Chapter 51: Marriage to Xun Xue'er

The house was repaired, and it took a few days to move the people and some five pieces of the family over, and then the personal room was paved, and all the rice, wheat, oil, salt, chicken, duck, and fish were bought, and Xu Qing's family began to prepare for Xu Qing's wedding.

Although Xu Qing and Xun Xue'er have been together for a long time, Xun Xue'er is ancient after all, and it is not good to have no etiquette, Xu Qing plans to make a big deal and hold a grand wedding for her. What's more, Xu Qing is the person with the highest status in the Luonan realm!

Weddings, the word "ceremony" reveals that the rules of marriage are not ordinary. Unlike modern times, stamping a stamp, inviting relatives and friends to have a drink and it's over. In the Tang Dynasty, there were several steps for the wedding to go from the lottery to sleeping in a wide coat and making a lighter, and it took half a month to complete it at the earliest.

Nacai, also known as open scissors, refers to the man's family before the marriage, the wedding day will be notified to the woman's family, so it is also called "send the day". The man will send the colored cloth and clothes to the woman's house, and invite a blessed woman with both children to cut the girl's clothes, which is called "open cutting".

This step is very simple, Uncle Xun moved to Xuzhuang, just send it to her house, even if it is a dowry, Xu Qing also called forty or fifty people to beat gongs and drums and walk from Hongshan Township to Xuzhuang.

Then there is the name questioning, that is, the man sends the matchmaker to the woman's house to ask the woman's name and birthday. After retrieving the Geng sticker, Bu Ji is eight characters. Xu Qing and Xun Xue'er are in love with each other, everyone knows that the person who counts the eight characters will also make a random calculation, and then invite all the best words he knows to come out, and ask for a lot of rewards. Then there is Najib, which is the etiquette for the man to ask for his name and combine the eight characters, notify the woman of the auspicious omen of the marriage, and give a gift to express his engagement, which is also called the Dian Yan ceremony.

The first few are ancient rules, and in modern times, they are generally solved by a phone call. After doing those things that have great symbolic significance, they begin to give bride prices to each other, which is called Na Zheng, or Na Yuan, Na Cheng. Then the two sides set the final date, send a wedding card to notify the neighbors, and then go through a procedure in the government, as long as there is no bloody escape from the marriage or something, it is basically decided.

However, Xu Qing has done too much, whether it is from Linxian County in Luonan, anyone who is counted as a landlord will be fad, and anyone who has been an official within three generations, regardless of grade, please. Luo Nan is not a powerful person, the quality is not enough, so the quantity has to come up.

Coupled with some tenants of the Xu family in Xuzhuang and Hongshan Township, there are almost more than 800 people who want to come to the banquet, after Yang Wen calculated, Xu Qing was startled, so he changed the tenants' attendance to eat to the door, and each family sent some rice and meat snacks to show their gratitude.

More than ten days later, the first day of August officially began to welcome relatives. The greeting in the Tang Dynasty was not like modern times, where the man drove a convoy to pick him up, but on the contrary, the woman personally sent it over. For this reason, Xun Xue'er deliberately rushed back to Xuzhuang, and then Xu Qing rented twelve luxury carriages, and some boxes and gifts were piled up, which made passers-by look at them intently.

There were also a few people on the side of the road who wanted to see the jokes and make trouble, and they were dumbfounded. These people are Xun Xiaoer and his uncles, they learned the news of Xun Xue'er's marriage, and they couldn't be so cheap about this woman. They didn't know who Xun Xue'er married, thinking that at most she would marry a small landlord as a concubine, so they came all the way over to make a scene and mix some oil and water.

I heard about Hongshan Township, and I actually met the greeting team on the road, that guy, it was a noisy gong and drum, firecrackers sounded in unison, red flags were displayed, and there were crowds of people (for this classic sentence did not remove "firecrackers"), this formation directly scared the brothers.

I asked if Xun Xue'er married the lord, or the main room! Greed comes up, fear becomes less, a few people discuss, it can't be messed up, and the possibility of mixing some oil and water is great! turned his worries into joy, raised his heels and walked to Xu's house.

The really popular musical instruments in the Tang Dynasty were pipa, reed sheng, gonghou, transverse flute, harp, flute, flute, and drum, but they were all waist drums. In addition to the waist drums, most of them are made of silk and bamboo, so it is appropriate to call them silk and bamboo, but the word hustle and bustle is not deeply compatible.

In short, it's very lively.

The tenants all received rice and meat at home and did not show up, while the rest of the clothes and crowns came to Xufu with a thick "share of money" to congratulate him, and he received a lot of money, which made Xu Qing feel very pleased. But the happiest thing is that you can spend candles with Xun Xue'er tonight, and you no longer want to get into it, but go straight to it.

After Xun Xue'er arrived, he worshiped heaven and earth and respected his parents, but Xu Qing had some trouble, he didn't know who the parents of "Xu Chuliu" were, the parents of the later generations had not passed away, and Xu Qing couldn't get a spiritual position or anything, of course, it didn't matter in terms of time, but it didn't feel good. In the end, Xu Qing got the sign in Zhangzhong, and it would be good to have another parent.

There is only one lord, and it is impossible for everyone to toast a drink, and most people still play in the garden by themselves, eat and drink. However, the food in Xufu surprised everyone, not the whole chicken and the whole sheep, which were roasted and cooked, but the stir-fried dishes that were served on plates one by one, and everyone didn't know how to make them. And the taste is special, the first time I eat a little uncomfortable, but once I taste it, my index finger moves, and many people gobble it up, and they can't care about the image of "clothes".

In the attic, another scene:

More than a dozen small tables, everyone ate at different tables, elegantly and simply, Xu Qing knelt in the hall and raised his glass to everyone frequently. The music is gentle and melodious, and the dancers are dancing with Miaoman's posture, which attracts people's applause. Add wine and food, you come and go, tired the people of the Xu Mansion, and they also got a reward of a few coins of silver.

At night, everyone dispersed, and they were kept out of the door, and the three brothers of the Liu family, who each received only three catties of rice and one catty of pork, also left helplessly. They were mistaken for tenants by Xu Fumenzi, although they didn't let people in, but they also sent rice and meat well, and as for the brothers who said that they were relatives or something, they all listened to the wind. Should you be deceived if you have a good temper and good quality, Menzi thought: The master has already made it clear about his relatives and friends, and there is no you!

In the middle of the night, it is the celebration of the Xu family. Shangguan Yi, Zhang Linlin, Xun Yeyu, Xun Fang, Uncle Xun, Uncle Zheng, Liu San, Xiaoru, Xiaoyue, Niu Eating, Wang Shan, Yang Wen, and Guan Xuan and other close people. They used the tables and chairs arranged by Xu Qing, and gathered around a large round table with Xu Qing, congratulating and congratulating again.

Looking at the people at this table, Xu Qing thought back to the Tang years, and almost everyone he knew and could be regarded as friends was here. There are also Jian Yang and a few of their veterans who are not there, and Zhang Zhong is still on the mourning hall, and I don't know what happened. Thinking of Jian Yang and them, the two-month "recuperation period" is almost here, it's time to leave for Chang'an, right?

Those things in the cave room, I know you don't like it, so I won't waste pen and ink, hehe, "The story of the cave house of the first brother Xu Qing", reward me with a more chapter at the risk, this is a digression.