Chapter 16: Marriage

Li Danruo came back after looking at a circle of plum blossoms, Li Jinrui had already left, Li Danruo first stood on the steps of Xiaocuitang and looked at it, and then took the dowry list from the head and slowly flipped through it, and then started from the head to look at the dowry, and looked back according to the order.

Fat Hong watched it quickly, marveled all the way and read it all the way, saw that Li Danruo was only halfway through, and then chose the one he liked and jumped back again, looking at Li Danruo and wanting to comment a few words, seeing that she was thoughtful and attentive, she turned to Doulu's side and said with a low smile: "Look at this dowry, it's really hard to find out half a point!" Aunt An is really blessed, the eldest lady treats the second lady like this, and the second lady marries so well. ”

"What a good thing, an old man." Doulu pursed his lips and whispered, giving her a red look: "What's wrong with the old man?" No matter how old the old man is, he is also a serious official of the Beijing government! Besides, he's not old, he's only in his forties, not yet fifty!"

"That's not old?! It's a round older, and his sons are older than the second lady! Really, as soon as I got married, there was a man who was older than me, in his twenties, who became a year and a family, and called himself his mother, and it was uncomfortable to think about it!"

"What's so uncomfortable about that? It's okay to live your own life, such a family, without in-laws, the second lady will be in charge of the family when she marries, and she will have a son in a year or two, what's wrong? After all, she is a concubine, how can she be good? Alas, there is also a big benefit, the second lady will be sealed as soon as she marries! This one, even the eldest aunt and grandmother can't compare to it!" Fat Hong folded her fingers to calculate the benefits, Doulu gently 'puffed' her and smiled: "Look at what you said so well, go back and beg the girl, and find you an old man who is an official to marry!"

"Yes, you dare to make fun of me! See if I don't clean you up!" Fat Red snapped his fingers, laughed and screamed and pounced, Doulu 'sigh', and hurriedly carried his skirt and fled quickly.

Li Danruo looked up at the two girls who were laughing in the dowry pile, shook his head with a smile, continued to look at the dowry carefully, looked at the dowry, and beckoned the mother-in-law who looked at the dowry to ask a few words, and then raised his voice to call the fat red and bean green who had run away from the fussy, and went back to the main courtyard.

"Does the girl see any doorway?" Fat Red and Dou Green played around, and asked with a blush smile on his face: "Anyway, I look at everything well, what else can I learn here?" ”

"There's a lot of knowledge here." Li Danruo smiled and said: "But since you look at everything well, even if you tell you that you can't understand it, then I should not bother." Doulu smiled and bent down after listening to it: "Alas! I can understand what the girl means, tell you, that is to play the harp to the cow! But this cow is very handsome!"

"Dead Niko! It's against you! I'm going to have to screw your mouth out today!" Fat Hong laughed and jumped on his feet, holding a skirt in one hand, and chasing after Doulu with the other hand, the two of them surrounded Li Danruo, chasing and laughing all the way, Li Danruo held the stove, and walked forward unhurriedly, while smiling and watching the excitement happily, until they approached the main courtyard, Fat Red and Doulu stopped laughing, looked at each other and sorted out their clothes and hair, and followed Li Danruo into the house in a regular manner.

The dowry was issued early the next morning, and the house began to build a wedding shed, from outside the house straight into the house, but by lunchtime, the inside and outside were all in place.

In the afternoon, Li Danruo accompanied his mother Yang to the main courtyard to ask for peace, and looked around before turning to the main courtyard, Yang turned his head to look at his daughter and said with a smile: "When your mother-in-law picked up a daughter-in-law, your Ah Weng had just been promoted to the deputy privy envoy, and it was in full swing that your eldest uncle's father was just a supervisor of the Shaofu Mansion, and your mother-in-law took a fancy to your eldest aunt, so it was decided." Yang smiled lightly and sighed: "I was still young at the time, but I also remember clearly, the whole capital is talking about this family business, and then your eldest aunt is married, the dowry is connected from head to end, enough to go around the capital, and the mother also went to see the excitement, from the beginning to the end, the momentum is ......" Yang thought for a long time, and didn't know how to describe it: "Mother won't say, if you see it, you will know, it's really impossible to say, after that, some people in the capital will talk about it, saying that your wife was greedy for other people's dowry!" Yang shook his head while laughing: "That's the case, it's nonsense!" Look at it, how many people can match your uncle's shrewdness and ability? Anyway, my mother can't compare, and neither can you, you're too lazy to endure that hardship!"

"I don't endure hardship, because I'm afraid that my mother will feel distressed when she looks at it!" Li Danruo said seriously, and Yang couldn't stop laughing: "It turns out that it's still your filial piety?" ”

"That's nature!" Li Danruo took his mother's arm, shook it and smiled, and the mother and son entered the main courtyard with a smile.

Before dawn the next day, the Di family sent a make-up crown pollen, Li Yuju's Qiuming residence was brightly lit, Li Danruo and Li Jinrui sat in an unobstructed corner outside Li Yuju's house and drank tea, Li Danruo talked to Li Jinrui with a smile, Li Jinrui sipped tea, looked at the busy girl in the house, and ignored her.

