The Red Mansions

Chapter 84 Untitled
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Apart from studying hard and studying stereotyped essays, Jia Yun has been busy with Xue Baochai's engagement.

On the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, Jia Yun was receiving many new year gifts sent by Jia Lian, when the matchmaker, Aunt Zhu, came back and said that the marriage was settled.

Nazheng, the fourth of the six ceremonies, is also called Nacheng, that is, Najib from the man's family sends a dowry gift to the woman's family.

Those who accept the levy are also recruited.Levy, Cheng also.First accept the money and then get married.

The form of the levy is important, not the quantity. The completion of the levy marks the end of the engagement stage and is one of the main signs of the establishment of a marriage.

Jia Yun and Aunt Zhu came to the living room and sat down.

Aunt Zhu said with a smile: "The next step is to ask Brother Yun to choose an auspicious day for the marriage. At that time, we need to seek the consent of the bride's family. This is a step before welcoming the bride. It is called the request period, and it is also called the begging day."

Jia Yun knew the steps of the wedding. After all, he did not read for nothing. The "Li" in the Four Books and Five Classics is a must-read book, and the imperial examination will also be taken in the future.

Therefore, regarding the auspicious day for getting married, Jia Yun had already gone to Taoist Zhang to calculate it.

Jia Yun handed to Aunt Zhu the male and female student Geng written on red paper (the letter of request for a date), and said with a smile:
"There are a lot of good days in this year, but the time is too tight, so I chose next year's one and decided to get married on May [-] next year, and I have to trouble Aunt Zhu to go to Xue's house again to see if they agree. .”

After Aunt Zhu took the gift book, she smiled and said, "Brother Yun, you're welcome, this is what my aunt should do."

After sending Aunt Zhu away, Jia Yun went back to the warehouse and threw all four wild sheep into the space. Some of the rice, bacon, etc. were left for the New Year.

From the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Jia Lian would send him some New Year's goods every day.

This was an agreement between the two when they traded old ginseng, and Jia Lian was trustworthy. Even if it was not available in Jia's estate, he would go to the inner market to buy it for Jia Yun at a high price.

To this day, all the New Year's goods on the several lists that I wrote at the beginning have been traded.

As for Jia Yun's space, there are many ingredients that are not easy to buy with money.

For example, rouge rice, due to the low yield, even in Jia's mansion, only Jia's mother can often eat it.

Another example is the Siamese pig, not to mention, basically there is no market for it, and you need to be very lucky to buy it. Jia's mansion can only eat it at the end of the year.

Coming out of the warehouse, Jia Yun stretched her waist, looked at the various ingredients in the space, and felt refreshed.

When he went to Jia's mansion to be the chef, he did Buddha Jumping Over the Wall once, and after he came back, he kept thinking about collecting all kinds of precious ingredients.

But many ingredients are more difficult to obtain than imagined. After all, in this era, even the means of keeping fresh are extremely backward, let alone live animals.

It's all right now, not to mention that Buddha jumps over the wall, he can eat as much as he wants, and he has also made a lot of other rarer ingredients.

These ingredients can not only be eaten by oneself, but also can be used to give gifts and expand contacts after entering the officialdom in the future.

Time flies, and it is the 29th of the twelfth lunar month.

The weather was fine and sunny.

On the attic across the yard, Jia Yun and Li Wan lie down hugging each other.

Li Wan's face was bright red, and there were traces of sweat on her forehead. She exhaled and said with a smile: "Brother Yun, it will be New Year's Eve tomorrow, and the mansion is going to invite an opera troupe to sing again, why don't you come sooner?" Some time in the past, the slave is waiting for you in the room."

"Heh, aren't you afraid that Jia Lan will find us?" Jia Yun smiled.

Li Wan shook his head and said: "It's New Year's Eve, no matter how strict my family is, let him relax for a few days!"

"Since the day when he was young, except for morning reading, my family has never let him immerse himself in studying hard. After all, my family still understands the principle of combining work and rest."

