Chapter 108 Marriage

In July of the eleventh year of Jianping, Shengjing officially entered the hottest season. The dazzling golden glow scorched the earth, the heat wave rolled, and the shadows of the forest smoked.

Even the sound of cicadas became weak and exhausted.

This summer, a lot of things happened around Ling Qingyun.

The first thing is that An Wei left Beijing.

There was a great drought in the northwest, and the drought was extremely dry, and the imperial court sent three officials to the northwest to control the locusts, one of whom was Anea.

An Wei recommended himself to treat locusts and wrote a "locust control strategy", after the official family read it, he greatly appreciated it, and said: "Aiqing's article, is it written by himself, or is it ghostwritten by his teacher?" ”

The official family has a deep affection for An Wei's father An Su, and whenever Ansu is mentioned, he never calls An Shangshu, only "teacher".

"It's written by the minister, and my father has a little polish." An Wei replied.

The official nodded, no wonder this article was brilliantly written. The ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee have no agreement on the methods mentioned by An Wei to control the locusts, and they have everything to say. They felt that Anwei was too young and embarrassed to take on the task.

But the official family believed in Anqian and wanted to send Anguan to the northwest.

The court argued, and finally compromised, and a fifty-year-old Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry and another official of the Ministry of Household accompanied An Wei to the west for disaster relief and locust treatment.

Before An Wei left, he came to the Ling family twice.

He took Ling Qingyun's hand, reluctantly, and took advantage of the fact that there was no one in Ling Qingyun's room, and hugged her tightly and kissed her.

Ling Qingyun's heart was not only sweet, but also guilty. This is Ling Qingyun's feelings, not Lu Yu's, she not only steals other people's lives, but also steals other people's love.

"My mother said that the marriage in Qingcheng is scheduled for the beginning of August." An Wei said to Ling Qingyun, "In a few days, our affairs will be settled, and the day you leave the pavilion should be in March next year." ”

Ling Qingyun nodded.

It was up to her mother to call the shots.

"I really want to marry you sooner." Anquis Road.

When he left, he took away a golden hairpin that Ling Qingyun often carried, so that he could see things and think about people.

The second thing, on the eighth day of the seventh month, Nianru was officially included in the family tree, raised under the names of the third uncle and third aunt, and became the sixth girl of the Ling family.

Because the Ling family is a down-and-out nobleman, and the third uncle has no official position, although this matter is disgraceful, it has not become a laughing stock.

In this era, there are too many children and escapees. In particular, there are not many escapees who are willing to take them home and give them a name.

Naturally, there are also tongues.

The second uncle, the second aunt and the grandmother disagreed, thinking that the third uncle was stupid, and I don't know if they listened to the instigation of Changfang and brought the child back.

"Since you were born outside, you should be raised outside!" The grandmother scolded the third uncle, "You are not sensible, this is known to your foreign family, how can you do it?" Do you want a family, a face, a daughter-in-law? ”

didn't think about it, the third aunt said: "Mother, in the end, it is the flesh and blood of the third master"

The grandmother was so angry that she slapped the table, disagreeing.

The second uncle also persuaded the third uncle: "Playing outside, don't say that you are young and ignorant, but now that you have a son, if you lose it, you will lose it." You don't have a son in your room, and if it's a man, there's nothing wrong with bringing it back. It's just a girl, what do you do with these tongues? ”

The second aunt also told the third aunt a lot, persuading her not to agree to the child's entry into the door, so as not to embarrass the Ling family.

"The child entered the door today, and her mother will enter the door another day" Although the second aunt was persuasive, her words were full of provocation.

In the end, it was Ling Qingcheng and the third uncle who went to beg their grandfather. When Grandfather saw Nianru, although he didn't know what they were doing, he understood that this child must be the flesh and blood of the Ling family.

The grandfather was afraid of trouble, so he didn't bother to think about it, so he directly agreed to take Nianru back to the Ling family, go to the Ling family tree, and raise it under the name of the third uncle's aunt, which is considered a concubine.

My grandmother was so angry that she "fell ill" at that time.

The second uncle and second aunt were also very angry and felt that the third uncle was ignorant. But in this matter, there was no conflict of interest with the second room, and the second uncle and second aunt saw that the old lady agreed, so they didn't speak again.

Nian Ru changed his name to Ling Qingrui, line six.

She lives with her third aunt's daughter.

However, Rui Niang was almost in the garden during the day, playing with Jing's, Ling Qingyun, and Ling Qingtong.

Sometimes I sleep with Jing and Ling Qingyun at night.

Ling Qingtong took her a lot, what delicious and fun, he had to give her tricks every day.

"I like the fourth brother the most!" Rui Niang smiled innocently.

Ling Qingtong also showed a pleased smile. One of the biggest regrets of his last life was finally made up.

His other regret is the early death of his adoptive mother, Jing. His next ideal is to hope that Jing can live longer and see him get married and his children go on a journey.

"What about the second sister?" When Ling Qingyun heard Rui Niang's words, she would tease her, "What about the eldest aunt?" ”

"I like it the most." Rui Niang said with a grin.

Rui Niang's hair has grown a little, short draped on the scalp, some scattered on the side of the face, the black hair is thick, and the face is as white as ever.

The third thing is that the eldest brother's marriage is ready, waiting for the fifth day of August to marry the eldest sister-in-law.

Ling Qingyun's eldest brother's marriage was decided four years ago. If it weren't for the third aunt's marriage being delayed again and again, the eldest brother would have gotten married two years ago.

The future sister-in-law was born in Qizhou (Qizhou was later Anguo, one of the four major pharmaceutical capitals in the world).

was the matchmaker at the beginning, An Wei's aunt.

