Chapter 34: The Two Goals of Life
In Beiyue, although taking a concubine is not as good as marrying a wife, it also depends on what kind of concubine and who takes the concubine.
Yi Ying is not only the magistrate of Xingcheng County, but Bai Huahua is also a well-known beauty in Xingcheng County. So no matter whether you have received the wedding card or not, do you know that Yi Ying once talked about Princess Daming. Those who know, those who don't know, those who have invitations, those who don't, almost all the well-known people in Xingcheng County have come to congratulate Yi Ying's concubine.
Concubines don't have to worship the flower hall three times, and Yi Huan doesn't have parents to worship, so from the beginning, Bai Huahua was full of excitement to accompany Yi Huan to welcome guests.
"Congratulations to the White Lady, congratulations to the White Lady."
"Congratulations to Lord Zhixian, congratulations to Lord Zhixian."
"Rejoice, rejoice. Everyone rejoices. ”
Due to the large number of guests, Yi Ying held twenty tables of banquets in the courtyard. Although this is not enough for the wedding feast of hundreds of tables in modern officialdom, it is already very beautiful in a small place like Beiyue and Xingcheng County.
Even though her body was a little tired, Yi Ying's heart was as happy as a white flower.
It's not because she finally married Bai Huahua and no longer has to worry about robbing people's daughters, but because Yi Huan's pockets finally bulged.
Also happy is Huang Yudi, who was let to the main table by Yi Huan, although it was delayed for a few days in Xingcheng County, but Yi Huan not only settled the arrears with Huang Yudi immediately after collecting enough money, but in the general situation, these slaves have not been so quick to sell. In addition, in the past few days, I have been eating and living in the Baimin Inn for nothing, not to mention Huang Yudi, those guys in Huang Yudi are very satisfied.
And seeing that Tong Wu, Chunlan, Peony and others are all highly used in Yifu, Huang Yudi has a feeling of honor with me.
"Doctor Song is here, and Lord Li of Yuzhou Zhizhou is here!"
In the middle of the banquet, the official who greeted the guests outside the door suddenly sang loudly. Yi Ying's concubine should not have let the servants guard the door for her, but in the modern officialdom is accustomed to taking up the time of her subordinates, and there are not enough people in the house, Yi Ying doesn't care about sending them more.
Anyway, these officials are all the manpower of the ten thousand households, and their actions naturally represent the actions of the ten thousand households.
Hearing the officials singing and drinking, the hustle and bustle of the banquet suddenly fell silent.
In addition to Wan Dahu's expectations, his expression remained unchanged, and those wealthy businessmen of all sizes in Xingcheng County immediately changed their colors.
A small seven-pin Zhixian concubine, there are actually four-pin Zhengyi doctors and five-pin Zhizhou to congratulate, what does this mean, no one can say clearly. In particular, the doctor is still a Beijing official, thinking of yesterday's calculations in the money village, I don't know who it is, Fan Yuan and the others are "plopping" and the hearts of the others jump violently.
And Peony is not as shrewd as Chunlan, because she is reserved, she doesn't know many things. Suddenly seeing Song Tiande being led into the door by Liu Xiucheng, Peony's eyes turned red, and tears almost poured out.
Others won't notice Peony, but Song Tiande saw her at a glance because of Yi Ying's relationship.
Stunned, a kind of surprise and joy suddenly appeared in Song Tiande's eyes.
Yi Huan didn't know that Song Tiande was happy to see the peony, so she led Bai Huahua forward and said: "Lord Song, Lord Li, marrying in this county is just a trivial matter, how dare you have two adults here." ”
"Brother Yi is so polite, it's rare for Brother Yi to take a concubine, of course the younger brother wants to come over and celebrate."
Li Ruixiang didn't care about Yi Huan's words, he looked at Bai Huada's eyes carefully, and then smiled: "Brother Yi, you white lady really deserves the word beauty!" No wonder Brother Yi is so fond of him. ”
"Master Li praised it falsely, and the little woman was really ashamed. Two adults, please. ”
Although Bai Huahua has never read a book and has little knowledge, she likes to watch dramas and understands a lot of words and expressions from various dramas. didn't know that Bai Huahua's qiē was all learned from watching dramas, Li Ruixiang was more interested, and urged Yi Huan to go inside.
