The husband's son-in-law

Speaking of the Chuzhou girl's dress, Liang's mother talked a little more, and her words showed a little pride.Chuzhou is a land of literati and inkmen. The clans are big and small, and they value etiquette, rules, and beautiful mountains and rivers. There are a few lines of poems on the walls of a small temple, which shows the importance of cultural atmosphere.

Advocated beauty, and women are fair and delicate skin, black and thick hair, slender figure, waist full of grip, small vermilion lips, soft-spoken and soft-spoken without fighting or snatching.

"But it's not really pure." Mother Liang added another sentence.

Mrs. Liang answered, and said: "Our place pays attention to simplicity and elegance. It doesn't look thick or light, but it's a bit of a family. It's all about dressing up girls in the boudoir. You can only see the clues if you look closely. Come Fengya."

Just like her aunt, the shirt she wore as a guest today was embroidered with lotus flowers, and the shoes were lotus root pink, with the same embroidery patterns of the same color. The lotus core of the pair of shoes under the feet is about to drop pearls the size of rice grains.

These beads are neither expensive nor luxurious, but they are simple and elegant when embellished.

"There are so many particularities in your place." Madam Chen was startled, and said with a hearty smile: "I don't care about my girls. They can dress however they like, and they can have a few years at home. Have some fun."

Li Zhouzhou said: "I am almost the same. Although our family has been in Zhaozhou for a short time and not as long as Mrs. Chen, but now I like Zhaozhou even more in terms of dressing. I have different clothes for various activities, such as Cuju, horse riding, Flying a kite, enjoying the scenery in spring, each has its own beauty.”

"That's right, what's the point if they're all carved in the same shape?" Mrs. Chen finished, and said, "Just talk about the Cuju competition, those girls run so fast, an old lady like me is happy just watching it sitting on the stage , like going back to when I was young."

I'm really envious.

Li Zhouzhou took advantage of the situation and said naturally: "It's a good time to run fast. I heard that women had to have their feet bound before the court of the emperor, and women who were tossing around suffered." When talking about this topic, Mrs. Chen nodded.

Mrs. Chen was born as a peasant girl, but she is old, and she has heard from the old people in the village.

"The small, pointed feet are like a zongzi, and they can't walk steadily, but they are really harmful. They were forced by the emperor before. I heard that when there is a war, people can't run fast. You have to get off. She was supported by someone, but she ran away at that time, who can control her."

Mrs. Chen was talking about the squires in their town, and she had also heard about it.

"When I heard that, I was still looking at my feet, thinking that luckily I didn't do any foot binding. I used to be poor, and even wearing small shoes felt uncomfortable on the top of my feet, so I had to break them. I couldn't think about it." I don’t dare to think, how beautiful is it? I look like that shriveled old lady, not like a juicy little girl.”

Li Zhouzhou said: "We in Zhaozhou will definitely not have something that was so stupid in the past."

"Of course, it's harmful to the children. It can't be there. If something arises and Lao Chen is the first to refuse, he just doesn't care, but he is still in his position." Mrs. Chen said naturally.

The two chatted a few words at a time, Li Zhouzhou stopped, turned his head and looked at the Liang family members naturally, and said with a smile: "I can't help but think of this when talking about shoes, so I said a few more words, Madam Liang, let's continue talking about Chuzhou Dress up girl."

Mrs. Liang's mind was full of what Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Chen said, her face was a little uneasy, and Mother Liang was too, but she was a bit older and more stable, and said: "Actually, there is nothing to talk about. Let's go to the theater. It was really lively."

"That's true. Anyway, we will be in Zhaozhou from now on. Let's change our Zhaozhou clothes and dress up." Li Zhouzhou laughed.

After watching the play in the afternoon, I also drank cold drinks and didn't leave dinner - it was getting late and everyone had to go back home.Aunt Liang listened, took a look first, found a convenient excuse to go to Li Zhaoxi's yard, changed the shoes of the young lady, sister, and put on her pair of lotus root powder inlaid pearl embroidered shoes, which made her feel comfortable all afternoon. When I got up and took two steps, I felt uncomfortable, and my face was sullen.

