Jia Heng put the slave contract away and put it into his sleeves. He cupped his hands at Yuanyang and said, "Sister Yuanyang, thank the old lady for me."
At this moment, he was convinced that Jia Mu really wanted to show mercy.
Seeing that the Yingwu young man's expression became more gentle, Yuanyang also smiled and said, "Uncle Heng, I'll take you out."
While talking, Jia Heng, led by Yuanyang, took Qingwen out of Jia's house. When he stood on Ningrong Street, he realized that it was already half noon, and the soft autumn sunshine shone on him. It makes people feel a bit lazy and comfortable.
Jia Heng glanced at the majestic and verdant Jia Mansion behind him. He was silent for a moment, then turned to Qingwen and said, "Let's go."
This trip to Jia's house can be regarded as temporarily suppressing Jia Zhen's marriage abduction, but Jia Zhen's revenge will never subside.
As for the Qin family, there is no guarantee that things will not happen again.
After all, I still have no fame and no official title.
Qingwen looked at the young man in front of her, said nothing, and followed silently with the baggage.
Come to Liutiao Hutong and enter the courtyard.
Aunt Cai was feeding the horses with fodder under the pomegranate tree. She looked up and saw Jia Heng, put down the dustpan, clapped her hands, and asked worriedly: "Brother Heng, have you seen the old lady? What did the old lady say?"
Jia Heng said: "The old lady has served justice. Jia Zhen did not dare to do it again, so she hired a little girl to serve her. Aunt Cai, please clean up the side room of my house first and settle Qingwen down." "
Although the house I live in is square, a little simple and narrow, and there are no two entrances, it still has several houses. The wing room under the east window where Jia Heng lives is a row of five large houses. This is an ancestral home that has been passed down.
There are wing rooms and stove rooms on both sides. Opposite the eaves of the gate, there is a mottled green wall with hanging flower shadows standing on it. Every spring and summer, wisteria spreads on it, roses bloom, and colorful tiny flowers stand on a cluster of green walls. In the shade, like clouds holding the moon, that is all the colorful childhood of the predecessor Jia Heng.
Jia Heng asked Qingwen to rest in a room next to the east wing for easy care.
Qingwen raised her clear eyes and looked around the courtyard. Although it was simple, it still looked orderly.
"Miss Qingwen, come with me, I'll put a pair of good quilts in that room for you." At this time, Aunt Cai also looked at Qingwen, and was stunned for a moment, and said to herself, this girl is really beautiful, and The ones in the painting are no different. They are no worse than Brother Heng.
Jia Heng came to the wing, put the sword on the wall, took off a piece of paper, wrote the letter of appointment with a pen, prepared the gifts he would buy later, and went to the Qin family to make the appointment.
Although the marriage contract has been finalized in advance, the three documents and six etiquettes of the marriage cannot be left out.
Qin Keqing, no matter what, from the day she visited Qin Ye and spoke out as a woman, this friendship of trust and promise is quite valuable.
Listening to Aunt Cai and Qingwen talking in the side room separated by a wall, Jia Heng smiled softly, dried the letter of engagement and put it in an envelope.
On this side of the room, Qingwen looked around without saying a word, and there was no expression on her pretty face as white as jade.
I heard Aunt Cai say: "Miss Qingwen, Brother Heng is used to taking care of himself alone. Even the hot water is his own. You don't have anything to do on weekdays. Just when Brother Heng is drinking tea, Bring the tea over, and I will take care of the daily chores like boiling hot water and doing the laundry."
Qingwen listened quietly and raised her eyes to look at Aunt Cai. Faintly in the woman's radiant smile, she could see the outline of her mother who had gone to bed early.
"Auntie, I'm used to doing this in my house."
Jia Heng listened outside, then entered the house, and said with a smile: "Aunt Cai, here are ten taels of silver, and we can hire a reliable woman to do laundry, sweeping, lighting fires, chopping wood, etc. On the other hand, Aunt Cai usually only cooks."
Even in previous lives with advanced technology, housework was inseparable from human labor.
Speaking of which, Aunt Cai is still literate. It would be a pity if she was just wandering around the stove doing chores.
He had been reborn for less than half a month, and he had a general understanding of the situation at home.
