novelaction Chapter 515 Experience 36
Chapter 515 Experience 36
After Changbai's wedding, everyone prepared for the New Year. Originally, Mrs. Sheng thought Pinlan was really popular, and even Minglan was made more lively by her. Thinking that Changfeng and Molan would get married after the New Year, she wanted to keep her in the capital to celebrate the New Year, and then return home after Changfeng and Molan's wedding the following year.
In fact, Pinlan was indeed moved. In Sheng Hong's house, Wang Ruofu also liked her. She was also very good friends with the three sisters Molan, Rulan and Minglan. The capital city was also very prosperous and interesting. She really wanted to stay there for a while.
But there was Shulan who was suffering in her hometown, and she had made up her mind to help Shulan stand on her own feet. Even if she couldn't divorce Sun Xiucai for a while, she would let Shulan suppress the mother and son of the Sun family so that she could live a more comfortable life.
Pinlan thought so and naturally said so in front of Old Lady Sheng and Wang Ruofu. After hearing this, the two of them valued Pinlan even more. After all, the friendship between brothers and the harmony between sisters can reflect a person's character and the family style of a family.
When Pinlan was leaving, Old Lady Sheng and Wang Ruofu packed a lot of good things for her and invited her to come to the capital next year to attend the wedding of Changfeng and Molan. Before Pinlan could say anything, her father Sheng Wei agreed.
Although Sheng Wei and Sheng Hong are both members of the Sheng family and the two families are not even close to the fifth degree of mourning, if you count the next generation of Chang Bai and Chang Feng, the first and third branches in Youyang's hometown and the second branch, Sheng Hong, who is an official in the capital, will be exactly at the fifth degree of mourning.
Up to now, except for the second branch of Sheng Hong who has someone who passed the imperial examination and became an official, the first branch inherited the ancestral business and did business in their hometown of Youyang, and the third branch even has to rely on the first branch for survival. Naturally, the second and third branches have no children who can go to school. That's why Shulan married Sun Xiucai, who passed the imperial examination at a young age, after careful selection by Sheng Wei.
But Sheng Wei did not expect that he had made such a mistake. That scholar Sun was a complete waste of his talent. The pursuit of the title of scholar had already consumed all his energy. After Shulan married him with a large dowry, he had some money and immediately abandoned his studies. He spent his days drinking, gambling and visiting brothels with his friends, completely ruining his future.
Therefore, Sheng Wei, the head of the eldest house, really wanted to continue his friendship with Sheng Hong in the next generation. He sent generous gifts to the capital every year in recent years. After Molan and Changfeng received Sheng Hong's real attention, he treated Molan and Changfeng, the two illegitimate children, only slightly worse than Changbai and Rulan.
As for Minglan, she is taken care of by Old Madam Sheng, and Sheng Wei is no fool. The things he gives to Minglan are of the same value as those given to Molan. It's just that because Molan has a promising brother Changfeng, the things he gives to Minglan are more exquisite than those given to Minglan.
Sheng Wei's two sons, Changsong and Changwu, are not capable of taking the imperial examinations. The eldest son, Changsong, is now gradually taking over the family business, but there is no good arrangement for the second son, Changwu. Sheng Wei secretly hopes that one of his sons can pursue a career in politics, so when he came to Beijing to celebrate Changbai's marriage, he brought all his children with him, except Shulan, who did not come because she was already married.
Changwu is ready to join the army under the advice of Changbai and Changfeng. They have even asked Gu Tingye for help on this matter.
The relationship between Pinlan and the other two sisters Molan is obviously good. Not to mention that the sisters will be married off in a short time, and they will have few opportunities to get together at that time. But that also depends on the fact that the families that Molan and the other two sisters can marry into are at least from an official family.
Just like Changbai and Changfeng, Gu Tingye was just a classmate with them, and the future of Changwu was just a matter of a drink and a few words between the two brothers.
Changbai's wife Han was indeed very much liked by Wang Ruofu. Even though Sheng Hong asked Wang Ruofu to hand over the housekeeper's power as soon as she entered the house, she had no complaints. On the first day of their marriage, when the couple came to offer tea and recognize each other, she took out her treasured red jade bracelet and gave him a set of ruby and kingfisher feather headdress.
Such a generous gesture made Sheng Hong lose his composure on the spot: "Madam has become more and more open-minded now."
Wang Ruofu rolled her eyes at Sheng Hong, but such teasing did not affect her at all. She smiled and said to her son, "It's the end of the year and there are many things to do at home. If you are free, come and help."
Han looked at Changbai, who smiled and nodded, "Mother is a straightforward person. Once she says something, it means she thinks so in her heart."
Everyone present was family, and Wang Ruofu was too lazy to pay attention to those empty formalities. She smiled and echoed Changbai's words: "Yes, yes, I really don't like those empty words. We are all family, so if there is something, just talk about it. Don't keep it in your heart and let it ruin the relationship between flesh and blood."
Sheng Hong heard Wang Ruofu's straightforward but very reasonable words, and smiled and praised: "Madam, you are wise."
Wang Ruofu was speechless, but all the young people in the room lowered their heads and laughed. Seeing this scene, Han finally relaxed a lot and was ordered by Wang Ruofu to go to Shou'an Hall to pay a visit to Old Madam Sheng.
Han quickly integrated into the Sheng family. At the same time, she also confirmed some of the information she had found out before getting married about Lin Qinshuang, Changfeng and Molan, the mother and son. Lin Qinshuang was indeed very favored. The reason why there were no rumors of favoring concubines over wives in the Sheng family was all because the Sheng family had a tight fence.
But it is obvious to the naked eye that Changbai has a good relationship with Changfeng, Molan, Rulan and Minglan. Changbai even still has the needlework that her sisters have given her over the years, such as common small items like purses, sachets and fan cases.
Changbai might not think of telling his family in person about the relationship between himself and his family members, but there are four maids who serve Changbai personally. They have heard Changbai's words that he will not take a concubine, and they have never thought of becoming Changbai's concubine or concubine. So naturally they have to make things convenient for Han, Changbai's eldest wife. When people around Han asked for some information, they told them everything they could.
As for Old Lady Sheng, Changbai personally explained the situation to his wife Han: "Now the younger generation in the family, including my father, actually have no blood relationship with my grandmother. My grandmother has devoted her whole life to the Sheng family and even raised Minglan, her younger sister, in her old age. So in the future, I must let my grandmother spend her old age in seclusion."
Han had previously seen that Wang Ruofu's attitude towards Old Madam Sheng was not as enthusiastic as Sheng Hong's, and she was a little nervous. But now that Changbai had spoken clearly, she felt more confident and said seriously, "Grandmother is a female relative, and my husband is mostly working outside. It is more appropriate for me, a female relative, to do the work inside."
Changbai was simply filled with emotion. He and Changfeng had been inseparable over the years, and he had been somewhat influenced by some of Lin Qinshuang and Molan's ideas. For example, regarding the matter of honoring Old Madam Sheng, he now knew that he should make his own decisions on this matter, and his wife Han could only assist him but could not completely replace him.
Han felt that Changbai had outstanding character and the Sheng family had a very clear and upright family tradition. Even Lin Qinshuang and Wang Ruofu did not interfere with each other, and Molan and Rulan were as close as sisters from the same mother. She felt that this was all due to the good mediation of the master Sheng Hong. After she returned home, she told her parents some unimportant things about the Sheng family, which undoubtedly gave her another wave of reputation thanks to Sheng Hong.