Chapter One Hundred and Eight
The Zhang family's divorce letter was sent back to Chang'an in September, together with a congratulatory gift for Chen Huan's marriage. Zhang Yun did not send the divorce letter to You's family, but gave it to his uncle Chen Qi along with the congratulatory gift. The reason written in the divorce letter is also "the child is not a child, it is difficult to match, so the marriage contract is returned." In the future, men and women will marry irrelevantly. ”
Instead, he picked the second sister You cleanly.
Chen Qi knew that Zhang Yun was inviolable, so he wanted to be a favor. After all, etiquette is strict nowadays, and he blames his daughter's family. If the second sister withdraws from the marriage for no reason, even if the two families are really not in the right household, there will be people who say nonsense behind their backs, only saying that the second sister is disgusted with poverty and loves wealth, and her character is worrying.
Chen Qi is in a high position and has a lot of connections, although he is not afraid of such gossip, but more is better than less. As the saying goes, not to attract envy is mediocrity. But if it is clear that it can not attract envy, but it has to make it popular with the eyes of the world, it is a fool's business.
Now Zhang Yun has put the hat of taking the initiative to withdraw from the marriage on his head, one is to take care of the old relationship between the two families, and the other is to want Chen Jue's favor - after all, the divorce is no longer possible, rather than tangling with those trivial things such as who is right and who is wrong, who is ungrateful, and who is ungrateful, it is better to take this opportunity to win Chen Jue's favor, and if there is a matter of asking for favor in the future, he will come to the door with a smile.
Zhang Yun's calculations, Chen Qi's heart is like a mirror. However, it is about the reputation of the second sister, and Chen Jue is also happy to accept this favor. Anyway, in the officialdom, they also pay attention to personal courtesy. As long as the Zhang family understands the matter, he will also repay the favor. As Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Chen said, even if the two families are not related by marriage, they are still old friends. After more than ten years of friendship, if you can take a step back and open the sky, it will naturally be a good thing for everyone to be happy.
Chen Jue read the letter sent by Zhang Yun and accepted the congratulatory gift from the Zhang family to Chen Ju quite satisfied. Xuan was about to withdraw from the marriage and sent the needlework and thread and other things that the second sister had sent to the Zhang family in the past, and handed them over to the Chen family in person. And so and so and so I commanded it.
It's about telling the second sister to try to go out and around as much as possible these days. After all, the family of eunuchs and nobles in Chang'an City has many ears and eyes and is well-informed. Previously, the second sister and the Zhang family had a finger marriage contract, and many people knew about it. Now that the two families have withdrawn from the marriage contract and married separately, it is inevitable that some people will pay attention, in case there is a disgusting person who is not used to the Chen family's behavior and asks the second sister in person, wouldn't everyone be embarrassed?
It's better to stop for the time being and be a low-key person. After a year and a half, when everyone gradually forgot about it, they came out to socialize and go to the banquet again. At that time, the second sister will also reach the age of marriage, and it is natural to talk about marriage.
Chan has always regarded his brother's words as a golden rule. Hearing Chen Jue's advice, the Chen family naturally had to be. As for the second sister, she has always been obedient, but she has a good relationship in this matter and it has been satisfactorily resolved. Therefore, she was overjoyed when she heard the news of the Zhang family's divorce, and as for how to plan and raise funds in the future, she had no objection at all.
Only the people of the You family held the abacus of striking while the iron was hot, and they disagreed with Chen Jue's caution. However, his arms can't twist his thighs, since Chen Jue, who is an uncle, doesn't want to be in a hurry to let his nephew's daughter be criticized. They didn't dare to act against Chen Jue's wishes.
However, regardless of how the second sister hides in the inner house, as the cousin of Chen Huan, the nephew and daughter of the Chen family, she still has to show up in the Chen family on the day of her cousin's wedding.
Fortunately, Chen Jue has a high position and a lot of power on weekdays, even if some people are not used to the Chen family's actions behind their backs, they don't dare to find bad luck on this happy day, and they also make the second sister have a clean ear.
The second sister is pure and comfortable, but unfortunately the third sister You is not so blessed. Due to the thinness of the Chen family, the only hostess in charge was Mrs. Chen, Feng, Chen and Sister Wan. Among them, Mrs. Chen is very old and in poor spirits, so she can't bother to handle such a big thing. Sister Wan is a shy lady again, even if she usually follows the Feng family to do some housework, it is just a small fight, and she has never experienced these in the end. The Chen family is also a foreign daughter, so she asked her to entertain distinguished guests in the name of the Chen family, although it is not unsuccessful, after all, it is a little unjustifiable.
As for Feng's family, although she is good, she only has one mouth and one heart, and she can't take care of it all in the end. Therefore, I am afraid that on the day of welcoming relatives, each will come and go, lose the number of etiquette, and make people laugh, and the anxious mouth will have a mouth cannon.
You Sanjie saw it in her eyes, and she had to take out the process of working in a public relations company in her previous life, and first wrote a plan for her uncle, explaining everything clearly, dividing responsibilities and personnel relations, as well as the order of entertaining distinguished guests and the person in charge, etc., etc., and volunteered to recommend herself to entertain the young ladies and girls who came to congratulate her with Sister Wan and the second sister.
Feng Shi saw that Third Sister You easily explained all kinds of trivial matters, and he was immediately overjoyed. Hurriedly took Third Sister You's hand and thanked her for a while, because she smiled again: "Go back and ask your cousin to be a cow and a horse for you." If you have something that you can't do yourself, just tell him to run errands for you. ”
When everyone heard this, they didn't feel it.
