Chapter 242: Bean sprouts
Since the Han Dynasty, the wedding system has not changed, until the Tang Dynasty, the same is true, the marriage is divided into six ceremonies, in order for Nacai, ask for names, Naji, Nazheng, invitation, and welcome. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
In modern times, these steps are generally called: proposing, closing the eight characters, making a big post, giving a dowry, counting the day, and picking up the daughter-in-law.
Of these six steps, the first five are almost all busy with the elders of both sides, and only the protagonists of the last step are the bride and groom, of course, the last step is the main event.
Starting from the lottery, there must be a matchmaker, the man's family asked the matchmaker to bring gifts to the woman's house to pay the lottery, and there are matchmakers in the next few steps.
Tang Dynasty Nacai is more interesting, the gift is the wild goose, which means that the wild goose is as loyal as monogamy, of course, the poorer people must not be able to afford the wild goose, then only with the goose instead, anyway, the goose is the domestication of the wild goose, it is really not possible to use the duck.
As long as the woman's parents take over the wild goose, Nacai will pass this level, and the second step of asking the name is synchronized with Nacai, as long as the woman's elders accept the wild goose, the matchmaker will take out a wild goose again and ask the woman's name.
The woman's elders accepted the wild goose again, and told the matchmaker the woman's name, and by the way, told the matchmaker the woman's birth date, so that the matchmaker could hand it over to the man and count the birth dates of the two.
After the man learns the woman's name and birthday, he will find someone to divination, if the eight characters match, the man will find a good day, let the matchmaker bring the third wild goose, to the woman's house Najib.
After these three steps, the marriage is settled.
The next levy and invitation period is to give the bride price and set the day to welcome the bride, and then the groom official rides a tall horse and goes to the woman's house to pick up the kiss.
There are many kinds of bride price, including five-color satin, large bundles of brocade silk, piles of copper coins, pigs, sheep and livestock, rice, flour, grain and oil, game and prey, snacks and fruits, cheese, oil and salt, sauce, vinegar, onion and ginger, etc., which are much more than the current bride price, but the later generations are still smart and directly ask for a large amount of cash, but this also hurts the male family of later generations, which can be said to be all his daughter-in-law, and the phenomenon of poverty due to marriage is extremely common.
As the highlight of the wedding, marrying has always been the most important part, and the process of marrying is very interesting.
First of all, the kiss is carried out at dusk, which is actually the remnants of the custom of the primitive tribal society 'robbing the family system', at that time, the combination of men and women is the man with his brothers, go to the woman's house to rob his wife, since it is a door-to-door robbery, it is of course the best when the moon is dark and the wind is high, the ancient marriage etiquette, originally called the 'dusk ceremony' is the dusk of dusk, and the dusk next to the woman is later attached to the up.
Since the Tang wedding has the remnants of the primitive society robbery system, the woman's family naturally has to make some preparations, all kinds of knives, guns and sticks are distributed in place, as long as the groom comes to rob the family, it is a stick greeting, and the groom has to accompany the smiling face, not the slightest anger.
The bride's dress is more interesting, it is a blue or dark blue wedding dress, not a bright red one, but the groom can wear a red wedding dress, which is also the origin of the term 'red man and green woman'.
After the groom enters the woman's house, he must first be teased, and then he will recite poems, urge makeup, lay geese and other steps, and then he can see the true face of the bride.
Then, the bride gets on the sedan chair, follows the groom's team, and returns to the groom's home.
After being sent into the cave room and drinking the wine, the groom can have a round room with the bride generously, and after blowing the lamp and pulling the wax, the bride and groom can live a happy life from now on.
However, for Ang Lee, everything can be simplified, after all, Ang Lee's biological parents are no longer there, and Yan Ruyu only has one uncle, so of course, there is no need to prepare too much.
Li An believed that with Zhao Liu's shrewdness, he would definitely be able to handle this matter, so he let it go and handed it over to Zhao Liu, anyway, as long as he could hold the beauty smoothly.
"All right, here we are."
Li Fei Shouyu walked in with Zhang Guangsheng and Zhang Erniu.
"You three haven't been here for a long time, come in and take a look, I've made a lot of rocking chairs, I'll send you a few."
Li An said politely.
"Rocking chair?"
