Autumn is here, the time of harvest. Sheng Shu and Yu Jiaxing both passed the imperial examinations, living up to expectations. Although their rankings differed, it was a great joyous occasion for both.
However, neither family had plans for a big banquet, so the two families sat together and had a meal.
After Sheng Shu achieved the title of Jinshi (Jinshi), Xu Wen was able to find a suitable wife for him. She had originally chosen the second daughter of the eldest Hai family, who was a year younger than Sheng Shu. Xu Wen had met the second daughter a few times and found her to be bright, attractive, and knowledgeable, as well as a skilled housekeeper.
After Sheng Shu passed the imperial examination, Xu Wen found an opportunity and took Sheng Shu to visit the Hai family. Before returning home, Xu Wen mentioned the matter to the Hai family, and the Hai family responded the next day.
After hearing this, Sheng Huairen exclaimed that Xu Wen was indeed a young lady of extraordinary birth and knowledge. Although the Hai family's rules were harsh, they were a rare and kind family. They weren't called a Hanlin family for nothing. To be disrespectful, marrying a princess would be worse than marrying a Hai family girl.
Xu Wen, holding a teacup, sat aside and did not refute. She was so excited that Sheng Huairen almost stuttered when he spoke.
Before leaving the main room, Sheng Huairen talked about Sheng Hong again: "Hong'er is a very talented child. If he has a promising future, he will be a help to Dalang."
Xu Wen wholeheartedly agreed with this statement. After observing him for several years, she'd concluded that Sheng Hong was a good kid, not a bad kid, with a good temperament. Xu Wen occasionally showed some concern for him, but she was wary and didn't get too close. Even so, Sheng Hong was incredibly polite. Since joining the family school, he'd greeted his parents outside the courtyard almost every day before heading to class.
Thinking that the weather was about to get colder, Xu Wen and Sheng Huairen said, "We've already started making Hong'er's winter coat. In just a few days, we'll have all the new things we need for the cold winter ready."
Sheng Huairen was very satisfied after hearing this. He smiled slightly, and the fine lines at the corners of his eyes looked softer. He smiled and praised: "It is a great fortune for your husband to marry you!" Then he took out a jewelry box and handed it to Xu Wen.
It was not until Sheng Huairen left that Xu Wen opened the jewelry box. Inside the box lay an agate hairpin. From the craftsmanship, it was obvious that it was made by Sheng Huairen himself.
Walking over to her dressing table, Xu Wen opened her jewelry box. In one compartment lay three hairpins. One was made of wood, one was gilded, and one was jade. Two of these hairpins had been given to Xu Wen by Sheng Huairen before their wedding, and one had been given on the night of their wedding. After more than a decade, Xu Wen finally received a hairpin from Sheng Huairen.
Picking up the wooden hairpin from the box, Xu Wen could recall the joy and shyness she had felt when she received it. Looking at it now, she felt that this item was really not suitable for her.
In the huge jewelry box, there is only one compartment that holds a hairpin that is extremely worthless. Yet it is placed in the most convenient compartment, which should actually be used for the most valuable jewelry or commonly used jewelry.
Before and after her marriage, Xu Wen often used the jewelry in this compartment. At that time, Xu Wen felt that the person who gave her these hairpins was very precious, so these hairpins also became valuable. But looking back now, these jewelry are really too shabby.
After a few chuckles, Xu Wen took out the three hairpins and placed the four hairpins in the box that Sheng Huairen had just sent. She didn't even care about the people, so she didn't want these things to take up space.
There was room in the jewelry box, so Xu Wen asked Fang's mother to go with her to pick out some expensive and gorgeous jewelry. Only precious jewelry was worthy of being placed in her rosewood jewelry box.
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