The Red Mansions

Chapter 105 Welcome, Xue Baochai passes the door
May [-]th is the day when Jia Yun welcomes her relatives.

Greeting relatives, also known as "marrying" or "marrying a daughter-in-law", is equal to "welcome in person" in the "six rituals", and is the sixth of the six rituals.

Usually, after the man's family notifies the woman's family of the wedding date, the groom will go to the woman's house to greet the bride on the wedding day.

In some places, the bridegroom's family sends a welcoming team to marry, and the groom waits at home. The specific ceremony varies from region to region.

Cars, horses or sedan chairs are generally used for marriage, and boats are also used in the south.

On the day of welcoming relatives, "Wangniang plate" takes the lead.

There must be a goose on the mother's plate. The reason for the goose is that in ancient times, the goose formally proposed to the woman.

Because the geese's spouses are dedicated throughout their lives, which symbolizes the steadfastness and harmony of marriage, later generations will replace geese with geese.

The sedan chair for welcoming the relatives was delivered by the Xue family yesterday, and was carried to the door by the porter in the morning. Jia Wei, the chief executive, personally lit the firecrackers.

This ceremony, called "Liangjiao", is to tell everyone that a happy event is about to take place.

Jia Yun wore red hairpins and was very festively dressed. After hearing the sound of firecrackers, she first went to pay homage to her father, then kowtowed to Mrs. Bu, and then got up and went to the door.

At this time, Jia Wei handed Jia Yun an oil lamp and asked Jia Yun to take a few photos inside the sedan chair.

After taking the sedan chair, a seven or eight-year-old boy goes to the sedan chair and sits down. This is called "pressing the sedan chair". At the same time, a "Wang Pot" is also placed in the sedan chair to wish the couple a prosperous life in the future.

After a series of complicated ceremonies, Jia Yun rode a tall horse and went straight to Xue's house with the wedding party.

The sound of gongs and drums shook the sky, the welcoming team was mighty, blowing and beating, and the crackling of firecrackers kept going, attracting many pedestrians passing by on the street to watch.

Jia Yun bowed her hands to passers-by on the horse, her joy was beyond words.

Soon, the welcoming team arrived at the door of Xue's house.

Jia Yun got off the horse, and a boy stepped forward, holding a tea tray and looking at him.

Jia Yun put a bag of red envelopes on the tea tray, and the boy withdrew happily.

The door of Xue's house is closed tightly, which is called blocking the door.

At this time, Xue Pan stepped forward and said with a smile, "Brother Yun, hurry up and make a poem that will move me!"

"Heh!" Jia Yun smiled, pondered for a moment, and said loudly, "I don't know what night it is, so I urged the balcony to get close to the mirror stand. Who knows that a hibiscus planted in water will bloom in the bronze mirror."

Xue Pan asked in confusion, "What does this mean?"

"It means to praise Baochai's beauty." Jia Yun didn't elaborate, and Xue Pan didn't understand.

While the two were talking, someone copied the poem Jia Yun had just read and sent it to Xue Baochai.

The door is not in a hurry to open at this moment, the man can only enter after blocking the door for a certain period of time.

After a while, the door was opened, and Jia Yun followed Xue Pan into Xue's house.

Jia Wei was responsible for handing over the gifts brought, while Jia Yun followed Xue Pan to meet the relatives and friends of the Xue family. After the meeting, they sat down to eat.

After eating and drinking enough, when the auspicious time came, Xue Pan went to the inner house, took Xue Baochai to worship the ancestors of the Xue family, and bid farewell to Xue Wang's family. Get on the sedan chair.

During the period, Xue Baochai was crying and crying, of course, Xue Pan also restrained his smile, and his eyes were red.

The team going back was even more lively, and the countless dowries amazed passers-by.

Homecoming is another way to go, which means not going back.

If you encounter temples, wells, ancestral halls, tombs, big rocks and big trees on the road, you must cover the sedan chair with a felt to ward off evil spirits.

When the wedding sedan chair and ceremonial guard returned to Jia Yun's house, the door of his house was closed as usual, saying that it could discourage the bride's temperament.

Xue Pan, who came to see off his relatives, was sweating profusely from the sun, and couldn't help muttering in a low voice: "When I get married in the future, I must choose to hold the wedding in winter."

Jia Yun smiled and said, "Don't worry, the door will open soon."

The street was very noisy, a group of children laughed and chased around the sedan chair, and were chased away by adults.

After about a cup of tea time, the gate opened, the sedan chair was carried into the house, it had to go through the brazier first, Xue Pan and the people who came to see off relatives entered the courtyard to rest along with the sedan chair, and they had their own banquet.

in the hall.