The nurse next to me saw it and asked the lady what's wrong?

Chen Youniang said to her younger sister, "We live close to each other, next door. If you miss me, I will go and play with you tomorrow?"

"Okay, sister."

Seeing this, the nurse of the Liang family thought that the young lady was having a good time because of having fun, and now she couldn't bear to part with the little sister, so she didn't mention anything, she just tidied the young lady's clothes before going out.

Li Zhouzhou and Gu Zhao personally sent the guests out of the mansion. When they left, Mrs. Chen laughed and said, "Today's coming is Mr. Liang's happy event, and tomorrow's coming is your family's happy event."

Today's banquet is for Liang Jiang to clean up the dust, and tomorrow is Su Jiayu Hou Tong's engagement.

"You are welcome." After Li Zhouzhou finished speaking, he looked at Mrs. Liang's mother, "You two will come to watch the fun tomorrow?"

"sure."

The families got into the carriage, the curtains were lowered, and the carriage rattled back on the concrete road. The family of three did not go back until the carriage shadowed the alley and disappeared.

When he arrived at the main courtyard, Fubao saluted and went back to his own courtyard.

"Go ahead, you'll be busy tomorrow." Gu Zhao asked Fu Bao to rest early.

As soon as the child left, in the main hall of his yard, Li Zhouzhou said, "Ms. Liang did not bind her feet. After resting in the afternoon, I saw the young lady come to look for Mrs. Chen. She met me and said: My sister has worn small shoes for two years, and her toes are Her head is tucked in, and my younger sister still wants to play Cuju, so please think of a way."

It's no wonder that when Zhou Zhou was singing in the afternoon, Mrs. Chen was able to sing and play together.

"Small shoes that have been worn for two years, this is really—" Gu Zhao was a little angry, and finally swallowed the ugly words back. After all, he is a family member of Liang Jiang. gone."

Then the bones were broken and the feet were bound, and now they are just wearing small shoes-it's really bad.

Li Zhouzhou also felt sorry for the little girl, but at this time he didn't want to add fuel to the flames, but said: "I see that Mrs. Liang and Mrs. Liang should have listened to it. It is related to Mr. Liang's future. Next, let the young lady ask Mrs. Liang if she still wears small shoes, and then talk about it."

This is natural.

It is also impossible for Gu Zhao to actually go up and mention this to Liang Jiang. The old man at Shangfeng suddenly cared about his subordinate's daughter's foot problem.

In the current environment, if he really said it directly, it was not caring, but provoking the uneasiness of the Liang family.

It is very good to deal with it like this now. Threatening the future of being a son/sister-in-law is obviously more important than granddaughter/daughter wearing small shoes.

Whether it works or not, we will know tomorrow.

Su Jiayu came back from the stewed shop two days earlier. He shared the yard with sister Xiaotao. They had dinner and were a little nervous for a walk in the yard. Liu Tao noticed it and walked with her to talk.

"Are you afraid?" Liu Tao asked curiously.

Su Jiayu shook her head, with a shy face, and said, "Actually, I'm more happy than nervous. I'm afraid that I will get married and exchange posts tomorrow. I won't make any mistakes."

"With Boss Li watching and the matchmaker here, it's definitely not going to happen. Don't worry about it."

"Go to bed early today and dress up tomorrow."

Su Jiayu nodded shyly.

Su Jiayu slept late that night, he fell asleep in a daze with tomorrow's affairs in his mind.And in the same yard, Liu Tao also stayed up late because she was envious that Brother Yu had found a good husband's family. I can have a home.

But for some reason, a figure came to mind.

Count the days, should you come back?

There were people in Li's mansion who were awake, and there were also people in Liang's mansion next to the yamen.

