1900: A physics genius wandering around Europe

Chapter 180 The night of flowers and candles in the bridal chamber

After entering February, Li Qiwei could clearly feel that Guangzhou city became more lively.

Because the annual Spring Festival is coming soon.

Unlike later generations when the festive atmosphere of the New Year became increasingly weak, during this era, even the poorest families would try their best to have a good Spring Festival.

Knit some new clothes for the children and make a delicious meal. Most people can only eat meat during festivals.

Although life is hard, the atmosphere of joy will always affect everyone's mood and motivate them to strive for progress.

No matter how poor, hard, or tired you are at the moment, you will still have infinite expectations for the future.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Chinese people are the most resilient race in the world.

It is this excellent quality that has kept our civilization going for five thousand years.

Of course, every country has its rich and poor.

As the Li family is a large family in Guangzhou, the head of the family, Li Tingzhao, has always adhered to the concept of frugality and never indulged in extravagance or debauchery.

But this year Li Tingzhao made an exception. Not only was the entire Li residence decorated with flowers, but even the street where his house was located was covered with festive colored paper.

Because in addition to celebrating the New Year, the Li family has something even happier.

That is the third son of the Li family, Li Qiwei, the imperial tutor of the current Qing emperor, who will complete his grand wedding day in the New Year.

Marriage should be the most solemn and important event in ordinary people's families throughout history.

The girl's family is not an ordinary family either. It is said that their assets are worth millions.

On the day of the Spring Festival, Li's house was crowded with onlookers.

Although people usually reunite with their families during the New Year, when there is such a lively event, more people come to watch the show.

The most important thing is that the Li family is so generous that the doorman has been throwing out money to thank everyone for their support.

Compared to picking up money during the Chinese New Year, picking up money is more important.

So, a large number of people picked up money and chatted about gossip.

"Wow, I heard that the bride's family gave 200,000 taels of silver as dowry. They are too rich."

"Tsk, with the wealth of the Li family, they definitely won't care about this little money."

"The third young master of the Li family is the teacher of the current emperor. This amount of money is naturally a drop in the bucket."

"Is two hundred thousand taels a lot? Even though I can only earn 40 taels a year, I still have to say that two hundred thousand taels is a small amount of money."

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Even Li Qiwei was shocked when he heard the number.

In this era, two hundred thousand taels was definitely not a small sum in the Qing Dynasty.

Especially since this is pure cash, not fixed assets, calligraphy and paintings, antiques or the like.

Although the Wang family was wealthy, they were definitely not rich enough to easily spend two hundred thousand taels.

Li Qiwei guessed that this should be his future father-in-law, expressing his support for him.

Wang Luyao must have told her father about her own affairs. With Wang Shiyuan's shrewdness, it was easy for him to know Li Qiwei's general purpose.

Now that his daughter is about to marry the other party, the future of the two families is definitely tied to one car.

It is always better to provide help now than to add icing on the cake later.

Moreover, the more dowry the woman's family has, the more confident she will feel after getting married.

Wang Shiyuan believes that Li Qiwei will definitely not have only one woman in the future.

"Silly girl, don't you see what status Qiwei has now?"

"He said that if he doesn't look for someone else, other women will find a way to pay for him. You'd better watch out for that."

Wang Luyao had already changed into a bright red dress and was waiting for Li Qiwei to come and pick her up.

She curled her lips and said to her father: "Brother Qiwei would never do that. He would never lie to me."

Wang Shiyuan gave a bitter smile. His daughter hadn't even become someone else's daughter-in-law yet, but she had already started to act in a disloyal way.

"You, you. You will suffer at some point."

However, although he gave these instructions verbally, he was extremely satisfied with his son-in-law in his heart.

In any way, the Wang family is marrying above their station.

Of course, Wang Shiyuan always thought that his daughter was the most precious, but she was taken away by this pig Li Qiwei.

At this moment, Pigsy Li Qiwei was wearing a long gown, a top hat, a red dress with flowers, and riding a tall horse to bring back the bride.

The wedding procession accompanying him was divided into two lines, with hundreds of people, and the sound of gongs and drums almost spread throughout the entire city of Guangzhou.

Only after experiencing an authentic Chinese wedding did Li Qiwei realize how simple weddings are in later times.

From morning till now, he has been being manipulated, with all kinds of etiquette and details to pay attention to.

However, he enjoyed it.

Although he had never been married in his previous life, he always believed that a wedding should be witnessed by heaven and earth and blessed by parents, and should not be represented by just a piece of paper.

The sacred feeling of a traditional Chinese wedding is what he has always dreamed of.

Soon, Li Qiwei brought the wedding procession to the Wang family’s residence.

According to custom, the bride's family must first welcome the groom home after he dismounts from his horse, and then lead him to meet the bride's parents, relatives, friends, neighbors, etc.

Then there are various festive ceremonies.

Wang Shiyuan said with a choked voice: "Qiwei, I will leave Lu Yao to you. I hope you will treat him well in the future."

Only at this moment did he truly understand the complex emotions of joy and loss that his daughter was about to get married.

Li Qiwei had a resolute expression and said in a firm tone: "Father-in-law, don't worry, I will take care of everything. I will not let Lu Yao suffer any injustice."

