Yangzhou, Qingliu Lane, Xinghualou.

In a small box facing the street on the third floor, a girl in white and Hanfu looked at the railing.

Her long hair like a waterfall was splashed down softly, hanging straight down her waist, and her snow-white Hanfu skirt was lined with green silk like ink.

The ceramic-like skin seems to be covered with a faint milky white fluorescence under the sunlight spilling in from the small window.

The lips are red and the teeth are white, and the eyes are clear, with a faint awe-inspiring atmosphere.

As soon as they meet, the first thing you will notice is her vigorous and heroic spirit, like a sharp sword out of the sheath.

This heroic spirit makes people unconsciously ignore her gender.

Between the manners, he is generous, and there is no such senseless pretentiousness, and there is never the slightest squeamishness, even if he is wearing a skirt, it is like wearing a battle armor, as if he will draw his sword and dance at any time.

At this moment, the girl's eyebrows frowned slightly, and she was worried, as if she was secretly sad.

"Qing'er, this is what the old lady meant, you are now fifteen years old, we are thinking, it is time to find you a wishful husband."

"You Sword Valley, you can't help but get married, I have already asked your elders about this, the eldest woman should be married, you are fifteen years old, you can't help but start thinking about it."

Behind her, a middle-aged man, holding his long beard, persuaded him bitterly.

"Here are the atlases of school-age men we heard about near Kyoto, family portraits, character and past deeds, all of them, you should take a look at them when you have time! Yes? ”

"Qing'er, let's not talk about it, you look at what other families do, and then look at our clan········ Didn't treat you badly? ”

At this time, the words of the matchmaker of the parents' orders are still a formal ceremony, even if Gongsun Qing's parents died, there are still elders in the clan, and it is indeed possible to negotiate marriage for her.

In fact, the woman's consent is not required at all, and theoretically she can be directly set up.

When the mother-in-law sends the concubine girl, she often chooses a guy with a low family background and a poor character behind the scenes, and sends the concubine to suffer.

That's how many tragedies happen.

In all fairness, the clan did not directly choose the family for her to marry, but gave her an atlas to choose by herself, which is already a lot of affection.

Perhaps, the identity of the chief disciple of Sword Valley has some points.

"Second uncle, I don't want to get married for the time being···········"

The girl's nasal voice came muffled.

“······· I didn't say that I would urge you to marry now! ”

The middle-aged man who was called the second uncle smiled and said:

"It's just that you should look at each other now, you're fifteen!"

"Although our Gongsun family is a small family, it is not as good as those official eunuchs, but there are also some rules, and the idlers don't look down on it, so we must be more cautious in getting married."

"If your parents were still around, three years ago, your mother would have prepared for you, and the family would have chosen it, and now it will be almost the same········· These two families are married, many of them are particular, it shouldn't be me a big man to mention it to you, but now there is not even a clan woman in the clan, and the rest of them can't support the façade, alas! ”

He sighed, shook his head, and continued:

"That's it, I'm talking to you about this!"

"You are not worried about getting married now, but you are not too young, it's time to plan for yourself one or two, this year or two, you pay more attention to whether there is a suitable one."

"The most important thing is character, it's best not to be too different, it's okay to be lower, it's not easy for you to suffer if you marry, but don't think about marrying into a wealthy family, there are more rights and wrongs in a wealthy family, you have been an honest child since you were a child, and you can't stand that kind of backhouse calculation!"

He spoke earnestly, but also sincerely.

It is a traditional habit at this time.

The difference between the families is too great, and the concepts that husband and wife have cultivated since childhood are very different, and it is difficult to have true happiness.

"I'm a man after all, it's impossible to take you to drink tea and enjoy the flowers, another day, I'll ask your uncle and aunt to take you to Yangzhou to visit some old friends."

"Yangzhou is good, the water in Kyoto is too deep, our family also has an industry in Yangzhou, and there are some people I know, wait for your uncle to take you to enjoy the flowers and drink tea, and you will be familiar if you go a few more times."

The Gongsun family is not an official eunuch family, there are some connections in Kyoto, and they are still a business family at the root, and they are not ranked at all in Kyoto, and they can come into contact with a circle of characters, most of whom are businessmen, and perhaps some petty officials who are short of money.

In Yangzhou, because of the needs of doing business, he bought some industries, and because of business contacts, he had some acquaintances.

"As for your dowry, the clan has discussed, give you your mother's original dowry, as well as some old things left by your father, and finally the clan will give you a few sets of new furniture, and then 30,000 taels per kilometer, plus five Zhuangzi, the old lady over there, said that she misses her granddaughter, you go back and see, she will inevitably give you a dowry in private, in addition, the heads of the clan cannot shorten your ·········· In total, there is always a final sixty-four lifts. ”

In ancient times, the sixty-four lifts of a woman's dowry were a whole number, which was called a full lift, and there were often less than this number, so they were accompanied by thirty-two lifts, which were called half lifts.

Of course, only large households are counted like this, and small households are basically not counted, because they can't make it up.

Gongsun Qing can have a full dowry, and he will not be looked down upon when he marries into her husband's family, this is love.

In the old days, a woman would give a dowry the day before she married into her husband's family.

The so-called dowry includes all aspects, such as beds, quilts, daily necessities, four seasons of laundry, all kinds of jewelry, title deeds, house deeds, and cash·········· Almost all of his life's needs.

In this process, there is also the custom of showing dowry, especially some wealthy families, who like to engage in "ten miles of red makeup" to show off their wealth, which can prepare all the expenses of a woman from marriage to death, even if it is a needle, a thread or even a piece of paper.

When a girl from a large family marries in the past, her status depends on the amount of dowry.

The dowry is a woman's private property, and even the husband's family has no right to intervene and is subject to legal and moral constraints.

It is precisely because they have a dowry as a foundation, can have property freedom, and can completely leave their husband's family to live alone, that these women can maintain a certain right to speak in the patriarchal society.

Therefore, whether the dowry is rich or not can completely determine the status of a woman in her husband's family.

If the low-income family cannot afford to give the dowry, or the dowry is very thin, then after the woman marries, even if she is withdrawn from the marriage.

The clan can treat her like this, it can indeed be regarded as benevolent and righteous, and if there is dissatisfaction, it can only be said that there is no conscience.

Even if Gongsun Qing is reluctant to marry, it is not easy to refuse at this time, after all, it is a good intention.

“······· Qing'er thanked the second uncle! ”

"Ah, it's okay, it's okay!"

The second uncle waved his hand and smiled awkwardly.

It's not easy to hear this niece say thank you.

I don't know why, every time he sees this niece, he always finds it difficult to treat her as a junior.

"Then, I'll go back, you have to pay attention to this matter, good men are always in demand, don't be selected first, it's not good to leave crooked melons and cracked dates."

As soon as he finished speaking, Gongsun Ning got up to leave.

He came to Yangzhou from the capital this time, in fact, there was something else, but the old mother suddenly remembered that there was a granddaughter in the clan who worshiped the beginner school to learn martial arts, so she handed it over to him to handle it.

didn't have any other thoughts, just to remind her, lest a good girl's family don't understand these many rules, and finally miss the marriage date, and then in a hurry, she can't marry a good family.