The Concubine's Survival Manual

Chapter 121

The political situation in the DPRK and China was not stable, so the Gui family gradually drifted away from the Yang family. Gui Hanchun returned to Beijing not long after, but there was no news.However, the Quan family quickly found a marriage for Quan Zhongbai - in terms of background, this second young lady is barely qualified to be the second wife.

It just so happened that Brother Nine won the election, the Eldest Master discussed with Mr. Nian for a long time, and then asked the Eldest Wife what she meant, and said that Ruiyun, the fourth daughter of the Quan family, was Brother Ninth's wife.Quan Ruiyun's identity as the daughter of a famous family is enough to match Ninth Brother. Although he is a year older than Ninth Brother, the eldest wife is quite critical, but Ninth Brother is 17 years old and has reached the age of marriage. It's too late for the Qin family to talk about their marriage after the filial piety. The elder is eager to embrace his grandson, but he can't wait that long.

The Quan family is rushing to arrange a marriage for the little miracle doctor Quan Zhongbai. Although they have a tacit understanding with the Yang family, they always have to be married in order. After leaving the cabinet.After February and into March, the eldest wife personally found a matchmaker from Zixuan to come to the door, and invited the colleague of Emperor Qin's back then to be the officiant to come to the door to talk about marriage.

It was at this time that the matchmaker sent by the Xu family also came to the door.The eldest wife swept away the indifference of the past year, and actually received the matchmaker in person, without putting on airs at all, she agreed to the marriage with a smile on her face. The marriage between Seventh Lady and Ninth Brother has been on the agenda since then, and it has begun to operate in an orderly manner .

Married from a high family, there are many etiquettes. No matter in terms of status or ability, the twelve aunts are not enough to provoke the leader. The eldest wife has been fasting for a year, and her spirits are getting worse, so she has to borrow Grandma Min to come here every now and then. Help, in private, is not without emotion.

"Having more sons is really an advantage. You see, Da Ge talked about the three daughters of the Wu family as soon as he was elected this year. With our family's power, these marriages are all good! The three brothers are all juren, and it is easy to talk about it." It's really beautiful, if one or two Jinshi can be selected next year, this school will become prominent... It's not like our family, Brother Nine wants to find an old girl for a kiss, it's best to give birth as soon as he enters the school!"

It was rare to complain to Seventh Lady.

During this year, the eldest wife had the intention of keeping filial piety for the fifth lady, she lived in seclusion and devoted herself to worshiping the Buddha, and her relationship with the seventh lady went a little far without knowing it.

I don't think it's just the anniversary, but I'm showing my old attitude again, talking about other people's family affairs, I am very caring, but I am not satisfied with this or that with my own daughter-in-law, and I can find faults everywhere.

"People in the capital look at their daughter Jingui, so it's nothing to stay for a long time." Seventh Lady was a little embarrassed: she had seen Ruiyun from Quan's family at the time, and she was only one year older than her. It's like saying that Qin Niangzi is too old.

The eldest wife's reaction was much slower than a few years ago. After hearing Qin Niangzi's neither soft nor hard reply, she still muttered to herself, "Just pass through the door. If you don't have a baby in two years, won't you be in your twenties? You can stay for a long time." Not this way of staying—"

Seeing that Grandma Min frowned and kept looking at Qin Niangzi, she suddenly realized, and then hurriedly smiled to turn around, "But their Quan family didn't stop for a while, first they changed the Yuan, and then it was the wedding of a few brothers. some."

Immediately, they started talking about the dowry list sent by Quan's family.

"Although the Quan family has many children, Mrs. Quan is still willing to give up her own daughter." Even if the eldest wife is still sour, she has to admit that this dowry list is really impeccable.
"Even this furniture is prepared too much. How can there be room for the young couple in the yard!"

Seventh Lady couldn't help pursing her lips, but she didn't respond. Grandma Min looked at Seventh Lady with a smile, and then went back to First Lady, "Didn't Uncle just say something, the house in Chongjingfang will be used by Brother Nine and his wife in the future?" Yes? Madam Quan must be very sincere, I am afraid that it will be troublesome, so I simply prepared all the decorations of the house."

He also boldly reminded the eldest wife, "The marriage of the Quan family was only brought up half a month earlier than that of the Xu family. The eldest aunt knows it well. After half a month, our family will also send a dowry list to Xu's family." Home!"

It was only then that the eldest lady seemed to have been reminded, oops, and came back to her senses.

"Isn't it?" She held Qin Niangzi's hand, looked at Qin Niangzi's eyebrows and eyes, "I'm busy this time, but I didn't take care of you——Is Xiao Qi impatient?"

The eldest lady is suspicious of this, really annoying.

Seventh Lady simply told the truth.

"Mother can't wrong Xiao Qi." In her attitude, there was a real resentment, "Why should Xiao Qi be anxious?"

It seems that Qin Niangzi still has some dissatisfaction with marrying into Xu's family as a ready-made stepmother.

