Cooking smoke curls up, dogs bark and chickens crow; the sun sets in the west, the sky is full of red clouds.
The dusk of Xiahe Village gives people a warm and comfortable feeling, and you will never get tired of seeing it for how many times.
Zhu Pingan in the sunset sunshine, from Li Dazhou master home back to the next river village, not yet arrived at the door of the house heard a burst of hustle and bustle, from a distance to see surrounded in front of their own door there are also many people in the village.
What’s going on?
Zhu Pingan walked over with doubts, the village people who were watching at the entrance of the house saw Zhu Pingan coming and greeted him, making way for Zhu Pingan. Zhu Pingan also responded to all of them one by one and walked in from the path that the villagers had made way.
Then he saw his grandparents and eldest uncle’s family in front of his house, his mother Chen and Zhu’s father were also there, and his mother Chen’s face was a little not so good.
The eldest uncle’s family was arguing, but not with their own family.
Zhu Pingan greeted his grandparents, walked over to his parents, looked down at the noisy uncle’s family, and looked at the townspeople who were laughing and watching the jokes, and then walked over to the noisy uncle’s family to persuade them.
“Uncle, auntie, and Jun, why are you standing at the door, go into the house, let’s sit down and have a cup of tea and talk slowly.”
The so-called family scandal can not be publicised, even if the family is separated, but a pen can not write a Zhu character.
The eldest aunt is educating Zhu Pingjun up, not quite want to go into the home, the eldest uncle is listening to Zhu Pingan’s persuasion is very elegant nod, grandmother said the eldest aunt, and then the eldest aunt will pull Zhu Pingjun’s arm followed by the grandmother into the home of Zhu Pingan.
With the eldest uncle’s family into Zhu Pingan’s home, the crowd of onlookers also have the sense to say hello to Chen’s and other people and then go home.
Zhu Ping’an followed his parents into the home last, walked home to find the eldest uncle family in the house still quarrel non-stop, no one can pull.
From the eldest uncle’s family’s noise, Zhu Pingan roughly understand what is going on, mainly around the family disputes caused by Zhu Pingjun’s marriage, some days ago a matchmaker found the eldest aunt, to give Zhu Pingjun to say a marriage. It is said that the woman’s family is not bad, the woman’s father is still a scholar, the family also has a lot of good land. The family also has a lot of good land. Auntie heard on the happy, but did not say yes, and so found the eldest uncle said, eldest uncle heard the woman’s father is a scholar. Nature is also very happy, there is a scholar in-laws, their future is also more beneficial.
In addition, these days, the eldest uncle and the eldest aunt by Zhu Pingan’s family’s happy event pressured breathless, their own family finally also have a big good thing. Look, the Xiu Cai Master’s family took the initiative to tie the knot with their own family, how dignified ah, this all belongs to the high climbers. The two of them are very satisfied, grandparents also agree, but which thought Zhu Pingjun that tendon is not right, just do not agree.
In ancient times, it is about matchmaking, parents’ orders, the eldest uncle and the eldest aunt will use the parents’ name to agree to this marriage, even if the parents’ orders, but also need to cooperate with the Zhu Pingjun. However, this goods die with not cooperate, froze do not agree, so it led to the creation of this quarrel scene.
“Jun’er, just listen to my advice and obediently follow Matchmaker Wang’s nativity.” Great Auntie persuaded bitterly.
“Not going to Nacai, not going!”
Zhu Pingjun’s head shot upwards, holding his arms, his feet baba-baba-pointing at the ground, his whole person swaying and shaking.
Nacai, is similar to today’s blind date. In ancient times. Chinese women are often “born in the boudoir people do not know, is ugly ugly no one knows”. After the matchmaker, the man in the matchmaker’s side dish to the woman’s home for the first visit to the activities, called “look at the marriage”. It is also known as “matchmaking”. Seeing relatives is a key link to the success of the marriage. The man, in particular, should be treated with caution and perform well to impress the woman’s parents and gain her favour. Afterwards, the man prepares gifts and goes to the woman’s home to propose. The marriage ceremony is completed.
Zhu Pingjun so resolute not to go to Nacai, the marriage naturally can not be, the eldest uncle and the eldest aunt of the heart hope that this marriage to the long house face it, naturally, Zhu Pingjun both soft and hard.
“The first time I saw this, I was in the middle of it. The woman’s family is good, her father is a scholar, the family has dozens of acres of good land, if you marry this girl, the future is not to worry about food and clothing. If you marry this girl, you will have no worries about food and clothing in the future. My mother has read my fortune, you are the star of literature, maybe it should be here, your father-in-law is a scholar, he can tutor you in your studies, and you will be able to take the examination for the top grade in the future.” Auntie bitterly persuaded Zhu Pingjun.
