Chapter 271: Even if you don’t want to marry, you have to marry
Yongcheng is in the northwest of Jinhe Dynasty and belongs to Xiqing Prefecture, but it is not on the border. It is far away from the capital and is not afraid of Tatar invasion. Several of the old man's cronies are in power there...
It was indeed a good place, and the old man really worked hard for those two people. Of course, Zheng Ji also knew how to look at people.
Jiang Yixi said nothing and listened silently.
For ordinary girls, Jiang Chang has good conditions in all aspects. She is tall, has a simple and honest personality, her parents are generous and kind, and her family has a small amount of wealth...
However, Meng Hua was the daughter of Duke Cheng and the granddaughter of a grand master. Before, she had set her sights on young talents from wealthy families.
If you really want to marry such a man, the gap can be imagined. Can Meng Hua be willing to do so?
Meng Hua is different from Meng Ciyu. The old man will not force her to live in that place or marry that man.
The old man went to Fu'an Hall, called Meng Hua over, and told the old lady about Jiang Chang's situation.
Meng Hua expressed his willingness immediately. It is said that Meng Hua cried all night after returning to the Alchemy Academy. Is this because he buried all the good wishes and expectations in the past?
After Jiang Yixi heard about it, she had to admire that girl. It was not like she had been reborn once and thought everything through. She was only fifteen years old and had been pampered before. It was not easy to get to this point. She was more difficult than her father and brother.
Take on more responsibilities.
It was a secret for the brother and sister to go to Yongcheng, and they could not bring too much from the capital. The land in Fu's dowry had to be converted into gold and silver, and the brother and sister would each have half of it. They would keep part of it in their hands, and the other part would be placed in the Yongcheng area.
Produce.
The Meng family will also give Meng Hua 20,000 taels of silver, which is the dowry given to her by the Meng family. They will also give Meng Ciyu 50,000 taels of silver, including 20,000 taels of silver for the betrothal gift and 30,000 taels of silver for the family.
The old man is worried that Meng Ciyu's temperament is unstable, so the fifty thousand taels of silver given by the Meng family will not be handed over to him for the time being. Instead, the second master and Meng Cimo will jointly keep it until he is determined or when he is thirty years old.
The news is that the old man is asking someone to find a family for Meng Hua in his hometown of Shaanxi. Perhaps Meng Ciyu will also return to his hometown.
Jiang Yixi was busy collecting money for the brother and sister, and in the blink of an eye it was the beginning of winter.
On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, the old man received a reply and token from Mr. Liu. Mr. Liu agreed to betroth his daughter Liu Tian to Meng Daoming, and Liu Tian was very willing.
Liu Tian only made one condition, which was to bring his twelve-year-old daughter Niu Xiu to live with the Meng family and marry her in the capital in the future.
The old man had no objection to this, so he took the letter and token to Fu'an Hall.
The room on the east side of Fu'an Hall was busy. Except for Meng Hua who didn't come, other women and children were here to join in the fun.
The old man gave the letter to the old lady, and the old lady found out that the old man had arranged a marriage for his eldest son without telling her.
Although the old lady had never met Liu Tian, she had met Mr. Liu and his wife, and said, "Both Mr. Liu and his wife are dark and strong, and his daughter... is still so old. The eldest son is particularly special.
Hobby, can he be willing to do it? Don’t harm Mr. Liu."
At first, Meng Daoming heard that the girl from the Qu family was good-looking, so he pestered his mother every day to go to the Qu family to propose marriage. The old lady was unwilling, thinking that the Qu family was of low status. Later, the eldest girl of the Qu family became the prince Liangyuan, and the old lady was even less interested.
I agreed, because the old prince did not allow his descendants to occupy the team.
Meng Daoming said "I want to go to the battlefield" to get the old lady to agree. Later, he was deceived by Fu Yaoying and left behind the Qu family that he finally begged for.
Now if he is asked to marry an ugly woman, will he be willing to do so?
The old man said solemnly, "My parents make the final decision on marriage matters. He has to marry him even if he doesn't want to. If he dares to act like a monster again, let's see how I deal with him. Humph, the Liu family is not a weak Qu family..."
The juniors couldn't bear to listen any more, so they got up and went to the living room.
Jiang Yixi could see that except for Meng Ciling, Meng Zhao'an, and Xiao Cuncun, everyone else was excited to watch the excitement and listened carefully to what was going on in the side room.
She was secretly happy that Xie Daoming's popularity was average.
Not long after, Cheng Guogong and the second master came back from the office and were stunned to see the women and children staying in the hall.
The second master asked, "Why didn't you go into the house to serve your father and mother?"
The second lady glanced at Duke Cheng Guo and smiled at the second master, "My father-in-law and mother-in-law are discussing important matters. We..."
After hearing this, Duke Cheng Guo and the Second Master hurried to the side room.
Not long after, I heard the loud voice of Duke Cheng Guo, "Dad, I will not marry Liu Daluotuo's daughter..."
With a crisp porcelain sound, the old man smashed the tea cup and shouted, "How dare you..."
Meng Ciling was so frightened that she burst into tears, and she pursed her lips and did not dare to speak. Meng Zhaoan was also so frightened that she clung to the clothes of her second mistress.
The second lady got up and took everyone to the west side of the room.
Not long after, the second master came over and asked them to go back to their yard to eat, and the two brothers accompanied the old couple.
On the way, the second mistress asked Jiang Yixi quietly, "Sister-in-law, do you think my uncle will marry that person?"
Logically speaking, Jiang Yixi should say "I don't know" because after all, Duke Cheng Guo is her father-in-law.
But Jiang Yixi just said, "Who in our family can go against my grandfather's wishes?"
The second grandma pursed her lips and smiled and said, "I think so too. Haha, uncle is so lucky. One is stunningly beautiful, the other is charming, and now here comes another one..."
Feeling that he had said something he shouldn't have said, he blushed and shut up.
The next morning, the juniors went to Fu'an Hall to pay their respects.
The old lady looked gloomy, but she still said to Jiang Yixi, "We are going to invite a matchmaker to Wucheng to arrange marriage. We are preparing a generous gift for Liu's family."
Jiang Yixi asked, "Are you prepared as usual?"
The old lady said, "What I want is to thicken it by another 50%. Also, clean up the main courtyard. Except for the Liu family bringing in the furniture, the furnishings in the other rooms should be as grand as possible, without the style of Fu's time."
In addition, we will clean up a yard for little girl Niu to live in. Please hurry up, my father-in-law means that after one year after Mrs. Fu's death, your father-in-law will marry Mrs. Liu next June."
Jiang Yixi cursed that she still wanted to prepare for Meng Daoming's marriage, but she could only nod in agreement.
The news that Duke Cheng Guo was going to marry the daughter of General Liu of Wucheng immediately spread in the Duke Cheng's mansion.
In Liudan Courtyard, Grandma Li carefully told Meng Hua this.
He also advised, "Girl, don't be sad, men are like this."
Meng Hua shook his head and smiled bitterly, "I no longer miss my father. When he married my mother, Mrs. Qu had just died a year ago. He hated my mother so much that he still longed for him to remember that love.
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Grandma Li added, "I heard that the man was as strong as an ox and the Duke of the country didn't want to marry him, so he forced her to marry him."
"Whether he wants it or not, in a few months, there will be no more Meng Hua in this world. You also have to restrain the people in our courtyard. No matter what others say, our people should not go out and talk too much." Like Chunman Jinghua.
Chapter completed!