Chapter 131: Marriage

Weaving Mansion, Kaiyang Courtyard, and the west side.

Taking advantage of Cao Yin's spirits, Li discussed Cao Yi's marriage with him with a letter from the Jueluo family.

This time, Cao Yuan returned to the trip, not only brought back the return gifts from several families, but also brought back a letter from the old lady of the Jueluo family. In the letter, Xitara mentioned that she was old and not very healthy, and hoped to hold her grandson as soon as possible, so she had no regrets in her life. She expressed her tactfully that she hoped that Seshtu and Cao Yi would get married before the end of the year.

Cao Yin nodded and said, "Since the wife of the in-laws said that, I just agreed. I just rushed forward a little, but I have asked people to watch the day?"

Li smiled and said, "After reading the letter, I asked someone to read the almanac and prepare for the dowry. It would take some time for me to go to Beijing. The ones who went ahead in September did not call me to read them. The next September 16th, October 5th, 24th, and November 22nd were all good days for marriage. But if I checked this way, if the master responded to the marriage, I would ask the Cao Yuan family to take the birth dates and horoscopes of the two children and look for someone to calculate these days."

Cao Yin said, "Well, September is too fast. I'll see that October 24 is good. Let's calculate it first. If September is good, let Yi'er go to Beijing earlier. Let's hurry up here to prepare dowry."

Li nodded and said, "It's already being prepared. But there is no exception to follow. Yan'er married a prince. Yi'er's dowry cannot be comparable to hers, but her in-laws have yellow belts, so she can't be as prepared as the second girl in the West. I thought that the clothes on the head and face were the same as Yan'er. The gold and silver that were not slapped were slightly thinner, and the lacquerware and the ruler were reduced by 20% - this was thicker than the second girl's. Master, look..."

Cao Yin said, "It's very appropriate. Just the same thing, Yong'er once said that the Jue Luo family was not very rich, and the dowry should not be too generous, and the face of the in-laws should not be reduced. In addition, please ask her to take all the dowry money left by the old lady for Yi'er, and we will give her another dowry."

"I was thinking of going to the same place with the master." Li smiled, "I will explain to Yi'er about the matter of silver and ask her to go to Jueluo's house and just quietly supplement the household expenses. In fact, she has always been aware of the general situation, and we are not worried about it."

Cao Yin nodded with a smile after hearing this. He was quite satisfied with this daughter, knowing that she would not do anything that would embarrass her in-laws.

Li hesitated for a moment and asked again: "There is another thing to ask the master for an idea. Should I also inform the West Mansion of Yi'er's marriage before the New Year?"

When talking about his brother Cao Quan, Cao Yin was also quite bored. There is no need to mention the rift between Gali and his family. Now Gali and Governor Zhang Boxing are in the same situation. However, Cao Quan was placed on the road at this critical moment by Lu Daotai and married a daughter of the Lu family as a second wife. He was like standing in the team automatically. If it weren't for Cao Yin's face, Cao Quan would have no idea how many times he had been repaired. Cao Yin mentioned his brothers several times openly and secretly, but Cao Quan still didn't know what to do. He always thought about some balance and thought that he would be able to stand neutral by looking for a marriage from Zhang Boxing and expressing his loyalty. In the end, Cao Yin almost broke the last layer of window paper, which made Cao Quan wake up.

Things outside were messed up, and Cao Quan was still in chaos at home. Cao Quan was unable to do anything from beginning to end. When Zhao Jia made a fuss, he had no choice. Cao Yin was really tired of telling Cao Quan something, but Cao Quan was Cao Yi's biological father after all, so this matter should be said in terms of emotion and reason.

Cao Yin looked at Li helplessly: "Please come over and say it."

Li said, "Then let's go and calculate the days first. If you have to go back two days, let the Western Palace choose one, which is also..." Seeing that her husband nodded, she looked tired, and stopped the words behind her, helped her lie down and told the others to go.

*

Cao family, Xifu.

Since that day when Lu Mei met Cao Yong in the East Mansion, she has been uneasy, afraid that her identity would be misleading. She has stayed honestly in her small yard more than ever before. On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival family banquet, she even said she was sick and did not attend.

After pretending to be sick for several days, Zhaojia sent an old lady to take a doctor to see him. The doctor naturally said that he had thought too much, and said that the spleen was weak and liver fire was strong, so he prescribed a prescription. The old lady didn't tactfully point out Lu Mei. Zhaojia was pregnant and could not get sick. Lu Mei's disease was about to develop, so she had to move her out. Lu Mei would not dare to pretend again, so she would be "healed without treatment."

