Chapter 67: The Ten Mile Long Pavilion
If it weren't for the long distance, the old lady actually wanted to go with her, but she was still a little worried about Zhending, she buried a lot of things, besides, Zhending still had her shop, in case the Lin family took advantage of her absence to do something from it, then she would lose a lot.
The matter of going to Matsue Prefecture to take office was happily decided.
As for He Shuyuan's family affairs, the mother and son reached a consensus as quickly as possible.
is just an adopted daughter, and if you are a concubine, you can be a concubine.
The He family is not the only daughter of her, in addition to her, the other few are all serious daughters of the He family, as far as she has a shady background, what else do you need to carry a sedan chair.
Besides, since she is a concubine, her mother's family doesn't have to deal with it, and it's all saved.
This is not bad, the He family is not rich now, and if they can save it, they will save it.
The most important thing is to be fast!
According to Wen Xuanlang, the current Songjiang Tongzhi is in a hurry to go to Ludi to take office, and when the new Tongzhi arrives and the handover is completed, they are about to leave, and they have already written to the Ministry of Officials to urge, and they are very anxious.
Therefore, the top priority is to complete the family affairs of the Min and He families before Master He goes on the road.
Taking a concubine is not the same as marrying a wife, there is no three media and six hiring those vulgar gifts, the two families negotiate the price, phew, bride price, and then the man has a small sedan chair, and carries the new aunt into the house from the back door, at most, a few tables of wedding wine are placed in the house, and friends with good relations are invited to come over and have fun, and even the female dependents will not be invited, large families, and no lady in the main room will go to drink the wedding wine of the concubine room.
As for the mother's family, how to live it, as if there is no such thing, neither red nor happy, the girl carries out the house, it has nothing to do with her own family.
The family reached a consensus and worked hard to get things done.
Within two days, the two families had reached a settlement.
Although He Shuyuan is a noble concubine, the Min family will not do a lot of happy events, this is in the hands of Master He, he is a scholar, he also wants face, and he sends his daughter who has not yet reached the end of his life to the Min family as a concubine, and he doesn't want to be pointed at.
It's best not to do happy events, when you get to Jiangnan, you don't know the place well, as long as you release the news that he is the in-law of the Min family, who knows when the two families got married, as long as you know that his son-in-law is the son of the Min family.
As for the dowry, the fifth old lady of the Min family said: "Although it is a noble concubine, but a concubine is a concubine, the old body has inquired, the noble concubine of Sun Langzhong's new family, the dowry is two hundred taels, our Weida doesn't even have an official body, and it is not as good as Sun Langzhong, so let's give two hundred taels, I don't care if you come to your family, and you don't care about how much money you have, and it's not selling your daughter, right?" ”
Well, at this time, you admit that Min Weida is not as good as Sun Langzhong, then Sun Langzhong is from a poor family, but the Min family is a descendant, can this be compared?
However, the five old ladies of the Min family have already said that if the He family still wants to bargain, it will be to sell their daughter.
The He family gritted their teeth and agreed, two hundred taels is two hundred taels, the concubine is like this, only the number of dowries, but they will not ask the woman how much dowry she will pay, and it will be okay if she does not have a dowry, but marrying a wife is different, how much dowry the man will pay, and how much dowry the woman will give, this must be negotiated in advance and written on paper.
Even the five old ladies of the Min family didn't expect that the He family would agree so happily.
When she got home, she asked people to inquire, and she was happy to inquire, it turned out that Master He had made up for the lack of Songjiang Tongzhi, and he was going to take up his post soon, which was to hurry to go south and marry the Min family.
Although the Min family wanted to marry He Shuyuan at the beginning, it was not the current He Shuyuan, but who made Min Weida unable to control his lower body and provoke such a rotten peach blossom, for this reason, the Empress Dowager also reprimanded the five old ladies.
Now that Master He has such a good place, it is also a help to the Min family, after all, the Min family is in the south, especially in the south of the Yangtze River, and it can't even reach a finger into it.
There is no one in the Jiangnan who is not xenophobic, and now there is a family of Master He, after all, he is a parent official, and those big families in the local area have to give some face, and in the future, maybe it will be smooth.
The fifth old lady hurriedly handed the sign into the palace and truthfully presented the matter to the empress dowager.
The Empress Dowager asked her to verify, and it was absolutely true, the official document of Master He going to Songjiang to Ren Tongzhi had been handed over to the cabinet.
Generally, this kind of appointment is decided early in the morning, and now it is just a formality, and it can definitely be approved.
The Empress Dowager breathed a sigh of relief and said to the fifth old lady: "It can be regarded as losing a watermelon and picking up a peach, besides, it's just a concubine." ”
It's better to pick a peach than a sesame seed.
As for the auspicious day, there is, but it will be three months later, the Min family can wait, but Master He can't wait.
simply picked a day that looked good, a small sedan chair of the Min family carried the crying He Shuyuan into the house, He Shuyuan only brought two maids who had served her since childhood, as for the dowry, there were only five boxes temporarily purchased in the capital, and even the dowry that Yan had saved for her since she was a child was privately swallowed by the old lady.
He Ran watched the audience, on the day He Shuyuan got married, she also took Xiaoli to see the excitement, it was really a concubine, the Min family didn't even set off firecrackers, and they didn't even hang red.
He Shuyuan returned to the door in three dynasties, and returned to the inn, Master He drank Min Weida's cheap son-in-law tea, and then took Lu Hong'er and Brother Taki, full of yearning for a new life, and embarked on the road to the south.
In the ten-mile long pavilion, when Master He got into the carriage and waved goodbye to everyone from the window, he suddenly saw He Ran in the farewell crowd.
He Ran was dressed in men's clothes with arrow sleeves, her hair was tied into a high ponytail, she was wearing cowhide boots on her feet, and she was even holding a horsewhip in her hand.
He Ran clenched her fists at him like a man, did not speak, and watched Master He's carriage drift away, she turned over and galloped in the opposite direction to Master He, followed by five other horses.
Mrs. He, who came to see her off, looked at He Ran's departing figure in surprise, and quietly asked Mother Zhao beside her: "Who is that person?" ”
But Ding recognized it at a glance: "That's the eldest lady, that's the eldest lady of our He family!" Tut-tut, worthy of being the master of Jinghong Building, it's really majestic! ”
Mrs. He was in a trance for a moment, was this He Ran really the He Ran who was in the real time?
It's the same, but it's different.
She was stunned for a moment, and said to herself: "Is she really the granddaughter of our He family?" Will the He family have such a granddaughter? ”
When Ding heard this, he rolled his eyes: "My daughter-in-law heard that she was the heir of the princess of the town in the past, and this Jinghong Building was not obtained from her adoptive father, it was given to her by the princess of the town, and all the Jinghong Towers in the world were hers." ”