Chapter 445: After Marriage

Su You is the only one left in the Su family. In the spirit of being serious and responsible for Su You's parents who died young, the old man moved to the room next to Su You's new house last night to listen to the noise, hoping that Wei'er would be pregnant today.

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The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked, and a few young ones are not good either. When Xiao Qi Ge talks about men and women, they are all unusually curious and follow suit one after another.

As a result, the new house was so quiet that Hachiko wanted to pick up a yellow wattle stick and scratch the wall to remind the two people next door to do something quickly.

By the middle of the night, everyone couldn't hold on any longer. Hachiko was okay and fell asleep as soon as he closed his eyes.

Mosquitoes are very strong in the countryside. Several little ones were bitten all over their bodies and heard nothing. As a result, they had to go back in despair and applied ointment for a long time. After struggling for a long time, they fell asleep.

When Hachigong saw Shi Wei with a blushing face, he knew that the two of them had become good friends last night, and he murmured in his heart: Why is there no movement? Could it be some Taoist magic from Wei'er?

But no matter what, it's good to get things done. After drinking the bride's tea happily, all the worries in the sky disappeared. Hachiko said: "Xiaoyou has been working too hard in the past few years. Let's relax at home this month."

The wedding is only half over, and there are still a lot of etiquette waiting for it.

So Su You took Shi Wei to visit the mountains and rivers. Although many industries in the village were developed by him back then, the talents in the village are now the experts. Tea, dipterocarp, fine wine, and pickles have long been superior to those of Tuzi.

There have been two generations of eunuchs, and he no longer has the ability to intervene.

The breeding of improved varieties has been carried out in an orderly manner, and the fruit trees are now in their peak production period.

The snow pears that Dali brought back were hanging all over the branches, but they were not edible yet. However, there were some early plums, early apricots, cherries and melons that were ready to be eaten.

There are also various kinds of raspberries and wild sweet potatoes on the mountain, and there is soy sauce there, so you won’t be hungry.

Three days after the wedding, the Shi family sent crown flowers, colorful satin, goose eggs, gold jars filled with oil, and silver jars filled with honey. They put them on a plate and spread them around, along with tea cakes, goose, sheep, fruits, etc.

Various food boxes are delivered to the Su family, which is called "Three Dynasties Gifts".

Seven days after their marriage, Su You took Shi Wei across the river to Shijiabao to pay her respects. Shijiabao held a banquet to entertain neighbors and relatives, and watched the new son-in-law come to his door. At the same time, the woman's relatives and friends

The congratulatory gift was also delivered at this time, which was called "Hui Lang Feast".

After the banquet, the Shi family invited them to send the two of them back to their mansion. They would not stay at the girl's house today.

On the ninth day, Shi Fu came with his family's cooking team and various ingredients, and held a banquet at Su You's home. This banquet was called "Nuan Nu Banquet".

After the Nuan Nuan meeting, they will take Shi Wei home, and the sisters and sisters-in-law will have some private conversations. Lao An will also ask if the newlywed life is harmonious, and then the next day will be arranged with crown flowers, satin, and a shared meal.

Shi Wei sent it back. This custom is called "washing hair".

In January, it's the Su family's turn to have a big banquet. Relatives and friends from both families are present. The Shi family displays the full-month gift box they sent, and the Su family extends the money to their in-laws and relatives.

The congratulatory gifts given to Su You by friends from all walks of life were also sent to Su You on this day, which was called "Congratulations on the Full Moon Wedding".

At this point, the entire wedding process is officially completed. This is why the officials of the Song Dynasty took two months of wedding leave, and they still had to make intensive arrangements.

With Su You's current social and official status, those who want to give gifts to build friendships are not just family members. Su You can only accept them with honor and ability.

Su You had already made an agreement with his literati friends and seniors that he would not accept any gifts, but would only accept poems and scrolls written by them themselves.

The fifth-ranking man was promoted to an official, and Han Qi and Fu Bi had to give face to the new rich with outstanding achievements. So the Su family's warehouse was filled to the brim with calligraphy, calligraphy, painting, and poetry from major celebrities. Even two months after the wedding, letters were sent one after another.

It is simply a grand event in the cultural world.