My mother left some dowry, which was probably a few hundred taels of silver. My father originally owned dozens of acres of land, which Aunt Cai and her husband Li Dazhu and their family cultivated, just for his food and clothing.
Aunt Cai waved her hand and said with a smile: "Brother, what are you spending that money on? I can do this alone."
Jia Heng said: "The family will have to add more people in the future, and Aunt Cai will always be able to handle it all by herself, and she will be too busy."
What he said was that after Qin Keqing came over, this young lady would definitely stay away from Yang Chun Shui.
Moreover, Aunt Cai also has two daughters and a son-in-law. The two daughters got married years ago, and the son-in-law has also reached the age of marriage. In the past two years, the two parties will probably not be able to take care of them.
Aunt Cai thought for a while and said: "If this is the case, you might as well go to Renyazi and buy two rough servant girls. In the past two years, there have been no crops due to floods and droughts, and there are many people who have gone to Kyoto to make a living. Even if you think about selling them for a high price, It’s a big house, but there’s no way out.”
High-end mansions all pay attention to having an innocent background, and the first choice is to have a family that has children and servants. Even if you buy a person, you must choose someone who has an innocent background and knows the origins of the family.
Jia Heng was silent for a moment.
To a certain extent, "Jin Ping Mei", a strange book that reflects the life in the Ming Dynasty, records that Ximen Qing spent five taels of silver and Ling Chunmei bought a little girl named Xiaoyu to serve Yueniang, and bought it for Jin Lian for six taels of silver. I married a girl named Qiu Ju.
Although "Jin Ping Mei" describes events in the Song Dynasty, because it was written by the Ming Dynasty, it should reflect the price level at that time. According to the "Biography of Marriage in the Xingshi" in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, it can be purchased for about four taels of silver. An underage maid.
Of course, the better the appearance, the more expensive it will be. Needless to say, this goes without saying.
In this era, the purchasing power of money was still very strong. After all, Sun Shaozu spent five thousand taels of silver to keep the serious concubine of the Jia family in the house during the Spring Festival.
This is the evil old society...
Qingwen raised her head, with a pair of smoky eyebrows under her airy bangs, and a hint of indifference in her almond-shaped eyes as she said, "I'm not a pampered rich lady, I can still boil water and do laundry for you!"
Aunt Cai smiled, looked at Qingwen, who was already beautiful and charming in her prime, and said: "After all, Miss Qingwen came from the old lady's house, where did she do such menial work? Although my family's life is a little tighter, but It won’t make Miss Qingwen too hard.”
Jia Heng glanced at Qingwen and thought to himself, if you are really asked to do rough and tiring work, I'm afraid it won't be long before you feel wronged and angry.
He didn't have a fan to tear apart.
With these thoughts in mind, Jia Heng gave Aunt Cai ten taels of silver and said, "Aunt Cai will buy a rough messenger to serve as a servant. I will go to the Qin Mansion later and need to buy some gifts."
Aunt Cai was confused and did not answer. She asked, "Brother Heng, what is this money?"
Jia Heng did not hide anything, which was a reassurance for Aunt Cai, and explained: "Yesterday, I went to Hanmo Zhai to sell a volume of manuscripts, and the shopkeeper of Hanmo Zhai gave me a total of fifty taels to polish the pen. There will be income after that. "
Fifty taels went to ten taels in one go. Later, he had to go to the Qin family to issue the letter of appointment and buy gifts. Almost every step of the subsequent wedding process required a waste of money.
As expected, a big man cannot be without power for a day, and a young husband cannot be without money for a day.
No wonder Jia Zhen felt confident that she could buy out his marriage certificate with one thousand taels of silver.
One thousand taels is like millions of dollars in future generations. For many people, they will never be able to earn it in their lifetime!
Shenjingju, it is not easy to buy a large house with two entrances for a thousand taels.
Aunt Cai collected the money and said with a chuckle: "Then I'll go take care of it later and keep it for Brother Heng to buy a maid who looks upright and has nimble hands and feet."
"As long as you are honest and reliable, and can endure hardships and stand hard work." Jia Heng said thoughtfully.
Qingwen curled her lips aside, what does this mean? Are you talking about her cheating and cheating, like a wealthy lady?
When Aunt Cai left, there were only two people left in the wing.
