Chapter 332 Concubine
Every time Song Huai asked her for money, when did she hesitate?
Give it to him happily every time.
But this time, Song Huai's ruthlessness towards her made her very sad, making her feel that her deep feelings had been thrown to the ground and trampled hard by him.
She had given so much to the Song family and to him, but he didn't like her at all, and he even thought about his cousin Chu Yu.
For such a cold-blooded and ruthless man, huh... there is no need for her to pay so much for him.
This time, Shi Wenting, heartbroken, was cruel enough not to give a penny of her personal money to the Song family.
When Song Huai was about to say something else, Shi Wenting had already thrown to him the ledger used by the Song family to record their daily expenses, "If you think your Song family still has some money left over, you can take a look at the ledger."
She sneered sarcastically, "If you still want the monthly money, fine, I'll give it to you next month. But starting from this month, all household expenses must be reduced. Otherwise, the total income of the Song family will only be so much. Everyone up and down depends on it for food. You will take away dozens of taels of silver at once. At the end of the month, there will be no money in the account. What will everyone eat?”
Song Huai's face turned pale, his whole body was shaking, and he stared at Shi Wenting in disbelief.
Of course he knew that the Song family had no money on their books.
When his mother took charge of the house, the family was already unable to make ends meet and was about to run out of money.
He asked her for money, and he just wanted her to use some of her private money for him, but he didn't expect that she would be so heartless.
"Okay, okay, Shi Wenting, you did a good job..." He laughed angrily, threw the account book to the ground with a wave of his hand, and then turned around and left without looking back with a sense of resentment.
Looking at his resolute back, Shi Wenting suddenly felt a little panicked, as if the gap between her and him suddenly became so big that she couldn't cross it no matter how hard she tried.
A wave of regret came over her, making her miserable.
Could it be that she did something wrong?
But why should he only be allowed to be ruthless to her?
But she couldn't be ruthless to him?
Why?
Is it because she likes him but he doesn't like her?
……
The news about the Song family soon reached Xia Zihan's ears.
Xia Zihan was so happy that she sent all the maids out, hid in the room, buried her head in the pillow, laughed hard for a while, and punched the quilt with her fists until tears came out of her eyes.
Cao Zian and Song Huai, these two enemies, finally tasted their retribution today.
Hahaha...
Even the lives of Xu and Xia Ziying were not as carefree as in their previous lives. The hardships and grievances she suffered in her previous lives were finally recovered in some interest.
But this is not enough, this is just the beginning.
She wants everyone who bullied her in her previous life to live in hell, a life worse than death.
Especially Xia Ziying.
Beat her murderer to death.
On this day, Xia Zihan pondered in the house all afternoon. When night fell, she left the house and went to Zeng's yard to have dinner with Zeng.
After eating, she did not go to talk to the twins and Zhuo, but stayed to talk to Zeng.
She deliberately mentioned in front of Mrs. Zeng that Mrs. Xu had arranged a concubine for Xia Shiming.
"Grandma, you said that even if my mother wanted to take a concubine for my father, she shouldn't take away someone's love. I heard that the beautiful concubine was still Mr. Cao's favorite, but Mrs. Cao gave her to my father. My mother really accepted it. Well, huh... Fortunately, my father is a man who can handle things clearly, so he sent her away without enjoying the beauty.”
Because this matter was Xia Shiming's private matter, the father and daughter had previously kept it from Zeng and did not tell her.
However, Xia Zihan suddenly had an idea today.
Although Aunt Zhang is pregnant and will give birth to Xia Shiming's heir, after all, Aunt Zhang comes from a humble background and has a low status. Even if she gives birth to a son this time, she cannot truly replace the Xu family.
Otherwise, Xia Shiming could not bear the crime of spoiling his concubine and destroying his wife.
However, if she instigated her grandmother to come forward and marry Xia Shiming a high-status concubine, the situation would be different.
The identities of humble concubines and noble concubines are different, their status will be different, and their treatment by their husband's side will naturally be different.
By then, even if her father dotes on more noble concubines and the imperial censor knows about it, there will be no impeachment memorial.
Because the inner chambers of all civil and military officials are like this, there is no difference. If the censor wants to impeach one, he will impeach nearly one-third of the ministers. Who would be stupid enough to do such a thing? Maybe the censor even kept one or two noble concubines in his inner house.
"Grandma, since mother wants to take a concubine for father, why don't you think of a good marriage for father?" Xia Zihan said, holding Mrs. Zeng's arm.
Mrs. Zeng said, "You have to ask your father about this. If he agrees, I would know some girls from poor scholarly families."
"Except Aunt Zhang, there is no caring person around my father. Now that Aunt Zhang is pregnant, she cannot serve my father. If my grandmother finds some caring people to serve my father, it will be too late for him to be happy. How could he disagree? ”
Xia Zihan tried to persuade her, but Zeng nodded and agreed to think of one for him.
