When I came to the inner hall, I saw Mingjiao's parents Murong Baiyun and Ouyang Zhu standing in the hall. Murong Baiyun is forty or fifty years old, with a long body, a thin face, and a mustache. He is a handsome middle-aged scholar. Ouyang Zhu looks also in her thirties, and she is even more beautiful as a flower. It's no wonder that such a perfect match of the gods and heroes can give birth to the first beauty of Mingjiao.
I gave a courtesy to the two and met my uncle and aunt.
Ouyang Zhu came over and took my hand, saying that you are the Qin Sanguan that A Qiu often mentioned, so hurry up and sit here. Mingjiao was sitting beside Murong Baiyun with a smile on his face, beating Murong Baiyun's back and acting like a baby. Ouyang Zhu chatted with me and kept asking questions.
How old are you this year, where do you work now, how much your monthly income is, whether you have bought a house in Beijing, whether you have a carriage at home, etc. I wondered where is the wife of the Patriarch of Murong Mountain Villa, this is simply the aunt of the neighborhood committee. Murong Baiyun didn't say a word, and talked to Mingjiao if he had nothing to do.
After talking for more than half an hour, it was noon. Murong Baiyun arranged a table of meals in the villa. For dinner, there were only four of us. The table was full of sea cucumber, abalone, bird's nest and shark fin. It is estimated that a meal cost at least a dozen silver. Mingjiao doesn't eat much and keeps picking vegetables for me, but I seem a little restrained.
After lunch, we came out together. Mingjiao and I were walking in Jinling City. The day after tomorrow was Mingjiao’s birthday. I said that I would give Mingjiao a birthday gift and asked her what she wanted. Mingjiao said that I had to think about it, and I’ll tell you when I think about it.
There are still ten days to go before the martial arts conference, and nothing happened in these few days. After returning to the office, Jiang Chong called me to play mahjong with Liu Qingfeng. My skills were average and I lost a few hundred wen. I asked Jiangchong about the custom of raising marriages here in Jinling, and Jiang Chong asked my brother who would you like to propose marriage with? I took a look at Liu Qingfeng, and it was rare that his mouth was very strict about this, so there was nothing to say, so I just asked about it.
Jiang Chong took a sip of tea and said that the customs here in the south of the Yangtze River are quite simple. There are no beauties, three golds and so on. This is needless to say. Here we marry a wife and propose marriage to the wife’s family. Motionless.
I'm surprised, what do you say
Thousands of purples and thousands of reds and one green, ten thousand purples and one thousand reds, a total of 155,000, five hundred Chinese, equivalent to two hundred and fifty-two halves of silver. As for motionlessness, when it moves, it is a movable property. If you need a two-wheel-drive four-wheeled carriage, a real property is a house. As for the wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River, marrying a wife is even more expensive. Without ten thousand dollars, it can't be done.
After hearing this, I hesitated. How could this be marrying a girl? This is simply robbery. Where can I get so much money
Liu Qingfeng looked at me gleefully, but I have a way, I don't know if you want to listen.
I have something to say quickly, if there is a fart, quickly let go.
Liu Qingfeng said, I've read an article by Yu Hua before, called "Xu Sanguan Selling Blood". By coincidence, that person is also called Sanguan, who relied on selling blood to get rich and win Bai Fumei. , Become the CEO.
I said a few hundred taels of silver, brother, can you say something reliable? I am Qin Sanguan, not Tang Sanzang, let alone Chen Changsheng. No one wants my blood!
Liu Qingfeng said, if you don't sell blood, then rob. With only your meager salary, it is hard to marry Mingjiao.
Although the parents of Mingjiao didn't mention the bride price during the meeting, the first family of martial arts married their daughter, and she was the number one beauty in the rivers and lakes. The money to spend must be like running water. No one wants to wrong her own girl, isn't it? I used to think that being with Mingjiao was purely because I liked it. I was able to live by drinking and drinking water, but when faced with the important life event of marriage, my faith began to shake.
During the chat, Murong Baiyun came to the Escort Office, I quickly saluted Murong Baiyun and let me into the living room. Jiang Chong's mouth was open like a walnut, the number one man in Jiangnan martial arts, he was a small figure like that, he would not be able to look up to him on weekdays, he actually came to a small place like the Central Plains Escort by himself to make tea by himself.
I wonder why Uncle Murong is here
Murong Baiyun said, "It's okay, passing by you, just want to see your situation. Director Jiang, I have something to say to these two little brothers... How could Jiang Chong be ignorant, so he quickly turned away and said goodbye, leaving me and Liu Qingfeng in the room.
Murong Baiyun said that last year my family Qiushui ran away from home and lived in the Central Plains Escort for a period of time. The little girl is a bit savage and willful on weekdays, thanks to the care of the two. Liu Qingfeng nodded. Yes, she can take care of us. I have not been beaten as much in this life as last year.
I said, uncle, you are being polite. We are all colleagues and good friends. What are you talking about
Murong Baiyun said that when I was young, I walked the rivers and lakes and fell in love with a maid in Lingshu Palace. At that time, despite the opposition of my family, I just wanted to marry that woman, what the name of the first family and what the future of Murong family was. Patriarch, I don’t care at all, I just want to live with her and die, and then...
Liu Qingfeng said, that woman is Mrs. Ouyang.
Murong Baiyun shook his head, as if remembering some of the past. Later, in order to change my mind, the family killed the maid.
Liu Qingfeng said, your story has turned too much, so I can't keep up with my thoughts directly.
I heard a trace of ominous meaning in my heart. What did he imply in telling this story? Sure enough, Murong Baiyun stared at me, and I did not show any weakness. Looking back at him, he stood in a stalemate for a quarter of an hour. Murong Baiyun smiled, but your kid is very stubborn. He took out a silver ticket from his arms.
This is ten thousand taels of silver tickets, you leave Murong Qiushui.
Suddenly, I felt that my true energy was hollowed out, and I took a deep breath. I'm sorry, I didn't hear your uncle clearly.
Liu Qingfeng was also silent, ten thousand taels of silver, if he didn't want to persuade me to accept it on weekdays, but this time he also sank.
Qiu Shui is with you, our parents disagree. You accept the ten thousand taels of silver, go back to the capital to buy a house, buy some properties, find a good girl, marry a wife and have children, that's enough.
I was silent for a full quarter of an hour, my head buzzing around, and finally raised my head, my voice hoarse, and asked, why
Murong Baiyun looked at me and said, you are just a small escort in the Central Plains Escort. You are only a rank of six or seven in martial arts, and your monthly income is less than fifty taels of silver. What do you rely on to support her? Qiushui is the jewel in the palm of our family. She has been arrogant and indulgent since she was a child. She spends a few hundred taels a month on weekdays. When she was a child, she wanted the stars in the sky, and I had to work hard to pick them off for her. What about you, you can't afford it! Do you want us to marry our daughter to you and live an ordinary life? Young man, I have been young, and I have been obsessed with someone like you, but **** is ****, and life is life. If I were you, with these ten thousand taels of silver, to fight, to struggle, to earn a dignified life, instead of always thinking about becoming a wealthy family and living a life that people look down on.
I breathed hard, my mind was in confusion, what do I rely on to feed Mingjiao? Let her be home with me and travel the world? When Mingjiao was here, Murong Baiyun and his wife looked very kind, but they looked down on me in their hearts. For some reason, my heart began to shake, but thinking of Mingjiao's smile, even if it was cold, I suddenly understood what I wanted.
I looked at Murong Baiyun and said word by word, Me! No! Same! Meaning!