Red Mansions: My Book is Cool

Chapter 141

It was Dr. Zhang from the Ministry of Industry who brought up the marriage in spring.At first he didn't formally propose a marriage, but first made a sound, and told Jia Zheng about Cheng Xiucai's situation, and asked the meaning of Rongguo Mansion.Zhang Langzhong has a solid background in the Ministry of Industry and has made great achievements recently. He is the most promising candidate to fill the vacancy of the minister. Therefore, Jia Zheng did not dare to neglect, and immediately went back and informed Jia Mu and Jia Amnesty.

"The Cheng family mentioned by Mr. Zhang was originally the son of his old friend. The old friend was the magistrate in Gaotang Prefecture, and he was an official of the fourth rank. Although the Cheng family was a bastard son, his mother was a good concubine, and both mother and son were very popular with Cheng. The prefect values ​​it. The elder brother above him is much older than him, and he is also friendly to him. The Cheng family is in his early twenties, and has already been selected as a scholar. He missed a rural examination due to illness, and now he is studying at the Shuren Academy in the capital. There is another After a few months, he was ready to take the Juren examination. Zhang Langzhong said that this son is elegant and gentle, and has good knowledge." Jia Zheng introduced, feeling a little envious in his heart.Unexpectedly, among the daughters of the Jia family, Yingchun was the first to be proposed. And the man's condition is not bad.How did such good luck not fall on Tanchun?Both are concubines, but Tanchun is far better than Yingchun.

"Yingchun was invited to Zhang Langzhong's house as a guest, and accidentally ran into Cheng Xiucai. Cheng Xiucai admired Yingchun's gentleness, and Mrs. Zhang wanted to match the two, so Zhang Langzhong proposed to me. Naturally, I couldn't be a scholar, so I came back and told the old man My wife and elder brother know."

Mother Jia thought for a while, if it was said that Cheng Xiucai fell in love with Yingchun at a glance, then she would not believe it.Therefore, there must be a reason for this.

"What is the origin of that doctor?" Jia Mu asked.

"It's Wang Dongming's disciple, Brother Cong's senior brother." Jia Zheng's tone was astringent: "Recently, Brother Cong and him have made briquettes, which are better than coal for heating and fire, and cost less. Firewood. They dedicated this manufacturing recipe to the imperial court. The large coal mines are all government-run, and the imperial court has benefited a lot from it. Both Zhang Langzhong and Brother Cong will be rewarded for their merits. It is very possible that Langzhong Zhang will be promoted to be a minister. Brother Cong There must be a good arrangement after the end of watching politics. In addition, each of them received a reward of 5000 taels of silver, which is only on the surface."

Hearing this, Jia She was even more disaffected, with a gloomy face, not only hated that the old lady had succeeded Jia Cong, so that now Jia Cong's future could not be honored, but also annoyed that Jia Cong was unfilial, how could he get such a reward? Don't know how to be filial and filial to his biological father?An ungrateful little beast!

Seeing Jia Amnesty's expression, Jia's mother naturally guessed what he was thinking, and hurriedly changed the subject: "You can't just listen to what other people say. You have to send someone to find out what happened to Cheng Xiucai. Or, please brother Cong. It’s good if you come to ask, since his senior brother opened the mouth, there must be his meaning in it.”

"Grandmother, Uncle Pardon, Uncle Zheng," Jia Cong received the invitation this time, and came over without refusing. Hearing Jia Zheng's story, he immediately replied: "I am familiar with Cheng Xiucai. He is passable, and his knowledge is also solid. My brothers have pointed out his knowledge, and they all said that he has no problem in being a Juren. Even if he fails this subject, he can still pass the exam once or twice. Such a person is worthy enough I'm going to be Sister Yingchun."

"But Cheng Xiu is a concubine, and his father is only a fourth-rank official, or a foreign official. Our family is a state mansion! As the saying goes, marrying a daughter and marrying a high-ranking man is not worthy?" Mrs. Xing, the aunt's mother, was also called by Jia's mother, frowning beside her.She was not worried about Yingchun, but wanted to find fault with Jia Cong.In the past, Jia's family didn't pay attention to her, and now they don't even pay attention to her. Madam Xing is dissatisfied.

