Huaxi Chronicle

Unity time.

North Garden, Deokju Hall.

The family banquet didn't start until [-]:[-] p.m., so Yan Cong'an, as a junior, naturally had to go there earlier.Unexpectedly, they had already arrived two quarters of an hour earlier, and the main hall of Deokshou Hall was already full of people.

At the head of the hall was the old man Yan, who was talking to Yan Guangxing and Yan Guangde who were standing beside him.There were a few women wearing bright skirts sitting on the two sides of the lower head. One of the women was the first to see Yan Cong'an who entered the door. She stopped talking with others, got up and walked towards Yan Cong'an.

The woman's face was painted with heavy makeup, and her eyes were curved into a line with a smile. She took a step forward, grabbed Yan Cong'an's hands attentively, looked it up and down carefully, and smiled with satisfaction. Said: "We haven't seen each other in An'an for a few years, and she has grown into a big girl. She looks so beautiful. She really looks good."

Yan Cong'an nodded slightly, and said shyly, "Eldest aunt..."

The woman who came up to talk to her was Yan Cong'an's eldest aunt, Yan Ruyu.

Although Yan Ruyu is the eldest daughter of the Yan family, she did not marry well.

The young girl's first love affair, Xu Shi couldn't restrain her love, and she fell in love with Xue Maocai, Yan Hongjie's mentor.Yan Ruyu is as her name suggests, as beautiful as jade, in her young age, Xue Mao also fell in love with her at first sight.The two were young and energetic, and they were less measured in their work. They secretly communicated with each other in private, and kept in touch.

After Yan Ruyu got married, Old Master Yan showed her many families. After much consideration, he fell in love with the concubine of Fengxiang Yinlou.But at this time, Yan Ruyu was already conceived.Originally, Yan Ruyu was only excited when she saw Xue Maocai's handsome appearance, so she did something wrong in a moment of confusion.Now that Old Master Yan is going to make an engagement for her, she originally wanted to abort the child in private, and then cut off contact with Xue Maocai.

But the honest and upright teacher didn't know what Yan Ruyu was thinking, he only thought that the two of them were very affectionate and affectionate.After learning that Yan Ruyu was pregnant, she directly invited a matchmaker to come to propose marriage.

Old Master Yan would not agree, he sent his servants to drive the teacher out of the house.In desperation, the teacher revealed that Yan Ruyu was pregnant.At this point, the affair between her and the teacher in Fuzhong has been known to everyone.

Old Master Yan was shocked and furious, but he had no choice but to marry Yan Ruyu to Xue Maocai.Yan Ruyu is used to living a life of rich clothes and fine food, how could she be willing to marry a poor scholar to live a hard life.However, for the face of the Yan family, Old Master Yan ordered her to marry despite Yan Ruyu's crying and begging.

Mrs. Yan has been in charge of the family for many years, and she is decisive and resolute in her actions, so there is no room for change in the decision.Yan Ruyu cried for a while, but did not change Old Master Yan's decision. After she asked for a few more dowry shops, she had no choice but to marry obediently.

Deokjudo.

Yan Ruyu affectionately pulled Yan Cong'an towards the people in the hall, Yan Cong'an saluted and greeted everyone one by one.Yan Cong'an is the third in the family, and has two older brothers, both of whom are married.Today's crowd is quite complete, apart from the eldest family Zhao, the second family Feng, and the fourth family Shen, even the younger generation and the granddaughters-in-law of several families also came.

The eldest son of the second house, Yan Hongbo, was the same age as Yan Cong'an, and died of illness last year, leaving behind a son and a daughter.The second son Yan Hongwen and Yan Cong'an were about the same age, and they were playing chess on the small couch by the window at this time.The two had a great time playing, and they didn't pay attention to Yan Cong'an's arrival.

After Yan Cong'an greeted the elders, Yan Ruyu pulled the unwilling daughter Xue Xuan to Yan Cong'an.She stretched out her hand and squeezed Xue Xuan's waist, and said with a smile on her face: "Xuan'er, you have lived in Kyoto for a long time since your cousin An, and you don't have many old friends in this Huaxi County. is the closest."

Xue Xuan could hear what her mother meant when she said that, but she had never been happy since she was a child.Yan Cong'an is the granddaughter of the Yan family, and the apple of the eye of Sanfang.And although she, Xue Xuan, is the grandson of the Yan family, she is also the daughter of a poor teacher.She felt dissatisfied, and she also felt envy and jealousy towards Yan Cong'an. Since she was sensible, she didn't like to be close to Yan Cong'an, and she didn't like this mother who always came to her natal house to play the autumn wind.

Xue Xuan looked unwilling, and stood aside silently, listening to her mother's speech.

Such blunt dislike is much more comfortable than this room full of hypocrisy.

Yan Cong'an smiled slightly, and thanked in a low voice: "Aunt Cong'an is worried."

While the three were talking, two young men walked in from the door. The man in front of him was dressed in brocade and jade robes, with a frivolous smile on his face.After seeing Yan Cong'an, he said sarcastically, "Hey, isn't this the third sister of my grandson in the Marquis's Mansion? Why don't you enjoy the blessings in the capital, but return to our small county."

Before Yan Cong'an could speak, Mrs. Zhao at the side stretched out his hand and pretended to hit the man, reprimanded him, "What nonsense are you talking about? Cong'an is the granddaughter of the Yan family. If you want to come back, come back. What does it have to do with you?"

After training the man, Mrs. Zhao turned back to Yan Cong'an and said in a gentle voice: "You big brother, you don't know what to say. You are used to talking nonsense. Don't be as knowledgeable as Cong An. Let's ignore him and talk inside."

