The husband's son-in-law

Li Zhaoxi turned on the water fiercely, and Hou Tong passed the three passes. The last tune was not good, but Hou Tong was happy today, and he sang loudly, making the onlookers applaud one after another—I don't know what's good about it.

Anyway, today is a happy day, and the atmosphere is at its peak.

Li Zhaoxi smiled and said auspicious words to let him go, and called Brother Hou Tong boldly.

"Why are you staring blankly, quickly give the little brother a red envelope." The matchmaker reminded.

Only then did Hou Tong send the red envelope over.Li Zhaoxi was very happy after taking it, and said: "Brother Hou, please take good care of Brother Jiayu, be kind and beautiful." It's quite an adult attitude.

"Sure." Hou Tong replied solemnly.

The group of people who received the relatives entered the gate of Li Mansion, and the road leading to Su Jiayu's yard was hung with lanterns and red silk to guide them. After passing through the gate, a string of small firecrackers was set off to explode, and the bustle and bustle reached Su Jiayu's yard in the backyard, and there was another commotion After one pass, Liu Taolin's elder brother Wang Jian and the three were the main gatekeepers and got a lot of red envelopes.

The newlyweds then went to the main courtyard to say goodbye to Master Gu, Boss Li and the old man.

After that, there is bowing and saluting.

Su Jiayu's dowry was placed on the ground of the main courtyard—Su Jiayu saved money himself and said he would pay for it, but Li Zhouzhou didn't want it, Li Zhouzhou did it, Wang Jian came back two days ago and brought some more, Brother Lin I also gave some, and Liutao.

More or less, no matter how expensive it is, it's all about adding something from your heart.

Nowadays, when officials marry with a thousand pieces of gold, the dowry goes up by thirteen levies, and the same is true for rich merchant families, or one or two levies less.When it comes to ordinary people, three to five lifts is not bad, and if it is lower, it is a matter of one or two lifts. Any bedding and clothes should always be prepared, they are all things that take up space, and one lift can fill the face and loosen two lifts.

As for Su Jiayu's dowry, there were a total of eight pieces of dowry - Li Zhouzhou prepared six pieces of dowry, and the last two pieces were added by the big guys, from master and wife, and Rong Ye added one.

At this time, the ceremony official is singing the dowry list in the courtyard—no matter where the customs are, this item is indispensable. Let the visitors see how much dowry and the man’s dowry. The best of the two surnames is to marry high and low.

The most basic part of the dowry is clothes and bedding—when Gu Zhao went to Li’s house, his stepmother’s dowry consisted of two robes and one bedding.Li Zhouzhou gave 18 taels of dowry.

At that time, the village gift of 18 taels of silver—Xiao Gu was still worth a lot, worth three green brick and tile houses.

Su Jiayu has a lot, after all, life is better now than before.Li Zhouzhou was not too rich and prepared, Hou Tong was not well-off, they prepared more and became richer, this is hitting the man in the face, making guests laugh at Hou Tong for eating Su Jiayu's soft food, this is not going to happen.

So there is one more preparation than five lifts, who wants to add more dowry.

But not too exaggerated.

The embroidered quilts are divided into seasons, with two beds each, which takes up three loads and are tightly packed. Clothes, shoes and socks for the four seasons, robes, skirt pants, jackets, shirts, cotton and linen, streamer silk, pure cotton, Silk is available in any material and style, so Su Jiayu can use it in various occasions.

After that comes the dowry box. Su Jiayu doesn't like to wear makeup and jewelry, so she prepares more cream for hand and face protection, as well as coconut soap. There are many of them. The jewelry is hairpins and bracelets, sandalwood, jade, emerald, gold and silver all have.

Wang Jian added a few bolts of silk and satin bought from Zhejiang City, some expensive and cheap, when Su Jiayu has a child or wants to do something else, he can sew it by himself.Liu Tao gave two clothes that she made herself, and Brother Lin embroidered handkerchief underwear and other close-fitting ones.

Rong Ye added a piece of jade pendant to the ink ingots and brushes that Master and Madam added—made by himself.The material of this jade pendant is not considered good, it is true that Rong Ye bought a rough stone carving after getting his salary.

When Li Zhou saw this craftsmanship on Monday, he immediately praised it.

The jade pendant is not cumbersome, and it can even be said that the pattern is simple, but it is atmospheric and beautiful.

In fact, there is also a box at the bottom of the box, which does not need to be sung.After the singing was over, Su Jiayu and Hou Tong bid farewell to the elders of the Li family, and they knelt and kowtowed firmly.