The Liang family came back from Li Mansion in the afternoon, Mrs. Liang first asked the nanny next to the aunt to come over to ask questions, and told what happened to the aunt when she was a guest in Li Manor today.

The nanny said it again, it was all about eating, drinking and having fun, nothing else.

Mrs. Liang waved her hand and let her go. This nursing mother was found by her mother-in-law. She asked here, and her mother-in-law knew about it. Today, when I went to Li Mansion as a guest, Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Chen said that she bound her feet and wore small shoes If so, she really doesn't know.

I don't know whether these two people know the inside story of the aunt wearing small shoes, so they have the conversation at the banquet today, or are they just chatting about this?

Mrs. Liang can't figure it out, but the mother-in-law is in charge of this family, and she just waits for the mother-in-law to speak tomorrow to see if the girl will continue to wear small shoes or change them back.

"It's all for me." Liang's mother affirmed.She has also lived a long time, and when she goes to someone's house as a guest, she will not know how to mention feet and shoes in front of guests if she has no rules.

It's just that Liang's mother didn't expect that her girls would be reminded and beaten for wearing shoes. She really didn't like Zhaozhou, unlike them in Chuzhou——

"Tomorrow, I'll tell you that I'm not feeling well, so I won't go to Li's Mansion. Let my wife take Da Niang Erlang to go, and I'll change my shoes." Mother Liang finally said.No matter how unhappy she was, she still had one word: Jiang'er's official career should not be ruined because of this.

In the early morning of the second day, the servants of Li's Mansion started to move first, not to mention cleaning up, the gate of Li's Mansion was also pasted with happy characters and red lanterns.

Today is the exchange of Geng posts, as well as a small gift from the man, and a reply from Brother Yu.

The general meaning is to exchange the date of birth of the two parties, and calculate it-this is actually calculated a long time ago, and it is impossible to calculate it on the spot during the engagement.They are all boasting with some auspicious omens, and the matchmaker will not be disappointed and say that the eight characters do not match.

Then discuss the dowry gift and the date of marriage. Today, Hou Tong will give you a small engagement gift. After everything is discussed and Su Jiayu is satisfied with the dowry gift, etc., then send a reply and say it is engaged, and the marriage will be finalized. Yes, just waiting for marriage.

It was noon when we got married here in Zhaozhou, and when we arrived at my husband's house, I visited the hall at dusk.The sooner the engagement, the better. It seems that the man is anxious to value his husband's side, and wants to make an appointment early, so as to give people a kind of girl/brother who has good character, and is afraid of being robbed if it is too late.

Gu Zhao listened to the process at the time, and said: "Then this must not be rolled up?" After all, he rolled one on the spot, "If I got married in Zhaozhou that day, I would definitely arrive at Zhou Zhou's house alone with a small burden just after midnight. When the door is closed, there is no need to brag about it, saving money.”

"..." Li Zhouzhou smiled and said, "That's definitely not going to happen. There are customs. I came so early, our house hasn't woken up yet, and Brother Yu doesn't have time to pack up. So under normal circumstances, at Chenshi in the morning When you arrive at the gate of the mansion in two quarters, just wait, just wait."

Waiting in front of his house at 07:30 in the morning.

"How long will it have to wait?" Gu Zhao was also curious, wouldn't he wait for everyone?

Li Zhouzhou thought Zhaozhou's customs were fun, and said, "Let's see if Brother Yu loves Hou Tong or not."

Then Gu Zhao suddenly realized that if the man came early, he was eager to marry a wife, and he wanted to raise face for his brother/girl. If the girl/brother’s family liked this marriage, they would naturally make him wait a long time and go out early. , to show the outside world that the man's family is well behaved, and the man's character is upright and he can marry, which is a good marriage.

Treat each other with respect.

As for what you want to say, if the woman deliberately uses Joe to wait for the man, this situation is not uncommon, but it is rare, it is said that the marriage is a good relationship between the two surnames, and it is not an enmity. Since the child is going to marry, Naturally, they wouldn't make things too difficult for the man, otherwise it would be impossible for the mother-in-law to make things difficult for their children after marriage.