Bu's high seat, there are elders in the hall watching the ceremony, Jia Yun brought Xue Panchai to the hall and stood there waiting, the door was full of onlookers.

"The bride and groom are ready."

"The bride and groom offer incense."

"Kneel and offer incense."

"Kneel, kowtow, kowtow again, kowtow three times,"

"A worship of heaven and earth..."

"Second worship high hall..."

"Happy husband and wife..."

"Sent into the bridal chamber..."

……

As night fell, the guests dispersed.

Jia Yun came to the door of the bedroom with easy steps, feeling unspeakably hot inside.

Pushing the door open and entering, the room was full of joy, Yinger and Xiangling stood behind the door with smiles on their faces.

The thick red candle was burning brightly, illuminating the room brightly.

Xue Baochai sat quietly on the edge of the bed, with two maidservants in red dresses standing on either side.

Jia Yun took a look at the four maids, only to find that they were fat and thin, charming and charming, and each was prettier than the other.

"Baochai has a heart." Jia Yun thought, thinking that Xue Baochai was too considerate.

At this time, Yinger stepped forward to hand over a happy scale, and after Jia Yun took it, she lifted the red hijab on Xue Baochai's head, revealing a beautiful oval face.

Under the candlelight, Xue Baochai is wearing red makeup, bright eyes and white teeth, with flowing autumn waves, graceful and graceful.

Seeing Jia Yun staring at her blankly, Xue Baochai's cheeks were blush, she bit her lip lightly, and wrapped her hands around her fingers, feeling very nervous.

Although the two were often close before, they are not the same today.

After tonight, she is a member of Jia's family, and in the future when people say she is Jia Xue's.

The two looked at each other, and Xue Baochai said shyly, "Husband...jun..."

Jia Yun came back to her senses, laughed loudly, took her hand and said, "Haha, Baochai, looking forward to the stars and the moon, I finally married you back home! Do you know how hard I have been waiting for you?"

Xue Baochai shyly said: "I... I also miss my husband often!"

"Okay, okay, hehe!" Jia Yun giggled happily, pulled Xue Baochai, and sat down at the round table.

Under the orange light, Xue Baochai has a plump figure with undulating waves and a slender waist. Her skin is like suet white jade, delicate and moist, pure and flawless.

Her crescent eyebrows are light, her cheeks are red, her mouth is light, and she is beautiful!

At this moment, Xiang Ling brought the wine up and reminded in a low voice, "Hey wine!"

Jia Yun and Xue Baochai nodded at the same time, and then drank the Heying wine.

Then, Jia Yun brought Xue Baochai to the bed and said softly, "Baochai..."

After a while, a cry of "Ouch" came from the room, mixed with someone gasping for breath due to poor breathing.

……

After the calm, Xue Baochai was sweating profusely, with tears on his face, and fell asleep exhausted.

Her cheeks were flushed, her skin was smooth and delicate, with a hint of baby fat, she was indescribably charming and delicate.

Jia Yun lightly got up and waved to Yinger and Xiangling who were slumped on the couch.

The two maids are still young girls, and they have gained a lot of knowledge today. They sat on the ottoman feeling weak, their mouths were dry, and they looked at Jia Yun, but they both showed fiery eyes.

"It's not for you today!" Jia Yun whispered, and then said: "Go and prepare some hot water, Madam needs to take a bath later."

Today, Xue Baochai not only activated one piece of kung fu in his body, but also allowed his kung fu to break through to the fourth level of Dzogchen, and his life span was ten years longer.

At the same time, just like the bloody battle with Li Wan last time, another small tree grew in the Lingyu space and bore a fruit.

However, Jia Yun's supernatural powers were missing this time, which made him a little disappointed.

As for Xue Baochai, there is naturally an extra stream of air in his body, and he washes his tendons and cuts his marrow, all in one step.

"It seems that a bloody battle is necessary." Jia Yun thought to herself.

Ying'er and Xiangling retreated, and called the four maids who were waiting at the door away.

"These four maids have extraordinary auras, not ordinary maids." Jia Yun thought to herself.

Looking back, Xue Baochai was still sweating, and the bedroom gradually smelled of dirt and dirt, which was a bit unpleasant.

Xue Baochai woke up from the smell, and exclaimed, "God, what's wrong?"

Jia Yun quickly comforted her, and told her that she had used a secret method to cleanse her tendons and cut her marrow.

