At the beginning of February, the second dragon raised its head, it is the farming festival formed since the Han and Tang dynasties, the rice in the south of the Yangtze River is about to be sown on this day, but the significance of the farming festival is not too great for the north, the south of the Yellow River is winter wheat, and it is lush and green after the beginning of spring, and the north of the Yellow River, the ice and snow on the second day of February have just begun to melt, and it is not until after the middle of February that the breath of spring really comes.

But this year's second day of February is also an auspicious day, it is advisable to get married, to marry, plus the previous one-month ban issued due to the death of the first emperor, many weddings were forced to postpone, so the second day of February has become the wedding day of many families, from the morning, the drum music in Chang'an City has not stopped.

The original meaning of the wedding is to hold the marriage ceremony at dusk, so the wedding is generally held in the evening, after the wedding is already dark, just send the couple into the cave room, the guests continue to eat and drink, and return happy.

However, there are also differences in the details of the arrangement of each family, some families start to eat and drink from noon, and everyone disperses after the wedding, which is mainly based on the situation of their own family.

Today, Guo Song's wedding began at noon, and hundreds of guests gathered together, mainly because the garden house was outside the city, and the wedding banquet was too late, and the guests would not be able to enter the city.

Early in the morning, Guo Song began to get busy, there was a bride to dress him up, he slightly painted a thin layer of powder on his face, so that he looked radiant, he wore a black long gauze hat, wearing a red wedding robe, a colorful ribbon around his waist, and a hairpin flower on the yarn hat, today accompanied Guo Song to welcome his relatives is Liang Wu, he is dressed like Guo Song, but he wears a green robe, and there is no flower arrangement on his head, which is easy to distinguish from the groom.

The guests have basically arrived, Zhang Lei's status is a little worse, he is mainly busy with the house, arranging guest seats, arranging banquets, this time the banquet for Guo Song's wedding was provided by Qujiang Restaurant, and invited ten dancing girls to perform songs and dances, as well as a group of brides, they are responsible for welcoming and taking care of the bride.

In front of the gate to greet the guests are Guo Ying and Li Ganfeng, Guo Ying can speak, experienced, and know a lot of people, and Li Ganfeng has a wide network in Chang'an, and the dignitaries basically know each other, and the two of them come forward to greet the guests, and all kinds of scenes can be handled.

Li Ganfeng's apprentices came with more than 30 people, who were responsible for arranging guest carriages, all kinds of errands, and musicians were also served by Li Ganfeng's apprentices.

The banquet in the garden mansion has begun, and there are several tables in the lobby, all of which are important officials of the imperial court, and more than 20 tables in the east courtyard, such as Guo Song's subordinates, the shopkeepers and main deacons of several shops, and Li Ganfeng's apprentices are all concentrated here.

The female dependents are at the foot of the hill in the back garden, where there is a flower hall connected to the east courtyard, and there are also five or six tables here, and the female dependents are sitting here, and Li Wenyu is responsible for greeting them.

Aunt Gongsun and Li Man, the master of the Hidden Sword Pavilion, also came, but they sat in the main hall, the two of them had a higher status, needless to say, Aunt Gongsun, a veteran-level figure, she sat next to Guo Ziyi, Li Man was the deputy head of the inner house, responsible for the personal safety of the harem concubines.

There are also a few tables reserved for the woman's family, who will come later.

Zhang Lei hurriedly found Liang Wu and asked anxiously: "The hour has come, why haven't you set off yet?" ”

"Let's go!"

Liang Wu also shouted urgently: "Prepare the horses quickly, and the relatives are about to set off!" ”

The drums sounded, the welcoming procession was ready, a new wide carriage was parked by the gate, it was a brand new carriage, carefully made of fine wood, the carriage was tied with festive red silk outside, even the white horses pulling the carriage were also dressed in red and green, the carriage was like a small room, very wide, with a thick blanket on the floor, and thick wood on the side walls on both sides, polished to a particularly smooth finish, and in the middle was a small table, and a few large pillows for the backrest.

The exterior decoration of the carriage is not gorgeous, it is relatively low-key, but the interior of the carriage is extremely comfortable, you can sit and lie down, this carriage will become her special carriage after Xue Tao marries.

Guo Song turned over and got on the horse, and a group of more than 30 people set off to welcome their relatives.

The welcoming team is led by Guo Ying, which is the rule, and the man's elders must lead the team to the woman's house to greet the family, which is also a respect for the woman's parents.

Chang'an City is quite lively today, they went all the way north along Qixiamen Street, and met three welcoming teams along the way, in fact, today Guangqing Xugong received five wedding business, not counting Guo Song's team.

Greeting relatives is basically a carriage, just like the later generations with a limousine to pick up relatives, even ordinary people have to rent a carriage for a day, to the Song Dynasty, the sedan chair began to be popular, this is the use of a sedan chair to welcome relatives.

The welcoming team finally entered Xuanyangfang, the drum music was louder, and a large group of children jumped up to meet them, and the two entourages hurriedly sprinkled a large number of copper coins and candy on the children, attracting the children's scramble.

The team finally came to the door of the Xue Mansion, only to see that the gate of the Xue Mansion was closed, Guo Ying waved his hand to stop the drum music, he stepped forward to clear his throat and shouted: "The team is coming, please open the door!" ”

Here's an old-fashioned answer:

"Who's coming?"

"Groom Guo Song!"

