Chapter 180: Marriage
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Fang family sent someone to Tao's house to discuss the marriage of the two children with the Tao shopkeeper, after all, both of them are not young, and it is time to get married.
The two parties were originally interested in Lang You's concubine, but they didn't need the matchmaker to say anything, mainly to discuss the rules of some marriages, how many ceremonies should be held, and so on.
Originally, Ye Qing said that it was a matter of getting rich, but the Fang family still wanted the matchmaker to talk more, explore the Tao family's style, see if she could not get into it, and think of a way to get the best of both worlds, which can not only be beautiful as an adult, but also not make the Ye family's face too embarrassing.
The matchmaker broke the door of the Tao family, but the Tao family's tone was still very strict, probably now they had already settled on Ye Qing, and knew that the Fang family had already agreed, so they insisted on Ye Qing's involvement.
Liu Man'er knew that although the Fang family agreed to this matter, it was completely for the sake of the child, and she was not very willing in her heart, and she still had many concerns.
Especially for such a major event as marriage, she naturally had to discuss it with her relatives and friends, but she went to discuss it with a few uncles in the village, and the uncles resolutely did not allow it, and the Tao family did not let go, and things became worse and worse.
Liu Man'er saw it in her eyes, every day Fang was also anxious because of this matter, although she agreed, she still wanted a room to turn around.
On this day, the Tao family also sent a matchmaker and two aunts to come, and Mrs. Tao also came to the door in person, and the Fang family saw that the distinguished guests were coming, so they also invited two aunts and several clan fathers and uncles, however, everyone gathered together, but it was more and more that you and I said a word, the Tao family let in, and the Ye family did not agree, this matter was noisy.
Seeing that everyone was deadlocked, she could only compromise and said, "Forget it, just let him go into trouble, I won't think about anything else." ”
Hearing Fang's words, the people of the Tao family were overjoyed, but a respected seventh uncle from the Ye family's side pointed at Fang's head and scolded:
"In the woman's opinion, now that Ye Yuan's nephew has a future, I heard that he has become a general, and Ye Feng has become a showman, if you let Ye Qing go into the house, what do you let others think of the Ye family?"
When the Fang clan thought of Ye Yuan and Ye Feng, they also felt that what the clan lord said was reasonable, in fact, she also took this into account, so her heart, which had been decided a long time ago, became wavering again.
"So what to do?" Fang Shi burst into tears, "Qing'er, this kid is stubborn, the Tao family doesn't let go, what can I do?" ”
When Mrs. Tao saw that the Fang family began to play the emotional card, she hurriedly said: "Hey, Mrs. Ye also has to consider my difficulties, I am such a precious daughter, I must be rich, otherwise our Tao family will become a desperate family?" Although I want to agree to my daughter's marriage, I will never agree to it. ”
Liu Man'er smiled when she heard this, cleared her throat, and said crisply: "If you are rich, it is to marry your son to our side, as the saying goes, the water spilled by a well-married daughter is the same as a married son."
You have to know that my husband is a general, maybe he will be a marquis in the future, my uncle is a showman, maybe the title of the gold list in the future, now we have a shop in the county, a yard and a real estate, but if you have to get Ye Qing into the money, then these have nothing to do with him. ”
Hearing Liu Man'er mention the matter of property power, everyone quieted down and looked at Mrs. Tao, wanting to see how she chose, if she could really get rid of these things, it would be fine.
When Mrs. Tao heard this, she sighed in her heart, and discussed it with the two aunts, they really didn't think of these things before, they just took a fancy to Ye Qing, but now that they heard Liu Man'er's words, they had to think about it more.
Money is secondary, the most important thing is the issue of status, since ancient times, the status of the businessmen is the lowest, they seem to be rich on weekdays, but a small mayor, even a servant of the mayor's family, also makes them have to bow their heads and laugh.
However, Liu Man'er's family has the opportunity to become a "scholar", if Liu Man'er says this, their daughter will have the opportunity to become the wife of the official family in the future, and the status is naturally different.
"Even if this is a big deal, it's still a brother, so how can it not be counted." Mrs. Tao said curtly, "We really value Ye Qing, and we don't want to make their brothers have a gap because of this matter, so I'd better go home and discuss it with my boss to see if we can come up with a way to get the best of both worlds." ”
Liu Man'er said: "That's fine, I hope you can come up with a better charter." ”
Mrs. Tao and the others got up to say goodbye, the Fang family sent them all the way, and thanked a few uncles when they went home, the seventh uncle looked at the Fang family, shook his head, and said: "You woman, you are old, you are not as transparent as your daughter-in-law, wait for them to come next time, you must fight for it, you can't let Ye Qing get into trouble!" ”
"I see." Fang Shi said stupidly, being scolded by an old man like Uncle Seven, she didn't have a temper at all, and she didn't blame Liu Man'er, but she was grateful to her, so that things had room to turn around: "Man'er, today's matter, thanks to you, my mother is a stupid person." ”
"The family doesn't have to say thank you." Liu Man'er shook her head and said: "Seventh Uncle is right, next time they come again, they will definitely not force Ye Qing to join the army again, but there will definitely be other requirements, you must be stable when the time comes, don't let them say anything, you have agreed." ”
"Well, don't worry, I will." Fang Shi nodded, rubbed his head, and said, "I'm tired, I'll go and rest." ”
"I'll help you through." Liu Man'er said and helped her to walk into the room.
