In the lobby of the Su family, Su Xun and his two sons Hanchang and Hanlin are discussing the final arrangements for the marriage, as a woman, there are not many things left in the Su family, send her daughter out of the door, the affairs of the Su family are basically over, in addition, there will be a daughter and son-in-law back tomorrow, which is also a big deal.

Although it is said that the male should get married, the female should get married, this is a step that everyone has to go through sooner or later, but Su Xun has always been a little unhappy in his heart, on the one hand, it is true that Huangfu Wujin is not his most satisfactory grandson-in-law, he and the Su family are not the same kind of people, the Su family is a literati, and he is a martial artist, and his final agreement to this marriage is not a choice that has been weighed in all aspects, to a large extent, he is forced to be helpless, Queen Shen threatened him with her granddaughter into the palace, so that he had to choose the queen mother's proposal.

On the other hand, and it is also his most worrying side, the marriage of his granddaughter has gradually evolved into a political marriage, which is obvious, the prince and the Liang royal family are very likely to come together because of this marriage, which caused the jealousy of the Chu royal family, and their Su family was unknowingly involved in the struggle for imperial power.

These things that should not be associated with marriage made Su Xun's heart feel like a heavy stone, but it was too late to regret it, and Su Xun could only hope that this marriage could develop as much as possible for the better.

Anyway, the welcoming team is about to arrive, and the Su family should also be prepared and not let the man's family laugh.

They are now talking about the red envelope problem, the Su family has prepared two hundred bags for the welcoming team, according to the marriage of other ministers, the welcoming team is only more than 100 people at most, two hundred red envelopes are enough, but they have just received the news, the man's family has been specially approved by the emperor, and is allowed to call the plum blossom guard to welcome the family, in addition to the welcoming team of more than 100 people, there is also a plum blossom guard army of 500 people, this time, the red envelopes they prepared are not enough, at least 500 more must be prepared, not only red envelopes, but also pig trotters are not enough, The Su family has always been more diligent and thrifty, and they will not be extravagant, and they only prepare 400 braised pig's trotters, two for each person, which is only enough for 200 people to eat.

If the red envelope is not enough, you can wrap it again, but what if the pig's trotters are not enough? This is a necessary wedding custom, which makes Su Xun a little embarrassed, and the dignified Guozi priest wine was stumped by two pig's trotters.

In fact, I don't blame him, Su Xun is still a scholar after all, his mind is not smooth and flexible enough, and he is not good at this kind of mundane things.

At this time, Su Hanlin smiled and said, "Father, it's probably too late to prepare pig's trotters now, so let's be flexible." ”

"What's the workaround?" Su Xun turned back to his son and asked.

"They have a total of about 600 people, if it is changed to one person, and then with some other wine and food, this can also be said, if one person has a pig's trotter, we are not much worse, just two hundred, Yuqing Lane's Wang Langzhong family heard that they are also going to marry a daughter, they are scheduled to marry tomorrow, pig's trotters must be ready, we will borrow two hundred, and return them tonight, Wang Langzhong's brother is his father's protégé, they must be willing, so that the pig's trotters are not enough, and then according to the customs of Qizhou, Then give each of them a roast chicken and a roast fish, which are easy to buy outside, and this is more than two pig's trotters and can be handled, and the relatives must like it more, how does my father think it? ”

Su Xun nodded approvingly, this method is good, his third son has not been in good health since he was a child, and his reading is not as good as his two brothers, so he can't be an official, but he is very talented in handling these chores.

"Alright! You deal with this matter, go now, and the greeting team will arrive soon. ”

Su Hanlin agreed, and then hurried away, and Su Xun asked the eldest son again, "Is the list of our Su family going to the wedding booked?" ”

The Su family's hometown is Donglai County, Qizhou, and the clansmen are basically over there, and this marriage only takes about 20 days from the marriage to the final marriage, which is ten days shorter than the average family's month, so the clansmen in the hometown did not have time to come, Su Xun decided to let the relatives near the capital come to participate, adding up to more than 100 people, he asked his eldest son Su Hanchang to do it, and he didn't ask, seeing that the wedding was going to be held in the afternoon, he wanted to make a final confirmation.

Su Hanchang took out a list and handed it to his father, Su Xun took the list, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, there were only about forty people on the list, only people from his and his younger brother Su Yi's two mansions, and none of the other relatives.

Su Xun's younger brother Su Yi is a doctor of law, and he is also a famous Confucian in the capital, his mansion is close to Su Xun's mansion, and he has more children than Su Xun, with four sons, three daughters, sons and sons-in-law are all literati, and the people of the two mansions add up, there are more than 40 people.

"What about the others? Your fifth and fourth uncles, why didn't they come? ”

Su Xun also has two brothers near the capital, the blood relationship is relatively far away, they are both landlords in the countryside, the population of the two families is quite large, and they usually don't come and go much, only come and go during the New Year's holidays.

Su Hanchang said calmly: "Father, I didn't inform them of today's wedding, I asked them to come to the homecoming banquet tomorrow." ”

"Why?"

