Hou Men Splendid

Chapter 8

It was evening when I returned to Lin's house. After hearing what my second sister said on the way, my father and mother had to be busy for at least a few days when they returned home. There was no need to go back to my grandfather's house to pay New Year's greetings. My grandfather and uncle were stationed and did not come back.

After the [-]th day of the Lunar New Year, Dad started to go to the morning court. The busyness in the Lin Mansion was not over yet, and the Lu family still had to meet with the wives who were acquainted with each other. The things that were sent to the mansion at the beginning of the year, and those who should be prepared to return gifts, had to be prepared to go back, the same Can't be bad either.

They were so busy until the [-]th day of the first lunar month and the Lantern Festival. Lu finally took a break, but he didn't take a few days off. The eldest girl's wedding was at the end of February, and it took more than a month to start preparations.

And Lin Qingran learned from the mouth of the nanny, Li Mama, that a mistress like Niang has relatively few things in the Lin family. When you are free, the priests, big and small, are busy enough, and there are all kinds of general affairs for the big family.

This meeting has to admire my grandfather's choice back then, it was too witty.

She didn't go to the Fifteenth Lantern Festival, and her sisters didn't go out either. The eldest sister was getting married, and the second sister had reached the age of marriage. If she went out at this time, any gossip would only ruin the reputation of the girl's family.

Lin Qingran was busy adding things for her elder sister to marry. She embroidered a mandarin duck handkerchief, a pair of purses, and a pair of gold bracelets that she moved from the small treasury she had saved in the past few years for Mother Li to buy. , When I took it to the eldest sister, I amused the eldest sister and the second sister.

Lin Qingyan took the purse, pointed to the half heart on one side, and the half heart on the other, and asked Lin Qingran, "Why is it half embroidered?"

Lin Qingran picked up two purses, put them together, half a heart made one, "That's it, the elder sister and the elder brother-in-law love each other, this heart is a complete one when put together."

"It's quite new." The eldest girl Lin Qingyi laughed, "It's almost the same as this dragon and phoenix jade pendant." Together they make a complete pair, so they are often used to express love between lovers.

The second girl poked Lin Qingran lightly on the forehead, "How old are you, do you know what love is?"

Not to be outdone, Lin Qingran refuted her, "It's fine if the second sister knows better than me. After two years, when you get married, I'll embroider a pair for you and the second brother-in-law."

"Smelly girl, how old are you, you keep talking about this!" Lin Qingyan's face flushed when she said that, she reached out to hug her, and scratched her creaky nest.

Lin Qingran couldn't dodge, and laughed into a ball

In mid-February, Mrs. Liu brought Mrs. Chen to the Lin family to help, and the eldest girl was going to get married in about ten days. The entire Lin family had already shown joy.

General Lu also wrote a letter saying that he will definitely come when his granddaughter gets married. Counting the people invited, Lu's side is facing Mama Wang's number.

On the side, Lin Qingran and the third sister were cutting thick paper together. Lin Qingxuan cut and she wrote, all according to the names given by Lu.

This is what Lin Qingran came up with 'inadvertently'. There is a number on the table, and a list of names next to it. When a visitor enters the door, the person at the door will be able to tell which table it is, and it is not easy to get it. mixed up.

The allocation of seats is also very particular, regardless of the status, it must be clear, among the invited people, is there any family who has had conflicts with others, and whoever has disagreed with others, and they will have to argue for three sentences when they meet Yes, these have to be separated.

After being so busy for five or six days, there are only three or four days before the eldest daughter of the Lin family gets married.

Before getting married, there is a custom that a married girl should carry the dowry to her husband's house to dry in the sun a few days in advance. One is to show the strength of the mother's family, and the richness of the dowry can also be respected by the husband's family. After all, he married a rich and powerful daughter-in-law and came back.

Lin Qingyi's dowry was carried over by her two cousins.

Arriving at He Gong's mansion, after entering the door, these dowries were placed in the front yard of He's mansion. Dozens of dowries were brought in after a long time. The wife of the second room of the He family was very happy. The dowry from the previous aristocratic family is generous, but the dowry is no worse than the daughters from those aristocratic families. It is just like the eldest daughter-in-law's dowry in the He Mansion.

The disapproval of my son's marriage has faded a lot at the moment. Marrying this wife will help my son a lot in the future
Three days later, Lin Qingyi, the eldest daughter of the Lin family, got married.

Before dawn in the morning, the yard where Lin Qingyi lived was busy. Lin Qingran had ordered her nanny to wake her up the night before. After getting up in a daze, Lin Qingyi changed into new clothes and went to the yard of her eldest sister , I have bathed and changed over there, and started to put on makeup.

It is the first time for the eldest aunt Chen to see such a wedding ceremony. The last time she saw a grand wedding ceremony was when her uncle got married 16 years ago. At that time, she was envious of Chen who had just been married for a few years , What happened when she got married, the bridal sedan was carried from the beginning to the end of the village, Chuichuidada was supposed to be too lively.

At dawn, Lin Qingyi had already put on her wedding dress and combed her hair in the room. Mothers kept coming in and out to deliver things, talk, and read brochures. It doesn't look like it used to.

