Chapter 1083 guests
Chapter 1083 Guest
At the end of June, Cao's mansion welcomed tourists from afar.
Wei Xin's concubine, Sister Gui, took Wei Xin's three children to Beijing by boat from Jiangning. In addition to the several managers sent by the Cao family, they also had Wei Xin's brother Wei Ren.
Since last year, the old master of the Wei family and the old man died of illness one after another, Cao Yong sent Zheng Hu to Jiangning to discuss the matter of moving north with the Wei brothers.
After a while, it was only now that I could do it.
Although Jiangning had several uncles after his grandparents died of illness, they had already separated. If a few orphans without their parents were loved by their relatives, it would not be the turn of Cao Yong, a foreigner, to decide.
Wei Xin's eldest son Wen Jie, who is already seventeen years old, passed the imperial examination last year, but did not participate in the imperial examination because of mourning. His second son Wen Zhi passed the military examination this spring. This time his family went to Beijing to make it easier for their brothers to have a better future.
Wei Xin's third son Wenying adopted the third wife of the Wei family in his early years and stayed in Jiangning, but did not follow his brothers to Beijing.
The eldest daughter Wenfang, at the age of sixteen, was decided by her grandmother during her lifetime, and she was married to her aunt. Last year, the old lady got married before she was critically ill; the second daughter Wenqiang was twelve years old, and she followed her concubine's mother and her brother went to Beijing.
Wei Xin was a romantic man when he was young and took up seven concubines in Guangzhou. Except for his eldest concubine, Sister Gui, who was served by him, the others were all beauties of all kinds. Therefore, these children, handsome men and beautiful women, all looked good.
Especially her youngest daughter Wen Qiang, she has already appeared in her style and is obviously a beauty baby...
The reason why Wei Ren nodded and agreed to his nieces to go north was that he was not worried about his nieces' future.
In recent years, with the Cao family heading north, Wei Xin disappeared, the old man of the Wei family grew old, and the snobbery of the Wei family in Jiangning is no longer the same as before.
Although he also owns thousands of hectares of good land, he has no help. Some of his children have studied and become officials, but they just donate to a minor official in the local area.
Wei Ren is also a person who has seen the world. He naturally knows that his niece's appearance is without power protection, which is the root cause of trouble.
As early as the beginning of the year, when he received the letter from the Wei brothers entering Beijing, Cao Yong asked someone to buy a house outside the front door, bought two farms, and bought several shops for rent. However, Cao Yong paid his own pocket and did not use Wei Xin to leave the money.
Wei Xin left behind the tens of thousands of taels of silver and asked Cao Yong to divide it into six parts. One of them was handed over to Sister Gui for a private house when he went to Jiangning. One part was added to several thousand taels, and he asked someone to buy a dowry for Wenfang in Jiangning.
Cao Yong did not move the remaining four parts and planned to give them the same to Wen Jie and the others when they were older.
Unexpectedly, in addition to Cao Yong, there was also Wei Ren who planned for their brothers.
This time when he went to Beijing, in addition to sending his nephews and nieces, he also brought about ten boxes of silver. This was the income he earned from selling 500 hectares of land, and a total of 20,000 taels of silver was found.
"Three thousand taels are used as dowry for the niece, two thousand taels are used as pension for Aunt Gui, and the remaining 10,000 taels are used as property, and five thousand taels are used as nephews to marry their wives." Wei Ren entrusted all the silver to Cao Yong.
Although Wei Xin had been in Guangzhou for more than ten years and sent back to Jiangning less than 20,000 taels of silver, they were all in the Gongzhong at that time.
In addition to the money to divide the family, Wei Ren can also prepare these for his nieces and nieces, which is considered to be the ultimate righteousness.
Cao Yong sent someone to count and enter the warehouse and entertained Wei Ren into the living room. Aunt Gui and Wen Jie brothers and sisters asked Tianyou to accompany him and went to the inner house to pay tribute to Gao Taijun and Li.
The host and guest were seated, and the servant got into tea.
Cao Yong asked, "Didn't Lingtang mention that he wanted to tell Wenjie about the Qin family's daughter? Why didn't his nephew and his wife marry her niece?"
The Qin family is Wei Xin's brother-in-law's family and is also one of the most gentry in Jiangning City. When Cao Yong had a good relationship with Wei Xin in his early years, he also followed him to and from the Qin family.
Wei Xin's brother-in-law Qin Zhi, like Wei Ren, once worked as a miserable person in the Weaving Mansion.
A few years ago, he was appointed as an official in the capital and had visited Cao's family. Because he was an old friend in Jiangning, Cao Yong even sent Cao Yuan to the Ministry of Personnel to help him get things done and to make up for the magistrate of Lin Prefecture, Jiangning.
Wei Zhi was also grateful. Every time he sent people to Beijing over the years, he never forgot to greet Cao's family.
When Qin was on his eldest daughter's moon, Cao Yong had not left Jiangning yet and had joined Wei Ren in the fun. He heard that the old lady of the Wei family wanted to tell Wen Jie that the Qin family's granddaughter was a wife. Although Cao Yong did not agree with the marriage between the sister-in-law, he could still compassionate with the elderly's kindness.
The Qin family is as rich as the Wei family. Such a marriage is also considered a match.
Because he knew that Wenjie had this marriage, Cao Yong was worried that he would not leave Jiangning.
Unexpectedly, when Wenfang got married, it was the Qin family who got married.
Unless there is a poor family, there is no reason to change relatives. Since Wenfang joined the Qin family, Wenjie's marriage would be subject to change.
After hearing Cao Yong ask about this, Wei Ren looked bitter and sighed, "It makes people ashamed to say... It's still my incompetence that made my nephew suffer..."
