novelaction Chapter 213 Fang Yin's Marriage
Chapter 213 Fang Yin's Marriage
Fang Jin also saw Fang Tong come in, but he was at another table at the moment.
His scholarly friends were all sitting here, and of course they were complimenting each other.
Almost none of them had ever been to Fang Jin's house, and they hadn't expected that he came from such a poor family. But after all, he had passed the imperial examination and might have connections in the future, so no one would be so tactless as to mention these things.
When Lu Dagun and Fang Tong were arguing, Fang Jin heard it. He turned his head and glanced at the table, pretending not to see anything.
Today is such a good day, and he doesn't want to have anything to do with Fang Tong. He is a shameless person, and if he makes a fuss, the whole family will be embarrassed. Fang Tong can afford it, but he can't.
He turned around, saw his two sons, and called them over.
"Qingtian, you two should light the firecrackers that the uncles brought! Be careful!"
When the people in the yard heard that firecrackers were going to be set off, many of them walked out of the yard, waiting to watch the fun.
The firecrackers were bought in the provincial capital by Fang Jin and several of his friends, who each pooled some money. A group of people went out and picked up the firecrackers in strings with poles, and told people who had never seen them to get out of the way quickly.
Fang Jin's two sons stood on either side of the door. After a while, firecrackers rang out and people around them cheered.
There were not many firecrackers and they were gone in a short while, but the villagers were still very excited, especially the children.
"Alright, alright, everyone, go back to the courtyard. I'll say a few more words, and then we'll start feasting!"
Fang Tong sat in his seat the whole time without moving and was feeling a little sleepy. Fang Yin was curious, but there were too many people and he couldn't squeeze out, so he gave up.
"Ahem," Old Man Fang cleared his throat, his face flushed as he stood in front. "Well... thank you all for coming to our Fang family today. As you all know, my son passed the imperial examination and became a student. This is a happy event for our family and the whole village!"
He put on a lot of pretentious speeches, and the villagers gave him face, especially the village chief and the elders, who even complimented him.
Old Master Fang was very pleased. For the first time in all these years, he felt that he was more proud than the patriarch of the Qin family.
After he said that, he took a step aside to make room for his son.
Fang Jin stood in his position. After all, he was a scholar and was much better at speaking polite words than his father. He thanked his father, his family, the village, his friends who studied with him, and so on. He expressed his gratitude to everyone.
After he finished speaking, he announced the start of the meal.
Fang Yin suddenly became energetic: Time to eat!
Fang Tong originally didn't even want to bring his second brother with him, but he knew they were coming for a banquet, so he had to follow them no matter where they were going.
However, he felt that he shouldn't have too much hope for the Fang family's banquet.
Sure enough, it was He and the women in the village who served the dishes. As the dishes came up one after another, the expressions of the villagers became a little subtle.
Fang Tong took a quick look and saw eight dishes on the table, including vegetables, mushrooms and so on. One of them looked like a stir-fry with some eggs scattered in it. Excluding that, there were only two meat dishes on the table, and they were sparse, or just minced meat, and you couldn't tell what kind of meat it was.
Not only that, the rice is coarse grains which is fine, but the steamed buns are all made of black flour, which is the flour used to make hard pancakes on a daily basis.
This kind of feast would be inappropriate even in the countryside.
Fang Yin was disappointed at once. These were not as good as what he ate at his brother's house!
The villagers' reaction was even more obvious. If it had happened on a normal day, it would have been fine. Everyone was having a hard time during the famine, but the Fang family was already relatively well-off in the village. They had supported their own scholars, and they had just had a feast at the Zhou family a few days ago.
The comparison is like heaven and earth.
"How can they not even afford to buy a chicken? The Fang family isn't that poor, are they? I don't even want to eat it. I'm afraid I'll forget what the meat at the Zhou family's banquet tastes like."
"Well, just make do with it. People don't want to spend money on it. We still have to provide for the scholars!"
"It's enough to have something to eat, but I'm sorry for the gift I gave you today!"
Fang Jin listened to the discussion below and saw their expressions clearly, and his face suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
But now that things have come to this, explaining will only make things worse and become a joke. He can only bite the bullet and pretend he didn't hear anything.
The host had to pretend to be stupid, so the villagers who came to eat and drink for free had to pretend to be stupid too. Everyone just picked up their chopsticks and started eating.
As for Fang Jin's friends, they only ate a few symbolic bites to give him some face. They were already thinking that they should distance themselves from Brother Fang in the future!
Old Master Fang also ordered some wine, which he took out and brought with him his son and Fang Yin to toast and thank everyone.
"I'm not going!" Fang Yin frowned unhappily.
Fang Tong also felt strange: "Uncle, he doesn't understand, just let him stay here and eat..."
Mr. Fang glared at him and said, "Stop interfering in our family affairs!"
Pulled the reluctant Fang Yin away.
Fang Tong rolled his eyes: "He wanted a son when he was taking advantage of the situation, and now it's become their family's problem. Doesn't he know how much his family dislikes his second brother? If there's nothing wrong here, his name would be written backwards!"
Sure enough, after three rounds of drinks, all the bad things in Mr. Fang's mind came out.
"By the way, today, my family has something good to tell you all!"
Many people looked over curiously.
"That means our second son has already been engaged!"
The crowd was in an uproar.
They all knew what Fang Yin was like. He was a fool. Who would be willing to marry their daughter to him?
The Fang family is in a different situation now, how could they even talk about marriage with a fool?
Fang Tong was shocked: "Engagement? Whose family?"
Old Master Fang glanced at him impatiently and said, "She's the daughter of Landlord Wang from Dahe Village. I'll be going to make the betrothal soon. When the time comes, I'll treat everyone to a drink!"
Landlord Wang’s daughter? !
Fang Tong's face suddenly turned dark!
That girl is almost as heavy as two loads of grain, but that’s not the biggest problem. The problem is that this woman is a nymphomaniac and has been married seven or eight times!
No matter where she is, as long as she sees a man she likes, she will cheat on her man, and some men are willing to do so for money!
If she couldn't stand the first one she married, she would replace him with the next one, and this went on all the time. Landlord Wang only had this one daughter, and for all these years, she had to follow him around and clean up his mess!
Fang Tong hurried over and pulled his second brother behind him: "No, I don't agree to this marriage!"
Old Master Fang sneered, "You don't agree? Who do you think you are? Marriage is a matter of life and death, and it's up to the parents and the matchmaker. What does it have to do with you, my cousin?"
Fang Tong's face was very ugly. There were also some younger villagers who didn't know what was going on with the landlord Wang's family. They looked at each other in confusion. Those who had heard about it kept it a secret and were all married. They would not tell such dirty things to the younger generation who were not married.
Don't dirty your ears!