The two talked for a while, and they became more and more cordial, without some embarrassment. Ah Chi smiled sweetly, thought about it, as if he had made up his mind, took off a jade bracelet from his wrist, slowly handed it to Gao Yue, and said softly: "Master Gao, if you are willing, this will be given to you, don't dislike it." After she finished speaking, her cheeks turned crimson, and she changed her generous look, lowered her slender eyelashes, bowed her head and said nothing.

Several women stopped laughing, exchanged a few words in a low voice, avoided a few steps, and looked at each other tightly, as if they were expecting something.

Gao Yue reacted sensitively, he felt that this was by no means a gift between ordinary friends, he was afraid that something would happen. But the beauty has something to give in person, how can she refuse not to be close to people.

Gao Yue took the bracelet in a daze, he saw that the bracelet was not a good jade, and it was small and old, but looking at Ah Chi's expression, it was obvious that this was a treasure that she valued very much. Gao Yue was shocked again, and felt that he should not accept such a generous gift from a girl, he was dazed and nervous in his heart, and when he saw Ah Chi looking at him, he didn't know what to do.

Seeing that he didn't even know how to take back the bracelet and stood cramped, the female companions chattered and laughed.

The fat girl, who couldn't bear to be in a hurry, walked over in a few steps, grabbed Ah Chi's hand, and said loudly to Gao Yue: "You person! How can he be so timid and wooden. Tell you directly, our rules are that a woman's bracelet will not be given away, but will only be given to the man she likes. Men, if they also like girls, they will accept the bracelet in front of them, and then send back a token, and the two will be considered a pair. Now that you have accepted the bracelet, what can you give back to us Ah Chi? ”

At that time, the women of the Di nationality, after the age of 14 wore jade bracelets, which were close to the body, and never faded easily, until they met Ruyi Langjun, they would give it in person, and the importance of this bracelet was far greater than its actual property value.

When Gao Yue heard this, he was stunned like a wooden stake poking at the scene, and an indescribable subtle feeling surged into his heart. His heart was beating wildly, and suddenly his mouth became dry.

"Oh, Han men, such mothers-in-law and mothers, some are not refreshing and generous. You are still staring at the pretentiousness with wide eyes, let me tell you, do you know how big a treasure you have picked up, Ah Chi is only sixteen years old this year, and she is already a famous beauty on our street, if I were a man, I would have taken her into my arms and cherished her, how many of our good guys of the Di tribe have thought of her in their dreams, but somehow they will fall in love with you at a glance as a dumb Han person. ”

The fat girl had a loud voice, a slightly exaggerated shout, and the female companions also jumped to Ah Chi's side, even talking and laughing, Ah Chi was so ashamed that his face was crimson, he bit his red lip lightly, only looked at his toes, and was a little nervous and kept flying a few glances at Gao Yue's face.

Although Gao Yue dressed up as a scholar, he had nothing to wear jade pendants, folding fans, money bags, seals and other ornaments, and he never wanted to wear them. And he was originally dressed in his body, at least he had a waist knife that could barely be regarded as a token, but he changed his outfit in the school field and removed the spear and short knife together, so there was no token in his eagerness at this moment.

In addition, the social atmosphere of the Song Dynasty, although not as open as the Tang Dynasty, was also relatively easy-going. Although it is the origin of etiquette, it is not necessarily the peak period, and Cheng Zhu's status may not be as high as in the Ming and Qing dynasties in the Song Dynasty, just like Confucius in the Spring and Autumn Period, but the Spring and Autumn Period is not very popular Confucius.

In his previous life and present life, although he spent most of his time on military campaigns and did not care about his life's major events for a while, the atmosphere at that time had begun to tend to "late marriage" when he was married at the age of seventeen or eighteen.

Most of the late marriage and late childbearing in the Song Dynasty originated during the reign of Zhao Heng of Song Zhenzong, flourished in the era of Song Huizong, and subsequently influenced the entire Southern Song Dynasty. There are two reasons for this, one is that religion (Taoism) is corrupt, which leads to the prevalence of asceticism. Although the upper class society is also prevalent in marrying concubines and prostitutes, and they are also very obscene and indulgent, but there are still not a few ascetics, looking at many famous ministers recorded in the history of the Song Dynasty, the marriage age is after the age of thirty, and there is a family in the age of sixties, and they are all after achieving fame.

The second is the popularity under the leadership of the excellent imperial examination system, "everything is inferior, only the reading is high", and there is no hurry to marry a wife.

At the beginning, Yue Fei had already paid attention to finding a good family name for him, but before the sudden upheaval, Yue Fei died unjustly. After coming to this world, it seems that marriage can be decided by himself, but Gao Yue is unwilling to linger among the flowers to have fun, and he has not met the person he likes, and he is unwilling to settle in a hurry, and he still holds the attitude that the Huns are not extinguished and why he is at home, so he is now over eighteen years old, and he is still a single first brother.

