Chapter 2015 True to its Name
Finally, Mrs. Fan scolded her impatiently and told her to behave herself. It was hard to say when, but it would take at least one or two years.
In the next one or two years, the mother and daughter should stop thinking about trivial things all the time. Bai Ruirui is so young, willful and spoiled, no wonder Lord Shao looks down on her.
She should use this time to learn something useful, which is the real thing to do.
Fan Ruyin couldn't refute this point.
After hesitating for a while, I felt that I could wait for a year or two, so I stopped being anxious and angry.
During the Dragon Boat Festival, a grand dragon boat race was held in Anze City. Shao Yunduan and Qiao Xuan also participated. It was very lively.
With the smooth progress of this grand event, the hearts of the major families in Anzezhou City were greatly appeased, especially those families that were related to the Mei family. This time they were finally completely relieved.
From then on, Anze Prefecture prospered, and major families, big merchants, and big landowners actively cooperated with the prefect's policies.
The economy of Anze Prefecture is developing better day by day, and the living standards of the people are also improving.
The status of Qiao Xuan, the wife of the prefect, also rose with the tide.
As the local first lady, she is truly worthy of the title. No matter which house she goes to, there are people who praise and fawn on her respectfully.
In private, she also joked with Shao Yunduan, saying that she had finally tasted what it was like to be an official's wife, and it was truly addictive.
Shao Yunduan laughed and indulged her by letting her do whatever she wanted as long as she was happy.
Qiao Xuan was overjoyed.
She certainly wouldn't act recklessly, and she had no interest in being domineering. She would rather be free and comfortable inspecting the property, enjoying the beautiful pastoral life raising cubs, and hunting.
But the man's attitude made her very satisfied.
After the Dragon Boat Festival, Qiao Xuan arranged for Lixia to get married to Songshi.
Qiao Xuan prepared a generous dowry for Lixia, including forty sets of clothes for four seasons, twenty rolls of various silks, two sets of gold and silver jewelry, one set of gold jewelry inlaid with gems and pearls, two pairs of jade bracelets, a pair of vases for a hundred children and a thousand grandchildren, a set of mahogany furniture including a bed, a wardrobe, a dressing table, a chest of drawers, a standing screen, etc. And these were only the big items. In addition, there were many small miscellaneous items, as well as one thousand taels of silver notes.
Over the years, Lixia had received a lot of monthly wages, bonus silver, various clothes and other things as rewards. If they were all collected together, their value would be at least over a thousand taels of silver.
Song Shi naturally gave a betrothal gift.
He and Lixia have grown up together in the past few years. The young people have mutual admiration for each other. It is not ruled out that Lixia is the head maid beside Qiao Xuan. He also really likes her. In order to save face for Lixia, he gave a very generous betrothal gift.
Except for wine, snacks, candied fruits and other food items, Qiao Xuan did not keep anything else, and gave them all as a dowry to Lixia.
Qiao Xuan and Shao Yunduan have so many businesses in Anze Prefecture. Even if Shao Yunduan is no longer an official here, someone will have to take care of these businesses. Song Shi may have to come here from time to time in the future.
So he simply bought a house in the city of Anzezhou.
The house was not very big, less than two mu, with two entrances and about ten rooms, and it was very well built. The backyard was also large enough to be turned into a small garden.
The most valuable thing is that this house is very close to the provincial government office. It is very convenient for both him and Lixia to travel between the two places.
(End of this chapter)
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