"Wu Erlang doesn't like playing chess?" Mrs. Zhang asked back, "This girl is a child of my family. She is very smart and intelligent. I took my fancy and arranged her to be with Sanniang since she was a child. She also learned to read and write, and she can also play chess, calligraphy and painting, and even
He can also ride and shoot, especially at this chess game. He is also a prostitute and has good cooking skills. To say that there are many daughters from official families, they may not be as smart and talented as Siqi."
Huaiyu held up his hand: "Miss Si Qi is very nice, but..."
"It's good to have Wu Erlang. Please Wu Erlang treat Siqi kindly in the future. Her surname is Chen and her real name is Runniang."
"But!~"
Zhang asked Si Qi face to face again, "Si Qi, are you willing to follow Wu Erlang?"
Si Qi raised his red face, nodded shyly to Wu Huaiyu, then turned to Zhang and said, "I am willing to follow Wu Erlang!"
"Since Wu Erlang thinks that Si Qi is very good, and Si Qi is willing to follow Wu Erlang, then today I will be a man of beauty, and to promote this good thing, this thank you banquet will be regarded as a wedding banquet."
Ping is the wife, Ben is the concubine.
In the Tang Dynasty, taking a concubine did not require any formal documents or etiquette, nor did it require a matchmaker or witness, as long as the family agreed, and the parents had to obtain their consent. If you had a wife, you should ask your wife first. If your family did not object, you could make the decision yourself.
OK.
Such a decisive answer surprised Huaiyu, after all, the two of them had known each other for less than a day.
Huaiyu looked at Si Qi and said, "Miss Si Qi, you are really willing to go with me, have you thought about it?"
Her gentle words and the fragrance of her body hit him, making his heart flutter even after five years of hard training in the mountains.
"As long as Erlang doesn't dislike Si Qi, Si Qi will have no regrets."
Huaiyu looked at this active girl. In the morning, she was Li Sanniang's personal maid. She was riding a horse with a dashing appearance and spoke gracefully. But now she had become his concubine. It was like a dream.
Si Qi leaned against him and said, "Wherever Erlang goes from now on, I will follow him wherever he goes."
Thinking of this, Si Qi took the initiative to reach out and hold Huaiyu's big hand.
This was originally a great thing, but it felt unreal when it was a real person.
"Miss Siqi, I'm just a money catcher, doing miscellaneous tasks for the county students. I don't even have a cave dwelling of my own. You will suffer if you follow me."
If a concubine is to be bought or sold, a contract must be made.
After saying this, if Huaiyu refuses again, he will be toasted and punished with a fine drink. What was originally a good thing would make both parties unable to step down.
Even if she did something wrong one day, she would be sold out and asked to come to Yabozi to take her away to the market for people to choose and buy, without any qualifications or ability to resist.
Whether she is a slave, follows her master, or follows Li Sanniang all the time, as a dowry girl in the future, she can only follow the arrangements.
Suddenly a sister Chen fell from the sky?
"Erlang, go back to the house."
All the other girls were willing, Zhang Chuchen, Li Qing and Li Deyu were all willing to give it to him. Why was Wu Huaiyu so coy? He laughed a few times and picked up Si Qi, making the girl very shy.
Huaiyu was greatly shocked. Previously, Zhao Cheng and his family followed him from Bailuyuan to Longqiao. They originally wanted to work as long-term workers, but Lao Wu directly took his family as his own slaves and changed their surnames. He was shocked at that time.
It's not easy to encounter. No matter what the reason is for Madam to make this decision, once you encounter it, you have to hold on tight and never let go.
In the Tang Dynasty, a concubine must be a good person. Siqi is still a maid in the Yongkang Palace and cannot give Huaiyu as a concubine. Otherwise, if the government considers it a crime, Huaiyu will be imprisoned for one and a half years for taking a maid as a concubine. But Zhang also said
, she would write to Li Jing, the head of the family, to write a document stating that he would be released from prison, and then ask Li Deyu, the eldest son of the family, to co-sign. At that time, he would register it with the government, apply for the ultimatum, remove the attachment, and just move him from the household registration of Yongkang Palace.
But then I thought about it, Siqi is just a slave who is better than an animal. Although he is a domestic slave and Sanniang's personal maid, he is still a slave. If he follows Huaiyu as a concubine, it may not be a bad thing. After all, he is also a slave.
He is still young, not bad looking, and he is a child of an official family.
After all, the Li family is kind to Siqi, otherwise they can just transfer her slave deed to Huaiyu. The slaves are just livestock, and the official transfer registration and deed will be enough.
Over there, Li Deyu even smiled and said: "Siqi is not an ordinary maid in our family. Previously, I asked my mother to ask one of Sanniang's maids to be my concubine, but neither my mother nor Sanniang refused."
