Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 478: Happy Events

A new house was hurriedly arranged, with brand new furniture and a fully equipped set of household supplies.
There was a red curtain hanging over the bed and the bright red sheets were embroidered with mandarin ducks and lotuses.
The mattresses and quilts were made of cotton, which was soft and comfortable.
The round table was covered with an embroidered tablecloth with golden tassels, the words ‘Double Happiness’ were pasted over all the cabinets, windows, and doors, and a pair of brass candlesticks rested on the long table, complete with dragon and phoenix candles.

… it was very festive.

All the people who saw the new house were envious, saying that the master had to be well off and wealthy to be able to prepare this.
Even a wealthy family might not be able to afford something like! Without mentioning anything else, just the quilts and sheets were unique to the Lian family.
Not just servants, but other families couldn’t afford to buy them.

This made a lot of people in the village with eligible daughters very excited in their hearts.
Although they were the Lian family’s servants, there were still different levels of servants.

For example, Wang Da, Li Da, and the others, even if they had no ability, they were still in charge of things.
Those who were promising and capable could go on to do great things in the future.
It was possible for them to buy a house and land outside and working with the backing of a great tree was much better than an average families!

Someone like Wang Da could earn 2 taels of silver a month, not to mention receiving clothes and food for the year.

As the saying went, marry a man with a future and you will always have clothes on your back and food in your stomach.
But marry a poor man, and all you will have is a mother-in-law.

A servant could ask for grace in the future or save up money to redeem themselves and still work under their master, wasn’t this better than someone outside?

Therefore, whenever Steward Qin appeared in the village, more and more people went looking for him to say something nice.
The gentleness in their attitudes and pleasant smiles made him very puzzled at the time.

Wang Da was very honest.
All of the cloth and jewelry that Lian Fang Zhou gave him were included in the betrothal gifts.
With the twenty taels of silver, he bought all of the essential spices, wine, meat, and a live goose.
He also bought a piece of fine cloth and silver jewelry, which he sent over with the remaining silver, and five taels of silver from his own savings for Zhang Xiu’er betrothal gifts.

When they saw this Zhang Xiao Jun and Madam Li felt they could die laughing.
This son-in-law loved their daughter!

In the countryside, thirty taels of silver was enough to marriage a good wife and still have enough to throw a decent banquet.

Madam Li could finally raise her head and she spread this all over the village, which attracted the envy and praise of every aunt and mother in the village, who all said that her Xiu’er was a lucky one.

This was what Madam Li liked to hear.

Xiu’er had clear eyes and a beautiful appearance.
When they had first come to Dafang village, many young men were eyeing her.
A man named Wang You had once wanted to marry her, but his mother was very domineering and looked down on Zhang Xiu’er’s background.
She had come to find Madam Li washing clothes by the river and pointed her finger at her, scolding her for a long time and making Madam Li’s eyes red with anger.

Their relationship naturally soured.

Now her daughter could marry a good man, wasn’t this a slap in the face? It was good that she didn’t accept that stupid marriage back then, otherwise her daughter would have fallen into a fire pit!

In the blink of an eye, it was the second day of the last month.
Lian Fang Zhou called over Aunt Zhang and Uncle Li and asked them to accommodate Zhang Xiu’er, letting her marry from the Li family.
Aunt Zhang and Uncle Li happily agreed.

The night before the wedding, Zhang Xiu’er and Madam Li stayed at Aunt Zhang’s house.

Aunt Zhang’s courtyard door and gate were pasted with the words ‘Double Happiness’ in bright red characters.

Early the next morning, a large group of people carried the sedan chair to the door.
Wang Da was wearing a new bridegroom’s robe with a big red flower and riding a tall jujube-red horse.
Laughing, he picked up the bride from Aunt Zhang’s house.

The sounds of firecrackers, gongs, and drums rang out across the sky and the crowd watching the lively event were chatting and laughing.
Children frolicked between the wedding party, chasing the horses and sedan chair, making it very festive.

Everyone knew that Lian Fang Zhou had the intention to hold a big wedding for them, how could he not be happy? Almost the whole village followed the wedding procession and attended the wedding.

The seats were all bought with the help of Lian Fang Zhou, according to the local custom of eight cool and eight hot.
The yard was full of people.

Madam Qiao and Lian Li did not originally plan to attend the ceremony, feeling that since their son would soon become an official, it was beneath them to attend the wedding of Lian Fang Zhu’s servants.
They weren’t ordinary people, wouldn’t this lost their identity?

Lian Hai was also a little dissatisfied with Lian Fang Zhou’s high-profile behavior.
He felt that she simply didn’t understand the rules and did not discriminate between high and low, there were no regulations!

If he knew in advance, he would definitely have dissuaded her!

But now everything was done and it was useless to say anything.
Hearing that Sun Ming’s family was attending the ceremony, Lian Hai did not want to fall behind Sun Ming and asked Madam Qiao and Lian Li to send a small gift.

Madam Qiao reluctantly listened to her son.

Seeing the festive and lively scene, Madam Qiao couldn’t help but stand at the side and watch it for a long time.
In her heart, she maliciously muttered: Hosting such a happy event for another person, I’m afraid Lian Fang Zhou won’t have a day like this in her life! She can only watch other people have fun…

When it was time to sit at the table, Madam Qiao saw that the rich dishes were filled with large fish and meat.
She had just come to send a gift but thinking that she was already here and it would be a waste not to eat, she sat down and did not rush back.

As for losing her identity, she had already thrown it out into the sky!

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That night, Ah Jian climbed the wall and came to Lian Fang Zhou’s room to hug her.
Unsurprisingly, his first words were: “Fang Zhou, when will you marry me and be my bride? I really envy Wang Da…”

Lian Fang Zhou’s heart felt sweet.
Her lips curled into a smile and she teased: “I also envy Wang Da for marrying Xiu’er!” And left it at that.

Maybe it was time she consider slowly letting her three siblings know about them? It wasn’t good for them to find out too suddenly!

Early the next morning, Wang Da and Zhang Xiu’er specially served tea to Lian Fang Zhou, which made Lian Fang Zhou blush.
Everyone laughed when they saw it.

Lian Fang Zhou drank the tea from Zhang Xiu’er in a daze, secretly thinking that it was fortunate that she had prepared a red envelope.

After handing the red envelope to the couple, she laughed and said: “I am giving you seven days off, you can go play however you like.”

Go! Go! Go enjoy your honeymoon!

Waiting for them to thank her gratefully, she didn’t expect that they would look at each other and then back at her.
Looking puzzled, Zhang Xiu’er asked: “Go play?”

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