Yutai Bi

Chapter 191 Marriage 2
"My sister is an outsider when she marries. The daughter-in-law is from our Zou family. Can it be the same?" Zou Xiongjie pretended not to hear, and continued: "Now that our family agrees to get married, it is a timely gift for the Du family. Du My family is grateful to our family for a lifetime. This relationship is also willing. In the future, Du Yansui will take back the dukedom, and he will not look down on us just because our family is a merchant."

"Anyway, I won't do the business of losing all my trousers!" Member Zou got angry and leaned on the kang without even looking at his son.

Zou Xiongjie sneered: "The long house accounts for [-]% of the family property. Since the long house is marrying a daughter-in-law, then [-]% of the shares can be allocated from the long house. Alas, the Zou family is married to the Duke's mansion, and the son is the one who gives the money. , is there any dissatisfaction with Dad?"

As soon as the words fell, Zou Yuanwai sat up with a smile: "You said it yourself, write the contract."

Zou Xiongjie also simply said: "A gentleman promises in black and white, and he is not afraid of his brothers' overheartedness. But, when a son gets married, the father-in-law will not give him a tael of silver, right?"

"Give me money? Do you want me to give you more money? I forcibly threw 1 taels of silver for your marriage! Mrs. Du forced me to burn eighteen bachelors to death with a pot of boiling water. The debt has not yet been settled." What! That 1 taels of silver is not money? Didn’t it be spent on you? I gave 1 taels of silver to the firm for [-]% of the shares. Not to mention marrying a girl from the Duke’s mansion, marrying a princess is enough!” Member Wai Zou thought of the [-]th grade bachelor, and felt sad again, "Da Lang, you don't have to gouge out your father's heart just to marry a poor man!"

"Success, my son is also generous. You don't need to pay for the money. But when we marry a wife, the yard I live in will always be pink, and the house will have to be restocked, right?" Zou Xiongjie is also straightforward.

Member Zou rolled his eyes and said in a sharp voice, "Which family has a wife who doesn't come to measure and arrange furniture? No way!"

"Father is right about this matter. It's not that the Du family is unprepared. Mrs. Du said in a letter that the good wood has been bought and piled up in the warehouse. It's just that it may be too late to make furniture. Our family will prepare it first. Those woods are all ready." Pull it here. Even if the Du family trades wood for furniture, what do you think?" Zou Xiongjie thought about it, in this way, others would not be able to find fault with the Du family.

Zou Yuanwai's face was full of smiles: "Success! Let's do it this way... But since the Du family wants to save face, his family should also pay for the household wages."

Zou Xiongjie immediately said: "That's natural. I'll figure it out later and let the Du family pay the wages."

Wrote the contract, pressed the fingerprint, and stamped the private seal.Even if the father and son reached a consensus.

Zou Yuanwai suddenly said: "Da Lang, you have always had a unique vision in business. Do you really think that Du Yansui has a good chance of winning? If we lose, our family will be greatly implicated. You will pay to the end!"

Zou Xiongjie blew on the contract, watched the ink dry, carefully put it in his arms, and said unhurriedly: "It doesn't matter whether he wins or loses. The son just likes the girl from the Du family. If you don't marry her, in case Du Yan Sui is defeated, and she will be fined and confiscated as a slave. My son is not willing to part with it. Father, you rest, and your son will arrange the marriage by himself."

He saluted, and Shi Shi ran away.

Member Zou stared blankly at his son, slapped his thigh, yelled, and cursed: "You're guilty! You can buy a beautiful girl with ten taels of silver, so Ms. Du has two eyes and one nose, and she's worth [-]% of the company's shares." ? This unfilial son! Shame on you! Disaster!"

With his father's consent, Zou Xiongjie knew that his mother was not in charge, so he called his nanny to Du's house: "There is a funeral in the Duke's mansion. It is inconvenient for Mrs. Du to leave the mansion, and it is inconvenient for Madam to visit. I can only trouble my mother to run away." A trip..."

So he wrote a letter, explaining the meaning of the Zou family one by one, and handed it to the wet nurse.

Cen Sanniang received the letter here, and she was delighted to see it. It was a letter written by Zou Xiongjie, and it was clearly a contract.A pen is clearly listed.A [-]% share of Zou's family business was used as a dowry gift, which covered the new house and other things.However, Du Yanwan cannot intervene in the business of the firm, and can only distribute dividends every year.In the future, if Du Yanwan wants to leave the Zou family, this stake cannot be taken away, and the Zou family will buy it back.The furniture couldn't be built in time, so the wood had to be pulled over and the wages paid at the same time.

"The eldest son said that if the Du family agrees, they can come to marry within half a month. Three letters and six engagements are also quite a lot." Zou Xiongjie's mother is not in charge, and his nanny takes care of the affairs of the big house's inner courtyard.

Mrs. Yung's family name is Shang, and Cen Sanniang called her Mama Shang: "Please go back and tell the eldest son that my girl can stay out of the Zou family's business. But you can't just take money without looking at the accounts. It's best to have this share This amount will be converted into silver based on the profit of the Zou Family Commercial Bank this year. It is clearly written in black and white. If my girl fails to reconcile with the eldest son in the future, the Zou Family will take back the shares, so it will be convenient for settlement, right?"

Mother Shang was just a messenger, and she didn't argue, so she saluted and said goodbye.

He came again the next day, and took the book of ceremonies, which clearly stated that the engagement fee was 1% of the shares of Zou's firm, and the market value of the present silver was [-] taels of silver.

