Chapter 39

When Seeing Seeing Sheng Hong set off from Bianjing, he sent a letter to his old home in Youyang.

Asking Sheng Wei to purchase a house in Yang Zhou.

A few days ago, he visited the Bai family Master, the father of the Marquis Prefecture's Madam.

Although Seeing Seeing Sheng Hong's official rank was not high, he was the future official in charge of Yang Zhou.

Although the Bai family was in-laws of the Marquis Prefecture, they were, after all, of merchant origin.

The Bai family Master was also fond of literature and elegance, and the banquet was enjoyable for both host and guest.

Under the introduction of Bai Wanshu, he also generally learned about the price and location of houses in Yang Zhou, etc.

Seeing Seeing Sheng Hong left the Bai family slightly tipsy; in these few days, he would prepare to leave Bianjing,

return to Fujian Road,

and after handing over the relevant matters of the Quanzhou Assistant Prefect Prefecture, he would set off to Yang Zhou to take office.

On this day, Marquis Yongyi's Xu Prefecture welcomed a guest.

Madam Xie was the Madam of the second son of the Marquis Zhongjing Zheng family; her ancestors were viscounts in Bianjing City.

Under the protection of the Marquis Zhongjing, her eldest brother was serving as a Regional Military Commissioner in the south.

This eldest brother had three daughters; the eldest daughter was engaged to a general in Hejian Prefecture.

The second daughter was 14 years old this year, just the age for marriage discussions.

Today, she came to the Xu family to take a look at the eldest young master Xu Zaiduan; originally, this marriage was introduced by Madam Wu.

It was unfortunate that Madam Wu's child died in this pregnancy, so she couldn't come forward and could only let Madam Xie come to take a look.

Xu Zaiduan was heavily dressed up by the maid beside his mother and had quite a demeanor.

The two sisters Pingmei and Anmei in the family also came out to meet the female guest.

Madam Xie looked at Xu Zaiduan; his appearance was upright, his eyes didn't dodge when looking at people, and she heard he was still studying.

After some inquiries, at this age, he still had no concubines; Madam Xie was quite satisfied with this.

Sun Shi looked at Madam Xie's appearance and knew in her heart that this marriage was eight or nine parts likely to succeed.

She glanced at Xu Minghua sitting beside her, her eyes full of pride.

After Xu Zaiduan's matter was finished, Madam Xie smiled and said,

"I heard that our Xu family still has two outstanding young masters; Madam, in the future, we will be relatives; I wonder if today..."

"Naturally, Little Dan, go call Zhangge'er and Jingge'er."

Xu Zaijing had just finished his daily homework and was looking at the cotton tended by Uncle Deng with deep affection, his mind drifting over cotton quilts, plush toys, cushions, and compressed cotton could also be...

Uncle Deng on the side looked at Xu Zaijing's appearance and sighed deeply for the young master of his former master's family; finding a successor was a bit...

Hearing his mother's summons, Xu Zaijing tidied up and came to the hall where guests were entertained.

"Xu family Zaizhang/Zaijing greets Madam."

"Good children."

Madam Xie said, reaching out to the maid beside her.

The maid handed over two pouches.

Sun Shi stood up instantly.

Xu Minghua on the side hurriedly said:

"Madam, how could this be?"

There is no such thing as giving gifts to the man's family when coming to the man's house to take a look.

"Marquis, if we become relatives in the future, I am just giving a gift to the younger generation in advance."

Hearing this, Xu Pingmei and her sister smiled and teased their eldest brother.

They also received gifts when they met the female guest just now, but that was the exchange of gifts between women.

Since it had come to this, Sun Shi smiled and said: "Accept it."

"Thank you, Madam Xie."

Madam Wu had already told Sun Shi about the situation of the Xie family's daughter, and just waiting for an opportunity to go to the Xie family to take a look, this marriage would be settled.

Xu Minghua and his wife sent Madam Xie out of the door and said quite emotionally,

"So fast, Duan'er is going to get married."

"Bianjing knows that our family has declined quite a bit; we can't afford to marry a girl from a good family.

In the future, we still have to prepare dowries for the two girls; the income from the manors in Daizhou and Bianjing and the shops in the capital will always be tight."

"Fortunately, we have a good son."

Sun Shi shook her head, the hairpins she wore jingling.

"Jingge'er is also loving to his brothers and sisters; the pearls and southern pearls he was rewarded with were all sent out by him."

"A few days ago, when Madam Bai invited our family to play in the Marquis Prefecture, she gave quite a few things and also let our family invest money in some salt manor shares."

