Li Zhi showed off Fanjiazhuang in front of Cui He, which made Cui He worship him very much, so he was ready to go to Cui's house to propose. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info chose a good day, and Li Zhi came to Cui's house with a gift worth one hundred taels to visit Cui Wending, the head of the Cui family.

Cui Wending is Li Zhi's old customer, and he has made a lot of money from Li Zhi's soap. He saw Li Zhi coming with a heavy courtesy, and although he didn't know why Li Zhi came, he was also very happy. He sat down with Li Zhi in the main hall and chatted with each other.

After saying a few words, Cui Wending asked the servant to call his son and introduce him to Li Zhi.

"Li Zhi, Cui He's younger brother Cui Changwu is seventeen years old this year and is also an adult. He was admitted to the Tongsheng exam this year! Speaking of this, Cui Wending paused, as if he was very proud of his son being admitted to the Tongsheng examination at such a young age, and then said: "He is also considered to have grown up with you, you have to take more care of him in the future!" ”

Cui Changwu was born very delicate, with big eyes, and looked a little like his sister Cui He. He saw Li Zhi wearing a five-grade military attache uniform, and he was a little nervous and wanted to bow to the ground. Li Zhi hurriedly went up to support him, and then he relaxed, stood in front of his father and waved at Li Zhi, and said loudly: "Brother Li Zhi is good!" ”

Li Zhi smiled: "Brother Wu'er, it's been a long time!" ”

Cui Changwu shook his head and arched his hand and said: "Brother Li Zhi is now an official for the Son of Heaven, and my generation does not dare to disturb at will!" ”

Li Zhi smiled and did not answer, so Cui Changwu sat in the second seat and listened to his father and Li Zhi.

Cui Wending glanced at his son with satisfaction, and said to Li Zhi: "Li Zhi, to tell you the truth, now that more and more people know the benefits of soap, and there is a demand in all prefectures and counties in Gyeonggi, and I am ready to bring the sale of soap to these prefectures and counties." So... Cui Wending stroked his beard and said, "So this amount of 50,000 yuan per month is really not enough!" Li Zhi, would you like to give me some soap? ”

The market demand for soap is too huge, and the price of a piece of 20 or more than 20 yuan can be afforded by the people, so it has always been very tight, and it is an absolute seller's market.

Not only soap, but also Li Zhi's fine cloth and cement are all in short supply. Li Zhi did not expand production capacity because he was afraid that there would be too many products at once, which would impact the existing interests of the market. And if Li Zhi produces too many single goods in Tian0jin, the procurement of raw materials is also a problem.

Now it is not a skill to be able to sell the goods of the Li family, but it is a hero to be able to buy goods with Li Zhi.

Li Zhi smiled and said, "Then I will add another 50,000 pieces of soap every month, but the price for you will be increased to 18 yuan." ”

Cui Wending was inexplicably excited when he heard this, slapped his thigh and said, "Okay! It is worthy of being a child of my wellside shop, it is refreshing! Eighteen is eighteen! ”

Cui Wending sold soap in Beijing for 25 yuan a piece, and Li Zhi gave him 50,000 yuan more, so he could earn more than 300 taels of silver a month. Although the original purchase price of 50,000 pieces of soap will also rise to 18 Wen, he will only earn 50 taels less than 17 Wen. Now Cui Wending can earn more than 600 taels of silver a month from Li Zhi's soap, and at least 7,000 taels of profit a year, which is more profitable than his spice trading. He has gained so many benefits, so naturally he doesn't care about the loss of fifty taels a month.

Thinking of future profits, he looked at Li Zhi more and more pleasing to the eye.

Li Zhi saw that Cui Wending was in a good mood, thought about it and said, "Cui Xianggong, I'm here today to ask about something!" ”

Cui Wending put away his smile at this time, remembering the heavy gift worth one hundred taels that Li Zhi brought today, Zhengse asked, "What's the matter?" But it doesn't hurt to talk about it! ”

Li Zhi arched his hand and asked, "I don't know if Cui He and Ren are married?" ”

Cui Wending was stunned when he heard this, but he immediately understood what Li Zhi meant, thought about it, and laughed. He glanced at his youngest son very proudly, straightened his clothes, stroked his beard and said slowly: "Not yet!" ”

Li Zhi was overjoyed when he heard this, and was about to speak, but saw Cui Wending raise his right hand and say, "Stop!" You can't say, there is something for the matchmaker to say! ”

Cui He, who was eavesdropping behind the wall of the hall, sneered when he heard this. After laughing, she quickly covered her mouth, for fear that her laughter would be heard by a few people in the hall, so she lowered her head and ran into the backyard.

When Li Zhi heard Cui Wending's words, he was even happier in his heart, knowing that Cui Wending had agreed to this family business. However, this year, I can't come to the door to propose marriage, this year I pay attention to the words of the matchmaker of the parents, and I want to invite the matchmaker! Cui Wending loves Cui He very much, and naturally he has to make the decision on the number of etiquette in the matter of his daughter's marriage, and the Ming media is marrying out!

When Li Zhi got this sentence, he said goodbye and left Cui's house to find a matchmaker.

The next day, Li Zhi invited a matchmaker to Cui Wending's house to talk about matchmaking.

The matchmaker is Qin's sister-in-law in Jingbianfang, and she can be regarded as having grown up watching Li Zhi and Cui He, and she has always been famous for her ability to speak well. Li Zhisai gave her five taels of silver, and she happily helped Li Zhizhang to get up.

Sister-in-law Qin went to Cui He's house to talk about the marriage of Li Zhi and Cui He, and Cui Wending agreed on the spot. And he invited another matchmaker, as the matchmaker of the Cui family and the matchmaker of the Li family, Zhang Luo - Cui Wending loves Cui He very much, and he married his daughter at this time, putting on a posture of making the most redundant etiquette sufficient.

