There is a folk custom in Daqi. If someone is seriously ill, or if a parent or elder is seriously ill, a hasty marriage can be used to dilute the "bad luck". In the eyes of Daqi people, illness is the same as bad luck, both are plagued by bad luck, so it is necessary to

Let the joy come to lighten it up.

But although it is good for the patients, it is not good for the bride who is married to him. Not to mention the bad reputation, he will be looked down upon by neighbors, relatives and friends after entering the house. Therefore, generally only poor families who can't make ends meet will sell their daughters to marry.

In any case, it is better to be married to the wife of the matchmaker than to be a concubine or even sell her to a guild.

How could a family like the Du family agree to let Du Hengshuang celebrate his birthday?

Even Xiao Shiji felt uncomfortable. He subconsciously didn't want Du Hengshuang to face such a situation, and he didn't even want to tell her...

"Happy?" Xiao Shiji was astonished, "Is it that serious? No, I have to ask Prince Yi to help him to accommodate, and ask an imperial doctor to come and take a look again."

Zhu Susu was very dissatisfied, stretched out his hand to smooth the hair on his forehead, and said angrily: "Brother Xiao can't trust my medical skills?"

Xiao Shiji said seriously: "Human life is at stake. This is not a question of whether you believe it or not. If my mother is serious enough to celebrate, it would be better to invite a few more doctors to take a look."

Zhu Susu bit her lower lip, and a row of snow-white braided teeth made several delicate teeth marks on her lower lip. After a long time, she smiled and shook her head, "Brother Xiao is really shrewd, and I can't hide anything from you.

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"What do you mean?" Xiao Shiji narrowed his sharp eyes like a falcon and stared at Zhu Susu with some unkindness.

"Brother Xiao, are you really not aware or are you pretending not to know? My aunt is suffering from a heart disease, and her heart disease needs heart medicine." Zhu Susu sighed, looking helpless.

"What's wrong with you? I'm about to get married. Mother should be happy, right?" Xiao Shiji frowned, not understanding what Zhu Susu meant.

Zhu Susu looked around, but stopped talking.

"If you have anything to say, just say it. This is my study, no one else can come in." Xiao Shiji said calmly.

"Then let me tell you the truth. Brother Xiao, in order to get a wife, you built walls and started construction at home, and renovated the new house to be even better than Xiheyuan. Have you ever thought about your aunt's feelings? - She is worried about you marrying a wife.

Forgot about mother!" Zhu Susu looked like he hated iron.

Xiao Shiji and Mo Ran. Long Xiangye did have this meaning, but is it really that serious?

Xiao Shiji moved uncomfortably on his mahogany official chair, "If it's just a mental illness, it would be easy to handle."

Zhu Susu sighed, "It was a heart disease at first, but now it is no longer a heart disease. Don't you know that if a person is depressed for too long, his body will collapse and he will have thoughts of committing suicide?"

Even Xiao Shiji would not understand "depression" in modern medicine. Zhu Susu just kept shaking his head and sighing, lamenting that a mother-in-law has to torment her daughter-in-law, which is true in ancient and modern times.

Fortunately, I didn't try to trick Xiao Shiji, otherwise I would have bought one for one and got Long Xiangye as her mother-in-law. Her life would have been short-lived for several years. Although she was snobbish, she also knew practical things. She cherished her life more and did not have to make herself miserable.

As for Du Hengshuang, Zhu Susu found that she was more sympathetic to her now than jealous. After all, there is such a white lotus-like Bodhisattva waiting for her to worship at home, and no matter how good the relationship is, it will be wiped out...

Xiao Shiji didn't speak anymore. After sending Zhu Susu away, he also invited several imperial doctors into the house one after another. They found that Long Xiangye was indeed seriously ill. He was so thin that there was only a handful of bones left.

At this point, Xiao Shi even had to believe it even if he didn't believe it.

"Mom, you are so ill, why don't I give you a happy birthday?" Xiao Shiji said this with great difficulty in front of Long Xiangye's hospital bed.

Long Xiangye stared at Xiao Shiji's increasingly sharp profile, sighed slightly, shook his head and said: "No need. I can't do it anymore. You have to be considerate and take good care of your younger brothers and sisters. Remember to take care of them in the future.

I was buried together with your father. In my whole life, after thinking about it, the most comfortable days I have lived are the days by your father's side..."

