Su Hao's wife, Yang Gendi, was not as open-minded as Hao Yizong. When Su Hao returned home, she just told her mother that she was going to Yunnan. The old lady burst into tears and snot, and she cried so hard that Su Hao was at a loss:
"Mom, why are you crying? I just sent these soldiers to the border and came back there. It only took half a year."
"Hao'er, you haven't traveled such a long way. You see, you were injured by strongmen even when you went to Luoshan. I heard people say that Yunnan is on the horizon, and there are hundreds of thousands of people away from us.
It's a long way, how can we get back in half a year?" Yang Gendi said nonchalantly.
Su Hao wiped his mother's tears and said with a smile: "Mom, look what you said, it's a thousand miles away. Your son is not Sun Monkey going to learn Buddhist scriptures. How can he go to Tianzhu? Yunnan is not far away from us.
It’s only a mere 4,000 miles.”
"4000 miles is not enough?" Yang Gendi said, "If we walk 40 miles in one day, it would take us 100 days to reach it." I really can't tell that this rural woman can do division very well.
"Uh...Mother Shengming." Su Hao said, "However, after asking around, we may take a boat from the Yangtze River and go upstream. It may not take more than 100 days to get there."
"It's a 4,000-mile journey. You don't know anyone on this journey. What if you encounter a strong man again?" Yang Gendi said.
Su Hao said: "Mom, you don't have to worry about this. I am going with a team of more than 100 people. In this peaceful and prosperous age, even if there are strong men, they are just small groups of bandits. How can they defeat the elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty? Look at Hao Tong.
, Deng Kui and the others, aren't they just going back and forth between Jiangxi and Yunnan, and they don't even say they are afraid of strongmen."
"But what will you do when you come back? You will be alone." Yang Gendi asked again. When it comes to her son's safety, she is not so easy to be deceived.
Su Hao was amused by his mother's quick wit: "Mom, you are thinking too much. I sent people there for Deputy General Deng, can he not care about my return? Besides, the one who gave me the message was the Ministry of War, maybe the Ministry of War
I want your son to make meritorious deeds and then be promoted to an official position. When the time comes, I will have a real-life President Qian, a high-ranking official of the fifth rank, who can still walk alone?"
"Really? You are right." Yang Gendi's attention was attracted by the matter of becoming an official. She thought that her son had only been in the county for half a year and had already become a master in the county government and a sixth-rank officer in the army.
Hundred households, she felt that it was not impossible for her son to go to Yunnan and come back as a Qian household. Her son was right, even a seventh-grade magistrate would be cheered when he went out, and a fifth-grade Qian household,
Can you still walk alone?
"Son, when you go to prison over there, don't try to show off. All the war stuff is done by rough guys. You are a scholar, so just shake your feather fan in the back and be a strategist." Yang Gendi said to him.
Su Hao came up with the idea. During the six months since she arrived in the county town, she had gone to the theater several times with others, and she had a rough idea of the plot in the play. She also knew that military advisors were all feather fans.
"Deputy Commander Deng has his own military adviser, so there is no need for me to fan. I'm just a guest. Even if I want to go to war, they won't let me go into battle for fear of embarrassing me. Look at Deng Kui
, Hao Tong and the others are so good at martial arts, can Deputy General Deng still like me?" Su Hao deprecated himself to make his mother feel better.
Yang Gendi thought for a while and felt that what Su Hao said was quite reasonable, so she felt relieved. She said: "Son, when are you leaving? I have to quickly find a tailor to make you some clothes. You are away from home."
Yes, he is dressed sloppily and makes people laugh."
Su Hao said: "Mom, this matter is not urgent yet. I don't know when the official document from the Ministry of War will be released. Even if the official document is released, the soldiers will have to prepare for a few days before we can leave. There is no such urgent matter."
"Are you really not in a hurry?" Yang Gendi asked.
Su Hao said: "There's no rush, I'm thinking, I'll have to wait at least a month."
"It's only a few months, isn't it almost the Chinese New Year?" Yang Gendi said.
Su Hao said: "That's true. Maybe the Ministry of War will let us wait until the Chinese New Year."
Yang Gendi looked around and saw that Lu Xiu'er was not around, so she approached Su Hao and whispered: "Hao'er, since the departure is not urgent, Mom will discuss something with you."
"What's going on? It's so mysterious?" Su Hao asked strangely.
Yang Gendi said: "Son, do you still remember the time when Magistrate Han invited Mr. Fang to propose marriage to Miss Han?"
Su Hao's heart moved and he nodded: "Remember."
Yang Gendi said: "This matter, I am also in a dilemma. Speaking of which, I also like this girl Qian'er. She comes from a wealthy family, knows books and is polite, and she does look like my son when she goes out.
Looks like a perfect match..."
"Wait a minute, Mom, are you trying to persuade me to marry Miss Han?" Su Hao asked.
Yang Gendi nodded and said, "That's what mom means."
