Zaizai received a lot of gifts throughout the whole day, ate delicious pastries, and was accompanied by her parents. She was very happy.
He also roughly understood the truth: birthday is really a happy day.
It would be nice if I could celebrate my birthday every day.
A few days after Shizai's birthday, the study opened for business.
Xiao Sang thought about it for a few days and finally made the decision to go to the study to work as a steward.
She is about to get married. Although the Chen family is not a powerful family, it is also a scholarly family. There is no problem for her to find a job, but if she works in other people's homes to serve others, the Chen family will probably look bad. It doesn’t look good either.
Moreover, after she gets married, she will live in the Chen family. The foothills of Licheng Academy where the Chen family lives are some distance away from here. She will not be able to catch up with the Li family in the morning to do things, and may be away from time to time.
It is better to give up the position to someone else than to occupy the position like this, and the other person can also take care of the things around the wife.
At worst, she would go to the study to do some work. She would come to Li's house to visit when she had free time. After the study opened, Madam would probably like to go there too, and she would often see her there.
Thinking of this, Xiao Sang began to envy Xiao Wei's good luck.
The Zhang family, who have been working in the Li family for generations, may not be as good as the Chen family in terms of reputation, but it is also true that anyone who comes out of the Li family will give them three cents of respect, and as long as the Li family does not fall, the Zhang family can Stay stable.
Su Wan also brought a girl named Sandalwood to serve beside him. Her real name was Du Sandalwood. It was a coincidence that she and Shuxiang had the same word for "香".
After October, the weather in Licheng also started to get colder. Although it was not the coldest part of winter yet, she put on thick clothes. In late October, Mrs. Cheng told Su Wan about Chen Buping and Xiao Sang. Marriage.
The shops and farms in Licheng cannot be bought or sold, and the only ones that can be purchased are some specific houses, so the Chen family plans to give Chen Buping a second-entry yard.
However, Chen Buping was working as a teacher at Licheng Academy, and he was also given a small courtyard there. Although there was only a small courtyard with three rooms, it was still an independent courtyard and he could live there in the future.
As for this newly purchased house, it can be used for rent or other purposes. In the future, Chen Buping will not be a teacher in the academy, but he can also live in it himself.
Su Wan prepared a dowry for Xiao Sang based on the one she had prepared for Xiao Sang. They were all the same.
Getting married here in Licheng is not that cumbersome, and it is not a wealthy family that pays attention to etiquette. The two families discussed it and thought it was suitable. Then the Chen family picked a good day and brought a matchmaker to make an appointment.
After that, they just choose a good day to get married, but the marriage certificate has to be stamped and reported to the government office.
The betrothal gift given by the Chen family was not too much or too little, and they added a little more on the basis of marrying a wife in Licheng, which was an expression of satisfaction to the woman.
In November, the two families also agreed on a wedding date, which would be at the end of January next year, and they would have three months to prepare for the wedding.
The marriage was finalized, and Su Wan had finally settled her worries, and she felt much more relaxed.
The winter in Licheng is also cold. Shi Zai doesn't go out with his father these days. Su Wan takes him at home.
He was playing with his toys in the house at the moment. Even if the earth dragon was burned in the house, it wouldn't freeze him, so Su Wan didn't care about him.
Zhang Fu'er came over and sat here for a while when he had some free time.
"Why do you have time to come to my place today?" Su Wan glanced at her with a smile. Zhang Fu'er was very easy to get along with. Even though he had been away from Licheng for many years, he still had many old friends. After coming back, she would often hang out with these friends of hers. Play.
She is the daughter of Manager Zhang and Madam Zhang, but unlike Zhang Shou, Zhang Shou will stay in the Li family to work in the future, Xiao Wei will also stay, and Zhang Fu'er will get married in the future.
Manager Zhang and his wife felt sorry for her and did not let her take charge of the errands in the house, so she was not considered a maid in the house. They only helped her mother Zhang with the embroidery work on weekdays.
The rest of the time she played with her little sisters.
"It's cold, Madam, it's warm here."
Su Wan chuckled, she was very honest and came over to warm up and eat.
"Madam, how is Ah Luo now?" Zhang Fu'er asked softly.
"Ah Luo, I'm still in the Imperial City now, nothing happened." Su Wan felt a little worried when he thought of Su Luo. Although she was already engaged, she was seventeen this year and eighteen after the Chinese New Year. When you get married, there will definitely be some gossip.
However, Su Wan also felt that it would be more appropriate to get married at eighteen, at least as an adult.
Even if those rumors reached Su Luo's ears, she didn't know if she would feel uncomfortable.
"Then she really wants to marry Mr. Huo?" Zhang Fu'er couldn't help but ask.
"Of course, we are engaged. Maybe next year, Mr. Huo will marry her." Su Wan looked at her, "What, do you have any ideas?"
"No." Zhang Fu'er sighed, "I heard that the Western Wei Dynasty is too chaotic. Although Mr. Huo is also very good, he is also in a dangerous situation. You said that we have many handsome young men here, why did you choose this one? Where is Mr. Huo?"
Zhang Fuer and Su Luo have been in a relationship for many years. She is really worried about Su Luo. In her heart, she also feels that it is best to leave the city and live the most stable life.
Su Wan wanted to laugh: "What, you miss her, want her to come over and keep you company? Haven't you been playing with your sisters recently?"
Zhang Fuler's shoulders slumped: "Don't mention it, madam. I haven't been here all these years, and we have grown up a lot. Moreover, everyone has grown up, and they are different from when they were children."
When the little girl was a child, she stayed in one place and only knew how to play and didn't care about anything else. But now that she has grown up, and when it's time to get married, Zhang Fu'er gradually found that everyone's attitude towards her was somewhat different.
Especially after knowing that she was going to marry Hui Feng in the future, she became more flattering and more false, and was not as happy and sincere as she was when she was a child.
Although she understood the reason, she still felt a little uncomfortable with it.
Su Wan leaned on the chair, listened to her troubles, smiled and said, "You have to get used to this. If the returning official becomes bigger and bigger in the future, there will be many people willing to say good things in front of you."
"As long as you get used to it, don't you think I'm used to it now?"
Are there still few people in Li city who want to flatter her?
Although it can't be said that everyone wants it, at least 70% of them want it.
Now she can see whoever she wants and whoever she doesn't want to see, without any burden in her heart.
After all, with her current status, everyone wants to see her. If she meets everyone, wouldn't she be exhausted and be asking for trouble?
And she doesn't see guests. After a long time, everyone knows that she doesn't like to see guests. If there is nothing important, they won't come to her place.
Of course, if something really happens and you come to see her, she will meet you and help you deal with the matter.