Jia Cong raised his eyebrows: "But he is a real-time magistrate, and his political achievements are outstanding, so he can be promoted again! Besides, Uncle She is only a first-class general now, how can he not deserve it? Moreover, the civil servant's current status How, Aunt She doesn't know in the inner house, but Uncle Zheng always understands."

"As for Cheng Xiu, the bastard," Jia Cong chuckled, and said softly, "Auntie forgive me for forgetting, so I was also a bastard!"

When everyone heard this, they choked, speechless, and guilty.

"Then Cheng Xiucai is not in the limelight right now, how much property will his father and brother give him, and how much dowry money can he give? Brother Cong, since you have a lot of friends now, can't you find a better marriage for Yingchun?" Jia Sheleng snort.

He was deeply concerned about Sun Shaozu's cold treatment, but at this moment he compared it with it: "A few days ago, Sun Shaozu, who came to our house to ask for my help, became the deputy commander-in-chief of Ping'an Prefecture, and he and Osmanthus Xia's family The daughter of the royal family is engaged. A daughter of a royal merchant can be a royal wife, not to mention that Yingchun is also an official lady, the granddaughter of the Duke, and she is only worthy of a scholar!"

Jia Cong glanced at him sarcastically, nodded and said, "Uncle Xie, I've heard about this too. But you know, the young lady of the Xia family is an only daughter, and the dowry is very rich. Moreover, in the future, the property of the Xia family will be left to Daughter, there are always millions of dollars." He said solemnly: "If Uncle Xi is willing to prepare such a dowry for Sister Yingchun, I promise to find a better candidate and make her more beautiful than Miss Xia. I don't know what you want how?"

Hearing this, Jia She immediately flinched, jokingly, how could he give Yingchun any kind of dowry, he still wanted to get a lot of money from Yingchun.

"Prosperity and wealth are naturally what everyone likes, but it depends on whether you have the ability to get them. If you don't deserve virtue, there will be disasters; if people don't deserve wealth, you will lose!" Jia Cong didn't want to save any face for them, and his words were sharp.With the nature of the Jia family, the more courteous you are, the less grateful they will be, and they will only think of making progress and making progress.

"I am Yingchun's old man, can I still be her taxi?" Jia She was a little ashamed when he saw Jia Cong bumping into him, but he also knew that there was nothing he could do with him, so he could only use Yingchun as an excuse.

Jia Mu's heart moved, Jia Cong was willing to find a marriage for Yingchun, which shows that he still cares about this sister.So, will he contribute to Fuchu to welcome the spring?Might as well give it a try!

"Brother Cong, you are right about pardoning uncle. He can only be a scholar in the matter of welcoming the spring, and even I, a grandmother, can't interfere!" Jia Mu said slowly: "There is no rush, let's see Well, can there be anything better?"

Jia Cong glanced at Jia's mother and laughed: "Aunt and grandma are right. The girls in Jia's family didn't talk about them anyway. The sisters are together and don't worry about being lonely. Besides, that's my brother Zhang. If you want to do something good, whether you agree or not has nothing to do with me."

"Sister Yingchun is my clan elder sister. If I can help, I am willing to help; but if I can't help, then I have no choice but to give up. It's just a little bit of affection between relatives, don't you think so?"

——Don't let them feel that they can rely on Yingchun to control themselves. Only by being cold and ruthless can they dispel their delusions.But Jia Cong believed that Jia Mu and the others would not dare to refuse this marriage casually.In this way, not only would he completely irritate himself, but he would also offend Zhang Langzhong. In the future, it would be impossible to say that Zhang Langzhong was Jia Zheng's immediate boss and controlled his fate.If Cheng Xiucai succeeded in the provincial examination a few months later, then the marriage would be impeccable, and it was the Jia family who were anxious.

Mother Jia watched as Jia Cong waved his hand and left just like that, her heart tightened. Could it be that she had guessed wrong, and Jia Cong was just helping Yingchun?That's right, he treats his father and brother so indifferently, how can he be willing to be controlled by others because of a half-sister?But Mr. Zhang couldn't refuse without a reason, otherwise Zheng'er would have a hard time being a man.Alas, let's wait and see the situation!

