After Bai's parents and the ugly-looking old matchmaker discussed the dowry and the auspicious date of the engagement, Bai's parents called someone with a smile and carried a sedan chair to prepare for them to send the matchmaker back.

And Bai's parents secretly stuffed a piece of big yellow croaker for her when the matchmaker entered the sedan chair. The portion is not light, it has to be more than a catty, and in ancient times, matchmakers also charged intermediary fees for the same thing.

The behavior of Bai's parents made the smile on the matchmaker's face even stronger, and the wrinkles on her face were like an old chrysanthemum in full bloom.

The matchmaker looked at Bai's parents and said with a smile: "Master Bai, Mrs. Bai, I like to deal with smart people the most. ”

And Bai's father didn't say much after hearing this, but took out a green and turquoise Hetian jade concubine bracelet and handed it to the matchmaker.

As soon as the old matchmaker saw Bai's father take out the green Hetian jade concubine bracelet, her eyes lit up.

Judging from her experience over the years, how could she not know the value of this thing, at least more expensive than the yellow croaker that Bai's mother gave her just now.

And since Bai's father took out the green Hetian jade concubine bracelet, the old matchmaker's eyes have never left, as if the green Hetian jade concubine bracelet was already in her bag.

But the matchmaker didn't take it right away, because she had a soft mouth for eating other people's things and a soft hand for taking other people's things.

"Oh, what's so embarrassing about this, look at the color of this bracelet, tsk, this is spinach imperial green, right?"

The matchmaker just now exclaimed while refusing, and her expression still showed a look of affection, but now she asked if it was spinach imperial green, didn't she ask knowingly?

However, Bai's parents knew that the matchmaker was knowingly asking, so they replied: "Good vision, such a treasure is imperial green." ”

After listening to the words of the Bai couple, the matchmaker took a deep breath, and then pretended to ask solemnly

"I don't know if Master Bai and Mrs. Bai can cut their love, even if they give more silver. I really like this spinach imperial green Hetian jade concubine bracelet. ”

"No! How can such a good thing be easily sold to a few people! ”

After listening to Bai's father's words, the matchmaker was obviously stunned, obviously didn't understand what was going on?

Isn't it okay to give it to yourself, or sell it to yourself at a low price, but now there is really nothing, what is this going on!

"Since it's a Xx matchmaker, you can just give it to you directly, and you don't have to pay."

Bai's father realized the ambiguity of what he had just said, and then added an explanation.

As soon as the matchmaker made this decision, her face smiled like a smelly and old chrysanthemum.

From a distance, you can't always tell whether she's laughing or crying.

After sending the matchmaker away, Bai's parents returned to the house and began to discuss.

"Master, do you think our daughter will refuse to marry at that time?" Bai's mother raised questions.

"Hmph~ When the time comes, the eight sedan chairs will be lifted, and the dowry will be prepared for her, so I can't help her!"

Bai's father was a little angry when he thought of today's incident, and said angrily.

……

Seeing that the Bai family was tired again, he fell asleep. When I woke up again, my head would understand that I was going to get married sooner or later, and I had to listen to my parents' words.

So she instructed a few good maids who played with her, pretending to sell some melons, fruits and vegetables, and took the opportunity to inquire about that Li Gongzi.

Although she is the eldest lady at home, she is very kind, and she has never had the eldest lady's shelf, so the maids and servants in the house have a good relationship with her.

After a while, a woman dressed in plain green clothes came to Bai's boudoir and knocked on the door:

"Miss, it's me Xiulan."

Bai Shi heard that someone was knocking on the door, so he stepped forward and opened the door after confirming that it was his personal maid Xiulan.

"How about Xiulan? Did you find anything? ”

After opening the door, Bai asked directly to the point.

I saw that Na Xiulan didn't answer when she entered the house, but just turned around and stuck her head out and looked left and right to make sure that there was no one nearby who shrank her head back.

After closing the door, Xiulan looked at the Bai family and said cautiously:

"Miss, what is this Li Gongzi that stinky matchmaker said, you must not marry him!"

"Well, I know, how's that? Did you make a discovery? Or did you find something? Bai nodded and asked.

"Miss, you guessed right, that matchmaker is really not a good thing! She specializes in connecting those famous families. And it is unscrupulous to achieve the end. ”

Xiulan said with a look of indignation.

"When is it, you're still afraid of sycophants! Say, say, what's going on? ”

Bai Shi was so anxious that he snorted.

Shirlan stuck out her tongue and continued:

"That matchmaker has helped the son and young master of the big family to break up the married wife several times.

If they don't agree, they will use money to smash it, and if they can't smash it, they will use it strongly, and they will act nonsense and be bold and bold just because they have a good relationship with some **, it's really not a thing! ”

Xiulan said as she pretended to spit on the ground.

"This matchmaker is too much of a thing! actually did such a life-threatening thing. It's just not as good as a pig and a dog! ”

Bai Shi listened to Xiulan's words and scolded with apricot eyes.

As the old saying goes:

I'd rather demolish ten temples than destroy a marriage (family)"

This is the traditional concept of ancient Confucianism in China, and it is also a folk tradition, not out of allusions.

It means that breaking up other people's marriages is a very bad thing, and it is worse than tearing down temples and will be punished.

The temple can be demolished and rebuilt, God is originally tolerant, great, empathetic, and loving to all. And ruining a marriage is ruining the happiness of three generations of a family, and the pain and mistakes caused cannot be remedied.

What's more, most of the forced women will be tired of being toyed with and given to others as subordinates or toys.

"And more! What the old crow woman introduced to the young lady, Li Gongzi is simply different! ”

Xiulan took a blue and white porcelain quilt from the table, poured herself a cup of tea and drank it.

