Bondage

"Awan?"

"Mother."

Song Wan regained his composure and realized that he had returned to the Song Mansion.

She was so engrossed in shame and regret that she didn't even notice Mrs. Song sitting in front of her.

Mrs. Song said with a warm smile: "Why do you look so out of your mind? But what's wrong?"

"Perhaps it's a bit hot today, and the sun makes the child a little dizzy."

Upon hearing the words, Mrs. Song quickly asked the maid beside her to bring her ice cream, and Song Wan took it and tasted it before putting it by her hand.

"It's time to visit you at the Marquis' Mansion in the past few days, but I was busy arranging your dowry so I delayed it. I didn't expect you to go with Jian Guining today. The master hasn't seen him for a long time. I want to talk for a while. If you really don't want to Go back to your room to rest when you are comfortable, no one has touched anything in your room."

Song Wan smiled shyly: "Where is it so delicate? Mother don't have to worry."

"That's good."

Mrs. Song was Song Wan's aunt and aunt. After Song Wan's mother passed away, his father married the concubine daughter of the Su family. Firstly, it was to strengthen the in-law relationship between Song and Su's two houses, and secondly, it was also to take better care of her elder brother and her.

It's just that when Mrs. Song married, Song Fu had already passed the age to be brought up by a housewife, and she was also taken to her own yard by her aunt, so getting along with Mrs. Song these years has not been salty or warm, and it can't be said that they are very close.

There was no words for a moment, and after a while, Mrs. Song finally said: "I will ask the steward to fetch your dowry list, so you can check if there are any omissions."

Not long after, the woman in charge of the Song residence came in holding a huanghuali wooden box, Mrs. Song opened it and handed it to Song Wan to have a look.

Song Wan glanced at it and there was nothing wrong with it. Not only did she put her mother's dowry in it completely, but the mansion also had several well-located shops, two villages in the suburbs of Beijing and [-] acres of fertile land.Even in Shangjing, this dowry is extremely eye-catching.

"Mother has worked hard these days."

"Wherever it is, I should do it."

After the two of them finished speaking, they were speechless again, Song Wan would not have been so inconsiderate in the past, but now her mind is in a state of confusion, and the rush of thoughts makes her careless to exchange greetings.

It wasn't until the woman in charge of the mansion came to look for Mrs. Song, and she asked Song Wan to rest in her yard, that the two of them relaxed a lot.

Walking out of the yard, Song Wan saw a man standing under the veranda, as if he was waiting for her.

The man's eyebrows were drawn into his temples, his eyes were cold and arrogant, standing there alone but showing a sense of arrogance, Song Wan looked at him for a moment, and recognized that this man was her elder brother Song Fu.

Song Fu turned his head, seeing her staring blankly at him, he couldn't help showing a gentle smile.

"Ah Wan, come here."

The man beckoned, and Song Wan hurried over a few steps.

"I've seen brother."

Seeing Song Fu, she suddenly felt aggrieved, and her tone was a little unnoticeably choked up.

Song Fu stared at her face carefully and didn't speak for a while.

In her memory, she was still a little girl who liked to eat sweets. If one day he came home from school and didn't bring her some sweets, she would look at herself aggrieved.

Similar to today, but not quite the same.

In the past, if she was wronged, she would tell him immediately, but now she just lowered her head, afraid that she would see it.

Song Fu frowned, and said: "Xingjian has returned, you are different from the old days in the Marquis Mansion, remember to do things peacefully, be lenient to others, show filial piety to your elders, and don't compete with your sister-in-law..."

As soon as he said a few words, he saw Song Wan's eyes flushed, and Song Fu stopped abruptly.

Song Wan red-eyed and chuckled: "Brother, where did you find out this? The tone is like that of an elderly nanny in the back house."

Song Fu paused for a moment, feeling a little embarrassed.

He was afraid that Song Wan's mother would remind her, and that no one would teach her about the rear house, so he racked his brains to think of a few words of advice, but he didn't know that his sister would react like this.

"Brother doesn't understand the matter of the back house..."

"Wan'er knows."

A brother didn't understand, which caused Song Wan's eyes to heat up and almost shed tears.

Seeing this, Song Fu knew that she was not going well in the Hou's residence, but he was the elder brother, so he couldn't meddle in the affairs of his brother-in-law's room.

After thinking for a long time, Song Fucai said: "There is a vacancy in the official department. If there is no accident, brother will join the official department this year."

He had already served as a supervisor in the Guozijian last year. According to what his father said, he could be admitted to the Zhongshu Ministry after he had been silent in the Guozijian for several years.With the escort of his father, Zhongshu Province can rise to the top.It's just that, in the past ten years or so, he had to hide his strength and bide his time, and not show his edge.

Song Fu looked at Song Wan's reddish eyes, and frowned slightly.

It was too late to go to Zhongshu Province. He could wait for more than ten years, but Song Wan couldn't.

The Song family had two sons and three daughters. Although Song Wan was the eldest daughter, she was not the father's only daughter, and the marriage with the Yanghou Mansion in the same city was not safe. Now that the storm was not apparent, he could see the undercurrents under the calm.

If the three or five factions fight in the future, the Song family may not try their best to protect her.

In a short period of time, Song Fu overthrew Song Lan'an and prepared for several years.

"The Ministry of Officials is the head of the six departments. Where did the vacancy come from? Didn't my brother fool Wan'er into being a widow for six years and not knowing the world?"

"And why did my father let my elder brother go to the official department?"

Song Wanrou said: "Brother, don't think too much, Wan'er is very good in the Hou's residence, the old lady and wife treat Wan'er like their own daughter, husband...husband is gentle and considerate, we are childhood sweethearts, I don't know how deep our relationship is. "

"It's just that I haven't seen my brother for many years, and Wan'er misses my brother so much."

Her father didn't know how her elder brother arranged for her, but he would definitely not let him go to the official department.The Ministry of Officials does have real power, but where is it so easy to advance?When he said this, he was afraid that when he saw her, he thought she was not doing well, so he rushed to the official department to support her.

But how could she be so selfish?

"Brother, it's good to listen to father's arrangement, don't..."

"You don't care about men's affairs."

Song Fu half-bent his fingers and tapped Song Wan's head lightly. Seeing her covering her head, she smiled and took out a small wooden box from her bosom.

"My brother will add your dowry."

Song Wan opened it, and there was a box full of bank notes in various denominations, ranging from a thousand taels to a hundred taels, and even two 50 taels.She had a sour nose, and muttered: "The mansion only gives two or two cases of silver a month, so there are three or four thousand taels here, right? How long did it take you brother to save this box?"

Song Fu frowned: "Why do you ask these things? My brother gave it to you, you just take it."

"My brother must have saved it from childhood."

Song Fu glanced at her: "My aunt used to talk all day long that if a daughter's family comes to her husband's house without a dowry, she will be looked down upon."

Song Wan pinched the wooden box and pursed her lips tightly, for fear that tears would fall from her eyes accidentally.

Song Fu stretched out his hand to touch her head, and sighed slightly: "Brother is a man, if you want money, you have a source, it's not comparable to you, a housewife."

"Brother, I don't ask for anything else, I just hope you are well..."

The two brothers and sisters were reminiscing about the past, Jiang Xingjian coughed lightly from a distance, and Song Fu took his hand back when he saw this.