After a long while, Li Yuju bathed out, Li Jinrui hurriedly stood up and took a few steps over, Li Danruo also put down the cup, leaned over to see the excitement, and watched the mother-in-law open Li Yuju's face, put on makeup, and change clothes layer by layer, Li Danruo saw that he wore two or three layers, and there were a lot of stacks next to him, so he moved, approached Li Shuihua and asked in a low voice: "Big sister, is this dress also divided into winter and summer?" So much, it's okay in winter, but if it's summer, it's going to be hot. Li Shuihua laughed: "Of course, although it is said that it is also these in summer, it is all silk yarn, which is fine, but at that time, it is hot, and you can't take care of it." ”

"The fourth sister also wants to get married?" Li Jinrui said coldly, Li Shuihua's face sank, looked at Li Jinrui and said, "What are these words?" Even if it is a joke between sisters, this is too vulgar, people like us must be careful everywhere at all times, and we must not lose our dignity. Li Jinrui's face was flushed with a layer of blue, biting her lip and turning her head without saying a word, Li Danruo looked at her, thought about it, and swallowed it back when it came to her mouth, forget it, it doesn't hurt to let her touch the nail.

Li Yuju stood upright with her hands upright for half an hour, and the bride and mother-in-law dressed her layer by layer, helped her sit upright on the kang, spread out the red and dazzling skirt, and began to give her a head full of pearls, Li Shuihua stood two or three steps in front of the kang, carefully looked at the mother-in-law on the pearl cui, pointed out one or two from time to time, or even took two steps forward, personally tidied up the beads on her head, and let people change two or three pairs of earrings, then nodded with satisfaction, all the happy mothers and mother-in-law dressed up Li Yuju, and retreated to do other things, Li Shuihua sat sideways opposite Li Yuju and said gently: "What I told you last night, have you written it down?" The redness on Li Yuju's face came out over the thick powder, and she was so ashamed that she could barely raise her head, and reluctantly nodded, Li Shuihua smiled, and stretched out her hand to straighten her clothes, and explained in a low voice: "It's a good thing to be submissive, but don't go too far in everything, as soon as you marry in the past, you are the housewife, and the authority that should be established must be established, remember, all over the house, except for Master Di, you are the master, and the next one, no matter who he is, you have to respect you, this one, you have to remember." ”

Li Yuju nodded, looked up at Li Shuihua, her eyes were slightly red, she opened her mouth, and called nostalgically: "Big sister ......" but she couldn't speak, Li Shuihua was also slightly red in her eyes, and hurriedly patted her and smiled: "Happy day...... In the future, it's up to you, and you have to fight. Li Yuju nodded heavily.

Li Danruo stood next to him and said with a smile: "Second sister, tap it, the pearl flower is about to fall." Li Shuihua laughed, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to help Li Yuju and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll let someone bring you a bowl of bird's nest porridge and feed you a few bites, this day, you can only drink saliva at night." ”

"I'll get it!" Li Danruo smiled and said, brought bird's nest and handed it to Li Shuihua, looking at Li Shuihua while confessing in a low voice, while feeding Li Yuju porridge, I only felt full of emotion, a woman is married, it is the second reincarnation, her luck is not good enough for the first time, this second time, no matter what, you have to have enough good luck!

In the midst of the chaos, the hour passed very quickly, and the mother-in-law outside shouted, "The time has come", and she had been urged three or five times, Li Yuju helped the bride to get off the kang, put on shoes, stepped on the brand-new red carpet, and walked slowly to the outside. Li Danruo followed him out of the courtyard, gradually falling behind, beckoned Wei Zi and asked in a low voice, "The groom has arrived?" ”

"Here we are." Wei Zi nodded hurriedly and replied in a low voice, Li Danruo looked left and right, pulled Wei Zi and quietly flashed out to the side, today, the most important thing for her is to take a good look at Li Yuju, the son-in-law of the pusher in his forties.

The two of them walked quickly with their skirts, took a shortcut and walked into the main hall, the main hall girl and the mother-in-law stood with her hands hanging down in a festive manner, the leading mother-in-law saw Li Danruo and Wei Zi get up, and hurriedly pointed behind the big screen that had been moved to the side, Li Danruo smiled and nodded thanks, took Wei Zi, and lightly turned into the big screen and hid it, although the bridegroom came to greet the bride and drink tea and sit in the wedding shed, although it was set up outside the second door, Li Yuju resigned from his parents after a while, and the groom was going to go to the main hall to kneel and bow and ask for marriage, and it was the clearest to see here.

After waiting for a long time, a mother-in-law came in and smiled: "I'm coming in!" Li Danruo hurriedly jumped over and pasted it to the gap in the screen, and looked out without blinking.

Under the steps, first a big red head was revealed, and then a middle-aged man gradually walked up, his face was white, with a calm and gentle smile, medium stature, slightly fat, but it seemed to have a good bearing, his actions and demeanor were steady and elegant, and he looked personable, Li Danruo breathed a long sigh of relief, this person is far younger than Li Danruo imagined, such a middle-aged man, really married, is not too wronged, Li Danruo exhaled softly, Wei Zi smiled lowly: "Now the girl can rest assured, This old man's demeanor is good!" Li Danruo hurriedly signaled her to silence, the two held their breath and silenced, and watched Di Tuiguan finish bowing, Li Yujing replied, Di Tuiguan took a few steps back, turned around and went down the steps, and the two quietly withdrew from the back of the main hall.

Out of the main hall, Li Danruo breathed a long sigh of relief, stroked his chest and smiled: "It's okay, it's okay, it's not an old man, at least it's not a bad old man, a man is forty...... Sure enough, it's not too old, let's go, let's go to the main courtyard to rest, the second sister got on the sedan chair, and there was nothing lively outside. ”