Chapter 11 Proposal

"Oh, it's okay, that person is Uncle Kui, that is, the son of their family, Ma Mingyu, who I said, also likes Qingmiao. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info he asked me who you were, and I said that it was a distant relative, and which distant relative he said, and I said it was a distant relative of my mother, and he didn't ask again. ”

"Oh? I asked in such detail. Wan Qiyang immediately felt that this person was unusual, what was this going to do? Wan Qiyang had a question in his heart, and at the same time, he had a very bad impression of this person, since this is the case, it is even better to marry the girl Miao'er back to Uncle Ma's house, otherwise he will not know what to suffer if he is really married by their family.

"It's okay, let's go to Qingmiao's house." Wan Qiyang encouraged the pillar to knock on the door.

I still didn't have the courage to knock on the door after squirming for a long time, "Pillar, this is not good, how can I grow up in the future?" You must know that if you marry a daughter-in-law, you are considered an adult, and a man must be responsible for doing things! Wan Qiyang also taught the pillar the most important lesson for men, that is, men must be like men, and he knocked on the door a few times after speaking.

"Who, please wait a minute." It was the voice of the little girl.

'Squeak' The door opened a crack, and then he also stretched out a head first, and when he saw Wan Qiyang, he didn't know it, and his eyes were confused at first, and when he suddenly found that the pillar was behind him, he obviously saw the happy look in his eyes.

"Daddy, it's a pillar." Aomiao said into the room.

Wan Qiyang also saw that Qingmiao's eyes were red, obviously he had cried just now.

"Miao'er invites the guests into the house first, and I'll come out immediately." The man in the room said to Miao'er.

"Okay, please come in!" Miao Er opened the door and entered the house. At this time, the man came out of the inner room and saw Wan Qiyang and the pillar, "It's the pillar!" Who is this...? ”

Wan Qiyang saw that this Qingmiao's father was not too tall, it stands to reason that he should not be forty years old, but it looked like his hair was a little gray, and he was wearing a green cloth robe with a lot of patches, but it was very clean, and he was vaguely angry.

"Oh, Uncle Fu, I'm Zhuzi's distant cousin, and this time I also encountered the big explosion in the morning, and I happened to meet Uncle Ma, it's really a coincidence. You can call me Yang Zai. Of course, Wan Qiyang only rushed to introduce himself, and at this time, if he relied on the pillar, it would be unreliable, and he had a feeling of seeing his father-in-law.

"Oh, fortunately, Yang Zai, I heard that you are from the south, this Beijing accent is more correct than mine, please advise me if there is anything that can help me this time?" Wan Qiyang really heard that this person with a foreign surname must be a person who has read books.

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, in fact, Zhuzi and I came this time because I wanted to discuss something with Uncle Fu." When Wan Qiyang talked about this, he looked at the pillar, and it was obvious that this matter was related to the pillar.

The male owner of the Fu family is also an understanding person, he looked at Wan Qiyang's eyes and probably knew that it was not far from ten, "I don't know if this is Brother Ma's idea?" ”

Of course, to talk about this matter, either to ask the matchmaker to help talk, or the two adults to talk, although as each other's people, but this generation is different, which means that you can't be the master!

"My uncle is a little busy at this time, in fact, I can be the master of the pillar, not to mention Uncle Fu, don't you think it's time for me to come?" Wan Qiyang is also a little uninterested in being so poor that he is about to sell his daughter, so he deliberately shows that he is still a person who can speak.

"Actually, the pillar of our family also likes your daughter, and your daughter shouldn't hate the pillar, not to mention that it is better to marry your daughter to Ma Chengkui's family or Ma Chenglong's family?" At this point, Wan Qiyang felt that the man surnamed Fu should have a standard in his heart, "The main purpose of my visit this time is also to ask about the three books and six ceremonies, it's not necessary, now it's chaotic everywhere, you can count the gift money, let's go home and prepare, you don't have to go back to the dowry or something, do extraordinary things in extraordinary times." ”

Wan Qiyang came down very violently, and directly asked about the bride price, which made Fu Qingmiao's father not ready to make a statement about it at all. Before I came, I also knew what Uncle Ma's name was, and it turned out that the Ma family in this Majiabao was really an ancestor, and almost all of them were brothers and sisters in the same family!

"Huh?! How about my family have to discuss this matter and then reply to you? ”

"That.... Well, I'll wait for your answer tomorrow! We'll go back first, please stay. ”

Wan Qiyang came and went quickly, and a few words decided the happiness of the pillar! This makes the pillar confused!

"Big brother, this is the end of the conversation?!" Zhu Zi listened to the conversation between the two and didn't have time to think about anything at all, just talking about the dowry, the gift money, this and that thing are too big, and at the same time worried about what to do if the family can't get the money.

"Yes, let's go home and wait for their news! What's the hurry?! I didn't even have the courage to knock on the door just now! Wan Qiyang doesn't care what they think at this time, anyway, this is a good thing for the pillar, isn't it a happy event!

This ancient marriage process is a bit different from the modern meaning. The modern marriage process generally refers to the etiquette held on the wedding day, while the marriage process of the Three Books and Six Rites includes the documents and etiquette from the negotiation of marriage, engagement to marriage. Similar to modern times, the whole traditional marriage custom and etiquette notified relatives and neighbors in order to obtain social recognition and protection. In addition, traditional marriage customs and rituals enable married couples to obtain the approval of ancestral gods and undertake to fulfill their rights and obligations to their parents and relatives. Therefore, in some ancient times, if a man and a woman did not complete the process of the Three Books and Six Rites, the marriage was not recognized as a marriage of the Ming Family; The completeness of the wedding ceremony directly affects the auspiciousness of the marriage. However, in different Chinese dynasties, wedding customs and etiquette also differed, and in the Ming Dynasty, Chen Yan and gifts were required in the hall.

The "Three Books" are the documents used in the process of marriage, which can be said to be an effective written record to protect marriage in ancient times. They refer to:

Letter of Appointment: A document of engagement. In Najib (a marriage contract between a man and a woman), the man gives the woman a letter of letters.

Book of Rites: That is, the documents used in the celebration of large gifts, listing the items and quantities of excessive gifts.

Wedding book: that is, the document of marrying the bride. It is a document given by the man to the woman when the bride passes through the door.

The "Six Rites" are the six rituals of the marriage process, which refer to:

Nacai, ask for the name, Najib, Najib, Nazheng, please meet.

The process during this period was really troublesome, but in the early Ming Dynasty, it was simplified by Zhu Yuanzhang to avoid extravagance and waste.

When I got home, Uncle Ma was also about to go out, "It's good for you two to come back, I was talking about going out to find you?" It's almost time to eat. Where did the pillar take your eldest brother? ”

Uncle Ma's words directly stopped the pillar, and he didn't know whether to say that Wan Qiyang went to Fu Qingmiao's house to propose that he went to the matter.

(End of chapter)