What did she call herself for?

Today is the big day of her marriage, and she still has the heart to take care of herself?

Qingbao thought about it while going to her uncle's place with Lingling.

Lingling directly led Qingbao to Xia Yu and Huang Bingjing's room, their room, probably due to remote reasons, was very clean.

Qingbao lifted the curtain and entered the house, Huang Bingjing was not in the house, only Xia Yu was alone.

Qingbao is wearing a very beautiful dress today, a pink gauze skirt, a circle of red edges, and a few clusters of red flowers that Qingbao doesn't know are embroidered on the clothes, which is very joyful. He wore a few beaded flowers on his head, sipped red lip grease on his lips, and wiped a faint powder on his face.

I thought that she was dressed so beautifully that she should show off, but I didn't expect that when she saw Qingbao coming in, Xia Yu split her head and covered her face with a sentence: "Liuya, how much gift money did my mother bring here?" ”

Asked by her, Qingbao subconsciously asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Xia Yu sent Lingling away, closed the door carefully, and then asked anxiously: "I have heard, my aunt and mother all brought a gift of one or two silver, you go and talk to your mother, don't follow it, or it will be a joke." ”

After listening to Xia Yu's words, Qingbao had some questions, what does this Xia Yu mean?

She has already gone out, it stands to reason that the Xia family is good or bad, there is nothing to do with her, but the gift money is less, everyone knows that Huang Liuniang's family is poor, and she will definitely not pick this reason, how can Xia Yu be so concerned?

Hearing that she still calls Huang Liuniang "mother", Qingbao said secretly, could it be that she didn't forget the mother-daughter relationship with Huang Liuniang, but in front of others, she had to put on that look like she had drawn a line with Huang Liuniang? Or was she afraid that she would be too close to Huang Liuniang in front of the Li family, which would cause the Li family to be dissatisfied, but she did it on purpose after her?

Just as Qingbao was about to reassess Xia Yu, he heard Xia Yu say anxiously: "Liuya, is there no money at home?" You wait, I saved more than one or two pieces of silver, and you take it to your mother as a gift. The Ding family will come today, but don't let people inquire, I have poor relatives who can't even afford a tael of silver. Otherwise, when I go to Ding's house in the future, I will be looked down upon. ”

Qingbao listened to her previous words, she was very moved, and felt that she was still very conscientious, knowing that she was worried about her biological father who gave birth to her and raised her, but when she heard the latter words, Qingbao really wanted to slap her in the face.

How many poor relatives does the emperor have, she is just a small jasper family at best, and she can't even have a poor relative?

With this kind of daughter, Qing Baozhen is not worth it for Huang Liuniang and Xia Shouping!

If she went to Ding's house, she would be looked down upon, and her snobbery made her look down on her.

Looking at Xia Yu, who was rummaging through the cabinets to find the silver, Qingbao said coldly: "You don't have to look for it." The mother had already taken two taels of silver as a gift, and a large basket of candy for the new aunt to eat. ”

As soon as she heard that Huang Liuniang had prepared two taels of silver, Xia Yu immediately stopped turning over the cabinet, she raised her head suspiciously and asked, "How can there be so much silver at home?" Isn't the mother going to save money to build a house for Erzhu and marry a daughter-in-law? ”

Qing Bao said: "We make money from selling sugar. My mother said that you are her daughter after all, and she wants to add more to you. ”

Hearing Qingbao say this, Xia Yu was rarely silent for a while, then looked up left and right, and saw that there was no one around, so he leaned into Qingbao's ear and whispered: "You talk to your mother, just follow one or two pieces of silver, even with two taels, and the silver can't reach my hands, let my mother keep the silver and use it for Erzhu." ”

Qingbao sneered: "Even if you have a conscience, you know that you are thinking about your mother." ”

Seeing that her sister's words seemed derogatory, Xia Yu sighed and said, "My mother gave birth to me, how could I not think about her?" But you also saw that the family is too poor, I am more than ten years old, and I still sleep in the same room with my father and mother, Liuya, you don't know how embarrassing my sister is. The eldest aunt is not good, although I don't know why she succeeded me, but Liuya, my sister is poor, even if the eldest aunt wants to push me into the fire pit, as long as there is food, shelter, and clothing in the fire pit, it can make me look like a person, and my sister recognizes it. ”

As he spoke, tears flowed from Xia Yu's eyes, and the surging tears rushed out of two lines of small grooves on the thinly powdered face.

"Liuya, you are still young, and you don't know the bitterness in my sister's heart. My sister also knows that it hurts the hearts of my father and mother, but in that family, what good way do I have to go? Isn't it the same as my mother, marrying a poor family, giving birth to children in a litter, and I can't even afford to wear a piece of yarn or jewelry for the rest of my life? Liuya, my sister is afraid of being poor, my sister would rather be scolded for being ungrateful, and it is better to be scolded for being a pig or a dog, and don't be hungry anymore, and don't be like a pig anymore, more than a dozen people are crammed into a room! Xia Yu's face was full of tears, and her chest rose and fell fiercely, and it could be seen that she was very unstable.

