Luo Ming was also very surprised that he actually got the qualification for the Spring Examination. That meant that he could bring Yanzhi to people directly, not as a mistress, but as a concubine.
He went to see Ye Congwen with the news, hoping that he would fulfill his promise.
But he still overestimated Ye Congwen. Ye Congwen had his own selfish desires, so how could he let him get what he wanted?
"You made it into the top ten. As a father, I am naturally happy for you, but the Spring Examination is only a few months away. You should focus all your attention on it and not be trapped by romantic feelings. I will do what I promised you, but I also hope that you can go further."
He did make a promise, that was undeniable, but he didn't want to fulfill it. In order to avoid making things look awkward, he could only drag Luo Ming along.
Luo Ming had thought about this outcome before he came, so he did not show much dissatisfaction.
Fine, I've already endured it for so long, I don't care about another year or two.
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Now, the results of the autumn examination have come out. Xiao Hechuan has passed the examination and won the title of Jieyuan as he wished. From now on, their Xiao family has become a well-known family in Jeju. It is time to discuss the marriage of Xiao Lanlan and Su Yanqing.
The two families made an appointment to meet, discuss the wedding date, find someone to match their horoscopes, and prepare betrothal gifts and marriage certificates, as well as dowries and wedding clothes.
Xiao Lanlan's horoscope is not good, it is in conflict with others, but coincidentally, when her horoscope is put together with Su Yanqing's, they are surprisingly harmonious. It is equivalent to that Su Yanqing's horoscope resolves her conflict with hers, and the two of them can be said to be a perfect match.
Su Yanqing had waited for so long, so of course he wanted it to happen as quickly as possible. Besides, Mrs. Su had already prepared everything for the wedding, so it wouldn't be too rushed.
The wedding date is set for mid-November, only one month away.
Mrs. Su's invitation was sent out on time. Now everyone knows that the Su family is about to marry the Xiao family. The Xiao family has a top scholar in the imperial examination, and it is very likely that he will pass the imperial examination and enter the official career in the future, and from then on they will be a family of scholars and officials.
The Su family, although they have the emperor's favor, are ultimately just a family of merchants. Now maybe they are marrying above their station.
Xiao's mother prepared a dowry for Xiao Lanlan within her means. As she was the only daughter in the family, she and Xiao's father discussed it with their sons. The Xiao family's two shops had a total of two thousand taels of income from this year and last year, so they decided to take out one thousand two hundred taels as a dowry for Xiao Lanlan.
Although these twelve hundred taels were only a drop in the bucket for the Su family, they were all that the Xiao family could afford.
After all, the Xiao family has such a large family to support, and the mansion certainly cannot be completely without any savings.
Jiang Sui gave her an extra dowry of one thousand taels. She was rich, and she and Lanlan were both sisters-in-law and good friends, so she was willing to spend the money.
In addition, she also ordered two sets of jewelry and head ornaments for daily wear after marriage, as well as several sets of casual clothes for after marriage. The styles she chose were all custom-made, relatively luxurious, but not beyond her status.
Several sisters-in-law discussed it and each contributed money to buy her a box of jewelry for daily wear, as well as shoes, socks, sachets, and handkerchiefs that they embroidered themselves.
Lanlan is the undisputed darling of the Xiao family.
In addition, Mrs. Su also promptly sent the veil that would be used on the wedding day, a gold and jade headpiece, a gold necklace, two pairs of gold bracelets, and four pairs of earrings, all of which were very heavy.
There was also a marriage certificate written by Su Yanqing herself, and the betrothal gifts were delivered to the Xiao family on time.
Mrs. Su gave ninety-nine pieces of betrothal gifts. The list of betrothal gifts was a thick book and it took a long time to read it out.
In addition to the gold, silver, jewelry, silks, satins, and jade ornaments displayed openly, there are also one hundred acres of fertile land, ten prosperous shops, and two private houses.
Xiao Lanlan has now transformed herself into the richest person in the Xiao family.
She looked at the betrothal gifts and decided to leave the hundreds of acres of fertile land, the prosperous shop and the house to her family.
But there is no way that Xiao's father and mother would accept it, and all these betrothal gifts would be taken to the Su family with her.
These are the basis for her to live her life in the future, and her family will not worry about it.
In fact, Xiao Lanlan was just thinking that there were more and more people in the family, and she was afraid that there would not be enough space to live in. The two houses could be divided among her brothers, although they would not be enough.
But this is the contradiction. Two houses and three brothers, it would be bad for anyone.
Besides, how can a brother covet his sister's property? If he tells others about it, he will be regarded as a gigolo and people will break his spine.
The brothers will definitely move out of the mansion and start their own houses in the future, but it will not be in the next few years. They will buy properties with their own abilities.
The eldest sister-in-law intends to open a hairpin shop of her own, the second sister-in-law has no idea yet, and the third sister-in-law wants to open a rouge shop.
She has been dealing with various flowers since she was a child, so she is proficient in making rouge and powder with fresh flowers.
For a month, Xiao Lanlan could not meet Su Yanqing and had to embroider a wedding dress for herself at home. She had been trained as a female worker in the girls' school for so long that she had already mastered the skill, so embroidering a beautiful wedding dress for herself was no problem at all.
Although a month is a short time, the Xiao family members hope that the time can go by slowly. With only one daughter and one sister, no one wants to let them get married.
They used to be very worried because of her fate, fearing that she wouldn't be able to get married. Now that this problem has been solved and she has found her ideal husband, they are reluctant to let her go.
However, since they were all in Jeju City, it was not difficult to see each other on weekdays. But as a wife and a daughter-in-law, it was not appropriate to run home all the time, not to mention that Mrs. Su was a person who attached great importance to rules.
But these are all stories for the future. Xiao Hechuan has already set his eyes on a house next to the Su Mansion. It is vacant, but the price is a bit high and he cannot afford it for the time being.
After saving enough money, I can buy this house. Then the Su and Xiao families will become neighbors, and it will be much more convenient for the parents to see their daughter.
During the time that Xiao Lanlan was waiting to get married, her mother was busy preparing her daughter's wedding banquet.
The daughter-in-law banquet will be held the day before the wedding banquet, and guests will also be invited at that time, but they are all neighbors, as well as the Xiao family’s good friends, and Lanlan’s female teachers and female classmates who are on good terms with her in the girls’ school. There will definitely be more than ten or twenty tables.
Xiao Hechuan still accompanies Jiang Sui every day, and occasionally takes her to Beimoting.
There has been no sequel to her play "Havoc in Heaven". Xia Wanning has written to her several times to urge her to do so, but Jiang Sui has clearly refused, saying that there will be no sequel in the future and the subsequent story will be left to future generations to imagine.
Today, the fame of the Monkey King has spread to Jeju, and many storytellers in teahouses have begun to spread the story.
Nowadays, on the market in Jezhou City, whether it is paper figures, masks for fun, lanterns, or sugar figures, they are all made in the shape of the Monkey King and are very popular among children.
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