The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 366

Strictly speaking, what happened today is not a marriage.

The exact term is concubine.Only those who have a formal marriage contract with Baochai are married.It's called Ming Media Zheng Marriage.

Marriage is a very grand event, and it needs to be done with great fanfare.The welcoming team walks on the official road and enjoys the undoubted right of way.Even officials who have always been bullish have to be courteous and avoid them.

Regarding the etiquette of taking concubines, it is much simpler.In fact, it is not like marriage, with certain rules and a whole set of etiquette.

Some will hold a ceremony, while others will skip the ceremony altogether.Different places have different customs and practices.

The more popular way is to give a certain amount of money, which is called "buying a concubine's capital". Although it is also money, it is different from marrying a wife. Those who marry a wife are called "betrothal gifts".

When money rises to the level of "rituals", it is not only money, but also a kind of etiquette.

The concubine ceremony is usually a small sedan chair, which is received from the side door.Hang some red silk in the yard to express joy.The guests mainly invite some clansmen to celebrate.

To do Ping'er today is to follow this etiquette.

Because Ping'er did not have a natal family, she had already been accepted as a foster daughter by her aunt.Now the uncle's family is Ping'er's natal family.

As for the dowry money, it was only symbolic, although Jia Min should pay it.However, all of Jia Min's money is in Ping'er's hands.Ping'er took it and gave it to his aunt, who then gave it to Ping'er.

It's just that the left hand is out, and the right hand is retracted, and it's just a procedure.

Going through the side door is also very simple.

The house of the grandfather's house and the house of the great-grandfather's house originally had a side door communicating with each other.When the time comes, Ping'er will sit on a sedan chair and be carried from the west courtyard to the east courtyard, and it will only be a few steps away.

As for the relatives in the clan, the entire Lu family village is a family, and they are all clan members, so everyone came here.

The food and wine were bought from the town yesterday, and they are all ready.

Jia Min is not short of money now, so he specially prepared some more.Tell every family in the village that no matter how old or young they are, they don't have to cook anymore, and they all come here to eat, drink and have fun.

As soon as Ping'er passed by, Jia Min's house became lively.Men and women from the village came one after another.

Magpie, Mama Liu, the three maidservants and the second aunt began to cooperate with the banquet and guests, directing the women to light a fire and cook.

The grandma's house in the west courtyard is also the same scene.

The men gathered together and chatted, but it was just some topics such as farming time, livestock and crops.

Only the children are the most active, laughing and playing, running around, grabbing something to eat from time to time.

In fact, Jia Min has nothing to do, just greet the guests, and occasionally chat with the third grandpa and others.

I grew up here since I was a child, and everyone knows it.Even though he had traveled through time, he didn't seem to have any sense of disobedience. On the contrary, he felt that this kind of nostalgia was very kind, and he was much more comfortable than in Jia's mansion.

All wedding banquets are alike, only the food and drink and guests are different.

The day passed quickly, and the grandma's house in the west courtyard was still very lively.There are plenty of food and wine, and there are a few tables fighting wine and having fun.

On Jia Min's side in the east courtyard, the guests all left and gradually became quiet.

"Fourth Master Min, you can rest now."

The magpie came over, still looking happy.As he spoke, he opened the door and pushed Jia Min in.

The big red candles in the house illuminate the room brightly.Jia Min walked over and lifted the hijab, revealing a delicate and beautiful face in front of his eyes.

Even though he was with Ping'er almost every day, Jia Min was still stunned by Ping'er's beauty.

"Ping'er, you are so beautiful."

"Si Ye is talking nonsense again. It's just the posture of a willow, so it's beautiful."

Jia Min took Ping'er's hand and looked up and down.

My Ping'er is really beautiful.

"Fourth Master, my servant will wait for you to go to bed."

As Ping'er said, he began to undress Jia Min.

"Okay, I'll also help baby Ping'er go to bed."

"Where do I need you to help? If so, wouldn't I become a person who doesn't know how to advance or retreat?"

"You and I are one. If we don't tell outsiders, how will others know?"

Ping'er knew Jia Min's temperament, so he stopped insisting and was secretly happy in his heart.

It is said that the second master Bao is the most considerate to his daughters, but they don't know that the fourth master of my family is even more considerate to us, which is ten million times better than the second master Bao.

"Blow out the candle, it's so embarrassing."

"Don't blow it, I can see Ping'er only when it's lit like this. If it blows, wouldn't Ping'er be cast in secret."

After all, Ping'er couldn't hold back Jia Min, so he let him go.

While the candlelight was flickering, there were bursts of drinking and punching sounds outside.

Inside the new house, there is a strong sense of spring, and there is a scene of its own.

"Ping'er."

"Ah."

"From now on, you are mine."

"It's not just today, since the day I followed you, Ping'er has belonged to fourth master."

"Really? Then have you been looking forward to this day?"

"I didn't expect it."

"I don't believe it. I don't expect you to say it again."

"I'm not going to tell you."

"Am I a good man?"

"Of course it is. Fourth Master is the most capable and considerate man in the world. Even Grandma Rong said that?"

Can you?He even said this to Hui Ping'er.

"When did she tell you?"

