The Li family is outside, although it is not publicized, and the family affairs are still very rich, but the Zhen family is still not satisfied, only because of the Shen family ten miles away, it is called rich and noble, and the Zhen family always wants to compare with others, so naturally they can't be satisfied no matter what.

The comparison between the Li family and the Shen family is like a little finger compared to a thigh, which is more than a grade worse.

But the Zhen family just couldn't think about it, and wanted Yanran to marry into the Shen family, even if it was to be a concubine for Shen Ping.

Shen Pingxiang failed the test, and Wen Han was already a lifter, which could not fill the gap between Zhen's **, Wang Han and his wife took the matchmaker to Li's house and ate the closed door directly.

"What's going on? The two families have ready-made marriage certificates, is it possible, and the woman wants to get rid of it? The matchmaker was anxious when she saw it, and stood at the gate of the Li family and shouted.

Zhen's house, the kind uncle who was originally guarding the gate of the Li family had already been driven to work in the Zhuangzi, and the current gatekeeper naturally breathed out from Zhen's nostrils, and he roared through the door: "Who is making noise outside?" Don't get out of here, my lord didn't take the post, and sent you all to the county government to go to jail. ”

Wen Jin told Wang Han about the situation of the Li family, and Wang Han had no choice but to take the matchmaker and his wife to spend the night at a farmer's house at the head of the village, and then asked an old man in the village to find a way to deliver a message to Li Xiucai.

The New Year is approaching, although Li Xiucai is not in good health, and can only stay in the warm pavilion where the earth dragon is burned every day, he still has to preside over some family affairs.

The old man gave the letter brought by Wang Han to the steward of the Li family's Zhuangzi.

Li Xiucai saw this letter when he listened to the steward's report on the income of Zhuangzi for a year and came to pay the account.

's daughter is not married, which makes Li Xiucai's heart have been unable to be at peace, his son-in-law postponed the marriage, he was once very angry, or the aunt of the Lu family repeatedly appeased, saying that Wen Han only respected Yanran, so he didn't want to do the marriage too quickly, so Li Xiucai had to let go of his son-in-law.

Now, the son-in-law sent someone to agree on the marriage date, and the stepwife actually wanted to sabotage the marriage and did not allow the matchmaker to come to the door, and Li Xiucai was furious again.

His body is the most taboo mood swings, Li Xiucai reluctantly endured it, and asked Zhuangtou to secretly bring Wang Han in, and the two agreed that on the sixth day of the first lunar month, Qian Wenhan personally came to the door to greet him.

According to the custom, it was the woman who sent her daughter over, and the son-in-law came to greet her in person, or a few, Wang Han didn't know why, seeing that Li Xiucai was very persistent, he didn't say anything, followed Zhuangtou, went out of Li's house, and returned with two women.

Li Xiucai is unfortunately not in good health, his ability is still very strong, and he asked Wen Han to marry him in person, because he was afraid that his stepwife would do something.

Zhen saw that Yanran's matchmaker had been at the door for a day, and she was silent, so she felt that something was wrong, she expected that the person must have found a way to meet the man, so she began to pay attention to the wind and grass at home, and at the same time sent a letter to Shen Ping, promising that as soon as Yanran arrived home, she would send it over immediately.

Shen Ping couldn't say whether he liked Li Yanran or was fighting with Qian Wenhan, he was behind Wenhan in the exam, and women couldn't rob a poor boy, feeling that he was in Zhuyun Academy, he was really disgraced, and he was shameless to his classmates and teachers.

In the blink of an eye, the Chinese New Year was over, Li Xiucai covered his whole body tightly, and his wife paid tribute to his ancestors, and the two of them both returned to the warm pavilion.

Li Xiucai took his wife's hand and said tenderly: "Zhen, you married me at the age of seventeen, gave birth to a boy and a girl, and opened up branches and leaves for my Li family, and you are also a meritorious hero." ”

Zhen straightened his chest and felt that he deserved it.

"I know my body, whether I can survive for another year, no one can say, the only thing I'm worried about is that Haoran is young and can't support the door, and your future life is worrying."

Zhen took out a handkerchief and dipped it in her eyes, why didn't she worry about this, otherwise, she wouldn't want to cling to the Shen family. A woman in this era, the outside world is black-eyed, if something really happens, even if a Diao slave frames her, Zhen will not dare to go to the government to complain.

