Chapter 40: A Dowry of Five Thousand Taels
The husband and wife reached an agreement and waited patiently for the official to return.
Xia Sihan wanted to go to the city to see the situation, but the officers and soldiers in the post station didn't let her in.
Xia Sihan didn't force it, but the official left for most of the day, and he didn't come back until dark. But he was not alone, and he was followed by a sedan chair.
When Xia Sihan saw it clearly, his heart trembled suddenly!
When the sedan curtain was opened, a thin figure appeared in front of him.
It was a middle-aged man with a fair complexion, his face was handsome, it can be seen that he has not seen his age at all after years of pampering, and he is also the age of a parent, he looks more than ten years younger than Mother Li.
A hint of ridicule flashed in Xia Sihan's eyes, this is her good father, who helped Xia Yingxue ascend to the throne in his previous life and killed himself!
Cheyenne, in this life I will make you never have peace!
"My lord, let's go in and talk!"
The officer and soldier welcomed Xia Shangshu in, and Xia Sihan's family retreated inside.
It was dark outside, and Xia Shangshu couldn't really see it, but Xia Sihan had already seen him clearly by the faint light of the fire.
After entering the post station, Xia Shangshu saw the woman dressed as a woman in front of him, with a face like a silver plate, fair complexion, dignified and fresh.
"If your mother were still alive, she would be sad to see that you don't take your elders seriously."
As soon as he opened his mouth, Xia Shangshu seemed to blame Xia Sihan for privately committing his life, but Xia Sihan sneered, if her mother was alive, she would definitely persuade her mother to stay away from this scumbag!
But now, Xia Sihan doesn't want to be criticized for saying that she is privately married.
"The father is above, and the daughter is not filial, but there is a reason for this matter, and I ask my father to learn about it."
Xia Sihan stepped forward and curtsied, and his dignified appearance made Xia Shangshu not make a mistake.
"Father, my daughter used to live in Pingxiang, but I got up early that morning but heard that my father was going to take my daughter back, you know, my daughter has always been left to fend for herself in that Zhuangzi, and has never left, at first glance I heard that I was going to take me into Beijing, I was naturally overjoyed."
"Then why did you run away!"
Xia Shangshu saw that her face was pale, and he did have some remorse in his heart, but his face was still ruthless when he asked her. Xia Sihan couldn't help but tremble, and Li Jinyan, who provoked her, was distressed, and immediately protected her in his arms.
Xia Sihan's heart warmed, but he said: "I was going to follow the mother-in-law on Zhuangzi to the capital that day, but I thought that I would always bring some meeting gifts when I met for the first time, so I went to the mountain behind Zhuangzi, thinking about finding ginseng to present to my father, but somehow I fell into the ravine and fainted." When I woke up, it was pitch black, and I heard the howling of wild beasts in the mountains, so I was scared and hurried out of the mountain, and my daughter was so scared and anxious that she never thought that she had gone the wrong way and turned to the other side of the mountain. I stumbled and suffered some injuries along the way, and I encountered a black bear again not long after, and I fainted on the spot, but fortunately, Brother Jin saved me and was able to save my life. In order to repay the grace of saving his life, he made a promise with his body. ”
"Humph! What a promise, do you know your identity, and you actually intermarry with a country husband! ”
Xia Shangshu didn't care about what happened to her that day at all, he only cared about the fact that she had a private life for life.
Such a father disappointed Xia Sihan.
"Father, please listen to his daughter, although the daughter was born in Zhuangzi, she also understands the truth of 'saving grace should be repaid by a spring'. Brother Jin saved me that day, I was penniless, and I didn't know how to get to the capital, it happened that Brother Jin was sad because of taxes, and his daughter married him in order to repay him for saving his life, father, if you encounter such a thing, can you watch your benefactor be punished? ”
When Xia Sihan said this, he snuggled up in Li Jinyan's arms with a look of grievance, his eyes were full of tears, and Li Jinyan was very distressed.
Hearing Xia Sihan say that his family was unbearable, he was just thinking about how far they could go too far, but now that he saw this father-in-law, he understood the resentment in Xia Sihan's heart.
This post house is full of officials who send letters and are seconded from all sides, and when they hear Xia Sihan's words at this time, these people don't say anything, but there is a hint of ridicule in their eyes.
Xia Shangshu also knew that Xia Sihan had done nothing wrong, and it was natural for her ability to repay others for saving her life, but what she did really made her lose face.
At this time, Xia Sihan couldn't enter Beijing even if he was reasonable.
Xia Sihan saw that he was silent, knowing that he was thinking about where he was going, so he took the initiative to say: "Father, since my father has found us now, Brother Jin and I are still living in the capital, father, you see, we ......."
"You go back!"
Xia Shangshu felt that it was inappropriate as soon as he said this, so he pulled Xia Sihan and let her in.
Xia Sihan glanced at Li Jinyan aggrievedly, but privately pinched his hand to reassure him.
Since Xia Shangshu is here today, he must leave something before leaving.
After the two entered the house, Xia Shangshu regained his coldness, and said fiercely: "Although you have a reason, but now you are all the way to the public, for your father in the court and as an official, if you stay, there may be danger, if you are framed by the other family, your father will not be able to protect you!" ”
Is this a threat that if you enter the capital, you will be involved in the so-called partisanship?
Xia Sihan sneered in his heart, but there was a hint of embarrassment on his face.
"Father, to tell you the truth, my daughter thought she could stay in Beijing this time, because the houses in the village were sold, a total of only five taels of silver, and they were all spent on the road, if I went back, but I was penniless, and it was really difficult to move an inch......"
Xia Sihan burst into tears, even if Xia Shangshu was ruthless, he didn't want her to go out and publicize her reputation.
So he took out a silver ticket from his bosom, and before he handed it to her, he heard Xia Sihan say: "When my daughter got married, my mother-in-law once said that if her mother's family did not have a dowry, even if her husband's family loved her, she would inevitably be laughed at. ”
Xia Shangshu didn't expect her to ask this, when he was with her mother, he used other people's jewelry to pawn silver money before entering Beijing.
Now, it's just to pay off her debts!
"Okay, how much makeup do you want? I'll give it to you! ”
Xia Shangshu originally wanted to be a country girl, but at most it was only one hundred and ten taels, but he didn't know that Xia Sihan was five thousand taels as soon as he opened his mouth!
"Five thousand taels! Sihan, do you know that your mother was ......" Xia Shangshu couldn't help but raise his voice, but Xia Sihan pretended not to know how to tilt his head and look at him and said, "Father, what happened to my mother?" I heard from the people at the post station that now that the noble girl in Beijing is married, the money at the bottom of the box alone is more than 10,000 taels, and my daughter has been in the Zhuangzi for so many years, and she is living a very bad life......
Xia Sihan cried again as she spoke, this time it was a small sob, although the voice was not loud, but when she went out later, people would see her red circles.
Lord Shangshu was worried about Xia Sihan's mouth, but now she couldn't move her, and besides, he had to take into account Murong Yu's face, and he couldn't let this girl have anything to do.
"Okay, I'll give it to you!"
Xia Shangshu took out a few more silver tickets from his arms and gave them to her. Xia Sihan was a little surprised, he never thought that he would carry so many silver tickets with him when he went out casually, he was really wealthy.