The Fourth Round: Men and Women Marry (2nd Watch)
In the last book, it was said that Jiang Quan gave a little news to Li's mother and wanted to meet Xin Yao. Mother Li brought the words, and Xin Yao muttered for a long time.
"Mom, don't worry, didn't my body just get better? Don't overthink it. If you pass a word to the past, you will say that let the money shopkeeper be patient and guard the store, where can you see whether the business is good or bad in one day or two days? ”
Since the opening of the shop in the capital, the business has been light, and it is completely incomparable to the bustle when it opened in the south. Jiang Quan arrived to pay it back, and the money shopkeeper couldn't sit still.
Lao Qian was valued by Miss Si, and he was promoted all the way to the number one shopkeeper in the capital, and he was full of energy to make a move. How do you know that the water in the capital is deep, the small shop of Jinjue Pavilion is extremely inconspicuous, and the money shopkeeper has not yet come up, and he is drenched by the reality of the capital. Only then did he talk to the fourth lady before Jiang Quanquan.
"Tell Master Quan that the house in the north is named 'Yiyuan', and find someone to make a plaque. I am changing the layout of the house, and I ask him to find a good craftsman, and I will start work on an auspicious day in a month. Let him have nothing to do, walk around the capital, sit in restaurants and tea shops, and listen to what people in the capital are spreading now? ”
Xin Yao pondered for a moment, and then said: "Mom, these big girls in our yard, except for Yinggui, Weiyun, and Light Moon, who else can be reused?" ”
Mother Li said: "The moss is clever, light and steady, Fangxin's mouth is tight, and the sycamore is sincere, each has its own strengths and weaknesses, just look at how the young lady uses it." If it is a business matter, according to the old slave, the young lady needs to be carefully observed. ”
Xin Yao sighed: "Among these people, who is the most like Sister Dongmei." ”
Mother Li said: "The light floc is most like a winter plum, but the heat is still worse." If Miss wants to reuse light flocculents, there is a little bit of defense, among these girls, there are a few warblers, light flocculents, and the green moss grows the most watery. In the future, the young lady will get married, and there will be some things. You have to prepare in advance. ”
Mother Li spoke vaguely, but Xin Yao understood it.
Since the beginning of Xia Shang Zhou, there have been concubines with the marriage system, and since then, they have become dowry girls. Generally rich and noble people. When the young lady is in the boudoir, the mother-in-law will find a room girl for her, and marry her husband as a living dowry.
The brightly colored face is opened and placed in the house to compete for favor and fix pets. The color is ordinary when you reach the age with a small house in the house, and you will be promoted to be a companion room. In the end, it is the people brought from her mother's family, most of the dowry girls are loyal to the lord, even if there are one or two who are unwilling to live for a long time, they work hard. can't turn over the wind and waves, and the deed of selling is in the hands of the master's mother, and the end can be imagined. Unless the master is weak and the slave is strong, it is another situation.
Xin Yao thought of this, and was extremely melancholy. said with a wry smile: "It's still my mother who thinks far-reaching." ”
Mother Li said: "Miss is fourteen years old this year, and she has reached the age when she should say goodbye. In this world, it is not easy for women to live. You just look at the grandmother in the house, she has a good background and a good color, and she didn't put the two girls around her in the house. ”
Xin Yao said disheartenedly: "Mom, there is no need to say much about this matter. I have my own opinions. Maybe one day, as soon as my heart is crossed, I will take my mother to Yiyuan, and then go back to the old house. Live a life quietly. We have a house, a land, and a piece of silver. Afraid of what? ”
Mother Li touched Xin Yao's head dotingly, and said, "My young lady, what are you talking about?" How can there be a girl who is young and wants to be lonely and grow old. Marry and have children, and serve your in-laws. Harmony and concubines, women, all come here like this. ”
Xin Yao sighed secretly and said, "In our yard, is there any girl who has some talent in cooking?" ”
Mother Li thought about it seriously and said, "There is no one in our courtyard, there is a person named Meizi in the second wife's courtyard, who will be twelve years old this year, helping in the small kitchen, I heard that the dishes are very delicious." ”
Xin Yao stroked her forehead and said, "Is this girl born from a family or bought from outside?" ”
"I bought it from outside, and it has only been a year or two since I arrived in the house, and people love to be clean, but they look average."
Xin Yao closed her eyes, opened them again, and said, "Ming'er, let her come to my courtyard, my mother will train for a while, if she is honest and reliable, let her follow Ying back to learn cooking." ”
Mother Li hurriedly said, "Miss, ......what do you mean?"
"Mom, Ying is seventeen years old this year, she can't follow me for the rest of her life, I have to find a future for her. Don't tell her about this yet, you bring someone here, you watch it first. Mom is tired of the day, let's go rest first, don't forget what I just said. ”
Li's mother smiled: "I can't forget it, it's all in my head." ”
Mother Li gently closed the door and walked out, and there was silence in the room. Xin Yao threw away the book and collapsed on the bed in frustration.
She is fourteen years old, and in this era of male superiority and inferiority, it is time to talk about marriage, and she can't escape or avoid it. Several women guarded a man, and then took turns waiting for the man's arrival, for which they had to be grateful to Dade.
Men are only responsible for earning silver and sowing seeds. She took the money to manage the family's food, drink, and Lazar. It is necessary to let the seeds land safely in their own stomachs, and to prevent the seeds from taking root and germinating elsewhere. After fighting the mother-in-law and fighting the concubine, after fighting the concubine, after fighting the house, after fighting the room, fighting the concubine.