"How long is the shortest wait before that?" Mr. Gu gossips.

The matchmaker in Zhaozhou City must know, she must have told Zhou Zhou about it.

Li Zhouzhou said with a smile: "The shortest time is half an hour. You always have to dress up and freshen up, and be reserved."

"How long will Zhou Zhou wait for me?" Mrs. Gu asked eagerly.

Li Zhouzhou: "Master Xiao Gu came to look for me at night with a small burden, so I definitely won't wait for a moment, and I can't wait to go out to meet Master Gu."

Master Xiao Gu is happy, he is relatively successful, he is the first.

"How long do you think Brother Yu will be out this time?" Mr. Gu eagerly wants to bet.

Li Zhouzhou thought about it, played with his husband, and said, "I'll bet for about two quarters."

"Then I'll follow you for a while too." Master Gu was shameless.

Li Zhouzhou: "..." Then he laughed.

The bet didn't start, the two of them were just joking and said that there would be no signs of seriousness, otherwise they said they should be impatient, and the two of them had never been really impatient.

Therefore, Li Mansion moved early today, and the servants in the mansion got up to clean up after five o'clock in the morning. Fortunately, it was early in the summer, and when the cleanup was finished, it was only around 06:30. When it's over, the porter will tell you that when the Hou family arrives, they will wait at the door.

Li Zhou Zhou Gu Zhao in the main hall: ...

"Didn't you agree on 07:30? This Hou Tong is really involved." Mr. Gu muttered.

Li Zhouzhou first told his servants, "Hurry up and go to Brother Yu's yard and say someone is coming. As for how long to let people in, I'll let him say."

"Who's coming from the Hou family?" Gu Zhao asked the housekeeper.

The butler replied, "Mrs. Hou, Mrs. Grandpa, Second Master..."

Although Hou's family is separated, but this time Hou Tong's family is here. Parents, two brothers, sister-in-law, nephew and niece all came to watch the fun, dressed in new clothes, beaming with joy, and the boy under the seat of the Bodhisattva. Like boys and girls.

It can be seen that the Hou family attaches great importance to this marriage.

Li Zhouzhou was also happy after listening.

The two of them tidied up neatly, and they checked the time in the main hall, but in less than two quarters, Su Jiayu arrived at the main courtyard, and the servants beamed at the gate of the courtyard and said, "Brother Yu is here.", "Congratulations to Brother Yu." .”

The couple looked at each other with smiles in their eyes.

Then don't take Joe, let's go.

Su Jiayu is wearing beautiful colors today, it is blue streamer silk. The several colors they produced in Zhaozhou are all softer colors with lower saturation, but this one is not plain color, but printed.

Brother Lin figured out this material, and the print on it is Zhaozhou's famous phoenix flower, rendered in red and orange.

Under the collision of red and blue, this material looks a little more heroic at first glance, but because it is printed with flowers, it is soft, and it is actually very suitable for my brother to make clothes—or clothes for some formal occasions.

You don't have to wear bright red for engagement, you just need to bring some red elements to be more festive.

The wide-sleeved round-neck gown is slightly longer, with culottes underneath, and a thin belt around the waist, stretching out the waist. On the head is a boy's hair bun, with a phoenix flower and ruby ​​hairpin on it, which is somewhat beautiful. , but has the youthful spirit of a man.

Li Zhouzhou's eyes lit up when he saw Brother Yu dressed up like this, and said, "It looks good."

Su Jiayu actually doesn't like the color too pink, but he likes this material very much. Brother Lin helped him make clothes, and he won't feel uncomfortable after trying it on.

This will be praised, and there is a little shyness on the face.

"Aren't you embarrassed? Then Hou Tong will wait any longer." Gu Zhao said with a smile.

Now Su Jiayu blushed, but still whispered: "Let's go, we don't have to wait any longer."