Zhang Chuchen stood up and said, "I think it's getting late, so I won't disturb your auspicious occasion. Come, please send the newlyweds Wu Erlang and Siqi back to the guest house to rest."
Looking at Wu Huaiyu, she felt warm in her heart. Although they had only known each other for a long time, he was very caring about her in the bathroom today. He was not rude at all and his conditions were very good. It was a good thing that she could not even dream of before.
Even if the documents haven't arrived yet, with this slave deed in hand, he can take Siqi away directly.
"Walk,"
Li Sanniang looked on with some annoyance, "Wu Erlang, you are a majestic seven-foot-tall man, mother-in-law, can you please be more relaxed?"
Huaiyu was so shocked that he didn't react for a moment. How could he give away such a tall and beautiful woman in just a few words?
Zhang even asked someone to get Siqi's slave deed first.
However, Zhang Chuchen still expressed his willingness to ask Li Jingfang to spare her as a good man, and he was also willing to prepare a dowry for her so that she could marry into the Wu family in a more dignified manner as a concubine instead of a maid.
As a lowly slave, she has no choice at all. She has understood all this since she was a child, and has never had any extravagant desires or fantasies. She just waits to be arranged in the future, and even her parents cannot make the decision.
, she is a slave, her parents are also slaves, and the whole family is a slave of the Li family, and everything must be obeyed by the Li family.
"This this···"
"Please Erlang accept it." Si Qi held up the deed.
Si Qi cried with gratitude and knelt down to kowtow to express his gratitude.
This dowry is definitely not small for a maidservant. This is a rare reward. She is truly given as a member of the Li family.
When Li Jing's release documents are delivered and Li Deyu co-signs, Huaiyu can use the slave deed to apply for an ultimatum to Si Qi and transfer his household registration to the Wu family.
Zhang and others all left, but Si Qi saw that he was still stunned.
Of course, ordinary people are not actually qualified to take concubines. Unless the wife is over fifty and has not yet given birth to children, she can take concubines. Otherwise, to take concubines, you must have a title, rank, etc. Wu Huaiyu is the son of a high-ranking official, and he has no
Although he was an official and nobility, he was also a magistrate and a miscellaneous official in the county, so he could still take concubines.
Huaiyu smiled.
Marriage in the ancient times has always been about the parents' orders and the matchmaker's words, and it is also about the right match. For a daughter from a famous family like Li Sanniang, her parents had to choose her marriage, and even had the approval of the clan. In the final analysis, it was a blind marriage.
The Wu family does not have such conditions as the Yongkang Palace. As a maid here, she can wear silk and satin and ride a horse. When she goes to the Wu family, she may have to live in a dilapidated cave and wear common clothes.
Don't think about it anymore, just forget it.
She is also a girl who can work in the kitchen and even ride a horse.
"When you marry a chicken, follow the chicken, marry the dog, follow the dog. Si Qi believes that Erlang is a wishful man who is worthy of being entrusted to him for life."
She walked up to Siqi, took her hand and told her: "You are a son of the Li family. You followed Sanniang since you were a child. You are a sensible girl. Now you are with Wu Erlang and get along well. I will give you twenty acres in Lijiazhuang, Sanyuan."
I will give you an ox and a mule, twenty bolts of silk, eight thousand coins as your dowry, and a set of clothes and beds for all seasons, as well as a set of pots and pans for the kitchen. I wish you the best.
The days ahead will be prosperous and smooth.”
Si Qi held up the deed, and tears instantly burst out of his eyes, looking pitiful.
"Erlang."
But now the Li family is doing something even more amazing, directly giving young girls like Si Qi to him as concubines.
Huaiyu stood there, still a little messy in the wind. Happiness came too suddenly. He looked at the girl next to him. She had eyebrows like distant mountains, a face like a silver basin, a small cherry mouth, fair skin and beautiful long legs.
Zhang's serious expression finally turned into a smile, and Li Sanniang let him go with a snort.
"Thanks to the girl for not giving up, I have gained a wife and a third wife. The elder man shows his love so much. Wu Er expresses his gratitude here."
Siqi raised his slave contract to his eyebrows and presented it to Huaiyu respectfully.
Everyone ignored his inappropriate remarks.
Huaiyu held Siqi in his arms and strode towards the guest house.
Siqi's face was red and his whole body was stiff.
"Your ankle is sprained and it's not healed yet. It's difficult to walk. I'll carry you." Huaiyu lowered his head and said softly to her.
As soon as these words came out, Siqi's heart was filled with happiness. She hugged Huaiyu's neck tightly with both hands, and she snuggled into his arms, as limp as mud. She let him hold her in his arms and strode forward. She felt his majestic arms and their broadness.
