I'm in the Red Mansion

On the second day, the matchmaker that Lin Daiyu found went to the Xue family to propose marriage.

There was naturally no surprise on the Xue family's side, and they happily agreed.

At the same time, Liu Xianglian also sent a matchmaker to Rongguo Mansion to propose marriage.

Now Jia She is paralyzed in bed and unconscious, so he naturally cannot make decisions.

Logically speaking, Mrs. Xing, the legal mother, can make the decision directly.

However, Lady Xing was a concubine who had no children and was stingy, so Lady Jia disliked her.

Now Jia She is paralyzed in bed again, and it is unknown how many days he has left to live.

She would be even less willing to act like a demon.

Therefore, when the Liu family came to propose marriage this time, she did not dare to act on her own.

Therefore, he pushed it to Lady Jia and asked her to make the decision.

After hearing the news, Jia's mother began to think about it.

Liu Xianglian comes from the Liu family, Duke of Liguo, so they are a good match.

But Liu Xianglian was a poor boy. Not only had both his parents passed away, he didn’t even have a decent place to live.

And if you say he is a poor man, he is actually the second elder brother of Congge'er of Dongfu, and now he is a general under Congge'er.

And this time he was also awarded a title for his military achievements.

For a moment, Grandmother Jia became hesitant.

Then, Grandmother Jia called Jia Zheng and asked him to consider it.

After Jia Zheng arrived, he pondered for a while, but was still undecided for a while.

He couldn't help but say, "Mother, my eldest brother is now sick in bed and unconscious."

"If we make a bad choice for the second girl's marriage, she will have a hard time in the future and will inevitably blame us, and outsiders will also laugh at her."

"And the young master of the Liu family is from a rather poor family. If the second girl goes there, she will probably suffer with him."

Hearing what Jia Zheng said, Grandmother Jia nodded and agreed with him.

At this time, children's marriages were based on the orders of their parents and the words of the matchmaker.

Now Jia She cannot make the decision, both she, as the grandmother, and Jia Zheng, as the second uncle.

If they chose the wrong family for Yingchun and made her suffer after marrying her, they would probably be criticized by others.

Therefore, after hearing this, Jia's mother could not help but say, "In this case, then reject his family and find a good marriage for the second girl later."

Jia Zheng added: "But this young master of the Liu family is not without his merits. His parents are both dead, and if the second girl marries him, she will not be controlled by her mother-in-law or sister-in-law."

"And he was also conferred a title, although it was only the lowest rank. If he makes further military achievements in the future, he can be promoted to a higher position."

Hearing this, Jia's mother couldn't help but get annoyed. She couldn't help but ask, "What do you mean?"

Jia Zheng couldn't help but say, "My son, the second girl still has a brother. Why don't we go to the East Palace and ask Cong'er what he thinks?"

Hearing this, Grandmother Jia couldn't help but nodded.

I almost forgot about this.

That evil creature from Dongfu is also here!

This second girl is his biological sister from another mother, and they have a very good relationship. If he doesn't ask him, trouble may arise in the future.

And as long as I ask him, no matter how the second girl lives in the future, I can't blame myself.

Thinking of this, Jia's mother couldn't help but say, "Zheng'er, what you said makes sense. If that's the case, send someone to ask Brother Cong about it."

Jia Zheng responded, said goodbye to Lady Jia, and was about to leave.

Grandmother Jia called him back and said, "By the way, there's also Lian'er. We need to ask him about this, too."

"The eldest son's wife is also very clumsy. She pushed the second girl's marriage onto me without even discussing it with Lian Ge'er."

Upon hearing this, Jia Zheng's face turned red.

Yes, the main wife’s family has a legitimate son named Jia Lian.

Logically speaking, the second girl's marriage could be settled after discussion between Lady Xing, the legal mother, and Jia Lian, the legal son.

But she bypassed Lian Ge'er and pushed directly to Lady Jia's side.

Jia Zheng nodded in agreement and left.

After leaving the house, Jia Zheng ordered people to inform Jia Lian and Jia Cong one after another.

