Since his father wanted him to stay at home obediently and wait for the bride to enter the house, Li Zexuan followed his father's wishes and continued to be an otaku at home.
"En! Comfortable! Xiao Xi, use more strength! Xiao He! Don't stop! Continue reading! " “
Our upright male protagonist didn't do anything shameful. He was just lying on the bamboo bed, enjoying Xiao Xi's massage while listening to Xiao He reading the story in the newspaper! "
Needless to say, "Zhang Xiaohua's Journey to Immortality" written by "Outer Beauty" became more and more exciting as it went on. After all, the writer was not a transmigrator like Li Zexuan. She looked at the problem from the perspective of the Tang people. Although the opening part imitated "A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality", there were many original plots in the later parts of the story, which was very good to pass the time.
"En! Young Master, is this strength okay? "
Xiao Xi increased her strength and asked softly.
"En, en! Yes, yes, yes! Xiao He, continue reading! "
Feeling the soft and boneless hands on his back moving around his various acupuncture points, Li Zexuan moaned comfortably. He then instructed Xiao He who was next to him.
Xiao He helplessly rolled her eyes. This young master at home was becoming more and more like a master, but what could she do? She could only obediently read,
"Oh! Jiang Tianwu's eyes flashed with unwillingness. He gritted his teeth and cursed, but he still fled into the distance. Although he was cruel and evil, he was only in the early stage of Foundation Establishment. He definitely couldn't block the attack of a Core Condensation cultivator's Thunder Palm.
Seeing that the other party was about to escape, Yun Ying waved her hand and cast a spell into the blue light. Suddenly, the whole blue light boiled like a ladle of water being poured into boiling oil.
A bolt of lightning as thick as the mouth of a bowl whizzed towards the other party … "
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June 24th, early morning.
The people from the Han family came to deliver the dowry.
Although the Han family was not as rich as the Li family, Han Yuxi's mother used to come from a rich family. When she was alive, she naturally left her rich dowry to her daughter. Gold, silver, and silk were filled with ten large carriages. It was so dazzling that it blinded the eyes of others. Han Yuxi didn't use this dowry during the most difficult time in her life. Now that she brought it to the Li family, it was enough to show how much the Han family valued this marriage.
After Han Tianhu came back from the battlefield, he worked hard for many years and saved a small dowry for his daughter. Even though it wasn't as much as what Han Yuxi's mother left, it still filled five carriages, including three carriages of copper coins and two carriages of satin.
He knew that his daughter was marrying into the Li family this time. Marrying a county man was really climbing the social ladder. Therefore, in order for his daughter to live a more comfortable life in the Li family, Han Tianhu spent a lot of money on the dowry. He almost used up all the family's assets. Not only that, he also returned the extravagant betrothal gift that Li Zexuan sent last time and added it into his daughter's dowry.
Ancient times were different from modern times. The custom of this time was for women to marry rich. In the poem "Ruffian", it said, "Come with your carriage, I bribe to move." It described the scene when the women of Wei country were married. Come quickly with your horse, I'll bring my dowry to your house. It was clear that the custom of marrying rich had a long history.
People often said, "A thousand acres of fertile land, ten miles of red dowry." It referred to the queue for dowry that stretched for miles. In ancient times, the custom of "marrying rich" was spread to almost every family. There was even a rumor that it was difficult to get married without a dowry. At that time, the "royal daughter" of the same clan often couldn't get married if her family was poor.
Even if it was a daughter of an ordinary family, her family would help her from the moment she was born to prepare a dowry. It was so that their children could not only find a good family in the future, but also have a higher status in the in-laws' family and live a happier life. (Since ancient times, the parents' worry for their children had not changed at all.)
Before the big wedding, the bride's family would usually specially go to the groom's house to take measurements and order furniture for the dowry. There were even families that mortgaged their property because they didn't have enough dowry before the wedding.
The "Hengshui County Annals" once described it this way: "Rich families have a couple hundred gold as dowry. This is comparable to ancient times. After the wedding, the man's family will pay ten percent and the woman's family will pay nine percent. "
From this, it could be seen that the dowry of a woman was much higher than the betrothal gift of a man. The bride's parents thought that this would let their daughter be valued in the husband's family. Moreover, if their daughter was bullied, they would have a generous dowry to rely on and it would be better.
The ancient people's "marrying rich" and the modern people's "marrying rich" also changed the economic form from "mother-in-law economy" to "mother-in-law economy." Some people said that China's housing prices were pushed up by "mother-in-law". Whether this was true or not, it wasn't important. But regardless of whether it was marrying rich or not, it was not advisable to use the parents' life savings to satisfy their children's extravagant fantasies of marriage.
With the Han family bleeding so much, it was estimated that their future days would be very difficult. Han Tianhu himself also understood the consequences, but he, who had always been upright, still insisted on using all of his family's wealth to send out such a large dowry. He thought that the Li family had given him and his daughter enough face by sending over fifty thousand strings of money as a betrothal gift. Now that it was their turn to send out betrothal gifts, how could they be stingy? Naturally, they would send as much as they had. Otherwise, when his daughter married into the family, she would be laughed at.
Therefore, excluding the dowry that was sent to the Li Family yesterday, the dowry that the Han Family sent today was 25 carts worth of copper coins, a total of 25,000 strings of cash, a thousand mu of fertile farmland, gold and silver utensils, silk, clothes, bedding, furniture, books, medicinal herbs, and other valuables, a total of 35 ox carts were pulled. As for the cheaper items such as small utensils, poultry, and livestock, a total of 40 carts were brought over by Han Tianhu. Hundreds of youths from the Han Family Manor and Plum Village were all invited over by Han Tianhu to deliver the dowry.
Sixty carts, forty carts of goods, and hundreds of people, led by the three new carriages of the Curious Pavilion, "Don't Touch Me," chose to enter from the Chunming Gate in the east of Chang 'an City. They passed by the Dao Zheng Square, Changle Square, and the East Market, all of which were bustling places in Chang' an City, and headed towards Yongle Square, where the Li family was located.
This huge dowry team naturally attracted the attention of countless people as they walked on the streets of Chang 'an City.
"Oh my god! Whose daughter is marrying off? Why is there such a big scene? "
"I know this! It's the daughter of the Han Manor in the east of Chang 'an City! "
"Is their family very rich ~? Why is there so much dowry ~? Look at the twenty carts carrying the copper coins. It must be at least twenty million, right ~? "
"Heh ~! The Han family doesn't have that much money. In my opinion, most of this is the betrothal gift sent by the Li family! "
"Li family? Which Li family ~? "
"It's Li Xiannan, Li Siye's family ~! The Han family's daughter is marrying Li Xiannan this time. Tsk tsk, that daughter is really lucky! Li Xiannan is one of the rare young talents of Tang Dynasty ~! "
"Oh ~! I remember now! Half a month ago, the Li family sent thirty thousand strings of cash and thirty carts of gifts outside the city to send the betrothal gifts. So it's the Han Manor! "
"Yes, yes! That betrothal gift is at least forty million. The Li family is really generous! "
"The Han family has really struck it rich this time ~!"
"Heh ~! You can't say that. The last time the Li family sent the betrothal gifts, I saw it for myself. That betrothal gift was not as much as the dowry sent by the Han family today ~! Not only did the Han family not earn anything this time, they even gave a lot more! "
"Tsk tsk ~! That's true ~! The Han family is quite generous. If it were any other family, they would be lucky if they could even send back half of the betrothal gifts! "
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