Customs vary from place to place. In our case, the son-in-law is an honored guest. According to his own financial situation, he should send memorial gifts (more than other guests). Be lazy and knock four times.
The story of Xiao Shi's pursuit of jade was first seen in written records, which should be attributed to Liu Xiang's "Biography of Immortals" in the Western Han Dynasty. Among them, it is only said that Duke Mu of Qin used a woman to make jade and his wife Xiao Shi, and Xiao Shi taught him to make jade and make a phoenix cry, which attracted the phoenix. The latter two flew away with the phoenix, and there was no mention of a dragon.
But the general story is ready. There is this record in Du Guangting's "Xianzhuan Supplements" of the late Tang Dynasty compiled in the fourth volume of "Taiping Guangji": "Xiao Shi doesn't know the age, and he looks like a man of about twenty. He is good at playing the flute to make the sound of Luan and Phoenix. And his beautiful appearance is beautiful. Shuo, the god of wind is super strong, and he is a true heavenly man.
Choose a son-in-law in Dongtang
"Shishuo Xinyu·Ya Liang" says: "Taifu Xi is in Beijing. He sent his disciples to write to Prime Minister Wang, asking for a son-in-law. The prime minister said to Xi Xin: "You go to the east chamber and choose whatever you want." ’ When the disciples returned, Bai Chi said: ‘All the men of the Wang family are also worthy of praise. They heard that they were looking for a son-in-law, and they were very reserved. Only Yilang was lying down on the east bed, as if he hadn’t heard of it. ’ Xi Gongyun said, ‘That’s how good it is! ’ When I visited him, I found that it was Shao Yi who was married to a daughter. ”
This means that there was a Taifu named Xi Jian in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He wanted to choose a good son-in-law for his daughter. He found out that all the children of the Wang family were good-looking and talented. So he sent people to the Wang family. Inspection.
The Wang family's children were very excited when they heard about it. They were all well-dressed and sitting upright. Only one person was leaning on the bamboo bed in the east, with his chest exposed and ignored the envoy. In this way, Xi Jian chose the unassuming boy, and this boy was none other than Wang Xizhi, a famous calligrapher in history.