Quick Wear: Men Farming and Women Weaving

"Live a good life after you get married." Mrs. Zhao sat in her seat nonchalantly without raising her head.

Now that it's done, she no longer worries about it.

"Yes, mother," Li Changgui replied.

"Since you have decided to get married in half a month, I will ask your eldest brother to go over to help." He was a little reluctant to let his son go, but after all, it was his younger brother's marriage, and his second daughter-in-law was the daughter of the Minister of Justice. Even if he didn't like his daughter, he couldn't but give her face.

"Thank you for your hard work, brother." Li Changgui thought that he would only invite nearby neighbors and a few brothers' families.

Mrs. Zhao saw that this illegitimate son was not very good at speaking, so she let him leave out of boredom.

Return to Li’s house in South City.

Li Changgui returned to the front yard and rested for a while. It was too troublesome to marry into those wealthy and powerful families, so he would only hold this marriage in the future.

In the next half month, all the procedures were slowly completed. The family banquet was arranged and a chef who was good at hosting banquets was hired to take charge.

Sanbao was a little too busy as there were too many things missing. It would be too late even if he went to buy them now.

The Cui family decorated their house with lights and was filled with joy. There were more than 30 banquet tables in the front yard, and many court officials and some relatives and in-laws were invited.

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"Girl, you look very beautiful today." Qiao'er looked at the bride who was dressed up carefully. She looked different from her usual plain appearance. She was wearing a bright red dress, a phoenix crown on her head, and jade bracelets on her wrists as a betrothal gift from her husband. She had red makeup and willow eyebrows, colorful bows on her hands, and a belt that showed off her slender waist.

“No matter how beautiful she is, it can only hide the birthmark” Cui Luanluan looked at the red spots on her face covered by heavy makeup, and the birthmarks were covered by heavy makeup and the best powder, feeling a little uneasy.

The matchmaker came behind her, covered her head with the veil with a picture of mandarin ducks playing in the water on the tray behind her, and led her hand to the mistress's residence in the backyard.

"Brides, do not be afraid, the bridegroom is here"

"You will definitely cry after you say goodbye to your parents later." The matchmaker saw that Mrs. Cui didn't say a few caring words to the girl on her wedding day, so she gave her some advice out of pity.

"I got it. Thank you, Grandma Xi." Cui Luanluan felt very sad because her mother didn't come to see her on her wedding day.

Ever since the younger sister found out that there was a pink pearl necklace in the betrothal gift, she came to her to see it and has been pestering her elder sister to give it to her.

These betrothal gifts were given to her by her husband. She didn't want to give them to others. Other things didn't matter to her, but these jewelry were her husband's love.

Mrs. Cui knew that her youngest daughter liked the pink pearl necklace. When Cui Luanluan came to pay her respects in the morning, she casually said a few words, and then mentioned that her younger sister liked the pearl necklace, and lent it to her for a few more days. But her eldest daughter refused and her face became gloomy. In the following days, Mrs. Cui never asked her to come to pay her respects again.

When we arrived at the reception hall in the front yard, it was now filled with relatives and friends, and the ladies from each family were laughing and talking happily.

The ladies present knew that the Cui family's eldest daughter had an ugly appearance, but on the surface they all congratulated the bride on her wedding.

Cui Yingying, the youngest daughter standing next to Mrs. Cui, was muttering in a low voice, somewhat unhappy.

"What's there to congratulate? She's so ugly. That brother-in-law will definitely not like her."

Mrs. Cui was talking to Mrs. Yang on the other side. When she heard what her youngest daughter said, she privately signaled her to be quiet.

"After you marry into your son-in-law's family, you must support the inner house, take good care of your son-in-law, and live a good life with your husband."

Mrs. Cui said a few polite words in a very calm tone.

"Yes, mother," Cui Luanluan replied with her head down under the veil.

"My son-in-law is coming... My son-in-law is coming..." a voice came from the front.

Li Changgui rode a tall horse, carrying a sedan chair behind him, and arrived at Cui's house with gongs and drums beating.

At the gate of Cui Mansion, the eldest son of Cui family and his brothers welcomed his brother-in-law.

I was welcomed to the front yard to meet my father-in-law and the male guests.

"Master Cui, today I saw your son-in-law, he is very handsome and well-mannered. I heard that he is also a scholar, which is really good."

"Just so-so." Lord Cui couldn't help feeling happy when he heard the flattery from the people around him.

"After today, manage your own family well," he said to his son-in-law, and asked him to study hard and take part in the imperial examination next year.

"Yes, father-in-law," Li Changgui responded to his father-in-law in a low voice.

Seeing that it was getting late, people from the backyard began to bring the bride to the front yard.

The sound of firecrackers was heard at the gate, and laughter and joy were heard everywhere.

Li Changgui looked at his daughter-in-law walking in front of him, walked up to her, took her hand, and helped her to come in front of his father-in-law and mother-in-law.

The couple knelt on the cushion and kowtowed three times to bid farewell to them.

Cui Luanluan kept in mind what the matchmaker had told her, tears kept flowing from her eyes, and the sound of her crying could be heard through her veil.

The guests present all said that the bride couldn't bear to leave her parents.

Mrs. Cui also said words of comfort, saying that she would come back often to visit.

Li Changgui held her hand and walked to the bridal sedan and helped her into it.

The servants of the Cui mansion carried the dowry and followed the wedding procession in a grand manner.

Mrs. Cui took away all the things Cui Luanluan had from childhood to adulthood. She found a bed with carved crabapple flowers, a rosewood three-screen Luohan bed, a rosewood beauty couch, a desk, and a set of high-quality furniture from the warehouse. She sorted out several camphorwood boxes with various styles of bedding and fabrics, and several boxes of hairpins and pearls that were not often used. She also prepared three thousand taels of silver for the bottom of the box. She also put the deed of a hundred acres of land ten kilometers away from the capital into the box. Together with the betrothal gifts, there were a total of 85 dowries, which looked much better on the surface.

After bidding farewell to his father-in-law and mother-in-law, he returned to Li's house with the bride.

Everything had already been arranged at Li's residence, and all the neighbors attended the wedding banquet.

Li Changyu brought his wife Zhou Qingqing to the Li residence to help. Zhou Qingqing was arrogant and looked down on everyone present, especially her three half-brothers.

They tried to suppress their anger and not dare to offend their eldest brother's wife, but their wives looked unhappy.

Zhou Qingqing saw it and gave the student a few tough lessons.

"Sister-in-law, is this attitude of yours a problem with me?"

"If you don't respect your eldest sister-in-law, illegitimate children will always be lowly"

Saying this immediately offended everyone, and many of the people present had illegitimate children.

Li Changgui, who just walked into the gate, heard it and his face looked a little bad.

"Sister-in-law, I am a bastard but also a legitimate descendant of the Li family."

"My wife is also the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Justice. You cannot insult her at will."

Zhou Qingqing was about to get angry when she heard these words, but was stopped by Li Changyu.

"I'm really sorry, second brother. I will definitely teach her a lesson when I go back today. Now the time is almost up, let's go to the wedding hall first."

Li Changyu could hardly hide his anger towards Zhou Qingqing on his face. She usually bossed him around and didn't allow him to go to his aunt's house. It was bad enough that she got angry without restraint in such an occasion, which was simply a disgrace to him.

Li Changgui stopped talking for the sake of his brother.

After the lively kowtows to heaven and earth and the couple bowed to each other in the front yard, Cui Luanluan was sent to the bridal chamber, and Li Changgui stayed to receive the guests.