This relationship is very complicated. An Wei's uncle, whose maternal grandfather's family is in Qizhou, and the future sister-in-law is the seventh granddaughter of An Wei's uncle's maternal grandfather's family.

It's a long story to talk about it. By chance, when I talked about the children's marriage, I mentioned this matter, and my aunt went around it.

In short, this pro is decided.

The future sister-in-law's surname is Chen, and her ancestors have been local officials, and in this generation, they are mainly engaged in business, and one of the items they sell is medicinal herbs.

The Chen family has a very large medicinal herb shop. In Qizhou, where there are many pharmacists from all over the world, the medicinal material business is profitable, so the Chen family is rich.

In the past four years, the Chen family's business has become bigger, and I heard that they have opened another shop in the ginseng shop, and they have become richer and richer.

What Chen Qiniang looks like and how she behaves, the Ling family doesn't know very well. When the marriage was made, Ling Qingyun's eldest brother was only fourteen years old, and he went to see it once, and came back to say that the thirteen-year-old Chen Qiniang had clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and was well-behaved and sensible.

"It's just small." The eldest brother said, "I don't know if these are old and tall"

He was worried that Chen Qiniang was short.

Every year, the Ling family has to give a gift to the Chen family, and each other's servants often come and go. The servants of the Ling family who went to Qizhou came back and said that Chen Qiniang is now tall and handsome.

The next people are all picking up good things and saying, I don't know how it is.

"Last time, my grandmother asked Yun'er to bring back 2,000 taels of silver, which solved our urgent need, and the happy event is not worrying." Jing said to Ling Qingyun and Ling Qingcheng, "This year's rent, I'm afraid I won't be able to collect it." ”

The drought in the west caused the Ling family's fields to be severely affected, and there was no harvest.

The tenants are only afraid that they will starve to death, where is the rent? The Jing family couldn't do anything to force tenants to sell their sons and daughters.

The two thousand taels given by my grandmother is a huge amount of money, which is enough for Ling Qingcheng to get married, and there is still the rest.

The remaining silver can also allow the Jin State Mansion to survive for four or five months.

What will I do after four or five months, I guess I will have to go to Anjia to borrow money from my aunt.

It will not be until the beginning of next autumn that there will be a rent to pick up.

And the Ling family's family business can last until tomorrow in March and April. The rest of Ling Qingyun's expenses out of the pavilion and the family's expenses have to rely on her aunt and uncle for relief.

"The pharmacy still has to open." Ling Qingyun thought to herself, "My sister-in-law's family is making medicinal materials, although it is not a medicine, but it is always in this industry, I don't know if she is skilled, can she help me."

The fourth thing is that the Ling family and the An family are officially married, and the marriage between Ling Qingyun and An Wei is settled.

Xiaoding's etiquette, my aunt found rules to do. Then the date was chosen, and Ling Qingyun was set to leave the pavilion on the first day of the winter month of the twelfth year of Jianping.

It's the end of next year.

"At the end of next year, I don't know if I can take revenge." Ling Qingyun thought to herself. She felt that it was difficult, if the enemy was really the person she thought it was, then it would be a tough battle.

The backer behind that person is no lower than the Lu family.

If you want to bring down that person, you have to bring down their entire family.

The hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, and it is not easy to take down an old nobleman who has been intertwined for hundreds of years in a year or two?

Hug the big tree, cut it too quickly, the tree will not lose much, but will cut the axe.

This qiē needs to be planned slowly.

The fifth thing is that Shi Ting officially befriended Ling Qingyun's eldest brother.

A friend of Ling Qingcheng is also a down-and-out nobleman with little wealth. The friend's son, who had just turned one year old, was seriously ill, and the doctors were helpless.

Shi Ting saved the child with two doses of medicine, and did not charge any consultation fees, and also gave two doses of ancestral secret medicine.

Therefore, Ling Qingcheng is now grateful to Shi Ting and regards him as a life-saving benefactor. Ling Qingcheng praised Shiting many times: "Zhongzhou is benevolent and generous. "Shiting word Zhongzhou.

Shi Ting came to the Ling family several times.

Ling Qingyun didn't see him, and she didn't want to see him again. However, he seemed to want to talk to Ling Qingyun, and once he even talked about her to Ling Qingyun's eldest brother.

The eldest brother came back to learn from Ling Qingyun: "Zhongzhou said, I followed you to Zhuangzi last time, and I heard that your medical skills are very good. I don't know what secret medicine you have, would you like to sell it to Tianyi Pavilion? ”

"Your sister is not a craftsman!" Jing was not happy to hear this.

Ling Qingcheng said: "Mother, I don't want my sister to make money. It's just that a good medicine can save lives and help the wounded, this is a great virtue! ”

He has a good heart.

"Next time he asks, the eldest brother will tell him, I won't sell the medicine to Tianyi Pavilion." Ling Qingyun said, "I might want to do some business on my own. ”

"What?" Jing and Ling Qingcheng said in unison.

"I haven't decided yet, I just have this idea." Ling Qingyun smiled, "Let's talk about it later." ”

She diverted the subject.

Jing and Ling Qingcheng didn't ask either.

In the blink of an eye, August is coming, and the weather is gradually getting cooler. There was a light rain in Kyoto, but it was only half an hour before and after, and the rain was weak, which did not help the drought.

The Ling family's well had dried up.

At my aunt's house, a well of more than 40 meters was drilled, which was able to draw water deep in the ground. My aunt sent someone to bring water every day for Ling's family.

Everyone stammered over the use of water, and the bath was shared, barely once every two or three days.

Everyone is impetuous.

"I don't know what happened to the locust plague?" Ling Qingyun sometimes wants to settle down.

She didn't write to Anwei, although she agreed. There's really nothing to write about, but she's going to make a pair of shoes and socks for An Wei, and add another coat to make up for it.

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