278: Sorghum (2)
Hong stared at Mrs. Hong blankly for a moment, and for some reason only felt a little strange in his heart, as if he was missing something.
Why he was lying here, he couldn't remember it clearly, but after thinking about it for a while, it seemed that he was a little tired of reading the account books, and he fell asleep.
Mrs. Hong sat down on the side with a happy face and asked, "But are you sober?"
Hong teased and shook his head, feeling a little better before nodding, there seemed to be no problem, and asked his mother, "What is the joy of seeing my mother's face?"
Hong Furu said: "Exactly, there is a marriage between you and Mi'er that has been promised in Baifu, and the wedding date is set for the fifteenth of next month, and your lifelong event can be regarded as a final, so it is a major event for my mother!"
Hong Kuo was surprised in his heart, and he couldn't understand why he was surprised, since the kidnapping case, Kaibai Mansion's attitude towards him has changed, this marriage is a matter of time, why should he be surprised and resist in his heart?
Hong Tuo was a little puzzled, but he didn't show the slightest reluctance to show his unwillingness to be present in Mrs. Hong's presence, and he only smiled lightly: "I will trouble my mother for the marriage in the future......"
When Mrs. Hong heard him say this, she was even more happy in her heart, and she felt that her son was becoming more and more sensible: "How can a mother not work hard for her children, and then she is tired of working for her mother, and she is happy in her heart!"
Hong Tuo didn't want to talk about this topic more, but forced a smile: "Thank you mother, I don't know what my father is doing now, there are some questions in this account book that the child wants to ask ......"
Hong Fuyang: "Your father went out to check the silk shop in the west of the city, it is estimated that he will not be able to come back until the evening, and there is nothing to do now, you will sleep for a while when you are tired, and when your father comes back, I will ask the maid to come and call you in advance." ”
Hong Kuo wanted to stay alone and think about some things, so he nodded and agreed, and after sending Mrs. Hong out of his courtyard, he returned to his room and recalled what happened during this time.
When he returned home drunk and bumped into the old man Bai who came to talk about marriage, after being kicked out of the house by his angry father, because he didn't want to send people under the fence and didn't want to go to those inns and fireworks to spend it, he found Jiang Suan and Yang Chong, and the two brothers plotted a fake kidnapping, wanting to ask for some money from their parents.
Who knew that Yang Chong was greedy for money, and secretly changed the amount he wanted, and after being discovered by Hong Tea, he didn't want to cooperate with him anymore, so he tied him up for a little silver, regardless of his friendship for many years, and concealed Jiang Suan, and continued to kidnap the plan.
Hong Tuo naturally didn't sit still, and managed to escape, but happened to meet the beans who came to visit, and the master and servant were desperate to escape into the city under Yang Chong's reckless brothers.
Yang Chong couldn't make a plan, told Jiang to calculate Hong Tea's treachery, and used this as an excuse to extort money from Hong Tea, otherwise he would report the matter and affect his brother's career and not ruin the reputation of Hongfu.
Because the amount asked for before was not much, he had to endure it for the sake of Hongfu Hongtuo, and secretly took some of his monthly money and silver and handed it to Yang Chong, and Yang Chong asked him to pay every month.
Under such persecution, Hong Kuo had to change his temperament and began to understand the art of Shang Jia, because he knew that with Yang Chong's temperament, the amount would definitely increase in the future, and sooner or later he would be unable to bear it.
Hong Shu will definitely not have a problem during this period of time, and once the Hong family, as a merchant family, is rumored to be deceived and lied, the business will not be able to continue.
This is probably what Hong Tuo is looking forward to now, but now Uncle Yang is still there, and he has disciplined Yang Chong, and the amount of money he asks for is not much, but he can bear it.
Hong Tuo flipped through the account books on the table, this shop has been doing good business recently, and the previous business plan is feasible, so that other shops can try to operate like this for a while.
So Hong Tuo calmed down and looked at the account books alone, thinking about how to operate in the future, etc., completely forgetting about his marriage problem, and unconsciously it had darkened.
After a period of time, Hong Tuo mostly lived like this, except for the occasional guy who would take some silver and hand it over to Yang Chong, the days were quite smooth, but Hong Tuo always felt as if something was missing, and occasionally stared at the other two rooms in his courtyard in a daze.
In a blink of an eye, the wedding date arrived, and in the early morning of that day, Hong Tuo was hugged by a group of men to change his wedding clothes, rode on a tall horse and took the wedding sedan chair to Baifu to be lively, and finally carried the bride back after a series of cumbersome etiquette.
From beginning to end, Hong Tuo felt confused, his whole body was light and soft, as if he was stepping on clouds, everything was so real.
It was easy to bring the bride home, and to toast the feast, and when he arrived at Jiang and Yang Chong's table, Yang Chong's slightly cold eyes, his heart suddenly cooled, and he was a little flustered for no reason, and hurriedly toasted the wine and turned to another table.
It was lively all day, Hong Tuo only felt that his whole body was sore and tired, and he subconsciously walked back to his room to take a bath and rest, but when he opened the door, he saw that the house was full of joy, and the bride was sitting on the edge of the bed, guarding two maids who were waiting.
So I had to lift some spirits, took the silver pole handed by the maid and picked up Xipa, looking at the white honey of the person under the candlelight, who was more than Huajiao, and was in a trance, I only felt that the sight of the shadow was not real, and the white honey in front of me was not white honey, as if a woman who had never seen before, with spring in her apricot eyes and clear eyes, and her heartbeat missed a beat for no reason.
A maid quipped: "The bride is beautiful, but the groom is stupid?
Yu Yu laughed with several other maids, Bai Mi's cheeks were also red, and she glanced at her with tender disgust, if other men were afraid that most of their bones were crispy now.
It's just that Hong Tuo became more and more sober, the trace of affection in his eyes faded quickly, and he drank wine with Bai Mi, and finished what he had to do with drunkenness, and the wedding came to an end.
After getting married, although Hong Tuo does not love Bai Mi, he also respects her like a guest, and the relationship between husband and wife is also harmonious in the eyes of others, and Mrs. Hong is very happy, looking forward to holding her grandson earlier.
Then there was news from Hongshu High School, the first class Tanhua, the saint decreed that the Beijing officials were sealed, and there was an endless stream of relatives and friends who came to Hongfu to congratulate him, and Yang Chong also restrained himself, but the silver money that should be asked for every month was still sent to pick it up on time.
After Hong Shu gained a firm foothold in Beijing, he hurriedly sent someone to take Mr. Hong and Mrs. Hong to the capital to support, so many of the operations of the Hong family in Doucheng fell on Hong Tuo, and Yang Chong saw that only Hong Tuo and Bai Mi were left, and gradually became bolder.
Yang Chong began to run to Hongfu many times regardless of etiquette, even Bai Mi did not shy away from it, and even sometimes there was a hint of flirting in his words, Bai Mi and him were half relatives after all, and they secretly endured it, but Hong Chong couldn't bear it, and directly started to fight with him, and this time Yang Chong wanted to blackmail him with one more thing.