The big guys laughed, but they all followed Su Jiayu and went to the front to pick up Hou's family.The gate of the Li Mansion was opened, and the Hou family was waiting outside with smiles on their faces. The common people who came and went saw it and came over to watch the fun, and the Hou family also gave out happy money.

Not much, just a penny.

But this is free, so I am very happy, seeing a series of auspicious words on the bustling mouth, after finishing speaking, I ran away quickly, and quickly went to tell the rest of the family that the Hou family of the Li family is going to be engaged and have a happy event, now The Hou family is waiting at the gate of the Li Mansion, and they are giving out money, so go and watch the fun and get the money.

If you go late and people go in, it will be gone.

"No rush, no hurry, it's not that early."

"It's almost half an hour, it's too late."

"The Hou family ran so fast and came so early."

"Couldn't it be earlier? I'm marrying an older brother from the Li Mansion."

Someone murmured after hearing this: "Brother Li Fu, I have heard that, even if he is related to Boss Li, he is still far away. He is not a serious young master brother."

"You don't care about others, anyway, I think Li's mansion is very caring, and there is a happy letter on the front door."

"Will you go? If you don't go, I will go, and I will take the money."

"I said there's no need to hurry. The Hou family climbed up to Li's mansion, and Boss Li's relatives and brothers will definitely have to stretch more."

Talking and chatting to join in the fun, some people are not in a hurry, just a penny, some people are running fast with the wind under their feet, but they rushed to the front, only to see the people of Li Mansion coming out, and they were suddenly dumbfounded.

"So fast? How long have the Hou family been waiting?"

"I don't know, anyway, it didn't take much effort, and Brother Su came out."

"Master Gu, Boss Li, has also come out, he still values ​​this relative."

The wedding money is naturally out of reach, but unexpectedly Li Manor welcomes people in, the servants of Li Manor come out and distribute the wedding money, not much, just a penny, but there are still some pastries and wedding cakes, everyone has them, After we were done, we went back home.These people didn't come to watch the excitement in vain, as for those who muttered that they were late, they had to run for nothing.

In Li's mansion, welcome people to the front courtyard and the main courtyard to hold a happy event.

The engagement gifts brought by the Hou family: a pair of wild geese, two knots of lotus root, three altars of good wine, four boxes of crispy candies, five kinds of meat—pork, lamb, duck, chicken, fish; six kinds of jewelry—bracelets, hair Hairpins, longevity locks, bells, earrings, and fingers.Among them are silver and emerald, all of which are of good texture and workmanship.

It can be seen that the Hou family has worked hard.

The things are placed on the stone slabs that have been scrubbed in the front yard. There is no rush to chant the ceremony. Eat first and entertain the guests for breakfast. The breakfast here is rice stewed with five grains, served with refreshments, implying that the two of them will have no shortage of grains in the future.

Meal time is also waiting for guests to arrive.

There is no way that the Hou family came too early, and Su Jiayu also went out too early, so it seemed to be in a hurry. Even if Mrs. Chen was interested, she came early, and seeing the situation, she couldn't help laughing and said: "I said I came early, didn't you?" It's too late to think."

"It's not too late, it's just right, the two young people are anxious." Li Zhouzhou joked.

Hou's mother bowed to Mrs. Chen first, and Mrs. Chen hurriedly helped her up, and said: "Today is your happy event, sister, and I can be regarded as half-in-law. My family's old Chen and Xiao Gu are brothers."

"That's it." Li Zhouzhou nodded and said with a smile, to save Hou Mu's face.

Hou's mother was not so restrained. Knowing the kindness of her in-laws, she said with a smile: "The third child is anxious early in the morning before dawn. He has always been stable since he was a child. This is the first time my mother has seen him so impatient. .”

"With such a good husband, I would be anxious if I were a boy." Mrs. Chen joked.

The conversation led to sitting in the main hall, drinking tea and chatting with each other. Mrs. Chen took a look, "Why don't you see Mrs. Liang?"