Now sitting on the main seat are basically a group of wealthy households in Xingcheng County led by ten thousand large households.
After following two steps, Song Tiande deliberately revealed an attitude of reluctance to sit with Wan Dahu, and said casually: "Brother Yi Xian, my brother has a slight illness today, can I let someone take my brother to relax, and by the way, arrange a place for my brother alone." ”
"That's good, too!"
Yi Huan looked at Li Ruixiang first, but saw Li Ruixiang nodding at him, obviously the two had a plan, so Yi Huan didn't say anything more.
Then Yi Ying turned her face to look for Chunlan, but found that Chunlan was standing behind Bai Huahua and looking left and right vigilantly, so she had to say to Peony who lowered her head: "Peony, you take Lord Song to a secluded place to sit first, and then go to visit in person when you meet in this county." ”
"Yes, sir."
With tears in her eyes, Peony didn't dare to raise her head at all, and led Song Tiande to leave in a hurry. Song Tiande also seemed to be thinking about something, so he didn't remind Peony, and followed behind unhurriedly.
Seeing the appearance of the peony, Yi Ying was a little strange. Although it is more suitable for a guard maid like Chunlan, who is a little skilled in martial arts, to protect Song Tiande, but with Peony's usual knowledge, there has never been such an unreasonable attitude. Li Ruixiang also looked curious and said: "Strange! ”
"Brother Yi, is that also the house slave you bought easily? Have you inquired about her origins? ”
"Who doesn't have one or two stories behind them, let alone a house slave in distress." Yi Ying understated.
"Come, Lord Li, let this county introduce you to these large and small wealthy businessmen in Wanda and Xingcheng County, Yuzhou is adjacent to Shenzhou, and you have to deal with it more."
I don't know if Li Ruixiang wants to remind himself of anything, but Yi Ying doesn't want to worry too much about a house slave. As Li Ruixiang said, these house slaves were only bought by Yi Huan. If they are used smoothly in the future, Yi Huan will certainly have no harm in keeping them. But if it doesn't go well in the future, Yi Huan doesn't care about finding a time to send them away.
"Then there's Brother Lauy."
Compared with the attitude of peony, Li Ruixiang still cares more about Wandahu and other businessmen. If it weren't for the fact that Song Tiande had an old gap with Wan Dahu, Li Ruixiang would have wanted to come and harass Wan Dahu. So as soon as he heard Yi Huan's words, Li Ruixiang followed Yi Huan to the main table with great interest.
Originally, when he saw Song Tiande, Wan Dahu still felt a little embarrassed, and he didn't even know how to greet him later.
Suddenly found that Song Tiande left alone, even though Wan Dahu was extremely uncomfortable in his heart, he added a sense of hatred, but the expression on his face was still slightly relaxed.
Without waiting for Li Ruixiang to stand still, Wan Dahu led the rich businessmen at the main table to stand up and said, "Lord Li, Xinghui, Xinghui." Seeing Master Li today is really Wan's lifelong glory......"
"Master Wan is polite."
Regardless of modern officialdom or North Vietnamese officialdom, power and money are always the two major goals of life. Not only is Wan Dahu extremely interested in Li Ruixiang's identity, but Li Ruixiang is also very interested in Wan Dahu's pocket. The two of them didn't even need Yi Ying's introduction, they just said hello and I got better, and Wan Dahu began to help Li Ruixiang introduce the rich businessmen on the table as if he was half a master.
pouted with disdain, but Yi Ying didn't care how arrogant Li Ruixiang was.
It seems that this kind of guy who grew up with a golden key in his mouth, how can he know the real warmth and coldness of the world and the hardships and dangers of the world.
Speaking of which, Li Ruixiang and Yi Huan are just verbal friends, and Yi Huan doesn't care if Li Ruixiang will suffer from Wandahu. What's more, Li Ruixiang doesn't suffer losses, how can Yi Ying have the opportunity to take advantage? Thinking of this, Yi Huan left behind the guests who were not guests at the main table, and pulled Bai Huahua to find those county people who respected him more to drink.