Enter the Room

Song Jiuyun knew nothing about this.

She was still there to cheer for Shao Qing and He Dazhi. Seeing that Shao Qing won, she encouraged Zheng Quan: "Do you want to try too?"

Competitive sports make it easy for people to get involved.

Zheng Quan was already eager to try. He rolled up his sleeves and sat across from Shao Qing: "Come, let's compete."

Although Yuan Yunzhong didn't say anything, Shao Qing knew that Yuan Yunzhong was trapped in the Song family, and Zheng Quan was the only one in the Song family who knew martial arts. He has long wanted to try Zheng Quan's skills.

The two of you wouldn't let me, and I wouldn't let you, they tried their best, and in the end Zheng Quan won a small victory.

Shao Qing was not convinced and said: "Come again!"

The two faced off again.

Song Jiuyun gave away ten taels of silver to his left and ten taels to his right, and soon gave away seven or eighty taels.

The cheers and high-fives beside the waterside pavilion never stopped.

Song Jiyun deliberately joined in the fun, pretending to be stingy and began to look around: "Why isn't my mother here? The food should be served, right?"

Everyone laughed and said loudly: "Miss, you can't break your promise. It's not over until the banquet starts today."

Song Jiyun covered his chest and said loudly to Zheng Quan: "You have to give me a fight. Whether my money can continue to stay in my purse depends on you."

It was rare for Zheng Quan to escape and said to Shao Qing: "I think we should join forces. Each of us will get half of the eldest lady's prize."

Shao Qing laughed and said, "That's exactly what I meant. It's just that Brother Zheng Quan didn't speak up, so I can't make the decision."

The crowd roared with laughter.

He Dazhi even shouted: "Miss, you have been fooled!"

Song Jiyun didn't take it seriously and laughed with everyone. After thinking about it for a long time, she ignored Yuan Yunzhong. She turned around and chatted with Yuan Yunzhong: "I didn't expect Shao Qing to be so good."

Yuan Yunzhong used a bowl lid to brush the floating leaves on the tea water, and said: "He studied martial arts from the Taoist priests in Qingcheng Mountain since he was a child."

"No wonder he can eat spicy food." Song Jiyun said with a smile.

"He didn't learn to eat spicy food from his master." Yuan Yunzhong leaned on the beauty's chair and looked at Shao Qing who was busy with Zheng Quan and others. "His family is the son of my maternal grandfather. My grandfather’s ancestral home is Hunan, and my grandfather’s family still retains the habit of eating spicy food.”

Song Jiyun was slightly stunned.

In the past, Yuan Yunzhong kept his origin and identity secretive.

She didn't expect that he would take the initiative to mention his life experience to her today.

She smiled and said, "Then why can't you eat spicy food?"

Yuan Yunzhong said confidently: "My ancestral home is Suzhou, so naturally I can't eat spicy food."

At this time, some people have never left the ten-mile radius of their hometowns in their entire lives. His parents' ancestry was so far apart but they were able to get along well with each other in the Qin and Jin Dynasties. According to today's customs, eight or nine out of ten of his parents were from official families.

Song Jiyun pursed his lips and smiled, and said, "Is your mother accommodating your father?"

Otherwise, how can we live together?

The two of them exchanged words without saying a word. Qian came over with a smile on his face, along with Aunt Zheng.

Everyone saluted Mr. Qian.

Qian greeted everyone gently. When Song Jiuxue talked about arm wrestling, she asked with interest who won. When she learned that Zheng Quan, Shao Qing and He Dazhi each had their own winners and losers, and they were equally matched, she smiled generously and said: "Since the eldest lady has already won the prize, I will not follow the gourd's example. I will reward you." Each of you has a horse.”

Such a big gesture.

Everyone was stunned and then burst into cheers.

Song Jiuyun suspected that Qian met the horse seller when he bought a carriage for Yuan Yunzhong last time, and was deceived by the horse seller.

She asked Aunt Zheng in a low voice.

Aunt Zheng nodded helplessly, confirming her guess.

