The young master of the Cheng family is seriously ill and bedridden. He has been bedridden for more than a month now. He has called in famous doctors both inside and outside Jingzhou Prefecture, including old ladies in the palace, but nothing can be done.
Finally, the ancestors of the Cheng family invited Chengyang Taoist priests from Sanxingguan back to perform rituals and divination, and used the medicine to bring happiness, which might cure the young master's life.
As a result, everyone in the Cheng family was moved, and the stewards and mothers-in-law from top to bottom searched all around Panshi Town.
Everyone inside and outside the circle knew that the young master of the Cheng family needed a happy birthday, and he wanted a girl whose birthday was in August.
I heard that a suitable girl from the Cheng family would be brought into the house in a sedan chair, and a serious matchmaker would marry her, and the bride price would be a thousand taels!
The villages in these ten miles and eight villages knew about it, and there were quite a few people who were excited and wished that their own girl would be chosen.
Just a thousand taels of betrothal gift is enough to make people jealous.
Therefore, there is no need for the mother-in-law who is in charge of the Cheng family to run around. There are even people who come to the Cheng family village these days to say that their daughter or granddaughter was born in August, and Baba hopes that the Cheng family can choose her.
For a time, Chengjiazhuang was very lively, with an endless stream of people coming and going every day.
But in just five days, the names of the girls born in August were written down in the notebook.
But in the inner courtyard of the Cheng family, the atmosphere was still solemn.
The ancestor, who is now ninety-eight years old, has white hair and a face full of grooves. He does not look like he did when he was young. The only thing about his eyes is that they are not cloudy and are still bright.
When you look at a person, you first look at the eyes. Just by looking at these eyes, you know that this old man is a long-lived person and is still alive.
"Are you sure that all the girls born in August in Panshi Town have their birthdays here?" The ancestor said quietly, and the people standing and sitting below were all worried.
The eighty-year-old Mrs. Cheng seemed to be no younger than her ancestors. She had gray hair all over her head. She was pinching her handkerchief and her eyes were red and swollen. "My poor little great-grandson!"
"Cry, cry, cry, why are you crying? Take a good look at your body! It's time to drink medicine. Xiu Qi's family, help your mother-in-law go back and drink medicine." The ancestor gave her a look, and what he said did not appear to be out of line with her.
He's the one who's older.
But everyone in the Cheng family knows that Mrs. Cheng's health is not as good as that of her ancestors. She has become worse and worse in the past two years, and it is certain that she will not live to the age of her ancestors.
This time, she was so anxious and worried, and what's more, Mrs. Cheng had already taken the medicine. No wonder the ancestors wanted to persuade the daughter-in-law to take care of herself.
Landlord Cheng's wife heard her grandmother's instructions and quickly agreed. She got up and helped Mrs. Cheng back to her yard.
Our ancestors are in good health and have been the family for decades. Whether it is Mrs. Cheng or Mrs. Cheng, they have no control over the family.
It wasn't until Landlord Cheng's son married his daughter-in-law that the ancestors personally selected her and taught her step-by-step. After a few years, the management of the Cheng family's inner courtyard was handed over to her, bypassing her predecessors.
In the hands of Grandma Cheng.
Grandma Cheng is worthy of being handed over by her ancestors. Her son is seriously ill and she is more worried than anyone else. However, she can still hold on and manage the family well, which shows her style.
When you are the head of the house, you have to be able to be stable at critical moments.
She flipped through the book in her hand and continued: "The Taoist Master said that it must be within the jurisdiction of Panshi Town, but all the girls born in August in Panshi Town are here, and no one's birthday is
The horoscopes are completely consistent with the horoscopes derived from the Taoist hexagram.
I just visited Cheng'er's place, and although there is a Taoist priest guarding it,... time is running out, ancestor, what do you think should be done about this matter?"
The ancestor pondered for a moment, then suddenly said: "My Cheng family is a great philanthropist. Although we never bully the people, we will always help whenever there is a disaster. The memorial arch for the family of good deeds built outside was personally given by each magistrate. Now it has been
There are nearly ten of them.
Who among these ten miles and eight towns does not know the good deeds of my Cheng family? Who has not received relief and assistance from my Cheng family?"
"But God insists on teasing me like this."
"My family loves their children, but there may not be other families in the world who love their children as well. Although the betrothal gift of a thousand taels and the eight-carriage sedan chair are rich, they can't be compared to the love a parent has for his daughter."
The ancestor sighed softly, but Grandma Cheng was startled when she heard it.
She didn't think anyone would deliberately hide the birth date of their child after being promised a daughter-in-law gift and an eight-carriage sedan chair.
Who wouldn’t want to get this great benefit?
Besides, both she and the ancestors are sincere and sincere, and they are serious people who will admit this young mistress of the Cheng family, no matter what the outcome of the wedding is.
The Cheng family can't do anything like killing a donkey.
Seeing the face of this great-grandson's daughter-in-law, the ancestor Xian knew what she was thinking. He smiled and sighed, "Yuan Yuan, don't underestimate the heart of a parent. In this world, people are not always blind to money.
Parents who are willing to push their children into the fire pit for money."
Grandma Cheng pursed her lips, "Why are you entering a pit of fire? I, the eight-carriage sedan chairperson of the Cheng family, are marrying a matchmaker. Even if the marriage doesn't go well in the end, Cheng'er is still..., but since this daughter-in-law has entered the Cheng family, she is my daughter-in-law.
I will treat her well."
"But who is willing to let his daughter be a widow since she was ten years old, and stay there for decades, even if she is rich and well-fed?" the ancestor asked back.
Grandma Cheng immediately thought of her daughter Wanwan. Apart from her son, she was the only daughter she had. These two children had always been her heart's content.
She doesn't want her children to suffer.
Yes, she has such thoughts, how can she doubt that others cannot have such thoughts?
In this world, parents love their children the same way.
Those parents really don't love their children, and she looks down upon them.
Can……
Grandma Cheng couldn't help but sigh, and her eyes suddenly turned red quietly.
Why can't I find it if God doesn't open my eyes?
Grandma Cheng clenched her hands tightly, feeling extremely sad, but as the matron of the house, she could not mess up the situation on her own at any time.
Behind her, the huge Cheng family were all watching.
Don't think she doesn't know how many people in those side branches are ready to make a move.
If it weren't for the ancestor's sea-fixing needle, these people would have come to the door long ago to cause trouble.
"Old Ancestor, I plan to ask my subordinates to go to the villages ten miles away to screen again. If they can't be found in the end, it will be Cheng'er's fate, and I accept it." After calming down, Grandma Cheng said.
The ancestor listened and said: "Since the Taoist priest has divined this hexagram, it proves that there must be a girl with this birth date in Panshi Town, and it cannot be faked."
"Now, it seems that the family deliberately concealed this result."
"In urgent matters, we can only find the person first and then compensate them."
"Let's make it clear. I, the golden grandson of the Cheng family, need a girl born at the eleventh hour of the ninth day of the eighth lunar month to be happy. If you meet the criteria, I will be given a betrothal gift of a thousand taels of gold. Regardless of your status, if you are successful, you will be the young mistress of the Cheng family who is being married by the matchmaker. If you are not successful, Cheng
The family recognizes her as her own daughter, and will find a good family to marry her generously in the name of her daughter, and will never treat her unfairly!"