"What do you mean?"

"Marry the bride!"

"Where do you want to go?"

"Newlywed Cave House!"

"What's in the future?"

"The husband sings and the wife follows, Xiao Se is harmonious, he has a noble son early, and he enjoys the family!"

The gate opened, the drums started again, and everyone poured into the Xue Mansion.......

But this is only the first door, and the real difficulty is in the second door.

The second door is in the atrium, the atrium gate is closed, and two rice paper banners are pasted on it, and the maid Aqiu is standing aside with a smile and a pen and ink in her hands.

Guo Song stepped forward and said with a smile: "What kind of problem is this?" ”

Ah Qiu pursed her lips and smiled: "The girl said that Shangyuan Ye forgot to let her uncle write a poem, and now she has to make up for it, and she wants her uncle to write two poems about the moonlight of Shangyuan, but the word moon is not allowed to appear in the poem, and the aunt can only enter the door if the girl is satisfied!" ”

Guo Song was a little stunned, the poems of the Shangyuan Festival are all written about lanterns, how can he write about moonlight, how can he write this?

Liang Wu saw that Guo Song was stunned, and his heart was anxious, so he hurriedly whispered: "Why don't I go find a gentleman to write two sentences?" ”

"No!"

Guo Song's mind suddenly moved, there is a way, anyway, it is to write the moonlight, whether it is the month of the Shangyuan Festival or the month of the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is a thing anyway.

Old Su! For the sake of my marriage plan, I have to be sorry.

Guo Song dipped his pen in a little ink and wrote two lines of poetry on the white paper, 'I hope that people will last a long time, and they will be together for thousands of miles.' ’

He put down the pen and said with a smile: "Take it and pay it!" ”

Ah Qiu hurriedly took off the banner and rushed into the door, but she forgot to close the door, Guo Song was speechless for a long time, and the door was closed to let people in!

It's just that the man's family was embarrassed to push the door in, so they had to wait patiently outside, and after a while, Ah Qiu opened the door with a smile, "Welcome to the door!" ”

Everyone poured into the atrium, Xue Xun stepped forward to greet everyone with a smile, and asked the servant woman to prepare snacks and glutinous rice egg custard for everyone, and Xue Xun invited Guo Song into his study to sit and rest for a while.

Xue Tao has been dressed up, she wears a jewel and a golden phoenix crown, a precious white jade hairpin is inserted in her black cloud-like hair, and an oblique emerald feather hairpin is shaking, her face is like a peach blossom, her skin is like mutton fat, a pair of eyebrows are thin and curved, her eyes are as deep as a pool of water, flashing with a black jewel-like luster, and she is wearing a bride's wide-sleeved long skirt, and the Tang people pay attention to red men and green women, so the bride wears a large-sleeved Luo shirt embroidered with green and golden peonies, and wears a big red six-piece brocade wide skirt, which looks extraordinarily rich and gorgeous.

Snow-white chest hung a string of extremely precious precious stone gold necklace, with a gold and jade bracelet on the wrist, she was dressed as a bride, in her gentle temperament to add a bit of luxury, but also show her national color and natural appearance.

Xue Tao is not as excited or sad as other brides, she is no different from usual, there are two banners on the table in front of her, 'I wish people a long time, thousands of miles together', which made her beautiful eyes full of appreciation, but these two poems are more suitable for the Mid-Autumn Festival, but in any case, these two poems can be called quatrains, in comparison, her own poems seem too small.

At this time, the sound of drums outside, which is the music of hypnotic makeup, tells the bride that the time for departure is almost up.

It's almost three o'clock in the afternoon now, and the time to get married is a little longer, almost going around Chang'an City, and it takes about two hours to walk, which is mainly to leave enough time for the woman's family to rush to the new house.

In this way, it was almost five o'clock when I arrived at Qujiang Garden House, and it was already dusk, which was the time for the wedding.

At this time, Han walked in, sat in front of his daughter and said with a smile: "I am about to marry a wife, and I will not have much time with my parents in the future." ”

Xue Tao suddenly became a little sad, and said in a low voice: "Mother, you can raise another child!" It's not too lonely. ”

Han nodded, "I have discussed with your father, even if your father marries a concubine, he may not be able to have a child, we plan to adopt a baby, regard it as a child, and give us a pension after raising it, in fact, we have found a suitable child." ”

"Where's the kid?"

"Your uncle's widow."

"Uncle?" Xue Tao was stunned for a moment, she knew that her father had a half-brother, and his relationship with his father had always been relatively cold, and he basically had no contact, and he died of illness last summer, so he still had a posthumous son?

"It's your uncle and a singer born to the child, the singer has been raised outside, the family doesn't know, she gave birth to a baby boy in October last year, the Xue family refused to accept him, this singer had no choice, so he came to Chang'an with the child, a few days ago, your father saw their mother and son, came back to discuss with me, and wanted to bring the child down, I also agreed."

"But is that singer willing?"

"She asked for a thousand yuan, and then she went back to her hometown, if in the past, we really couldn't come up with a thousand yuan, but now it's okay, after you get married, your father will go to pick up the child, and when you go back, maybe you can see it."

Xue Tao nodded, this is a good arrangement.

At this time, the sound of drums sounded again, and someone shouted, "The auspicious time is coming, please get on the bride." ”

Han helped her daughter to stand up, "The time is coming, let's not let the husband's family wait for a long time, let's get in the car!" ”