li Wanting, Li Wanting's cousin Li Mao walked on the side of the sedan chair on foot, and the groom drove the carriage towards the mansion of Li Sanjian, the Taishou of Quanzhou.
At night today, it was the time when Li Wanting entered Li Sanjian's family as a concubine, and Li Wanting entered Li Sanjian's family in the name of Xu.
Marrying a wife needs to go through the "six rites" or "four rites", and the process of marrying is also blowing, blowing, beating and gongs and drums, which is very lively. And the time of marrying is arranged on a good day and an auspicious day during the day.
The concubine is much more casual, "famous and trendy, not as good as the six rites", and the concubine basically does not go through the "six rites" or "four rites".
At the same time, the time of entry is also very casual, but it is usually arranged in the dead of night.
Some of the concubines who were bought or lured in were even more so, and they were basically directly brought into the house.
Therefore, Li Wanting's entry process seems a little miserable and deserted.
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It didn't take long for Li Wanting's sedan chair and carriage to arrive at the mansion of Li Sanjian, the Taishou of Quanzhou.
"Thank you, thank you!" Zhai Liu, the old man who had been waiting at the gate of the mansion for a long time, led several family members, and said to Li Mao and the sedan chair man with a smile: "Please enter!" ”
So the sedan chair was carried into the side door, but the carriage stopped at the door, and the family of the Taishou Mansion stepped forward to remove the dowry from the carriage and carried it into the Taishou Mansion.
"Sister Wanting, you must be careful, if you are wronged, you will go back to your parents' house."
The sedan chair was to be carried into the inner house, so Li Mao couldn't follow up, so Li Mao could only look at the sedan chair that was getting farther and farther away and shouted.
Li Mao's shout was exchanged for a look of surprise and disgust from everyone in the Taishou Mansion.
Could it be that he should guard the mansion as the tiger's den in Longtan? Still careful? What to watch out for? Beware of the Taishou Mansion swallowing Li Wanting in one bite? The hearts of all the people are secret.
Their master, Quanzhou Taishou Li Sanjian is a more easy-going person, friendly to others, never beating and scolding subordinates, and treating his own family members even more so, is a mother and son filial piety, and deep love between husband and wife.
A woman from a merchant family can be the concubine of Li Taishou, and can become Li Taishou's family, so you can burn high incense, and all the people in the Taishou Mansion think together. Fun read
In fact, Li Mao is still a good person, although he admires Li Wanting, he has never done anything out of the ordinary, and at this time, he also personally sent his cousin into the Taishou Mansion.
"Thank you, cousin!" Li Wanting, who was sitting in the sedan chair, thanked her in a low voice.
The closer she got to the inner house of the Taishou Mansion, the more nervous and uneasy Li Wanting became.
What kind of situation is the concubine room, how can Li Wanting not know?
Wife, vine, concubine, maidservant, prostitute, woman in the house, the status of the concubine is only above the maid and prostitute, but the maid and prostitute are lowly, and the concubine is a good person.
The status of the concubine in the house also depends on the master and the mother, if the master is favored, the mother is virtuous, docile and not jealous, then the status of the concubine in the family is higher, and the life will be more comfortable and smooth, and the slaves in the house will also be respectful.
If the master mother is jealous, and the master is no longer favored because of boredom, especially when people are old and yellow, and the master abandons them, then the master mother will not tolerate the concubine, and even abuse the concubine, the status of the concubine will plummet, and the life of the family will be worse than death, and the slaves in the house will also fall into the well. At this time, the status of a concubine will be inferior to that of a slave.
In this world, it is not uncommon for the main family to abuse the concubine to death.
At this time, the only thing that moved Li Wanting was that Li Sanjian was very fond of her, which Li Wanting could feel, but Li Sanjian may not be able to call the shots about the affairs of the inner house in the house, there is also an old lady in the house, Li Sanjian's mother Fu Erniang, and Li Sanjian is a filial son, if the old lady does not treat herself, if the main room is not allowed to herself, then Li Wanting's life will be extremely difficult.