"This, isn't this sending money to our family?"

"I, a daughter from a small family in Bianjing, don't understand Madam Bai's thoughts. Now that I think about it, isn't fate just that your son is close to Madam Bai?"

"Also, this little boy, I don't know what kind of maternal family he will have in the future."

"Jing'er is still so young, you're thinking too far."

The couple waited for Madam Xie's carriage to turn at the street corner before turning back to the prefecture.

"That Uncle Deng we found, I think he is quite amazing."

"I heard he is a disciple of the Deng family, a master of agricultural studies, and has his own inheritance. Is he still tending to those exotic flowers and plants given by the Bai family?"

"Your youngest son wanted them, saying he wanted to know what these things would look like when they grew up."

"Just treat it as play; it's much better than going to those pleasure quarters and brothels in the capital."

When Seeing Seeing Sheng Hong brought his family to settle in Yang Zhou, this coming and going had already passed several months,

and in Yang Zhou, he welcomed his sixth child.

It was a girl, named "Minglan"; although Madam Wei had plenty of breast milk, the Sheng Prefecture still hired a nanny surnamed Li.

And in the courtyard of the Marquis Yongyi Prefecture, more than a dozen crops that had borne fruit rustled in the wind.

There were a few spots of blood and feathers on the ground.

This was because those birds that wanted to steal Xu Zaijing's life-root corn all became targets for Xu Zaijing's archery practice.

When the corn matured, Uncle Deng, who had tended to crops all his life, had almost figured out the habits of this new crop.

Looking at the sturdy crops, Uncle Deng looked happy and quite proud.

During this period, Marquis Yongyi Xu Minghua returned to the Northwest again.

The Daizhou disciples and personal guards he took away made the entire Xu family's stable much colder.

The ruler of the Bai Gao Kingdom passed away, and the Bai Gao Kingdom's harem relatives and powerful officials were fighting for power, showing signs of instability.

The various military groups in the Northwest were nervously preparing for war.

That exotic flower brought from the Gu family and named cotton by Xu Zaijing also slowly matured.

Uncle Deng picked out the seeds and continued to start planting in the Marquis Prefecture's "experimental field".

When the cold wind blew from the north, the Bai Gao Kingdom submitted a letter of peace.

The court was in an uproar over whether to fight or make peace.

Military generals naturally wanted to fight, to strike while the iron was hot.

Civil officials, however, opposed it; once the war started,

the war machine, which was like a gold-swallowing beast, would put huge tax pressure on the country.

Xu Zaijing heard this when Madam Wu came to the Xu family to play.

For the sake of her children, Sun Shi invested her dowry into the businesses of the Bai family and the Wu family, and relying on two good sisters, she barely managed to scrape together a family fortune for the eldest, Xu Zaiduan.

Preparing for the future marriage to the Xie family daughter.

The blooming cotton flowers were torn into cotton wool by Xu Zaijing asking servants, and two close-fitting cotton-padded jackets were made and sent to Sun Shi's maternal home.

The Sun family gave birth to two more young masters and one young lady, all of whom called Xu Zaijing cousin.

In the middle, knowing that Seeing Seeing Sheng Hong had a daughter, the Xu family also sent a gift to Jiying Lane.

When winter came and the New Year arrived, they still went into the palace to pay New Year's greetings as usual.

The imperial prince was growing up healthily.

This made Xu Zaijing even more lovable in the Empress's eyes, and he received quite a few rewards again.

The wife of the second son of the Marquis Zhongjing, who had come to the Xu family to take a look, was diagnosed with pregnancy before the New Year.

After Madam Wu rested for more than half a year, she became pregnant again.

Afterwards, she visited the Xu family more and more diligently; through chatting with Madam Wu, the Xu Pingmei sisters also obtained quite a bit of general information about the children of noble families in the capital.

After the New Year, the liveliest thing in Bianjing was the sixtieth birthday of the current Marquis Xiangyang.

Marquis Xiangyang was seriously injured to protect the current Saint, and his only daughter was raised before the Empress, later titled Princess Pingning.

Although Marquis Xiangyang had worked hard for many years, he still had no offspring, gradually fading his thoughts, and began to choose a male descendant from the family to adopt.

This sixtieth birthday, as an important minister of the current Saint, the nobles in the capital prepared to go to celebrate the birthday one after another.

At the same time, this was also a good opportunity for noble women and children to take a look at each other.

Marquis Dongchang Qin family was also going; although the second young lady of the Qin family was already an older unmarried noble woman, this time her eyes were somewhat different from before.

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