Although both Yan Guangxing and Yan Guangxin are the eldest sons of the family, when Yan Guangxin was alive, the old lady Yan only focused on using the third house, and handed over the ancestral property to Yan Guangxin to take care of it.Yan Guangxing was obsessed with having fun and didn't really care.However, as the eldest grandson, Yan Hongjie was ten years older than Yan Cong'an. When Yan Guangxin took power, he already knew the ways of the world, so he was naturally dissatisfied with the old man Yan's partiality.

Yan Hongjie was dissatisfied with his third uncle, and even hated himself as the third younger sister.

While talking, Mrs. Zhao pulled Yan Cong'an to sit beside her, and talked to her courteously.

Seeing Yan Cong'an's indifferent appearance, Yan Hongjie felt even more annoyed. He leaned over here again, curled the corners of his lips, and said maliciously: "The third younger sister has been with Yan for many years, and she is not young anymore, but she has a good friend." If not, brother, I have a few brothers I know well, and I will introduce you later."

Mrs. Zhao at the side gave him a blank look, and reprimanded softly: "What's the matter with your introduction? It's a private affair. If there is a suitable man, let someone come to propose marriage."

Yan Hongjie pretended to be educated, and said solemnly: "What mother said is that my friends are all from a good family background, and their appearance is considered good. They are just suitable for these three younger sisters."

Seeing the two singing together, Yan Cong'an understood.It seems that today's play should start with the Changfang mother and son.

Yan Cong'an just listened quietly from the side without making a sound to interrupt.She nodded slightly, twisting the silk handkerchief with her fingers, pretending to be shy.

Seeing her delicate attitude like a daughter's, everyone showed joy on their faces.Yan Cong'an is the only one left in the Sanfang family, if she gets married as soon as possible.When the family is separated, three house shares will be lost naturally, and they will get an extra share.

There are no restrictions on the marriage of men and women in the Liang Kingdom, and the same is true of the Yan family's group training. If the daughter-in-law of the family does not marry outside and brings in a son-in-law, she will be like a son-in-law, and can share the ancestral property.It's just that in general, daughters of prostitutes in the family are married to better aristocratic families as legal wives, and the property and reputation of the husband's family will also surpass that of the Yan family. However, compared with recruiting, the Yan family has more daughters who marry out.

Everyone let go of the chatterbox, eager to have a try, and began to discuss the man they knew well or who matched Yan Cong'an in the clan.

Seeing everyone pulling Yan Cong'an to introduce her relatives, Yan Ruyu was not far behind, and said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "You all only think about your own relatives. Our Xue Ge."

Yan Ruyu stepped forward and took Yan Cong'an's hand, then pointed to the man who had just entered the hall with Yan Hongjie, and said earnestly: "Cong'an, you know Cousin Ge from my aunt's family, you two grew up together He's big, he's also a childhood sweetheart. Ge'er is an obedient child when he urinates, if you marry him, wouldn't it be better if we kiss him more."

As soon as this statement was made, the expressions of everyone in the hall were different.Some were surprised, some were displeased, some were joking, and there was even more waiting to see how Yan Cong'an refuted Yan Ruyu's face, with a posture of waiting to watch the show.

Xue Ge saw Yan Cong'an in the crowd as soon as he entered the door, and felt that his little watch, who hadn't seen him for a few years, was getting more and more lively.The willow brows and almond eyes, the white and tender skin, and the graceful waist, I think they are softer than the girls in Chunfang Building.Thinking of this, he was even more shocked, and he still had to go to Chunfang Tower after dinner tonight to let his heart out.

What Yan Ruyu's calculations are, the others are very clear in their hearts.

Although Yan Cong'an is a granddaughter, but both parents are dead, it is not easy for her to marry into a wealthy family and become the wife of a legitimate son.Since ancient times, the marriage of children has been about the right family, and the family is even more concerned about it. Although the marriage of children is a matter of two people, it is the marriage of two families behind it. The party who marries the daughter wants to find a stable lifelong support for the daughter. , The party who marries a wife naturally wants to find more supportive wives.

Those high-ranking and powerful families often have more than one legitimate son, so the family and wealth of the wife's family are even more important.Yan Cong'an lost his parents, so he lost his support in Yan's family. Marrying Yan Cong'an, if Mrs. Yan is still around, maybe it will help her, but if one day Mrs. Yan disappears, then the next head of the Yan family will be right How this orphan girl looks at it, no one can guess.

Ordinary sons of big families would not marry a daughter like Yan Cong'an whose parents died and lost support in her natal family.

Because of this, Yan Ruyu had other thoughts in her heart.Naturally, the small family of the Xue family didn't care about helping or not.What she has been thinking about is the dowry left by Lu's family to Yan Cong'an. Yan Ruyu still vaguely remembers the scene when Lu's married into Yan's family because she was too shocked.Lu's dowry team lined up from the gate of Yan's house to the end of the long street in front of the gate.The most important thing is that apart from the gold, silver, jewelry and silk brocades that came with her, the Lu family also has a bigger property.At that time, Taifu Lu felt sorry for his daughter's marriage, so he bought a farm with [-] mu of fertile land in Huaxi County, and used it as a dowry together with ten shops.With such a generous dowry, Yan Ruyu is greedy just thinking about it, and the calculations in her heart are crackling.

After Yan Guangxin and the Lu family passed away, because of Yan Cong'an's daughter, the Yan family had no right to handle the Lu family's dowry. As a granddaughter, Yan Cong'an was married, and the Yan family must have a lot of dowry.

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