Chapter 5 A marriage contract is not in agreement
"Presumptuous!" Lu Shengguang was so angry that he didn't think about it, he wanted to raise his hand to teach the girl in front of him who didn't know the height of the sky, but he didn't expect that as soon as his hand was raised, he was grabbed by a palm like an iron tong.
He looked up in surprise and met the sharp gaze of the servant named Ah Chen.
Ah Chen easily held him and said lightly: "Patriarch, if you have a job, you can say it well, our young lady is not used to moving her hands and feet." ”
Although his tone was flat, Lu Shengguang felt as if he was being targeted by some large beast, and he broke out in a cold sweat.
He instinctively didn't dare to shout at Ah Chen anymore, so he turned his head and glared at Lu Baitao fiercely, "Lu Baitao, I don't believe that you really want to marry a slave!" Hah, don't you have the idea of finding someone to fool around for this time, and then find another way out, right? ”
Lu Baitao glanced at him in some surprise: I didn't expect that this old man really had a bit of brains in addition to being greedy and vicious, and he actually guessed her plan!
Lu Shengguang was furious by her look, and slapped the table and yelled heavily:
"In short, unless you go to the Yamen to make a marriage contract now, on your 16th birthday, I will personally go to the Yamen to sue you for not marrying at the right age, and I am trying to get through the customs in the dark, treating the national law as a child's play, and I will definitely let you go around when the time comes!"
Lu Baitao's heart sank.
Although the law of this dynasty stipulates that a woman must marry at the sixteenth of the year, if she is married, then the government will turn a blind eye most of the time when she gets married in the evening.
But this kind of thing belongs to the people, and if Lu Shengguang really wants to use this as a handle to sue himself, he will really sue him.
Forced to this point, she was already ready to send it, Lu Baitao didn't care that Ah Chen was glaring at her, and gritted her teeth and agreed:
"Isn't it a marriage contract? We're going to sign it for you. ”
Coming out of the patriarch's house, Ah Chen said with an ugly face: "No, I don't agree to sign the marriage contract!" ”
Although the folk customs now think that only after a wedding banquet and a high hall can they be considered married, if they go to the yamen to sign the marriage contract, it is also recognized by the law!
If he signs the marriage contract, he will really become Lu Baitao's husband, in case the time comes...... What if the girl asks him to fulfill his husband's obligations? He didn't really plan to leave the door upside down!
Lu Baitao was shocked in his heart, thinking that Ah Chen had noticed something, and looked at his expression carefully in disbelief.
Ah Chen's expression froze, and he tried to slow down his tone:
"I mean, our family affairs have just been decided, isn't it a bit too much of a rush to sign the marriage contract now? I always think that it is better for us to cultivate more feelings and wait until we officially get married before getting married. When the time comes, I will wait for you to marry me and enter the door! ”
The last few words, he simply squeezed out between his teeth.
"Poof!" Lu Baitao couldn't help but be amused.
The scene of wearing a big red flower on his chest and riding a tall horse to marry A Chen, who is married to Feng Guanxia, enters the door, makes people laugh when they think about it.
But I can only think about it, even if it is an upside-down door, the groom is riding a horse to marry the bride.
Ah Chen was embarrassed by Lu Baitao's smile, and glared at him with a dark face.
Lu Baitao finally couldn't hold back her laughter, and then thought about Ah Chen's words, and only reacted after half a beat, what? Ah Chen doesn't want to get married early?
It's a good thing, and she doesn't want to! It's really sleepy to come to the pillow!
Her eyes lit up suddenly, and she pounced on her hand and grabbed Ah Chen's hand and shook it up and down, as if she had touched a revolutionary comrade-in-arms:
"Okay, Ah Chen, you and I want to go together! I also want to have a sweet marriage that is happy with each other, but the patriarch is aggressive, we have to get a marriage contract first, but don't worry, even if we get the marriage contract, we won't have a round house first, and wait until the relationship is a matter of course and then spend candle nights in the cave, okay? ”
Ah Chen was slightly frightened at first, but when he heard half of it, he became surprised, and finally became completely speechless.
Isn't this girl cheated and deceived and wants to marry him? It's not fake to look at his face and drool every day, and he will take the initiative to ask for no round room, although it sounds like it's beneficial to him, but he always feels that something is wrong?
Of course, he wouldn't be stupid to object, so the final result was that the two drama spirits happily reached a consensus without knowing each other's thoughts.
Lu Baitao: Haha finally succeeded in covering him, the world owes me an Oscar!
Chen: Fortunately, I am witty and brave, and my flesh and chastity can be preserved!
Lu Baitao & Ah Chen: My acting skills are really amazing~
However, things did not go as smoothly as they had hoped.
When they arrived at the gate of the yamen, facing the smiling inquiry of the little official in charge of the registration of the marriage contract, Lu Baitao and Ah Chen were dumbfounded.
Only then did they remember that Ah Chen was actually a black household now!
Although Ah Chen now claims to be a slave bought by Lu Baitao, he has no deed of sale at all, and Lu Baitao has no relevant transaction certificate, so he can't prove his identity at all!
And if they can't prove their identity, they can't sign a marriage contract!
The two of them were in a hurry, but fortunately, Lu Baitao's eyes were sharp, and they happened to see a scribe who had a personal relationship with her father before his death coming out of the yamen.
Lu Baitao hurriedly stopped the person, secretly stuffed some silver taels, and lost the deed of sale under the pretense of selling it, and asked the scribe to help reissue it.
The scribe knew that the Lu family had always been benevolent, coupled with the affection of taking care of the descendants of the deceased, so he agreed, not only settled in the Lu family for Ah Chen, but also smoothly handled the marriage contract, and personally sent them out of the yamen, and quipped:
"Bai Tao, now that the marriage contract has been signed, you can be considered a family member, when will the wedding banquet be officially held, don't forget to send a wedding card to your uncle!"
Lu Baitao could only laugh dryly: "Hehe, hehe, definitely, definitely!" ”
Lu Shengguang was afraid that they would deceive, so he kept arranging for someone to follow them, and when the man heard that Lu Baitao had really made a marriage contract, or the official of the yamen testified in person, he hurriedly ran back to return to the court, and the angry Lu Shengguang dropped a room of things, so he could only think of another way.
"Mother, we're back!"
Hearing Lu Baitao's voice, Lu Wang hurriedly greeted him and asked anxiously:
"Son, why did you go for so long and come back? Is the patriarch embarrassed you? ”
Lu Baitao and Ah Chen glanced at each other, and they were a little weak in each other.
"No, no, the patriarch didn't embarrass us, but ...... There was still a little accident......"
Lu Baitao smiled dryly and raised his hand and pinched a fingertip the size of a soybean grain, indicating that it was really a "small" accident.
Lu Wang frowned: "What accident?" ”
Lu Baitao laughed dryly twice, and said weakly: "It's nothing, it's just...... I'm ...... with Ah Chen. I went to Yamen and got engaged......"
"What!" Lu Wang's family was dizzy, how could these two children be so reckless, take such a big idea by themselves without making a sound, and cut it first and then play!
Lu Baitao hurriedly supported her mother-in-law, she didn't have much strength herself, and she almost fell down with her, but Ah Chen took a handful from behind to stand firm.