incense as a medium

Chapter 116 Marriage Letter
What Qi Peiyun said was categorical. In the end, he was worried that his mother would go to Beijing alone, so he managed to get a military order from Kang Yibang to enter Beijing.

As the son of a criminal minister, Qi Peiyun should not be able to run around at will. He used to run around doing business. No one is willing to take trouble on themselves for any excessive things.

But going to Beijing is different, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, if someone wants to take advantage of him, the mere fact of disrespecting the holy decree and leaving the place of relegation at will will kill half of his life.

During this period, Tian's mother only came to Qi's house once, looked at Qi Ding's through the window, and then at the willow and egret who were embroidering in the yard, and then left.

At this glance, Liu Bailu felt uncomfortable all over, and she didn't like this mother Tian from the bottom of her heart.

After confirming that Qi Peiyun was going to Beijing, Liu Bailu packed his luggage for him, but as soon as she thought of the look in Tian's mother's eyes, she would frown. It felt really bad to be missed.

"Is anyone home?" Grandma Zhou called out.

Liu Bailu hastily put down the clothes in her hands and went out to open the door. Seeing her, Grandma Zhou was surprised and said, "Why did you open the door? What about you? You just got pregnant, and your mother-in-law doesn't know, Why did he leave you at home alone?"

Liu Bailu let Grandma Zhou in with a smile, and said: "My grandfather's family came to take my mother to Beijing to recuperate, so my husband went out to buy some things for my mother to use when she came to Beijing. As for the family, I bought a girl a few days ago to take care of her. Mother, so it's okay."

Grandma Zhou nodded and said, "That's good. But since your grandparents brought your mother to Beijing, what else do you buy? Did you find anything in Beijing?"

Liu Bailu opened the curtain to let Grandma Zhou into the house, served her tea and then said with a smile: "No matter how rich someone else's family is, it belongs to someone else's family. Even if they sell everything, I can't let my mother eat a bite of their food."

Grandma Zhou looked at Liu Bailu in surprise and said, "I've heard for a long time that you aristocratic families have a saying that good girls don't eat from their husbands' families, but that's what they say?"

Liu Bailu covered her mouth and smiled, and said: "My mother-in-law is going back to her natal family, how can she use this sentence? It's just that there are such sayings in those aristocratic families. When a woman gets married, she will spend her whole life as a dowry. The shroud and materials for the shroud are all prepared."

Grandma Zhou snapped, "How much money does this cost?"

"How to live poorly and poorly, and how to live richly, in fact, if you want me to tell you, the most important thing is to live a happy life." Liu Bailu pushed a plate of candied fruit over and said with a smile, "Try it, it's my pickled fruit." of."

"Yes, yes, yes," Grandma Zhou twisted a candied fruit, took a bite, and grinned sourly: "This is really sour, by the way, do you still have it? My granddaughter-in-law is also pregnant, so she likes to eat it." It's sour, I'll ask for some back."

"I'll give you a jar later," Liu Bailu hurriedly offered tea to Grandma Zhou, letting her flush the sour breath out of her mouth, and said, "I like spicy food now, and this pickled candied fruit is useless. "

"Sour girl, I reckon you should be a girl, girl, mother's close-fitting little padded jacket." Grandma Zhou smiled and narrowed her eyes, and finally sighed: "But this little padded jacket sometimes doesn't think well."

"How do you say that?" Liu Bailu has a good temper, and Grandma Zhou often comes to talk to her and complain.

As soon as she asked, Grandma Zhou's chatterbox opened up, and she babbled: "Isn't my girl married to a scholar? She said it well in the early years, and her remaining eldest girl will be my second grandson's wife. The marriage contract that was made should come into force. But now that the two children are old enough to get married, it happened that my girl betrothed her elder girl to the son of a wealthy businessman."

Liu Bailu frowned, and said: "Since the marriage contract has been made, it is only right to count it. Why do you want to regret the marriage? Can't you ask someone in the clan to mediate?"

Grandma Zhou sighed, wiped her eyes, and said, "I really want to, but they have a marriage certificate, written clearly in black and red paper, we are only a verbal engagement here, as long as my girl If you insist that you didn't have this verbal engagement, then you don't count on anything."

Marriage letter?

Liu Bailu frowned, as if he had a flash of thought.

Grandma Zhou was still immersed in her grief, and said: "My girl was good when she was young, but how did she change when she was old? If you don't like the children of the old family, just put it bluntly. As for this, cut it first and play later? My second grandson is very nice. Over the years, because of that marriage, I don’t know how many girls from good families have been rejected. If I had known this, my third great-grandson would have embraced him. Hey, why didn’t I make a decision at the beginning? What about the marriage letter? I thought it was my daughter, and the verbal agreement counted, but whoever thought it was, I made a mistake, hey..."

Liu Bailu finally grasped the thought, and asked tremblingly: "If there is no marriage certificate, but the name is included in the ancestral hall, how can it be counted?"

