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After Lin Hai met with Xu Zhen some time ago and had a detailed discussion, Lin Daiyu's marriage has officially started to go through the process. At this time, Lin Hai really began to lament the inconvenience of a family without a headed mother. If the Lin family has a mistress, these affairs can be done through The two hostesses agreed that there is no need for a man to come forward.

In ancient times, there were very cumbersome procedures in the whole process of two marriage proposals, and the first step was acceptance.Nacai is also commonly known as marriage proposal or marriage. It means that the man invites an official matchmaker to the woman's matchmaking to understand the woman's wishes and see if the marriage has any hope of success.In fact, most of the time, the man will invite a matchmaker to the woman's house to talk about marriage after the two parties have negotiated.

This time when the Xu family condemned the official media to come to the door, it happened to coincide with Lin Hai's holiday. I don't know if he knew that the Lin family didn't have a mistress, so for Lin Hai's convenience, he chose to come on this day.On the day when the official media came to the door, I don't know where the Xu family got a pair of live geese at this time. Both the man and the woman have already made it clear, so there is no need to waste the matchmaker's tongue. .

This time the matchmaker came to the door, and another task was to give Daiyu's horoscope to the Xu family, which is commonly known as the horoscope.After Daiyu's Gengpai was offered in Xu's ancestral hall for three days without incident, when the matchmaker sent Xu Jingzhi's eight-character Gengpai on the fourth day, Lin Yun's wife, Lin Lushi, took it directly.

Lin Hai traveled from Yangzhou to the capital. Ever since Zhao Ze and Li Tuo became Jinshi, with Lin Hai's help, they each chose a slightly remote place to be a county magistrate, and did not hire another staff.

Lin Yun didn't win last time. Originally, according to Lin Hai's idea, he now has a reputation for raising people. If he wants to, he will find a way to do one or two, and find a county official or master to do it. In the future, it will gradually become better. He couldn't get promoted, but Lin Yun finally considered taking the exam again.He is not too old now, so it doesn't matter if he takes the exam one or two more times. Besides, he feels that he can learn a lot from this clan uncle, and now he is helping to take care of some general affairs at the mansion.Lin Hai doesn't care about raising a family, and even if Lin Yun is in his house, if the housekeeper is inconvenient to come forward as a servant, Lin Yun can help.

Although Lin Yun and his wife can be regarded as living in the Lin Mansion as guests, they are still the main family of the Lin family. This time, the Xu family condemned the matchmaker to send Xu Jingzhi's geng post. It is better for Lin Yun and his wife to come forward than the butler's servant a lot of.Apart from Lin Yun and his wife, Lin Hai also had no other candidates. There was no way, Lin Daiyu could not come forward to accept this Geng post.

Girls born in aristocratic families slowly began to save dowry from birth. Of course, like the Jia family, the girls were already in their teens, not to mention their relatives, and no one mentioned the dowry. It was really rare.

As Lin Ruhai and Jia Min, Lin Daiyu has been looking forward to having a child for many years. Although it is a pity that it is not a boy, her love for her has not diminished because she is a girl.So I started saving her dowry shortly after she was born.

Before Jia Min passed away, he deliberately collected some good wood and precious jewelry ornaments.After Jia Min passed away, although Lin Hai didn't send anyone to look for them, Lin Hai kept some of the rare items in all the shops of the Lin family, which were suitable for dowry. As for the dowry, the Lin family's treasury now has a lot of good things.

Before Xu's family condemned the matchmaker to come to the door, Lin Hai told Lin Daiyu about her marriage.This year is very strict, if not, Lin Hai really hopes that these two future couples can meet in advance, and let each other know what they are doing.But Lin Hai probably didn't know that Lin Daiyu had never met Xu Jingzhi, but Xu Jingzhi had indeed met his daughter, and more than once.

Although Xu Jingzhi often went to the Lin mansion because of his friendship with Lin Rui, he ran even more diligently after hearing that his father intended to marry Lin Rui's sister for him, but it was only in the front yard, so it was impossible to see the Lin family's female family members. , but after a long time, he still found a chance.

One time was in the first month of last year, when the Lin family went to the temple to offer incense. Because Lin Rui didn't know that Xu Jingzhi was planning on his family's Daiyu at the time, he would not deliberately hide when the Lin family would go to the temple to offer incense.Xu Jingzhi knew from Lin Rui in advance when the Lin family was going to offer incense, and knew that to enter the temple to offer incense, there was a section of the road where he had to get off the sedan chair. Xu Jingzhi secretly found a place to stay early in advance, but Lin Daiyu got off the sedan chair wearing a The one who was wearing a veil, only saw a figure from a distance that time.