Xiao Shiji couldn't bear it any longer. He knelt down in front of Long Xiangye with a plop, lowered his head, clenched his fists tightly, and his broad shoulders seemed to be crushed.

"Mom, don't worry, I won't... won't... forget my mother after marrying a daughter-in-law. Over the years, I have neglected my mother and my siblings, but I... I... I am also here for this family."

Long Xiangye smiled and caressed Xiao Shiji's cheek, "I know, I know everything. You don't have to feel guilty, and you don't have to be happy. Shuang'er comes from a wealthy family, and letting her be happy is really wronging her, and you will feel guilty for the rest of your life.

It’s a pity. It’s really not worth hurting the relationship between our mother and son over this matter. Shuang’er is a good girl, you should live a good life with her, have children in the future, and grow old together. - There is no need to celebrate. I am an old woman.

Living till now is enough."

Xiao Shiji felt even more uncomfortable, and his head hung lower. My mother was not yet forty years old, so she said such depressing words. Was it because she neglected her family too much?

Xiao Taiji heard it outside the door, rushed in, knelt on Long Xiangye's bedside, and said loudly: "Mother! Let Yunlian celebrate the wedding! I don't care whether the reputation is good or not, as long as mother can get well, let Yunlian and I

Anything is fine!”

Xiao Shiji turned his head and glanced at Xiao Taiji, and said coldly: "What are you messing with?"

Xiao Taiji turned to Xiao Shiji and said sincerely: "Brother, I'm serious. My sister-in-law's family has been friends with our family for generations, and now she is the eldest daughter of Jingzhaoyin's family. Let her celebrate, even if she is willing,

Her mother would definitely not be willing to do it. Why would you make it difficult for your sister-in-law? Yunlian is different. I went to their house today and they all agreed. They just said it was too hasty and the dowry was not fully prepared. I just

I made my own decision and said that there is no need for a dowry. Our Xiao family is rich and we are not short of their dowry of several hundred taels."

Xiao Taiji had just turned fifteen, but he had already accomplished this matter quietly.

Xiao Shiji suddenly felt that he had neglected his family for too long. Unknowingly, even his younger brother, who had only let him carry him on his back, had his own ideas and started to stand alone.

"Let the younger brother and sister celebrate the wedding. Does her family really not care?" The county magistrate is also a ninth-rank official. Even though mosquitoes are small, they are still meat. Isn't it because the poor are about to starve to death that they sell their daughters?

"Of course her mother was a little reluctant, but her aunt and cousin strongly agreed, saying that saving a life is better than building the Qijijifu. If you can help, just help. She also said that our Xiao family is a kind person and will definitely not

I'm sorry to Yun Lian." Xiao Taiji accomplished something for the first time, and there was already a hint of hope in his words.

He didn't like studying. He didn't want to go to school, let alone be an official. When he was a child, Long Xiangye also sent him to school. He spent three days fishing and two days drying. After he learned a few words, he never wanted to go there again.

His favorite things since childhood were counting money, abacus, and accounting books. Of course, he secretly went to the Xiao family's shop and learned these skills from the shopkeepers. Not only did Xiao Shiji not know about it, but even Long Xiang didn't know it.

Ye didn't know very well. It was just because he was the youngest son and had no father since he was a child. He didn't even have enough to eat. Long Xiangye felt that he had been wronged, so he was very proud of him. Even if he didn't go to school, he wouldn't be able to say anything.

One word for him.

"Later, the Prime Minister of Guan County came out and made a final decision, saying that we can marry immediately, as long as the mother's health can be improved." Xiao Taiji grabbed Long Xiangye's hand with a look of admiration on his face.

No matter what you say, this second child is much more considerate than the eldest child.

Long Xiangye sighed. "Thank you so much. Brother Tai, you have a good wife. When Yunlian comes in, you can't treat her badly. Whoever dares to despise her in the future, I will be the first to refuse."

." As he spoke, the happy matter had already been decided.

Xiao Shiji opened his mouth and swallowed the words. Indeed, Xiao Taiji was right. Even if Du Hengshuang was willing to do something to celebrate, Fang Wu Niang would never agree. And even if Fang Wu Niang was willing, Xiao Shiji himself would not agree to it.

He didn't want to. He didn't know why, but the thought of wronging Shuang'er, the one he loved most in his heart, was like ten thousand claws scratching his heart, and he wished he could do it with his own body.