Qingbao actually understands Xia Yu's hardships, that poor family, she has also experienced.

But Qingbao felt that escaping was not the solution to the problem, although Xia Yu escaped from the poor family through adoption, would she feel good in this life? In order to please the Li family, she has hurt her biological mother again and again, and when she thinks about these things in the future, won't she have a disturbed conscience?

After Xia Yu vented her emotions, she quickly wiped away the tears in her eyes, and then sat down in front of the dresser, looked at herself in the mirror, and saw that the makeup on her face was spent, and couldn't help blaming Qing Baodao: "It's all you, it's a good day to make me angry, go, give me a basin of water, and I'll put on makeup again." ”

Today is a good day for her after all, Qingbao didn't want to make her angry anymore, so she had to obediently go and fetch a basin of water.

Xia Yu washed his face, drew his eyebrows and eyes again, applied grease and powder, and cleaned them up, he smiled at the mirror with satisfaction, and buckled the mirror, but Qingbao turned his head and said to Qingbao: "Liuya, sister knows that you can make candy, listen to sister, grow snacks by yourself, don't give all the money to your father, you must keep some money in your hands." If you don't have a long heart, you will be the one who will suffer in the future. ”

Seeing her persuasion, it really meant to be a sister, Qingbao couldn't help but whisper: "Okay, I know." ”

Xia Yu sneered: "What do you know, you know? You don't know anything! You're too young to know anything about adults. Xiaoju, who played with her sister, was taken by her father and mother to change relatives a few years ago. Xiaoju was only fourteen years old, and she was replaced by a cripple in her thirties, Liuya, and my sister was scared. If my sister hadn't come out after a succession, in a few years, my father and mother would dare to use me to change relatives and a daughter-in-law for my younger brothers, wouldn't I think about it? In the end, her eyes turned red again, obviously, changing her relatives to an old man was something that Xia Yu was extremely afraid of.

Knowing Xia Yu's hardships that he must pass on, Qing Bao's dislike for Xia Yu subsided a lot, but Qing Bao was frightened by Xia Yu's last words.

Swap parents?

No way......

Take your daughter to change your son for a daughter-in-law?

Although Qingbao felt that this was too ridiculous, in his heart, he vaguely felt that it was very possible.

In this era, daughters are definitely not as important as sons.

In order to continue the bloodline, selling their daughters for daughters-in-law can really be done by those who are poor and anxious!

Qingbao was still in a state of fright, Huang Bingjing pushed the door with a smile and entered: "Sister, my brother-in-law is here, I saw him secretly, do you want to know what he looks like?" ”

As soon as she heard that her fiancé was coming, Xia Yu suddenly blushed, and in the face of Huang Bingjing, who was teasing her, she pounced and said that she was going to tear Huang Bingjing's mouth, and then she got into trouble with Zhu Bingjing.

Qingbao looked at Xia Yu, who was smiling and seemed to be very happy, and didn't know what to say.

In the past, she always thought that Xia Yu was ungrateful and tended to be inflammatory, but she didn't expect that in Xia Yu's heart, there was such a huge fear hidden.

Xiaoju Liuya is impressed, because she often comes to Xia Yu to play, Liuya's memory of her is quite deep.

The thin and weak girl, short and small, with thin yellow hair, wore shabby clothes that did not fit all day long, and always ran around behind Xia Yu, like Xia Yu's little follower.

is such a girl who has just entered junior high school in the next generation, and she actually took it to change her parents?

The object of the exchange is still a cripple man in his thirties......

At this moment, Qingbao is deeply aware that in this patriarchal society, being a woman, especially the daughter of a poor family, is so humble and miserable.

Save money, you must save money!

Without money, she can only be at the mercy of others, and with money, she will probably have more say.

Therefore, this strengthened her determination to sell sugar for a share.

Qingbao came out of Xia Yu's room, planning to go to his grandmother's house.

But as soon as I entered the courtyard, I was shocked, and the courtyard was filled with a lot of red ceremonial plates and wooden boxes, all of which were pasted with red paper. The red boxes were opened, the brocade cloth on the red tray was lifted, and all sorts of items glittered in the sun.

Qingbao didn't understand the etiquette of marriage in ancient times, so he crowded in the crowd to listen to others talk, and only after listening for a long time did he know that the ancient marriage was very troublesome and had its own set of rules. It's not like in later generations, two people look at each other, and after falling in love, go to their respective parents and have a meal together.

In order to get married in this society, it needs to go through six major procedures, which are called "six rites".

The so-called "six rites" are divided into six steps: "Nacai", "Asking for Names", "Najib", "Nazheng", "Invitation" and "Greeting".

Na Cai: It's that the man has a crush on a girl and sends a matchmaker to propose a matchmaker.

Asking for a name: After the woman agrees, the man sends a matchmaker to ask the woman's name and birthday.

Najib: It's just to find a fortune teller to combine the eight characters and see if the two sides are in conflict or something.

Na Zheng: It is what the folk call a marriage, and it is also the steps carried out by Xia Yu and Ding Panan today.