"Second brother, don't be angry first, listen to what I have to say." Yuan Taiping quickly spoke to appease Qin Chuo.
"Say." Qin Chuo had a cold face and suppressed his anger.
"That's right, I used the 500-car betrothal gift, so -"
"What did you say?!" Qin Chuo's eyes widened, and anger surged to his forehead. He stood up and pointed at Yuan Taiping's nose and shouted: "Yuan Taiping, you are so brave!"
"Second brother, listen to me -"
Yuan Taiping wanted to explain, but Qin Chuo was so angry that he didn't give him a chance to explain.
"The bride price of five hundred cars was given to you by the Supreme Emperor for you to use to marry my little sister, but you actually took advantage of it. It's really unreasonable!
Yuan Taiping, you don’t take our Qin family seriously!
Let me tell you, my Qin family is a hereditary Baiyun Marquis, inherited for the fifth generation, and granted the title by the Supreme Emperor.
According to the court etiquette, you, a viscount, must pay a big courtesy when you see me.
When my little sister marries you, she's not marrying up high, she's marrying down. Do you understand?
My sister hasn't even entered the family yet, but you don't take the Qin family seriously and bully others like this. Then when your sister enters the gate of your Yuan family, will she be stepped on and humiliated by you?
Okay, don't say anything else.
I don't care where you spent the five hundred cars as the betrothal gift. I only tell you that the betrothal gift must not be less at all.
Otherwise, this marriage will be over.
If you bring the matter before the Holy Lord, I will have my reasons.
It’s not that I am greedy for money and insist on this 500-car betrothal gift, but the 500-car betrothal gift represents the status of the Qin family.
hope you could understand.
Come and see off guests!
Oh, by the way, if men and women are not intimate, please respect yourself, Brother Yuan."
Yuan Taiping was made red-faced by Qin Chuo's scolding. He knew that he was in the wrong, so he had no words to retort. He stood up and saluted Qin Chuo and said: "I think it's simple. Please rest assured, Marquis Baiyun. The five hundred car betrothal gift guarantees that it will not happen at all."
few."
After saying that, he shook his head and left with a bitter smile.
The 500-car bride price was exchanged by Bi Shuang for grain. It was hard for him to tell Qin Chuo the truth, because once Qin Chuo found out, he would definitely seize the matter and take this opportunity to take Bi Shuang from the position of Lord of Baiyun City.
Pull down from the seat.
Yuan Taiping didn't want things to turn out like this, so he took the issue of the betrothal gift on himself.
During this time, he was walking in the streets and alleys of Baiyun City and heard that the people of Baiyun City spoke highly of Bi Shuang, the new city lord, which showed that Bi Shuang was indeed a good city lord.
On the other hand, Yuan Taiping felt that Qin Chuo was too small-minded and unsuitable to be the leader of a city.
Yuan Taiping possesses Kurosawa's magical power. When talking to a person, although he cannot peek into the other person's heart, he can sense some feelings, so he can see people fairly accurately.
He gave Qin Chuo a blank gift list, naturally not because he wanted to show off his wealth in front of Qin Chuo, and certainly not because he wanted to bully the Qin family. With his gentle and kind personality, he couldn't do such a thing.
He just felt that the betrothal gift of 500 cars was no longer there. Instead of buying another 500 cars as is, it would be better for Qin Chuo to write a gift list of equal value, and then he would buy according to the gift list.
The advantage of doing this is that the gift list written by Qin Chuo himself is what he needs, and it is definitely more valuable than the 500-car betrothal gift given by the Supreme Emperor.
But Qin Chuo didn't give him a chance to explain.
Yuan Taiping himself also realized a problem. Taking a blank gift list and asking Qin Chuo to write it himself was indeed a bit impolite, and even suspected of using his power to pressure others.
Although his intentions are good, Qin Chuo is not like Zhou Jianlai, Niu Dawa, Zhang Xiaozu and others who will believe him without doubt and understand his good intentions.