As for Cao Yi, Gao Shilin, the Qian family of Liangzhe, Xue Tong, and Dong Fei, these guys don't care about Su You's regulations. Gifts are considered a luxury.

Cao Yi obviously valued his status as a scholar more than his status as a relative, so he dutifully sent a piece of his own celebratory poems, but they were made using tapestry craftsmanship, and were hung on a picture of a katydid celebrating a celebration, with a pumpkin on the picture.

The three-dimensional shadow perspective method used by the katydids is vividly depicted.

The Qian family is also good, with a set of red sandalwood desks, chairs and cabinets, mother-of-pearl inlays, and a set of agarwood stationery.

They have been doing maritime trade for a long time, and some of them have valuable wood, which was given to them in the name of the design drawings of large ships.

The rest is very vulgar, either gold or silver.

The Seventh Son of the Earth Temple knew Su You's temperament, so Li Shuanshuo honestly asked Juan'er to give him a dozen spare sets of mercerized cotton underwear, Liu Si gave him a dozen sets of Kuizhou specialty prickly pear rice wine, and Zaowa gave him a set.

A fine pottery tea set, a natural green stone from Yazhou given by Gou Sheng, and a velvet blanket woven from antelope wool given by Xiao Qi.

Only the most valuable gift from Zhang San was a seven-foot-tall red coral tree. However, according to him, this thing didn’t cost much. It was picked up from the natives during the voyage, and it was made of two pairs of floor-standing large wooden frames with carved patterns.

The glass mirror was obtained from Hu Shang.

Looking at several rooms of congratulatory gifts, Su Yuanzhen drooled and taught Zhong Yi: "Did you see that first becoming an official and then finding a wife is the right way to make a fortune."

Among all the congratulatory gifts, the heaviest one was given by Prime Minister Xiao Gao, but Su You returned it intact.

There is also a letter that I went back with. It's not that I don't want to accept it, but that my younger brother is now the envoy and minister. I can't keep these things if you give them to me. The last bit will be handed over to the court. It's better to refuse to accept it. No.

Tempt me to make mistakes!

The holiday was over, no matter how much Su You procrastinated, it was time to hit the road.

It was a five-day journey on horseback to Zhengren Prefecture, but this kid still had the responsibility of being a transport envoy, so he came to visit his old place again.

Before revisiting, the Meishan type needs to be upgraded and modified. A metal mast is used to install a larger and taller longitudinal sail. At the same time, new spring ballistae are installed on both sides of the hull, equipped with a lot of explosive porcelain bullets.

After this thing was produced in Hongjiang, it had not been used in Weizhou. The ammunition prepared was basically useless due to a gasoline explosion accident. After the imperial court learned the truth about the Battle of Shuiluochuan, it hurriedly ordered the remaining Zhentian Lei to be used.

They were all transported to the capital to test their power.

In order to keep it secret from the Xixia people, Su You transported out some of the impact-activated tailed porcelain bombs produced by Hong Jiang according to his wishes.

Nowadays, there are no man's lands everywhere on the river, and the boats are full of people. You can experiment as much as you want.

While waiting for the ship to be renovated, Su You also gave Zhang San a gift.

In fact, it is four gifts: a sextant, a star chart, an astronomical calendar, and a timekeeping hourglass, which together are called "navigation".

These things, Yu Ju Guan has been working on for ten years since the telescope was made by Su You.

Almost all the famous Taoist temples in South China, while receiving the Heavenly Master's Sky Peeping Mirror, also received a mission to record star tables in different regions, count the height and time of the sun, and then collect data nationwide.

Produced the first star catalog and astronomical almanac with practical value.

The star table is actually the position of the moon in the sky at any time, expressed in terms of the distance between the moon and a certain star.

Si Tianjian and Yu Juguan conduct this as a daily astronomical observation. Through observation and calculation, the moon is used as a pointer and the stars are used as dials to accurately obtain astronomical time.

This method is called the "celestial clock method" or the "moon tool method". In fact, this method has been used in various Taoist temples, including the Si Tianjian and even the more complex armillary sphere. However, with the theodolite with a dial, observation and recording have become more complicated.

Convenient and accurate.
Chapter completed!