Wang Luyao's two elder brothers also said a few words to Li Qiwei.

Li Qiwei did not dare to neglect his future brother-in-law. He was humble and kept nodding his head.

At this moment, he was not an imperial teacher or a principal, but a person who was about to kidnap someone's daughter and sister.

Wang Shiyuan looked at his son-in-law with relief, but finally reluctantly asked him to go and pick up Wang Luyao.

When Li Qiwei saw Wang Luyao, he couldn't help but be dazed for a moment.

Although he couldn't see the other person's face, his appearance alone was enough to make his heart beat faster.

At this time, Wang Luyao was wearing a phoenix crown and a bridal robe, an embroidered silk skirt, red satin embroidered shoes, skirt bells tied around her neck, and a veil covering her head.

Although she couldn't see Li Qiwei, the tacit understanding between the two of them made everything clear without words.

After a short rest, the bride was led by the band to the sedan chair and was helped into the sedan chair by two bridesmaids.

Then, three cannon shots were fired, gongs were sounded to clear the way, and the sedan chair went towards the groom's house amid the cheers of the crowd.

After arriving at Li's house, the bride gets out of the sedan chair and steps on the red felt that has been laid out in advance, supported by the bridesmaids and guided by the groom's "heart knot". When she reaches the gate, she jumps over the fire basin to avoid evil and ensure a safe married life.

After entering the courtyard, the bride should sit facing the God of Joy.

Next comes the most important ceremony of worshiping heaven and earth.

"Bow to Heaven and Earth!"

"Two bows to the parents!"

Mr. and Mrs. Li looked at the beautiful couple in front of them with smiles on their faces and infinite satisfaction in their hearts.

Wang Luyao not only has a good family background, but also looks like a fairy. He and his own Wei'er are simply a match made in heaven.

As parents, only when our children get married will we be truly relieved and treat them as adults.

Otherwise, they will always be worried about their children's marriage.

"Husband and wife, bow to each other!"

"The ceremony is over, the bride and groom enter the bridal chamber!"

In the bridal chamber, Wang Luyao sat quietly on the bed, not saying a word.

Under normal circumstances, the little witch would have been chattering non-stop.

However, now that she and Li Qiwei were the only ones in the room, they felt embarrassed.

Li Qiwei smiled lightly, ready to tease her, "My lady, it's time to drink the wedding wine."

Wang Luyao's face turned red under the red veil. For the woman, this moment was the most stressful moment in her life.

She heard Li Qiwei's footsteps slowly approaching her, and her heartbeat quickened.

Li Qiwei slowly used a weighing rod to lift up Wang Luyao's veil.

Suddenly, a beautiful face appeared, and under the illumination of the red light, Li Qiwei forgot everything in the world.

"Lu Yao, you are so beautiful today."

Upon hearing this, Wang Luyao immediately lowered his head, and water was about to drip from his face.

At this time, Li Qiwei handed her the cup of wine, and the two looked at each other with blurred eyes.

Li Qiwei's affectionate eyes made Wang Luyao relax and no longer nervous.

After drinking the wedding wine, Wang Luyao finally spoke, "Husband, aren't you going outside to accompany the guests?"

Li Qiwei smiled evilly and said, "Why, don't you want to do something good now?"

Wang Luyao couldn't stand Li Qiwei's teasing. Her face turned red again and she kept fiddling with the hem of her clothes.

He whispered softly, "Bad guy."

Li Qiwei laughed and stopped teasing her.

He must go out and spend time with his relatives and friends, otherwise he would make a fool of himself.

Since he just returned to China not long ago, he doesn't have many friends in the country.

Besides He Yujie and others, Yu Shimei also attended his wedding.

This is exactly what he wants to see. It is better for his wedding to be simple.

If you are too high-profile and ostentatious, you will often worry and have wild thoughts in the future.

Being ordinary is the greatest happiness.

However, many people sent people to deliver gifts.

Yuan Shikai, Zhang Baixi, and some other officials he had met once.

Although Li Qiwei is not a high-ranking official in the country today, he is definitely a well-known and influential figure.

It's never wrong to show kindness to such a rising star.

Originally, Guangxu wanted to give Li Qiwei an original painting of his own, but then he thought better of it.

When presenting your gift to someone else at a wedding, there will inevitably be a lot of fanfare.

After Guangxu finished preparing for the wedding, he gave it to Li Qiwei alone.

After all, the other party showed the positive image of Qing Dynasty scholars at the last exchange meeting and maintained the Qing Dynasty's status and face.

Guangxu was very satisfied.

So, after returning to the banquet, Li Qiwei toasted everyone.

Due to his status, no one dared to force him to drink, so Li Qiwei was able to keep a clear head and return to the bridal chamber.

There is business to do.

Wedding night.

Li Qiwei was very reserved at first and said many sweet words to Wang Luyao.

I also shared with her the various experiences she had before going to the UK.

In this relaxed atmosphere, Wang Luyao gradually became less nervous.

She felt that she was the happiest woman in the world.

You have the final say in your own marriage, and the person you marry is your childhood sweetheart.

What's more, the other person is so outstanding and has good character.

Wang Luyao felt that all this seemed like a dream.