Chapter 442 Before Marriage

The flavor of hometown food is naturally the most appetizing. Su You couldn't stop eating it, and couldn't help but praise: "You are better than your predecessor. This authentic nine-double bowl needs bantam chicken soup to be authentic!"

Shanzhao smiled and said: "There are indeed many new dishes. Master, please try this. This is the kelp brought back by the third brother."

Speaking of Su You, one thing comes to mind: "Everyone should eat more of this stuff, including the children at home. I saw a lot of big necks in Kuizhou. It's because the mainland lacks a chemical element. Among the kelp

, is rich in that element, and eating it can prevent it.”

Wei'er asked: "It is recorded in the "Natural History" of the Western Jin Dynasty that 'people who live in the mountains often suffer from gall diseases, and those who drink spring water do not flow.' They all believe that it is related to the local drinking water and emotions."

"The medical prescription for this disease does require the use of seaweed. "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" and "Back of the Elbow" both say, 'Seaweed is responsible for the formation of gall tumors.' No wonder brother Xiaoyou is not afraid of going out to Kuizhou. He has known it for a long time.

Already."

Su You said: "There are so many seaweeds along the coast that it costs nothing, mainly because transshipment is difficult. However, the sea can be accessed from Xiajiang to Jinghu. With the high speed of our schooner, it is not a big problem."

After saying that, he said seriously: "This is about the next generation of Shu, Brother San, Brother Zaowa, Brother Gou Sheng, you must do it."

"Actually, there is a lot of iodine in salt brine, but when we make refined salt, we remove it altogether, and it would be troublesome to extract it again. Since there are so many seaweeds on the seashore, we can also extract them from seaweeds.

elements and add them back to the snow salt, thus solving the transportation problem."

"Nowadays, the salt solution is the same as the snow salt in Sichuan. If our salt can prevent galls, this will also be a reflection of our competitiveness."

"If you want to avoid being counterfeited, you can solve the problem by adding some anti-caking agents. Sichuan Snow Salt can be ground into fine powder without clumping. The quality can be distinguished immediately."

"Third brother, I will tell you the specific refining method in a moment. Now that we can produce chlorine, this is very simple. This business can be handed over to the Qian family, which can be regarded as a reward for our partners."

Zhang Sheng shook his head and said: "Whoever meets an opponent like the young master is really unlucky. His eyes are full of ideas."

Zhang Zao smiled and said, "But if you have a friend like the young master, you will be very happy. You can find business opportunities every time you eat."

Zhang San said: "Don't worry, young master, this matter is left to us."

After eating this meal, Su You and Shi Wei took a walk together and sent her home.

Even with the current open-mindedness of the Song Dynasty, eating and walking together before marriage was a bit shocking.

However, no one thinks it's strange. If the Hanhualang who was born with Suhui and the heroine Xuwei Xianqing were just like ordinary men and women, it would make everyone feel that they lacked conversational skills and were boring.

Beside Tiaodeng Bridge, a bridge has been rebuilt according to the style of the ancient bridge on Lychee Road, with new green stone slabs and a width of five feet.

Su You was walking on the new bridge, watching Shi Wei jumping on the piers of the old bridge, and said: "I don't know if my floats can still be used, let alone whether the stone crawlers who built the new bridge have moved.

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Shi Wei said: "Brother Xiaoyou, how about we give it a try tomorrow?"

Su You smiled and said: "I'm afraid I don't have time, the wedding will be very troublesome..."

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"The Book of Songs Bin Feng Attacks Ke": "How to attack Ke, bandits can't do it with axes."

The wedding ceremony is first decided by the matchmaker and communicated to the groom's family with a cursive post.

The husband's family asks for divination or prays for fortune-telling using the cursive script, and if he gets good luck but no luck, he will reply to the cursive script.

The girl's family also performs fortune-telling, and the matchmaker understands the pronunciation, and then pastes it carefully, which is also called "fixed post".

In the preface of the post, the name of the official position of the three generations of the man's family is discussed, which man is the candidate for marriage, and the official year, month A, month, day, and auspicious time of birth. Parents may be in the hall or not, or which elder will be married to the owner, who will bring gold, silver, and land.

Property, house, porch, garden, are all listed in the post.

The bride's family's reply letter is also written as before, and it is also discussed which wife will be married, who will be born on the auspicious time of the first month of the year, and includes a list of dowry, jewelry, gold and silver, pearls, treasures, utensils, curtains and other items, and

Along with the marriage, there will be land, houses, gardens, etc.