"But, you also know that she is a girl from an official family, and it is impossible for her to marry me as a concubine. Isn't that why I rejected her?" Su Hao said.
Yang Gendi said: "On the days when you went to look for gold mines for that Eunuch Li, Miss Cheng came to our house. She told me that in fact, let Miss Qian'er be your official wife and Xiu'er be your concubine.
This is good. In fact, it doesn’t matter if the daughter of a small family like us in the countryside is a wife or a concubine. Even if Xiuer is a concubine, who would dare to bully her if her mother supports her? "
"Uh..." Su Hao was speechless. Cheng Yi, an old witch, really had some ability to incite. In just a few days, she actually convinced her to change her mind. When she refused Fang Mengjin's proposal of marriage,
, I admire myself quite a lot. Alas, speaking of it, this sense of hierarchy is still at work. Yang Gendi always puts herself in the position of an inferior commoner. She thinks she is a great official when she looks at the county magistrate.
"What do Xiu'er think?" Su Hao asked.
Yang Gendi said: "Xiu'er is shy, how could she tell me directly whether she is willing or not. However, I heard from Miss Cheng that Xiu'er was relieved in private and said that as long as you treat her well, she will be your wife or concubine.
Indisputable."
"Yes, I understand." Su Hao responded. He could guess that the reason why Lu Xiu'er relented was probably because Cheng Yi had done some work in it. Cheng Yi must have frightened Lu Xiu'er, saying that Su Hao would become a high official in the future.
If Lu Xiu'er were the head wife, she would have to appear frequently in public. With Lu Xiu'er's character, she would definitely be timid about such things. In this way, with Cheng Yi's slight instigation, Lu Xiu'er willingly agreed to put her
He was demoted to the position of concubine.
Such a result was beyond Su Hao's expectation, but it was something he was happy to see. It was impossible to say that he didn't like Han Qian. He had refused so firmly before because he was just worried about hurting Lu Xiuer's heart.
That's it. If Lu Xiuer is willing to quit and her mother can accept it, then the conflict between wives and concubines will be resolved. Being able to hug two beauties on the left and right, what reason does Su Hao have not to accept such a good thing?
"So, you have already decided on my marriage these days when I am not at home?" Su Hao asked with a smile.
Yang Gendi glared at him and said, "If you are not at home, who of us would dare to decide your affairs? Aren't we waiting for you to come back before we discuss it with you?"
"Well, you just have to make a decision on this kind of thing. Parents' orders cannot be violated." Su Hao said with a smile. With such a result, of course he would be willing to obey his mother's arrangement.
Yang Gendi said sternly: "Hao'er, you are an official now, and I, a bastard, don't dare to make decisions for you. What do you think, do you think Mom's arrangement is appropriate?"
"Let's wait until Xiu'er and I have a talk." Su Hao said, "She has to be willing to do this before I can do this. I don't care who is my wife or my concubine, but who knows what she thinks?"
"I'm thinking, since you're not in a hurry to leave, then we'll seize the time to propose marriage to the magistrate of Han County and then make an appointment. We'll get the marriage done before you leave, so that everyone can worry less. What do you think?
?" Yang Gendi said. In fact, she already knew Lu Xiuer's attitude. What she was most anxious about now was to sort out Han Qian's affairs quickly. Things might change if it was too late.
"Wait a minute, Mom, I think there are still some flaws in this matter." Su Hao said.
Yang Gendi was stunned: "What's the flaw?"
Su Hao said: "We have figured it out and are willing to accept Miss Han. But we rejected her at the beginning. Now that we have come to propose marriage, can Magistrate Han readily agree?"
"This..." Yang Gendi was also dumbfounded, wasn't she? At first, she rushed over to propose marriage, but Su Hao poured cold water on her. Now that she is fine, she has turned around and wanted to get married, and she couldn't do it.
Selling a pass?
"Hao'er, in your opinion, what should we do?" Yang Gendi asked.
Su Hao sighed and said: "This matter can only be discussed in the long run. I will go to Master Fang later and ask him to find out what Magistrate Han is saying. These officials are all very concerned with face. Maybe Magistrate Han will hate me long ago.
Even if I die, I won’t marry my daughter to me."
"It's all your fault for being so impatient about everything!" Yang Gendi complained, "You couldn't have slowed down a little and stopped speaking so harshly? When you said this, I remembered whether Magistrate Han was happy or not.
It's the same thing. Miss Han herself may be annoyed with you in her heart. Now that things have happened, maybe you want to marry, but she doesn't want to marry yet."
"That's not true." Su Hao scratched his scalp and said, "Well, I'd better ask the old witch to ask Miss Han. She's good at asking such things?"
"Witch?" Yang Gendi wondered.
Su Hao smiled: "Isn't it that Cheng Yi? She is still a girl who has not left the court, and she is quite capable of dealing with these gossips. Such a capable person can't find a way to marry herself off?" (To be continued)
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