Chapter 21: Marrying Fu Ying
Fujia Iron Shop has opened a branch in Daming Mansion and its business is surprisingly popular. Fugong bought a small yard in Daming Mansion as the activity base of Fujia Iron Shop. After Hou Dayong came to Daming Mansion, he lived in this small yard.
Tomorrow, he will go to Fu Mansion to pick up the bride. Hou Dayong was in a complicated mood and kept walking around the yard. He asked He Wulang to guard the yard. There was no special situation, so please don't let someone come in.
"Wife, I'm getting married again. You are in another world. I wonder if you can forgive me. A few days ago, I met a girl who looks exactly the same as you. When I saw her, I realized how much I miss you."
"This year, my sister must have grown taller again. When I went to participate in the military exercise, you said that you should let my sister learn painting, but I don't know if she is going to learn it now. You should pay attention to her and see what she is good at, and don't force her to learn things she doesn't like."
"I'm also very conflicted now. I hope you can live a happy life on the other side. You are still young, so you have to consider finding another one. However, when I think of you want to find another one, I feel as uncomfortable as a knife. You and your sister are always mine. Am I very selfish? I'm married and married, but I don't want you to get married again. But calm down and think that you should get married. After all, you are still young."
"To get married, you need to find someone with good moral character. This is the most important thing for women. Appearance, money, etc. are all external things and can be obtained through hard work. However, a person's moral character is easy to change and his nature is difficult to change. Only when a good moral character is good to both of you, so I can feel at ease here."
Hou Dayong was in the yard, thinking about his wife and daughter in another world, full of sorrow, and did not have the pleasure of being a groom at all. He said a lot in his heart, but he couldn't say it. Hou Dayong murmured, "Now I know all the taste of sorrow, but I think it's so cool and autumn."
While Hou Dayong was walking around the yard, Fu Ying carefully prepared everything that would be needed tomorrow at home. Originally, the preparations did not require the bride to do it, but Fu Ying was still willing to do it with her own hands.
Fu Ying is different from other brides. Most brides in this era have never met the groom. They don’t know anything about the groom’s appearance, character, speech, etc. before the wedding. They can only imagine it by others’ descriptions. Fu Ying and Hou Dayong have come into contact with Hou Dayong many times and are quite familiar with him. Since they got engaged with Hou Dayong, Hou Dayong’s image has often appeared in their minds and become more and more vivid.
The next morning, according to the selected good times, my aunt was the good-faith woman and performed a head-raising ceremony for Fu Ying. Fu Ying was wearing new clothes, lit a pair of dragon and phoenix candles on the window table, lit a fragrance, put three bowls of lotus seeds, red dates, soup balls, as well as fruits, roasted pork and chicken hearts, and then worshiped the sky. Fu Ying personally prepared a ruler, mirror, scissors, which is the so-called "dragon head mirror, more scissors", which means the light is the last. While combing Fu Ying's hair, the aunt said: One comb to the end, two combs until the white hair is up to the eyebrows, three combs to the ground, four combs to the four silver bamboo shoots are all in line.
Shortly after the ceremony was completed, the sound of fireworks "Bang, Bang" sounded outside the Fu Mansion. Hou Dayong was covered in new clothes and carrying a flower ball, and came to the door of the Fu Mansion. Fu Ying was in the inner room. After hearing the fireworks, his heart also rang with the "Bang, Bang".
According to custom, Hou Dayong offered a generous "Opening the Door" and the sisters of the Fu family opened the door. Hou Dayong came to the hall to wait for the bride to come out. Hou Dayong waited for a while, and the bride Fu Ying was brought out by the bridesmaid and handed it over to Fu Yanqing. Fu Yanqing handed the bride Fu Ying to the groom Hou Dayong.
The two began to formally celebrate the couple's greetings. First, worship the heaven and earth, then worship the ancestors. According to the rules, the newcomer should not kneel down before he came to the man's house to pay homage to his aunt. The newcomer should stand to serve tea to his father-in-law and mother-in-law. Hou Dayong held the tea in both hands and came to his father-in-law and mother-in-law and said, "In this world, I have no relatives. From today on, you are my parents, please have tea." Hou Dayong said very sincerely. Fu Ying was very moved when he heard these words. The two knelt down to worship the two elders of the Fu family together.
Fu Ying's family held up a big red umbrella to protect the bride, which means to spread branches and leaves. While walking outside, everyone sprinkled rice and red and green beans to the sky, which were used to "feed golden chickens", which means that the chickens would not peck the bride after pecking the rice. Finally, Fu Ying was carried on a sedan chair. At this time, the entire wedding ceremony at the Fu family came to an end.