Xue Baochai was skeptical, Jia Yun smiled and said: "If you feel carefully, if there is an extra stream of air in your body, you will know if I am panicking."

Xue Baochai felt it silently for a moment, and said happily: "It really does exist, is this qigong?"

Throughout the dynasties, qigong has been a particularly mysterious thing, and Xue Baochai has naturally heard of it.

Jia Yun didn't explain, just said: "No matter what it is, it's good for you. I've told Yinger and the others to go out and prepare hot water. We'll go to sleep after you take a shower and change clothes."

Xue Baochai got up quickly, and said: "The servant must get up first, otherwise the quilt will be dirty."

As she said that, she came out of the bed, but found that she was naked again, she couldn't help but looked at Jia Yun, with a shy and hesitant face, whether she was going in or out.

Jia Yun laughed dumbly and said, "We're both husband and wife, so there's no need to be shy. Sooner or later, we'll have to get used to seeing each other honestly. Let's start getting used to it from today!"

After a pause, he asked again, "Is the injury better?"

Xue Baochai pursed her lips, nodded lightly, and said unexpectedly: "It's strange to say, that kind of anger is really good for people. Not only is my injury healed, but all the fatigue on my body has also been swept away."

Then, she frowned again, and said: "It's just that after having that qi, the body heats up a lot. If it's in winter, I like it, but it's summer now, and I'm afraid of the heat..."

Jia Yun smiled and said: "Don't worry, it won't be hot in a while, and I'm washing your tendons and marrow right now!"

Xue Baochai breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, hesitated for a moment, and slowly walked off the bed.

Sure enough, Xue Baochai stopped sweating after teacup, and the surface of her skin was covered with thick dirt.

Xue Baochai pinched her nose and said, "This smells so bad, I don't know if it can cure my family's illness."

"It should be possible. Otherwise, why would it be called washing the tendons and cutting the marrow?" Jia Yun nodded and said.

Xue Baochai said happily: "That's good, then my family won't feel uncomfortable if the stench is suffocated."

Soon, Yinger brought hot water into the house with the maids, and Jia Yun signaled Xue Baochai to take a bath quickly.

Originally, there was a special room for bathing at home, but due to the special circumstances today, it can only be washed in the wedding room.

While they were going outside, Jia Yun took out the fruit in the space with a thought.

The fruit is as white as jade, shaped like an apricot, and exudes a faint fragrance.

Without hesitation, Jia Yun swallowed the fruit in one gulp, and the fruit immediately turned into a sweet and fragrant juice. At the same time, she had a lot of knowledge about Chinese medicine in her mind.

Various TCM theories, diagnostic methods, treatment methods, etc., yin and yang, five elements, qi, blood, body fluid, viscera, meridian, luck, etc., as well as etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, syndrome differentiation, treatment principles, prevention, health preservation, etc. .

Countless knowledge flashed in his mind, and after a while, Jia Yun became a veritable old Chinese medicine doctor.

"Chinese medicine is useful." Jia Yun said happily.

Soon, Xue Baochai came back from the bath and put on a new set of underwear, because she was not very old in the first place, but she did not appear to be younger after washing her tendons like Li Wan.

However, her skin has improved many times, it has become as delicate and tender as the skin of a newborn baby, rosy in the white, can be broken by blowing bullets, making people look amiable.

Jia Yun stepped forward and took her hand, and asked with a smile, "Since the injury is healed, why should we..."

Xue Baochai nodded, and murmured: "Ying'er, change the bed sheet with a new one!"

But Jia Yun couldn't wait to step forward, pulled her to the round table, bent her down and pressed her down.

……

In the early morning, Jia Yun and Xue Baochai got up in high spirits.

In front of the dressing table, Xiren combed Jia Yun's hair, and Ying'er combed Xue Baochai's hair.

The couple were talking.

Xue Baochai said with lingering fear: "Fortunately, yesterday's anger was very effective, otherwise, my family would not be able to bear it!"

"It's not that serious." Jia Yun shook her head, and then asked: "By the way, besides Yinger and Xiangling, what are the names of the other four maids you brought?"

Xue Baochai smiled and said, "You didn't disappoint, did you? They are called Xiang'er, Jing'er, Yuan'er, and Lian'er."

"Why are their names irregular?" Jia Yun wondered.

Xue Baochai said: "The slave family is named according to their original names. Xiang'er is called Li Xiang. She has a mellow singing voice, and she knows everything about silk, bamboo, lute, rhythm and poetry."

"Jing'er's name is Bian Yujing. She is omnipotent in poetry, qin, calligraphy and painting. She is especially good at lowercase script. She is proficient in literature and history. She is skilled in painting skills. She writes like a cloud.

