"A man should kneel to the sky and kneel to his parents. There is no reason to kneel to my cousin. Get up."
After Cheng Wanwan said this, He Xiao felt that it was indeed a bit abrupt and stood up quickly.
"You are the legitimate son of the He family. Now the head of the He family is also a third-rank Zhaoyong general who is highly regarded by the emperor. Cheng Fang is just a farmer's daughter. She was even a slave. What she is best at is cooking, and she is very important to the back house. She doesn't know anything about it." She slowly told the truth, "With her status, even if she is your concubine, it is still a high level."
"I am redeeming her life, not as a concubine, but as the head wife." He Xiao's eyes were firm, "I ask my cousin to fulfill my wish."
Cheng Wanwan looked at him and asked, "Do you like Cheng Fang?"
He Xiao fell silent.
Does he like Cheng Fang? He probably hasn't reached this level yet.
It's just that he currently needs a wife to calm down his nominal mother and make Luo Qi give up.
After he made this decision, he really worked hard for it.
I come to Cheng Fang every three days and give him jewelry, rouge, clothes... all the gadgets that women like.
When my cousin asked me this question, I suddenly felt despicable.
Seeing his expression, Cheng Wanwan understood that He Xiao had no feelings for Cheng Fang.
But looking at the way Cheng Fang looked just now, he must have been emotional.
Whether a woman's emotion is a good thing or a bad thing, she doesn't understand and can't see through.
If Cheng Fang was attracted by a scumbag, she would definitely stop Cheng Fang from marrying him, but the target was He Xiao.
Marrying He Xiao is much better than staying with her as a maid.
She continued to ask: "Will Cheng Fang agree to marry you?"
"She said she needed my cousin's nod." He Xiao said, "Although Cheng Fang and I have no love between men and women, I will definitely be a qualified husband, with three letters and six etiquettes, four hires of hardware, eight carriages of sedan chairs, and a good husband. I will marry her gracefully. She is from Dahe Village, and I will respect the customs of Dahe Village and will never take a concubine in my life."
As soon as he finished speaking, Cheng Fang walked out of the backyard and said, "Although my status is not worthy of Master He, I will work hard to learn how to be a matron, and I will definitely be a qualified wife. I will welcome guests and send them off, handle general affairs, serve my mother-in-law, and prevent Master He from worrying about matters in the house. I will also work hard to flourish the He family..."
Cheng Wanwan looked at the two of them.
A thirty-year-old leftover man was heartbroken by his first love and decided not to marry for the rest of his life.
A leftover woman in her twenties decided not to marry for the rest of her life because of her reputation as a husband.
In this era, whether you don't marry or not, you will be criticized a lot.
These two seem to be good together.
Although He Xiao was not sentimental, in this era, blind marriages were the rule. How many husbands had feelings for their wives?
Being able to respect each other is the greatest luck.
"Since you two are fine, I naturally nod my blessing." Cheng Wanwan said with a smile, "You two are not young, when do you plan to get married?"
He Xiao thought for a while and said: "It will take about a month to go to Jinxiufang to make wedding clothes. One month is enough to complete the three books and six rituals. How about setting the wedding date in one month?"
Cheng Fang was extremely surprised, he was too anxious.
Cheng Wanwan was also a little surprised: "Set at the end of July?"
"The Assab royal family arrived in Beijing in early July. After Assab leaves, my cousin should also return to Dahe Town." He Xiao explained, "I plan to hold a wedding in the capital, and then escort my cousin back to Dahe Town. Dahe Town will host another wedding banquet and invite all villagers to a wedding banquet."
Cheng Wanwan understood. She wanted to show off to Cheng.
Cheng Fang pursed his lips and did not refuse.
Her husband's reputation was very loud in Dahe Village. Everyone in the village concluded that she would not be able to get married, and she acquiesced to this fate.
Returning to Dahe Town to get married was like taking off the shackles that were wrapped around her body. Perhaps, she could truly say goodbye to the original "Xu Mei".
