528 Medicine Valley Wedding Banquet
The evening banquet was a little beyond Ping'an's expectations. The prefect came with some yamen officials. Soon many more people came one after another. They were all from some famous families in Yong'an.
Since the guests had arrived, Ping'an had no choice but to hold a banquet, which had more than ten tables.
Chang Chunfeng is now a fifth-rank official in Kyoto, the Yue family is also a remarkable family, and Ping'an has passed the imperial examination at a young age, so his future is limitless.
It would be good to give some small gifts, have a meal with such a person, and get some blessings from Wenquxing.
Chang Chunfeng is only thirty-eight years old, handsome and elegant, and speaking to people makes people feel like a spring breeze. Ping An is also in high spirits and speaks wittily.
The banquet was a great success for both the host and the guests, and by the time all the guests had left, the father and son were exhausted.
Chang Chunfeng was in a good mood today and drank a lot of wine. By the time he sent the guests away, he was already staggering.
"Xiao Si, take the master to rest and help him wash up."
"Yes, Master."
When he arrived at the Sun Mansion, Ping'an lived alone in his original room.
Xu Song handed over the list and the wooden box: "Master, the gift money is all in the wooden box, more than 2,200 taels of silver, and some other miscellaneous items, all are registered one by one."
These gifts basically do not need to be returned.
Ping An glanced over it and said, "Xu Song, you are very organized and keep your accounts clear. Are you really not going to consider studying again?"
Xu Song laughed and said, "Master, I have no intention of taking the imperial examination. Maybe I will take the imperial examination in two years. A scholar will be enough.
Young Master, I just want to follow you for the rest of my life, no matter what you ask me to do."
Ping An said gently, "Well, try your best to pass the exam and become a scholar. In the future, it is very likely that all my accounts will be managed by you and Yuan Qing, and the same goes for Yuan Qing. I won't say more. Go wash up and rest. We will go to the Medicine Valley together tomorrow."
"Yes, Master."
Xu Song was in a good mood. He knew best what kind of person he was. He was a good student when he was young, but he put down his books after his mother left. It was not until he followed the young master that he studied in Yingtian with Yuan Qing for two years.
The teachers in the school didn't think much of him, but said that he could strive to become a scholar, as it would not be easy to become a juren.
Yuan Qing studied better than him, but he did not dare to take the provincial examination. Even if he passed, it would be extremely difficult to pass the imperial examination. He himself did not want to take the imperial examination and became an official, and said that he would just follow the young master for the rest of his life.
Without the young master, his and Yuanqing's lives would have been ruined long ago, so how could they still study?
Ping'an entered the room carrying a large box. He opened the wooden box and found a stack of silver bills, a number of gold and silver ingots, and some jade pendants and jade beads. They were not very good, but were presentable.
He picked out a few of these jade pendants and other things to give to the groom tomorrow, and divided the rest into two parts, one for each of his two fathers. When he was away from home, he might need to give some gifts.
The jade pendant on his father's body was missing, and it was probably given to Chen Sheng.
In the afternoon, he saw that his father's eyes were red and he felt complicated. He didn't expect that their father-son relationship of six years was so deep.
He took two pieces of silver worth three hundred taels, and would give them to his two fathers tomorrow. He would let them hand them over to their respective village chiefs. Three hundred taels of silver could buy more than twenty acres of good paddy fields in the village.
The next morning, Ping'an had someone exchange the silver ingots and then went to his father's room.
"Dad, these people gave me a lot of these things. I'll divide them into two parts, one for you and one for my stepfather. You never know when we'll need to use them. These are more than enough for this small county town.
There are two portions of silver, three hundred taels each, and you two can take them to the clan leaders of your respective villages and ask them to buy some clan land for the village. Silver can be easily spent, and the clan land is always there, and we can't come back in a short time."
Chang Chunfeng thought for a moment and said, "Okay, Dad will continue. Ping An, Dad drank too much yesterday and feels a little dizzy. I won't go to the valley and will rest in the mansion today."
Ping An knew that his biological father did this partly for his stepfather. Today his stepfather was hiding in the farm to avoid embarrassing him, and there would be a wedding in the valley tomorrow, so his biological father wanted to make his stepfather happy for once.
What is all this?
What's wrong with the two of them coming out together openly? There's always a first time for everything, right?
"Okay, then you take a good rest. How do you feel about seeing Chen Sheng today?"
Chang Chunfeng smiled bitterly: "He is two years older than you, and got married last year. I gave him a jade pendant.
He has been a good kid since he was young, but his luck was not good enough. I won’t talk about these things since he was young. He failed the provincial examination and is now in the provincial school. I asked him if he wanted to go to the Imperial College. If he was willing, he could come back to Beijing with me.
Ping An, do you think Dad is a bit impulsive? I really have some feelings for this child, and I hope I can help him. "
"Dad, if Chen Sheng really wants to go, let him go. Chen Xuan and San Qiang will also go. We can go together. During the holiday, he can stay with my family. It will be more lively with more people, and we don't have to disturb stepmother."
"We'll talk about this later. Your stepmother knows this child, and she won't say anything even if he stays at my house during his vacation."
He really couldn't understand Zhang Jinyu. He was okay with other people but was a little too serious with Ping An.
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Early the next morning, Ping'an, with his own people and Uncle Ming and a few others, picked up his stepfather, Sanqiang and Wanxiang, and headed straight for Dayao Valley.
We arrived at the Medicine Valley before noon.
Medicine Valley is different today than in the past, and there is a festive atmosphere everywhere.
"Master Ping An, Master Wan, you are finally here. Wan Li, you are here too."
Wan Changsheng smiled and said, "Manager Fang, congratulations."
Wanli smiled and handed over his red envelope: "Congratulations."
Fang Xiao grinned and said, "Their marriage is a minor happiness, but Master Ping An's success in the imperial examination is a great happiness."
"Uncle Fang, where's Aunt Fang? I'm hungry."
"I'm here, Master Ping'an, Master Wan, the food is on the table. Just have a bite to eat at noon, and then we'll have a big feast in the evening. Today, not only are three couples from Awu getting married, there are four more couples from the valley. It's going to be quite lively." Aunt Fang said happily.
Fang Wu is their only son. They helped him find a wife two years ago. Now that he is old enough, it just so happens that his master has also gotten married.
Ping An took out a red envelope and said, "Aunt, this is a gift from me and my father. Congratulations."
As soon as he finished speaking, he took out several red envelopes from his pocket.
"Uncle Fang, Aunt Fang, this belongs to the master, and this belongs to the master. They have names on them. Shopkeeper Ge gave them to him yesterday. There are also some for Hu Zi's family. Uncle Fang, give them to them for me."
Fang Xiao took it and handed it to his wife with a smile: "Fang Xiao thanks the eldest master and the gentleman, and also thanks Master Wan and Master Ping An."
Aunt Fang smiled brightly: "Master Ping'an, you have already given so much to Wu and the others, why do you need to give more?"
They are not short of money. The alcohol dividends from Young Master Ping'an alone are two thousand taels a year. Add to that what the eldest son gives them, and the income from their own real estate, it's not much, but at least four or five thousand taels a year, which is already more than most people in the Great Zhou.
Shopkeeper Ge and his wife came over happily: "Master Wan, Master Ping An, you are all here, the wedding banquet is basically ready, we will start at 5 pm, is it okay to ask Master Wan to be the witness today?"
Ping An nodded: "It's feasible. My father is the best witness. We will have both sons and daughters, which is a blessing."
Wan Changsheng smiled and said, "Since you said so, I will be the witness today."
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