"Say it! When is this all gone! Don't sell it. ”

Bai Shi looked at Xiulan with a leisurely look and couldn't help but say.

Xiulan also knew that this matter was very important, and after taking a few sips of water to moisten her throat, she said:

"What the matchmaker introduced to Miss Li Gongzi is nothing at all, what is only in his twenties, he is a thirty-six-year-old man!"

"Ahh It's true? So what to do? When Bai heard this, he knew that something was wrong with the matchmaker at that time, and there was really a conspiracy.

But that's too bad, isn't it? Bai was only sixteen years old at this time, just at the age of being out of the water hibiscus and carefree.

If she wants to marry an old man who is twenty years older than herself and can be her father at this time, she can't accept it no matter what.

"Miss, there's more!"

Shirlan continued:

"What is that Li Gongzi, no, it's an old man, who has not yet married a wife as the old crow woman said......"

When Bai Shi heard this, he felt that even if he hadn't married a wife yet, he couldn't do it, and at this time, Xiulan's words paused, and his tone changed and said:

"Although the old man has not yet married a wife, there are nearly dozens of female slaves and dancers. They are all women from good families who were robbed! ”

Xiulan said that she seemed to see those miserable women here, and she couldn't help but feel a wave of anger in her heart.

They are also human beings, and after experiencing the reform of the law, the exchanges between the East and the West have been more in-depth, and the previous concept of male preference for women has also been diluted a lot.

As she spoke, Xiulan and Bai both subconsciously clenched their fists.

"Originally, when I went to inquire, a few people kindly reminded me not to be too busy, so as not to get into trouble.

At first, I didn't understand what was going on, but then I gave some change and steamed buns to the beggars who begged for food on the side of the road, and they told me that this was the case......

In a mud house in the north of the city, there used to live the old man and her daughter, the old man is in his fifties this year, and people who are familiar with him call him Lao Zhangtou, and his wife died in childbirth because of the birth of his daughter.

He was left with his daughter to depend on each other, and he usually went to the nearby mountains to cut some firewood to sell during the day, and went to the inn to wash dishes and chopsticks at night.

Life is not rich, but it can still fill the stomach.

His daughter is just eighteen years old this year, and she is also delicate and delicate.

Because he is an old woman, and his wife is gone because of it.

Lao Zhangtou did not have a grudge against this daughter, but still loved her, for fear that she would be tired and would not let her do any rough and heavy work.

On weekdays, she was asked to weave some handicrafts at home, and the old man took them out and sold them for money.

On this day, the old man finally fell seriously ill because of long-term fatigue, and the old man could have not been so tired, but he wanted to make more money while he was still working.

In the future, she will give her daughter a dowry as a monk, and when her daughter marries, she will not neglect her daughter.

Pity the hearts of parents all over the world!

But the illness comes like a mountain, the old man is usually healthy and healthy, no disease and no disaster, but when he is really sick, it is really not light.

On this day, the old man burned really badly, and he talked nonsense in the middle of the night, and his daughter was afraid that Lao Zhangtou had three long and two short, so she hurriedly went out to invite Langzhong.

I don't know if she didn't look at the yellow calendar when she went out or if it was fate, she happened to bump into what Li Gongzi was introduced to the Bai family by the matchmaker.

The next thing is the usual means of the stubborn disciples, which is to use the strong.

That Li Gongzi saw that Lao Zhangtou's daughter was beautiful, and he became lustful for a while. In addition, his father's power here is monstrous, which can be described as covering the sky with one hand.

So he also developed the habit of being unscrupulous and arrogant.

directly asked someone to tie up the old Zhangtou's daughter and send it to his home.

At that time, there were still many passers-by who were angry and did not dare to speak, and a beggar could not look at it and stepped forward to dissuade him, and was directly beaten to death.

That night, Li Gongzi drugged Lao Zhangtou's daughter to sleep, and when she woke up after the drug, she felt sorry for her father and fellow villagers, so she came to the moat in a daze, jumped into the river and drowned.

The next day, the old man was less ill and couldn't see his daughter, so he dragged the neighbors out to look for him, who knew that he would find a dead body.

After Lao Zhangtou learned that it was that Li Gongzi who did it, he knew that with his own ability, he was afraid that he would not be able to take revenge in this life.

So Lao Zhangtou borrowed alcohol all day long to kill his sorrows, and he was seriously ill and did not recover, so he died on the street within a few days.

……

After listening to Xiulan's story about Li Gongzi's deeds, Bai felt that he couldn't wait to kill that with a thousand knives.

As for saying that Xiulan deceived herself into making up a story, it is absolutely impossible, why?

Because Xiulan is a personal maid who grew up with her, the two of them are about to wear a pair of pants.

And now, although the status of women is not as humble as before, some customs have not been abolished.

For example, if the relationship between the two is really settled at this time, Xiulan, as a personal maid, will have to be used as a dowry to be a maid in the past.

The maid in the room is also called the girl in the room

The girl in the room: In "Liu Xinwu Reveals the Dream of Red Mansions", it is mentioned that in Ping'er, for example, the big girl in the room is when the master and his wife have sex, she can not only serve her closely, but also have sex together under the beckoning of the master.

Tongfang girl, from the word "Tongfang" can be seen that she is the highest status of the maid, because it is convenient to serve the master at night, so her bedroom is connected with the master's bedroom. The girl who has a room (when she is young) is the easiest to get a glimpse of the joy of the boudoir, so she is easy to be precocious, and has the advantage of being close to the water and getting the moon first.

Maids can be accepted as concubines by their masters at will, or they can marry anyone, such as Pan Jinlian, who offended her wife, and was married to Wu Dalang by her master.