This lunch was "dark and gloomy." The people who came to deliver the makeup had grease all over their mouths and were eating happily. There were 50 tables outside, and basically every table was completely implementing the "CD" policy.
This made the stray dogs outside the Li Residence, who were waiting to eat the leftovers after the meal, suffer. With such a big lineup today, they were destined to have no food to eat.
"Wow ~! Awesome, too f * cking awesome ~! "
"En ~! The Li Family's food is really f * cking good ~! Fortunately, I came with the master today to deliver the makeup. Zhao Sifang, that little brat, wanted to change shifts with me when he came! Fortunately, I didn't change shifts ~! Haha! "
A servant who came with Du Yanheng to deliver the makeup said proudly while rubbing his swollen belly.
"Hey ~! Da Zhuang, if you change shifts, won't you regret it for the rest of your life ~? "
"Haha ~! That's the truth ~! "
"Burp ~! Today is just to entertain us who deliver the makeup. Tomorrow is the official wedding banquet. I don't know how sumptuous the food and wine will be at that time ~! It's a pity that I'm not qualified to come and participate ~! "
"Go ~! You should be satisfied ~! The meal we ate today is enough for many people to envy for a lifetime ~! Those who come to attend Lord Li's wedding ceremony tomorrow are all high officials and nobles ~! How can it be our turn ~! "
"Haha ~! That's right ~! I'll be satisfied after this meal ~! "
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The lively banquet lasted until half past one in the afternoon (1: 30 in the afternoon). More than 500 people who delivered the makeup rubbed their swollen bellies and left one after another under the leadership of each family.
Of course, many of the gifts on the ox carts didn't have time to be unloaded, so all the ox carts were left at the Li Residence. They would be returned after the wedding. Anyway, there was the symbol of each family on it, so there was no need to be afraid of confusion. Besides, when the bride was fetching the bride tomorrow, they could be placed at the back of the convoy to add to the extravagance.
The people who delivered the dowry had eaten their fill and returned home, each looking for their mothers. The people of the Li Residence, on the other hand, were extremely busy. More than ten servants were busy tidying up the tables, chairs, bowls, and chopsticks, while the other eighty servants were busy helping to transport the dowry that had been sorted out in the morning to the Li Residence's storeroom. This was a huge project.
When Li Zexuan had just returned home a few months ago, he felt that there were too many maids and servants in the house. Now, it seemed that there was not enough manpower. No wonder it was often said in books that some rich and powerful families had more than ten thousand maids and servants. In this era, it was not exaggerated at all, because the business of the big families was even bigger. The current foundation of the Li family was still not comparable to those thousand-year-old families.
Today, the amount of dowry sent by the Han, Li, Du, and Qin families was so much that it almost filled up the two courtyards of the Li Residence. The Li Residence was not a small residence. The entire area of the Li Residence could be counted with one's fingers in the several nearby squares. Even so, the courtyard was still full. One could imagine how many gifts there were. If it was a small family, it was estimated that the house would not be able to hold it.
The storeroom of the Li Residence was in the backyard. It was an independent three-story building. There were only some famous people's calligraphy and paintings, gold, silver, jade, and of course, a lot of copper coins, a lot of copper coins. Li Zexuan had been here once, but never again, because he was not short of money to spend ~!
Li Jingmo personally went forward to open a simple and heavy copper lock, and then brought a few trusted servants in. The rest of the servants delivered all kinds of expensive gifts outside, and the servants inside were responsible for placing the gifts in appropriate places. In this way, the servants inside were actually the most tired, but none of them complained. Instead, they were all glowing and looked proud.
The gifts that could be moved into the Li Residence's storeroom were the more precious ones. For example, some of the cheaper furniture and decorations that took up more space could only be placed in the courtyard first, and even had to be piled up. As for the rice, wheat, and meat in the dowry, they had long been arranged to be placed in the Li Residence's granary or sent to the Drunken Immortal Restaurant.
According to Li Zexuan's previous plan, he had originally planned to buy a large amount of food during this autumn harvest to deal with the locust plague next year. But now, it seemed that when the time came, perhaps only half of the planned amount would be needed, because half of the granary at home was filled with food.
"Xuan 'er, these are all Yuxi's dowry. You can't use them without permission in the future, do you understand ~?"
Madam Li stayed inside for a while before coming out. As a woman, she couldn't help much inside. Li Zexuan was also bored inside, so he slipped out with his mother.
Knowing that her son was deliberately playing tricks, Madam Li smiled and didn't want to expose him. She looked at the mountain of dowry outside, thought for a while, and then earnestly instructed her son.
A woman's dowry in ancient times was usually the private property of the woman, especially at this time. According to the law, a woman's dowry was protected by the law. When a woman married into her husband's family, her dowry wouldn't become the family's public property, but still belonged to her private property. Not only could the parents-in-law not take it, even the husband couldn't take it.
If the woman was divorced or divorced, then the dowry could be taken away. If the woman passed away, then the dowry would belong to her children. If she didn't have children, then most of the dowry would go to the mother's family, and the husband would get half of it at most. This still depended on negotiation, and it was also where disputes over property often happened.
Therefore, the rights of women in the Tang Dynasty were still very high, and they were protected by the government. It wasn't like the Ming and Qing Dynasties, where women were completely dependent on men. They followed the father at home, the husband after marriage, and the son after the husband's death. The women of this time also had their own property rights, which was unimaginable in the future.
"Mother ~! I know, so don't worry ~! I don't care about that little bit of money ~! "
Li Zexuan pursed his lips. He was an awesome transmigrator, so no matter what, he wouldn't fall to the point where he had to rely on his wife's dowry to survive! If that was really the case, he might as well find a piece of tofu and kill himself.
"Hehe ~! My son is promising ~! "
Madam Li looked at her son's smug face and couldn't help but smile lovingly.
"Haha ~! Isn't that because I was born good ~? "
"Glib tongue ~! Alright, go ahead and be naughty! I'll go and see if there are any oversights. Xuan 'er, nothing must go wrong at tomorrow's wedding ~! "
Madam Li covered her mouth and smiled, tapping her son's forehead in annoyance. After such a long time of family reunion, she felt that she was getting happier every day. The only flaw was that she hadn't fulfilled her wish of having a house full of children and grandchildren! However, that was soon, so she felt full of motivation when she did things now.
"Mm ~! Thank you for your hard work, Mother ~! "
Li Zexuan said sincerely.
People said that having an elder in the family was like having a treasure. This was really true. If it weren't for the two elders, he wouldn't have been able to handle this wedding alone. He didn't even know the most basic wedding procedures, and who knew how much trouble he would have caused.
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