A poor hero

When Shen Jiahao heard this, he burst out laughing, "Yes, yes, I will do my best when the time comes."

Chen Chen felt that Shen Jiahao was quite generous.

So the two talked about other things.

However, Shen Qian's brother Shen Nan soon came to find Chen Chen.

The Ming Dynasty officially stipulated that weddings should be based on Zhu Xi's family rites.

Zhu Zi formulated the wedding ceremony in detail in "Family Rites".

There are seven links in Zhu Zi's wedding ceremony.

They are matchmaking ceremony, nacai ceremony, marriage ceremony, wedding ceremony, worship ceremony, union ceremony and ancestor-telling ceremony.

This time Chen Chen and Shen Qian performed the matchmaking ceremony and the nacai ceremony.

The matchmaking ceremony refers to the man’s family preparing a letter of etiquette and inviting the matchmaker to the woman’s house to propose marriage.

Follow the laws of heaven and earth, and be in harmony with human feelings.

Na Cai Li, after getting the woman's consent to propose marriage, the man writes a letter of etiquette to start the ceremony.

Marriage is a very serious matter in life, and it should be treated with respect and not in vain. A certain gift must be paid before the marriage can be settled.

This must be a gift, any amount is fine.

But there is one gift in it - wild geese, which is absolutely indispensable.

Because the wild geese represents the man’s sincerity.

Without this thing, if the woman loses her temper, the ceremony may be cancelled.

But in the Ming Dynasty, wild geese became increasingly difficult to find.

People began to use geese, ducks, chickens, ducks and other poultry instead of wild geese.

Shen Nan pulled Chen Chen aside.

He whispered: "Brother-in-law, my mother said there were no wild geese in the burden you brought? Brother-in-law, have you forgotten?"

Chen Chen thought about it, he didn't know either!

Yesterday, the third aunt clearly said that there should be wild geese in the ceremony, and the third aunt also bought the wild geese.

In the morning, Chen Chen was carrying a load, but he didn't pay attention to whether there were geese in the load.

Dayan plays a very important role in the Nacai ceremony.

If it was just Shen Qian's family, there would be no problem if they didn't take it down.

But now that there are so many famous people from the Shen family here, if Chen Chen and the others don't even have the wild goose, it will be an embarrassment to the two families.

So Chen Chen and Shen Nan walked to the hall to ask Third Aunt.

Soon, the two came to the hall.

The hall was already filled with important figures from the Shen clan association.

Of course, Shen Qian's grandma and Chen Chen's uncle and aunt were also inside, chatting happily with everyone.

Oddly enough, on such a grand day today, Shen Dadong, as Shen Qian's father, should have been here.

But Chen Chen has been here for so long, and he still hasn't seen Shen Dadong.

Chen Chen found his third aunt and asked.

Only then did the third aunt remember that she had heard that the bullock cart had not been found this morning, so she set off again in a hurry, forgetting to catch the wild geese in the chicken pen.

This place is so far away from Chenjiacun, and the auspicious time is coming soon, and I can't make it in time to go home and get it.

The third aunt became anxious, "Brother-in-law, does anyone in your village have wild geese? Let's go buy them now."

Shen Nan thought for a while and remembered that someone in the village did have wild geese.

The third aunt immediately took Shen Nan's hand and rushed to buy it, but was stopped by Chen Chen.

Today's ceremony was mainly discussed by parents of both parties.

The three uncles and three aunts represent Chen Chen's parents, and they must never leave. Otherwise, they will be laughed at by others for being rude.

But Chen Chen was different. He could move around casually and no one would pay attention to him.

So Chen Chen decided that he and Shen Nan would temporarily buy a wild goose from the wild goose breeder in Shen Village.

On the way, Chen Chen curiously asked Shen Nan, "Xiao Nan, where is your father? Why didn't you see him?"

Shen Nan gritted his teeth and looked like he hated iron. "He! Yesterday he tried to steal my chickens to exchange for money. My grandma beat him away. Now I don't dare to come back. Maybe he is still stealing chickens somewhere. .”

When Chen Chen heard this, he realized that Shen Dadong had not changed at all.

He is still the same lazy, sneaky, and gambling scoundrel he was before.

Chen Chen was angry. His father-in-law was really bad.

On the big day for my daughter's engagement, she had to steal her own chickens in exchange for money the night before.

He gritted his teeth and asked seriously: "Has he bullied you and your mother recently?"

Shen Nan smiled and replied: "He must dare too! Now if my mother doesn't beat him, he will snicker."

It turns out that Shen Dadong still looks like that.

But now he has been reduced to a street rat, and everyone is shouting to beat him.

But Shen Qianniang really stood up and was no longer the person who allowed Shen Dadong to bully her.

Grandma Shen Qian also looked away and stopped defending her useless son. She didn't know how good she was to Mother Shen Qian now.

Chen Chen felt that Shen Qianniang and Shen Nan still had a bright future.

Otherwise, he would really take away Shen Qianniang and Shen Nan this time.

Shen Qianniang can stand up.

As for the various expenses to support the family in the future, at most, she and Shen Qian can help make up for it.

Soon, the two of them arrived at the house that Shen Nan had mentioned raising wild geese.

However, Chen Chen didn't find wild geese here. The pen was filled with geese.

It turned out that Shen Nan mistakenly thought that the goose was a wild goose.

Wild geese are a migratory bird.

There are no wild geese passing by at all in Xu County this season, only those caught in the previous winter and kept until now.

The one that the third aunt bought back was bought by the third uncle at a huge price through his connections.

Third Aunt also said just now, if you can't find geese, buy geese; if you don't find geese, buy ducks; if you don't find ducks, buy chickens.

So Chen Chen decided to buy a big goose and go home.

It's a pity that no one is home at all.

Chen Chen called for a while, but no one responded.

The auspicious time was coming, and Chen Chen couldn't make it in time, so he decided to kill it first and then play it later.

He took out a tael of silver and put it in the hole under the door of that house.

Then he took Shen Nan to catch geese.

The circle for catching geese was very large. Chen Chen and Shen Nan worked hard for a while before they caught a big goose.

The big goose was caught and screamed loudly.

"Damn it, a big thief came last night, and two little thieves came today. I really think I, Mr. Shen, am a wimp!"

A middle-aged man rushed in fiercely with a hoe.

Shen Nan was scared, and he quickly responded: "Second uncle, it's me, Shen Nan."

Then Shen Laoer also recognized Shen Nan's voice.

He gritted his teeth and said: "Shen Nan, you should learn from your useless father! Your father came to steal last night, and you will steal today too."

It turns out that Shen Dadong couldn't steal the chicken at home last night, so he came to Shen Laoer to steal the goose.

Shen Nan was finally a child, and she cried anxiously after being scolded by Shen Laoer.

While wiping away tears, he said, "I didn't, I didn't..."

Chen Chen also heard what Shen Laoer meant.

He smiled and replied: "Second uncle, Shen Nan didn't steal your goose. We are..."

But before Chen Chen could finish speaking, Shen Laoer interrupted Chen Chen.

"Shen Nan, you brought an outsider here to steal! Your sister is getting engaged today, and you still do such a thing."

He gritted his teeth and cursed loudly.