The marriage of the two was thus settled.
Cheng Wanwan also did not allow Cheng Fang to stay in the kitchen anymore. Instead, she asked Mrs. Qi to teach her the rules after school and asked Yanhong to read the account books. When she went out to attend a banquet, she would also take Cheng Fang with her, not as a maid. Not as a niece, but as a niece, let Cheng Fang slowly come into contact with this circle. After becoming Mrs. He in the future, he will not be looked down upon by others.
At the same time, she also prepared some dowry for Cheng Fang, firstly two-tenths of the shares of the Daheyan branch in the capital, then a farm on the outskirts of Beijing, plus a small shop in the capital, and then asked Mrs. Qi to go to the dental shop to buy it. He had two maids, two women, and two boys running errands... In addition, there were three thousand taels of personal money.
When he got the dowry, Cheng Fang's hands shook involuntarily: "Husband, madam, this is not okay, I can't have it..."
"You are marrying into the He family as my niece. You cannot do without a dowry. I am afraid that you will refuse, so I have only prepared this little." Cheng Wanwan smiled gently, "Zhao's skin care business in Dahe has not started yet. Come to the capital, if you can open up the market in the capital and give you five-level profits, this will require your own efforts. You are the future Mrs. He, and you must have money in your hands, otherwise wouldn't you be looked down upon by others? Look down on you. It’s a trivial matter, but talking about me, Mrs. Sui, behind my back is not good.”
Cheng Fang sniffed and immediately knelt down: "Madam's great kindness, Cheng Fang will always remember it in his heart. Even if I become the wife of the He family, I will always be Madam's..."
"Okay, okay, get up." Cheng Wanwan said helplessly, "Xiaoman gave me the account book of the Reading Pavilion this morning. You can help me take a look first."
Cheng Fang nodded, immediately took the account book, and looked at it carefully.
She has been working at Dahe Banquet for three or four years. Although she is not an accountant, she sometimes helps Zhao Dawang clear accounts, and she learns this very quickly.
Cheng Wanwan safely handed over some of the general affairs in the house to Cheng Fang.
The next day was the first monthly exam of Xiao Qin University Hall.
The exam consists of six subjects, three foreign languages, and three basic courses, and lasts for two days.
Fifty-four students were dispersed to different classrooms to take the exam, mainly to prevent cheating and plagiarism.
Because it was the first exam, King Qin took it very seriously. He canceled all gatherings and came to invigilate the exam in person. For two days, King Qin did not leave the school.
The two days of exams ended quickly. All students were on vacation, and all the gentlemen stayed behind to focus on marking the exam papers.
"Peng Wang is worthy of being a scholar. His handwriting is beautiful, the paper is neat and tidy, and he also has his own opinions in answering questions."
"Among the students in this class, Peng Wang is the only one with better qualifications. If he tries again, he may not be able to pass the imperial examination."
"If Peng Wang takes the imperial examination, then our Xiaoqin University Hall will have no talents."
"Who said there are no more talents?" Cheng Wanwan picked out a test paper and said with a smile, "Dou Qingsong is very good. He got full marks in the Xirong language subject."
All the gentlemen's heads came together. Although Dou Qingsong's handwriting was a little ugly, he answered every question correctly.
Dou Qingsong was once a playboy among the second generation ancestors. No one expected that he could learn the Xirong language so well.
"His grandfather died on the battlefield fighting Xirong. He hated the people of Xirong and turned his hatred into hard work, so he was able to study so well." Cheng Wanwan said, "Pang Jie and Li Jian's test papers were also okay. It’s not as bad as imagined.”
Not only these two people, but the rest of the dudes were barely able to do it, and there was no blank sheet.
Dr. Tao has been in the Imperial College for so many years. During every quarterly assessment, there are always some people who turn in blank papers, but now there is no such situation at all.
He silently lamented in his heart that such an excellent teacher as Mrs. Sui should go to the Imperial College. It was really a waste to teach these dudes at Xiao Qin University Hall...
