May 12th, today is the day when Xiao Sier is engaged.

There is such a custom in Yangping County: Men and women get engaged first, receive a bride price, and then get married. However, it is easier than before. Now, as long as the parents of both parties agree, they can take two steps to get engaged and receive a bride price.

Generally, the male parent will find a fortune teller and choose an auspicious day to receive the bride price. The contents of the man’s family preparing the bride price include:

The two "Entertainment Letters" state the engagement, witness, parent name of the man and woman, the date of birth of both the man and the woman, the date of birth, the signature of the parent of both the man and the woman, the date of engagement, etc. In this way, the woman leaves one on the day of engagement and the man leaves one. This means that both the man and the woman hold one.

The items include: two red dates and two chestnuts, meaning that the early set of the baby is established, ten circles of red threads, a needle is worn at each end of the red thread, a pack of noodles and a pack of salt, meaning that the meaning is to be perfect and a thread of marriage, and both men and women give a belt, meaning that the belt (that is, children).

The most important thing is to give the money the man prepares to the woman. The amount of money depends on the man’s economic strength. If the economic strength is strong, you can give more. If the economic strength is not strong, you can give less.

Of course, this also depends on the opinions of the woman's parents. Some women's parents are unreasonable and every price is asking for money.

Due to the issue of the amount of the betrothal gift, there are quite a few parents who quarrel, and many men and women cannot get married because of the amount of the betrothal gift.

As for the woman, after receiving the man's things sent by the matchmaker, she first filled out the "Entertainment Letter", and then prepared a copy of the gifts sent by the man to be in a strait of marriage.

As for the money sent by the man, you must give back a certain amount. The amount of money you give back depends on the woman's situation. Some give back 10,000, some give back 8,000, some give back 6,000, and of course some don't have a single cent. All give back to the man, and keep it for the purpose of buying a house and getting married. This depends on the woman's parents.

Ye Rongyao didn't know that in Ye Rongyao's hometown, it would be impossible not to give back the betrothal gift, even if you give back a few hundred, you would just gossip. If you don't give back a penny, the man's parents would not agree, and the marriage would not be possible.

The engagement banquet is for banquets on both sides, and the woman also has to set up a few tables of banquets, invites the new son-in-law and the matchmaker, and at the same time, he will give the matchmaker a big red envelope, which is his hard work.

After all, before the man and woman have a wedding banquet, both parents communicate with each other through matchmakers. Whatever they are dissatisfied or requested is conveyed through matchmakers. Parents of both men and women rarely communicate directly.

Therefore, it is very important for matchmakers in rural areas. Generally, matchmakers have to have children with the woman married to the man before they are over. Before that, matchmakers still have to coordinate the issues between the man and the woman.

Of course, this is just a ceremony at the woman's house, and the man's house also needs to hold the ceremony, but the man's house holds this engagement ceremony after the woman's ceremony.

Generally, the woman holds a banquet at noon and the man holds a banquet at night.

The engagement ceremony at the man's house is relatively simple, not so many, and so complicated. It is just a few tables of wine, and just invite some of the man's relatives, friends, and classmates to drink. Of course, this matchmaker still needs to invite him, and the man also wants to give a big red envelope to the matchmaker to express his gratitude.

After the man's engagement wine is finished, it means that the engagement ceremony has been completed. In the future, the man and the woman are already husband and wife and can live together without any scruples. Generally, after the engagement, the woman will live in the man's house and is already considered the man's daughter-in-law.

In the eyes of rural people, the engagement ceremony is more symbolic than receiving a "red book" at the government department. If you have not held an engagement or a wedding banquet, you have received a "red book", which means that it is legal for both men and women to sleep together. No one in the countryside will recognize the relationship between men and women, and there will be many rumors in the countryside.

Yesterday, Xiao Sier's mother looked for Ye Rongyao and wanted to ask Ye Rongyao to accompany Xiao Sier to the woman to pay the bride price. This is a continuation of the old tradition. When a man and a woman were engaged, the man had to have someone carrying a load, and the load contained the engagement items.

The people carrying the burden are all peers of the engaged young men, usually brothers, cousins, cousins, and Ming brothers (that are very good friends who grew up together) to carry the burden.

In the past, the countryside was poor and people didn’t have any private cars. The people carrying the loads were very hard, and they carried the loads all the way from the man’s house to the woman’s house.

However, now that the economy is developing, many people have private cars, so they drive the car directly to the woman's doorstep and then carry the load to the woman's house. Without a few steps, they can get two big red envelopes, and many people are still willing to do it.

Xiao Sier's family has a lot of brothers, but as soon as Xiao Sier's parents planned to ask Ye Rongyao to be the person who carried the burden. The main reason is that Ye Rongyao is now a celebrity in the nearby towns and is very prestigious.

