Although Ye An and Qin Mumu are engaged and have announced their wedding date, Qin Mumu still cannot live in Ye An's mansion.
After all, there is no reason to marry from the family of the person you want to marry.
Ye An knew that Qin Mumu had been unhappy these past few days, even sad.
After all, when a woman gets married, her parents are away, and her relatives and friends are away. The closer she gets to her wedding, the more lonely she will feel in this world.
At this time, as if to celebrate his recovery and to show it to foreign ministers, the little emperor held a banquet in Qionglin Garden in the name of the Laba Festival, and invited courtiers of the fifth rank and above as well as noble sons of the clan to participate.
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Queen Mother Liu E also took this opportunity to issue an order to the imperial concubines of Tokyo City to also participate. The banquet places were not in the same place, but not far apart. The purpose was very clear.
Although it is in the name of marriage for the children of the Gaoming family, most people know that this is actually a reward before the New Year.
Like beans spilled from the small yellow gate in the palace, people poured out of the palace city to report to various houses, and Ye An, the newly promoted Marquis of Yunzhong County, was among them.
Ye An received the news from his neighbor Ge Shanshu's house. Neighbor relations in ancient times were far more cordial than in later generations, and most people had an extremely friendly attitude towards their neighbors.
"Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors!" This sentence is not said in vain. It is a real friendly relationship. As long as we get along well, it can even surpass some relatives and friends.
Ge Shanshu Xingsan, his neighbors said that he had a tough life and killed his two brothers.
So Ye An affectionately called him "Uncle Ge". He was a middle-aged uncle who lived alone. The house was passed down from his ancestors. It was said that he was a son of a wealthy family in his early years. Because his father was addicted to gambling, he lost millions of his family fortune.
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Uncle Ge Sanshu relied on his family's wealth since he was a child. He attended a private school for several years and stopped studying. Because he was "anxious for public service and devoted to justice", he spent all day making friends with idle people in the market, and thus became a famous knight-errant.
However, after his mother died of illness, his father became more and more unscrupulous, and the Ge family became increasingly dilapidated. However, it was too late for him to wake up. After his father's death, there were few things in the house, and there was only an empty mansion to live in.
Most of the people in Xinlingfang are natives of Tokyo City, and some are even wealthy families inherited from the Later Zhou Dynasty. However, most of them are in poverty and rely on one or two shops to support themselves.
Beneath the seemingly glamorous appearance, there is a sense of decay. Most of these families are targeted by middle-class people in Tokyo, waiting for them to buy their ancestral homes if they can no longer hold on.
And from the words of his neighbors, Ye An knew that most of these middlemen were from noble clans.
It seems that under the ancestral laws of the Song Dynasty, these people have long lost their ambition to become officials or kill enemies and make achievements, and have become businessmen who focus on business and amassing wealth.
But the residents of Xinlingfang are not stupid either. They know that these middlemen are "daytime thieves" who covet the ancestral home. They have never had a good look towards them, but they can't stand it anymore when they are in financial distress. At this time, they need to turn around.
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Lending and borrowing money appeared out of desperation. The famous "money boss" in this area is Uncle Ge Sanshu. He is not only the head of Xinlingfang, he helps every family with their affairs, and he is also responsible for the loan.
The "money boss" you deal with.
The "money boss" is not someone who lends money to others, but is the person who is responsible for adjusting the loan relationship. If the loan is temporarily unpaid, he will come forward to make an offer, ask the lender to pay the money for a few days, and urge the borrower to pay back the money as soon as possible.
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Because of Ge Sanshu's eagerness for public good, and because he was an upright man who took care of his neighbors in Xinlingfang, he was elected by his neighbors as the official of Xinlingfang. Although he was not an official, he was still recognized by the yamen as a minor official.
Officer, with a regular monthly salary and some subsidies, life is gradually getting better.
When Ye An, the founding lord of the country, arrived at Xinlingfang, Uncle Ge visited him several times. However, Ye An was busy wandering around Zishan Hall and failed to find him several times.
During these few days of leisure, Ye An personally brought some gifts to Uncle Ge San's house in a good-neighborly and friendly manner.
Good guy, the whole house is covered with withered yellow ivy. It won't take more than a few decades to grow like this. After the cold winter, it will turn green again.
Uncle Ge Sanshu's face was full of flattery.
The dignified founding Marquis actually came to the door in person, which was a sign of great respect. He hurriedly stepped forward to invite her in, and shouted to the crying woman beside the stone table: "Widow Zhang, please stop crying, we Xinling
The noble man of the house is here, go home quickly!"
The woman's cries stopped suddenly, and she looked at Ye An, who was wearing short-collared regular clothes, with confusion: "Is this the Yunzhong Commandery?!"
Ye An smiled bitterly. He had become accustomed to short-breasted shirts, but in the eyes of others, short-breasted shirts were worn by ordinary people, and no decent person would wear a double-breasted cardigan.
Looking at the child who was timidly hiding behind his mother, Ye An crossed his hands and said, "Sister-in-law of the Zhang family is polite."
Seeing Ye An's young appearance, this woman actually walked forward, bowed slightly in front of Ye An, and said Wanfu: "My wife has met the Marquis of Yunzhong County, and my house is under the willow tree on the street. If the Marquis has nothing to do, you can come to my house."
Sit down..."
Uncle Ge San was furious: "You filthy woman! How dare you start a secret business in the daytime... It's okay to ruin yourself. Isn't it an evil thing to ruin the Marquis? Be careful if Buddha takes it away."
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Ye An stood there blankly. Uncle Ge San didn't know that he didn't know that... Widow Zhang was actually "soliciting customers"?
But after Uncle Ge San finished speaking, he whispered: "Master Hou, please don't blame her. It is not easy for a widow whose man has died in this world. However, the dead ghost still left two children behind. Although there is still a house, but
After all, I can’t support myself and the two debt collectors. I borrowed the money from the blessings and longevity a few days ago, and today the Buddhist family is coming to collect the debt.”
Ye An was used to the bleak world. When he saw the doting eyes of Widow Zhang looking at her children, he knew how difficult it was for this widow. He sighed and said: "Sister-in-law is in such a difficult situation, why bother holding on to this house? Why don't you sell it and find a new one?"
I can live in a cheap place and teach my son with all my heart..."
"Don't even think about it! Bah! How can you high-ranking nobles know what's in my heart?! This house is the ancestral house left by their old Zhang family. It is the inheritance of my children and the lifeblood. No one can touch it!"
As soon as she heard that Ye An asked her to sell her house, the woman bared her teeth and claws at Ye An like a madman, and the ferocious look on her face seemed to have dug out her "heart".
While stopping Widow Zhang, Uncle Ge San explained to Ye An: "Master Hou, this ancestral home must not be moved. Anyone who sells the ancestral home will be committing a major sin against the ancestors."
"Ugh... I don't want to live anymore. Even if I die after selling my ancestral home, I won't be able to die well. How can I have the face to see that damn ghost of my family, and how can I have the face to meet the ancestors of the Zhang family!"
It's probably because I don't have the inheritance... It's a mistake to think about things like this with the rationality of future generations.
Ye An awkwardly helped Mrs. Zhang up and said, "Then I'll ask Uncle Ge to explain the situation and ask for a few more days of grace."
Seeing Ye An speaking like this, Widow Zhang neither cried nor fussed, but Uncle Ge San next to her smiled bitterly and said: "Master Marquis, you don't know, this good Buddhist family has given grace twice, but this time it was released early.
As a result, I invited the "Roshan Buddha" to come and ask for it, either in return of the money or in exchange for his body..."
"The fortune and longevity money from Daxiangguo Temple?"