Chapter 242 Marriage
Old Mrs. Wan quickly found Old Third and Old Fourth Wan and asked them to take some of the food directly to the restaurant. However, it was too late to go to the restaurant now. Where could there be so many private rooms?
Fortunately, Shen Jinyuan asked his servants to inform Old Lady Wan.
"Madam, my master said that you can accept the gifts from the guests. He has already arranged the banquet at the restaurant. You only need to set up a few tables to entertain the neighbors. My master will entertain the rest."
After hearing this, Mrs. Wan felt relieved, but she was not a person who liked to take advantage. Shen Jinyuan solved their family's urgent problem, but since their family had accepted the gift, there was no reason for Shen Jinyuan to pay for the meal.
Mrs. Wan immediately asked the servant to reply: "Go and tell your master that we accept the gift, but the banquet should be hosted by our family. I will ask my fourth son to go to the restaurant to drink a few glasses with Master Shen."
Old Mrs. Wan thought that among the sons in the family who were capable of being presentable, only the fourth son could deal with things, so she sent the servant away and immediately asked the fourth son to come over. After giving him a few instructions, she went to the front to watch the ceremony.
Because Old Man Wan had passed away long ago, only Old Lady Wan was left at home.
Shen Jinyuan sat in the first seat, watching the newlyweds perform the ceremony.
This was also the first time in the lives of Boss Wan and Shen that they had a real wedding.
Both of them were very nervous during the whole process, and Boss Wan became like a young boy.
After the ceremony, Shen Jinyuan took the people who came to the Wan family to give gifts to the largest restaurant in the county, and the number of guests in the Wan family's house suddenly decreased a lot.
There were only a few tables with guests like Old Lady Wan expected, and besides the Wan family members, there were also neighbors from the surrounding area.
The next day was time to drink tea for the new bride, and Shen got up early.
When Shen got married, Nanny Feng came as the dowry nanny, and four maids also came with Shen.
Shen Jinyuan felt sorry for his sister and didn't want the Shen family to live the same kind of life as before, exposed to the wind, sun, smoke and fire, so the servants were well prepared, even the cook was prepared.
Shen's family had several houses as dowry, one of which was right next door to the one they were living in now. Shen Jinyuan meant that after they got married, they could connect the two houses to make it more spacious to live in. Then they could rearrange it and make a special yard for servants' quarters.
After breakfast, Mrs. Wan called the whole family over.
"Eldest daughter-in-law, you are now considered a member of our Wan family. You can also express your opinions on some things. Our family does not have as many rules as other families. You know my temper. I don't like to hide things. I treat every daughter-in-law the same, so you don't have to be afraid. You can tell me anything you want to say."
Shen smiled and nodded.
"Then what I'm going to say next will mainly be about your big room. If other rooms have any opinions, please speak up and we can work together to find a solution."
Seeing that no one was talking, Old Lady Wan began to talk about a few things that had been on her mind last night.
"The first one is yesterday's gift. I have seen all those gifts. They are very valuable. Unlike in our countryside, the gifts are just three or five copper coins, or a piece of cloth. The minimum gift here is ten taels of silver. I know these people must have come for the county magistrate's sake. These gifts are from your eldest wife's house. You can just keep them. In the future, the return gift will be from your own house. It has nothing to do with us."
"The second thing is, when the eldest son went to meet his bride yesterday, we dug out a gold ingot on the rockery. Second son's wife, take out the ingot."
Wan Ersao hurried back and took out the big ingot from the box.
Old Mrs. Wan was very surprised when she held the ingots. This was the first time that other families heard about this matter. It was too late last night, there were many guests, and everyone was very tired, so Old Mrs. Wan did not mention this matter. She had to go back early this morning, so she decided to bring up this matter and talk about it.
"This gold ingot weighs ten taels, and can probably be exchanged for a hundred or so taels of silver. Originally, this gold ingot was dug up in your house, but it was discovered by Xiao Fubao. If it weren't for Xiao Fubao, you might never have found this gold ingot in your lifetime. So my suggestion is that whoever sees it should get a share. Whether you should divide the gold ingot equally among the brothers or divide it according to the accounts, you can discuss it among yourselves, and I won't interfere."
Mrs. Wan asked the brothers this question, and the eldest brother Wan immediately said, "Mom, I don't want this gold ingot. Since it was found by Xiao Fubao, it should belong to Xiao Fubao."
Wan Ersao felt that it was inappropriate and immediately refused. If it was given to Xiao Fubao, it would belong to the second wife. What would the other wives think?
"Brother, when Xiao Fubao found out, all the children were there. Why don't we divide it equally among the families? Make it five parts, and mother will get one part. We will each have 20 taels. This is fair."
After Wan Ersao finished speaking, the other two families had no objections.
But Old Lady Wan looked at Shen to see what she would say.
Shen also noticed that Old Lady Wan was looking at her, so she quickly called over Nanny Feng with a smile.
"Madame Feng."
Nanny Feng came in immediately and waited.
"Bring me my coin-box."
Nanny Feng answered yes, then turned and went to Shen's bedroom and brought out a money box.
Shen opened the money box and took out one hundred taels of silver and divided it into five portions, each weighing twenty-five taels.
"Mother, give me the gold ingots. I really want them. These are 125 taels of silver. My husband and I will have 25 taels each, and you can each have the rest. Is that okay?"
The amount Shen gave was obviously more than ten taels higher than the market price. This was also a good way to behave. She had just married into the family and was not going back to Shizi Village, so giving more silver to other families was also a way of thanking her sisters-in-law.
Old Mrs. Wan was quite satisfied. It was not that she was taking advantage of this, but she felt that Shen was being thorough.
Old Mrs. Wan took her share of the twenty-five taels and kept five taels for herself. She gave five taels to each family of the remaining twenty taels.
"I'm old now, and I don't have much to spend. You can share these among yourself, and I'll keep some for my grandchildren to give as red envelopes during the Chinese New Year."
This way each room gets thirty taels of silver, which is very average.
Old Mrs. Wan handed the big gold ingot to Shen, who thanked her and put it in the box.
Shen took out her own thirty taels of silver and gave each child one tael of silver as a gift.
The children were happier than during Chinese New Year, and their little mouths were as sweet as if they were covered with honey.
Nice words came out without paying, and little Fubao also learned to say auspicious words from his brothers.
"I hope my aunt will give birth to a son soon. I hope you will give birth to twins, and I hope you will have a fat baby during the New Year." Little Fubao said it in rhyme, making everyone in the room laugh.
Little Fubao, however, held the silver and smiled with his small teeth showing, looking like a money-grubber.
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