Lin Qingran went out of the house and went to the front yard. There were a lot of people stopping here. They were all waiting for the groom's official to come, to make things difficult, and to ask for some sweets and red envelopes to make him happy.

Halfway through the time, the sound of firecrackers came from a distance, accompanied by the sound of wind and percussion music. This is the arrival of the wedding party.

Some people retreated from the gate, and some blocked them, forming a tight circle.

The sound of blowing and beating became more and more serious, as if it was coming along the courtyard wall, and stopped at the gate, and soon people rushed in, the leader was a festive bride in red, holding a red handkerchief The son, looking at the crowd with a smile, first said a few good words, and then directly said that he wanted them to come in to pick up the bride. It was late, but it was too late.

How can it be so easy to go in and pick up people, of course it has to make things difficult.

Marriages in Luodu City are full of talent and learning. The bride's family members ask questions, and the groom's answer will be punished if he is wrong. By the way, he will send some red envelopes, and he will go in. It's all for fun.

But today's situation is indeed one-sided. The whole Lin family, the girls of the whole family, talk about a few cousins, it is better not to show off their talents. The two cousins ​​of the grandfather Lu's family are also wielding knives and guns. Obviously, he came prepared, and he is also a beginner student of the Lin University, so he can't let the Lin University come out to make things difficult for his son-in-law, right?
The crowd didn't ask a few words, and they were easily resolved. Seeing that they were about to come in, Lin Qingran was in a hurry. How could it be so easy? Is the eldest sister so easy to marry? .

"Wait!"

Xi Niang had just given out wedding candies and stuffed red envelopes, and was about to bring someone in, when suddenly a sweet cry came from the crowd.

Everyone gave way, and Lin Qingran's petite figure appeared in front of everyone.

Everyone saw that she was a little girl, and laughed. The groom officer saw her attire, and took the wedding candy from the people behind him to share with her. Lin Qingran snorted, "Bring the chair over here."

Mother Li brought a maid and immediately moved a chair for her. Second sister Lin Qingyan hugged her up. Everyone didn't know what this little girl was going to do.

Lin Qingran looked at them at the same level, and said, "Who said you can go in to pick up big sister, we haven't asked yet!"

After saying this, everyone will know that according to her age, she should be the fifth young lady of the Lin family, the younger sister of the bride who is married today.

This is the future sister-in-law, the groom official He Chengsheng smiled, "What do you want to ask?"

The few young masters behind He Chengsheng who pulled over to help deal with it all looked relaxed, what are you kidding, the one in front of him is a little girl who is only five or six years old.

Two of them were still thinking in their hearts, whether such a cute little girl would lose too badly in the future, after all, she was the daughter of Bachelor Lin.

"It's very simple. For my three lines of poems, I will say the first half, and you will take the second half. Then I will tell you what the second half of the line is. If it is not as good as mine, you will lose. Lose one line. I will be punished once."

Seeing that the bridegroom said yes, Lin Qingran cleared her throat, "Listen well, the first sentence: I don't feel the dawn when I sleep in spring, I hear birds singing everywhere."

Several people were shocked by Lin Qingran's opening, and soon someone came up with it.

Lin Qingran looked at them with a big smile. She had read so many poems and books of the Feng'an Dynasty, but she had never seen any familiar ones. There was always nothing wrong with borrowing ancient Chinese poems.

"Decided?" Lin Qingran asked him again, his appearance was impressive.

The young master nodded, and Lin Qingran said loudly, "Then listen to the second half of my sentence, tell me, who is better, the sound of wind and rain at night, how much do you know about flowers falling?"

At this moment, He Chengsheng and the others were all stunned.

The older crowd who watched the competition and gave fair words, naturally, Lin Qingran's sentence can better express the artistic conception. Lin Qingran looked at them proudly, "Do twenty kneeling first, first!" .”

Let them do what they are least good at. Lin Qingran silently gave Uncle Meng Haoran a thumbs-up in her heart, and then gave a thumbs-up to the teacher who forced them to recite poems back then, and said punishment with a smile.

The Lin family doesn't have any males to embarrass the bridegroom, but the Lin family still has a girl's family, who said it's easy to get in? Is a daughter-in-law so easy to marry? I think that when the Lin University scholar went to greet the bride, he didn't prepare for it. When they arrived at the gate of Lu's house, there was a fierce martial arts competition, and there was no ambiguity at all. Uncle Lu's family really wanted to beat Bachelor Lin to death.

The next two sentences, of course, are right. It’s better than Lin Qingran. At first, she was majestic. She felt that facing such a little girl, she would surely win. Now, among the three cheerleaders, two of them have already pushed up and got down on the ground. Yes, there is another one, waiting for Lin Qingran to say punishment.

The groom is not easy to punish, so the best man will suffer. Lin Qingran thought for a while, then looked back at the second sister, the two sisters whispered, Lin Qingran turned around, and did not make things difficult for them, she spread her hands.

Xi Niang hurriedly brought up the wedding candy and red envelopes, and would not go in now, but it was really late.

Lin Qingyan carried her off the chair, patted her on the head, and boasted, "That's great, I just want to beat them up. Is the eldest sister so easy to marry? I thought there was no one in our family."

Lin Qingran hummed, watching them go to the arched door, how could she have expected it, after this incident, she became famous
(End of this chapter)