The next day, when Xia Shiming came over, Xia Zihan pestered him, and the father and daughter went for a walk in the back garden.
Xia Zihan told him that Mrs. Zeng wanted to marry him a noble concubine.
"Grandma said that Aunt Zhang's belly is getting bigger and bigger, and she can no longer serve dad, so she wants to find a lovable person to serve dad."
"Grandma knows a lot of girls from scholarly families. It's just that those families are in a poor situation, so they have no choice but to marry their girls as concubines. However, the education of those girls' families is no worse than that of ordinary ladies. When the time comes, Dad With such a person by my side, I can also talk to my father.”
These words were both thoughtful and generous, and they also raised the status of a certain concubine who was still missing to the same level as Xu.
Xia Shiming had no doubts and just nodded.
He has already married three or four concubines, and it doesn't matter if he marries a few more. What's more, it's his most respected old mother-in-law who wants to be his matchmaker, so he won't refuse.
Not only did he not refuse, Xia Shiming also made a special trip to thank Zeng. In the evening, he even went to dinner with Zeng.
Zeng, who was not very concerned about this matter at first, sent Mother Su out the next day.
To be honest, without Xia Zihan's plea, Zeng would not be willing to marry a concubine for her son-in-law, even if her daughter was gone.
But with Xia Zihan's plea first, Zeng became more serious and willing to do this.
A few days later, Su's mother found a girl from a scholarly family who was willing to marry Xia Shiming as a concubine.
"The Guo family lives in Huijin Hutong, South Street. It's a big house with three entrances. The decoration is high-end, and the family's assets are not thin. Speaking of which, even if Miss Guo doesn't marry someone as a concubine, she can still find a well-matched family to do so. The wife of the wife, but..."
Mother Su paused and said with some pity, "Mrs. Guo passed away not long after giving birth to Miss Guo. Mr. Guo, who was deeply affectionate to Mrs. Guo, suffered a blow and couldn't afford to fall ill. He lived a good life. A few years later, when Miss Guo was nine years old, she also passed away suddenly. Rumors spread that Miss Guo had a tough life and killed Mrs. Guo and Mr. Guo.”
"The Guo family also has an eldest son, who is twenty-five years old this year. He won the title of Juren in the scientific examination last year."
"The wife I married is the ninth girl from the Yang family in Huaihuai. She has a son and a daughter. She is the matchmaker of his maternal aunt."
"Although they are seven years apart in age, Miss Guo and Master Guo have a very good relationship. It can be said that Miss Guo was completely raised by Master Guo. The brother and sister have been dependent on each other for eight or nine years. Master Guo and Miss Guo are both brothers and fathers. ”
"Ordinarily, Master Guo has a biological sister, Miss Guo, and he is reluctant to let his biological sister marry as a concubine."
"Since Miss Guo has kept her mourning for Master Guo for three years, Master Guo has asked his aunt to find a suitable family for Miss Guo."
"But six years have passed, and no wife in the family is willing to marry Miss Guo as their daughter-in-law. This delay has turned Miss Guo into an old girl. She is already eighteen years old this year."
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"Half a year has passed this year. If Miss Guo doesn't decide to go out, she will be nineteen next year. Young Master Guo was anxious. When the old slave came to ask, he thought about asking Miss Guo to be a concubine."
"Young Master Guo has heard about the master and knows that he is lecturing at Hanlin Academy. He heard that he wanted his sister to be the master's concubine. Young Master Guo hesitated for two days before agreeing."
No, as soon as Young Master Guo relaxed his words, she hurriedly came to tell the old lady and the county boss that they knew.
After Mother Su finished speaking, she took a sip of water and said, "The old slave has finally completed the old lady's entrustment. However, although Miss Guo was married as a concubine, she is still a serious lady. My parents’ family is not very well off, and our family can’t just carry her in on a sedan chair. It would be too shabby, and the Guo family would be embarrassed.”
"What Young Master Guo means is that our family must send a generous betrothal gift no matter what, and marry Miss Guo into the family according to the procedures for marrying a concubine."
Mrs. Zeng thought for a while and felt that the request made by Young Master Guo was reasonable, so she told Mother Su, "Go to the Xia family tomorrow and tell Mrs. Xu that I am responsible for this marriage, and the betrothal gift is also made by me." The Chu family will prepare. When the time comes, all she has to do is drink the cup of tea that Aunt Guo offered her."
She was Xia Shiming's old mother-in-law, and she had the right to marry Xia Shiming a concubine. Even if Xu was Xia Shiming's stepmother, she would not dare to refuse.
Otherwise, the seven sins of a jealous woman will be placed on her head.
However, Mrs. Xu had to agree to take a concubine, and Aunt Guo's reputation would only be righted if she drank the cup of tea in public.
Mother Su sighed and went to Xia's house the next day.
When Mrs. Xu learned that Mrs. Zeng was going to marry Xia Shiming a noble concubine, her face was so angry that she almost couldn't control herself and was about to slap Mother Su's face.
(End of chapter)