Huangjia Village.
The road leading to Huangjia Village is paved with fine gravel, which isolates the soil.
Occasionally, there is an ox cart, and the carriage runs over the gravel road, making a "crunching" sound.
Uncle Liu in the village has been living quite comfortably recently.
With the export of wine, ducks and pork from Huangjiacun.
Life is getting better and better, and Uncle Liu has also replaced the ox-cart with a horse-drawn carriage to transport these things to the outside world, and then transport them to counties, state capitals and other areas via waterways.
For this reason, Uncle Liu even set up a fleet of vehicles specifically responsible for transportation.
Uncle Liu is responsible for transporting the pigs, ducks, and all kinds of drinks.
Who would have thought that the son-in-law who had been humiliated and looked down upon by his own wife and father-in-law would actually turn his fortune around.
Stand up and sing!
The person who brought about all these changes is this young and somewhat excessive young man.
“Squeak, squeak, squeak!!”
The carriage moved steadily forward on the gravel road. Uncle Liu's face was full of joy. As he drank a small drink, he waved the riding crop in his hand and whipped the horse hard on the butt.
"Pa!" A clear voice sounded. The horse was in pain and its pace became a little faster.
"Uncle Liu!"
"You look very energetic!" Huang Tinghui said to Uncle Liu with a smile.
"Hehehe, I have saved some money recently, and I finally saved enough for my daughter's dowry!"
"My daughter has reached the age of marriage. Last month, a matchmaker came to my doorstep and wanted to introduce a partner to my daughter."
"Now that the partner has been decided, the dowry I have saved for my daughter is ready!"
"The old lady at home doesn't quarrel with me anymore. People are in high spirits when happy events happen!"
"Thank you for your help, Brother Hui. If it weren't for your help, I wouldn't have changed so much. If my daughter's dowry was less, she would be bullied by her parents' family."
Uncle Liu said with a blushing face at this time.
The daughter he mentioned was Uncle Liu's son in his later years.
Uncle Liu had a rough life, so he naturally devoted all his love to his daughter.
He loves his daughter very much.
According to the relevant laws of the Dasheng Dynasty, men and women may be severely punished if they fail to marry when they reach the right age.
This is the so-called "single tax". There were specific penalties in the Dasheng Dynasty for women who "didn't get married" or "married late".
"If a woman is not married between fifteen and thirty years old, it is a five-year reckoning."
According to the legal provisions personally established by Emperor Taizu of the Dasheng Dynasty, the standard for collecting the head tax is one hundred and twenty coins for each person per year, and six hundred coins for five calculations.
In this era, one stone is equal to 120 kilograms, and one stone of grain costs about 100 yuan.
So six hundred coins is five stones and six hundred kilograms of grain.
Six to seven hundred kilograms of grain is equivalent to the amount of food that a young man can eat today.
From here we can see how strict and harsh this law is.
Therefore, in this era, giving birth to a daughter is also said to be a "loser".
Now Uncle Liu has found a good family for his daughter and has saved enough for a dowry.
Naturally, he was extremely happy.
"Uncle, did you also examine the other party's character?"
"Marriage is the most important event in a woman's life. If she chooses the wrong person, her life's destiny will change!"
Hearing Uncle Liu say that his daughter was getting married, Huang Tinghui couldn't help but ask.
As for Wu Feilian, who was sitting in the carriage, she was also leaning on Huang Tinghui, nodding her head.
Those big watery eyes looked straight at Uncle Liu.
"Marriage matters, parents' orders, matchmaker's words."
"The matchmaker who arranged the match for Die'er is reliable. I heard that Die'er's husband's ancestor was also a scholar, so he comes from a scholarly family!"
"Being able to marry into such a scholarly family is truly a blessing for Die'er!"
Speaking of this, Uncle Liu couldn't help but laugh.
In this era, hierarchy is extremely strict.
In fact, no matter in that era, the situation was similar.
As the saying goes: "A dragon begets a dragon, a phoenix begets a phoenix, and a mouse will give birth to a son who can dig holes."
"A good match" is the unspoken rule of this era.
Therefore, the "scholarly family" is particularly popular.
Just like back then, if Huang Tinghui hadn't been too "rogue", finding a wife wouldn't have been that difficult.
"Sister Die'er's future is the best if she lives well in the future!"
"Uncle Liu, on the day of Sister Die'er's wedding, if Tinghui has nothing to do, he will definitely bring Lian'er and Qiao Si to celebrate!"
Hearing what Huang Tinghui said, Uncle Liu was also ecstatic.
He had previously thought about how to invite Huang Tinghui to attend his daughter's wedding, but Uncle Liu was clumsy, and Huang Tinghui's status was different now, so Uncle Liu didn't know how to talk about it for a while.
Now that Huang Tinghui took the initiative to mention attending his daughter's wedding, Uncle Liu was naturally extremely happy.
"Brother Hui, are you telling the truth?" Uncle Liu asked excitedly.
"Uncle, I've been coming and going over the years, and I've always taken your car every time!"
"Now that my little sister is getting married, how can I, the older brother, not go over and celebrate?"
"Although Tinghui has been preparing for the imperial examination, Tinghui has always been the same Tinghui!"
"It hasn't changed!" Huang Tinghui said to Uncle Liu with a smile.
Hearing what Huang Tinghui said, Uncle Liu finally felt relieved.
As an ordinary citizen, knowing that Huang Tinghui's status has changed, it is inevitable that there will be some changes in his heart.
As for his mother-in-law, she had always asked her to invite Huang Tinghui to attend her daughter's wedding. Now that Huang Tinghui took the initiative to mention this matter, it saved Uncle Liu a worry.
"It's a deal!" Uncle Liu said to Huang Tinghui with a smile.
“It’s a deal!”
Huang Tinghui also cheerfully answered Uncle Liu in the affirmative.
"Uncle Liu, we're just ahead!"
"We can just get off the car and walk back. Thank you for your hard work, Uncle Liu!" Huang Tinghui said to Uncle Liu.
"It's okay, it's okay, it's okay!"
“It’s only a few steps away, just a few steps away!”
"I'll take you back!"
Uncle Liu was even more happy when he heard that Huang Tinghui agreed to attend his daughter's wedding.
Driving a carriage, we soon arrived at the house.
"Thank you, Grandpa Liu!" Huang Tinghui touched Lu Qiaosi's head and said to the little girl.
Don't look at Lu Qiaosi who is extremely naughty in front of Huang Tinghui and Wu Feilian.
But at this time, he was particularly well-behaved in front of Uncle Liu.
"Thank you, Grandpa Liu!" The little girl's voice was particularly sweet, and Uncle Liu was also very happy.
"Hey, Qiao Si is so good!" Uncle Liu pinched Lu Qiao Si's little face and said.
"Brother Hui, it's getting late!"
"I'm going back first. If it's too late, my mother-in-law will probably chatter again." Uncle Liu explained.
"Okay, have a good trip!" Huang Tinghui responded.
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Chapter completed!