Li An stretched out his hand and said loudly, "Did you see it?" The front yard is a rocking chair, you try. ”
"Yes, it's a good thing! I want it. ”
"General, I want it too."
"Okay, good, five for one person, take it today, haha!"
Ang Lee has always been very generous to his brothers in life and death.
"Haha, thank you very much."
"No harm, news came from the palace that An Lushan was extremely favored, and His Majesty was closer to An Lushan than the right minister."
"This is nothing, in order to invite favor, An Lushan actually said that he didn't know what kind of official position the prince was, how different is this from Zhao Gao's fingering of the deer as a horse, this person is not right, and it will definitely be a big trouble for my Datang in the future."
"General, An Lushan has an enmity with us, and now he is extremely close to His Majesty, if you want to get rid of him, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult."
Hearing this, Li An's brows furrowed slightly, An Lushan, the thief, is a sign of the official decline of the Tang Dynasty in history, although even if there is no An Lushan, the Tang Dynasty will gradually decline, but the speed of decline is definitely not so fast, and it will not cause such a big impact.
Since he came to Datang, of course, he couldn't let this historical event happen that was regrettable to later generations, so Ang Lee must find a way to prevent this incident from happening.
"An Lushan doesn't know what kind of official position the crown prince is, what is Your Majesty's reaction when you hear it?"
Ang Lee asked.
"Your Majesty first reprimanded, and then explained that the crown prince is the one who will inherit the throne in the future, and it seems that he has no objection to An Lushan, but is closer to this thief."
Li An had long known that this would be the result, and this incident also made him confirm that Li Longji's desire for power was extremely heavy, and what he needed was a courtier who was absolutely loyal to him, and An Lushan did not take the prince in his eyes, and was dedicated to pleasing him, how could this not please him.
As for An Lushan's harboring evil intentions, there are other plans, as Li Longji, who opened up the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty and has great self-confidence, this is nothing at all, he feels that the Tang Dynasty is solid under his control, no one will have a chance to rebel, and any rebels will be ruthlessly attacked, An Lushan is just a Hu man with a very low culture, if he really rebels, how many people will follow the Central Plains scholars sincerely?
"The assassination of An Lushan will never work, and His Majesty may not listen to the advice of the above expression, but it will affect us ourselves, we can't come up with any evidence now, and there is really no way to take An Lushan!"
Li An suddenly felt that under the condition that Li Longji trusted An Lushan very much, if he did not have enough real evidence, he would never be able to defeat An Lushan, and he might be bitten back, this helpless situation made Li An feel helpless.
"It's okay, since there is no way, we can create opportunities!"
"Create opportunities, how do you create opportunities?"
"An Lushan is an arrogant and domineering person, I don't believe that he can really honestly not make mistakes in the capital, as long as he catches his mistakes, he can hit his prestige, and then let His Majesty change his opinion of him."
Li An nodded: "Yes, this is a solution, but since entering the capital, An Lushan has indeed restrained a lot, and besides, he has stayed in the palace almost all day, and it is difficult for us to find out his mistakes." ”
"An Lushan is in the palace, isn't his eldest son An Qingxu still outside the palace? This evil beast has an extremely short temper, it is estimated that it is difficult to hold back his anger, as long as An Qingxu makes a mistake, An Lushan at least has a country where the teaching is not strict. ”
Li An was overjoyed and praised: "That's right! I was in a hurry, how could I forget An Qingxu's two goods, this kid couldn't help but be angry, it's best to deal with it. ”
"General, how do we design An Qingxu."
Li An shook his head and said: "Don't worry, I'm going to get married in the next few days, wait for a while, and after I get married, I will find a way to deal with An Qingxu." ”
"What, the general is going to get married, which little lady! We've never heard of it. ”
"Wedding is a great blessing in life, congratulations, congratulations!"
"Don't just congratulate me, you should hurry up, hurry up and marry a mother-in-law and go home to warm the bed!"
Ang Lee quipped.
"Hahaha! Certain. ”
Everyone burst out laughing.
"Big brother, the little rape has grown up, and it's green, but it's beautiful."
