The news that Kong Yueqing was married to the clan elders spread like the wind.
In the following days, for several days, people at home kept coming to send congratulatory gifts.
"Congratulations to his aunt, you Qing'er are a blessed girl. The clan elders personally promised you a big family. Here are some dried dates, keep them for eating."
"Two feet of floral cloth, save it to make a dress."
"There's nothing good at home, so you can keep these eggs for yourself."
The people who came to send congratulatory gifts were all ordinary people living nearby. They didn't bring any expensive gifts, but only practical things.
Even for these things, people from the Kong clan who came from ordinary backgrounds had to be frugal to save money.
"Is Kong Yinfan at home?"
Outside the courtyard gate, Kong Yinjing led a Tiger Flag soldier to the other party's house.
The yard was not big. People in the main hall at the back heard the shouts outside and opened a crack in the window to look into the yard.
The windows are all paper windows, which not only block the wind but also block the light. You can only see the outside scene by pushing the windows open.
The woman sitting on the kang looked away from the window and said to her man, "It's his second uncle who's here!"
"You stay in the room, I'll go out and take a look." Kong Yinfan, who was at the kang table, got off the kang, pulled his shoes and walked out, picking up the shoes as he walked.
By the time he came out of the house, Kong Yinjing had already led people into the yard.
"His second uncle, why are you free to come here today?" Kong Yinfan greeted Kong Yinjing enthusiastically, who came without warning.
The other party is an old man who lives in the city, but he is just an ordinary member of the Kong family, and his family lives outside the city.
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
"Fifth brother, I wish you congratulations." Kong Yinjing bowed his hand towards Kong Yinfan with a smile on his face.
This is the first time he has set foot in the other party's house after returning from Datong.
Kong Yueqing was decided to marry in Datong, and it was only after he came back that the clan elders decided on the candidate.
"I also want to thank his second uncle. If it hadn't been for his second uncle as a matchmaker, this girl Qing'er wouldn't have been able to find such a good husband." Kong Yinfan also heard in the past two days that it was the other party who protected his daughter's matchmaking. .
The two are of the same generation, but their relationship is still within the fifth server.
However, the ranking is not a big ranking, but a small ranking of three generations in one house. Two people do not belong to the same house, so they have different titles like second brother and fifth brother.
Kong Yinjing said with a smile: "It is indeed a good marriage. When my eldest niece gets married, I will enjoy the blessings in the future!"
"Girl Qing will be able to enjoy happiness in the future, thanks to his second uncle and your hard work." Kong Yinfan looked humble and his words were full of politeness.
The other party is not only her daughter's matchmaker, but also a gentleman living in the city.
"Haha, with your words, my hard work has not been in vain." Kong Yinjing laughed and introduced him, "The man next to me is sent by my eldest niece's future husband. As for me, I brought him here specially. Please recognize me, and I’ll discuss something with you by the way.”
Kong Yinfan looked at the strange man standing next to Kong Yinjing.
The other person was wearing cotton armor, a very short bird gun on his waist, and a brimmed hat on his head, which was similar to what his son described that day.
In fact, he had already noticed this person as soon as he came out of the room, but Kong Yinjing didn't introduce him, so he couldn't ask directly.
"Let me introduce myself. My name is Xing Yun, and I have been ordered to escort the young lady back to Datong." The captain of the soldier squad named Xing Yun said to Kong Yinfan.
However, when Kong Yinfan heard this, he looked at Kong Yinjing next to him in surprise and said, "His second uncle, what does he mean? Why can't I understand?"
"Ahem!" Kong Yinjing coughed dryly and said, "Isn't the marriage of the eldest niece settled? This time, the husband's family sent someone over to take the eldest niece over and get married."
"Getting married?" Kong Yinfan's face suddenly changed, and he said with an ugly expression, "The marriage has been decided, and the three matchmakers and six appointments have not even finished, but they are going to take the person away. Is this a marriage? It's not like a bandit snatching the bride. .”
At this time, Xing Yun said to Kong Yinjing: "Mr. Kong, you brought up the matter, so I ask you to explain it clearly?"
"Don't worry, it won't delay the marriage between the two families." Kong Yinjing assured Xing Yun.
Duke Yansheng and the clan elders were afraid that the Kong family's daughter would lose face by marrying a bandit, but they had to marry for the benefit of the Kong family, so they secretly decided to secretly marry the Kong family's daughter in advance, and the faster the better. Well, the less people know about it, the better.
Naturally, Duke Yansheng and several clan elders would not come forward to do this, so the errand fell on Kong Yinjing.
"No, we won't marry. Who marries their daughter like this? This is not what marrying their daughter is. I think it's almost the same as selling their daughter." Kong Yinfan said with an unhappy look on his face.
He couldn't imagine how miserable his daughter would be in the future if his daughter got married in such a mysterious way.
Kong Yinjing turned around and looked at Kong Yinfan in front of him, and said: "The reason why the eldest niece was married so quickly was the decision made by Duke Yan Sheng and the clan elders. Do you still want to defy Duke Yan Sheng and the clan elders? Something settled?”
The scariest thing about the clan is that there is no reason to say anything.
"But, my daughter can't just get married without knowing it!" Kong Yinfan squatted on the ground dejectedly, grabbing his hair with his hands.
The family would have to live in Qufu from now on, and he did not have the courage to disobey the clan elders' decision.
Kong Yinjing took out two ingots of silver from his sleeves, handed them to Kong Yinfan, and said: "These twenty taels are compensated by the clan elders, and Xiwa will give you five acres of good water." Water the fields.”
Hearing this, Kong Yinfan raised his head.
"Take it." Kong Yinjing handed the silver in his hand forward, and then said, "No one in the clan can compensate the land for marrying off a daughter. This is your family."
Looking at the two ingots of silver in front of his eyes, Kong Yinfan hesitated for a moment, and finally stretched out his hands tremblingly.
"Master, we can't have these things."
After the words fell, the woman in the house walked out from behind the door of the outer room.
He came to Kong Yinfan's side in a few steps and raised his hand to knock back Kong Yinfan's stretched out hands.
"The fifth sister-in-law is also at home!" Kong Yinjing's eyes showed dissatisfaction with the woman, but he still greeted her warmly.
"Humph, we are poor, but we don't want to sell our daughter." The woman said to Kong Yinjing with a cold face.
At the same time, he reached out and pulled his man up from the ground.
Kong Yinjing frowned slightly and said, "What the fifth sister-in-law said is that we are marrying our daughters. Why did the fifth sister-in-law say that we were selling our daughters?"
"Isn't your daughter sold? Whose daughter would be married off like this?" The woman touched her upper lip to her lower lip and said in a hurried tone, "We haven't even seen what our son-in-law looks like, and our daughter is about to be sent away. , we know where you want to send our daughter, what if she sells it to a rich family? We won’t get married anyway."