The saddest thing is that she worked hard, compromised, worked without complaining, took her husband and daughter, died, and the words "Jiang's wife" on the tombstone covered her life of bitterness and hardship. How can Jiang Xinyao, who has lived once, be willing?
Jiang Xinyao seemed to see the scene of herself turning into a pile of lonely graves, but her own men were still hugging left and right, vividly and vividly.
Jiang Xinyao sighed and said hatefully: Thief God, you have the ability to let me get here, why don't you turn me into a man, I greet your mother.
After that, he was covered with a quilt and fell asleep.
In the following days, Xin Yao didn't bother to pay attention to the little tricks of the two people in the west who came out today and tomorrow, and studied the planning map of Yiyuan with one mind. With the mother's means, it was more than enough to deal with those two.
It's just that Mother Li is an idle person, and as soon as there is a stir, she runs diligently into the young lady's room, crackling and spitting stars flying around. It's hard for Xin Yao to think about it.
Since Aunt Liu entered Beijing, she is grateful to the second wife, and she takes the initiative to set rules in the main house every day. This move made Jiang Hongsheng very satisfied, facing Aunt Liu, his face became a little warmer, and the number of times he went to her room gradually increased.
I don't know when Aunt Zhou also followed Aunt Liu and waited in front of the second wife. At this time, Second Master Jiang was not satisfied, but shocked.
What kind of person is Gu? Kindly and pleasantly accepted the respect of the two aunts for her, and there was no superfluous expression on her face.
Jiang Hongsheng was inconvenient to interfere too much in the affairs of the inner house, so he had to watch coldly. Behind the scenes, secretly guarded.
However, Aunt Zhou's kung fu practice of singing, reading, and fighting cannot be at home, and her body and mind are different. When the person arrived at the second wife, his heart was still halfway. Obviously I want to flatter and please. His expression was as painful as constipation. Obviously he wanted to speak softly, and his voice was as stiff as a judge. obviously wanted to ask the second wife to care about the marriage of the concubine, but in the end it became an accusation that the grandmother ignored the concubine.
After watching the show for a few days in a row, Gu Shi knelt down in front of the old lady and burst into tears.
only said that he had just arrived, even the capital was round, it was square, and he couldn't recognize the daughter of a wealthy family. helped the second master in the house find a suitable young lady, and it also fulfilled her hard work as a mother-in-law.
The old lady was confused, which one did she sing? Isn't Yuan Hang's marriage being investigated, and he can't get out of those families.
The old lady was suspicious and asked carefully. I found out what my niece had done.
The old lady felt a headache, Zhou Xiuyue, Zhou Xiuyue, your son's family affairs are almost settled, what are you letting the Gu family do now, what are you doing earlier? You're too much of an afterthought, aren't you?
It stands to reason that the marriage of the concubine is indeed the mother-in-law's business, but Gu's words are reasonable. A woman in the house, who has just arrived in the capital and has never been out of the door, who do you recognize?
The old lady sighed in her heart, when she was in Suzhou Mansion, why didn't she think of leaving the second master's marriage to the Gu family to worry about. Chess is a good move. It's just the wrong time, the wrong place, and it can only be a waste move.
Coincidentally, Mama Qian asked someone to inquire about the matter and got an answer. The old lady listened to the details of the night. Invite the second master to him.
The mother and son discussed together, and decided to give the engineering department to Wu Yifang, the eldest daughter of Wu Wei in the matter. In the matter, there are seven petty officials, although the quality is extremely low, but the power is great, the emperor is directly under the leadership.
Wu Yifang is sixteen years old and looks small and lovely. The biological mother has long since passed away, and the current mother-in-law is the step-room Yuan. The Yuan family has one son and three daughters, and the eldest daughter and concubine left by his ex-wife are quite passable.
Wu Yifang lost her mother at the age of four and grew up in front of her grandmother. What is even more rare is his tenacity, which is quite complementary to Jiang Yuanhang.
On the second day, the Jiang family invited the official media to come to the door to say goodbye.
The Yuan family is worried that the marriage of the eldest daughter will not be high, low, and there is no place, and even with her, the stepmother, there is no explanation among relatives and friends.
When the Yuan family saw that the matchmaker came to the door, he was talking about the Jiang family, who was married to the Hou Mansion, and his heart had already been a little loose, but he was the brother of the Jiang Mansion, and he had some scruples in his heart, so he asked the second master of the Jiang family in detail.
The matchmaker naturally picked up a good pass, and Yuan said that he discussed with the master, and politely sent the matchmaker out.
The matchmaker, who had already become a fine woman, couldn't see the joy on Yuan's face, and hurriedly replied to the Jiang family.
The Yuan family was still not at ease, so he asked people to inquire about the second master of the Jiang family. However, the Jiang family had just entered Beijing for two or three months, and Jiang Yuanhang only lived in the mansion, and outsiders knew very little about it, so they couldn't inquire about anything.
In the end, Master Wu spoke, saying that the Jiang family had a simple population, Jiang Hongsheng was an upright official, and the family was also matched, which could be regarded as a success.
One came and went, the two families quietly changed the Geng sticker, please take a look, they all said that it was a match made in heaven, just wait for the expiration of the national filial piety period in March, and do the remaining three ceremonies.
The old lady waited for the two families to finalize, called her son and daughter-in-law to her, and only said that this was the first happy event in Beijing, so that the Gu family must be lively and proper, and not make outsiders laugh. At the end, there was a quiet sentence: "Everything is done according to the uncle's marriage." ”
A brother from a two-room house, the marriage is compared to the grandson of the big house. Gu Shi glanced at Jiang Hongsheng out of the corner of his eye, and seeing that he nodded frequently without saying a word, Gu Shi readily agreed.
ps:
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( Miss Jiang Si )