Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

After Gu Kaizhen and others arrived in the capital, they packed up the house within a few days, and then moved in with the whole family.

The capital is very expensive, even with Gu Yuanhui's financial support, the house is not too big, even smaller than the Gu family's mansion in Huating County.Fortunately, the planning and layout in the early stage were proper. Although the interior is not very spacious, it is more exquisite, and it is absolutely no problem to meet the daily needs of a large family.

In the capital, the rich live in the north and the poor live in the south.The Gu family's house was bought in Beicheng District, which is adjacent to Nancheng City. It is close to Donghuamen in Miyagi, which is convenient for Gu Yunji and his brothers to come and go in the future, and the location is acceptable.

Gu Yunji is not a person who likes extravagance, and overall he is quite satisfied with his new home.You must know that apart from their Songjiang Gu family with a deep foundation, few of the new scholars can afford a house in the capital, even Cheng Yan, the number one scholar, has to rent a house.

The salaries issued by the imperial court are not large, which can only basically meet the daily life of the officials' family, and cannot even support the slightly loose expenses.Therefore, the main source of income for officials, big and small, is not court salaries, but dedication and filial piety.

No matter how poor a person is, as long as he wins a Juren or a Jinshi, a large number of clansmen and fellow villagers will compete to put the land under his name to reduce taxes and labor.Although this is not the same as giving away the land directly, these people will also offer part of the harvest as reward accordingly, which is called offering.

Filial piety refers to the financial gifts that lower-level officials offer to higher-level officials to manage relationships and get closer. At first, there was a suspicion of bribery, and later it gradually became a tacit custom.In summer there is Bing Jing, in winter there is Charcoal Jing, and there are many names.Usually, local officials make contributions to Beijing officials. The more power they have in their hands, the more tribute they receive.

Moreover, the general environment is such that if anyone refuses or does not make contributions in a new way, he will be excluded by everyone instead.But Gu Yunji and the others don't need to worry about this. They are Hanlin officials, and they are Hanlin officials who haven't taken office yet, and their power is far from enough to attract others to pay them respect.

Although there is no filial piety, there are quite a few people who come to donate their fields. In just a few months, Cheng Yan has changed from a poor boy from a poor family to a wealthy official.In addition, he has no parents or brothers, and the whole family is not hungry when he eats enough for one person, and his life is actually a bit more chic than Gu Yunji's.

After the Gu family settled down, they began to prepare for Gu Yunji's marriage.

Three books and six rituals, first of all, Nacai.Gu Kaizhen and his wife sent a matchmaker to Xu's family to ask for marriage in advance, expressing their desire to marry the two families. After Xu Chengyu agreed, they came to the door with rich gifts and made a formal marriage proposal.

Xu Chengyu single-handedly raised Gu Yunji, regarded him as both his disciple and his future son-in-law, and had been looking forward to this day for a long time. Facing the marriage proposal of Gu Kaizhen and his wife, he naturally happily agreed.

On the day of the marriage proposal, Gu Kaizhen and his wife met Xu Shuhua for the first time, and they were amazed at her beautiful face at first sight. Later, they saw her reserved and generous manner, and she was even more satisfied in her heart, feeling that this is really a good marriage from God.

The parties were happy with each other, and the parents of both parties agreed, and the next process went smoothly.

Name asking, Najib...the ceremonies were carried out in an orderly manner. Because the two families had already prepared, there was not much competition in the actual implementation, and things were often settled in an amicable manner, and then Start the next item.

Time passed day by day, and it came to the beginning of June in a blink of an eye. After many tedious ceremonies in the early stage, I finally reached the step of next appointment.

The betrothal is the most important part except the wedding day. After the man brings the bride price to the woman to make the betrothal, the marriage is considered to be completely settled, and the parents of both parties can start to discuss the wedding date and prepare for the specific matters of the wedding.

The Gu and Xu families attached great importance to Xiapin, and almost the whole family of the Gu family was dispatched, not only Gu Kaizhen's family, but also Gu Yuanhui and Gu Mingxuan were present together.

On the day of the appointment, there were nearly a hundred servants from the Gu family alone, and the dowry gifts they brought were placed outside the gate of the Xu Mansion outside the street. A group of people was so mighty that they blocked half of the alley, attracting passers-by to surround them watch.

On the side of the Xu family, all the elders of the clan in Beijing were present, and a banquet was prepared in the mansion early.After the etiquette process of the appointment was completed, the two relatives and friends stayed in Xu's mansion to eat and drink, and enjoyed themselves after the meal.

In some areas, there is a custom that unmarried couples cannot meet before they get married. Although there is no such saying in the capital, the two families have been very busy since the proposal of marriage. Sometimes it is not easy for Gu Yunji and Xu Shuhua to meet each other in a hurry, let alone Say there is any chance to be alone,

After the appointment at this moment, finally ushered in a short leisure time.Gu Kaizhen and Gu Yuanhui chatted with Xu Chengyu in the main hall, Gu Yunxiao and Gu Mingxuan drank with Xu Shujing in the front yard, Zheng Xiuyun and Mrs. Wang strolled around the garden with the female relatives of the two families.

Gu Yunji was rarely free, and was about to talk to Xu Shuhua, but Gu Yunqiao appeared out of nowhere and dragged Xu Shuhua to the garden to enjoy the flowers.

Gu Yunqiao and Xu Shuhua hit it off when they first saw each other, and unexpectedly they had a similar sexual interest. After a few meetings, they called each other "Sister Shuhua" and called her more affectionately than him.Now being preempted by his younger sister, Gu Yunji had no choice but to wander around the Xu mansion lonely for a long time, and finally found Cheng Yan, who was also lonely.

Cheng Yan looked at him incomprehensibly: "You're not with your fiancée, why are you looking for me?"

"I want to accompany you, isn't it too late?" Gu Yunji pouted at the two people who were admiring the flowers in the distance, with a resentful expression on his face, "Little girl usually can't see it, but she moves very fast now. "

Seeing Gu Yun's exquisite back, Cheng Yan smiled, and comforted him: "Anyway, your marriage has already been settled, and it's not long before you officially get married, so don't worry about it right now. I remember... your wedding seems to be in July Mid-month?"

Gu Yunji nodded: "Yes, July [-]th. We are going to take office in the Imperial Academy at the beginning of August, so we want to finish the marriage consummately before then."

Cheng Yan heard the words and sighed: "Time flies so fast. During the Qiqiao Festival that year, you and Ms. Xu both ate red dates that symbolized early marriage. I didn't expect that it would really come true after three years. You became our third wife." One of the earliest married ones."

"I'm going to get married, what about you?" Gu Yunji raised his eyebrows, and cast a narrow look at Cheng Yan, "Su Qi is in the bitter cold of northern Xinjiang, let's not mention it for now. You are in the capital, you should discuss marriage It's much easier than him."

"Now that the imperial examination is over, you are not too young. How do you think about your life's major events?"