As for Jia Lian and his wife, after some discussion, they made a non-stick pan and passed the buck, saying that the second girl's marriage was entirely up to the ancestor and the second uncle.

As for Jia Cong, after being questioned, he naturally tried his best to support Liu Xianglian, saying that the Liu family was a very good family and that he must agree to it.

After hearing what Jia Cong said, Jia Mu and Jia Zheng naturally agreed without saying a word.

With Congge as their guarantor, no matter what happens in the future, they can't be blamed.

Both marriages were agreed to without hesitation.

Next, it is the set of three matchmakers and six engagements, which requires a long process.

As for Liu Xianglian, his house was not big.

Because he had been wandering around in the past few years, he had little money left and his house was in disrepair.

Now that the marriage has been decided, it would be difficult to accommodate the new couple in this old house.

But Liu Xianglian didn't have much money, so how could he buy a new house?

Liu Xianglian was a generous person, so he shamelessly came to Jia Cong to borrow money.

Jia Cong laughed and agreed without thinking.

This was the husband he chose for his second sister, so naturally he would not let her down.

Even if Liu Xianglian didn't come, he would make arrangements.

As luck would have it, the Xue family also heard about this, so Xue Pan found Liu Xianglian and said that their family still had an empty house which he wanted to give directly to Liu Xianglian.

This house is next to the Xue family and is the one that was previously given to Jia Cong.

Ever since Jia Cong moved out and returned the house to them, the Xue family has not used the house and it has remained empty.

Today, the Xue family’s wealth is immeasurable, even greater than before.

Although they have connected with Jia Cong, it is naturally not a problem for them to maintain their family's wealth.

However, as a merchant family, they naturally hope to have as wide a network of contacts as possible.

Liu Xianglian is undoubtedly a young talent with great potential, and he is also a very generous person.

In the Xue family's view, exchanging a house for a favor is a very worthwhile thing.

Unfortunately, Liu Xianglian looked down on Xue Pan and refused to accept the house given by the Xue family.

Xue Pan, on the other hand, held a banquet outside and invited Jia Cong and Liu Xianglian to host the banquet.

Jia Cong went there happily, and Liu Xianglian also went there to give Jia Cong face.

When Jia Cong arrived at the restaurant, he saw that Xue Pan and Liu Xianglian had arrived first.

Seeing Jia Cong, Xue Pan hurriedly stood up and greeted him, "Brother Cong, you are here, please take a seat quickly."

Jia Cong noticed that this time when Xue Pan saw him, he was obviously not as calm as before, but seemed very reserved.

Jia Cong couldn't help but laugh and said, "I haven't seen you for a few months, but Brother Xue has gotten more than you, sir. Could it be that Brother Xue has become rich and doesn't recognize his former poor relatives anymore?"

Xue Pan said helplessly: "Brother Cong, please don't make fun of me. Now that you are in a higher position, you are becoming more and more majestic."

"I don't know why, but when I saw you, I felt like I saw my uncle. I got scared."

Xue Pan is quite generous and at least he is not bad to me.

But after all, he lacks the foundation.

As I become more and more powerful, I am afraid that he will become more and more reserved in front of me.

Thinking of this, Jia Cong said, "Brother Xue is talking dirty again. We brothers are still the same as before. How can we be so estranged?"

When everyone was present, Xue Pan hurriedly asked the store to serve wine and food.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

Xue Pan asked Jia Cong to persuade Liu Xianglian.

For Jia Cong, it was not a bad thing to let Liu Xianglian take over the Xue family's house and make the two families closer.

Originally in Dream of the Red Chamber, they had a very good relationship and even became sworn brothers.

In this world, because of me, they probably won't become sworn brothers again.

It’s not a bad thing to just let them get closer.

Therefore, after Jia Cong persuaded him a few more times, Liu Xianglian agreed.

So everyone was happy.

At this time, Xue Pan said again: "Brother Cong, Brother Liu, I think your marriages have been settled."

"Why not take advantage of the free time before the New Year and bring her home directly."

After Xue Pan finished speaking, Jia Cong said it was inappropriate.

