"I haven't told you who the target is yet."
The moment he heard Shi Lei's words, Shi Xiaohan's heart palpitated involuntarily.
"Could it be him?" She thought silently, the familiar face of Gu Xu appeared in her mind, and a faint blush appeared on her cheeks inadvertently.
Shi Lei's daughter's appearance was obviously what he expected.
Although this girl usually refused to admit it and was coy when mentioning Gu Xu in letters, Shi Lei knew that her soul had long been taken away by that boy Gu Xu. . The shyness in her eyes had long betrayed her innermost thoughts.
"That's the person in your mind."
Shi Lei looked at his daughter with a complicated smile on his face. Now that my daughter has grown up, she will soon leave this home and live her own life. Shi Lei was naturally quite reluctant to give up on this.
Shi Xiaohan stood there blankly, motionless.
Her lips parted slightly and her breathing paused for a moment.
At this moment, Gu Xu's figure appeared in her mind again. He had put on a bright red wedding dress and was standing beside the sedan chair, smiling at her.
"I'm not thinking about that guy Gu Xu," she turned her head and stammered. However, in her heart, there was a little person cheering for joy.
"Humph, you're still being stubborn."
Shi Lei shook his head helplessly, reaching out to touch her head and straighten her hair that was messed up by the wind. But Shi Xiaohan immediately avoided it.
He paused and then said, "Don't say anything else. Just tell me whether you are willing or not."
Hearing this, Shi Xiaohan was silent for a long time, and then took a sip He pursed his lips, nodded subconsciously, and said softly, "Yeah."
Her cheeks turned redder unconsciously.
Marriage is never a matter of wishful thinking.
In the Daqi Dynasty, there were six steps for a couple from discussing marriage to consummating the marriage, namely "nacai", "asking for names", "naji", "nazheng", "nazheng" "Please wait" and "Welcome personally".
Also known as the "Six Rites".
Among them, "nacai" means that men and women send matchmakers to each other's homes to initially discuss the marriage. "matchmaker" refers to the man's matchmaker, and "妁" refers to the woman's matchmaker. If both parties are interested, the man will formally send a matchmaker to the woman's home to propose marriage, and bring certain gifts.
There is an old saying
"If you steal a wife, you will be wronged, and you will not have a good matchmaker." 1
"How can you steal an ax to defeat a man? How can you steal a matchmaker when you take a wife?" No." 2
Although the Daqi Dynasty did not have strict protection between men and women like Gu Xu's previous life in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it still followed "the orders of parents and the words of matchmakers" when it came to marriage. tradition.
Even if two people are already in love, they still need to use a matchmaker to complete the entire process of marriage negotiation, marriage proposal, and engagement before it can be considered a perfect marriage.
So two days later, when Gu Xu was practicing in his residence, a hunchbacked old woman named Liu suddenly came to visit, claiming to be a matchmaker.
Gu Xu frowned slightly and wanted to decline politely.
In recent times, due to Gu Xu’s reputation in Luo Jing, countless people have sent matchmakers to his house, but they were all dismissed by Gu Xu as “the Luoshui Conference is approaching and we need to focus on practice.” For reasons, they all drove away.
However, Granny Liu's words dispelled Gu Xu's idea.
I heard her say with a smile on her face, "It was Shi Qianhu from Laizhou Prefecture who asked me to come."
"Shi Qianhu from Laizhou Prefecture" Gu Xu remembered in his heart The name was repeated silently.
As we all know, Shi Lei only has one daughter. When a matchmaker comes to his door, he will naturally talk about Shi Xiaohan's marriage.
Although Gu Xu is young, he has lived through two lives, experienced many things, climbed to the Golden Palace, climbed to the top of Mount Laoshan, and faced off against the evil god. This allows him to basically remain calm when faced with various situations.
But at this moment he was a little at a loss.
His heart was as still as water.
But at this moment, a stone fell into it, causing ripples in the calm water.
"Master Gu, Master Shi has long expected that you will have concerns," after seeing Gu Xu's expression, Granny Liu said with a smile and handed an envelope to Gu Xu. "So he specifically asked me to give this thing to you."
"Master Shi's daughter is now in her prime, and she is so beautiful. There are countless people who want to go to the Shi family's mansion to discuss marriage. .
"I can guess, Mr. Gu, that young talents like you may want to establish a career first and then start a family. But you have to understand that this girl will not wait with you forever. ”
Gu Xu did not respond immediately.
Grandma Liu’s words made his eyes become more solemn.
sSorry this chapter is a little short. I've been very dizzy recently, my thoughts are very confused, I can't find my state of mind, and I often can't squeeze out a line of words for several hours, and it doesn't feel right when I write it, qaq. I hope you can give me some time to adjust.
Notes
1 comes from Wei Fenglang in the Book of Songs;
2 comes from Bin Feng Fake in the Book of Songs. ,,