"Yuan'er's name is Chen Yuan, and she is good at performing dramas with Yiyang tune, especially as the matchmaker in "The Romance of the West Chamber".

"Lianer's name is Liu Yinglian. She is excellent in calligraphy and painting. Her paintings are sparse and distant, conveying the charm of the Southern School. They are elegant and elegant. The calligraphy is bold and thick. It is not tricky, but it is open-minded, showing strength and stubbornness amidst aloofness and arrogance. Qi."

Xue Baochai said with a smile: "For them, the slave family has worked so hard, the husband must treat the slave family well in the future, so as to live up to the tolerance and loyalty of the slave family to the husband."

Jia Yun shook Xue Baochai's little hand, and sighed, "If you have a wife like this, what do you want for a couple?"

After washing and dressing properly, Jia Yun brought Xue Baochai to the back house, kowtowed to offer tea to Mrs. Pu, and as for the matter of Luohong, Xiren showed it to Mrs. Bu early in the morning.

When Mrs. Bu saw Xue Baochai, she laughed from ear to ear. If it was before last year, she would never have dreamed that her son would marry such a beautiful wife back home.

After having breakfast together, Jia Yun took Xue Baochai to wander around the house and let her get acquainted with her future living environment.

In the courtyard on the left, Xue Baochai said in surprise as soon as he entered:

"Why is this yard so big? The slave family thought that our family only had a three-entry house. I was thinking about when to live in the Xue family's house, but now I don't think it's necessary."

Jia Yun laughed and said, "This is the left courtyard, with more than 80 mu of land. It was originally planned by an official to build a private place, but I took advantage of it later."

Xue Baochai said with a slight smile: "If there is a left courtyard, then there must be a right courtyard? Isn't it as big as that over there?"

Jia Yun shook her head and said, "That's not true. The right courtyard is only more than ten acres. It's a garden. Although it doesn't have as many flowers as yours, it has a special flavor."

Xue Baochai nodded, pointed to those vegetable fields, and asked, "Do you grow all the vegetables you eat at home?"

"This is for mother's fun, to pass the time. The food at home is bought outside, and most of the vegetables grown are fed to chickens, ducks and geese." Jia Yun replied.

Xue Baochai nodded and said: "The left courtyard is too big, we should put it in a good place in the future, don't let the grass grow empty, it's a pity to waste it."

Then the two went to the Zuo Kua courtyard for a stroll, then returned to the living room, Xi Ren and Charming came to kowtow to Xue Baochai.

At the same time, Xiren handed over all the keys of the house to Xue Baochai.

After Xue Baochai took the key, she smiled and said, "Sister Xiren and Sister Meiren, from now on we will be sisters for life."

"Your husband has told the slave family about your affairs, and the slave family is very grateful for you being able to accompany the husband when he is in his infancy. Originally, you could not be raised as aunts before you gave birth to your husband's children."

"But today, the slave family is the master, let you join our family as common people."

"That is to say, from now on, you will be the aunts of the family. Each of you can find two little maids to serve you, and you don't have to do chores any more. All your food and needs will be distributed by your aunts."

Since Meiren and Xiren left Jia's mansion, they were not in a hurry to get out of slavery.

Because once they become civilians, they need to pay taxes, so they have been black households for such a long time.

Originally, after Jia Yun passed the examination as a scholar, she was qualified to live in the family as civilians with their household registrations, but generally speaking, taking a concubine before marrying a wife is usually criticized by others.

As for letting them follow her as servants, Jia Yun was unwilling.

After all, the two really gave him their hearts. He could treat anyone badly, but he couldn't treat these two badly.

Although many sons of rich families have many concubines, those concubines are usually playthings, slaves, not masters, but property.

There is an essential difference between the two.

Xiren and Meiren became aunts, and they reached the top at one step. Naturally, they wept with joy and thanked Xue Baochai for his generosity.

When the two of them retreated, Xue Baochai flipped through the account book, becoming more and more surprised.

She raised her head and asked Jia Yun, "Is there so much money at home?"

"Hey, although it's not as good as your Xue family, we still have enough food and clothing." Jia Yun said with a smile.

Xue Baochai closed the account book and nodded, "My husband has given me too many surprises. There is a saying that a gentleman hides his treasures in his body, and he will move when the time comes. Husband's low profile makes my family feel more at ease."

After hesitating for a moment, she restrained her smile and said seriously: "Husband, about the Xue family, the slave family still has many secrets to tell my husband."

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