The relatives on the woman's side came up to receive many gift boxes, opened them one by one and placed them in the hall for everyone to see.
According to the etiquette and customs of Xiaoding, if an ordinary family can produce two gift boxes, it is considered a good thing, and even better, if it can produce four gift boxes.
Now what the Li family has sent are nine large gift boxes, which are meant to last forever.
The nine large gift boxes were opened one by one, and everyone was amazed.
I saw that the first gift box contained hardware, large gold bracelets, gold earrings, gold rings, gold necklaces, and gold collar buttons.
The second gift box is a complete set of gold and silver jewelry.
The third gift box contained two sets of embroidered dresses.
The fourth gift box contains fine silk fabrics.
The fifth and sixth gift boxes are filled with bright red satin.
The seventh and eighth gift boxes contain four fruits and four points.
The ninth gift box contains tea leaves.
There are nine gift boxes, and the woman will give four gifts in return later. Inside are the four treasures of the study, as well as clothes, shoes and socks for the man.
Well, of course it was all done by Lan Yi and her maid. Song Qiu gave her two symbolic injections and asked her to do it with one hand. It couldn't be done. I guess the closing would be wrinkled, like a centipede.
Yeah, I can't wear it out, it's out of shape.
Now the red satin for wedding ceremonies has arrived, and they specialize in making wedding clothes. According to the custom in their area, after a marriage is arranged, the girl's family not only makes her own wedding dress, but also makes her fiancé's wedding dress.
Song Qiu didn't know much about it. He looked at Zou quietly and said, "Well, I'd like you to lead someone to do this big project."
Mrs. Zou understood what her girl meant and couldn't help but laugh. Today was such a festive day. She couldn't help but think that she would have a wedding in two days. She couldn't help but smile and quickly stopped and calmed down.
He calmly took Lan Yan and others to work.
Today was just a wedding banquet, and we didn't invite many people. We only had the whole village and relatives from two families, but we still had to sit at a table of twenty. As the chief steward of the inner courtyard, she couldn't be idle.
Even the people in the relative village have watched Song Qiu and Li Yang grow up, and now they are here to witness the happy event of their engagement. Everyone is very happy and gives their heartfelt blessings.
Everyone was talking and laughing, and the banquet lasted for an hour before they gradually dispersed.
If it hadn't been so hot when the sun got up, we could have eaten and talked slowly for another two hours.
The villagers left one after another, but a group of relatives stayed behind. They arranged a private room for everyone to take a nap, get up and eat a piece of iced watermelon, and then sent all the relatives home one by one in a car.
Only the family members were left, sitting together and continuing to discuss the wedding date.
Li Yang will be seventeen this winter month. The Li family wants to set the date before the year before or next spring. They don't farm either, so there is no such thing as being busy with farming.
Moreover, the date of Lihua’s wedding is next autumn. As an elder brother, it is best to get married before your younger sister.
I had made an appointment to marry Lihua before, and she was still in the Zhang family at the beginning. I had no choice but to make the decision early and feel relieved.
But Song Qiu only got her haircut in August, and she was only fifteen when she got married at the end of the year. She felt that it was a bit rushed. In addition, she was busy a year ago and had no time to deal with the wedding.
There will be some time for spring next year.
In the end, they discussed and decided to set the date around the Mid-Autumn Festival next year, just a few days before Lihua.
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Dawn breaks and the sun has not yet risen.
Three figures were walking on the mountainside, climbing towards the peak.
Li Yang, a tall man, carried a basket on his back, which contained many things. He carried the heavy basket without difficulty, and he was able to use his hands to pick up Song Qiu who was behind him. "There is a nest," he said.
Be careful to miss the mark."
Song Qiu handed his hand to him and was pulled over by him. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Let's take a rest. It's been a while since we've been climbing so long."
There is an old crooked-neck pine tree in front, with a large stone large enough for more than a dozen people to stand on it at the bottom. It has been polished smooth and flat by the years, and is very clean.
She walked towards the big rock and said, "It's right here."
Later, Li Yang picked up Lihua and the two of them also came this way.
The three of them sat on a big rock to rest, with the shadows of trees behind them making it difficult to see the low cliff below.
If it were accidentally planted, it would be cut into pieces by the tight trunk.
While helping Song Qiu take things out of the basket, Lihua looked at the three mottled circles on the big stone and said, "Do you still remember this place? When I was seven years old, we used sharp stones to draw the seals here.
It’s still there!”
Li Yang answered with a smile, "Remember, this round lump with a pointed top and a fat bottom like a pig was painted by A Qiu."
"It won't do you any good if you draw like a stupid egg." Song Qiu snorted, lit two pieces of charcoal in the small red clay stove, and sat the matching small red clay pot on it.
Then he opened the stopper of the water bag and poured it into the small pot. The chicken soup was boiled through and filled with essence.
Li Yang chuckled and admitted, "Yes, yes, my painting is ugly."
Lihua laughed out loud, then pointed at the mark that was not clearly visible as three circles or not. She laughed even more happily, "No, none of us can draw this ugly!"
Beads of water soon appeared against the wall of the pot. Song Qiu rinsed his hands with the remaining water in the water bag, uncovered the half-small bowl of celery and diced meat stuffing covered with cotton cloth, and grabbed a small dustpan as big as his palm.
Roll out the wonton wrapper, dip it in the meat filling with a small spoon, and pinch it to make a wonton.
Listening to Lihua's words, she quickly glanced at the mark and joked: "I didn't know it when I was little, but looking at it now, wasn't it you who was painted on the stone? I said I've liked you since I was a child, that's true."
Lihua listened and stared at the mushy mass with wide eyes. She couldn't tell that it was her. She shook her head and said, "Nonsense, where is I here? It doesn't look like the painting is a person!"
Before the chicken soup in the pot was rounded, Song Qiu raised a hand and pointed at the mark, "Hey, doesn't this look like a head? These are hands and feet. They are just a person. He didn't draw them.
Who can you draw?"
After Song Qiu pointed it out, the slimy thing really looked like a human shape.
Li Yang glanced at it, then looked at the circle he drew, pursed his lips, thought of something, and smiled again.
"How old are you then? What can you draw?" Lihua also felt a little embarrassed and stopped looking at the mark. She watched Song Qiu pinch wontons.
The chicken soup in the pot had already formed a round shape. Song Qiu moved quickly, pinched a wonton, and rolled it in.
The thin wonton wrappers were wrapped in the boiling water. After a few tumblings, the blisters bulged and they were cooked quickly.
Each person has a wooden bowl and a wooden spoon, scoops out the wontons in the pot and starts eating.
The chicken soup is mellow and delicious, the wonton skin is thin and the filling is tender. One wonton in each bite, coupled with a mouthful of soup, the taste is beyond mention.
It is cool in the mountains in the early morning, and the rising sun in the east shines through the shadows of the trees, creating a colorful scene. The three of them sat on the rocks, each holding a bowl of chicken soup wontons. The food warmed their stomachs and made them feel comfortable all over.