In the backyard of Yang Huazhong's house, Mrs. Sun and a group of women who came to help were busy preparing the lunch banquet meal.

In the front yard, Yang Huazhong took the men of the Yang family to greet the guests. Old Yang Tou and Old Sun Tou accompanied several village elders there to eat soft snacks, smoke cigarettes, drink tea, and chat.

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Yang Yongjin, Baozhu Yuzhu and others surrounded Da'an, and everyone was discussing how to pick up the bride from Sun's house opposite.

Although Huang Mao was raised like a daughter by Yang Huazhong and Sun, because she was marrying Daan, Huang Mao went to the Sun family across the street last night and lived in the same room as Xiaojie.

Wait until today, the big day, and then get married from the Sun family.

Sun family.

Xiaojie's boudoir was also crowded with women and children who came to watch the fun.

Originally, Quanfu planned to ask Bao Suyun to do it, but Bao Suyun was pregnant. Not to mention that she couldn't come and suffer from this, she couldn't even see the bride in person.

Because of the customs here, when the bride gets married, she will hang a special pair of bronze mirrors on her body.

One side of the bronze mirror hangs on the chest and the other side hangs on the back, which is said to ward off evil spirits on the way to marriage.

Since it is a bronze mirror that can ward off evil spirits, it must be powerful. Pregnant women should not be exposed to it. Otherwise, the child in the belly will not look good in the future and will become a crooked melon and a cracked jujube.

No one investigates the origin of these old traditions, let alone verifies their evidence. They are all passed down orally from generation to generation by the older generation.

When Mrs. Liu gave birth to Xiaozi Kang with a cleft lip, Mrs. Tan often scolded her, saying that when Mrs. Liu was pregnant with Xiaozi Kang, not to mention this village, Mrs. Liu had to stand up for anyone in the next village to marry their daughter or wife.

Look at it with a big belly.

Kang Xiaozi was so disfigured by the bronze mirror that he behaved like this.

Therefore, for the sake of safety, neither Bao Suyun nor Xiaoqin, who was also pregnant, dared to come over to see the bride. They had to wait for the bride to formally pay homage to the high hall, send her to the bridal chamber, and then remove the bronze mirror before they dared to go over to ask for it.

Eat the cake.

So, this time, the person who dressed up Xiaohua, the bride-to-be, was Yuzhi, who had both children.

Yuzhi has a pair of skillful hands, combing the little flowers into a cute woman's bun, and inserting the colorful silk flowers in the dressing box.

I took a piece of thread and twisted the hair on Xiaohua's face, which is also called "opening the face".

Next comes the makeup.

Xiaohua said sheepishly: "Sister-in-law Yuzhi, just put some on for me. Brother Da'an likes to be simple and elegant, and doesn't like heavy makeup."

Before Yuzhi could express her position, other fast-talking women watching the excitement joked: "Oh, look, I haven't even worshiped yet, but I care so much about what men think..."

Others on the side said: "Men are heaven and women are earth. What's more, Xiaohua's man is the number one scholar and is doing big things outside. Xiaohua cares about what Da'an thinks. This is a good thing. It means that Xiaohua is a good wife..."

The woman who made fun of Xiao Hua didn't mean any harm, it was just a quick joke made by the women of the farmer's family, and no one took it seriously.

Here, Yuzhi gave Xiaohua a reassuring smile and said, "Relax, you are young and you are good-looking, so you don't need that kind of heavy-duty stuff."

"I'll put some blush on you, put on some red lips, etc., and leave everything else alone." Yuzhi said.

Xiaohua blushed and nodded gently.

Yuzhi saw it in his eyes and thought that there was no need to put on blush on this face, hehehe...

When the sound of firecrackers came from Yang Huazhong's house across the way, everyone knew that this was the procession coming to welcome the bride. Here, Yuzhi had already dressed up the little flowers neatly, and sat on the ground in the middle of the boudoir with her head covered.

In a large sieve made of bamboo, glutinous rice, red dates, peanuts and other things were sprinkled under the feet.

Then, the women came up obediently to add makeup and say auspicious words.

Guihua, Dayun, Liu Shi, Yang Huamei, Wang Cuilian, Xiaohuan and the others.

There is another woman, Cui Er Niang.

Since Da'an returned to Sunjiagou two days ago and burned incense and kowtowed at Mrs. Sun's grave, the people in Sunjiagou knew that not only had the turmoil in the imperial court passed, but the Yang family's son-in-law Luo Fengtang had become the national protector general, and Da'an had also entered

Hanlin Academy, a family of high-ranking civil and military officials.

So today, Da'an and Xiaohua got married, and Cui'er's family of three, as well as several relatives from Sunjiagou who had graduated from the fifth service, came over overnight to congratulate them.

Now it's Cui'er's turn to add makeup.

Cui'er's mother-in-law's makeup gift was actually more generous than the others' gifts. Others' gifts cost forty, sixty, or eighty cents, etc. The makeup gift was mainly a token of gratitude.

Besides, for the wedding banquet of Yang Huazhong's family, the men of their respective families also brought gifts, so the makeup added by the woman was mainly a thought, a gift for Xiao Hua's body.

When it's Cui'er's turn, well, Cui'er's hand is a silver bracelet.

The quality of this silver bracelet shows that it is quite old.

By visual inspection, it weighs about three ounces. Not to mention adding makeup, even if it is a congratulatory gift between relatives and friends, giving such a heavy gift is extremely and extremely close.

For example, the Sun family's gift was six taels of silver and a pig.

Yang Ruoqing gave the most extra money, a full fifty acres of first-class fertile land, plus a hundred taels of silver in the box.

But is the relationship between Yang Ruoqing and Daan comparable?

Brothers and sisters!

But at this moment, Cui'er's wife used a silver bracelet to outshine everyone else in the room except Huang Mao, even Yang Huamei, Da'an's aunt.

Everyone was very surprised, looking at Cui'er's mother with their eyes, as if they were looking at a brand new Cui'er's mother.

I was secretly shocked in my heart, wasn't it said that Sunjiagou was poor, how could this Cui'er mother be so generous?

As the bride, Xiaohua was also extremely surprised when she held the heavy silver bracelet with body heat in her hand.

"Auntie, this bracelet is too valuable, I can't accept it."

After thinking about it, Xiaohua returned the bracelet to Cui'er.

Cui'er's mother said: "This bracelet was given to me by my mother when I got married. It was originally intended to be kept for Cui'er, but now that she sees you getting married to Da'an, my aunt's heart is filled with honey.

It needs to be sweet."

"This bracelet is for you. It matches your outfit very well. My dear nephew and daughter-in-law, please accept it quickly..."

Mother Cui'er comes over again, but Xiaohua declines.

"Auntie, you gave me the dowry that originally belonged to Tweetie. What will happen to Tweetie when she gets married?" Xiaohua asked deliberately.

Although Xiao Hua looks honest, she also has a delicate heart with seven orifices.

Especially since he has been with Yang Ruoqing for the past few years, he has been subtle and subtle, unlike Sun, the stupid bun.

So I deliberately asked in front of everyone.

Cui'er's mother always had a loving smile on her face and said: "Cui'er's marriage has not yet been decided. Your uncle and I are not too old yet, and we can continue to make money to prepare for her. My good nephew and daughter-in-law are so happy."
Chapter completed!