"On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, when I came back from Wucheng Bingmasi, I met Grandma Rong. She asked me to talk to her at night, and she told me a lot."

"Oh? What else did she tell you?"

"She asked me to consummate the house with you earlier, lest you be alone and unloved. Grandma Rong is a shrewd person. It seems that she saw everything today. She also said..."

"What else?"

"Grandma Rong asked me to tell you that if Fourth Master is tired, it's fine not to be an official or to return to the mansion. As long as you are happy and not wronged, you can go wherever you want. In my opinion, Grandma Rong is your most intimate person."

Jia Min couldn't help but feel a little pain in his heart.

Keqing is the person who understands me best.

"Ping'er is the most caring."

"Of course I am your confidant, but Grandma Rong is also the most confidant. I also understand what she thinks about you. In fact, I can guess your affairs. I hope she can be with fourth master Together."

"How did you know?"

"Of course I know. That time Grandma Rong and Baozhu dressed up as men and went to Yeduju, I recognized it."

"Ping'er is really smart, why didn't you say it back then?"

"I'm yours, how can I say that, I'm just worried about you. Grandma Rong is a good person, and we all respect her. She is different from other people in the house. "

"People from the house? Well, it's worth not mentioning it."

"Fourth Master, I'd like to open some more. Everyone has their own destiny. Sometimes, even if you are in a hurry, it's useless. Just like me..."

"what happened to you?"

"That year, I came to the mansion with Second Mistress Lian, and met a face-to-face gentleman on the way. He said that I would become prosperous in the future, and I would meet a good husband, a good husband and a good wife."

"In those years, I always thought, I have such a hard life, I have been sold by my parents since I was a child, how can I have a good life? I thought he was talking nonsense. I didn't expect that when I met the fourth master, wouldn't it be just Has it been tested?"

"People's fate is destined by God. It can be seen that God has arranged it. Even in the mansion, there is a definite number. It is useless for you to worry about them. Now except you, Second Master Lian, and Grandma Rong Wait a few, and how many are really thinking about the mansion? They are all planning for themselves, and even the servants in the mansion can see it clearly."

"It's okay that you are in the mansion. Others don't dare to talk nonsense. You were not at home last year. Isn't the mansion almost the same as before? I think it's very good to be here now, so as to save a day of intrigue."

"If it doesn't work, go to Bukui and bring Miaoyu, Qingwen and Miss Bingyi over. In a few years, we will marry Miss Bao and live happily here. It would be great."

"Miss Bao? Well, let's talk about it later."

Regarding the marriage with Baochai, Jia Min also feels a little uncertain now.I was dismissed from office, I don't know if Aunt Xue will regret it again.

"I don't think fourth master should worry. Miss Bao has only fourth master in her heart. On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, news of your dismissal from office spread to the mansion. I heard that Aunt Xue was about to go back on her word. It was Miss Bao who said, Even if you are penniless, you will be loyal to you in the future, if you force her again, she will run away from home again and never go back."

"How did you know that?"

"Yinger told me quietly. I think this is what Miss Bao meant. She deliberately asked Yinger to tell me, and then asked me to tell you."

"I didn't want to tell you so early. I was afraid that you would get angry, so I couldn't help but say it today. However, you don't have to worry. Miss Bao is a very thoughtful person. She always knows what she is sure about. It can be done."

While chatting with Ping'er about these things, while talking about love from time to time, time just flowed like this.

Today, becoming husband and wife with Ping'er also gave Jia Min a new view on Ping'er.

In the past, he always thought that Ping'er just had a high emotional intelligence and was comprehensive in dealing with people.In fact, I still ignored Ping'er's level and ability.

From what he said tonight, it proved that Ping'er's knowledge was no worse than that of Baochai and Qin Keqing in many respects.

That kind of tolerant, peaceful, and optimistic attitude towards life is not as good as even myself.While loving and loving, I couldn't help but have some admiration for Ping'er.

The matter between me and Keqing, I thought I was doing it very confidentially, but Ping'er had already seen it out.Has been silently keeping a secret.

The more I thought about it, the more I felt that Ping'er was caring and lovely.

Ping'er knew Jia Min's joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys best in normal times, but now that he finally has an official status and a destination, the two of them naturally have the same heart and happiness.

A stream of warm eyes came in from the window, and Jia Min woke up.

Feel around, Ping'er is no longer there.Thinking about the situation last night, for a while, it felt like a dream, and even doubted whether it was real.

The door opened, and Ping'er came in wearing a brand new blue dress.

According to the custom, after a newly married concubine, she had to wear blue clothes when she returned home, Jia Min felt that she was in a trance for a while.

Ping'er's pretty face was still a little shy, but it had a different style.This made Jia Min's heart skip a beat, so he went to hug Ping'er.

"Don't move around, dress well, you will have a long life in the future. It's embarrassing for people to see it."

Although Jia Min didn't want to embarrass her, he still took advantage of it, and got dressed under Ping'er's service.

When I went out, I saw a piece of white silk hanging on the clothes rail in the yard, with some blood red on it.

When the morning spring breeze blew, the white silk fluttered slightly in the wind, like a battle flag, announcing something.

(End of this chapter)