"I give Yanran Xu's son-in-law, although his family background is not as good as ours, but he is well-educated and upright, if our family is in trouble, he will not stand idly by, plus there is an aunt of the Lu family, and he can also shelter you for a few years, and when Haoran grows up, there will be hope for this day.

Zhen pouted slightly, Aunt Lu will only shelter Li Yanran, that, where can she look at her Zhen? Also, could it be that the Shen family, which is close at hand, can't shelter themselves, but wants a poor man dozens of miles away to shelter them?

Li Xiucai saw the contempt at the corner of his wife's mouth, and he said patiently: "Shen Sanye and Shen San's grandmother, their eyes are on their foreheads, they want to climb a high branch, how can there be a place for us in their eyes?" As for your plan to make Yanran a concubine, I told you this truth, what is a concubine? It's a slave, Yanran entered the Shen family, you are not even a serious relative, when our family is in trouble, can you expect them to reach out and help? Shen San's father and son are not responsible, and Shen San's grandmother is the most snobbish, let me tell you again, you still let Yanran marry into the Qian family, it is the truth. ”

Zhen didn't think so, only because a man couldn't be angry, she nodded, walked out of the warm pavilion, and still contacted the people from the Shen family, as long as Yanran fell into her hands, she couldn't run away from the fate of being a concubine.

What can Qian Wenhan do if he has a marriage certificate? Zhen didn't believe it, he dared to fight with the Shen family.

Zhen's actions were also passed on to Li Xiucai's ears, and he sighed and put the best 200 acres of land in the family into his daughter's dowry.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, Li Xiucai's condition deteriorated sharply, and the servant reported to Zhen in a panic: "The old man vomited blood." ”

Zhen didn't doubt it, and hurriedly came to the man's warm pavilion, Li Xiucai had already asked people to clean up and sit on the Taishi chair, but his face was a little pale.

"Come on, Haoran damn, I've had palpitations for the past two days, you can accompany me."

"What should we do with all that nonsense?" Zhen didn't think it was good.

"Let Su's mother take care of it."

Su's mother is Zhen's confidant, she listened to it and was a little relieved, but when she thought of those clues that proved that Li Yanran might go home in the next few days, Zhen still refused to give up: "I'll give Su's mother a reminder again." ”

"What's the matter, let Mother Su come here, is it possible, she is a minion, and she is bigger than you, the master?"

Zhen ignored the man and rushed out stiffly, but was blocked by the person at the door.

There is a fool in the Li family, an orphan picked up by Li Xiucai when he was young, Zhen hates him for eating for nothing, and is bent on driving him out, fools are often more sensitive than normal people, so they naturally know that Zhen doesn't want to see him, usually, he only listens to Li Xiucai's words.

At this moment, it was a fool who blocked the door: "Master Xiucai won't allow you to go out." ”

The fool doesn't care if he gives or receives kisses, what master and servant, who feeds him, who listens to him, Zhen is controlled by the fool in the house, and she can't get out of a single step, she turns around and gets into trouble with the man.

"If you want me to die immediately, just make trouble." Li Xiucai's voice was faint and cold, and Zhen immediately stopped talking.

Li Xiucai put down the bed tent, lay down and rested, and let Zhen keep going around in circles in the house.

Yanran returned home on time on the evening of the fifth day of the new year.

When Zhen saw her coming to kowtow to her father, she gritted her teeth with hatred.

Li Xiucai didn't say anything, and from under the pillow, he took out a small wooden box with a simple style and handed it to his daughter: "Yanran, Daddy has no ability, so you have been wronged." ”

"Dad-" Yanran didn't dare to cry, lest her father be emotional, she only whispered, "Dad, Yanran is sensible, and she understands in her heart that you are the best father in the world." ”

Li Xiucai stretched out his hand and wanted to pat his daughter's head, but was surprised that his daughter was already old and had to take it back, he sighed in a low voice: "Your sister-in-law is also engaged, it is your mother's decision, whether it is good or bad, it will naturally be clear in the future, when you can't live with her, you are willing to help, you will help, if you don't want to, ignore it, what Daddy is worried about is Haoran, he is too young-"

"Daddy, don't worry, with Yanran here, Haoran will be fine."

"I believe that my Yanran is the best girl in the world." Li Xiucai smiled happily and waved Yanran out.

"What was in the box you just gave her?"