Another time was during the Lantern Festival this year, and that time I could barely see a silhouette of Daiyu, and after seeing it, she went home happily, which made Xu's family follow her strangely.Xu Jingzhi and his father Xu Zhen not only resemble each other in appearance, but also in personality. They are a bit taciturn and like to keep a cold face on weekdays. It was so abnormal at that time, so it is no wonder that everyone in the Xu family was curious.

Lin Hai and Daiyu talked about her marriage, and they also hoped that she could make preparations in advance, not to mention other things, when it was time to get engaged, Daiyu would also prepare some needles and threads for the man.On weekdays, Daiyu doesn't spend much time on female celebrities, so it's best to make preparations early.

This kind of marriage contract has been negotiated between the man and woman. During the period of the horoscope, as long as there are no major accidents in the families of the two parties, the marriage contract is basically considered a deal.

After the horoscope was combined, the Xu family deliberately chose an auspicious day for the zodiac, and performed the ritual ceremony.

Lin's family has very few relatives in the capital, that is, Lin Hai's natal Yao's family and his in-law's Jia's family.In the few years since the Lin family came to the capital, because of Jia Min, the Yao and Jia families have always been at odds, so Lin Daiyu invites the two families separately for the first month banquet every year, but this time the engagement ceremony is impossible. The two families were separated, so this engagement ceremony will be the first time that the Jia and Yao families have gathered in the Lin Mansion.

When Jia Mu received the post from the Lin family from Sister Feng, she was still a little curious, mainly because Jia Mu knew that since the Lin family came to the capital, it may be because there is no head of the house, so the Lin family seldom entertains guests on weekdays. , except for the first month, in the past few years, my granddaughter has posted a few times to invite several cousins ​​of the Jia family to play.

As soon as she opened it, Jiamu's expression turned a little dark, and she couldn't help but sigh in her heart. If the marriage between the two Yu'er had been arranged before Min'er passed away, there would be no bad things like this.

However, this ignorant and stupid woman from the second family, because she had a little estrangement with Min'er back then, she looked down on her granddaughter with a father of a third-rank official, and did those stupid things, so that the relationship with the Lin family is now gradually estranged. Gradually, she turned out to be a merchant girl in Baoyu's favor.If my own Baoyu married a merchant girl, how could Baoyu have the face to deal with other people when she became an official in the future.But it's too late to say anything now, relying on the empress in the palace, the second child's family is gradually unable to suppress her now.

"Feng girl, please inform the first wife and the second wife that we will go to the Lin's house together at that time, and you can go and do it too!" After Jia Mu finished giving her orders, she was really a little bit dispirited, so she left a little maid to beat her legs, and everyone else went to work. Let them quit.

On the day of Lin Daiyu's engagement, Lin Hai didn't invite anyone, except the Jia family and the Yao family, that is, a few colleagues who were very close to Lin Hai and Lin Rui's husband.

Daiyu had arranged this banquet in advance, and on the day of Wending, naturally, Daiyu would not be able to come forward, so Lin Hai still asked Lin Lu to receive it, not because he never thought of asking Yao's daughter-in-law to help, But thinking about the Jia family, forget it. At the same time, Lin Hai also asked Mr. Qiu and Nanny Li to give more advice to Lin Lushi, so there shouldn't be any problems.

On the day of Engagement, Mother Jia took the two daughters-in-law Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang, together with her granddaughter-in-law Wang Xifeng, to the Lin family by car early in the morning.

The door of Lin's house was wide open, and the servants stood in front of the door to welcome the guests.Sometimes it was such a coincidence that the female family members of Jia's family and Yao's family came to Lin's mansion at about the same time.Among the servants of the Lin family, as long as they are old people, almost everyone knows that the master's natal family and the Yue family are not getting along. Seeing this situation, they hurriedly went forward to greet them, and ordered people to enter the inner courtyard to inform them.

Although Jia's mother regretted that the two jades did not become a couple, but since it has become a fact, Lin Daiyu is also the flesh and blood of her daughter whom she has loved for many years, so now that she is here, there is no need to put on a straight face and let the Lin family Not happy.In addition, his son-in-law's official career is going well, and Baoyu will have to ask for help when he becomes an official in the future. My family can't count on it, and Mrs. Lin may not be able to help.

So when the two families got off the bus at the second gate, they saw Mrs. Yao and knew that it was the son-in-law's natal family, and the old lady greeted her with a smile.As for Mrs. Yao, although the Yao and Lin families broke off contact for more than ten years because of Jia's conflict, it would be too harsh to say that it was Jia's responsibility alone. Death is like a lamp going out, it would be too petty to cling to the unhappiness of the past, why bother!

