Chapter 209: August 8
The above steps are done, and the next thing is to determine the date, which is not to say, the date is August 8, which is determined according to the homonym.
After the date was set, it was supposed to be the time for relatives and friends to give gifts, Li Kang originally wanted to give this offence, but in the end he couldn't screw the public's will, so he had no choice but to allow others to send something that was commemorative but not too valuable.
Civil officials who were born as scholars basically sent their own ink treasures, or calligraphy or Chinese paintings, and most of the civil officials who were born as craftsmen sent their own handmade works.
The soldiers sent it was more strange, with animal teeth, sabers, broken armor, tribal totem stone carvings, flags... The list varies, but most of it is their own loot.
Some people even sent their strategic planning as a gift, dozens of pages, full of crooked and twisted characters, original.
This is a gift from the commander of the navy, which makes Li Kang feel funny, it seems that he is indeed forced to be in a hurry, otherwise with his character, how can he bear to write a plan, and judging from the ugly handwriting that wants to cut people, it is still his own handwriting, which is very rare.
However, Li Kang will not sympathize with him, who let this scoundrel bother himself a lot before, and it is good to make him anxious.
When there were still six days left before August 8, Xue Tao and Wei Chi Chifan took the lead and sent someone to take them into the marshal's mansion in a sedan chair, the two of them were just concubines, and the big wedding was not prepared for them, which may sound a little cruel, but the reality is like this, it has been like this throughout the ages.
But they are also concubines, their status is higher than Li Kang's current eleven harems, even if the three who are pregnant can't be compared with them for the time being, after all, the status of the Han family's Miao descendants in China is so high, although Wei Chi Chifan is a Xianbei person, but who cares?
The entry of the two pink and tender young ladies really made Li Kang experience what is the gentleness of traditional women, and almost "the spring * night is bitter and the day is short, and the king will not be early from now on", the Han family woman is indeed not compared with the indigenous barbarians.
On August 4, Li Kang sent someone to send Tan Yunxian to "bear the burden in front of the sedan chair", two geese, one side of meat, two tails of fish, etc., and the next "dowry" was naturally exempted.
On August 6, Li Kang began to write invitations, of course, written by others, Li Kang just determined who to invite, not the same as in modern times, all those who gave gifts were invited, Li Kang's wedding, basically all officials regardless of size gave gifts - think about it - the bosses of various private enterprises felt that they could find a way to also send them, but Li Kang's wedding guests are not everyone can come, this list needs Li Kang to delineate.
According to Li Kang's habit of being afraid of trouble, in the end, only the central ministers, county and town chiefs, military officers at or above the regimental level, university professors, famous doctors in hospitals, large factory owners, and the presidents of several famous chambers of commerce were invited, and oh, and the little prince and Wu Yongshi, who had been forgotten for almost two months, it was time to meet them.
On August 7, the day before the good day, a "Quanfu" woman came to the bedroom of the marrying room in the marshal's palace to make a bed. The so-called "making a bed" means that the woman ties 24 pairs of chopsticks to the red thread and places them under the mat of the bed in the marriage room.
Originally, in the past few days, Li Kang, as the groom, still needed a best man, but after hearing what a best man was, Li Kang decisively canceled this item, and Li Kang never felt that Western customs were good as he did at that time.
The Chinese groomsmen are not the same as the best men in Western weddings. The traditional best man, also known as Xiao Yu, is served by a young boy with both parents, which is nothing, and the most beautiful thing is that the groom will sleep with the best man at night and sleep until the morning of the wedding.
It's easy to make people think about whether it's good or not! Especially when the ** habit was common in ancient times, Li Kang got goosebumps just thinking about it.
[If the little girl is still almost —— the inner monologue of a certain obscene Shu Huang. 】
At the same time, on this day, the Marshal's Mansion was busy early in the morning and began to put up lights.
August 8, the big wedding day, commonly known as "good day".
At the fifth watch in the morning, the Marshal's Mansion prepared a full set of pigs, sheep and fruits and placed them in the hall to worship the "Heaven and Earth Pro", commonly known as "Xiangxian".
Originally, it was to worship the "Heaven and Earth Monarch Teacher", but Li Kang himself is the king, so naturally there is no need to worship, and the "teacher", the teacher under the modern education system is completely different from the nature of the teacher in the traditional sense, and he can no longer compare with the father and son, so Li Kang has been from childhood to adulthood, from primary school all the way to university, and there are too many teachers who have taught him, and he can't find a teacher like a father and mother, and no one is qualified to be worshiped by him.
After breakfast, the last of the six rituals is next, greeting the family.
This is the first marriage in Li Kang's life, although he doesn't want to make it big, but it doesn't mean that he doesn't pay attention to it, the wedding team is led by him personally, which he decided by the public - according to the convention, the groom does not have to go to his father-in-law's house to greet his relatives in person, as long as he sends a greeting envoy to welcome his relatives.
In the past three months, when the eight-lift sedan chair jointly designed and built by dozens of people was carried out of the marshal's mansion by the sedan chair driver, the artillery battle that had been prepared for a long time suddenly began to crackle, and after sacrificing the "sedan chair god", Li Kang turned over and got on his horse, and under the red lanterns and firecrackers, followed by a group of music classes that were blowing and beating, the welcoming team slowly moved towards Tan Yunxian's house.
Li Kang, who was riding on a horse, couldn't help but feel excited, the ancients paid attention to starting a family and starting a business - modern people just want to do the opposite, most of them start a family, not because they like it, there is no way at all, where is the girl who has no job willing to marry you - only when you become a family, your mind will settle down, everything in the rear is operated by the virtuous person who is destined to accompany you for a lifetime, and the man who works hard outside will have no worries, and strive to focus on his career and pursue his lifelong dream.
As a man who is more traditional than most of his modern contemporaries, Lee Kang also has a family complex in his heart, and it is deeply rooted, and he is now extremely looking forward to talking about Yunxian's performance in the future.
The greeting procession went farther and farther, followed by a large number of people watching the excitement, and suddenly the square in front of the door became empty.
"That's the generalissimo of the Shogunate in Huaxia, I didn't expect to be so young, and he is really heroic!" Bauhinia Vine was also in the crowd watching the excitement just now, and couldn't help but sigh at this time, and at the same time there was deep envy and jealousy.
is also a young man, he himself is still a royal noble, born noble, but now he has fallen under the fence, and the person he sent is not a few years older than himself, he has become a prince of a place, and there are more than ten beautiful concubines in the harem, and now he is marrying a wife, showing his spring breeze.
And I heard that their marshal was still born in a reckless manner, and in just over four years, he led everyone to create a great foundation in this foreign land. But this, Bauhinia vine will not believe in any way.