Li Xiucai glanced at his wife: "It's Hao's half-life dependence." ”

Zhen gritted his teeth: "Did you give Yanran what your father-in-law left to Haoran?" ”

Li Xiucai slowly lay back on the bed and said lazily: "I'm tired, I want to rest for a while, my father hasn't seen Haoran, all the things in this house are left to me, I can give it to whoever I want, I can't help you." ”

When Zhen heard this, she was even more annoyed, and couldn't help but reason with the man hoarsely, only to make Li Xiucai vomit blood again, and she closed her mouth in fear.

In the early morning of the next day, Qian Wenhan's sedan chair arrived at the door of Li's house.

Li Xiucai struggled to get up and sat on a chair to accept Wen Han and Yanran kowtowing.

The people arranged by the Zhen family were all taken care of by Li Xiucai's people, and Yanran's sedan chair left Lijia Village smoothly.

When Shen Ping heard the news, the sedan chair had walked twenty miles, and he only hated and scolded Wen Han, and he didn't dare to blatantly obstruct it.

Although Li Xiucai's health is not good, his vision is still very sharp, he calculates that Shen Ping belongs to a person who has a thief's heart but no thief's courage, and he will never dare to rob his relatives.

The third master of the Shen family, it is because of this that they can live safely, if they are really bold, but if they do something that people and gods are angry about, without waiting for the government to take action, the other masters of the Shen family would have killed their relatives a long time ago.

Qian Wenhan is the first person in the mountain nest, he wants to get married, the whole village comes to Zhang Luo, on this day, on the way to the door of Qian's house, let the banquet shed be erected, and the banquet is lined up with eighty tables.

Many neighbors who don't know each other have brought gifts to congratulate them, but fortunately, the ducks and fish are really cheap this year, Wen Jin has no heart to take care of them, and Qian Xiancheng doesn't know how to sell them, otherwise, the wine and food prepared will not be enough at all.

In the first batch of banquets, the dishes were normal, and in the second batch, it was chaotic, almost all of them were fish, duck and lotus vegetables, and the third wave of guests simply ate pig-killing dishes.

The fish is caught and killed, the same is true for ducks, the lotus vegetables are raised in the pond dug by Wang Han, and the pork is also killed in a hurry.

No one laughed at the Qian family's banquet for not doing well, everyone envied the Qian family's good popularity, and the guests were uninvited.

The custom of Sanyo is that "white things are coming, and red things are called." ”

It is a funeral guest, you can come uninvited, and the wedding guest must be invited by the host, if it is not for the host is a well-known good person, he does not dare to go without invitation.

Qian Xiancheng happily didn't know what his surname was, Zhang Luo entertained guests back and forth, anyway, in his heart, he didn't have an economic account, he was only happy that there were many guests, and he had his own face.

The customs of Shanyang, from the afternoon before the wedding, the neighborhood will come over to help set up the tent, Wen Jin feels that his brother is in the provincial capital, and has been with Lu Can for a year, lest some small officials in the county come to send congratulatory gifts, not only let people set up a tent in the yard, but also let people set up a tent at the gate, as a result, the gifts received the day before exceeded her expectations, after midnight, Wen Han took people to greet relatives, Wen Jin led people to continue to build a tent, and hurriedly sent people to buy vegetables and meat.

In the first month, there is no market, those things, it is difficult to buy, it is easy to find a half-big pig of eighty catties, the neighbor Uncle Wei took people to kill, and Su Tongde led people to hurry in their own fish ponds, fishing for fish and killing ducks.

The banquet didn't disperse until the evening, Wen Jin's voice was so dumb that he couldn't speak, and Qian Xiancheng was no better, fortunately, Wei Chenglan had the ability, and this uncle took the lead, so Wen Han's marriage was still going on smoothly. Sent a couple of newcomers into the cave room, Wen Han immediately came out to toast to the guests, and after half an hour, the banquet was dispersed, Wen Jin also had to command the neighbors who came to help, wash all the bowls and pots for dinner, put them together, and the fire in the pot stove was all extinguished, so that he had the opportunity to pour into the kang head to sleep, if he hadn't practiced martial arts, his bones would have been scattered. On the second day of marriage, it was the new daughter-in-law who gave tea to her in-laws, and Wen Jin had the opportunity to see the true face of her sister-in-law.

Wei and Qian Xiancheng were very satisfied, and the two smiled from ear to ear.

Yanran's appearance is not only beautiful, but also a blessing, and when a man is naturally satisfied, Wen Han looked at his daughter-in-law's eyes, that spoiled, that cherished, it was almost written on his face.

