Xie Rongrong also got married last year, and her marriage was slightly better than Xie Ronglan's. Her family came from a scholarly family, but they were in Fucheng, not in Gaoyang County.
This marriage was arranged through the help of the Cheng family, and Xie Laosan made two more personal trips to Fucheng before it was settled.
Xie Rongrong's husband's surname is Niu, and she is marrying the third son. Mr. Niu was born in Juren and has a certain reputation in the city. Mrs. Niu's father was also an official in the past. Later, Mr. Niu failed to win the Jinshi twice, so he relied on connections I went to the governor's house and found a job.
Now after a few years, he has become a sixth-grade Sima.
It can also be regarded as a family of officials.
Xie Rongrong married Niu Sanlang. Niu Sanlang could not study well, but he was proficient in arithmetic and liked to deal with money, so he is now responsible for the general affairs of the family. Basically, all the Niu family's property has to pass through his hands.
Mr. Niu will inquire two or three times a month and look at the account books once or twice. He is quite at ease with this third son and basically does not interfere.
The eldest son and the second son of the Niu family are both studying, but currently only the eldest son has become a scholar, and the second son is just a boy.
Although Ushisaburo cannot study well, he has learned some basic lessons he should have studied since he was a child. Now he is taking care of the family's property and his life is quite fulfilling.
Xie Rongrong married here, so she didn't have to worry about food and drink, and because of the presence of her second uncle, Xie Xiuwen, Xie Rongrong's position in the Niu family was still very stable.
There was no one else around Niu Sanlang, but soon after Xie Rongrong became pregnant, he took in a girl who was his wife, and always asked people to give her medicine. Obviously, he did not intend to have a concubine.
Xie Rongrong was already very content.
She has also seen it, and knows that any man with a better family background, how can he live with only one person?
Someone like her second uncle is really rare.
Moreover, Ushisaburo is just a slave girl who will never be able to turn around in this life. What should she, the mistress, have to guard against?
She now hopes that she can give birth to a son as soon as possible.
When Xie Rongrong got married, her dowry was better than that of Xie Ronlan, mainly because the Niu family was well off and gave them more betrothal gifts.
After discussing with Xie Xiuran, Mr. Xie decided to give all the betrothal gifts to her as a dowry and carry them back.
Such behavior made the Niu family look down upon them.
Xie Rongrong has been favored by his father since he was a child. Originally, Xie Xiuran's favorite was Xie Ronglan, but later Xie Ronglan followed Xie Xiuying to live in Fucheng for a few years. The father and daughter did not watch over her every day, so the affection faded a bit, especially when Xie Ronglan later She got into trouble many times, so Xie Xiuran didn't value her that much.
When Xie Rongrong got married, Xie Xiuran supplemented her with a set of jewelry as a token of her father's thoughtfulness.
When Xie Ronglan got married, Xie Xiuwen's official position was not so high. Last year, when Xie Rongrong got married, Xie Xiuwen was already the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. Naturally, the congratulatory gifts sent by the various parties were different.
For example, in the past, if the county magistrate gave him two pieces of silk and a pair of silver bracelets as a congratulatory gift, when he arrived at Xie Ronglan's place, it was a congratulatory gift of six pieces of silk and satin and a pair of gold bracelets.
Therefore, the influence of a third-grade powerful official was immediately highlighted.
Grandpa Xie is much more transparent now, and Xie Rongrong is also marrying into an official family, so he naturally wants to give him a bigger dowry, which would be decent.
When Xie Laosan came to Fucheng, he also wanted to see Xie Rongrong for something.
This time, Xie Rongrong did a good job in clearing her husband. When she got married, she was given a farm as a dowry. In order to facilitate the management, she chose a place closer to the city. It was not much, only more than 300 acres, but for For Xie Rongrong, it is enough.
Xie Rongrong not only cooperated actively, but also took the initiative to persuade her father-in-law to make preparations early, and also took the initiative to make up for the tax and food for a year. After Xie Xiuwen learned about this, he specially sent a letter to Xie Rongrong.
It is true that Niu Sima's official position is too low, and as Xie Xiuwen is the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, he cannot violate taboos and should not take the initiative to contact his subordinates to avoid causing trouble for himself.
After Xie Rongrong received the letter, she reported the matter to her father-in-law and took out the original letter. This incident naturally attracted praise from Niu Sima.
Shortly after they received the letter, there were quite a few changes among the officials in the governor's office.
Niu Sima's official position has not been promoted or demoted, which is considered a good thing.
Five officials were dismissed one after another, and two were even directly imprisoned. This incident frightened Niu Sima.
After this incident, Niu Sima even asked his wife to treat this third daughter-in-law well.
It's a good thing that he listened to her in the first place, otherwise, he would also suffer this time.
Xie Laosan came here, firstly, to confirm what Xie Rongrong had done before and to express the Xie family's attitude again; secondly, he wanted to ask her about Xie Ronxuan's marriage.
Xie Rongxuan is discussing marriage, and there are currently several good candidates. Grandpa Xie wants her to help find out a few things.
It was about his own sister, so Xie Rongrong naturally agreed.
"Okay, that's why I came here today. If there's any news, I'll send someone to deliver a message to my hometown. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
"Third uncle, don't you want to stay for a meal before leaving?"
"No, I have a lot of things on hand, so I won't delay. I also want to go to Mingshan Academy."
"Okay, by the way, these are the clothes I made for my two brothers. Please ask my third uncle to bring them over."
Xie Laosan gave her a complicated look, then took it and replied dully: "You are interested."
I have to say that Xie Rongrong has changed a lot in recent years.
Not mentioning what she did when she was a child, just looking at the past few years, Xie Rongrong is really hard to dislike.
It's like saying that they are all married women.
Xie Ronglan would only complain that the Xie family didn't know how to turn to her and make decisions for her, but what had she done for the Xie family?
And Xie Rongrong is much smarter. She is in the inner house and can't do much, but she also tries her best to do what she can, such as making clothes for the elders, shoes and socks for the brothers, etc. Now that she is married, I also know how to make clothes for my two brothers, just for this purpose, I don’t know how many times better than Xie Ronglan!
Xie Laiwang and Xie Laifu had arranged everything at home. This time, no one brought their family members with them. After all, they didn't know what errands their cousin had arranged for them. They would only find out after they got there.
Xie Laifu was smart, and the most important thing was that he was literate and had studied for a few years, but he was not the material to take the imperial examination, so he simply stopped studying and farmed at home to add some money to the family. income.
When they arrived in the capital, they still had a headache and didn't know how to find someone, so they were reminded by the Song family who were with them: "Look, isn't Butler Fang from the Xie Mansion over there? He must be here to pick you up, go quickly. "