Su Xun's brows furrowed, although this wedding banquet was held in the Lanling Palace, but the palace gave the Su family a quota of two hundred people, he probably calculated, even if everyone participated, there were only more than one hundred and thirty people, and the quota was enough, but why didn't his son let them participate.

Su Hanchang's surname is different from his father's scholarly temperament and the shrewdness and ability of his third brother Hanlin, the officialdom in his bones is very heavy, although his father is a little dissatisfied with this marriage and is angry, but Su Hanchang does not, he is very satisfied.

Because this marriage brought him tangible benefits, his father just agreed to this marriage, he was promoted to the Ministry of Rites Lang, and stepped into a powerful court official, the prince had already talked to him a few days ago, and the reason why he was promoted was because of the marriage between the Su family and the Liang Wang family.

Although Su Han is his daughter, from beginning to end, he did not regard this marriage as a simple daughter marriage, he attaches more importance to the political interests behind this marriage, not only for him personally, but also for the Su family.

The Su family started by literature, for two hundred years, in Qizhou has been enjoying a good reputation, to his father Su Xun's generation, to the next level, Su Xun served as the country's son of the priest wine for ten years, so that the Su family peach and plum all over the world, the development of the Su family almost to a peak.

But as a new generation, Su Hanchang's ideas are different from his fathers, he is no longer satisfied with an educational family, his goal is to make the Su family a famous family like the Qinghe Cui family, and become a real famous family, no matter what dynasty changes, the Su family will never fall.

This requires the transformation of the Su family, from an educational force to a political force, the brother Su Hanzhen became the assassin of Donghai County, taking the local route, and now he has become a waiter of the Ministry of Rites, taking the imperial court route, the next step, his goal is to move towards the servant of the Ministry of Officials, and then pay homage to the prime minister, he is only forty-five years old this year, and he has every chance.

Only when there are more than two Xiangguo in the Su family can they successfully turn into a famous family, which is Su Hanchang's ideal, and the marriage of the Liang Wang family will be of great benefit to the transformation of the Su family.

"Father, today's wedding is attended by high-ranking officials and dignitaries above the third grade, not only the queen mother personally witnesses the marriage, but even the emperor may come, I think it is inappropriate for them to attend."

"You think they're dirt buns, don't you? Lose face for you! ”

Su Xun was a little unhappy, he understood what his son meant, his son thought that the two brothers were rural landlords, and he was embarrassed.

"But this is a wedding, they are all the woman's family, come to Han'er's wedding, what does it matter, even the king of Lanling County has no opinion, you dislike it."

Su Hanchang shook his head, his attitude was still very resolute, "The king of Lanling County is polite, he can't say no, but we have to be self-aware, today is the first time that the Su family has made a collective appearance at a wedding where high-ranking officials and dignitaries gather, and I don't want them to affect the image of the Su family." ”

"You... Are you still marrying your daughter? Su Xun pointed at his son, trembling with anger.

"Father, marriage is not such a simple matter, I will explain it to them when I come back tomorrow."

At this moment, there was the sound of gongs and drums and suona in the distance, and firecrackers began to be set off outside the gate, this is the arrival of the welcoming team, Su Xun had no choice but to hold back his anger, and said to his son: "The welcoming team has arrived, you go to receive it first, I want to sit alone for a while." ”

Su Hanchang saluted his father, "Father, the child is thinking about the future of the Su family, please understand his son's hard work." ”

After speaking, he hurriedly went out, Su Xun sat alone in the lobby, and a strong remorse swelled in his heart, he really shouldn't have married Han'er to the royal family, and the Su family's two-hundred-year reputation might be ruined in this marriage.

．．．．．．．．．．． In the burst of firecrackers, the greeting team circled around the Su Mansion three times, and began to enter the gate of the Su Mansion in a mighty way, the five hundred plum blossom guard sergeants did not enter the house, but waited outside the gate of the house, several family members with a wooden wheel cart pushed several large baskets of silver wrapped in red paper, the silver is one or two pieces, and a package has two pieces.

Several children of the Su family began to distribute red envelopes to the Meihuawei sergeants, and the sergeants knew that this was a rule for welcoming relatives, so they accepted it one by one embarrassedly, and they were all happy, and then, several large buckets of hot Lantern Festival were also delivered.

Wu Jin walked into the gate of the Su Mansion, but the middle door was closed, and if he wanted to marry the daughter of the Su family, he had to find a way to open the door, to put it bluntly, he wanted to stuff the red envelope, and when the woman was satisfied, the door would naturally open.

This is a matter of welcoming relatives, Zhao Zhen carried a bag and stuffed a red envelope containing a silver ticket into it from the small door opening next to him.

"There are four silver tickets for one hundred taels here, is it enough?"

"Not enough!" Inside laughed.

He took out the largest red envelope and stuffed it in, "This is a silver ticket of 1,000 taels, is it enough?" ”

The door finally opened, the men's greeting team rushed in, and the sedan chair of twenty-four people was carried in, and the sedan chair drivers shouted together: "Please get the bride on the sedan chair!" ”

(To be continued)