Cen Sanniang laughed angrily, Zou's firm supported thousands of people, Zou Wanwan, who was famous outside Zou Yuanwai, only 1 taels for [-] shares?

Mother Shang went again and brought back Zou Xiongjie's words: "...Zou's family started out as a freight forwarder. When the Zou's business was opened, it invested a total of 10 taels of silver. It's called Zou's business name. It didn't violate Du's request."

What Zou Dalang meant was that the Du family proposed to take [-]% of the shares of the Zou family's business as a dowry gift.The Zou family's other businesses are not called Zou's business name.

Profiteer!Cen Sanniang cursed secretly.

After talking to Mrs. Du, Mrs. Du smiled tolerantly: "The Zou family agreed to marry Yan Wan at this juncture, and gave the old account 1% of the shares as a dowry. What we want is to marry Yan Wan out as soon as possible. Don’t worry about it too much. A share capital of [-] taels of silver is quite a lot.”

Compared with the sincerity of being willing to marry Yan Wan and the dowry gift, the former is naturally more important.

Cen Sanniang agreed to the matter on behalf of the old lady.To send Yan Wan out safely before any more bad news from Jiangnan, the date of marriage is set to be ten days later.

The Zou family got the news and sent people to do it one after another.

In order not to let people know the Duke's intention to marry Du Yanwan in a hurry, Mrs. Du lay on the bed pretending to be seriously ill, and her anger was as gossamer.Doctors were invited into the mansion in groups.Gradually, the old lady of the Du family was worried about Du Yansui, and the news spread that her daughter-in-law passed away, and she was seriously ill and bedridden.

The second room of the Du family's first family heard that the wives came to visit in turn, and the third room of the Du family might have to hold two funerals in succession after leaving the Duke's mansion. They felt that it was an act of filial piety for Du Yanwan to get married in a hurry.

Ten days later, the main gate of the Duke's Mansion was opened, and the plain banners were still inside. Du Yanwan, dressed in a bright red wedding dress, knelt in front of the coffin to say goodbye.

Because there was a funeral in the Duke's mansion, the Cen family of the Li family and Siniang Cen only sent people to send gifts, and only the eldest and second family members came to see off their relatives.Looking at the red makeup in front of the spirit, the red and white complement each other, which made the female relatives cry.

Mrs. Liu, the second room, was crying so hard that her whole body was trembling, she took Cen Sanniang's hand and said, "I hope that the third aunt will recover after this joy. If she leaves, she will come to your house to eat mutton soup again. It's not delicious anymore!"

Cen Sanniang couldn't laugh or cry.I had no choice but to persuade: "Auntie loves to eat, as long as Sanniang can afford sheep, I will cook you mutton soup whenever you come!"

Liu was so moved that she wiped her tears: "Ninth brother, daughter-in-law, don't worry, the old lady is gone, and my aunt will protect you. No one in the Duke's mansion can bully you."

Going on, Mrs. Du died of illness as if it was a certainty, Cen Sanniang hurriedly changed the subject: "My husband is not here, please trouble your big man to marry Yan Wan."

Wiping her tears, Mrs. Liu said, "Let's not talk about anything else in the Du family. My niece and daughter still have a cousin."

Firecrackers were set off outside the mansion, and Du Yanwan was sent to the sedan chair.

Zou Xiongjie greeted his relatives, and while there were few people, he quietly told Cen Sanniang: "There is a letter from the Zou family's Jiangnan firm. It is said that the governor of Yangzhou led the army to blockade the area around Muzhou, and they are not allowed to go in and out. The area around Shezhou is in full swing. Other local firms have opened their doors. Started a business. Sister-in-law, take it easy."

There was no news from Du Yansui, it was because he was blocked, not because he was defeated.In other places, businesses opened their doors, proving that the rebellion did not spread to the entire Jiangnan Province.

It was the first time Cen Sanniang received accurate information, and she was very excited: "Thank you."

Zou Xiongjie glanced at her and said: "Actually, when General Du went out to fight, I wrote letters to the companies in Jiangnan. Except for the blocked places, the news from other places has not been interrupted."

Cen Sanniang looked at the bright red silk robe on his body: "I understand, I'm afraid our family will regret it, right? In fact, Yan Wan never thought you were ugly. I hope you treat her kindly."

Zou Xiongjie's eyes flashed with surprise, he looked towards the carriage, and grinned so hard that he couldn't see his teeth: "Sister-in-law, don't worry."

Du Yanwan's cries in the sedan chair were drowned out by the sound of drum music, and the sound gradually disappeared.

There was a funeral in the mansion, but no banquet was held.After seeing off the relatives, the people from the first room and the second room took their leave one after another.The Duke's Mansion closed the door again.

Cen Sanniang heaved a long sigh of relief when the house calmed down, and hurriedly went to the Zhengqi Hall, and told the old lady what Zou Xiongjie had said.

Mrs. Du couldn't help wiping away her tears: "Okay, as long as the situation is under control."

On the contrary, Cen Sanniang was uneasy: "Grandmother, if Xianggong really wins and comes back, he knows that I arranged to marry Yanwan, how sad it will be!"

"Yan Sui is not an unreasonable person. I can't blame you for your grandmother's decision on this matter. I just have pity on Yan Wan... who married in such a hurry." Mrs. Du became sad again as she spoke.

There is one less person in the house.Cen Sanniang returned to Guiyanju, walked to the door and couldn't help but walked to the courtyard where Hei Qi lived.Looking at the closed door, he wondered, Hei Qi must have gotten the news and is on his way back, right?
(End of this chapter)