Since his father wanted him to stay at home obediently and wait for the bride to come in, Li Zexuan followed his father's wishes and continued to be an otaku at home.
"Hmm~! It feels good~! Xiao Xi, try harder~! Xiao He~! Don't stop either~! Keep reading~!"
Well, don’t get me wrong, our upright male protagonist didn’t do anything shameful, he just lay on the bamboo bed, enjoying Xiao Xi’s massage while listening to Xiao He read the stories in the newspaper~!
Not to mention, "Zhang Xiaohua's Cultivation of Immortality" written by "Tianwai Youth" becomes more and more exciting as you go to the back. After all, the person who wrote it is not a time traveler like Li Zexuan. He looks at the problem from the perspective of the Tang Dynasty. , although the opening part is modeled after "The Story of a Mortal's Cultivation of Immortality", the subsequent plot has a lot of original plots, which is still very good to pass the time.
"Hmm~! Master, is this intensity okay~?"
Xiao Xi increased her intensity and asked softly.
"Hmm~! Keep reading! Xiaohe, please continue reading!"
Feeling the soft, boneless hands on his back moving around various acupuncture points, Li Zexuan hummed in comfort, so he gave instructions to Xiao He next to him.
Xiao He rolled his eyes helplessly. The man in the family was really becoming more and more like an uncle, but what could be done? She could only read obediently:
"Oh~! A look of reluctance flashed in Jiang Tianwu's eyes, and he cursed through gritted teeth, but he still escaped into the distance. Although he was cruel and evil, he was only in the early stages of foundation building and could not be stopped. A thunderous blow from the palm of the monk who lives in the Ningdan stage.
Seeing that the opponent was about to escape, Yun Yingsu waved her hand, and a magic formula penetrated into the blue light. Suddenly, like a ladle of water being poured into boiling oil, the whole blue light boiled.
Stab, an electric snake as thick as a bowl whizzes towards the opponent..."
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June 24th, early morning.
The dowry sender from the Han family has arrived.
Although the Han family is not as rich as the Li family, Han Yuxi's mother came from a wealthy family before. She left her generous dowry to her daughter during her lifetime. She packed ten cars with gold, silver utensils, silks and satins. , but it blinded the eyes of others. Han Yuxi did not use this dowry during the most difficult time in her life, but now she brought it to the Li family, which is enough to show how much the Han family attaches importance to this marriage.
After Han Tianhu came back from the battlefield, he worked hard for so many years and saved a small dowry for his daughter. Although it was not as good as what Han Yuxi's mother left behind, it still packed five large carts, including three carts of copper coins and two carts of silk. .
He knew that his daughter's marriage to the Li family this time, to a county man, was really a high achievement, so in order for his daughter to live more comfortably in the Li family, Han Tianhu really spent a lot of money on the dowry, spending almost all the money in the family. Property, not only that, he also returned the luxurious betrothal gift that Li Zexuan sent last time and added it to his daughter's dowry.
Ancient times were different from modern times. The custom at this time was for women to marry generously. The poem "Meng" records: "You come with your car, and I bribe you to move." It describes the scene when the Weiguo women got married at that time. Come quickly with your horse, and I will come to your house with a dowry. This shows that the custom of generous marriage has been around for a long time.
People often say "Thousands of acres of fertile land, ten miles of red dowry", which means that the queue for dowry distribution stretches for several miles. The ancient custom of "thick marriage" has spread to almost every household. There is even a rumor among the people that it is difficult to get married without a dowry. At that time, the "eldest daughter" of the same clan in the royal family often could not get married if her family was poor.
Even if it is a daughter from an ordinary family, her family will help save her dowry from the moment she is born. This is so that in the future, their children will not only find a good husband's family, but also have a higher status in their husband's family and live a happier life after they get married (parents worrying about their children have not changed at all since ancient times).
Before the wedding, the woman's family usually has to go to the man's house to take measurements and order furniture for the dowry. Some families even have to mortgage their property because they can't collect enough dowry before the wedding.
"Hengshui County Chronicles" once described it this way: "In wealthy families, there are people who use hundreds of gold as dowry. This is true to the past, and it is very unreasonable. After the marriage, the husband's family pays tithe, and the woman's family pays tithe It’s Feishijiu.”
It can be seen that the cost of a woman’s dowry at that time was much higher than that of a man’s betrothal gift. The woman’s parents believed that this would allow their daughter to be valued in her husband’s family, and if their daughter was bullied, it would be easier to rely on a generous dowry.
The ancients married generously, and modern people marry generously. The economic situation has also changed from the "mother-in-law economy" to the "mother-in-law economy." Some people say that China's housing prices are pushed up by the "mother-in-law". I don't care whether this statement is right or wrong. However, both generous and generous marriages are actually undesirable. It is really inappropriate to use parents' life savings to satisfy their children's extravagant imagination of marriage.
With such a heavy hemorrhage in the Han family, it is estimated that the future will be very difficult. Han Tianhu himself understands the consequences, but he has always been upright, and still insists on using up all the family wealth to give away such a large dowry. He thinks that the Li family used more than 50,000 yuan of wealth to The betrothal gift gave him and his daughter a lot of face. Now it was their turn to give the betrothal gift. How could they be stingy? Naturally, the family should give away as much as they have, otherwise the daughter will be laughed at after she gets married.
Therefore, excluding the bed-laying gift sent to the Li family yesterday and the dowry sent by the Han family today, the total amount of copper coins alone is 25 carts, a total of 25,000 guan, 1,000 acres of fertile land, gold and silver A total of thirty-five oxcarts were used to transport utensils, silks, clothes, beddings, furniture, books, medicinal materials, and the bottom of boxes. The rest of the cheaper items, such as small utensils, poultry, and livestock, were also picked up by forty loads. , hundreds of young men in Hanjiazhuang and Meicun were all invited by Han Tianhu to give dowries.
Sixty bullock carts, forty loads of goods, and a team of hundreds of people, led by three new Qiquge "Don't Touch Me" carriages, specially chose to enter from the Chunming Gate in the east of Chang'an City, passing through the road. Zhengfang, Changlefang, and Dongshi, the prosperous places in Chang'an City, are heading towards Yonglefang, where Li's mansion is located.
This mighty dowry-delivery procession walking down the streets of Chang'an City naturally attracted countless people to watch and marvel.
"Oh my God~! Whose married daughter is this, and she is so grand?"
"I know this! She is the married daughter of Han Li, the Han family in the east of Chang'an City!"
"Is their family very rich~? Why is there so much dowry~? Look at the ox carts pulling copper coins, there are more than 20, I'm afraid it's 20 million yuan~?"
"Haha~! The Han family doesn't have that much money. From my point of view~, most of these are betrothal gifts sent by the Li family!"
"Li family? Which Li family~?"
"It's the Li County man and Li Siye's family~! The girl of the Han family is going to marry the Li County man this time. Tsk tsk, that girl is really lucky! The Li County man is one of the few young talents in the Tang Dynasty~ !”
"Oh~! I remembered! The Li family gave a gift of 30,000 yuan and 30 cars half a month ago, and went to hire someone outside the city. It turned out to be the Han Li family!"
"Yes, yes! The betrothal gift is at least 40 million yuan. The Li family is really willing to give it up!"
"The Han family has made a lot of money this time~!"
"Ha~! You can't say that. The last time the Li family hired someone, I personally saw it. The betrothal gift was not as large as the dowry sent by the Han family today~! The Han family probably not only failed to make any money this time, but also paid extra. A lot!"
"Tsk tsk~! It's true~! The Han family is quite generous. If it were another family, it would be great if half of the betrothal gift could be given back!"
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