Li Dayuan was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear, but now, his eyes were red and he felt a little bit reluctant. The child came to his house when he was 12 years old, worked at home and followed them from Beijing to Zhaozhou. How can there be no love after so many years?

But getting married is a happy event, and when you are happy, you nod your head again and again, and say: "You guys live a good life, don't knock yourself out and get up quickly."

Arrived at Li Zhouzhou and Gu Zhao.

Gu Zhao received a salute from both of them, and said, "Where Li's mansion is, so is your home."

"Yes, even if you get married, Li's family is still your mother's family." Li Zhouzhou said, and helped Brother Yu to get up. Brother Yu's eyes were red and she shed tears. Li Zhouzhou wiped it away and said : "Live a good life in the future."

"I know, cousin." Brother Yu choked up.

It is said that Zhaozhou is far away, and the parents of the family are not easy to come. In fact, Brother Yu knows in his heart that there are so many children in the family. If he sends a hundred taels of silver to the family, maybe the parents will be able to work hard. But now he is married and has become someone else. It belongs to the family, and the money earned in the future must belong to someone else's family. There is no interest in the body, and the dowry has to be purchased. The family members are afraid.

That's why I didn't come for a long time, so I handed it over to my cousin for preparation.

Li Zhouzhou entrusted Feng Yun to deliver the letter earlier, and it was Su Shiyi who went back to ask for the first time. It was because he hadn’t found a husband’s family for Brother Yu yet, but he was old enough to see him, so he asked Su’s family what they meant , the Su family said to let him figure it out.

Later, Hou Tong was appointed, and Li Zhouzhou sent a second letter, if Brother Yu's parents wanted to come, please send Feng to come over.Brother Yu's family heard this, and replied with a few words saying yes, everything was left to him, and they also said that the field would not go there if the harvest was too tight, and let him figure it out.

Therefore, today, Brother Yu's marriage, only the Li family members will be the elders to accept the ceremony.

Li Zhouzhou couldn't explain it clearly, he was afraid of hurting brother Yu's heart, so he said Lu Yuan, your parents have never traveled far and are afraid, so they trust me.Then I changed the subject and talked about the dowry at the bottom of the box.

He gave Brother Yu half of the profits from the Luzhu shop.

Su Jiayu doesn't fight or fight, and has a gentle personality, unlike Su Jiaying who is quick-witted and quick-witted, but in fact Su Jiayu knows everything in her heart, so she nods when she hears the words, and agrees with her cousin, and she doesn't feel sad at all.

But in fact, his biological parents don't care or value him, so how can he not be really sad.

"Okay, don't cry anymore, Hou Tong is a happy day."

Su Jiayu then looked at Hou Tong, and Hou Tong was looking at him with worry and concern, and his heart warmed a little, he stopped crying, he became a married person, and Hou Tong and Hou Tong will have a family in the future, and he will have a family.

Thinking this way, hope and sweetness arose for the future.

After the ceremony, Su Shiyi was going to carry Su Jiayu on his back and get on the sedan chair—it was actually Li Zhaoxi.

But Li Zhaoxi was powerless. He was only eight years old, so Su Shiyi took the lead to marry him. Li Zhaoxi also went to the man's house to "play around" with the prestige of their natal family—meaning to tell the man that Brother Yu has brothers from her natal family. Don't bully people!

Such is the custom today.

Brother Liutao Wang Jianlin also followed to watch the fun, and Gu Zhao asked Meng Jianyun to bring a few people to follow.Don't have a big day, take the opportunity to drink or something, something went wrong.

The sound of firecrackers and gongs and drums exploded. In the auspicious words of the matchmaker, Su Shiyi carried Jiayu out of Lifu.

The people who were watching the bustle outside hadn't dispersed yet, and when the bride came out, the one who was appointed to sprinkle wedding candies wanted to make Li Mansion auspicious and happy.Everyone also took a good look at what kind of wedding dress this little brother is wearing.

The gown with slanted breasts and wide sleeves, the waist is tucked away, the most important thing is the cloak on the outside, hey, this is so pretty, look at the embroidery on the back, you can see the phoenix flower of Zhaozhou, the color is gradient, and it is The red ones are also gold ones, glistening in the sunlight.

It looks worth it.

In the past, when younger brothers got married, those who liked to be more beautiful would wear their hair in a girl's bun and wear a crown. Those who wore makeup and makeup were young when they got married.

A girl's wedding hair crown has a curtain to cover her face. If you have money, it will be a bead curtain, and if you have no money, it will be a red gauze.Today, Su Jiayu's hair is in a masculine bun, and it is simply combed up. The hair crown is in the shape of a lotus flower, with a few lotus petals hanging down and a few beads.

