Enter the Room

Song Jiyun smiled and put down the bill and said: "The kiln factory's business is very good. If this continues, this year's profit will not be worse than in previous years."

After waiting for the new blue and white, business will be better.

Zhou Zheng said sincerely: "This is all my boss's idea!"

"Everyone is also applauding me. I can't build such a big kiln factory by myself." Song Jiyun spoke humbly to him and asked about the Hong family, "Song Tao lowered the price like this, didn't their family say anything?"

"I heard that Mr. Hong didn't agree, and the two broke up unhappy in the kiln." Zhou Zheng smiled and refilled Song Jiuyun's cup of tea and said, "Now everyone knows that my uncle is the governor, and Liangyu kiln used to follow Song Taoban wholeheartedly. People who have a bright future now regret it, and we don’t even need to ask for news about them, but many people with ulterior motives come to tell us.”

The wall falls and everyone pushes it down, this is the way of the world.

Song Jiyun nodded and looked up to see Yuan Yunzhong standing at the door.

"What are you doing standing there?" she asked curiously, getting up to greet him.

Zhou Zheng hurriedly stepped forward to salute Yuan Yunzhong, found an excuse and left.

Yuan Yunzhong asked about his marriage to the Xiong family: "How did you think of marrying the second lady to the Xiong family? There was no news about it before!"

There was a hint of dissatisfaction with the marriage in his words.

Is he worried that the Xiong family has ulterior motives?

Song Jiyun asked Yuan Yunzhong to sit down in the grand master's chair in the accounting room, personally made rock tea for him, and explained with a smile: "It didn't come up suddenly. Before I went to Nanjing last year, the two families had intended to get married. It was only later that Wan was With my father-in-law interfering in this way, things happened one after another at home, and since we were all still observing filial piety, we let this matter go.

"Now that the second sister is about to have her haircut during the Chinese New Year, my mother is afraid that something bad will happen if she drags it around. It just so happens that the Xiong family also intends to settle the matter early, so the old matter is brought up again."

After hearing this, Yuan Yunzhong pondered: "Where have the two families gone now?"

Song Jiyun felt that there was nothing to hide in this matter, and said with a smile: "I just confirmed that my second sister will be betrothed to the eldest son of the Xiong family. There are many other things. I don't think the result can be achieved in a day or two."

She told Yuan Yunzhong about her stay with her mother in the morning and her visit to Master Eleven's house, and said: "It's just the word "heba". I don't think it can be determined for seven or eight days, let alone when to see each other and where." It depends on the place, who will accompany both parties, and who will be the middleman... I think it will be good if the marriage can be settled by the end of this year."

There are more customs in ancient times and they are more sophisticated than before.

"I heard my mother say that she has been preparing a dowry for her second sister since she was born. The dowry and brocade weaved from the south of the Yangtze River, the silk and gauze from Huzhou, and the velvet and satin from Fujian, are all here every year. I need to buy a few horses and keep them." Song Jiyun has never been exposed to this kind of thing before, and what Qian said to her was also very magical to her. She told Yuan Yunzhong like an anecdote, "I I made a calculation in my mind for the second sister. In other words, in her dowry, there are still materials from thirteen or fourteen years ago. Isn't it said that Chen silk is like rotten grass? Can these materials still be used to make clothes? Isn't it possible? It will break down after wearing it, why not just use ordinary new materials?”

Yuan Yunzhong couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips.

It seems that no matter what happens, when it comes to Song Jiyun, it will become different.

Shouldn't ordinary people be like Song Jiuxue and worry about the separation of sisters?

His family has not had a daughter for several generations. When the sisters-in-law got married, his brother-in-law had to avoid suspicion, so he didn't even know about these things.

Yuan Yunzhong couldn't help but said: "Then you want all new materials when you get married?"

Song Jiuyun still retains some aesthetics and habits from his previous life.

"Of course!" She leaned forward and whispered as if she was whispering, "I heard someone say that the cloth that was given as a dowry cannot be used immediately to make clothes. They say that they are afraid that the husband's family will think that the daughter-in-law who married into the family dislikes the goods from the husband's family. .”

Song Jiyun showed an expression of disgust and said: "This is like being reluctant to eat new rice and eating old rice every year."

Yuan Yunzhong nodded thoughtfully and said: "Don't worry about this matter. Since we have just started talking about marriage, it is common for it to be inappropriate."

Song Jiyun suddenly sat up straight: "What do you mean?"

Doesn't he think this marriage is not good, so he is planning to break it up?

"This is the marriage chosen by my mother for my second sister." Song Jiyun reminded him, "There are some things that we can do for others, but there are areas that we are not good at, so it is best to listen to experienced people. At least my mother was involved in so many things back then. People like my father, which proves that my mother still has some sense in this kind of thing."

Yuan Yunzhong was quite surprised and said: "Didn't you say that your grandfather fell in love with your father?"

"Aren't you afraid of ruining my mother's reputation?" Song Jiyun said, "With my father's situation at the time, even if my grandfather cherished his talent, he could just help him get through the joints in the imperial kiln factory and teach him to paint. Why bother? I want to marry my only daughter to him.”

Yuan Yunzhong will be leaving soon, and these things will have nothing to do with him in the future. No matter how much she talked, it was just an unburdened chat with a familiar stranger.

Yuan Yunzhong smiled and said: "Then your mother is indeed quite discerning."

Not only did he make clothes for him, but he also gave him a carriage.

"I think that before we talk about marriage, we need to find out the details of the Xiong family first," he said.

Song Jiyun smiled and said, "Can't you trust me?"

Yuan Yunzhong looked at her in disbelief.

Song Jiuyun was both laughing and crying.

With the power Yuan Yunzhong has, he will definitely investigate more thoroughly and carefully than her. But when it comes to marriage, the first thing to consider is whether the two people are suitable to live together.

"Sometimes two people are both good people, but if they live together, it will be a mess and they can't survive." She gave him several examples and added, "Sometimes two people are both good people. That thing has sores on its head and pus on its feet, but if two people can think of one thing and talk about it, you can't live without me, and I can't live without you, and we can love each other for the rest of our lives. This is comparable to Personality and family status have nothing to do with it.”

Yuan Yunzhong glanced at her and said, "I've never eaten pork, haven't I seen a pig running?"

"What do you mean?" Song Jiyun asked curiously, "Has anyone else around you done this kind of thing?"

"Oh," Yuan Yunzhong said disapprovingly, "I saw Qin Fang do it."

"Qin Fang?!" Song Jiyun thought for a while and then remembered that someone had said that this person was the eunuch Bingbi, the Superintendent of Ceremonies.

"Well!" Yuan Yunzhong said, "He and the people from the Ministry of Etiquette helped to marry off several of the emperor's sisters, and none of them are good. I chose the opposite of what he did, and they were absolutely right."

That's not necessary.

Song Jiyun was covered in sweat and said hurriedly: "Thank you very much, I think I should do it myself!"

Yuan Yunzhong looked at her sideways and said nothing, as if "what can you find out?"

Song Jiuyun had no choice but to say: "The main reason is that asking you to do this is like killing a chicken with a bull's-eye. It's overkill. Let me check first. If there is any difficulty, I will ask you to come out."

Yuan Yunzhong thought for a while and nodded.

Song Jiyun breathed a sigh of relief and quickly sent him away.