Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family-Chapter 1034 - 1033: Preparing the Wedding Gift Presentation

Chapter 1034: Chapter 1033: Preparing the Wedding Gift Presentation

Di Wei wasn’t shy like a typical little girl; instead, she took the small booklet and examined it attentively, very seriously.

After a while, she finally put down the booklet.

"Third Aunt, I don’t recognize any of these people, nor do I know their actual situations. Please talk to me in detail about them, and see what is special about each of them."

Liu Sisi couldn’t help but nod her head. Among Di Gaoyuan’s several children, Di Wei could not be considered the most outstanding, neither was she the most beautiful. With elder brothers and sisters above and younger brothers and sisters below, she used to be Di Ruoning’s favorite and now even more so under her protection. Apart from timing, geographical, and human conditions, what mattered most was that Di Wei knew how to assess the situation and act accordingly—she could bend and stretch.

"These candidates were personally selected by your Third Uncle and me after numerous screenings. It’s just that we can’t make up our minds about the final choice, so we wanted to ask for your opinion, after all, this person will be with you for a lifetime. What do you say?"

Liu Sisi kicked the question back to her.

Di Wei thought for a moment, then reviewed the candidates on the booklet once more, and glanced surreptitiously at Di Yelei, who was sitting quietly beside her. She bit her lip tightly.

"Wei’er knows very little about them, and considering Wei’er’s youth and ignorance, please allow Third Uncle and Third Aunt to decide for me. Wei’er will obey Third Uncle and Third Aunt’s commands."

This response put Liu Sisi in a difficult position! She hadn’t expected Di Wei to kick the ball back to her.

Di Yelei, sitting beside her, also scanned Di Wei with surprise: "Di Wei, your Third Uncle has watched you grow up since you were little. With certain things happening afterward, naturally, I have more affection for you than for the other nieces. These candidates have been personally scrutinized by me, do you really not have even one that satisfies you?"

Surprise flashed through Liu Sisi’s eyes. Was Di Wei unsatisfied with all of them? She couldn’t detect any hidden message in her words.

Di Wei hurriedly knelt down, her face the picture of pitiable: "Third Uncle, Wei’er knows her place, how dare I be picky? Since ancient times, marriage has been in accordance with the parent’s orders and the matchmaker’s words, Wei’er has no objections to these men. Please make the decision for Wei’er, Third Uncle."

Having said that, she bowed twice and laid prostrate on the ground, unmoving.

Di Yelei appeared extremely conflicted, tapping the tabletop with one hand, and after a while, he finally spoke, "How about this: In a few days, it will be Xuan’er’s joyous wedding gift presentation with Prefecture Princess Luo. On that day, I’ll make further arrangements based on the situation. What do you think?"

Liu Sisi understood Di Yelei’s intention; naturally, a girl of that era couldn’t openly choose potential suitors.

However, there were many customary methods everyone agreed upon. If you can’t meet face to face for matchmaking, that’s easy to fix! They can use some other pretext to bring both the man and woman together, accompanied by their parents, to avoid any impropriety and still manage to meet each other. If the two of them like each other, the matchmaker will proceed with the next steps: wedding gift presentation, exchanging birthdate information, sending betrothal gifts, setting the wedding date, and welcoming the bride. These steps will then follow one by one.

Di Yelei’s words were evidently very lenient towards Di Wei.

Di Wei’s eyebrows and eyes didn’t lift as she respectfully bowed: "Wei’er will follow Third Uncle’s instructions."

This made Liu Sisi’s eyebrows knit even more tightly!

As soon as Di Wei left the room, Liu Sisi took the lead to express difficulty: "Xuan’er and Prefecture Princess Luo are going to have their wedding gift presentation? You kept this from me? Di Yelei, what are you really trying to say?"

Looking at Liu Sisi, whose eyebrows were fiercely furrowed, nearly resembling an infuriated kitten, Di Yelei quickly moved to smooth things over.

"Sisi, don’t be anxious. I only received the news this evening and haven’t had the chance to tell you yet! Why are you so worried?"

Liu Sisi narrowed her eyes slightly: "Really?"

"Truly! As true as pearls!"

Di Yelei hurriedly made assurances, he was just short of raising his hand to swear!

"You are Xuan’er’s mom, and even if I kept it from others, I couldn’t keep it from you, could I? Besides, you have to personally handle Xuan’er’s wedding, especially the part with Prince Luo; it’s essential that you make a trip there yourself."

In this era, the weddings of the children of officials and nobles were incredibly complicated, generally requiring half a year from the betrothal gift presentation to the wedding ceremony. There were numerous and intricate preparations needed in between, which sincerely taxed one’s spirit! In these events, both families often shared the burdens, which could hardly be discussed in the same breath as modern times.

"I think you just want me to run errands, don’t you?"

"How could that be? I was considering your close relationship with Prefecture Princess Luo, almost like mother and daughter. It would be perfect to marry her into our family, so you’d have company later and wouldn’t be lonely."

"You’re right about that, Thirteen is sensible and affectionate. If she married into our family, I would indeed have less to worry about."

At least she would save much effort on the domestic affairs.

"By the way, which man did you find to act as the matchmaker? No matter what, Thirteen is a prefecture princess; if the matchmaker’s status is too low, I’m afraid it won’t look good."

Di Yelei lifted an eyebrow with pride: "You can rest assured about that. I have already invited Marquis Yongwu to act as the chief matchmaker, and we have agreed to visit Gongzhou to propose marriage in a few days."

As Marquis Yongwu was of the marquis’ esteemed status, going to propose to Prince Luo’s family would naturally be thorough in etiquette and there was no need to worry about criticism.

Liu Sisi was also satisfied, and a smile spread across her face.

"However, for this proposal visit, we need to bring a pair of living wild geese. I’m planning to organize a hunting party in the next few days to go into the hills and hunt geese."

It had been many years since he had gone hunting, and Di Yelei became spirited as soon as he mentioned it.

"Can’t we replace them with domestic geese? Why do we need to go into the hills to catch living wild geese?"

Liu Sisi wasn’t worried about Di Yelei facing any issues while catching wild geese in the hills, but rather concerned about what to do if they couldn’t find any geese for a long time.

"I know where there is a flock of wild geese resting, so just relax. It won’t delay the important matters," Di Yelei reassured her with a look of utter confidence, standing and stretching lazily. His eyes also began to burn with a hotter fire.

"Alright, it’s not early on today’s day; let’s go to rest," he said.

As he spoke, he had already approached Liu Sisi and embraced her.

"Ah! I’m not sleepy yet, wait! I still have things I want to discuss... about Xuan’er’s marriage affairs; let’s talk it through carefully. The wedding gift presentation is coming up so soon, we can’t afford to... mmm... Ye Lei..."

"No need for discussions now, we have plenty of days ahead. Your task right now is to keep me company... Sisi, Sisi..." ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com

The darkness kept spreading, the candle shadow flickered continuously, reflecting two entangled figures.

Liu Sisi’s mind was already hazy, unable to remember exactly what she wanted to say, merely floating and sinking in the sea of love, following his lead.