"Maybe later."

Let’s not mention it until people arrive, let’s talk about other things.It's just that when the Hou family heard about it, the newly appointed Mrs. Liang's family also came to make an objective ceremony. The Li family really liked Su Xiaoge, and they immediately valued it a little bit.

The reason Mrs. Liang came late was because she was looking for suitable shoes for Mrs. Liang, but she couldn't find a pair, they were all small. She was afraid of delay, so she asked her servants to buy ready-made shoes on the street, but it was too early The shop was not open either.

Fortunately, there is a servant from the Liang Mansion who is from Zhaozhou, and said: "I know a place, it is a business in the Li Mansion. It specializes in selling things for girls and brothers. You can definitely find it, and it's not far away. If you run there, the door must be opened."

"Then hurry up and drive the carriage." Mrs. Liang thought about not taking the aunt to go alone, which would save time, but at the banquet yesterday, Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Chen just finished talking about wearing shoes, After thinking about it, I decided to take my aunt there and let the two have a look.

I'm afraid that the mother-in-law also meant the same thing, so she was about to rest last night and sent someone to send a message, asking her to take the aunt to go, refusing to go because she was not feeling well.This is because the mother-in-law lost face and didn't want to go, so let her go.

Mrs. Liang is not afraid of losing face. Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Chen are both Mrs. Shangfeng, the husband, and she should be courteous and flattering.

"Aniang, don't you wear those shoes today?" Aunt Liang asked Aunt while sitting on the bed.

Mrs. Liang said: "No more, if you like it, let's secretly wear it at home later?"

Aunt Liang shook her head like a rattle in fright, and said in a soft voice, "Mother, I don't want to wear those little shoes anymore, my feet hurt when I stand for a while and I can't stand still—"

"If you can't stand firmly, you can walk gracefully." Mrs. Liang thought of what Mrs. Chen said yesterday, that if the feet are bound, the feet will not be able to stand stably, and even the bad guys can't run away.

Naturally, the door of their house, the aunt came in and out with her own servants to follow.

But what if?

From what I heard yesterday, it seems that Nanjun is also at war, in Xinzhou not far from Zhaozhou.Mrs. Liang didn't dare to think, she didn't bind her feet. After giving birth to the aunt, her mother-in-law didn't like it very much. Fortunately, she got Erlang later, and the mother-in-law said that the aunt's feet were a bit big. When she grows up, it's not easy to marry someone... …

It's not footbinding, it's just wearing smaller shoes, and shrinking while the aunt is still young.Mrs. Liang responded in a daze. When the mother-in-law spoke, she was filial and obedient as a daughter-in-law.

"Ma'am, I don't want to be twitchy, I want to play cuju, I want to run and play." Aunt Liang took off her socks and showed her feet, "My feet are so ugly."

Mrs. Liang saw that her daughter's ten toes were scratching inward, curled up, unable to stretch out.

She was confused, did she hurt her by wearing small shoes in the past?

"Then you won't wear it anymore?" Mrs. Liang said angrily, because she didn't know whether her mother-in-law would let her wear it in the future, but now she touched her toes and saw that her toenails were white, and she was very timid. Looking at her, he couldn't help saying: "Then don't wear it."

This time the tone is much more certain.

I bought the shoes, and the servants will do things. I bought a lot of them. I said they were the size of a seven-year-old girl. I bought them in any size. When I came back, Aunt Liang tried them one by one. There was a pair that was just right, but Aunt Liang just picked a pair. It's a little big, and it's a little loose when walking.

She said: "This pair is good, it fits right, I wear this."

That’s exactly what happened. Later, Mrs. Liang liked to wear bigger shoes, and she liked the feeling of her feet dangling in them. Thinking of the day when her mother took her to see a play in Lifu, she was wearing a pair of big shoes from the young girl , sitting there, under the cover of the skirt, secretly, the shoes dangled a little.

Very free.