On the day of Chen Huan's wedding, there were clusters of sedan chairs and horses in front of Chen's house, and there was an endless stream of guests, and the bustle and hustle and bustle of its flowers and brocade cooking oil was even worse than Mrs. Chen's birthday day.
Among them, the prince and the prince, the princess, the princess, the princess, the princess, and the lady are all together, and the saint has long been accustomed to giving gifts and other things.
When the team of young people came to the house, everyone surrounded Chen Huan and the eldest girl of the Xu family to worship their parents and send them into the cave room.
At that time, Chen Wan and Second Sister You. The third sister You and the daughters of the Chen family were all in the cave room, laughing at Chen Huan, the groom and official, who lifted the red hijab and drank the wine in the urging of the bride. The bride is a girl from the Xu family, her name is Yuxiu, she has willow eyebrows and apricot eyes, red lips and white teeth, and her eyes are shining when her eyes are flowing. Seeing this, Chen Hua was almost stunned.
When everyone saw this, they had to laugh again.
Although Third Sister You is a girl who has not yet left the cabinet, she has traveled through time, and she has heard and seen a lot in her previous life. is more interesting than those daughters-in-law who boast of being bold, and Chen Huan was so ashamed that he couldn't sit still as if he had been poked by a needle on his buttocks, so he had to use the excuse that he wanted to go out to toast, and escaped from the cave room with a burning face.
When all the ladies saw it, they burst into laughter.
When Third Sister You followed her aunt to Xu's house in the past, she also saw Xu Yuxiu a few times, and she was a self-acquaintance, she had always seen people talk about people, and she talked about ghosts, and everyone had something to say. She saw Chen Wan showing shyness in front of her daughters-in-law and was ashamed to speak. Shao had to step forward and take Xu Yuxiu's hand to introduce her to the aunts and sisters-in-law.
For a while, Xu Yuxiu saw it one by one, and Third Sister You instructed the little girl to send a small and delicate snack that was easy to eat. Nai smiled at Xu Yuxiu and said: "The matter of getting married is the most tiring, besides, it's still early, and there is still trouble today." My cousin-in-law first ate something to pad her stomach so that she could accumulate some energy. ”
As soon as the words fell, the ladies who sat with them in the room couldn't help laughing, and they all joked with the third sister: "Yo, I didn't expect the third girl to be young and know that marriage is the most tiring." ”
Third Sister You heard everyone laughing, and she didn't care. He laughed and said, "What do I not know?" Back then, my mother married into the You family, my eldest sister married into Ningguo Mansion, and then counting my cousin's wife today, I can be regarded as an 'old man' who has seen it. You may all be older than me, but you may not have as much experience as I do in this festive event. ”
But this was true, and the people could not say anything to refute it. After all, everyone has a wedding, but not everyone can eat the wine drama of the Houmen family in the Gongfu. Not to mention that Third Sister You not only ate the wedding banquet of Ning Guofu, but also helped her mother to take care of You's dowry.
Therefore, Third Sister You said in front of everyone that she was "experienced", which is naturally good.
Xu Yuxiu saw that Third Sister You persuaded everyone in a few words, and she looked at Chen Wan and smiled.
She hadn't eaten anything since she got up early this morning. Fang Cai was so nervous in his heart, but he didn't feel anything. At this time, after being reminded by the third sister, I knew that I was already hungry.
Fortunately, the small snacks prepared by the Chen family are only the size of a thumb, delicate and small, one bite at a time. Xu Yuxiu doesn't have to worry about eating, and she doesn't have to worry about her makeup.
After eating a snack for a while, Third Sister You ordered someone to offer tea again. and took out a straw with a special character, and taught Xu Yuxiu to eat half a bowl of tea. When everyone saw this, they couldn't help but praise the third sister You again, "What a delicate mind." ”
While talking and laughing, the guests outside have dispersed. Chen Huan came back full of alcohol, and everyone made noise in the cave room because of the noise.
So tossed until the middle of the night of the third watch, and everyone dispersed.
When they went home in the evening, everyone couldn't help but say that they were tired, and they scattered to wash and settle without going into details.
When it was the end of the year, when all the families were busy buying New Year's goods and wine, they heard that the Chen family had sent someone to report the good news, and only said that the eldest grandmother Xu was happy.
When the Chen family heard that there was a successor to the Chen family, they were overjoyed. The busy people sealed the first-class seal and rewarded the comer. Because he also recruited people to prepare carriages and horses, he was ready to go back to his parents' house to say goodbye.
Mrs. You, who was playing with Bao Ge'er in the upper room, heard the news and was also happy for her in-laws. I was happy again, and it was inevitable that I thought of the eldest girl who had not come out in the past two years since she married into Ning Guofu. couldn't help but take Chen's hand again and sighed: "What do you say is the matter with this big girl in our family, she married into such a noble family, but she never gave birth to a brother." Isn't this a mouthful of outsiders? I said that you should go home to say goodbye, and by the way, I also begged his uncle to ask the eldest girl to ask a doctor to check the pulse. Even if you take a few doses of decoction to nourish your body, it's not good to delay it like this. ”
Chen listened to the old lady's advice, so naturally it should be. For a while, I took the second sister and the third sister back to my parents' house, and after saying goodbye to my parents, brother and sister-in-law and two young couples, I really mentioned the matter of inviting the imperial doctor.