Tea, gave a meeting gift, everyone sat around for breakfast, Yanran especially liked the Qian family's harmonious coexistence, the atmosphere of love and affection, the family kept looking at Yanran, but her eyes frequently shot at Wen Jin, in Lufu, she also saw Wen Jin, but at that time, Wen Jin was a little uncle, every time she was shy, she just hurriedly saw a gift, now it is a family, but it is different.

After breakfast, Wen Han accompanied his daughter-in-law back to the backyard: "Xianggong, Wen Jin is a girl, right?" ”

Wen Han was startled: "Impossible, she urinated on me when she was a child." ”

"Plop-" Yanran laughed, and she was about to say her reason when she heard a commotion in the front yard, and then the voice came to the backyard: "Big girl——, no, Mrs. Qian, Master Xiucai is gone,——

Li Xiucai forcibly married his daughter, and then disposed of the two evil slaves around his wife, so he was exhausted, and he fell asleep on the sixth night of the first month, and never woke up.

Yan Ran couldn't get up in one breath, she fainted, Wen Han hurriedly put her on the kang and pinched her before waking up.

Yan Ran cried loudly for the first time, but she was forced to suppress it later, making Wen Han anxious: "If you feel uncomfortable, you will cry out, you cry loudly, and your father-in-law will suffer less when he is underground......"

The Qian family was in a commotion, Wei took Liangxi Liangqing and ran to comfort his daughter-in-law, Qian Xiancheng wanted to prepare a gift and let Wen Han and his wife go to mourn, but he didn't know what to do, anxiously, he pulled Wen Jin over, Wei Chenglan was not worried about Ge's, he had already gone back, only Lianggong stood in the courtyard in a daze.

It was easy for Yanran to cry a little smaller, and Wen Jin and the second uncle also prepared the things they were going to bring.

There is no paper shop in the mountain village, and the paper tie filial piety building, carriage and horse that the daughter wants to send to her father have to be made freshly, and Webster's dexterity is impossible to calm down, Wen Jin was about to go out to find help from a neighbor, and there was a gong at the gate.

"Master Qian is obsessed with Wenhan's order!"

"Congratulations to Master Qian for being promoted to the magistrate of Lin County, Central Plains Prefecture-" The newspaper shouted for a while, Wen Han hurriedly tidied up his clothes, hurriedly walked to the front yard, and commanded everyone to line up the incense case while welcoming Qin Cha into the door.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said, Qian Wenhan is both wise and brave, can be transcendent, in Zhongjiang Mansion to make immortal achievements, special edict, the day of receiving the decree, set up to go to the Central Plains Mansion Lin County as the county, Qin this!"

Wen Han knelt on the ground, stunned, he didn't expect that he had not yet been admitted to the Jinshi examination, and he would have an official to do.

The death of the old man is not to be worried, but if the official has to ask for this, the court may also approve it, Wen Han thought of his wife who fainted from crying, and he was really relieved, and he had such an idea in his mind.

The officials who announced the decree were anxious, he slept all the way, and his patience had long been exhausted, and at this moment, he couldn't hold back and said loudly: "Qian Wenhan takes the order!" ”

"Please forgive Wen Han for having a love to play, my father-in-law also passed away today, if you accept the order to take office, I am afraid that filial piety will hinder you, and please return to Beijing and bring Wen Han's Ding Wei to play a song."

"Alright, please take it!"

Since it is a complaint to Ding Worry, naturally he has to be an official first, Wen Han kowtowed three times and bowed nine times, received the holy decree, and invited Lord Wang, who passed the decree of the Ministry of Rites, to sit in the room, Wen Jin carried a basket of copper coins, rewarded the newspaper, and then rewarded Lord Wang's entourage, invited people to sit in the wing, and served tea and snacks.

This time was busy, Wen Jin was tired and dizzy, and he didn't care whether he was cold or not, he sat down on a rattan chair in the courtyard, and there was a female voice outside the gate: "Is Master Qian at home?" ”

I don't know if I asked Qian Xiancheng or Qian Wenhan.

Wen Jin waved her hand, and Pomegranate ran to greet the guest, a matchmaker with bells and whistles: "Excuse me, is Master Qian available?" ”

"My family is busy, let's go!" The pomegranate plate raised its face. Where is the matchmaker willing to follow, pushing the pomegranate is like squeezing in. "My family just came to Qincha, and I'm still sitting in the upper room, you don't want your head, just go in and bump into the adults." Pomegranate was in a hurry, but took a step back and made his debut.

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