Grandma Zhou glanced at Liu Bailu suspiciously, and asked in surprise, "Why are you asking this?"

Liu Bailu didn't hide anything, and said directly: "I have never seen my marriage certificate, nor have I heard of it."

Grandma Zhou opened her mouth, glanced at the main room, and said: "It seems that your mother-in-law got in the way. Fortunately, she is crazy now, but you should quickly find out whether there is a marriage certificate. If you don't turn around, go and fill it up." Otherwise, it will be a big trouble!" Grandma Zhou took a sip of tea and said, "I have seen such a thing when I was young. It was the big Li family in our town. The Li family was not that rich at first. , Mrs. Li's natal family helped to earn such a big family business."

"At the beginning, Mrs. Li and Mr. Li were really famous gods and couples. It's a pity that Mr. Li's family was poor, Mrs. Li's natal family looked down on him, and Mrs. Li's mother was not a good person. Mrs. Li came from a wealthy family. , she was very displeased. Although the two got married later, they offended both their natal family and their mother-in-law. Because of the obstruction of the two families, the two did not go to the government to sign the marriage letter. It is said that both children No matter how angry Mrs. Li's mother is, she is still a daughter of the family. Let's see that Mr. Li treats his daughter well. After two years, the two families began to communicate, and the Li family supported Mr. Li's business. .This Master Li is also up to the mark, and within a few years he has earned the Nuo family business."

Speaking of this, Zhou Nan sighed, and said: "Master Li's mother saw this, and treated her daughter-in-law better, but the matter of the marriage certificate was forgotten. Yes. There is a saying that good people don’t live long and cause harm to thousands of years. The family business that Mr. Li earned has not enjoyed a few days of blessings, and he left. He left behind orphans, widows and a huge family business. They wanted to swallow the family wealth, but Mrs. Li's natal family was very powerful, so they had no choice. In the past two years, Mrs. Li's natal family had declined, and she was still too busy to take care of herself. The Li family forced them to come, saying that the two had eloped back then, and it didn't work out. Dear, so we want to take back the Li family property."

"Ms. Li is not convinced, but what can I do? The Li family wants a marriage certificate, but Mrs. Li can't produce the marriage certificate, so the Li family will go to the government to check the files. After the investigation, it turns out that there is no marriage certificate. The Li family insisted again. At the beginning, the Li family did not allow Mrs. Li to enter the house. It was Mrs. Li who charmed Mr. Li, so Mr. Li did everything possible to secretly register her genealogy. Without a marriage certificate, even a lawsuit cannot be won."

"Then what happened next?" Grandma Zhou spoke so slowly that Liu Bailu couldn't help but ask in shock.

Grandma Zhou sighed and said: "What else can I do? It's all like this. Mrs. Li can't argue with her. She has three immature children alone. If she doesn't let her family fortune, she will be thrown into the pond. If she is let out, at least she You can think of a way to support a few children, so this master Li's Wanguan family wealth has been swallowed up by the Li family. Without the family wealth, and being so slandered by others, Mrs. Li fell into a heart disease. After a few years, she watched her son become a man , trying to regain Master Li’s property, and followed Master Li.” Grandma Zhou patted Liu Bailu’s hand and said: “You must ask about the marriage certificate of your head, if you are not sure It's time to go to the government to check it out."

"Yes, thank you Grandma Zhou." Liu Bailu stood up gratefully and solemnly thanked her.

The two chatted for a while, until Qi Peiyun came back and Grandma Zhou got up to leave.

As soon as Grandma Zhou was sent away, Liu Bailu couldn't wait to ask Qi Peiyun, "Where's our marriage letter?"

"Marriage letter?" Qi Peiyun was taken aback for a moment, and said, "Mother said it was left at your house."

Liu Bailu laughed angrily: "Where is the reason why the marriage certificate should be kept at the mother's house?"

Qi Peiyun frowned and said: "I remember when my mother said that it was the mother-in-law who was worried about leaving the marriage certificate with us, so she asked for it back and said she wanted to keep it herself."

Liu Bailu patted the table and said bitterly: "Why didn't my mother tell me about such a big thing? I really haven't heard of it! My mother is insane now, you go to the government to give me Check to see if our marriage is on file!"

Da Zhou's population management is extremely strict. Every year, statistics are made on the population under its rule. The permanent population, migrant population, temporary population, etc. are divided in detail.

When people from one place want to go to another place, they need to bring their own identity and household registration certificates and customs clearance documents issued by the government. Every time they go to a place, if they stay for more than one year, they have to go to the government. All the guests in the inn must be registered according to the names on the customs clearance documents.

When a woman marries, for example, from Xiongtang County to Yongkangguan, she must cancel her household in Xiongtang County, and indicate that she is married, and then the government will issue a marriage certificate.Yongkangguan has to indicate the marriage status on the woman's husband's home, and issue a new identity and household registration certificate for the woman.

(End of this chapter)