Lu Mei came to the main room with a strong aura to pay tribute to Zhao Jia. As soon as she passed through the hall, she saw Jade and Baodou walking over. After she asked, she found out that Cao Quan and his wife had been invited to the East Mansion.

Lu Meile had to see Zhao Jia. Because it was rare to come out, she had already thoughts of inquiring. She had asked the maid Fuyun, and knew that Jade was originally a servant of the old lady and was from the East Mansion, so she wanted to take Jade and Baodie to her to drink tea.

Baodie was originally a dowry maid from Zhaojia, and she had a son. Originally, no one in the family except Zhaojia did not flatter her. No second wife was better than the second wife! Now, Lu Mei got the real name of the second wife and suppressed her. How could she feel happy? She also knew that Zhaojia could not tolerate these second wife, so she was too lazy to be polite with Lu Mei. After saying a few words, she wanted to pull jade away.

Seeing her attitude, Lu Mei immediately passed on her resentment towards Zhaojia on Baodie, with a smile on her face, but she held Jade's hand tightly and invited her to drink tea again.

Jade was originally a modest person, and also called Zhao Jia, who had no temper. She only looked at the family situation coldly, but she refused to offend her. Therefore, she was dragged by Baodie and Lu Mei, and she was very embarrassed and couldn't speak. She had to smile awkwardly.

Baodie knew the nature of jade, so it was impossible for her to tear her face today. She snorted lightly, let out her hands, and turned her head and left.

Lu Mei proudly pulled Jade to his yard.

The tea was brewed, and Lu Mei tried her best to speak with the tea leaves and foam, starting with Tieguanyin's tea, and gradually moved to the east mansion. However, Jade drank more tea and spoke less. Lu Mei praised him and praised him, and then she followed her to cater to him. Lu Mei wanted to say what was wrong, but she smiled without saying anything. Lu Mei wanted to ask, she could say a word and never said a word.

Lu Mei walked around and felt bored. Finally, she gave up all the tricks and asked with a smile: "I heard that our second master is studying in Beijing? Will he come back from the provincial examination next year? The old man in the East Mansion is also in his sixteens and seventeen years. Are he a juren or a jinshi now?"

Jade smiled and said, "The uncle is now in charge of the imperial court."

Lu Mei's eyes lit up and pretended to be surprised and said, "The uncle is so amazing! But... have you been put in Jiangning now? I heard that it refers to the marriage, this..."

Jade shook his head and said, "I have never been released. I will return to Beijing to get married in a few days."

When he heard that Cao Yong would return to Beijing, Lu Mei's heart, which had been hanging for many days, finally fell back to her original position. He immediately felt much brighter and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Then he began to plot against Cao Yong who would return to Beijing for the time being, and when would she hide?

*

At the weaving house, Cao Yi tried two new snacks under the kitchen. After trying them well, he asked the maid to put two plates in the food box and personally brought them to his parents for food.

As soon as I entered Kaiyang Courtyard, I met Jinlu, the maid in Li's room. Jinlu came to greet him and said, "Miss looking for the master and wife? They are in the main hall of the house."

Cao Yi was stunned: "Why, is there a guest here?" He felt something was wrong. He was also in the main hall of the outer courtyard, so how could he get to the inner courtyard? Then it should be...

Sure enough, Jinlu said: "It's the second master and second wife of the West Mansion who are here."

Cao Yi nodded and said, "Then I'll come back later." He said that, and turned around and walked out.

Jinlu sent her out and saw no one around in the hall, and she smiled and said whispered: "Miss is so happy, I am so happy to congratulate her."

Cao Yiqi said, "What a great joy?"

Jinlu smiled and said, "I just sent tea. I heard that it was the master and wife discussing the girl's marriage. She said it was done before the New Year. Wouldn't it be the girl's great joy?"

Cao Yi blushed and spat on her, "Your hoof actually made fun of me."

Jinlu knew she was ashamed, and smiled, and sued her for her crime and retired to do her own thing.

He put down Cao Yi and covered his feverish face and went back to his yard without mentioning it, but said that the main room of Kaiyang Courtyard, Cao Yin and his wife told Cao Quan and his wife that they were going to marry Cao Yi before the New Year, and then took the days calculated by Cao Quan for the time being. One of them was the fifth day of the October 22nd and the other was the twenty-two of November.