On the contrary, the eldest wife was very satisfied. She patted the back of Qiniangzi's hand and laughed. "It's still Xiaoqi who knows what mother is thinking-the ten Xianxiu workshops have been under your name half a year ago, but the deed book always forgot to give you. There are also a few dowries your father added to you, tomorrow Write it out for you to take a closer look, and then send it to the Xu family!"

Grandma Min knew how to make fun of it, and as soon as the eldest wife finished speaking, she gasped.

"Auntie is really big!"

The eldest lady could not help but smile a little, she waved her hand lightly, "It's nothing."

He held Qiniangzi's hand again and dropped the second bomb, "The thirteen Xianxiu workshops under your Fifth Sister's name are reserved for Shiro and Goro as a rule, but the child is still young. The family is rich, so how can we treat them badly—I think, in the next fifteen or sixteen years, let these thirteen Xianxiu workshops pay their bills to you instead!"

Grandma Min took a breath of cold air, which made her feel a little sincere.

The annual income of Xianxiufang is 10,000+ taels, no matter which city it is placed in, the weight is not light. Although it is divided into three parts by the eldest wife, the amount of 6 taels a year is enough to make ordinary officials speechless. .

According to what the eldest lady said, before Shiro and Wulang got married, the profits from the thirteen Xianxiu workshops under Wu Niangzi's name belonged to Qi Niangzi - this remuneration is really not light.At least for the next ten years or so, Qin Niangzi's annual income of 10 taels will be secure...

Just this item of dowry can be called a real big deal!

Seventh Lady frowned suddenly, a little panicked. "Mom, I—how can I need so much money!"

The eldest wife and grandma Min immediately looked at each other and smiled. "It's still the tone of my daughter's family."

Naturally, there was another explanation, and Seventh Lady gave way again and again, but the eldest wife refused, and Grandma Min pushed to make things worse, so she made such a false response to the story, and Seventh Lady had no choice but to agree shyly and timidly.

This pretentiousness made all three of them a little tired, Grandma Min felt that she had helped Qiniangzi a lot, so she got up and said goodbye, and stopped playing the side drum for Qiniangzi.Seventh Lady also had a look of gratitude and fear, got up and said goodbye and went back to the courtyard to rest.

She was about to get married, and she didn't live in her mother's house for long, and she didn't take care to tidy up the small courtyard, the east and west rooms were full of boxes and cages, only the main room was still elegant and tidy, with the usual color of Seventh Lady.Lixia and other maidservants were cleaning up the house. Seeing Qiniangzi coming back, they greeted Qiniangzi with a smile and said hello. Qiqiao even blushed, and repeatedly described to Qiniangzi, "Such a big coral bonsai... is really rare in the world!"

This is about a pair of coral gold and jade bonsai that the Xu family sent to Qin Niangzi to "press the box head".

Qin Niangzi just smiled and entered the room, sitting alone at the table lost in thought, after thinking for a while, she called Li Xia, "Bring the Four Treasures of the Study."

So I personally wrote a letter, handed it to Lixia, and ordered in a low voice, "Please send Uncle Zhou to Anfufang tomorrow. Although my cousin hasn't come back yet, but...it's the same for my aunt to see."

Feng Jin has been very busy for years, and like Xu Fengjia, he has never been seen. It was only when he returned to the capital in the middle of last year, and after repeated inquiries that Seventh Lady was well and happy, there was no news again, and it seemed that she had gone out of Beijing again.

Li Xia's expression changed, he took the letter and carefully put it in his bosom, and Seventh Lady asked her again, "Have you taken a fancy to anyone... If it's from our family, you should have spoken earlier, so that I can ask my wife for someone."

Immediately, Li Xia blushed. This plain-looking maidservant in plain clothes murmured for a moment before softly saying her name, "If the wife doesn't let you go...you don't have to make trouble."

"Madam will definitely let him go." Seventh Lady interrupted Li Xia's confession with a smile.

What more should I say, the laughter of Liang's mother came from outside the house. "My wife sent me the pear flower cake newly rewarded by the palace... and these are some medicines mentioned in the Taiping formula prescribed by Young Master Quan. After the girl finishes eating, just tell me..."

Compared with usual, her laughter was slightly higher-pitched, revealing a subtle tension.

Seventh Lady's heart skipped a beat.

Immediately, I thought of the promise made by the eldest wife today.

She smiled and told Li Xia, "Thank Mama Liang for me, and I won't go out."

After sending Liang's mother away, he picked up another piece of pear cake and a small packet of medicinal materials, and signaled Li Xia to put it away. "Find a doctor to taste it, is there something too much, something is missing..."

Li Xia's expression changed, and he solemnly agreed in a low voice.

Five or six days later, she asked for leave to visit relatives, and sent two replies to Seventh Lady.

Seventh Lady laughed while watching.

After more than three months, Xu Fengjia finally left for Beijing. Xu's family and Yang's family negotiated and set the wedding date on the third day of September.Two months later, on the third day of November, there will be a happy event for the Yang family and the Quan family.

(End of this chapter)