Bai Dalang rolled his eyes and looked around, and saw that there was no one around except a few of them, so he coughed lightly and whispered: "It's natural to think about it, it's just this rule..."
Man Bao said: "This is not a rule that we must abide by. Otherwise, why would you have sat together for dinner last night?"
"We didn't sit together. There was a screen in the middle. There were separate guests for men and women," Bai Dalang argued, "I can only see her hair."
Bai Shandao: "Let me ask you if you want to meet. It's just a meeting, and I don't want you to do anything rude. Moreover, it is said that it is not easy to meet before the wedding, but it is also the eve of the wedding. There is still a lot before you get married.
It’s time.”
For example, he and Zhou Man, no one told them that unmarried couples could not meet each other. On the contrary, they felt much more comfortable after getting engaged. Even if they held hands in public, no one thought there was anything wrong.
Bai Dalang hesitated for a moment and then whispered: "But from the perspective of Cheng Jia, the second young lady has already got married. It's just because of my family that we have chosen another day to visit the court in the capital. At this time, the second young lady is getting married.
, it’s not good for us to meet.”
When you get married, you don't just get a dowry and bring your daughter with you. When Mr. Bai came to ask for marriage on his son's behalf, he made three trips in a row to give the family face, and then went to get married on his son's behalf.
Originally, the newlyweds were separated from each other, so the bride could enter the house in Qili Village first, and then send her to the capital to briefly salute Bai Dalang.
But firstly, Cheng Jia didn't want to wrong his daughter like this, and secondly, Mr. Bai didn't want to wrong his son like this.
After all, this is the first time to get married, and she is the eldest daughter-in-law. She would rather go through some trouble than be too simple in some of the rituals.
So when Mr. Bai came to marry his son, the Cheng family held wedding wine and Miss Cheng put on her wedding dress and was sent out of Mianzhou City.
It was a hot day, so Miss Cheng Er only changed out of her wedding dress midway. However, she had only worn red clothes for the past twelve days and had never changed into any other color.
Now just wait for Mr. Bai to buy the house, and when he is ready, he can welcome his eldest daughter-in-law into the house on the auspicious day.
If an unmarried couple is already married with one foot, then Bai Dalang and Miss Cheng Er are now only separated by the heel.
The more times like this, the more important it is to observe etiquette.
So after Bai Dalang hesitated for a long time, he gritted his teeth and closed his eyes, rejecting Man Bao and Bai Shan's temptation. Then he carefully selected in the garden, reached out and picked out an excellent rose, cut it and gave it to Man Bao, "
Give it to the second lady for me."
Although it was a bit unexpected, Man Bao happily accepted it and no longer encouraged him to see Miss Cheng Er.
Man Bao handed the book to Bai Shan and asked him to take it back. Then he took the flowers and went to the guest house to find Miss Cheng.
As she walked, she felt something was wrong. She glanced at the flower in her hand and couldn't help but ask Keke in her mind, "Is this flower mine?"
Keke said: "It belongs to the host."
Man Bao said: "Senior Brother Bai is so stingy."
However, when handing the flowers to Miss Cheng Er, she still lowered her voice and whispered to her: "Senior Brother Bai spent a long time in the garden picking out the flowers. He specifically asked me to give them to you."
Miss Cheng Er blushed with embarrassment. After taking it, she found a vase in the house and put it in it. Her face was hot and she whispered: "Thank him for me."
Man Bao asked: "Why thank him?"
Miss Cheng Er's face turned even redder, and she finally spoke out loudly after a while, "Thank him for his thoughtfulness, and just say that I like it very much."
Man Bao responded with a smile.
Mrs. Cheng had just finished washing up. When she heard that Zhou Man was here, she quickly combed her hair and came over, "Miss Man is here?"
Just one night, she also changed her title, but she seemed a little more approachable.
Miss Cheng Er didn't care that they were not familiar with each other, so she hurriedly grabbed Man Bao's hand and prayed.
Manbao then smiled and said to Mrs. Cheng, "I came to deliver a flower to the second young lady. Now that I have finished delivering it, my wife is busy. I will go back and have breakfast first."
Mrs. Cheng quickly persuaded her to stay, "Let's eat here."
Man Bao declined and ran back to Bai Shan's Songbai Courtyard. Sure enough, food was already laid out in the hall, and Mr. Bai was sitting at the table.
When he saw Man Bao, he smiled and waved, "You're just in time, come and have breakfast."
Man Bao came forward and sat down. Bai Shan gave her a pair of bowls and chopsticks and asked, "I thought you wanted to eat at your house."
Man Bao said: "Sister-in-law is tired. My fourth sister-in-law made breakfast today."
Bai Shan and the others understood it.
Mr. Zhuang gave her a lesson every day, "You are too picky about food."
Man Bao smiled and admitted his mistake obediently. He probably would not regret it next time.
Bai Shan promptly changed the subject and said, "I put your book in the study room."
After hearing this, Mr. Zhuang immediately said: "I will memorize the text after breakfast."
Bai Erlang's back was slightly cold and he lowered his head while eating his porridge.
Bai Shan and Man Bao also tensed their skins and responded weakly.
Bai Dalang glanced at Man Bao several times and found that she had not received his hint, so he lowered his head in disappointment.
After Man Bao had breakfast, he and Bai Shan and Bai Erlang went to the study to study with Mr. Zhuang, while Bai Dalang followed his father to attend to the wedding.
Although there weren't many things that required him to be busy, he still had to ask for his opinion on weddings, weddings, etc., as well as guests to be invited.
Lao Zhoutou rarely got a good night's sleep. He didn't get up until the sun was shining on his buttocks.
Qian got up early and smelled the smell of medicine, so he and Xiao Qian followed the smell of medicine and went to the front, where they saw Lu and others cooking the medicine.
She was stunned for a moment and asked, "Whose medicine is this for, your father?"
Mrs. Lu quickly stood up and said, "No, my sister-in-law said that father-in-law's medicine should be taken after meals. Father-in-law hasn't gotten up yet, so he hasn't started boiling it yet. This is a home-made ointment."
Mr. Lu explained the origin of this ointment and said, "The sales of this ointment are very good now, especially this whitening ointment. Yesterday, Li Jun even brought a small jar to Miss Cheng Er."
Mrs. Qian: ...she said, why was that child so mysterious yesterday? He seemed so happy when he came out of Miss Cheng Er's room.
Qian held Xiao Qian's hand and sat on a small stool nearby and asked, "Are these medicinal materials expensive?"
"It's quite expensive." Mrs. Lu gestured: "Such a big jar of ointment costs one or two silver dollars, not including firewood and labor."
"Then how much do you sell?"
"A jar can be roughly divided into two porcelain jars. One porcelain jar costs two taels of silver." Seeing Qian's frown, Mrs. Lu immediately explained: "Porcelain jars are also very expensive. To establish the throne, you have to engrave the character "Zhou" on it.
, so porcelain jars have to be made to order, because the glaze color is better, so a jar costs about 150 yuan, which is much more expensive than the dishes bought at home."
Isn't it expensive? The ones at home are made of tiles, but the ones here are made of porcelain.
Qian stared blankly at the three smoking stoves in the kitchen, and after a while he said, "That's fine, you have something to do in the capital."
Mrs. Lu breathed a sigh of relief and said yes with a smile.