Ye Rongyao accompanied Xiao Sier to the girl's house, and she could hold on with face and suppress the scene, so that the girl's house would not dare to underestimate her.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Ye Rongyao drove an Audi Q7 to Xiao Sier's house. Today he was going to drive an Audi Q7 to the woman's house to give a dowry.

In Yangping County, people are very proud of their face, whether they are engaged or married. The better you drive the better you go to the woman's house, the more proud the woman's family members feel.

The woman's family is not afraid of the man's family showing off, but is afraid of the man's family not showing off.

As for whether the car belongs to the man himself, the woman doesn’t mind very much. Since they all agreed to engage, they are accepting the man’s family situation.

"Glory, thank you for your hard work today."

As soon as Ye Rongyao got out of the car, Xiao Sier's mother came over to talk to Ye Rongyao.

"Aunt, you are so polite. Xiao Sier is engaged today. This is a good thing. If you ask me to accompany Xiao Sier, I have a big red envelope. I want to thank you."

Ye Rongyao said with a smile.

"When I come back, my aunt will definitely give you a big red envelope."

Xiao Sier's mother smiled.

"Brother Glory, you came."

Hearing Ye Rongyao's voice, Xiao Sier came out of the house and said to Ye Rongyao.

"Xiao Si'er was wearing a good dress today, she was very handsome."

Ye Rongyao glanced at Xiao Sier in a black suit and said. This was the first time Ye Rongyao saw Xiao Sier in a suit. He thought it was very good and handsome.

"Really, I always feel a little uncomfortable."

Xiao Sier said. On weekdays, Xiao Sier basically doesn’t wear a suit. At this time, I always feel something is wrong with it.

"I got used to it slowly. When I first got married, I was like you, and I was not used to wearing suits no matter how hard I was. Now it's much better."

Ye Rongyao said. Before getting married, Ye Rongyao never wore a suit, but after getting married, he gradually got used to wearing a suit.

"Glory is here, thank you for your hard work today."

Xiao Si'er's father also came out of the house and said to Ye Rongyao.

"Uncle, don't be polite to me. When can I set off?"

Ye Rongyao asked. After all, it's already nine o'clock now, so you have to go to the girl's house early for engagement. After all, many relatives of the girl's family have never seen this new son-in-law, so there must be a lot to ask.

"Now you can almost leave." Xiao Si'er's mother said.

A few people quickly brought all the dowry gifts into the trunk of the Audi Q7. Of course, some of them could not be put down, so they put them in the back seat.

"Glory, please help your aunt pay attention. The red bag of birthday noodles in the basket and the bride price are all in the red envelopes."

After all the things were brought into the car, Xiao Si'er's mother secretly pulled Ye Rongyao aside and whispered. After all, the bride price of 70,000 to 80,000 yuan was all in it, so I was worried.

"Okay, I will pay attention." Ye Rongyao nodded and said.

The engagement bride money was basically given on the day of engagement, and was given by the matchmaker and his new son-in-law when they first came to the house. They were placed in the birthday noodles and filled in red bags.

When people give gifts in Wenzhou, they always like to bring birthday noodles, because birthday noodles are very long, which in people's eyes means long-lasting.

This birthday gift for the birthday noodle means a long life, and this engagement gift for the birthday noodle means a long life for the future marriage.

"Aunt, don't worry, I know."

Ye Rongyao said. After all, you really need to be careful about this money. It is really not easy for the old man to save this money for half his life, and some of it even borrowed from others.

"I'll be relieved if you are with me."

Xiao Si'er's mother said. Who would have thought that Ye Rongyao, who was looked down upon by the villagers, has now become one of the most famous figures in the village.

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The woman's home is located in the northwest corner of the town. It takes about ten minutes to drive there. After all, she was driving on the provincial road. The speed was fast, but it couldn't get faster.

"Your name is Ye Rongyao, is this car yours?"

The matchmaker, Mrs. Wang, who was sitting in the back seat, looked at Ye Rongyao curiously and asked. As a famous matchmaker in the town, Mrs. Wang is not an old woman with little knowledge, and she can still understand luxury cars.

Aunt Wang knew that even in the county town, few big bosses could drive such expensive luxury cars.

In the eyes of matchmaker Aunt Wang, Ye Rongyao is definitely a powerful stock and it is worth learning more about the information.

You should know why I did the best among so many colleagues. I am the most famous matchmaker in the whole town. After all, it is my usual efforts. I often go to the homes of young men and women who are suitable for marriage to sit in, care about their marriage, understand their needs, and designate suitable blind dates.

After being a matchmaker for more than ten years, Aunt Wang knew very well that basically women wanted to marry rich men. They were older, maybe divorced. If their family background was good, many girls were willing to marry.

More importantly, as long as the marriage is successful, the red envelope will definitely not be small. Therefore, when you become a matchmaker, you like to be a matchmaker the most to be a matchmaker.

Today's second update, and the third update will be later, so please forgive me.
Chapter completed!