Chapter 1509 Engagement 2 (Reward for the book friend "Luo Qing")
It is said that since Qiu Pei was ten years old, the clan began to think about having the Qiu couple adopt a son. The Qiu couple initially took in two children, but for some unknown reason, they sent the children back after raising them for less than three months. After that, they never mentioned the matter of adopting a son again, but instead started to think about finding a son-in-law for Qiu Pei.
The first candidate at that time was Uncle Jia’s son.
However, on the one hand, the Jia family wanted the Qiu family's house and shop, but on the other hand, they were unwilling to let the child marry in. After a few years, Qiu Pei herself looked down on her cousin from her maternal grandparents' side, and the Qiu couple loved her, so the matter was left unresolved.
Then she started talking about other marriage proposals. Before Zhou Liulang, the girl had been on several blind dates, but none of the men who were willing to be her son-in-law were very good.
Their family didn't care about family background, but they valued character and appearance very much. Therefore, they had never been particular about it, and Mrs. Qiu was getting older and older.
Last year, I saw Zhou Liulang. Their shops were next door to each other. They became familiar with each other. When Qiu Pei learned that Zhou Liulang was old and still unmarried, and that he was also good-looking, she accidentally fell in love with him.
Also because Zhou Liulang was in good condition, the Qiu family did not dare to bring up the idea of marrying into the family. They only hoped that one of their children would have the surname Qiu.
In Zhou Silang's opinion, the Qiu family was not cruel enough. Their relationship was already bad, so why did they invite people to come and pay their respects?
Not only does it cost money, but it also makes you uncomfortable.
For example, his family, his father had a falling out with his mother's family, and they have never invited them to any weddings at home. It's so comfortable and saves money.
However, since the guests had arrived, Zhou Silang had to be polite. He invited them to the second floor, and after everyone was seated, he went to the kitchen to prepare the food.
Zhou Liulang was just wondering if he should cook for himself when Zhou Silang pressed him, saying, "Today is your day. You don't have to worry about the kitchen."
The restaurant has already hired a chef and two kitchen helpers. Even without Zhou Liulang, the food will be fine, plus Zhou Lizhong and others are helping.
Therefore, everyone enjoyed the meal very much. After the matchmaker's communication, Zhou Silang said that he would send the engagement letter of the two to Xuandu Temple to calculate the date tomorrow.
He said he was going to Xuandu Temple, but in fact he did not enter the temple. Instead, he found a fairly famous Taoist priest at the foot of the mountain to have his fortune told.
Zhou Silang's reasoning was also very convincing. He said, "I've inquired about this Taoist priest, and he's quite good at fortune-telling. He still lives in Xuandu Temple and is a Taoist priest working there. It's more cost-effective to ask him for a fortune-telling than to ask the Taoist priests in Xuandu Temple."
Manbao followed him and asked, "Does Xuandu Temple have any objections to him stealing their business?"
"Rich families certainly won't take advantage of this and will still go to Xuandu Temple. Poor families, even if they don't have him, can go find someone else to do the calculation. So it doesn't matter whether he's there or not. Xuandu Temple won't have any objections."
Manbao started to think, "Does our family have no money?"
Zhou Silang paused and said, "That's called saving as much as possible, you know? Anyway, I think his horoscope is quite good. Didn't you hear him say it's a match made in heaven?"
Zhou Silang took the three numbers written on a red paper to the matchmaker and asked the matchmaker to send it to the Qiu family for selection.
The Taoist priest chose three auspicious dates for them. One was on June 24th, which was a bit rushed, so Zhou Silang himself rejected it.
One is on August 20th, and the other is on September 8th.
Zhou Silang looked at the two dates and said, "The Taoist priest said that the best day is the eighth day of the ninth lunar month. It happens to be the day before the Double Ninth Festival, which is very suitable for their horoscope. But the twentieth day of the eighth lunar month is also good. Let's see what day the Qiu family likes."
Of course, the Qiu family chose the eighth day of September. As for the woman, they wanted to be more reserved and also wanted to keep the child with her parents for a longer time.
It also gave the Zhou family room to negotiate. If they were unwilling, they could step back and wait until August 20th.
So the two families quickly set the date on September 8th.
There were still four months of preparation time, so Zhou Silang immediately packed up and took Zhou Lizhong to Xiazhou.
As for the house, it was left to Zhou Wulang and his wife and the three Fang family members.
Fang discussed it with Zhou Liulang and decided to use the room he was currently living in as their new home, and then began to slowly prepare the betrothal gifts for him.
Manbao didn't need to worry about these things. She followed him around for a long time, and finally ran to Jishiditang to check on Sanya's progress. Then she went to the stall diagonally opposite and bought several meat patties. While putting them in the basket, she received all of them into the system.
She decided to save it for a midnight snack.
Manbao went home chewing on a meat pie. Bai Shan and the others had already packed up and were waiting for her. "Where have you been? Hurry up, or you'll be late for the palace."
Manbao munched on a meat pie as he climbed up the carriageway. "The rest period is too short. We should be allowed to leave the palace that afternoon and return to work and school tomorrow morning. That way, we can sleep at home for three nights."
Bai Shan said, "Are you dreaming?"
Bai Jilang: "You never thought it would happen so fast even in your dreams."
The three of them, joking and noisy, arrived at Anshang Gate first. They happened to see Zhao Liulang's carriage turning around. Seeing them, he angrily lifted the curtain and said, "You won't be allowed through Anshang Gate. You have to go through Zhuque Gate or Chengtian Gate to enter."
Manbao was very curious, "Why?"
Zhao Liulang said, "How would I know why? The gate is always closed after being installed. Changle Gate is basically just for show. We always have to go through Chengtian Gate. This is really, really..."
Zhao Liulang was speechless and could only angrily drop the curtain and tell the driver to go faster. If he went too late and couldn't enter the palace, he would be held responsible.
Daji immediately turned his horse around and followed Zhao Liulang's carriage. Several carriages behind them also turned their horses around to catch up.
After entering the Suzaku Gate and going all the way to the Chengtian Gate, everyone jumped off the carriage and lined up obediently for inspection before entering the palace.
Fortunately, no one brought much this time. At most, everyone brought some tea, silver, and money prepared at home to fill in the gaps.
Bai Shan and the others also brought extra money, and the rest was homework, so they went in quickly.
They entered from this side, but someone was about to leave the palace over there. Bai Shan turned his head and saw them looking at him.
As it happened, they were acquaintances, so Bai Shan smiled and nodded at the other person, and also bowed as a greeting.
Manbao turned around and only caught sight of the back of someone getting on the carriage. Unable to recognize who it was, he asked, "Who is it?"
Bai Shan retracted his gaze and said, "It's the wife of the Duke of Pi."
When Manbao went to the Duke of Pi's Mansion to rescue Su Jian, Bai Shan followed him in, so he had met Old Madam Su several times. He recognized her at a glance just now.
He smiled and said, "He should be coming to the palace to see the Crown Princess."
Manbao nodded and didn't take it to heart. When they returned to their residence, they found out that Yin Huo had come in earlier, and he had come in by riding on his father's horse.
He smiled and said, "My father is going to the Imperial Guard Camp today, so he took me with him."
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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