"There are less than 20 days left before the New Year. How can I spare some time?"

"We've only been engaged for a few days, why are you in such a hurry? It won't be too late to choose a good day after the New Year."

When it comes to getting married, it is usually the man who is anxious.

Why would the Xue family be so anxious?

In fact, it was not Xue Pan who was anxious.

But it was Aunt Xue who was anxious.

Bao girl is shameless and has already been in a relationship with Cong Ge'er.

This happened to the two of them more than once or twice.

Aunt Xue was afraid that Baoya would get pregnant by accident.

If you get pregnant at home, it will be a joke.

Therefore, it would be better to send Baoyatou to marry him as soon as possible.

In this way, even if you are really pregnant, you won’t have to be afraid.

When Aunt Xue heard that Xue Pan was going to invite Jia Cong and Liu Xianglian to be a host outside, she told Xue Pan what had been said.

But after hearing what Jia Cong said, Xue Pan couldn't help but say, "Brother Cong, if the New Year is over, the first month of the year will be in conflict with Tai Sui, so we can't get married."

"Brother Cong will probably have to go to Jizhou before the first month of the year. I wonder how long he will be delayed?"

"As for Brother Liu and my uncle, the situation is similar to that of Brother Cong."

"As for my uncle, I don't know when he will pass away."

"And once my eldest uncle dies, my second sister will have to observe mourning for her husband for three years. Wouldn't that delay everything?"

"So it's better to marry her as soon as possible."

What Xue Pan said makes sense.

Jia Cong has been bedridden for several years, and no one knows when he will die.

If this were to happen, Yingchun's youth would be wasted for another three years.

Liu Xianglian couldn't help but say, "What Brother Xue said does make sense, but this house was given to me by Brother Xue."

"If we don't have everything ready, how can we have enough time?"

Xue Pan patted his chest and said, "How difficult is this? I will take care of all these things."

After hearing what Xue Pan said, Liu Xianglian was also moved.

Since going to Jizhou City and being promoted through military merit, Liu Xianglian's thoughts have also undergone a great change.

In the past, he slept with flowers and willows and wandered around.

At this time, he was eager to start a family, and then he continued to work hard and was promoted through military achievements.

In the future, he will be able to ennoble his wife and children and bring honor to the family.

After hesitating for a while, Liu Xianglian said, "Thank you for your concern, Brother Xue. However, I am so anxious to get married that I am afraid the Rongguo Mansion may not agree to it."

Jia Cong said, "That's fine. I will help you with this matter." Hearing this, Liu Xianglian was overjoyed and said, "In that case, thank you very much, Junior Brother."

After a while, the banquet was over.

On the second day, the procedure of three matchmakers and six engagements was continued.

As for the Xue family, everything is going well.

After all, the Xue family was eager to let Xue Baochai marry in right away, so how could they make any excessive demands?

Even the wedding date has been set, which is ten days later.

This day is very urgent.

Fortunately, both the Xue family and the Ningguo Mansion are not short of manpower.

As for Xue Baochai's dowry, it had been prepared long ago.

Moreover, Xue Baochai was just a co-wife.

After all, a concubine is inferior to the principal wife.

In fact, before Daxia, the status of a co-wife was not officially recognized.

There is basically no difference between a wife and a concubine, and their status is extremely low.

However, in the Great Xia Dynasty, the status of a co-wife was recognized by law.

The co-wife is mainly used in situations where the husband has to take on multiple roles.

For example, if there are two brothers, the eldest has a son, but the second has no son.

In order to carry on the family line, the second son let his son become both the eldest son's and the second son's son, and serve as the son of two wives.

In this case, he can marry a wife and his children will inherit the property of the eldest son.

He can also marry a second wife, and his children will inherit the property of the second wife.

But for Jia Cong, there is no such thing as choosing both.

But it doesn't prevent him from taking a concubine.

After all, although he did not hold two titles, he still held two titles.

Moreover, both titles can be inherited.

If Lin Daiyu, the wife, has only one legitimate son, then the offspring from Xue Baochai's side can inherit another title.