In his heart, his marriage to Du Hengshuang was something he had been looking forward to for fourteen years, and he did not allow any flaws or shortcomings to remain.

He wants to give Shuang'er the best things in the world.

In this case, let the younger brother get a wife first.

Xiao Shiji felt extremely guilty and stood up and said: "My brothers and sisters are so reasonable, of course we can't treat them badly." Someone, please bring me a banknote of 10,000 taels of silver and send it to the Guan family, saying, we are the ones giving it to my brothers and sisters.

Subsidy for the dowry." The Xiao family's betrothal gift has already been sent. The dowry gift of 20 taels is worth one thousand taels of silver. Of course, it is not as good as the 120 taels of silver given to Du Hengshuang, which is worth 20,000 taels.

However, Du Hengshuang married the eldest son and later became the clan's wife. Her sisters-in-law could not be compared to her.

Long Xiangye felt much relieved, struggled to sit up, and ordered: "Bring over my jewelry box, and send over my set of gold inlaid with jade and sea blue pearls to add to the box for the child Yunlian."

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The Xiao family had plenty of money and could get things done quickly. Three days later, the Xiao family held a wedding and married Guan Yunlian.

Since Xiao Shiji felt guilty, he wanted to compensate his mother and younger brother even more, and gave his younger brother the wedding yard he had carefully prepared.

The wedding day happened to be the day when Du Hengshuang married Ji.

Xiao Shiji hurriedly looked at Du Hengshuang's hairpin and rushed home to attend his brother's wedding.

Daqi's weddings followed the ancient tradition and were held at dusk, so Xiao Shiji had enough time to rush back.

Du Hengshuang looked at Xiao Shiji's hurried away figure, a doubt arose in his heart, and stood silently under the corridor in trance.

Zhu Susu stayed at Xu's house all day today. Seeing Du Hengshuang's overjoyed look, she shook her head secretly and couldn't help but walk a step late and stayed to say a few words to her.

The guests had all dispersed, and Du Hengshuang met Zhu Susu on the veranda returning to his own yard.

Looking at Du Hengshuang's bright red dress trimmed with black ruffles, Zhu Susu was half envious and half joking: "Miss Du is in high spirits during happy events. Looking at her today, she is even more beautiful than yesterday."

Du Hengshuang saw that Zhu Susu's words were nondescript, so he glanced at her calmly and said calmly: "Of course it is a happy event. I am in better spirits. Is there anything wrong with me?"

"Yes, of course you are right. However, I always thought you were a smart person. Who knows that you just have a smart face, but you are actually a confused person. I really think highly of you." As he said this, he shook his head.

The look on his face didn't seem to be fake.

Du Hengshuang immediately thought of Xiao Shiji and how he was restless today, his eyes darkened, and he said to Zhu Susu: "Girls, if you have any words, please speak directly."

Zhu Susu watched the sky getting darker and didn't want to stay outside for a long time, so he said concisely and concisely: "Why don't you want to go to the wedding? Do you know that although the reputation of the wedding is not good, you can get benefits. I generally don't care.

It’s just a nosy thing, but because Brother Xiao has always treated me well, it’s the first time I want to help you, and you can still refuse, which is really unexpected.”

Du Hengshuang was surprised, "What are you talking about?" Then she immediately reacted, "Is it my aunt's illness?" She was so anxious that she could no longer care about etiquette. She was busy calling the maid to come over and follow her to Xiao's house.

Take a look.

Zhu Susu was also surprised, "You don't know? You don't know about this?"

Du Hengshuang didn't have time to play charades with her any more, and said angrily: "You don't have to tell me, I'll see for myself and find out." Then he started to walk out.

Zhu Susu hurriedly reached out to hold her and whispered: "It's too late. The evening ceremony has already been held tonight."

Du Hengshuang turned around suddenly and glared at Zhu Susu, "Who do you think will hold the dusk ceremony?" His heart was pounding. He was afraid that it was Xiao Shiji.

Zhu Susu understood Du Hengshuang's fear, nodded with a smile and said: "You still know what you are afraid of? - It's Xiao Taiji, Brother Xiao's younger brother is getting married." After saying that, Zhu Susu also understood. Xiao Shiji was not worried at all.

I never told Du Hengshuang about this!

"Well, Brother Xiao really has nothing to say to you. I hope you will be worthy of Brother Xiao's hard work in the future." Zhu Susu shook her head, turned around and left.
To be continued...