Song Jiyun didn't think it was anything.

If spending money would make her mother feel better, then what did it matter.

Of course, Qian still likes Yuan Yunzhong the most. She told Yuan Yunzhong that she had taken her fancy to a horse named "Dark Clouds Stepping on Snow": "The horse was all black, but its four hooves were white. The horse seller said that this was a good horse that could only be seen in a hundred years. There are no more than ten of them in the world.”

Yuan Yunzhong probably didn't expect that he also had it, so he thanked Qian with a smile and accepted it generously.

Qian was very happy.

Everyone was happier than she was. When the food was served, they all toasted to her with tea instead of wine.

She said: "As long as you can protect the eldest lady well in the future, you will be rewarded in abundance!"

"Thank you, madam!" Everyone cheered, and there was a burst of laughter in the waterside pavilion.

Song Jiyun felt something was wrong.

Qian was very generous, but that was to her three daughters and Song Youliang, but not to outsiders.

She looked towards Aunt Zheng.

Aunt Zheng nodded to her almost imperceptibly.

Song Jiyun found an opportunity to talk to Aunt Zheng under the eaves of the waterside pavilion.

"It's the eldest wife," said Aunt Zheng, "She came to give the invitation to the wife, saying that Mr. Song had betrothed Song Tao to Mr. Zeng. The appointment will be made in seven days, and the wife must observe filial piety, so she will not be invited to sit and watch the ceremony. . He said that after he was hired, he asked Song Tao to come and kowtow to his wife, which would be considered a complete courtesy.

"When my wife saw it, she remembered what happened to the Zeng family in the past. She was afraid that something might happen to you again, and hoped that He Dazhi and the others would do their best, so she decided to reward them generously."

Song Daliang actually betrothed Song Tao to Zeng Wenxing? !

Song Jiyun raised his eyebrows and sneered: "Since you know that your wife has to observe filial piety, why are you here to send me a message? Our family is not what it used to be. Mr. Song can't wait to separate from our family. If the eldest wife comes again in the future, remember to remind her Madam."

Aunt Zheng answered "Yes" and curled her lips and said disdainfully: "It's just that the eldest wife regards this marriage as a treasure. I heard that the eldest master's kiln has never been able to produce decent porcelain. The eldest master I couldn't hold on any longer, so I somehow convinced Master Zeng to pay a betrothal gift of 5,000 taels of silver to marry Song Tao back home."

A betrothal gift of five thousand taels of silver? !

With the Zeng family's wealth, I'm afraid they will have to spend all the money they can.

Song Jiyun was a little surprised.

Zeng Wenxing is obviously not a good match.

Will Song Tao marry Zeng Wenxing?

Song Jiuyun wanted to know what Song Tao would do next.

She ordered Aunt Zheng: "Let people continue to stare at Song Tao."

Aunt Zheng nodded.

But until the Zeng family went to pay the betrothal gift, there was no movement from Song Tao.

Song Jiuyun felt a little strange.

Qian shook his head: "It's a pity that girl Song Tao has a father like Song Daliang."

Song Jiyun had no choice but to comfort her: "You have to walk the road yourself, we just have to take care of ourselves!"

Just two days later, the nun from the Eight Immortals Nunnery came to deliver vegetarian steamed buns to Qian. She pulled Qian and said, "Have you heard? The marriage of the third lady of Mr. Song's family is in trouble!"

Qian was startled and said, "You can't say this nonsense? Who did you listen to?"

Who in Liang County doesn’t know those scandalous things about the Song family?

Baxian Nunnery got Song Jiyun 100 taels of incense money from making banquets for the Song family, so they naturally sided with the second room of the Song family.

"It has been spread all over Liang County," said the nun. "It is said that on the day when the Zeng family and the Song family made an agreement, Mr. Zeng stole the 5,000 taels of silver that his family hired Miss Tao, and ran away with a prostitute he kept outside. Not only did the Song family fail to hold a hairpin ceremony with the Zeng family, the two families even got into a fight because of it!"