If he were a person who was good at talking or had a strong personality, he might express his good intentions euphemistically or forcefully to let Qin Chuo know. Unfortunately, Yuan Taiping was not good at talking and had a weak personality.
On weekdays, even when getting along with Zhang Xiaozhu and others, he spoke very little.
Unless, when there's a fight.
Qin Chuo was completely unaware of his impulsiveness and anger, and rejected Yuan Taiping's kindness. He even rejected Yuan Taiping's wish to get close to him and treat him as a family member.
Qin Chuo's consideration is that Yuan Taiping's marriage to Qin Rulan is most likely a one-time deal.
He knew he couldn't control Yuan Taiping.
And Mrs. Liu has clearly told him that for the sake of Qin Rulan's future happiness, she will not make things too difficult for Yuan Taiping.
This made Qin Chuo feel that he could earn more if he could.
So when he learned that Yuan Taiping had spent the 500-car gift from Su Hanlin somewhere else, he became particularly angry.
"Why, are you being made difficult by the Qin family again?"
When Yuan Taiping returned to his Viscount Mansion, he met Zhou Jianlai outside the gate who came to find him.
Zhou Jian came to see Yuan Taiping coming back from the Qin family. His brows were slightly furrowed and his expression was a bit sad, so he asked tentatively.
Yuan Taiping brought Zhou Jianlai into the living room, explained the matter again, took the initiative to admit his mistake, and admitted that he had not considered it well.
Zhou Jianlai shook his head and smiled after hearing this. He felt that Qin Chuo was too short-sighted and only focused on the immediate interests, while ignoring Yuan Taiping, the biggest treasure.
"No matter what conditions the Qin family proposes, as long as they are not too excessive, just agree to them. Let's do it happily and lively." Zhou Jianlai said.
"Well, I think so too." Yuan Taiping nodded.
The reason why he was worried was that time was a little tight and he didn't have enough manpower. It would be difficult to purchase 500 carts of supplies in a short time.
During this period of time, he was busy all alone, and there was no elder in the family to help him. He was not good at social interaction, so he had to deal with everything big and small.
Every day is very busy, but he feels very fulfilled and happy because he is about to get married and start a family.
This is a dream he has been working for for three years.
"Did Bi Shuang give you the betrothal gift of five hundred cars?" Zhou Jianlai asked.
"Give it to me."
"Bring it to me and see."
Yuan Taiping took out the gift list from the mustard seeds and handed it to Zhou Jianlai.
Zhou Jianlai took a look at the gift list and said, "Leave the betrothal gift to me, you can do other things."
"Thank you, Brother Zhou."
"Have the invitations been written?"
Yuan Taiping scratched his head and said: "I am an orphan. Apart from you, I have no other relatives or friends to invite."
"Where's the old man from the Imperial Capital?"
"I've already sent someone to deliver it."
"Have you invited the theater troupe?"
"Oh, I forgot about that."
"In this way..." Zhou Jianlai stood up and said, "I'm going to call the housekeeper of the Zhou family to help you sort out these trivial matters."
"That's really great."
After Niu Dawa and Jin Zhihui paid homage to the souls of the dead in Piaomiao Palace, they stayed in Piaomiao Palace for a while before going to Liujia Village to meet up with Zhang Xiaozu and the other four.
It happened that Old Man Song and his family were harvesting wheat, so Niu Dawa and Zhang Xiaozu rolled up their sleeves and helped work for three days.
Working in the wheat field with a sickle in their hands made the two of them dream back to the past, and the lively scene of old and young men harvesting wheat in Liujia Village came to mind.
After helping Old Man Song's family harvest wheat, the group of six people went to Baiyun City and stayed in the Viscount Mansion of Yuan Taiping, which suddenly became lively.
With the help of the old housekeeper of Zhou Mansion, everything became in order.
The betrothal gift of five hundred cars was delivered to the Qin Mansion, causing a sensation in the entire Baiyun City.
Qin Chuo smiled happily and told people that these were gifts from the Supreme Emperor and were not required by him.