The two Fake people informed each other and chose a day to post the posters. Each of them lined the plate with a color, and the post was sent to the final decision.

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Su You and Shi Wei's wife was the fifth sister-in-law. Kelongli was very poor at that time. She had just acquired 200 acres of mountain land and it was used by Su You as Gongzhong family land. Therefore, the property listed on the contract except for a few acres of borneol camphor trees.

In the mountains and forests, there is just a broken house, or a house foundation is more appropriate.

Shi Wei's dowry was quite generous. When Mrs. Shi sent her granddaughter away from the capital, as compensation, she had already prepared hundreds of acres of land, a village, and a forest for Shi Wei on the other side of Kelongli.

As for the jewelry and utensils, the old lady gave Shi Wei's mother all her belongings, and even added a set of jewelry for herself.

Nowadays, Su You's property is so large that it only means a number. Su You doesn't bother to take care of it. He leaves the property in Beijing to his younger sister, and the property in Meishan, Kuizhou and Weizhou to the company.

When pretense loses any meaning, it is better to keep everything simple. Su You and Shi Wei discussed using these things, plus a few boxes of treasures brought back from Dali when he was nine years old, to get married.

But even though Su You went to Shijiabao as well as Kelongli himself, the formalities that needed to be completed still had to be completed.

So the next day, Su You and his brothers came to Shijiabao with a wine gift and met Shi Wei. This procedure, like later generations, was called a "blind date."

Taking the meaning of strong men and weak women, Su You prepared four glasses of wine, while Shi Wei prepared two glasses.

After drinking, if the couple likes it, they will insert a gold hairpin into the crown and bun, which is called "inserting the hairpin", which is somewhat similar to the engagement ring ceremony of later generations.

If it doesn't go as expected, give two pieces of colorful satin, which is called "suppressing the surprise", and the marriage will be discordant.

The gold hairpin used for inserting the hairpin was very rough. It was tied and spread out in the past, and was melted and cast with the sand gold found in the Glass River. However, this gold hairpin showed that everyone in the Tutu Temple recognized Shi Wei at that time.

Now Su You uses it for engagement purposes, which is of great significance.

Now that the hairpin has been inserted, the people in Fake will get along well, agree on the etiquette, and choose a day to go to the girl's house to report the fate.

Fifth sister-in-law took the lead and once again led Shanzhu and others to carry the gifts across the river.

The gifts include pearls, jewelry, goldware, a gold-plated skirt pleated by the Mouse Lady herself, a floral satin made by the Su family weaving, a small gold tea cake produced by Kelongli,

The two sheep had red flowers tied on their foreheads and could not be lifted, but could only be led along.

There are also eight golden bottles of wine, decorated with large silver flowers. Four bottles are covered with red and green gold wine clothes, four bottles are covered with Luo silk flowers as wine clothes, and the wine basket is handed over with red colors.

It is said to be a bottle, but actually it is more appropriate to say it is an urn.

In addition, there is the most important thing, the gift book.

The gift book is made of four pieces of golden paper and made into a three-letter format, that is, folded in three. Each gift in the letter must be written on two gift books respectively. This is called "double seal".

Just like the wine clothes, the gift book should also be decorated. It can be a red and green gold book bag, a silk cover, or a green seal for five men and two women.

People in the Song Dynasty liked to use green in weddings, which is why the so-called "guys and dolls" were used.

Five boys and two girls was the most popular auspicious saying at that time. It was believed that a couple who could give birth to five boys and two girls would be the happiest.

Among the Su family, only Su Che later managed to reach the age of three boys and five girls, all of whom grew up.

All things must be put into boxes, with the gift book as the first box. A total of ten or eight boxes must be made, covered with colorful bundles, and sent away.

When the girl's family receives the gift box, they will prepare incense, candles, wine and fruits in the hall, inform the three realms, and then ask the girl's parents and her husband to open the box.

Shi Wei should prepare a gift for her on the same day and give her violet and colored satin as a reward.

Although Su You didn't have a beard yet, he still had to prepare a beard and beard, as well as a soap scarf, a gold jade handkerchief, a seven-treasure scarf ring, a silk handkerchief, shoes and socks...

Many of them are men's personal accessories, fabrics, clothing, etc. Logically, the girl to be married should do it herself. This is also a good time for girls to show off their needlework skills.

But Shi Wei thought too much about making these. They were all custom-made by the skillful female workers in Meishan. Then Shi Wei stuffed a scarf inside that she knitted for Su You with wool in Weizhou and it was considered a gift.

I can also knit a scarf in three short and two uneven ways, which is considered a skill.
Chapter completed!