"Sister, sister, look, look!" Just when Li Wanting was full of knots and nervous, the sedan chair had been carried into the inner house of the Taishou Mansion.
After passing the gate of the inner house, there was an excited shout from the maid Xiaoling who came to marry outside the sedan chair, and after Li Wanting heard the shouting, she secretly looked out of the sedan chair, only to see that the scene in the inner house was completely different from the outer house, and it was a unique cave.
There are only a few lights in the outer house, and the population is relatively sparse, which seems a little deserted, and even a little eerie. . .
But after passing the gate of the inner house, it is a brightly lit scene, the lanterns covered with red silk and written with the word "happy" can be seen everywhere, and the trees in the inner house are also hung with carmine veils, ten steps and a series, the sea breeze is slow, and the carmine veils flutter with the wind, which seems to be unusually festive.
There is a pavilion in the innermost part of the inner house, and the same is true in the pavilion, which is full of festive lanterns, illuminating the pavilion as if it were day.
In the pavilion, there are five or six people standing, men and women, old and young, outside the pavilion, there are seven or eight servants and maidservants on both sides, looking at the small sedan chair that entered the inner house at this time.
"Get off the sedan car! Newcomer out! The small sedan chair was carried to the pavilion, and the old Zhai Liu, the old man of the Taishou Mansion, sang loudly.
Then Li Wanting, who was dressed in green and red, was helped out of the sedan chair by Ling'er.
Concubines can also be phoenix-crowned, but a group is green and red, mainly the color of the back is green.
When the main room marries into the house, it wears a bright red wedding robe, while the concubine's wedding robe is dark red and turquoise.
"Sister, they're going to congratulate my sister on her new marriage." Ling'er hugged Li Wanting and said to Li Wanting with a low smile.
At this time, how could Li Wanting and Ling'er not understand what was going on?
The daughters of eunuchs, large families, wealthy merchants, and wealthy families will have a servant girl of the same age since childhood, serving the master, reading together, having fun together, and growing up together, so the maids who have served the hostess since childhood have a relatively close relationship with the hostess, and they are like sisters, and even better than sisters, such as Cai Rongxue's personal maid Xiaoqin.
When she grows up, she usually marries into her husband's family with the hostess, and generally becomes the male hostess's maid or personal maid or maid. And they do not shy away from the sexual affairs of their male and female masters.
At the same time, it is generally the family of the old and deceased husband, and it is not allowed to marry, which is basically private property. Unless you meet a kind-hearted master, when he reaches a certain age, he will marry him out of the house, and pay a rich dowry...
Therefore, the personal maid and the hostess are both prosperous and lossy, at this time, Xiaoling saw that the Taishou Mansion welcomed Li Wanting so "grandly", and she was happy for Li Wanting from the bottom of her heart.
At this time, Li Wanting grabbed Xiaoling's arm tightly, her palms were sweating, and she was getting more and more nervous, but the tension at this time was the tension of joy and surprise...
Li Wanting originally thought that she would enter the Taishou Mansion as a concubine, which was no different from ordinary concubines, that is, after meeting the male and female hosts, she was included in the room.
At the same time, Li Wanting never expected that the time was so rushed, and the Taishou Mansion was so grandly prepared, which made Li Wanting feel extremely surprised.
At this time, in addition to surprise, Li Wanting's heart was full of gratitude.
"The bride is coming, the bride is coming." At this time, a little girl with bright eyes and bright teeth who was about eleven or twelve years old ran over in a new dress, shouting as she ran.
"You're the new sister-in-law?" Xiao Nizi ran to Li Wanting, tilted her little head and looked at Li Wanting and asked.
Li Wanting was stunned for a moment, and then cast her puzzled gaze on Zhai Liu on the side.
"Oh, ma'am, she's the little aunt in the house... Seeing this, Zhai Liu hurriedly replied.
"New sister-in-law, don't be afraid, I'll take you over." After Li Wanting learned about it, when she was about to give a gift, Xiao Nizi took Li Wanting's hand and smiled.