In fact, when she said this today, she also sacrificed a lot, because Ye Qing's entry into the family was very beneficial to her, first of all, she didn't have to worry about getting along with her concubines, and she also had the right to be in charge at home, so she didn't need Ye Qing to check and balance her. But now that she says this, when the time comes, there will be one more concubine, and a bunch of difficult relatives, not to mention the property she has worked hard for in the future, but she will have to share it with Ye Qing's family.
But Rao is like this, she has no complaints, as long as the family can be happy together, she is the eldest sister-in-law, let them a little bit in the future, anyway, they live their own lives, and they can't hinder her.
Well, it still depends on the choice of the shopkeeper Tao's family, but the money and power are moving, and she believes that they will have a right choice.
Sure enough, within a few days, the Tao family sent the matchmaker over again and asked the Fang family to come over for a while, and the Fang family took Liu Man'er to visit.
This time, the shopkeeper Tao was quite enthusiastic, and he also gave Ye Qing a vacation, and asked Ye Qing to come over and listen.
Entering the flower hall, Liu Man'er and the Fang family sat on both sides, while Ye Qing sat down, talking about his marriage today, the elders are in charge, and he has no right to speak.
As soon as she sat down, a pretty maid stepped forward to put the tea on the rosewood carved table, and the pottery shopkeeper raised her glass to signal everyone to drink tea, and Liu Man'er heard the impact of the bead curtain behind her, which was very light, but it did not escape her ears.
She knew that Tao Cuiya must be eavesdropping, but she didn't care, and played with the empty cup in her hand.
"I also know Mrs. Ye's concerns, this is really not good." Putting down the teacup, Shopkeeper Tao stood on Fang's side everywhere to consider, and said: "I used to let him enter for the sake of the two children, but last night I thought about it again and again, and I finally felt that I was indeed a little unkind to do this." ”
It's good that you know. Liu Man'er said secretly in her heart, but she didn't say a word on her face, waiting for the next step of the Tao shopkeeper.
I only heard the shopkeeper Tao continue: "Mrs. Ye, I can keep Ye Qing from worrying, but you must agree to a few requests from me." ”
"What requirements?" Fang finally heard that the shopkeeper Tao was relieved, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed at this moment.
"I promised to let Cuiya marry into your Ye family, and the happy event will also be held in the Ye family, but in the future, the two of them must live in the Tao family, and the children they give birth to, one of the sons must have the surname Tao, this little request, Mrs. Ye, do you agree?"
"I promise." When Fang Shi heard this, he agreed without thinking, compared to the income, this little request was nothing at all, anyway, now her children are not around.
"And since you don't get involved, Ye Qing is still your child, so he naturally wants to share the glory and disgrace with you, one of the children he gave birth to, although his surname is Tao, but you can't treat him differently because of this, can you agree?" The shopkeeper Tao said again.
"Don't worry about this, my grandson I will naturally love very much, what kind of person am I, I must have heard of it, those things that treat my grandson and daughter-in-law harshly, I will never be able to do it." Fang Clan hurriedly said.
"Well, that's good." When the shopkeeper Tao heard Fang's promise, he nodded with a smile and said, "Then it's decided, in the future, my restaurant will be my daughter's dowry and her private property." ”
"You can naturally rest assured of this, although our Ye family is not rich, we will not covet our daughter-in-law's dowry." Fang Clan promised again.
Liu Man'er sneered on the side, sure enough, she is a businessman, she only thinks that the Tao shopkeeper is cunning now, saying that he wants to share glory and disgrace, in fact, he wants to take advantage of the benefits of the Ye family, and what kind of dowry is actually saying, the Tao family's property, you don't want it.
"If Mrs. Ye agrees these days, then we can settle this matter." Shopkeeper Tao glanced at his wife, and was very satisfied with this matter, even better than letting Ye Qing into the fold.
"In this case, please give me Miss Tao's eight characters, I will go to the master to see, and then choose an auspicious day of the zodiac, so that I can give a dowry, what do you think?" Fang proposed.
"That's very good." The shopkeeper Tao said and gestured to Mrs. Tao with his eyes, and Mrs. Tao smiled and handed Miss Tao's eight characters from her sleeve pocket to Fang.
Fang Clan stretched out his hand to take it, both of them had a smile on their faces, they were very satisfied with this discussion, they were able to not get into trouble, in Fang's opinion, it was the best, in the eyes of the Tao shopkeeper, this condition was no different from entering the money, and they could also get additional dowry and other benefits, it was simply a lot of money.
Liu Man'er doesn't care, anyway, she still gave some dowry, as for the future, who can say it, they are all Ye Yuan's brothers, as long as they don't cheat, it doesn't matter if they let them take advantage of some advantages and advantages.