On the other floor, Gao Yue's family education is rigorous and upright. In the matter of marriage, he has the attitude of either not accepting it, but staying for a lifetime and living up to the beauty. He saw that Ah Chi was certainly beautiful, beautiful and generous, and his impression of her was also very good, but he didn't know the root of this chance encounter, it would be no problem if he got along slowly, but suddenly he might ask him to accept the other party as a partner, it was too hasty, and Gao Yue couldn't make up his mind for a while.

More than a dozen eyes stared at him, Gao Yue was embarrassed, and stammered: "What token ......?"

Seeing that Gao Yue was still a little confused, the fat woman became a little impatient, "Hey, I said you, just know how to collect bracelets, you have to take something to Ah Chi, right?" She shouted, and at the same time, she had already reached out and planned to fumble on Gao Yue by herself.

Seeing the fat woman's hand straight to his chest and waist, Gao Yue was startled, and subconsciously took two steps back to dodge, and only said: "Don't do this, I don't have any tokens." ”

Unexpectedly, as soon as he spoke, everyone present changed when he heard his words. The female companions who kept chattering stopped laughing, and stared at him with straight eyebrows, and the fat girl immediately said angrily: "Love vanity is not a good thing, it turns out to be a scoundrel, what, want to play with our good family girl?" Blind your dog's eyes! ”

It turns out that the local customs, young men and women of the Di people, if they fall in love with someone, they can send a token, if the other party agrees, they will accept it in person, and give the token back, and the two can be regarded as legitimate boyfriend and girlfriend. After the official marriage, the exchange will be returned. If you don't want to or are already married, it doesn't matter, just refuse to accept the token in person, so that the convenience will automatically leave, and no one will blame you.

However, if you accept the other party's token in person, it means that you are willing to have further contact with the other party. But if you are unwilling to give it back, it is a great rudeness and insult to people. Especially when a man accepts a woman's bracelet, but he doesn't give anything away, it is equivalent to flirting lightly in person, this kind of behavior will be spurned by everyone, and even the woman in the Qinglou is very disdainful.

Gao Yue accepted Ah Chi's bracelet, but there was no token in return, and he was considered a shameless person looking for flowers and willows at that time. The fat woman rolled her eyebrows and glared, and at that time, she snatched Ah Chi's bracelet and was about to rush over to have a seizure. Ah Chi hurriedly stopped her, and said in a pale voice: "Sister, forget it, let's go, no wonder others, it's me who was abrupt and practiced myself." ”

She said in a trembling voice, and tears flowed as she spoke. The tears flowed down Junxiu's cheeks, making it unbearable to look at them directly.

Several Di girls glared angrily, glared at Gao Yue angrily, and helped Ah Chi to turn around and leave.

Seeing Ah Chi's teary eyes, Gao Yue's heart seemed to be tightly clenched by a hand. He knew that his actions had caused a huge misunderstanding, so he couldn't help but hurriedly catch up and said, "I didn't mean that......"

"That's not what it means, why do you have to take the bracelet? If you dare to come over again, I'll scratch your deceitful little white face, get out! The fat girl spat a few times on the ground, and scolded repeatedly, looking like an angry lioness.

Several women surrounded Ah Chi and resolutely left. Gao Yue stood on his feet, staring at it in a daze, the girl's body temperature that still had the bracelet in his hand, he clenched his fists, and a wave of chagrin surged into his heart like a tide.

The air also seems to have become a little thinner, and I can't breathe in at all. Gao Yue was no longer in the mood to wander around, turned around and walked back slowly, the noise in the streets and alleys became more and more harsh, and he felt a burst of anger in his heart, but he couldn't figure out why.

Several women dragged Ah Chi away, Ah Chi bit his lip, a little puzzled and a little stubborn: "I think he ...... When he saved people at the beginning, he was so good-hearted, shouldn't he be that kind of scoundrel, we are afraid that we misunderstood him? ”

The fat girl said angrily: "How did you misunderstand." How can a serious person accept a token from someone but not give it back, hey, don't interject, I know you want to say that he is a Han person, right? ”

The fat girl grabbed Ah Chi, and walked to South Street, saying as she walked, "Even if the Han people don't understand the rules, didn't I tell him later, why did he still refuse to give it to you?" Ah Chi, Sister A is from here, let me tell you, how can men have any good things, especially those good-looking men, the most unbelievable, you will suffer a big loss if you are not careful, there is nothing wrong with listening to Sister A, let's go back and choose a good family for you. ”

Ah Chi was dragged by the fat woman's arm and walked straight back, and several companions behind him also talked about it. Ah Chi didn't listen much, she lowered her head wordlessly, her beautiful eyes were full of confused sourness, and her heart was melancholy.