Time flies and it is already August.
Butcher Zhang arrived with Huang Daonv and others, waiting to drink Yuan Taiping's wedding wine.
Yuan Taiping was pleasantly surprised.
He thought that Butcher Zhang needed to guard the imperial capital, so he couldn't come, so when he saw Butcher Zhang appearing in front of him, he was really overjoyed.
The arrival of Butcher Zhang and Huang Daonv made Yuan Taiping suddenly feel warm in his heart, feeling that there were elders in the family.
On the second day of August, the black ape also came.
But it came with wounds all over its body, and Zhang Xiaopou used two drops of Wutong Tears to save it from the brink of death.
The black ape was unhappy because during his trip to the black forest, he lost two drops of sycamore tears and a large number of elixirs, but failed to obtain the string of the sun-shooting bow as he wished.
It originally wanted to ask Butcher Zhang to accompany it on another trip, but after thinking about it, it gave up the idea because it felt that having only Butcher Zhang was not enough.
The eighth day of August.
The red sun rises in the east, and the sky is as blue as water.
It's a sunny day.
Amidst the sound of a string of festive firecrackers, Yuan Taiping dressed in a bright red groom's dress, mounted a tall horse, and went to the Qin Mansion to marry the bride with gongs and drums leading the way.
Qicai Xianli shrunk her figure and pulled the majestic and luxurious phoenix chariot, making the people watching the excitement on both sides of the road click their tongues in surprise.
Three brothers, Zhou Jianlai, Zhang Xiaozu and Niu Dawa, also rode along on their tall horses.
Originally, they planned to ride a monster to welcome the bride, but they felt that the monster looked too fierce and would interfere with their happiness, so they honestly chose to ride a horse.
August is the day when the heat is unbearable.
But today's Baiyun City is as cool as autumn. It was Butcher Zhang who used his tricks to block the scorching sun.
The uninformed people thought it was God's blessing to protect the newlyweds Yuan Taiping and Qin Rulan.
The Qin family did not make things difficult for Yuan Taiping at this juncture, but when the bride came out of the Qin Mansion in a phoenix chariot, it was already noon, and the etiquette process was really too complicated.
Zhang Xiaozhu and his three brothers sat in the Qin Mansion for a long time, drinking a lot of tea, and their stomachs made a rumbling sound as they walked.
The phoenix chariot made a long circle around the Baiyun City Avenue, adding a festive atmosphere to the city, and then entered the Viscount's Mansion.
After some complicated etiquette, it was already dusk.
It gets dark late in the summer, so the sky still looks bright.
Butcher Zhang and the Zodiac Girl sit high in the lobby.
The auspicious time has arrived.
Burn candles, burn incense, and play music.
"The bride and groom are at the Qiden Flower Hall."
The priest stood in the hall and sang loudly.
Yuan Taiping and Qin Rulan, who was wearing a red hijab, came to the hall happily and nervously.
"Worship heaven and earth!"
"Two thanks to Gaotang!"
"Couple greetings!"
"Send it to the bridal chamber!"
Amid the cheers of the guests, the newlyweds were sent into the bridal chamber.
On the stage in the courtyard, the play has begun.
Yuan Taiping didn't send out a few invitations, but almost all the officials and gentry from Baiyun City came.
The banquet was laid out and it was very lively.
Yuan Taiping came out of his new room and went around the table to toast. He left Zhang Xiaozu's table of three until the end, preparing to have a good drink with his brothers.
"Fourth Brother, I see your attitude, you don't want to have a wedding tonight. Brother Zhou, come on, drink Fourth Brother under the table."
"Haha, I don't dare. I'm afraid of being beaten by the bride with a broom."
"Ha ha……"
"Is Zhang Xiaozu here?"
Everyone was making fun of Yuan Taiping, laughing happily, when a shout suddenly sounded in the yard.
The sound was like thunder, startling all the guests in the courtyard.
"I'm here, who are you?" Zhang Xiaozhu frowned and stood up, looking at the person who was shouting.