Upon hearing this, Cao Yong looked cold and looked at Wei Ren with anger: "The Qin family has broken their marriage? Why did you let your niece marry?"
Wei Ren's impression was that Cao Yong was still the elegant young man when he was a young man. Seeing his face change, he was stunned.
Cao Yong had to be upset. He didn't care about the children's grievances a few years ago. That year he went to Jiangning, but he mentioned to Wei Ren that he could not let these children down. If it weren't for the old lady of the Wei family and the old man were there, Cao Yong would have brought several children back to Beijing.
For girls, getting married is a major event in life. If you marry the wrong family, you will be ruined for the rest of your life. Now that the Qin family has lost their integrity and regretted the marriage and treated their nephews slowly, how can they treat their niece kindly?
Wei Ren's face was flushed and said, "Qin Zhi was promoted to the magistrate, and the wife of the Mansion wanted to get married... Because the marriage between the Wei and Qin families was not decided, the Qin family had another marriage... The old lady and I did not agree to discuss marriage with the Qin family again, but our aunt personally went to the old lady to ask for it. The niece and the nephew of the Qin family also grew up together. The two children were childhood sweethearts and were of the same age."
Since the Qin Qun has been rising step by step, the Wei family is in decline, and it is already a bad match. The original relatives have become more and more favorable, and the Wei family has become more and more favorable.
Although it is not shameful to the Qin family to climb up a higher branch, it is also a common practice in the world.
Cao Yong's little good impression of Qin Zhi turned into disgust and frowned and said, "Wenjie is an idea, what did he say?"
A few years ago, Wen Jie was still young, so he planned to follow his father in business and make money to support his younger siblings. He also wanted to go south to Guangzhou to find his father. As the eldest son, the child was so sensible that it was heartbreaking.
Unexpectedly, a few years later, he still advanced to the imperial examination.
Wei Ren sighed and said, "Wenjie is a sensible person. He personally arranged Wenfang's dowry. This child must be strong. His original homework was not obvious, but he worked hard but his grades were mediocre. Since he knew that the marriage had changed, he studied hard and came back from a juren. The old lady asked him before he died, whether he complained or not. He said that he was not complained, but he was happy. Wenfang was a poor person and was better at going to his aunt's house to be a wife than to others. He took the exam for fame, not for himself, but for the sake of his younger brother and sister, he would not have any more troubles when he was married in the future."
At the end, his eyes were red: "A good child has forced him to be a family member. It is my uncle who is unvirtuous. I am sorry to Lao Wu. Their brothers wanted to come north, and my clan members and relatives asked me to stop me. I thought that they were all Juren and would have a future in the future to pull everyone up. But I had no shame to stop him. I knew that Mr. Cao had a good relationship with us Wu Wu, and these nieces would be entrusted to Mr. Cao in the future."
After hearing this, Cao Yong felt very upset and said for a while: "They are my nephews... As long as I am here, I will never be wronged..."
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Gao Taijun took Wen Qiang's hand and said to Li: "Look at this, he looks like the person in the painting, more handsome than Wuer and Xiangyu..."
Li smiled and said, "The old lady likes it, so let's keep the girl and put it in the old lady's yard..."
"I'm so eager, but I'm afraid of being bored with my sister..." Gao Taijun said, turning to Aunt Gui who was sitting on the stool and said, "It's hard for you to take good care of the children. Brothers are sensible, and sisters are dignified..."
She had heard Li mention the life experiences of these children, and knew that they had lost their parents and lived with their grandparents. When they were young, they were taken care of by the second wife in front of them, and they felt a little more pity.
Aunt Gui stood up and said, "I can't bear to praise the old lady, but I just do my duty as a maid. Today, I have joined you, and then the young master and the girl have asked the old lady and the lady to hurt more..."
When she stood up and answered, Wen Jie, Wen Zhi, Wen Qiang and his brothers stood up as well.
The respect for Aunt Gui is beyond words for the brother and sister.
Li had previously complained about Wei Xin's entrusting his children to take care of his concubine, who was born as a maid. Now that he saw Aunt Gui, he finally understood why Wei Xin trusted this woman.
Although he is not as good as amethyst, he has the shadow of amethyst and is a stable person.
Seeing that everyone stood up, she hurriedly said to Aunt Gui, "Sit down and talk. Gratefulness is greater than grace. If you pull them with all your heart, you will always have your blessings!"
Tianyou sat down with Wen Jie, and the Wen Zhi brothers were the first to accompany the guest. He did not look at the little beauty Wen Qiang beside Gao Taijun, but looked at Aunt Gui for several times.
Li asked Wen Jie about Wen Zhi's homework. He heard that both of them had passed the imperial examination and could not be praised again. Tianyou thought of himself, looked embarrassed, withdrew his gaze, and sat with him honestly.
Chu Yu's side had already made a gift for someone to prepare, and then asked someone to invite Tianhui, Changsheng, and Niu Niu to come over to meet the guests. The brothers Hengsheng and Zuozhu have not returned yet and are not allowed to meet for the time being.
Listen to Tianyou's call Niu Niu "Aunt", Wen Jie, Wen Zhi must have given him a junior gift.
Niu Niu has always been a generation in her mansion. Now, even though she meets a man from another surname, she doesn't realize anything. Wen Jie and Wen Zhi both felt a little embarrassed when they see her young.
The two brothers were older, so they couldn't stay in the inner house for a long time. They had seen each other and went to the front yard with Tianyou.
I liked the beautiful Wen Qiang, Niu Niu, and Tianhui very much; even Changsheng couldn't take his eyes off.
Chapter completed!