But the bead can't cover the face when it hangs down, it's just short and small, looking exquisite and exquisite.

Su Jiayu didn't cover her face, but covered it with a fan.

In this way, the big guy half-covered and couldn't see the real thing, but he could definitely recognize this guy at a glance. He was dressed like a man and came with a bit of beauty. Anyway, he was really good-looking.

There were many unmarried brothers among the crowd watching the excitement, and when they saw Su Jiayu's clothes, they thought to themselves, if he was married, he would not wear skirts, even if he had no money to do embroidery work, that red dress would be Su Jiayu's style is also good.

The fan that covers the face is really beautiful, and the lotus crown on the head is also beautiful.

As soon as the firecrackers exploded, the sedan chair started.

The Chuichuidada team left the alley of Lifu and went to Hou Tong’s house. After getting off the sedan chair, there was a custom in Zhaozhou that the man kicked the sedan chair door, just like making things difficult for the elder brother’s gate when picking up the bride, implying to let the bride Take a look, my husband will be my god in the future.

The matchmaker said to kick the sedan door, but Hou Tong didn't move his feet, then bent over to the sedan chair, raised his hand and knocked on the sedan door.

"Jiayu, I'm here to carry you down."

This time it was Hou Tong who carried Su Jiayu on his back to pay homage to the marriage.

The crowd watching the scene naturally had jokes, they spoke loudly, saying that they were not married yet, this Hou San was so obedient, he didn't even dare to kick the sedan chair door, Li Zhaoxi heard it and looked over, and said loudly: " This is harmony and love, a man stands upright, so he won't play prestige in front of his wife."

The man hid in the crowd and said, even with the buzz of people, it was also a lively day, the Hou family would definitely not delay talking about him because of these words, unexpectedly Li Zhaoxi heard and refuted him, and immediately felt a little embarrassed ——

Who in Zhaozhou City doesn't know Master Li Zhaoxi.

However, after Li Zhaoxi finished speaking earnestly, he didn't hold on to this person, and even carried a basket of coconut sugar to the big guys, but he was the only one who turned aside. As soon as the sugar was sprinkled, the surrounding people said auspicious words, The little dispute just now was nothing, I forgot about it.

Hou Tong didn't hear it at all, Hou Tong was very nervous, his whole heart was hung on Su Jiayu who was in the sedan chair, his mind was all nervous thinking whether to step on the left foot or the right foot?The brain is full of processes, and whether Jiayu is hungry or not after eating, where can he hear the outside world?

The bride got off the sedan chair, Hou Tong carried Su Jiayu on his back and stepped in.

Afterwards, I sent Su Jiayu to the new house to rest for a while. Hou Tong was going to greet the guests at the front, as well as the relatives who were sent off by Li Mansion. Su Jiayu sat on the new bed and put down the fan. He was not afraid, because everyone talked with him.

After a while, a woman in happy clothes came and brought a bowl of rice, saying that it was prepared by Hou Tong, and that it was dry rice so that Su Jiayu would fill his stomach without fear of the soup splashing on him.

Wang Jian, who was watching, joked: "It's so caring.", "That's right.", "Brother Jiayu's face turned red.", "I didn't kick the sedan door just now.", "Good job, What Fu Bao just said is good, you all just watch and learn." This is what Wang Jian said to Brother Lin and Tao Zi.

Marriage must be like this.

……

Loei.

The mansion that had been bustling for most of the day suddenly became quiet, Li Zhouzhou and Gu Zhao had just finished seeing off the guests, and now they will be cleaned up, Li Zhouzhou looked at the dusk and said: "It's time to pay homage. "

Gu Zhao didn't reply, but just like in a drama, he made a soundtrack to his own music twice, and took two steps to bow solemnly to Zhou Yiyi.Li Zhouzhou burst out laughing immediately, those reluctance and melancholy were gone, and he said angrily, "Sir, what are you doing?"

"It's time to worship, Mr. Zhou Zhou."

Li Zhouzhou bowed to each other with a smile on his face, and the two of them bowed wholeheartedly, but couldn't help laughing.

"When I go back, I'll give Mr. Zhou Zhou a shoulder squeeze and back. I've worked hard today." Gu Zhao took Zhou Zhou's hand and walked towards the inner courtyard. Today, the big guy has gone to Hou Tong's place. It's quiet, and Li Zhaoxi didn't bother him .

Li Zhouzhou said hello.

Take a break.

Su Jiayu returned home three days after getting married. She brought wine, sugar, meat and lotus root. Now in the autumn, you can touch the lotus root in the lotus pond. My cousin and adults like to eat lotus root. Whether it is soup or cold sauce, I like everything, so I brought it A basket, all of which are the best.

