Rise From the Humble

Not only his eyeballs fell into the pot, Zhu Ping'an's whole body almost fell into the pot.

What Zhu Pingan thought of was a bit horrifying, that is, the arrogant, sinister and willful Li Shu was actually the Li family chef who had been cooking delicious food for him for several years...

When did this girl start making food for herself?

Then, Zhu Ping'an remembered the clues from the past. When he borrowed books from the Li family in Shanghe Village, he once told the story of Yitian Slaughter. Li Shu had someone bring him a plate of snacks, which seemed to be some kind of braised meat. It looked very ugly. , well, it tastes like a dark cuisine, so unpalatable that it has no friends. I still remember that I asked Li Shu and the others if the Li family had changed their chef. Then, out of an attitude of being responsible for the Li family, I also severely damaged the new cook recruited by the Li Shu family. Finally, I came to the conclusion that this cook was good at cooking. Fan is completely clueless and has no wisdom. For your safety, it’s better to change to another one...

Now, Zhu Ping'an understood why Li Shu would lose his temper inexplicably, throw the plate, and make a bad face after listening to his words. It is said that Li Shu didn't mix a bottle of rat poison for herself at that time, so it was a minor incident.

At that time, it was probably the first time this girl made food for herself.

Then more clues emerged from the bottom of Zhu Pingan's heart. Zhu Pingan remembered that when he was reading at Li's house, one time Li Shu said she was going out to change clothes but refused to let the maid follow her. When she came back, Zhu Pingan discovered There seemed to be a dark spot on the tip of the pink Li Shu's nose. At that time, I thought it was because she accidentally dropped the eyebrow pencil on the tip of her nose while putting on makeup.

Now that I think about it, it must have been the ashes from the vegetation that fell on the tip of this girl's nose when she was cooking.

Then, Zhu Ping'an understood why this girl Li Shu became so arrogant when he praised the chef of the Li family.

Then, I remembered that I like to get up early to study every day, but the sky is only about five o'clock, the rooster has not yet crowed, and the breakfast carefully cooked by the Li family chef has arrived; Li Mo checked the post, and he went to work in advance, and he had to go out before Mao o'clock, but Every time I have had breakfast cooked by the chef of the Li family; how early does this girl get up...

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Even if Zhu Pingan is slow to react, he can still understand the hidden meaning of an arrogant noble lady lowering her body to cook for herself...

However, Li Shu, who had long legs and short legs when she was a child, and who was as stupid as a toad when she grew up, actually...

Deep thought and fear

This fact is like a herd of grass and mud horses, suddenly appearing unexpectedly, and then roaring and running unreasonably in Zhu Pingan's mind...

When Zhu Ping'an fell into a strange state, Xiahe Village had become a lively sea, with continuous sound of firecrackers, suonas blowing all over the world, and the opera troupe set up two stages in Xiahe Village and sang happily. The village is crowded with people, and the roofs and trees at the end of the village are crowded with people.

Red lanterns were hung up and red couplets were pasted on the Zhu family's mansion at the west end of Xiahe Village. Dozens of tables of flowing water banquets were set up on the road outside the house, where pots were set up, pigs and sheep were slaughtered, chickens and ducks were cooked. The villagers and neighbors all worked together to carve up fish, pick vegetables, and move tables, and the scene was very lively.

Many people came from Qiliba Village and crowded Xiahe Village.

What day is it today? Is Xiahe Village so busy?

To this question, the people who crowd the front streets and back alleys of Xiahe Village can tell you the answer. Today is the big day for Xiahe Village and the current number one scholar in the Ming Dynasty - Zhu Ping'an and the daughter of the wealthy Li family of Shanghe Village. No one will miss it. This excitement.

Everyone knows that Zhu Ping'an is the number one scholar in the Ming Dynasty, and everyone also knows how rich Mr. Li's family in Shanghe Village is. Everyone has also heard how handsome, house-keeping, 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 took place on time in Shanghe Village to her surprise!

As early as early in the morning, Xiahe Village was already bustling with activity.

People from Qiliba Village occupied the place early, eating peanuts, melon seeds and candies generously distributed by the Zhu family, and joining in the fun with relish. People who didn't get a good spot also showed their creativity. They climbed a tree and sat on a branch, climbed a wall and built a house. They all turned into Spider-Man and almost reached the sky. The crazy naughty child took the wedding money and candies he had grabbed and ran through the crowd squealing like a runaway pony. Behind him, his mother chased him, shouting worriedly and angrily, "Slow down, slow down. Don't fall."

"It's coming, it's coming, the bride-to-be is back."

The crowd in front suddenly exploded like cold water dripping into a pan of oil. For a moment, people stretched their necks and looked forward.

Then there was a uniform sound of cold air, which was so shocking.

The scene in front of them simply exceeded their imagination. Generally, when a daughter's family marries a girl, she will give a dowry. The dowry given by her mother's family is the woman's private house, but when a married girl throws water, people give dowry only for face value. I mean, if you feel sorry for the girl, give more so that the girl can feel confident in her husband's family. Sixty-four dowries for a woman are divided into a whole number, which is called a full dowry. If the dowry is less than this number, it is accompanied by thirty-two dowries, which is called a half dowry. Of course, this is only calculated for big families, but basically not for small families because they can’t afford it. As far as Xiahe Village is concerned, the dowry is only seven to eight times a dozen or more at most.

But the scene in front of them really almost made their eyes pop out, and they almost doubted their own eyes.

This dowry from Li Shu's family was simply suffocating them.

Shili Hongzhuang.

It’s really the Ten Miles of Hongzhuang. There are 128 dowry bearers in front of them. People in neat red clothes carry the dowry. It stretches from Shanghe Village to Xiahe Village. I heard that the tail of the team ends at Shanghe Village and then goes on. of a village.

What makes people gasp the most is that the dowry bearers deliberately open the dowry boxes and cupboards to carry them. This is also to show off the dowry of the bride’s family to people. Did you see that our dowries are all real? There is no fraud at all, both quantity and quality.

The dossier box carried at the front was open. It was not filled with gold, silver, pearls, jade, or banknotes, but pieces of adobe bricks. Each one was very thick and large. The adobe bricks were engraved with map patterns. People counted them. , there are twenty such adobe bricks in total.

Just raising it made people's eyes pop out.

This adobe brick is not an ordinary adobe brick. This adobe brick represents land. This is a custom in the dowry of the Ming Dynasty. There is a land deed under each adobe brick. The size of the brick corresponds to the size of the land. This is the dowry of the Li family. I'm afraid each brick represents ten hectares of fertile land. Twenty yuan is equivalent to two hundred hectares of fertile land. In Ming Dynasty weights and measures, fifty acres are converted into one hectare. This dowry is 10,000 acres of fertile land.

According to convention, "the famous land of a powerful family is limited to a thousand acres." If a family can own a thousand acres of land, it is already an amazing "powerful family". But as soon as the Li family reaches out, it is a dowry of ten thousand acres of fertile land.

Not to mention the dowry of more than 100 kilograms later.

This old Li family is marrying a girl, almost like marrying a princess. Even princesses don't have this kind of dowry.

I have long heard that Lao Li's family is not simple, but I didn't expect it to be so powerful.

In fact, the dowry bearers of the Li family were very disdainful after hearing the words of the people on both sides of the road. One brick is ten hectares? It’s a hundred hectares!