The next morning, several families living next to the Huang family began to come to the Huang family to help prepare the banquet.
Mrs. Huang originally wanted to be frugal and simply have a table of eight vegetarian dishes, but Mrs. Yang came over to stir up trouble:
"Every day, I always hear you complaining behind my back that the banquet for the daughter's wedding held by the east family is not good, and the banquet for the daughter-in-law held by the west family is not good either."
"Now it's your Huang family's turn. They're not that great. They're the kind of family that will produce a scholar in the future."
Old Mrs. Huang was embarrassed, thinking that she still had ginseng that could be sold for two or three hundred taels of silver.
He immediately pointed to the chicken coop in the yard, and with a heroic gesture, ordered all the chickens to be killed and a roast chicken to be provided for each table.
Finally, she asked a few young men in the village to catch fish, and she paid for the fish. She would then serve fish soup to each table.
Seeing that except for Old Lady Yang who was speechless, the other women who helped were also shocked, but they were even happier. Who wouldn't want to have a good meal?
Aunt Huang's face was as black as charcoal. She was impatient when helping and dropped a bowl in a state of anxiety. Old Mrs. Huang glared at her several times.
Under normal circumstances, Old Mrs. Huang would have beaten her up, saying she was such a waste. There were only so many bowls at home, and buying new ones would cost a lot of money.
She thought that after the wedding was over today, she would go to the county to sell the ginseng tomorrow.
Little did they know that Huang Laosi had taken advantage of the chaos and secretly took the ginseng to the county to inquire about the price.
The villagers received benefits and knew not to tell other villages about this matter, but they are now in their own village and everyone knows about it, so it is not excessive to talk about it.
When Jing Ruchen brought Jing Shengwen and several servants into the village, he heard two aunts talking.
An aunt shook her head and sighed: "The Huang family's marriage today is really a sin."
Another aunt smiled mysteriously: "Who made people go up the mountain at night? That girl from the Huang family is just unlucky."
The two looked at each other. Who would have thought that Huang Yingying would elope from the mountains in the middle of the night and be caught by Old Lady Yang and her son? Such a coincidence had not happened in the past ten years.
Jing Ruchen's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly asked, "Auntie, are you talking about the Huang family at the very back of the village, the one with the willow tree next to it?"
When the two aunts saw that he was from another village and was asking about the Huang family, they immediately became suspicious. Jing Ruchen said that he was a good friend of the Huang family and had come to visit specially.
When the two aunts saw the two bags of snacks that Jing Ruchen handed over, they immediately enthusiastically wanted to lead Jing Ruchen on the way.
Even though Jing Ruchen and his group were dressed in a low-key manner, their temperament was still there. In addition, Jing Ruchen had a handsome and tough face, and a group of onlookers followed behind him.
Jing Shengwen felt uncomfortable with so many low-class villagers surrounding him, and he gently told everyone not to follow him.
Although the villagers had never seen the world, they were very experienced. Although Jing Shengwen pretended to be gentle and harmless, he looked down on them in his heart. An old lady laughed:
"The Huang family is marrying off their daughter today, and we're all going to the wedding banquet. You're not worthy of us following you."
Jing Shengwen's face turned red and his expression looked a little ugly. Jing Ruchen signaled him with his eyes not to bother with the villagers.
Seeing this, the old lady walked up to Jing Ruchen and reminded him, "I'm just watching the fun and not minding the trouble.
"Young man, I see that you are honest and don't look down on us villagers, so I'm reminding you that your brother doesn't look like a good person. You should be careful that he might harm you."
"In ordinary families, two brothers would quarrel over three pieces of land. Your brother is so petty that he can harm you without even three pieces of land."
Jing Shengwen clenched his fists and said excitedly, "Brother, don't listen to this old lady's nonsense."
The old lady looked at him and said coldly, "I'm not talking nonsense. Why are you feeling guilty?"
Jing Shengwen stared closely at Jing Ruchen's reaction, but could not see anything unusual.
Jing Ruchen had actually become suspicious of the bandits yesterday, and he also knew the hidden ambitions of his illegitimate brother.
But he had damaged his foundation and was destined to have no descendants.
This younger brother was the only one left in the Marquis of Jing'en's Mansion. He knew what his father meant and that this younger brother was destined to inherit the title in the future.
I think it would be better for me to resign from the position of Crown Prince and go to the border as soon as possible to defend my country.
He took advantage of the aunt's words and whispered to Jing Shengwen: "I will resign from the position of Crown Prince to the Crown Prince, and my second brother will just take good care of our parents."
Jing Shengwen looked terrified, but said modestly and respectfully, "Big Brother will always be my role model. I can never compare to you."
I was happy in my heart, but then I felt discouraged.
The eldest brother injured his foundation in order to save the prince, and the prince would never agree to let the eldest brother give up the throne because of the lack of heirs.
The prince will only go further and choose a wife for his eldest brother, and then let his eldest brother adopt a child.
He received a secret letter from his father, saying that the prince hurriedly asked his elder brother to return to Beijing this time because he had found another good marriage for him.
Unfortunately, his action failed this time. His elder brother became more alert and made him afraid to act rashly for a while.
Jing Shengwen was worried all the way, but Jing Ruchen didn't care about this matter. He felt more guilty and self-blaming along the way.
That little girl saved me yesterday, why didn't I insist on sending her home?
She said that she was used to climbing the mountain by herself and it would be faster for her to go home. It would be inconvenient to take a carriage. If she got home late, she would be punished by her grandmother. So he let the little girl go by herself.
Just now he asked the two aunts about the girl from the Huang family, but they avoided talking. Combining what they had said before, about marriage, the girl from the Huang family met someone in the mountains.
Jing Ruchen's heart was heavy. If the little girl got married today, how could he take her away?
No matter what, he still wanted to ask the little girl in person what she was thinking.
When we arrived at the Huang family's courtyard gate, we saw the wedding character temporarily pasted on the door. At this time, the family was preparing for the wedding ceremony.
Then they saw Jing Ruchen and his group entering the courtyard. As soon as Jing Ruchen entered the courtyard, he attracted countless attention. No one in the village had ever seen such a handsome and imposing man.
The villagers who followed were already chattering and telling Old Lady Huang what had happened. Old Lady Huang looked at Jing Ruchen in confusion.
Jing Ruchen looked around but didn't see any trace of the little girl.
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