It dragged on for several months, Zhang Langzhong asked Jia Zheng several times, Jia Zheng had no choice but to say that his elder brother was considering it, and he had only one daughter under his knees, who was very precious and did not dare to make a decision without authorization.In a blink of an eye, the rural examination began.

A month later, the results of the provincial examination were announced, and Cheng Xiucai was on the list.Although the ranking is not very high, it has become a Juren.This time, his status took a qualitative leap, and he became a proud son of fame.Born into a family of officials and officials, now that he has achieved fame and a promising future, no matter if he is a concubine, he has become a sought-after marriage proposal.

At this time, Zhang Langzhong became impatient, and went to ask Jia Zheng, what is your family thinking about?Someone from the Cheng family has already come to talk about a matchmaker, and the various conditions are no worse than your Rongguo Mansion. If Mrs. Zhang didn't sympathize with Yingchun and wanted to match her up for a good marriage so that she would be reliable for life, he wouldn't want to worry about it.Now you have to give an accurate word, and there is no longer any delay.Tsk tsk, even such a talent is looked down upon, as expected, the Duke's Mansion has a very high vision!

Jia Zheng was urged, and under embarrassment, he suddenly had an idea, since Jia Amnesty was unwilling, but he valued Cheng Juren very much!Wouldn't it be a pity to miss such a rare good marriage, why not let Tanchun replace Yingchun?Tanchun is only better than Yingchun, and the Cheng family will definitely be satisfied.He hastily said this politely.

Zhang Langzhong was noncommittal, and only replied that he couldn't be a scholar, so he had to ask Cheng Zhifu, and then he told Jia Cong about it.

After Jia Cong was astonished, he immediately came up with Shiyi.Jia Zheng's good plan, he doesn't believe that Jia She, who has long had feelings for his mother and younger brother, will be indifferent to this!Even if he didn't care about Yingchun at first, he would be aroused if he knew this calculation, and he would not steam the steamed buns to fight for his breath.

Another point is that Jia Cong remembered that when the second sister You died, it was already at the end of the book.If that day came, no matter how much the Cheng family looked at his face, they would not be willing to be engaged to a girl from a sinful family.No, it is not known whether Yingchun will accompany her to prison and sell her at that time.At that time, if he redeemed Yingchun again, Yingchun's identity would no longer be that of an official lady.He has to hurry up!

For this, he is willing to pay a little price and suffer some losses.

Therefore, Jia Cong went to find Jia She in person, and asked directly: Uncle She is willing to accept this marriage?If he doesn't want to, then forget it, he will go and tell the Cheng family that this marriage is over, or he can propose marriage to Tanchun instead.Anyway, they are all Jia's daughters, Tanchun is more capable than Yingchun, the Cheng family is not at a loss!Jia Zheng couldn't ask for it, and he originally proposed this idea.

If you are willing to agree, then don't delay, Cheng Juren is now a sought-after husband-in-law.If it weren't for the good relationship with him, Yingchun would not be able to turn.Anyway, he and Jia She and Yingchun are also father and son, siblings, and he is willing to give 2000 taels of silver to Jia She as his tribute to raising Yingchun.

That's all for now, if you agree or not, just give me an accurate statement!From then on, he no longer cared about his own business, causing all kinds of troubles in vain.

When Jia Amnesty first heard about Jia Zheng's plan, he was extremely annoyed; seeing Jia Cong's angry look, he seemed about to turn his back on him, and began to panic.Towards Jia Cong, his mentality gradually changed, and he even developed a little awe of this former concubine. Looking at him, he felt a little uncomfortable, and he didn't dare to attack.Hearing that Jia Cong wanted to give him 2000 taels of silver, that was a windfall and a joy.

Thinking about it carefully, if my concubine can get a son-in-law, it will give him good looks.The Cheng family's family background is also very good, and the bride price will not be small.Cheng Juren has prospered at a young age, and will definitely be more prosperous in the future.It is said that Cheng Juren has a gentle temperament, so if he asks for something, he probably won't refuse, let alone Yingchun.This marriage, do it!

After thinking for a while, Jia Amnesty put on a smile on his face, and after explaining his grievances and difficulties to Jia Cong, he agreed to marry Yingchun.

Jia Cong let out a long sigh of relief.Finally, Yingchun finally has a good home