Due to encountering robbers on the road, the wedding team was delayed for a long time. It was already past the auspicious time. Tan Yongqing thought there was something wrong with Lao Zhu's family. After all, the marriage between Xian'er and 'Chuan Wen' had been postponed.
It happened several times, and it’s no wonder Tan Yongqing was so worried.
Although he put down his worries, Tan Yongqing still felt suffocated in his stomach.
You, Mr. Zhu, don’t have such a bully!
How could the scheduled time be changed so easily?
This attitude is obviously wrong!
Obviously not enough attention!
If even a major event like a wedding is so careless, will Xian'er still be able to live a good life when she comes to Lao Zhu's house?
Thinking of this, Tan Yongqing snorted secretly in his heart.
'I want to ask you why your old Zhu family is so neglectful of our Tan family!'
At this time, there was a faint sound of gongs and drums outside the door.
When Tan Guier heard the sound getting closer and closer, he couldn't help but glance at his father who seemed to be thinking about something.
"father?"
"The wedding team is coming soon."
Tan Yongqing came to his senses after being reminded by his son. He glanced at his son and said calmly.
"knew."
After saying that, Tan Yongqing stood up slowly and walked slowly towards the door, thinking to himself as he walked.
'Huh, boy from the Zhu family, if you don't give me a reasonable explanation today, I won't be happy with this family!'
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outside the door.
The wedding procession arrived at the door of Tan's house, and Li Jie walked at the front of the procession without hesitation. He was riding a tall horse, and the big red flower originally placed on the mule was also moved to the horse's head.
At this time, the outside of Tan's house was full of villagers watching the excitement. In this era when entertainment methods were extremely scarce, it was a rare lively scene for anyone to get married.
Especially the children in the village are happier than the New Year when they meet someone getting married, because not only can they see the beautiful bride, but the host family will also sprinkle some candies, and there will be a banquet to eat afterwards.
If you meet a big family member in the village, you can even see a wonderful troupe performance.
It's just that the situation this year is not good, and everyone's life is very sad. The Tan family did not set up a banquet for their daughter's wedding this time, but even so, it still couldn't stop the villagers who loved to join in the fun.
When the villagers saw the groom riding a tall horse and several horses following behind him, they immediately started talking.
"Oh, this wedding team is really impressive!"
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"Mother, mother, I want to ride a big horse too!"
"Why are you riding? You're not as good as the horse!"
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"Where did Lao Zhu's family get so many horses?"
"Yeah, where did it come from?"
"Maybe it was borrowed, right?"
"Borrow? Who borrowed it? Their Zhujia Village is not as good as our village. Even the big families in their village can't get so many horses together!"
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"Look, Lao Tan is out!"
At this moment, Tan Yongqing also walked out of the house. When he saw the wedding team, he suddenly stopped and had a look of surprise on his face.
Obviously, he did not expect that Lao Zhu's family would actually 'borrow' several horses to welcome the bride.
Tan Yongqing never thought that these horses belonged to Lao Zhu's family. After all, it was not the first day that he and Lao Zhu's met. He knew who had the most wealth.
However, Tan Yongqing was just stunned for a moment, then put away the shock on his face and coldly held back his prospective son-in-law who was riding on the horse.
On the other side, although Li Jie was constantly greeting the enthusiastic villagers, he always paid attention to Tan Yongqing.
As soon as Tan Yongqing's expression changed, he noticed it.
After thinking about it, he understood why the other party had a straight face. It was simply because they were late.
Changing places, if he marries his daughter, but the son-in-law delays the auspicious time, he will definitely not give his son-in-law a good look.
Fortunately, Li Jie was prepared for this, and he turned his head to look at the host.
Generally speaking, the wedding host is mostly the groom's elder and is responsible for all the major and minor matters in the wedding process, such as adding a festive atmosphere, distributing red envelopes, entertaining guests, etc.
However, most of the relatives of Lao Zhu's family are not local, so the person hosting the wedding this time is an elder from the village.
After receiving Li Jie's reminder, the village elder immediately nodded with a smile, walked through the crowd and came to Tan Yongqing's side.
"Old Tan's family, I'm sorry, we are late." The village elder bowed and explained in a low voice: "There was a little accident on the way to welcome the bride."
Tan Yongqing was not the kind of person who was easily fooled. He glanced at the village elder in confusion, and the meaning was obvious.
Say, you go on.
The old man smiled apologetically and continued.
"It's like this, we met bandits on the road."
As he talked, the village elder couldn't help but sigh.
"Speaking of which, it's all thanks to this guy Chuanwen this time. If it weren't for him, we would probably be in trouble today."
If the village elder hadn't said the last sentence, Tan Yongqing would have believed it. But when he heard that it was "chuanwen" that solved the trouble, he immediately didn't believe you.
‘Chuan Wen’ is the son-in-law he has chosen. How many pounds does this person have? Does Tan Yongqing still know?
I saw a sneer on the corner of Tan Yongqing's mouth, as if he was saying.
Edit!
You keep making up!
Most of the village elders were highly respected old people in the village. As soon as he saw Tan Yongqing's expression, he understood what the other person was thinking, so he quickly added.
"Old Tan's family, look at those horses. They are all trophies captured by Chuanwen from the bandits."
"By the way, Chuanwen just discussed with me that the betrothal gift this time will include two additional horses."
This time, Li Jie seized a total of five horses. According to the plot, Uncle Chunshan will come to Lao Zhu's house tonight with Zhu Kaishan's family letter.
As expected, their family will leave Zhujiacun in the next two days and head to Guanwai to join Zhu Kaishan.
The best route to Guandong is to take the water route, and horses will definitely not be able to be taken with you.
Therefore, these horses must be disposed of, but in these famine years, horses are not easy to get rid of.
Instead of selling the horses at a low price, it is better to give two horses to Lao Tan's family as betrothal gifts. After all, the betrothal gift of a bag of millet is really too shabby.
What's more, Xian'er will definitely go to Guandong with Lao Zhu's family. As soon as they get married, they will take their new daughter-in-law away, which will make Lao Tan's family feel a little uncomfortable.
Adding two horses as a betrothal gift is considered as compensation to Lao Tan's family.
The reason why he only gave two horses instead of all was not because Li Jie was stingy, but because having too much money would bring disaster.
In addition, raising horses costs a lot of money. In today’s situation, even people don’t have enough to eat, so where will the food come from to feed the horses?
as expected!
When Tan Yongqing heard that the betrothal gift included two more horses, the expression on his face immediately softened a lot, and even the look he looked at Li Jie softened.