Hearing that Cui Wending officially agreed to the marriage, Li Zhi was very happy. A beauty like Cui He is Li Zhi's childhood sweetheart, how can Li Zhi not marry?

However, this matter must come down, Li Zhi has to meet two matchmakers in Fanjiazhuang every day, answer all kinds of questions, discuss all kinds of etiquette, but he is a little busier than managing the territory.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were three ceremonies for marriage, and the first step was to "accept the color", Li Zhi sent Cui He a wooden comb, two head ropes, and a few feet of shoe cloth through the hand of the matchmaker; Cui He returned a pair of handmade wax-soled cloth shoes and a handkerchief through a matchmaker.

The second step is called Nazheng, and Li Zhi wants to give a dowry gift to the Cui family. Li Zhi really likes Cui He, and generously sent the Cui family a bride price of 1,000 taels of silver. In addition, there are more than a dozen sets of satin clothes for girls, including a set of white and purple and a set of red dresses. Finally, there is a set of golden hairpins and ear picks.

The Cui family was very satisfied with Li Zhi's dowry, and used needlework as a "reply".

After completing the above two steps, Li Zhi and Cui Wending chose an auspicious day through a matchmaker. The two sides chose February 13, which was an auspicious day.

On February 12, the day before the auspicious day of marriage, Cui He's family sent the dowry to Li Zhi's deputy Qianhu official hall and began to "shop the dowry". In front of Li Zhi, Cui He's maid opened all the boxes, which means "opening the box and making a fortune".

Cui Xianggong has always loved Cui He, and the dowry he made for Cui He was very heavy, and he also spent eight or nine hundred taels of silver, and all kinds of daily necessities were readily available: including complete sets of gold bracelets, gold necklaces, basins and barrels, bedding, boxes, clothes, etc., a dazzling array of clothes. Among them is also a pair of red lacquer chopsticks, which means "give birth quickly". The bride's new shoes made by Cui He are put into the groom's shoes, and the meaning is harmonious until the old.

The last of the three salutes is to welcome the kiss.

On the 13th of February, Li Zhi hired three drumming troupes, rode his Wusun BMW, beat gongs and drums all the way from Fanjiazhuang to the Acropolis, and carried the eight-carried sedan chair to the door of Cui's house in Jingbianfang.

Seeing Li Zhi's magnificent team, all the neighbors in Jingbianfang crowded to the door of Cui's house to watch the excitement.

"What a magnificent scene! This Cui He is married to Li Zhi after all! ”

"Cui He is the most beautiful girl in our workshop, and she got married today!"

"Who will you marry if you don't marry Li Zhi? Now Li Zhi is the military attache of Fanjiazhuang Defense, from Wupin! ”

"We don't have any children better than Li Zhi in Jingbianfang!"

In the courtyard of Cui's house, Cui He's three aunts and six sisters-in-law gathered in front of the main hall and cried.

Cui He wore a red hijab, and walked out of the courtyard and stepped into the sedan chair with the support of the bridesmaids. Infected by her relatives, she also cried like tears, and tears flowed down her chin under the hijab.

Li Zhi greeted the sobbing Cui He into the sedan chair, and immediately arched his hand to the neighbors and said: "Fellow neighbors, today I will set up wine at the same time in the official hall of Fanjiazhuang and the courtyard of the Li family in Jingbianfang. Don't bring congratulatory gifts when you come to drink, come empty-handed to give me Li Zhi's face! ”

When the neighbors heard that there was a happy wine to drink, they sang one after another:

"Well, Brother Zhi'er's wine is to be drunk!"

"Brother Zhi'er, then I'll go drinking empty-handed!"

"I'm free, I'm going to drink at night!"

After Li Zhi said this, he said loudly, "Get up the sedan chair!" ”

The big sedan chair carried by eight people was lifted, walked in the long line to welcome the relatives, and walked towards Fanjiazhuang.

When I arrived at Fanjiazhuang, there were two drum troupes beating gongs and drums in front of the official hall, which was even more lively.

The sedan chair stopped in front of the lobby of the official hall, and it was already evening. The courtyard in front of the lobby was already full of guests, all of whom were the management cadres of Li Zhi's industry, as well as suppliers and distributors of various industries, all of whom were drinking the Li family's wedding wine to witness Li Zhi's big day. Not only do they have wine to drink, even the ordinary workers of Li Zhi's family are not qualified to sit at the banquet, and there is extra wine and meat to eat in the canteen today!

Li Zhi jumped off the Wusun BMW, walked into the lobby with Cui He, and began to worship the hall. One worships heaven and earth, the second worships the ancestral tablet, the deceased father's tablet and the mother Zheng's, and then the husband and wife worship each other.

After the two worshipped, there was a cheer from the drinking crowd.

After completing all these ceremonies, Li Zhi pulled Cui He into the main house of the third courtyard, that is, Li Zhi's newlywed cave room.

After a busy day, he finally married a beauty, and Li Zhi breathed a sigh of relief.

Sitting on the edge of the bed, Li Zhi lifted Cui He's red hijab in the cave room, and saw that Cui He's face had two dried tear stains, and his face was red, and his face was as red as two ripe apples.

Li Zhi smiled: "The lady is so beautiful with a red face. ”

When Cui He heard this, he laughed happily, blinked his eyes and said, "Husband is making fun of me again!" ”

When Li Zhi heard Cui He call his husband, he was a little happy. He held Cui He's face and kissed it. Cui He's whole body was tense, and the whole person froze there and didn't dare to move, only letting Li Zhi kiss him. Li Zhi smiled and pushed Cui He down on the bed, and a few clouds and rain were warm all night, needless to say.

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