When Gu Zhao saw a basket of lotus root, he fell in love with it, and immediately ordered to go on, saying: "Let's have a whole lotus root feast at noon, stewed pork ribs soup with lotus root, sliced ​​lotus root, put a few peppercorns in it, and some vinegar and sugar..."

"I want to eat glutinous rice and lotus root slices!" Li Zhaoxi raised his hand to add food.

Li Zhouzhou: "Then add glutinous rice lotus root." This is sweet, and Fubao loves it.

"Stir-fried pork belly with lotus root, stir fry the pork belly for a while, don't make it too greasy, put more garlic sprouts." This brother Yu loves to eat.

Hou Tong originally thought that carrying a basket of lotus root was a bit light, but now he saw it, and he immediately smiled and relaxed, as everyone loves to eat it.Su Jiayu also laughed, Hou Tong was too nervous, he always thought he was some kind of noble young master, that's not it.

The whole family didn't pay much attention to their meals, they chatted while eating, and although Su Jiayu and Hou Tong were not overly friendly during the dinner, honey was in the air when they talked and added food.

When the delivery was over, Gu Zhao also said: "Xiao Hou was a little stunned, but it looks sweet and good." It seems clumsy to serve his wife with vegetables.Not like him!

Li Da said beside him: "Everyone is like you. I think Xiao Hou is like this. He knows how to behave outside. When we go back, the two of them think—" Besides, it will be different. He is an elder, and Fu Bao still listens. with.

"It's nothing to me." Xiao Gu felt aggrieved.

Fu Bao looked curiously at his grandfather and then at his father.

Li Da said to Fu Bao: "At that time your father and father just got married, and they had breakfast on the first morning, and your father couldn't finish a bun, so he touched the back of your father's hand in front of me, and said coquettishly You can't finish eating half of Zhou Zhou."

Gu Zhao: ...

Not coquettish either.

At this age, Li Zhouzhou heard his father say it, and his ears were red when he heard it. At that time... Xianggong was acting coquettish and coquettish.

In the end, Master Gu became furious and stretched out his demonic claws to rub Li Zhaoxi—naturally, his father didn't dare to rub Li Zhaoxi. After rubbing, Li Zhaoxi went back to his courtyard with his head in his hands and the head of the chicken nest.

Dad is really delicate!Li Zhaoxi thought angrily.

Then they got busy again, Gu Zhao was going to Mozhou, Li Zhouzhou was going to hold meetings—Wang Jian and Su Shiyi were busy with Su Jiayu's marriage after he came back, and the account has not been reported yet.

Li Zhaoxi went to school obediently. If the fourth grandpa and fourth grandma went to teach in government schools, Li Zhaoxi would be able to ride the little white flower together. Father said that it is impossible to ride alone on the road, you must be accompanied by an adult.

Sometimes it's rubbing against Uncle Rong's car.

If they are all on vacation, but he has to go to school, then grandpa will send him off.

Time passed in a hurry, and it was harvest day in a blink of an eye, and the weather was cooler.This year, Tianshun has good news. The second prince won two battles in Fengzhou, and Rongzhou and Fanguo also won a few battles - naturally the scale is relatively small.

The fan country is disgusting, they are all riding horses to harass and fight guerrillas, the team is only a few thousand people, and the surrounding villages have suffered. After hearing the battle report, Gu Zhao also felt uncomfortable, and later won several times.

"I heard that the new general happened to bump into him. If there are more people leading the team, he will win, and he will be beaten to the ground."

"and then?"

"Then asked the Fan Kingdom for money to redeem him, and then let him go."

Gu Zhao: ...

Facing the war, Gu Zhao sometimes finds it very complicated and doesn't know how to say it.The Fan Kingdom raided the villages in Rongzhou several times. According to the news he heard, wherever thousands of cavalry went, the men were killed, everything was robbed, and the women were looted.

Even children are not spared.

Hearing this, I thought, I should teach a lesson severely, and kill those captured Fan soldiers——

"It's better to exchange our Dali woman back." In the end, Gu Zhao said so.

Zhongliu often went to Rongzhou. He was clever and could inquire about a lot of news through business. Now he heard what the adults said, so he replied: "I heard that the people of the Fan Kingdom migrated everywhere. There is no place to settle down. They have long been unable to find a place. to the captive woman."

Gu Zhao choked back the swear words, there was nothing he could do, he just hoped that he would win quickly and the country would settle down soon, only the common people would suffer, what happened to those in power, the goods sold in Zhaozhou in the Central Plains this year sold better and better sought after.