Cao Quan felt mixed feelings. In fact, he had always felt guilty about Cao Yi's daughter, and wanted to do something for her, but he didn't expect that in the end he could only choose a wedding date for her. The more he thought about it, the less he felt uncomfortable, and he couldn't help but say, "Yi'er's dowry..."

As soon as he said these five words, Zhao Jia responded with a flash: "Didn't the old lady keep the third girl's dowry? I think it's more than enough. Our second girl's dowry is not enough."

Cao Yin's face was sank, but he didn't say anything, just lowered his eyelids and savored the tea. Li looked at her husband's face, thinking that he was annoyed by his brothers and his wife's rude words. Then he looked at Cao Quan's blue face and Zhao Jia's fiery eyes. He smiled and said to Cao Quan: "You don't have to worry about the dowry, you're all prepared. Uncle, let's see which day we can reply to the in-laws and let others prepare."

Cao Quan glared at Zhao Jia hatefully, looked at the two days written on the red paper in front of him, picked up November 22nd and said, "I think this day is good."

Cao Yin nodded after seeing this. This day not only gave Cao Yi time to go to Beijing, but also staggered the busy time of the twelfth lunar month. It was really good. Li also praised it a few words.

Zhao Jia felt bored, so she lowered her head and held her stomach without interrupting. When Li saw it, she smiled and said, "There is nothing else. My aunt is so sank. Let's go back and rest earlier."

Zhao Jia did not refuse, so he stood up steadily and took back Cao Yin and Li with a smile. Cao Quan wanted to ask Cao Yi a few questions. Seeing that Zhao Jia's eyes were about to burn over, he was afraid that he would be burned to ashes when he sat down, so he had to get up and leave.

After they left, Cao Yin put the teacup on the table, looked unhappy and walked back to the inside. Li sighed. Although he didn't expect anything from them, it was always disappointing. She shook her head secretly and followed her husband in.

Both Cao Quan and Zhao Jia returned to Xifu with anger. They closed the door, but it was a normal thing. It was not Zhao Jia's first to show their power, but Cao Quan threw a teacup on the ground.

Zhao Jia said coldly: "I really know how to pick expensive ones. If I fall like this, I will drink the northwest wind at home."

Cao Quan said angrily: "Did you lose money after marrying the Cao family for so many years? What exactly are you doing to get so tight?!"

Zhao Jia pointed to her stomach and said, "What's the purpose? Isn't it our children?! The old ladies each left five thousand taels of marriage for each of them, but our young ones didn't have any slightest bit!! Why don't you take to marry him if you don't feel any more chewing?"

Cao Quan said: "Cao family can still get a shortage of money for him to marry a wife?"

Zhao Jia sneered, "When do you have to take a concubine when you get married? Why don't you have to support your second house without money? You might as well take a look at Xiaonan yard to see how much food and clothing your second house grandmother is ordinary and which is free of money?"

When Lu Mei mentioned, Cao Quan was guilty and immediately lost his words.

Seeing Cao Quan's face relaxed, Zhao Jia took out a veil and wiped the tears into the corner of her eyes, with a sad voice: "You are just taking care of yourself, how can you know the difficulties of your family? We are a member of the official position, but where can we make money every day with the brother and sister-in-law of the big house? I also want to do my best to do my best to do my best, but I have to have money to do my best, right? The five thousand taels of dowry from the old lady is enough for her to use, so where can we use what? What are you worried about?"

Cao Quan snorted, glared at Zhao Jia, and without saying a word, he stood up and went to Lumei's room in the backyard.

When he left the door, Zhao Jia turned her handkerchief and held her stomach and said to herself, "I don't know when you will have to be the 5,000 taels of silver."

*

At the gate of the weaving mansion, a group of people galloped over, and it was Cao Yong and others who came back from Yangzhou. Cao Yong was very tired, not only tired from running back and forth, but also tired.

Last night, he did not refuse Zhao Hongyu's kindness and brought Wei Xin, Wei Bai and others to settle it in the Zhao Mansion.

The matter ended successfully, and Zhao Hongyu was in a bad mood. He asked his son to go in and handed over the words, and then gave Li Ding a lot of suggestions. Naturally, the Li family also had to record his good deeds. On the Cao family, he was a fourth-rank prefect, and he was a good person. Apart from the few concubines of the Wang family who died in vain and Li Ding, the others were all "bandits", with a total of forty corpses. The contribution of such "bandit suppression" was naturally great, not to mention that the Cao family helped the beautiful words on his son.
Chapter completed!