Jia Yun laughed loudly, and said: "Haha, I said, how dare you invite me to your room, so you don't have to worry about the future!"

No matter how you say it, Jia Lan is just a child, as long as he doesn't study, he will definitely go outside to play around, just like Li Wan wanted.

Li Wan rolled his eyes at Jia Yun, stretched out two white and delicate lotus arms, hugged his neck, and said affectionately: "Will you go or not, the room in my house is delicious!"

Jia Yun's heart became hot, she took a deep breath of Li Wan's deodorant, and said in a low voice, "Really? Want to have some fun?"

Li Wan stretched out her small tongue, sweetened her sweet red lips, and said with a slight smile: "It doesn't matter if it's exciting or not, I just want to get your breath in my quilt!"

"Well, you fairy, since you've already said that, can I not agree?" Jia Yun turned around and laughed.

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Coming out of the attic, Li Wan couldn't help but blush when he saw Xiren rubbing his hands and stomping his feet to let out a breath of air.

Xiren said in embarrassment: "Grandma Zhu won't stay and eat before leaving?"

"No, it's too late to go back, I'm afraid of attracting attention." Li Wan shook his head and waved to Su Yun who was behind the attacker: "Su Yun, we are going back."

Saying that, she nodded to Xiren, then turned her head and smiled at Jia Yun, and took Suyun away.

After the two of them left the yard, Xiren stepped forward and took Jia Yun's hand, muttering:

"Don't look, she's gone, you said I did something wrong, you and the widow stole food, and you want me to come and guard the door, you're not so greedy!"

Jia Yun chuckled, put her arms around Xiren's waist, lowered her forehead to hers, and smiled: "Why, are you jealous?"

Xiren blinked his eyes, puffed his cheeks, pursed his lips and said: "That's not true, I just think it's a little ridiculous. Grandma Renzhu is the grandma of Jia's family. I used to think she was pure and pure!"

Jia Yun shook her head and smiled, took a few steps back, looked at her, and said with a smile: "Aren't you also the servant girl of Second Master Bao before? If you hadn't met me, you would be her aunt from now on, but now you follow me , Do you feel that you are at a loss?"

Xiren smiled and said, "Yes, I regret it now, hehe..."

"Okay Xiren, let's see how I deal with you!" Jia Yun rushed forward, scaring Xiren into turning around and running away.

Xiren ran and shouted: "Ah, Brother Yun, I was wrong, please forgive me, hehe..."

The two fought and went back to the front yard, and saw that Mrs. Bu was putting on window grilles with Mrs. Meiren and Mrs. Miao.

As for the lantern couplets, these days Jia Yun and Xiren have already finished it.

The two stopped frolicking, Xiren jumped up and down with a smile on his face, and went to help.

Jia Yun followed and heard Mrs. Bu say: "Brother Yun, don't meddle in these trivial matters. We finally have something to do, so you can rest by the side!"

"Okay, then I'll go fry some New Year's goods." Jia Yun smiled.

Mrs. Bu frowned and said: "The family has been frying goods for so many years, there is no need to fry them any more, too much is a waste."

Jia Yun said: "It won't be wasted. Tomorrow is our family's reunion year. My brother and the others will close their business tomorrow. I invited them over for dinner. When they leave, they will bring back some fried seeds and nuts."

As he said that, he asked Meiren again: "By the way, Meiren, have you prepared the monthly money and red envelopes that I asked you to prepare?"

"It's all ready, it's in your room." Charming replied with a smile.

Bu Shi said: "Brother Yun, you guys work early and work late at night, I have noticed it in the past six months, don't treat them badly!"

Jia Yun smiled and said: "Mother, don't worry, they are all clan members, and they are also practical in doing things. It's too late for me to win them over. How can I treat them badly?"

Mrs. Bu: "That's good. Mother doesn't ask you to earn a lot of money, but just asks you to be upright and honest, and be a down-to-earth person."

(End of this chapter)