There were three pieces of paper on the desk in front of Mr. Zhuang. Man Bao and the others quietly poked their heads in from the door to look at them.
Mr. Zhuang, who was in a daze, noticed it and said without moving his eyelids, "Come in."
The three hurried in, and Man Bao asked with a smile, "Sir, what do you want from us?"
Mr. Zhuang waved to them and smiled, "Come here."
The three of them stepped forward and stood obediently in front of the desk.
After looking at them carefully, Mr. Zhuang said with a smile: "You have all grown up. Erlang will reach the crown in February next year, and Baishan will reach the crown in the twelfth lunar month. Originally, your characters will be taken for you after you reach the crown, but I miss you. You are about to get married, start a family and start a business, and now you are considered successful in your career, so I decided to give you a name now."
The eyes of the three people lit up, and Man Bao asked directly: "Sir, do I have it too?"
Mr. Zhuang smiled and said, "Naturally."
Man Bao cheered up and waited excitedly.
Mr. Zhuang and Bai Erlang said: "I discussed with your father, your elder brother chooses the right word, and your name is sincere, so you should choose the word sincerely."
He said slowly: "Believe in righteousness, honor virtue and repay merit."
Bai Erlang nodded fiercely, "I understand sir, I will definitely believe in reason in the future."
Mr. Zhuang nodded approvingly, "Good boy."
Mr. Zhuang looked at Bai Shan, "I used to think that your kindness was auspicious, but I found out later that your word "shan" comes from the first sentence of the university. If so, you should follow your father's original intention and choose the word "Zhishan". The way of university lies in three things: to be virtuous, to be close to the people, and to be good. Self-cultivation is a matter of a lifetime. You are a very smart child. May you be worthy of your heart and worthy of the world in the future."
Bai Shan complied seriously.
Only then did Mr. Zhuang look at Man Bao, and said with a smile: "As for the name, the name your father gave you is not good."
Man Bao: ... She thinks it's very good, Man Duo sounds so good, it's very complete when you hear it.
Man Bao habitually answered a sentence in his heart, and then he began to think seriously, well, according to the rules of scholars, this name is indeed not well chosen.
Mr. Zhuang said: "When it is full, it is vented, so few people use it as a name."
Bai Shan couldn't help defending his future father-in-law in a low voice, "Sir, the one full of treasures means the granary is full."
Well, following the names of Thursday Lang, Friday Lang and Saturday Lang, it is no longer a bad connotation.
Mr. Zhuang couldn't help laughing before he said: "That's exactly the case, so I took the word 'qian' for you, and I took it as a supplement to your full character, and I also warned you that if you are full, you will lose, and you will benefit when you are modest." It's heaven, don't forget it in the future."
Man Bao asked: "Is it just one word? Then people will call me Zhou Qian from now on? It doesn't seem very pleasant, sir, please add another word for me."
Mr. Zhuang couldn't help laughing when he heard it, and after thinking for a moment, he said: "You are a good boy, sir, I hope you will not be complacent, but what you have done is admirable, even though it is only a few years , but your achievements this year have far surpassed most people in this world, including me, sir."
He said: "Such achievements should be respected, so let's add a sub-character before the word Qian, Ziqian, Ziqian, hahahaha, good word, that's it."
After finishing speaking, he wrote a character Zi on the first piece of paper from his left hand, and connected it with the character Qian.
Although it sounds like a boy's word, Man Bao is still very happy because this word has a good meaning.
Mr. Zhuang handed them three pieces of paper, and said with a smile: "You can tell your relatives and friends, and you can match the words in the future. When you are crowned and crowned, more people in the world will know about it."
Mr. Zhuang paused at this point, and asked, "Do you know how to perform crown ceremony?"
Zhou Man didn't perform the Ji ceremony. At that time, she only had a meal of noodles at home and it was over. It was a waste of the Ji that Mrs. Zheng prepared for her, although she still put it on her head in the end.
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang were not so sure, they looked at each other and nodded under Mr. Zhuang's gaze, "Yes?"
Mr. Zhuang automatically thought he would, nodded his head and said: "That's good, if it doesn't happen by chance, then ask for leave, you and the crown have crown ceremony leave."
That's right, Dajin is so humane, it also has crown ceremony holidays, officials and crowns can take one to three days of leave, Bai Shan decided to neutralize it, and ask for two days.
"Okay, you guys step back." Mr. Zhuang stared at Bai Shan after finishing speaking, and said, "You two will get married the day after tomorrow, and you just gave the dowry today, so it is logical that you shouldn't meet again..."
He didn't finish his sentence, but his meaning was very clear. Aren't you leaving now
Bai Shan had no choice but to bow and leave, and couldn't help complaining in a low voice after leaving, "Why did you chase me away, sir?"
Man Bao sent them to the door, and waved to them, "Goodbye."
After today, they won't be able to see each other until they get married. Of course, it won't be long, just two days, no, it's just one and a half days.
Man Bao packed up his own things, and wrote them on the dowry list if they could be used as a facade. After copying the betrothal gift from the Bai family, it was a long and folded list.
Qian Shi asked her to try on the modified wedding dress.
The sleeves were a bit long before, but now it is different from the past, the wedding dress does not need to be stretched to be worn later, Man Bao's wedding dress is very complicated, so it can't be worn every day like in the countryside, just once, so Qian's request It's very tall, so it has to fit just right. This wedding dress has been changed twice.
Last time, it was because she lost a lot of weight after coming out of the Daming Palace, so her waist needed to be made smaller. This time, she found that the cuffs were a bit long.
Man Bao put it on, even though Qian had seen it twice, she still couldn't help but look surprised and relieved when she saw it again, and took her hand and said, "It looks good."
Zhou Lijun who was sitting beside him also found it pretty, and couldn't help but said, "Little sister is getting more and more beautiful."
It's just that I always wear official clothes on weekdays, seldom wear fancy clothes, and smear rouge even less, so I didn't notice it.
Man Bao felt complacent, but when she thought of the characters Mr. Zhuang gave her, she accepted her complacency and said reservedly: "Fortunately, it's just average, the main reason is that my parents are good-looking."
Qian couldn't help but nodded her forehead and said with a smile: "What kind of weird words are you talking about?"
She smiled and said: "You have many friends. I will ask your nephews, nieces and your fourth brother to send you there tomorrow. When making troubles in the bridal chamber, you should stop in moderation and stop messing around, you know?"
Man Bao nodded, and said to her: "Don't worry, I invited Mrs. Tang and her cousin, and the second sister Fu to give me a chance, and Bai Er and Yin or Liu Huan are watching, they can't bully me .”
And what are you afraid of, hmph, they will always want to get married, even those who have already been married are not afraid, in the future they will always have to examine officials, get promoted, and always have banquets, who is afraid of whom