Not only his eyeballs fell into the pot, Zhu Ping'an's entire body was about to fall into the pot.
Zhu Pingan was a little horrified when he thought of this: the arrogant, dark and willful Li Shu was actually the chef of the Li family who had cooked for him for several years...
When did this girl start cooking for herself
Then, Zhu Pingan remembered some clues from the past. When he borrowed books from the Li family in Shanghe Village, he had read The Heaven Sword and the Assassin. Li Shu had someone send him a plate of snacks. It seemed to be some braised meat. It looked very ugly. Well, it tasted like dark cuisine. It was so unpalatable. I still remember that I asked Li Shu if the Li family had changed the chef. Then, in the attitude of being responsible for the Li family, I criticized the new chef hired by Li Shu's family. In the end, I concluded that this chef knew nothing about cooking and had no talent. For your safety, it would be better to change him...
Now, Zhu Pingan understood why Li Shu lost her temper, smashed dishes, and had a bad face after hearing what he said. It was the least of her fault that Li Shu didn't mix a bottle of rat poison for her.
At that time, it was probably the first time that this girl cooked for herself.
Then more clues emerged from Zhu Ping'an's mind. Zhu Ping'an remembered that once when he was reading at Li's house, Li Shu said she was going out to change clothes and did not allow the maids to follow her. When she came back, Zhu Ping'an found that there seemed to be a black spot on the tip of the pink Li Shu's nose. At that time, Zhu Ping'an thought that she accidentally dropped the eyebrow pencil on the tip of her nose when she was putting on makeup.
Now that I think about it, it must be the wood ash from the girl's cooking that fell on her nose.
Then, Zhu Ping'an understood why Li Shu was so arrogant and cocky when he praised the Li family's chef.
Then, she remembered that she liked to get up early to read every day. It was only five o'clock in the morning and the rooster had not yet crowed, but the breakfast carefully prepared by the Li family chef had already arrived; Li Mo checked on her and found that she had come to work earlier and had to go out before the morning. But she had always eaten the breakfast prepared by the Li family chef; how early did this girl get up...
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Even if Zhu Ping'an was slow to react, he could understand the hidden meaning of a proud noble lady lowering herself to cook for him...
However, Li Shu, who was poor and short-sighted when she was young, and a stupid toad when she grew up, actually...
Deep thought is terrifying
This fact was like a herd of grass mud horses, suddenly appearing unexpectedly, and then running unreasonably in Zhu Ping'an's mind...
When Zhu Pingan fell into a strange state, Xiahe Village had become a lively sea, with the sound of firecrackers, the sound of suona, and the singing troupe set up two stages in Xiahe Village, singing happily. The village was crowded with people, and the roofs and trees of the houses were filled with people.
A large house at the west end of Xiahe Village was decorated with red lanterns and red couplets. Dozens of tables were set up on the road outside the house for a buffet. Earth pots were set up, pigs and sheep were slaughtered, chickens and ducks were cooked, fish were cut, vegetables were picked and tables were moved. Villagers and neighbors all took part in the event, and the scene was very lively.
Many people came from all over the surrounding villages and filled Xiahe Village.
What day is today? Why is Xiahe Village so lively
Anyone who crowded the streets and alleys of Xiahe Village can tell you the answer to this question. Today is the wedding day of Zhu Ping'an, the No. 1 scholar in Xiahe Village and the current Ming Dynasty, and the daughter of the wealthy Mr. Li from Shanghe Village. No one will miss this excitement.
Everyone knows that Zhu Ping'an is the first number one scholar in the Ming Dynasty, and everyone knows how rich the rich man Li's family is in Shanghe Village. Everyone has also heard how pretty, good at managing the household, virtuous, and filial Miss Li is... ...
On an island thousands of miles away, the wedding that Li Shu was worried about without a bride and groom actually took place on time in Shanghe Village, to her surprise!
As early as the morning, Xiahe Village was already bustling with activity.
People from all over the country took up their seats early, eating the peanuts, melon seeds and candies generously distributed by the Zhu family, and enjoying the fun. Those who didn't get a good seat also used their creativity, climbing trees and sitting on branches, climbing walls and building houses, and becoming like Spider-Man, almost flying to the sky. The crazy children ran in the crowd with the wedding money and candies they had snatched. Like a foal that had run away, their mothers chased after them, shouting in worry and anger, "Slow down, slow down, don't fall"... ...
"Here they come, here they come, the bride's party is back..."
The crowd in front suddenly exploded as if cold water was dropped into a frying pan, and for a moment everyone stretched their necks to look forward.
Then there was a uniform sound of people breathing heavily, it was so shocking.
The scene before their eyes was beyond their imagination. Generally, a girl's family would give a dowry when she got married. The dowry given by her parents was the girl's private property. However, a girl is like water spilled on her body after she is married. People only give a dowry for show. If they feel sorry for the girl, they will give more so that the girl can have confidence in her husband's family. A woman's dowry is an integer of 64 loads, which is called a full load. If it is less than this number, 32 loads will be given as a dowry, which is called a half load. Of course, only wealthy families count this way. Small families basically don't count because they can't make up the money. As far as the villages around Xiahe Village are concerned, the dowry is only 7 or 8 loads, or at most a dozen loads.
But the scene before them almost made them pop their eyes out of their heads, and they almost doubted their own eyes.
The dowry from Li Shu's family was simply suffocating them.
Ten miles of red makeup.
It really was a ten-mile long procession of red dowry. In front of the procession were 128 loads of dowry carried by people in neatly dressed red clothes, stretching from Shanghe Village to Xiahe Village. I heard that the tail of the team had reached a village ahead of Shanghe Village.
What makes people gasp the most is that the people who carry the dowry deliberately open the dressing boxes and cabinets and carry them openly. This is also to show off the dowry from the bride's family to people. You see, our dowry is real, without any fakeness, and has both quantity and quality.
The dressing box at the front was open. Inside was no gold, silver, pearls, jade, banknotes or gems, but bricks. Each brick was very thick and large, with map patterns carved on them. People counted them and found that there were a total of twenty such bricks.
Just this one lift made people's eyes pop out.
This earthen brick is not an ordinary earthen brick. This earthen brick represents land. This is a customary practice in dowry in the Ming Dynasty. There is a land deed under each earthen brick. The size of the brick corresponds to the size of the land. As for the earthen bricks given as dowry by the Li family, I am afraid that each brick represents ten hectares of fertile land. Twenty bricks represent two hundred hectares of fertile land. According to the Ming Dynasty's measurement system, fifty mu is equal to one hectare. This dowry means ten thousand mu of fertile land.
According to the convention, "the land of a powerful family is limited to 1,000 mu", and a family that owns 1,000 mu of land is already an amazing "powerful family". But the Li family just stretched out their hands and got 10,000 mu of good land as a dowry.
Not to mention the more than 100 loads of dowry behind...
The Li family is marrying off their daughter, it's like marrying off a princess. Even a princess wouldn't have such a dowry.
I've heard that the Li family is not simple, but I didn't expect it to be so powerful...
In fact, the people carrying the dowry from the Li family were very disdainful after hearing what the people on both sides of the road said. One brick is ten hectares? It should be a hundred hectares! (To be continued.)