Chapter 382: Boxing
At this time, there was no Dragon Boat Festival, at most Duanyang was called, and the imperial court even directly called it "May 5th".
However, the festival food and objects that should be eaten on this day have already been produced, and the food is the ancient zongzi horn millet, and there are more solar terms.
On the fifth day of the first lunar month, people wear ribbons made of five-color silk threads, and the ribbons woven by five-color silk threads are called "longevity". In addition to this colorful silk ribbon, the people of the time also liked to use several colors of silk thread to weave silk strips, sew them into round bracelets, and wear them on the wrists and ankles, which are said to pray for good luck and peace.
In addition, after the fifth day of May, it has completely entered the hottest time of the year, and relatives, friends, colleagues, and classmates are indispensable to send silk fans and other items to cool off.
The above are mainly seasonal things, you can also give a little more, and then add some colored silk knitting or other delicate small objects together to give gifts, which is also very popular.
The Li family is a high-ranking family, and the Wei Wangfu is a first-class prince's mansion, and the gifts sent by both sides will not be bad, and they all give a copy of the food and objects that Duanyang should have on this day.
Horn millet, colorful longevity, colored silk bracelets and foot ropes, silk fans, purses and other six or seven things, these are the things that have been given on both sides, and then there are differences.
Although the Liu family is the eldest sister of Mrs. Li, it stands to reason that the eldest sister's family is not considered a mother-in-law's family, but Grandma Liu has been following her daughter and son-in-law before, and the weight of the eldest sister of the Liu family is heavy, and the Liu family is also half of the mother-in-law's family.
Mrs. Li gave a gift to her future in-laws, so she had a few more needlework of her own, made a pair of shoes and socks for Grandma Liu, a pair of socks and handkerchiefs for Liu's family, and Liu Chenxing only had one handkerchief, saying that it was all made by Mrs. Li herself, as for Liu Qianli and Liu Qingshan's father and son after all, there is a difference between men and women, so it is impossible to give women needlework alone, but they also arranged other festivals, and gave Liu Qianli a jar of sake with a higher degree, Liu Qingshan, the future nephew and nephew, a set of pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and a table of chicken, duck, fish and meat delicacies, this made Liu Qinghai always look forward to Liu Chenxing coming back to eat.
Compared with the gift given by Mrs. Li's cousin, the Wei Wangfu is probably rich.
I don't know what Shen Zhongyi said to the people below, and the gifts he gave were quite right.
Liu Qianli is a carpenter with craftsmanship, so he got a dagger sent by the Wei Palace, there are not too many tricks, and it is not as good as the magic weapon that sharpens iron like clay in the script, but it is very sharp at a glance, according to Liu Qingshan, it should come from the imperial court armory.
Nowadays, men are still wearing swords, and the literati don't know if they are afraid of being said to be a scholar who is powerless, and the following people have a little way to get a long sword for themselves, and Liu Qingshan got a long sword sent by the Wei Wangfu, and there is no too much decoration, but it is simple and textured, the sword is drawn out of the sheath, and the sword body can shine with silver light, and then the blade is sharp visible to the naked eye, this is a real sword that can be tested with real knives and real guns, not a decorative sword with bells and whistles.
The so-called gift should be given to his liking, this long sword completely voted for Liu Qingshan's true love, which can be regarded as fulfilling his chivalrous dream in his youth.
's consistent hostility towards Shen Zhongyi, and under the corrosion of this long sword, he didn't say anything more, and Liu Chenxing said in his heart that he was really short-handed, if her brother was born in the anti-Japanese period, he would definitely be a traitor.
Liu Qinghai was also seen by Shen Zhongyi on the way back to Beijing from Luoyang, and the Wei Wangfu was rich and rich, so there would be no shortage of Liu Qinghai's gifts, and a set of pen, ink, paper, and inkstone was sent.
Grandma Liu and Liu's are women, so they gave her a good silk and a brocade each, they are now in Chang'an, Liu Wensu and Liu Chenxing are Beijing officials, and Liu Qingshan will be an official in the future, and he will become in-laws with the Li family, and the people who will go back and forth are only afraid that there will be more and more official gentry, and Liu's and Grandma Liu have to come out to socialize, and a decent dress can not be missing, this gift can be said to be very good, and it is the nature of women to love beauty, looking at this material that feels smooth and soft, and it is also impossible to hide it.
The last is the gift to Liu Chenxing, which can only be compared with Liu Qinghai in terms of quantity, but Liu Qinghai's pen, ink, paper and inkstone is a set, and the Wei Wangfu gift that Liu Chenxing received is not a set.
Originally, there was only one gift received, that is, a brush, which can be regarded as a good thing, after all, Liu Chenxing worshipped the calligrapher Jiang Mo as a teacher, and showed a good calligraphy in the White Horse Temple, and was also dedicated to the empress of a new peony to add a halo, it can be said that the whole dynasty knows, Liu Chenxing writes a good hand.
The general gift is a complete set of pen, ink, paper and inkstone, but now I have given a pen, and it is already conceivable that this pen is extraordinary.
This brush is in the morning and all the gifts, sent by the Wei Palace, but who knows that just before the curfew drum fell, the people of the Wei Palace's Mansion came to give gifts again, saying that the morning alone to Liu Chenxing is a set of pen, ink, paper and inkstone, but the gift giver accidentally broke Yantai and ink, and the paper also suffered.
Then according to the words of the people from the Wei Palace, a pen was categorically unable to be given out, so I hurriedly made up for other gifts, and the time was too rushed, and I couldn't find the corresponding gift, so I gave another makeup dowry, that is, a vanity mirror.
The style of red lacquer and gold inlay is about one and a half feet long in length, width and height.
It is divided into two parts, the upper part is opened, and a circular copper mirror is inlaid on the cover.
There are two boxes in the lower part, both of which are equipped with silver-gilt chisel hinges and fish-shaped buckles.
The hand opened the first layer of box, and there was an ivory comb inside, as well as a pair of red agate pendants, and two red hair bands, both of which were used for combing.
The second layer of boxes was opened, and there were ancient cosmetics, four small boxes the size of palms, one was rouge applied to the cheeks and lips, one was the powder for applying base makeup, one was the powder of thrush, and the other was goose yellow dyed on the forehead with yellow pigment.
It's been fifteen years since she came to this time and space, Liu Chenxing was painted by Xue Yuan two years ago, she doesn't know the price of ancient cosmetics, but it shouldn't be cheap, but the most expensive are these handicrafts.
She can see that the jewelry is no different, it is estimated that Wei Wangfu is afraid that she will dislike it too expensive, and the makeup inside has a head rope, but she can't stand the current handicrafts are luxuries, and the mirror is a luxury of luxury, she is now also a rich woman with a small net worth, and she is reluctant to buy herself a mirror, plus this makeup box, it is estimated that she will have to run at least fifty times.
"Alas!"
Thinking of this useless dowry of Lao Shizi, and to repay at least fifty yuan of gift money, Liu Chenxing sighed.