Of course, if Lin Daiyu has two or more legitimate sons, the title will still be inherited by the son of the wife.

In short, Xue Baochai, the second wife, actually took advantage of a loophole in the law.

But in general, the status of a concubine is still lower than that of the wife.

In terms of process, there should also be less.

Therefore, we can prepare it in ten days.

But when the Rongguo Mansion heard that the Liu family actually wanted to marry the second girl before the New Year, they couldn't help but get angry.

This time is too hasty.

Give them about three or two months to prepare, and they won't say anything.

There are only about twenty days left until the Chinese New Year. This is too rushed and disrespectful to the Rongguo Mansion.

The matchmakers also hurriedly expressed their concerns.

For example, if a marriage cannot be held in the first month of the lunar year, Liu Xianglian will go to Jizhou City during the first month of the lunar year.

They were also afraid that something might happen to Jia She, which would delay the marriage for another three years. Therefore, it would be better to marry him earlier.

This reason is quite legitimate, but it is a bit too rushed in terms of timing.

Finally, it was Jia Cong who said a few more words, and the Rongguo Mansion reluctantly agreed.

Next, the eldest wife will prepare a dowry for Yingchun.

In fact, the last time Sun Shaozu proposed marriage, Jia She had already prepared a dowry for Yingchun.

But later Sun Shaozu was arrested and imprisoned, and the matter was delayed.

Now that Jia She is ill, the task of preparing the dowry naturally falls on Mrs. Xing.

This was not a difficult task. All one had to do was pack up the dowry that had been prepared in advance.

But Mrs. Xing, this greedy and foolish woman, felt even more helpless after Jia She became paralyzed.

She has no children, so the silver is the only thing that is real.

She would like to save more money so that she can have a secure living in her old age.

Therefore, he secretly embezzled half of the dowry that Jia She had prepared for Yingchun.

Originally, Jia She was a stingy person and only prepared sixteen sets of dowry for Yingchun.

Now, after Mrs. Xing embezzled half of them, only eight were left.

The dowry of Ba Tai is usually so much that any wealthy family would have.

If this was really carried out of the Jia family's gate like this on Yingchun's wedding day, I'm afraid that their Rongguo Mansion would be ridiculed by everyone in the capital.

I’m afraid their entire Rongguo Mansion will become a laughing stock.

After hearing this, Lady Jia was furious and wanted to call Madam Xing over and give her a good scolding.

Later on, I was too lazy to even curse.

Never mind. It’s not worth getting angry with such a stupid woman.

Even Mrs. Wang couldn't stand it anymore, so she gave eight sets of dowry from the second house, adding up to sixteen sets.

Sixteen machines are also very shabby, but they can at least cover up some of the shame.

Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng, the elder brothers, also added eight sets of dowry.

And Lady Jia also added eight sets of dowry from her own pocket money.

So, that’s thirty-two sets of dowry.

Although it was still not worthy of the Rongguo Mansion, at least it could be covered up.

In Ningguo Mansion, Jia Cong was speechless after hearing this.

This is speechless, and in fact it is directed at that stupid woman, Mrs. Xing.

Not many people like Lady Jia, Lady Wang, Jia Lian, etc. are a bit stingy.

In recent years, the Rongguo Mansion has been increasingly running out of money.

Their inner strength was exhausted, but their outer strength was still there.

They still show off everywhere.

But now that the eldest wife is going to marry off her daughter, the time has come for no ceremony.

Next, Jia Cong directly added ninety-six sets of dowry to Yingchun, bringing the total number to one hundred and twenty-eight sets.

This is the highest amount possible. Even the richest family can only give this much as a dowry.

Of course, people might also give away shops, fields, and other things.

But even if Yingchun didn't have these, the dowry alone would be enough for her to support herself in her husband's family for the rest of her life.

Not to mention how grateful Yingchun was after she knew about this.

There is no mention of how Lady Jia, Lady Wang, and Jia Lian and his wife reacted after they learned about this.

Jia Cong was too lazy to pay attention to these.

After all, his wedding date is very urgent.

In just these few days, even he has started to get busy.