Mother Jia is not only a first-class madam, she is also much older than Mrs. Yao, and she is a generation older. Because Mother Jia did not wear auspicious clothes today, Mrs. Yao performed a junior ceremony for Mother Jia. Niece Yu's engagement ceremony should always be good-looking.

Lin Lushi also stood at the second gate early to welcome the Yao and Jia families, because he had heard about the past of the two families, so when the little maid came in to report, Lin Lushi was really afraid that something would happen to the two families. Come.In fact, Lin Lushi still doesn't understand that these families in the capital, especially the family of officials and eunuchs, even if there are conflicts in secret, or even if there is a deep hatred between the two families, they can do whatever they want secretly, but they will greet each other with a smile at any time on the surface. It's rare to see such a contradiction.

Lin Lu welcomed the two families and walked out of the house, the people from the Xu family had already arrived, Mrs. Xu, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Xu family and an aunt of the Xu family came from the Xu family, and Daiyu was sitting beside her.When Daiyu saw her grandmother and her party coming in, she hurriedly stood up to pay her respects, while Lin Lushi hurriedly greeted the little maids to serve refreshments.

Mother Jia looked at her granddaughter who was greeting her, and suddenly saw her own Min'er, except that her granddaughter was not as slender and frail as Min'er back then.Lin Daiyu has obviously been well-dressed today. She is wearing a powder-blue embroidered brocade dress and a pair of pink and gold-rimmed skirts. Although she has just turned 14 years old, she is tall and tall, and the beauty, elegance and grace of a girl have already appeared in front of people.

Although it's just a wedding ceremony, it can be seen from the news of the wedding ceremony that the Xu family has prepared very carefully for this small wedding ceremony. The rings, jewelry, colored silk, gift cakes, and ceremony candles are all well-prepared. Quality items, especially a pair of jade ruyis and a pair of jadeite bracelets in the jewelry, which are as emerald as drops, make people happy to see them.

Mrs. Xu is quite satisfied with Daiyu as her daughter-in-law now. When Xu Zheng first mentioned it, Mrs. Xu was a little worried about whether her biological daughter would be affected because of Lin Jia's frailty, but after several years of observation, It can be seen that the future daughter-in-law that the family is looking for is a little different from her mother. She is in good health, not to mention weak and sick, and she rarely even suffers from cold and cough all year round.

Under the guidance of Mr. Qiu, in the past few years, he has been hosting the middle school in the Lin family, taking care of human relations, and he has also successfully entered the social circle of the upper class in the capital, so that in the future, the youngest son and his wife will be able to manage the family very well director.Besides, Mr. Lin has a good official career, and a younger brother is easy to learn and make progress. To put it more vulgarly, the generations of Lin family's nobles must have a good fortune. Naturally, there will be no less dowry in the future. Apart from having a bad family, there is nothing to choose. Besides, no matter how bad the family is, Lin Jiashi is gone, and he is just a relative.

Mrs. Xu became more and more satisfied as she looked at it. She took Daiyu's hand and praised her a few words, then took out a golden phoenix hairpin inlaid with silk and rubies from the jewelry box held by the nun standing behind, and put it on Lin Daiyu's hair.Lin Daiyu has paid attention to exercise these years, and in recent years, Li Nanny has used the secret recipes in the palace to take good care of her. Her complexion is fair and rosy, and her jet-black hair is matched with the golden phoenix hairpin in her hair. All the people sitting here praised Madam for being so lucky to order such a beautiful and neat daughter-in-law.

Daiyu took Mrs. Xu's golden phoenix hairpin, and also ordered Xueyan to present a four-color gift embroidered by herself. Although Daiyu was considered talented in female reds, because of Lin Hai, even if the mansion invited Female red master, but Daiyu seldom does it on weekdays, so the four-color needlework she does can only be said to be good and passable.

Mrs. Xu looked at the needle money in her hand, and she was not dissatisfied. As an aristocratic daughter, she can know the quality and quality of various clothing fabrics, and can distinguish various brocade materials by herself. There is no sewing room that has embroiderers, Clothing master, Nuhong came here as an occasional interest to pass the time.

Both men and women exchanged engagement gifts, and this engagement was considered a successful conclusion.Lin Hai also specially reminded Lin Lushi to ask Mrs. Xu when it would be convenient for someone to go to Xu's mansion to measure the size of the house.

Although there are still two years to go, it seems that the time is still long, but those furniture can not be completed in a few months. A stepping bed can take a year or two, and it needs to be painted and dried after completion. It takes time, and it is not too much time to start preparing now.