“No go, mother, you have said that I am the Wenquixing star descending to the earth, why do I need to rely on them, haven’t you heard, rely on the mountain will fall, rely on the water will flow, you still need to rely on yourself.”
Zhu Pingjun shook his leg with a confident and glowing face.
Wenquxing descended to earth?
Looking at Zhu Pingjun, who was shaking his legs and looking confident that he could ride a tiger in the mountains and capture a dragon in the water, Zhu Pingan felt that a bunch of grass mud horses were whistling over his head. That said, the last time he went to visit Old Master Sun, he was still sighing that Zhu Pingjun was too weak to carve, and the village’s opinion of Zhu Pingjun was quite negative!
Listening to Zhu Pingjun dangling said: rely on the mountain mountain will fall, rely on the water will flow, still have to rely on their own.
Zhu Pingan heart, inexplicably want to correct him: rely on the mountain mountain will fall, rely on the water water will run, rely on their own fart skills no, this can be how good! Of course, Zhu Pingan would not say it out loud.
“Rely on yourself? You’re waiting to drink the north-west wind.” The eldest uncle in a fit of anger did speak the truth.
“Hehe, why can’t I rely on myself, this time people are interested in marrying our family not also because of me. My mother has just said, the other people Wang matchmaker personally said, said that the girl at a glance fancy me!”
Zhu Pingjun raised his head with a proud face.
“Then why didn’t you go?” The eldest uncle’s face was furious.
“A great man has no wife! I haven’t even gone on a blind date yet, and the daughter of a Xiucai’s family has already taken a fancy to me. Next year, I’ll go to the examination hall and take the exams, like a pig, and win a scholar, a lifer, or something like that, and then I’ll have a daughter from a scholar’s family.”
Zhu Pingjun said, his face was full of disdain.
Erm, this is being overwhelmed by the sudden surprise, Zhu Ping An is somewhat speechless, Jun looks at the imperial examinations too easily, talking about them as if they were run by his own family.
Moreover, Zhu Pingan is still very doubtful about the matchmaking that Matchmaker Wang gave to Zhu Pingjun. It is not that look down on Jun, but a simple analysis of the facts, Jun is now nothing, in the village is not good, uncle year after year test also did not get into the Xiucai; the woman is a Xiucai family, the family has dozens of acres of good land, it can be a better, how will a glance in the Jun it, love at first sight and so on, are all novels of nonsense, especially in the feudal Ming, women are all bred in the boudoir, especially the Xiucai family, etiquette, and the family of the first time, the woman will be a good choice. Especially in the feudal Ming Dynasty, women were kept in their chambers, especially in the Xiu Cai’s family, and their etiquette must have been even stricter, so they would have had the chance to fall in love with Jun at first sight outside, unless
Thinking of this, Zhu Pingan asked his great aunt without a trace, “Great aunt, was it Matchmaker Wang who said that the girl took a liking to Brother Jun at a glance?”
Auntie sniffed with a proud face, “That’s not so bad, the other Wang Matchmaker swore that the girl had her eye on your brother Jun, and also swore that if there was a false statement, she would find me ten taels of silver.”
“Great Aunt, well, it’s better to inquire about this girl privately before accepting this marriage. If it’s quite good, I’m sure Jun will go for it.” At these words, Zhu Pingan had an odd look on his face and wanted to speak.
That matchmaker was completely lustful.
Zhu Pingan vaguely guessed that the girl from that Xiu Cai’s family should have a physical problem, and if he wasn’t wrong, perhaps she was blind in one eye. Otherwise, she should be able to find a better one. Of course, this is something that one cannot just say out loud, in the Ming, a woman’s reputation is simply more important than her life, one cannot just say irresponsible and unfounded words.
If the eldest uncle’s family hastily responded, and when they married back home later and found out that their new daughter-in-law was really blind in one eye, then they would find the matchmaker to argue about it, and they would probably have the following dialogue.
Great-uncle’s mother: “Old Wang, the daughter-in-law you introduced to my Jun’er is blind in one eye! You compensate me for the matchmaker’s money and give me ten more taels of silver. As you said in the beginning, if there’s a single false statement, you’ll find me ten taels of silver backwards!”
Matchmaker Wang: “She is blind in one eye.”
Auntie: “You lied to us, why didn’t you tell us to pay in the first place.”
Matchmaker Wang: “Why didn’t I tell you? I told you at the time that the girl had her eye on your Jun’er!”
After Zhu Pingan kindly and subtly reminded the great aunt, the great aunt looked at Zhu Pingan with a somewhat strange gaze, feeling that Zhu Pingan might be jealous that his own Jun’er had found a good marriage.
“Hmm.”
So the great aunt just gave a prevaricating response, not paying any attention to Zhu Pingan’s words at all