Before I knew it, it was the wedding day.

Although Jia Cong had this experience once, he still couldn't help being flustered when it happened again.

I was busy for a whole day, and there were many tedious processes in between, so there is no need to mention them.

After a whole day of busy work, the guests were finally sent away and the newlyweds entered the bridal chamber.

Next, Jia Cong lifted the red veil, revealing Xue Baochai's pretty and lovely face.

As the saying goes, beauty is seen under the lamp, and she is dressed in red, which makes her even more beautiful.

Jia Cong had already drunk quite a bit of wine, and now he was even more drunk.

The two drank the wedding wine, chatted for a while, and then rested without saying anything more.
The spring night is worth a thousand dollars, and the flowers are fragrant and the moon is cloudy.

The sound of the singing pipes on the balcony is soft, and the shadows of the swings in the courtyard are heavy.

The clouds cleared and the rain stopped, and in the dark night, two lines of clear tears flowed from the corners of Xue Baochai's eyes.

After many twists and turns, her marriage to Cong's third brother finally came to fruition.

Xue Baochai gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, stretched out her arms, and hugged Jia Cong tightly.

The next day, Xue Baochai got up early, dressed up, and went to Madam Mei's yard to serve her tea and greet her.

Mrs. Mei originally liked Xue Baochai's dignity and steadiness, and her big butt, which showed that she was good at giving birth.

Earlier, I had thought that it would be nice if I could marry her.

And now, he just happened to marry her home, and Mrs. Mei was naturally very happy.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law talked for a while, and then Xue Baochai said goodbye and left.

Mrs. Mei knew that she would go to Lin Daiyu's place again, so she didn't try to keep her.

Xue Baochai went to Lin Daiyu's yard again, entered the inner room, and saw Lin Daiyu.

Xue Baochai bowed and said, "Greetings, Madam."

Originally, she always called Lin Daiyu "Lin Daimei", but now that she entered the door, she could no longer call her that.

Lin Daiyu hurriedly helped Xue Baochai up and said, "Sister Bao, we are sisters, what are you doing? Don't you know me?"

"From now on, you can still call me Sister Lin. It's getting strange to call me that."

Xue Baochai couldn't help but say seriously: "Madam, the country has its own laws, and the family has its own rules. How can you mess around?"

"If we get used to calling out like this at home, and if we don't pay attention to being heard by outsiders, wouldn't they laugh at us for not knowing etiquette?"

Lin Daiyu advised her several times, but Xue Baochai just wouldn't listen.

Lin Daiyu had no choice but to leave it at that for the time being and wait until later to make a decision.

After leaving Lin Daiyu's place, Xue Baochai went to Xue Baoqin's place.

Although Xue Baoqin was the younger sister and a concubine, she was the co-wife.

But after all, Xue Baoqin entered the school a year earlier than her. It would be even worse if the two sisters became estranged over some trivial matter.

When it came to Xue Baoqin, Xue Baochai was more relaxed.

Chatted and laughed with Xue Baoqin for a while.

Next, Xue Baochai sat in the rooms with Hongxiu, Qingwen, Xiangling and other girls, and gave them gifts.

After dinner, Xue Baochai also went to sit with Youshi and Qinshi in person and presented them with gifts.

In short, when it comes to etiquette, Xue Baochai is very thorough, making it difficult to find fault with her.

The next day, Jia Cong accompanied Xue Baochai back home again.

One day after returning, it was time for my second sister Yingchun to get married.

When it came to Yingchun, there were another 128 sets of dowry.

When Xue Baochai got married, her dowry was also 128 sets.

After only a few days, the people of the capital city were able to witness the scene of ten miles of red weddings, which was quite lively.

As the elder brother, Jia Cong followed the wedding procession after they left the house.

He had sworn that he would never set foot in Rongguo Mansion again in his life. If he said he would not go, he would not go. Even if he sneaked in, it would not count.

As a member of the maternal family, he went to the Liu family.

However, with the help of the Xue family, all the necessary items in the new house were fully furnished and in good order, without any problems. (End of this chapter)