Li Kunxiong walked into the front yard and saw Li Fei Shouyu and the three of them coming, and was slightly stunned: "You guys, what are you busy doing these days?" You didn't see you. ”
"It's hard to rest, of course we have something to do, you just said that the little rape, and a piece of green, how is this possible, this is a big winter, where did the little rape come from."
Li Kunxiong said confidently: "What's wrong with the little rape, with our eldest brother here, we can also raise small rape in the winter, and tomorrow will be the New Year, let you try it when the time comes." ”
"Yo Yo Yo, it's only been a few days, even if the little rape can be lived, you can't eat it!"
"Who said you can't eat it, you can eat it."
"If you don't believe it, you won't believe it if you kill it."
Li An hurriedly interjected: "Okay, don't fight, the little rape only grows one or two real leaves, even if it is all pulled, it is not enough to stuff the teeth, what to eat." ”
"One or two real leaves, General, there really is a little rape! But this weather? ”
"Where the little rape is planted, let's see it."
"In the big backyard, let's go, let's go together."
Ang Lee led a few people to the big backyard and walked into the vegetable greenhouse.
"Wow, it's so warm in here, it's so comfortable."
"There are really little rape, and it is because of the warmth in here that the little rape can grow."
Li An smiled: "The little rape grows too slowly, and I definitely can't eat it recently, but I have a lot of bean sprouts in the greenhouse, and I can eat it today." ”
"Bean sprouts, is this really edible?"
"Of course you can eat it, and the taste is very delicious, mung bean sprouts and soybean sprouts have their own characteristics, I will make some for you, let you taste my craft."
Li An said confidently.
"General, you want to cook?"
Everyone was shocked, in the Tang Dynasty, cooking was not something that people with status did, only people with lowly status could cook.
Li An looked helpless: "No way!" I don't think anyone will fry the bean sprouts, only I make it myself, and I won't have to make it myself in the future. ”
"Big brother, there are so many bean sprouts, I can't eat ten meals."
"In the winter, there are very few vegetables, so make more and let the people and craftsmen try them to encourage them to work more, and these sprouts should be made every day, so that the supply of vegetables in the mansion will not be interrupted."
Li An said, beckoning a few maids and asking them to take out some of the bean sprouts and send them to the kitchen, where he would cook the dishes himself.
"I told you, not only is it warm in the vegetable greenhouse, but the eldest brother has also built a bathroom in the main house, and it feels so comfortable to lie in it in the winter, and it is a great loss for you to be there."
Li Kunxiong looked at Li Fei Shouyu and the three of them, with a smug expression.
"Bathroom, we're going to experience it too."
"Not for the time being, the eldest brother said, it will take three to five days to wash once, you don't know how big the bath is, and it will cost a lot of firewood to wash it once."
"Hah! Then we'll come over and wash it in a few days, at least have a good experience! ”
"Good! However, you only have one chance, and after I marry a wife, I will not let you come and take a bath, and you have all been rewarded with a lot, and it is time to build your own. ”
"Okay, as long as it's really good, we'll also build one in the mansion, isn't it a waste of firewood? It's still a lot of money. ”
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Okay, it's not early today, it's time to cook, if you want to learn, you can come along."
Li An is still very confident in his level of cooking, fried bean sprouts in his previous life, but his specialty is good food, of course, in addition to fried bean sprouts, Li An will cook many dishes, as a man in the next generation, it is normal to be able to cook, and no one will think that there is any problem.
"Haha! All right! We want to see what the general looks like when he cooks, and whether he will be more heroic than when he kills the enemy! ”
Zhang Erniu teased.
Li An smiled indifferently: "Your general is brave in killing the enemy, and of course he is also very good at cooking, so let's go." ”
"Ah Lang, the oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and bean sprouts are ready."
Li An nodded, waved his hand and said, "Okay, you all stand next to you and see how I fry the bean sprouts, add fire." ”
With the rise of the flame, the iron pot was quickly heated, Li An first poured vegetable oil into the pot, and then, put pepper and ginger to fry, after the house was full of aroma, he put the washed bean sprouts into the pot, stir-fry back and forth, until it was cooked, when it was about to be fried, pour an appropriate amount of soy sauce and salt into the pot, and then turn it a few times at will, so that the salt evenly entered the bean sprouts, so that a plate of bean sprouts was fried and put into the plate. (To be continued.) )