However, now only one step has been completed, that is, the "outing" procedure has been completed, and there is also a pass-through procedure, which means that the bride officially stepped into the man's house after leaving the girl's house and met with the husband's aunt and other elders of the man's house. Hou Dayong had no other relatives, so this problem was simplified. However, Fu Ying's mother sent a message and Fu Ying had to return to her home in Zhengzhou before she could pass the door. In the small courtyard of Daming Mansion, it could not be considered a formal pass.
After resting in Daming Mansion for two days, he supplemented all the items needed on the road. Hou Dayong and Fu Ying and his party set off for Zhengzhou. Because there were refugees causing trouble on the road, Fu Yanqing sent another hundred cavalry to escort their daughter and son-in-law.
According to the request of his mother-in-law, Hou Dayong and Fu Ying had to go to Zhengzhou. Therefore, Hou Dayong and Fu Ying had not lived together yet, and Hou Dayong had never held Fu Ying's hand. When they met, they were always polite. Fu Ying brought two maids, both of whom were sixteen or seventeen years old, and they were children of the Fu family, which were the children born to Fu Ying's slaves. The two grew up with Fu Ying since childhood. Although their parents were reluctant to leave their daughter, the Fu family had orders, and they had no choice. The Fu family happily sent their daughter away, but the two families cried in secret in the house. But this was fate, and they had no choice. They just told all the gods and gods to bless their daughter for their life.
Fu Ying officially became Mrs. Hou. Although she did not have sex with her husband, Fu Ying's eyes when she looked at Hou Dayong were full of tenderness and sweetness. When she first started to set off, Fu Ying was still sitting in a sedan chair. After walking for a day, because of the sedan chair, the team walked slowly, which made the impatient soldiers very unhappy. The next day, Fu Ying appeared in front of everyone in military uniform, rode a war horse, and the team accelerated.
Outside the city of Chanzhou, the bodies have been buried, and dark red bloodstains can be seen on the ground from time to time. One or two corpses are occasionally exposed in the grass. People and horses pass by, scaring the mice, wild dogs and various reptiles around the corpse.
Hou Dayong and his party arrived in Chanzhou at the morning and did not stop in Chanzhou. They quickly threw the walls of the four sides of Chanzhou City behind their heads. Thinking of Li Chongjin in Chanzhou City, Hou Dayong wanted to go far. Originally, he had contacted Li Chongjin but felt that Li Chongjin was a bit arrogant. This was a common problem for the children of rich families. In this refugee incident, Hou Dayong enhanced Li Chongjin's evaluation of four words: cruel, idiot. Hou Dayong sighed secretly: "It is difficult for Zhao Kuangyin to not seize power if such a person takes charge of the elite troops of the Great Zhou Dynasty."
At night, the team stayed at Chenqiao Station overnight. After settling down, Hou Dayong came to Fu Ying's room. When the maid saw Hou Dayong coming, he hurried over to salute. A maid came into the house to inform him. Hou Dayong entered Fu Ying's tent, and the candles in the tent were emitting a jumping stream. Under the dim light, Fu Ying had taken off her soft armor and put on a light green loose women's clothing. She had a blue cloud hairpin on her head, making her look more and more handsome.
"I'm tired after walking for a day."
"The last time I went to Cangzhou, I was traveling continuously, it was okay."
"That time in Wanshou Temple, you shot the abbot with an arrow, and the archery technique is good."
"When I was a child, I was naughty and liked riding horses the most. When I grew up, I would ride less horses."
"What do I call you, madam, madam, wife, wife, inner wife or wife?"
Fu Ying heard Hou Dayong ask stupidly and smiled and said, "When there are outsiders, call me wife, and when we are together, call me Xiaoying."
"Then call me Dayong."
"When there are outsiders, I will still call you Langjun, and when there are no one, I will call you Dayong."
"Xiaoying"
"Dayong"
Seeing Fu Ying's smile and was extremely charming, Hou Dayong moved his heart and reached out to hold Fu Ying's hand. Fu Ying instinctively shrank for a moment, and did not break free, and then did not move again. Hou Dayong only felt that Fu Ying's small hand was as soft as boneless, and his fingers were slender and delicate. The two of them held their hands and did not say anything. The candlelight suddenly exploded. Hou Dayong let go of his hand. Fu Ying blushed and pulled out the hand that was held by Hou Dayong, feeling that there were already some sweat on his palms.
Chapter completed!