Let’s not talk about the palace, but just say that in some wealthy families, if the head wife cannot give birth to a son, they will find an unidentified woman to give birth to a son for the head of the family. Once the son is born, that woman will die.
This kind of thing happens from time to time among the people, not to mention the harem where there is fierce competition for favor and profit.
This was not a shameful thing originally, but what Xie Xiuwen was worried about was that they secretly brought people into the palace with the intention of deceiving the Holy Emperor.
If so, it will be wonderful in the future.
Xie Xiuwen shook his head slightly. The Holy Emperor has no shortage of sons, and the Queen is virtuous. The princes in the harem are also doing well now. Generally speaking, children over eight years old are considered to be stable.
Nowadays, there are four or five princes in the palace who are over eight years old, so the emperor himself is no longer obsessed with having a son. Those who are anxious are some of the childless concubines.
Xie Xiuwen wiped the cold sweat from his head, hoping that Beauty Xie would not commit suicide.
Xie Zhai and An Jiahe came over to reconcile the accounts with account books and money. After talking about business, Liu Ruolan asked him if he had the girl he liked.
An Jiahe looked calm and stuttered a bit.
Liu Ruolan chuckled: "Don't be shy. We are all grown up young men. It's time for us to get married and have children. I have exchanged letters with your parents and said that I will help you find a suitable wife here. If you find someone suitable, Just tell me and I’ll find someone to come and propose marriage.”
An Jiahe's monthly salary was quite large, but most of it was sent back to his hometown by someone else.
Liu Ruolan took advantage of Xie Xiuwen's reputation and established a good relationship with the caravan. Every six months, she would ask a few children to bring the money back.
In the past few years, the Fang family's life has been getting better. At least they can afford to build a house and get a wife.
Unlike Anjia, he was in the capital, and after seeing the prosperity of the capital, he naturally did not want to go back to his hometown. He had mentioned the idea of staying in the capital to his uncle before, and Xie Xiuwen agreed.
The An family and He now live in Xie's house. If they get married, they can still live in the house, or they can move out and rent a small yard. It doesn't matter how big it is. Even if it's a large courtyard mixed with others, that's fine.
"Thank you, auntie, for worrying about my affairs. I, I do have a girl that I like, but I am still collecting dowry gifts. The woman said that she doesn't ask for too much, she only asks to be able to give three The betrothal gift of ten taels, and in addition, we need to buy a donkey for their family."
Liu Ruolan was really surprised. The Fang family usually didn't talk much to their female relatives, but she didn't expect that they had a target already.
"Which girl?"
"His family makes tofu, not far from our Braised Vegetable Restaurant, and the one I fell in love with was his third girl."
Liu Ruolan was very happy, as long as she was a girl from a decent family.
"Okay, just wait, I'll ask a matchmaker to propose marriage. You're old enough, it's time to think about marriage."
Fang Jiahe said quickly: "Don't worry, aunt, I haven't saved enough money for the betrothal gift yet. I, I only saved ten taels of silver, I have to wait a little longer."
Liu Ruolan was stunned and asked curiously: "In the past few years, you have saved ten taels of silver?"
Fang Jiahe nodded sheepishly: "I took all the money I earned in the first two years with me. Life was difficult at home. I have food and drink here, and I can't freeze in the winter, so I didn't think about keeping it for myself. "
Liu Ruolan was speechless when she heard this.
The three young men from the Fang family who followed here all ate and drank for free. They really had no use for anything. Even the clothes they wore were all made in the shop.
Just based on this, Liu Ruolan felt that this child was sincere.
However, she still had to explain some things clearly to Fang Jiahe first.
"What if you get married? All the wages you earn will be sent back to your hometown?"
The Fang family shook their heads: "That can't be done. I have to set aside money to support my wife and children. And my uncle also told me before that I have to leave some money for myself to deal with unexpected things, just in case anything happens. Son, you will never be left empty-handed."
Seeing that his mind was still clear, Liu Ruolan nodded.
"Well, you don't have to worry about the betrothal gift. I'll help you with it first, and I'll deduct it from your monthly salary later. I'll include it when I write to your parents later. You can discuss with your future wife how much pension money you should give to your hometown every year."
"This, this is not good. It's twenty taels of silver. I may owe you for a long time."
"You, I really don't know whether to call you stupid or too real! You also know that twenty taels of silver is hard to save. If I don't lend it to you, aren't you afraid that the girl will get married to someone else?"
Fang Jiahe's expression changed. After his eyes flickered, he still insisted, "That's not possible. She promised to wait for me."
Liu Ruolan chuckled, this kid is really so honest!
"Okay, that's it, you go back first. I have to ask Butler Fang to help me with the donkey purchase later. Just keep the ten taels of silver in your hand. How can you not have any money after you get married? ? Anyway, I will lend it to you, and it will be deducted from my salary when the time comes."
The Fang family was so happy that they immediately kowtowed to her.
"Thank you auntie. Your great kindness will be remembered by my nephew for the rest of his life."
Liu Ruolan hurriedly stepped forward and helped him up: "Just do your job well. You are all still young. I thought I would not rush to rent a yard outside and live in the house first. There is a place to live anyway. Since you call me aunt, Your parents are not here, so there is nothing wrong with my nephew getting a wife."
In this way, he also saves money on renting a house.
Liu Ruolan sent people to find a matchmaker. After explaining the matter clearly, she asked Gu to accompany her.
The Fang family's favorite is the third daughter of the Feng family's tofu, named Feng Manman. Her father, Feng Laoer, is famous for being honest and honest. The skill of making tofu was learned from the Yue family. It happened that the Yue family had no sons, so he had to He had a daughter, and later he simply gave her daughter to his apprentice, which was considered a relief from his heartache.
Feng Lao'er has always treated his wife very well. The year before last, his father-in-law and mother-in-law were gone, so Feng Lao'er acted as a dutiful son, throwing pots and banners, which also left the relatives in his in-law's family speechless.
Feng Laoer has two sons and three daughters. Feng Manman is his youngest daughter. She usually does some embroidery work at home. Sometimes she also goes to the tofu shop to deliver meals. That's how she got to know Fang Jiahe.
Feng Laoer didn't have any objections to this marriage, but his wife was frowning.
"The Fang family and that boy are good. Now he is valued by his aunt. He manages a shop by himself, and the monthly salary has also increased. Now all year round, with the monthly salary and the reward, he can get more than twenty taels of silver at least. You still have What are you dissatisfied with?"
Manmanniang sighed: "It's not that I'm dissatisfied, it's that Yuanyuan also fell in love with that Fang family. What do you think we should do?"
(End of chapter)