It doesn't matter if you win the small battle, you know that the big calendar is not weak.

"Why is there no movement from Nanyi?" Gu Zhao was still puzzled.

In the beginning, the Anhui Kingdom started making troubles, and the Anhui and Fan countries were the largest. Later, Nanyi followed along to join in the fun and wanted a share of the Dali pie. After several wars, these two countries were the big ones, and Nanyi followed the others. It seems that the scale is not large, but it has happened several times one after another, but now it is stable and there is no sound.

Could it be that after winning the two battles of Hui Kingdom, Nan Yi was afraid?

Or is it because the fourteenth prince is in Rongzhou, and Nanyi King Gu Nian no longer fights because of his kinship?

Zhongliu shook his head and didn't know, there was no movement over there, and he didn't know what to do.

At the beginning of November, Zhaozhou merchants shipped goods, but this time the goods were less. Su Shiyi said that he could go alone and let Wang Jian rest for a while. Yes, you escorted the shipment in the middle of this year, thank you for your hard work, let Su Shiyi go."

It is Wang Jian who worries about the bulk of the money.Su Shiyi himself knew that he was not as capable as Wang Jian.

Wang Jian nodded when he heard this.

After reconciling the bills for the goods, Su Shiyi set off by water. There were few goods but they were all canned goods—coconut goods were gone, and streamer silk was also less. .

Who knows, this time Su Shiyi encountered pirates when he went there, but fortunately, he was not in any danger—the ship was equipped with gunpowder and homemade bomb kits made by Mr. Gu.

At the beginning of the journey by water, Gu Zhao thought that the sea was not safe, especially the route from Jiting to Liangzhe, and there were two small islands not far away, so it was natural to prepare things for a rainy day, but the delivery later was safe.

I didn't expect that people were trying to figure out the route and the foundation of Zhaozhou merchants.

Obviously there was a shortage of goods, so it was logically fast, but no one came back in mid-December, Li Zhouzhou was not worried about what happened, but he was not afraid of what happened to the goods, but he was afraid that something would happen to Su Shiyi and his people—the weather at sea was unpredictable.

Wang Jian blamed himself, "I should go together."

"What does it have to do with you? If it's really bad, it's one person to save one more person." After Li Zhouzhou finished speaking, he fell silent, so anxious that he didn't dare to think about it.

Wang Jian didn't say these words, and got up and went to Jiting the next day to go to sea to find someone.Liu Tao went to see Wang Jian the night before, and said that it was inconvenient to go together, so Wang Jian agreed and went together.

Fortunately, there was no danger. Wang Jian took people to Jiting early the next morning. He heard the news from the pier that the ship had returned, but the mast was broken and damaged. However, all the people on board were safe, and some suffered skin injuries.

Afterwards, Wang Jian took care of the queen, who should treat the wounded, and who should pay the crew members comfort money——Wang Jian made the decision. He heard that he was harassed by a big ship when he went there and wanted to rob the cargo. Several boats.

"These people are not afraid of death. When they go, they want to grab goods. When they are defeated, they come back and use the boat to take revenge..."

Wang Jian listened and said: "Listen to what you said, what these people say is not Dali dialect, the clothes they wear are also strange, the water quality is excellent, it is natural to grab goods, and the route has been figured out. I don't think it's like coming back for revenge, but like They were eyeing the explosives on our ship and wanted to touch it, so they used the small boat to get to the side of our ship to block their sight, and then sneaked into the ship at night."

Fortunately, Su Shiyi was careful and kept someone on guard at night.

"What about people?"

"I kept them all, and some of them committed suicide by biting their tongues." Su Shiyi said: "The ones who committed suicide were thrown into the sea, and I didn't bring them back." It's bad luck.

"I asked, but I can't understand what I said, it's babbling."

Wang Jian went to look at it later, and found that there were three extremely thin men who really couldn't understand what they were saying.Later, a message was sent to Zhaozhou City, and Gu Zhao and Li Zhouzhou came together. When Gu Zhao saw the three men, he couldn't understand the chattering words, but he looked at the captives and kowtowed to him one by one. His head was bloody. Crying begging for mercy, eyes full of survival——

When human life is held in his hands and it is up to him to kill, this is the torment of contradictions.

"Reserve coolies, don't allow locals to approach and chat with them, guard them more strictly, and send a small boat where it comes from after one year of work the next year."

Whether it is life or death, whether you can go back is up to God.

Later, Su Shiyi returned to Zhaozhou City, and not long after, he found his cousin and said that he wanted to marry Liu Tao.

...Liu Tao is willing.