Shen Weili neatly invited the old man and his wife, sent the servant out, closed the door, and then explained the matter.
After that, without waiting for the second elder to make a decision, he directly took the family tree and scrawled in black the place where Shen Ling's name was written on it.
He is now the magistrate of a county, in charge of local household registration and people's livelihood. Since Shen Ling was exterminated by him, he naturally moved his household registration from the Shen family in line with his duties.
Zhou's letter said that Shen Ling was so devoted to the village girl that he was willing to be married to her and asked his father to return his household registration to Erlizi Village.
How could Shen Wei not know that Zhou's involvement was definitely involved, but now that everyone in Erlizi Village knew about it, he was forced to have no choice. In this case, he could only do it cleaner.
After seeing off the old man and his wife, he wrote a letter in the study alone.
This letter is written to the village chief.
Among them, Shen Ling was sternly accused of being shameless, wasting his years of painstaking teachings, and betraying the Zhou family's love and education. He was an unfaithful and unfilial person. Now it was he who took the initiative to sever the relationship with his father and son in order to straighten the family tradition.
When he wrote this, he stopped writing, frowned and thought again. After all, he is a father, and making such a decision will inevitably make people feel chilling. This letter was given to the village chief, so what else is there in it? It doesn't hurt to add a few strokes.
So at the end of the letter, he sincerely asked the village chief to take care of Shen Ling in the future, just like a kind father who couldn't bear the suffering of his son but was heartbroken.
Another letter was written to the Zhou family. The content was much simpler, with only a few sentences asking them to set off as soon as possible and not to stop at Erlizi Village. Shen Ling has been removed from the family tree, and his life and death no longer need to be concerned.
After writing the letter, Shen Wei leaned on his chair, feeling regretful and having a headache for a while.
Why did he marry such a business woman just for money, and he was just jealous and ignorant, but he also harmed the adopted son he had secretly cultivated for many years because of the words of a Taoist priest?
My heart aches!
Not to mention what's going on with Shen Wei, Qin Manzhi has been so busy lately that he has no free time at all.
Daughter Zhuang Keqing's marriage to Shen Ling has been decided on the twelfth day of August, the Bailu solar term.
She has invited the matchmaker with the best reputation in Sanlin Village to propose marriage to the village chief's house. Now that the man and woman have exchanged marriage invitations, the next step is to prepare separately.
They said they were preparing separately, but in fact it was all handled by her. Fortunately, Li Guihua next door could help, otherwise she would be too busy alone.
Zhuang Keqing was not idle either. He took advantage of delivering goods and selling tofu. He made countless trips to Songling Town, and every time he went there and returned with a full car.
Needless to say, melon seeds, wedding candies and the like are all prepared according to the richest varieties. As for the fabrics for wedding clothes, although we can’t afford silk and satin, the fine fine cloth is not frugal at all. Aman was even prepared to make new clothes.
Qin Manzhi took care of the clothes on the woman's side. On Shen Ling's side, Zhuang Keqing asked Aunt Li for help. Aunt Li often showed off her purse and went to town to sell it. She was good at needlework and was close to her, so she felt at ease leaving it to her.
Let’s talk about wedding preparations.
Zhuang Keqing took advantage of this wedding to renovate the house at home. She hired a mason to paint the exterior and interior of the house with yellow mud again. She also repaired the roof above and uncovered the remaining tiles. Lay new ones.
The renovated house looks brand new, but it actually feels like letting go of the old and welcoming the new.
We also ordered a complete set of furniture. We didn’t choose the most expensive wood, but only the strong and durable ones. When placing the order, Carpenter Lin’s chest clapped loudly, making sure the work was done beautifully. He also specifically told Zhuang Keqing that the goods would be available in half a month. , if you are not satisfied with anything at that time, you can still change it.
At this point, the whole village has finally seen clearly that the banker's girl is really looking for a son-in-law, and this is no joke!
But Shen Ling, who was supposed to be one of the protagonists, was still the same as before. He helped the village chief with some housework and farm work every day. When he was free, he also went to collect firewood and water. He never picked and had no consciousness of being the groom's official. .
Sometimes fellow villagers in the village would meet him by chance and would say hello and ask how he was doing. However, although he was polite and courteous and answered all questions, the villagers could never say the joking things they usually said casually.
Just...don't know why.
When it comes to recruiting a son-in-law, it is different from ordinary married women. They are relatively low-key.
Some ask the woman to stay at her grandmother's house the day before yesterday, and then the man goes to his grandfather's house to welcome the bride, or he directly goes to the woman's house to get married.
Zhuang Keqing thought about it over and over and felt that it was not good.
There is a long way between her maternal grandfather's house and Erlizi Village, and you can't walk there in a day. Don't even think about it. Thank God for not coming to make trouble at Ah Nai's house, but if Shen Ling goes directly to her house to worship, it feels like It's a bit too hasty.
After thinking about it for a few days, she finally decided to rent a horse and let Shen Ling wear wedding clothes. The banker was greeted by a pedestrian butler to show his respect.
But, I wonder if he can ride a horse? If not? How about renting a donkey?
Shen Ling, with a stunning Qingjun appearance, dressed in red and auspicious clothes, came from afar, but it turned out that there was a donkey under her crotch.
Zhuang Keqing couldn't help laughing when he thought of this.
"Why are you laughing?" Aunt Li was helping peel beans in the farmer's yard. She looked up at the girl who was unloading food from the trolley and joked: "You are thinking about getting married soon, and you can't hide your joy?"
The wedding was approaching, and there were a lot of things to prepare. Qin Manzhi didn't even have time to prepare the food, so Li Guihua volunteered to take care of the matter directly. She also said that she would also come to help with the flowing water banquet on the day of the wedding.
"Aunt Li understands me." Zhuang Keqing was not embarrassed at all. After unloading her things, she went out, "I'm going to the village chief's house. If my mother asks, please tell me."
"This girl is really shameless, and she can't tell who she is following." Li Guihua smiled and shook her head, ignoring her, and lowered her head to work again.
When Zhuang Keqing arrived at the village chief's house, Shen Ling was cleaning the pig pen.
The village chief’s family has two fat pigs, both of which were piglets brought in last year. They have been feeding them for more than half a year now. The pigs can eat and poop. On this hot day, if the pig pen is not cleaned for a day, the consequences will be serious. You can smell it all over the main house, not to mention the buzzing of flies and insects.
Shen Ling carried a bucket of pig grass into the pig pen. The two pigs knew that this man was here to feed, and followed him around in circles. He poured the pig grass into the trough, and he waited for the pigs to eat it. I went out and replaced the food bucket with a shovel.
He started shoveling the pig manure from the innermost part of the pig pen, cleaning it bit by bit, then put a pile of pig manure into a special dustpan, and then picked up a pile of hay and spread it evenly on the ground. When he finished his work, the two pigs were still eating and had no time to pay attention to him.
And Zhuang Keqing's eyes have never moved from the moment Shen Ling fed the pigs.
Interesting, she thought.
Obviously more than a month ago, this was a cheap young man from a wealthy family. Although he said that he was not very good, he never collected firewood, fed pigs and did anything in the fields like he does now. Now look at it, if you ignore the other person's appearance and temperament, he will He really looks like a farmer who is used to farm work, very neat inside and out.
"Shen Ling, would you like me to raise a piglet for you?"
Lying on the wall of the village chief's courtyard, Zhuang Keqing tilted her head and smiled happily at the young man inside.