Sister Han is good at farming

"We gathered everyone together today mainly to discuss the matter of the fifth brother's marriage."

After Mr. Ruan took a few puffs of cigarette, he spoke with a gloomy face.

"Fifth brother is getting married? Where?" Ruan Wantie was a little confused when he heard the news. It was too sudden.

"I just received a letter from him in the capital this afternoon. He married the granddaughter of the Minister of Justice. The situation on her side is a bit complicated. The Minister of Justice has two sons. The eldest son, Qian Qianyou, has three sons and two daughters. The eldest son and daughter were born to his first wife, and the next two sons and one daughter were born to his later wife. The fifth son married Qian Qianyou's eldest daughter."

As Mr. Ruan spoke, he handed Ruan Wanxi's letter to the four Ruan Wanjin brothers sitting at the main table for them to read.

"Why did Fifth Brother get married so suddenly?" Ruan Wangang asked in a daze, "There was no news about it before."

"My fifth brother said in the letter that he passed by a restaurant and saw Qian Qianyou's second wife making things difficult for the eldest daughter born to his previous wife. He couldn't bear to see it so he stood up for her. Who knew that this would catch the attention of the Minister of Justice? In order to keep the family disgrace from becoming public, Minister Qian directly let my fifth brother marry his granddaughter, and at the same time saved the poor granddaughter from suffering." Ruan Wanjin explained the doubts to everyone while reading the letter.

"It is said that if there is a stepmother, there must be a stepfather. This shows how hard that girl's life was at home. Fortunately, Minister Qian is a sensible man!" Upon hearing this, Old Mrs. Ruan wiped away her tears.

"That second wife is indeed not a good person. She has been delaying the marriage of the daughter born to the previous wife. Now that someone is proposing to marry her, she has been making trouble again and again. It is said that someone was almost killed, so Minister Qian is in a hurry to marry off his granddaughter." Ruan Wanjin continued to explain.

"So will the wedding be held back in Zaoziling?" Liu asked the key question.

Old Master Ruan tapped his pipe and said, "This is why I called everyone here to discuss this. The fifth brother has now established himself in the capital and wants to settle down in the capital. This wedding will be held in the capital, and after the wedding he will bring his new bride back to Zaoziling to recognize his relatives."

"Holding the wedding in the capital..." Ruan Wanyin hesitated, "The fifth brother's relatives are all in Qingshui County. If the man doesn't have relatives and friends on the wedding day, he will be ridiculed if no one is sitting in the hall."

"That's why Lao Wu wrote a special letter asking us to send our parents to the capital." Ruan Wanjin put down the letter and said.

"I heard that the capital is two months away from us. Can my parents bear it?" This was the first thing Ruan Wantie thought of.

"This is the only time in my son's life that he will get married, so it doesn't matter if we have to endure some hardship. But can you brothers spare some time to go to the capital?" Old Master Ruan asked with a sigh.

"Dad, Xingge's mother and I can go over there. We can also visit Xingge'er." Ruan Wanjin expressed his opinion immediately.

Ruan Wanyin also only thought about it for a cup of tea. "Fifth brother's life event is very important. If we don't have enough men, he might not be confident. How about this! I, Shifei's mother, Shisheng, Hongying, Shiwang and Cuifei will all go."

Ruan Wangang frowned and thought for a long time, "I'll go with Shifu and Shigui! Shitai is still young, so his mother should stay at home to take care of him! Besides, Juan'er is going to give birth in the spring next year, so we need an elder to take care of her at home."

When everyone at the table looked at Ruan Wantie, he scratched his hair in annoyance. "Shi Ping has gone to apply for the job, and Shi An and the others are too young, so Qing Qing and I will go alone!"

After deciding who will go, everyone discusses the gifts and travel arrangements again.

"Old Five has a lot of expenses in the capital. I want to take out three thousand taels of silver from the public treasury to give him a wife. After all, Old Five's reputation is also our reputation. What do you think?"

As soon as Mr. Ruan said this, everyone's expression changed except Ruan Wantie's family.

Although the old house had made some money from selling red banquets, charcoal and running a restaurant in recent years under the leadership of Ruan Qingqing, the marriages of five grandchildren had also drained a lot of the family assets. If another three thousand taels were to be taken out at this time, there would probably be no extra money left in the public treasury.

Li showed her unwillingness directly on her face.

Nguyen Van Kim and Nguyen Van Yen have two sons and three sons who are married, respectively, and her family is also looking for a girl recently. The family has no money, how will her sons get married? Not to mention the monthly tuition fees for several children.

Sensing everyone's strangeness, Mr. Ruan explained, "Old Five will live in the capital in the future. You are helping him now when he is in trouble. In the future, when your sons and grandsons have a promising future, let alone other things, just to go to the capital for the exam, as an uncle, can he not help arrange it? Don't be short-sighted and only see the immediate benefits."

The pie was so big that Li was shocked. But Ruan Wanjin and Ruan Wanyin were not so easy to deal with.

Apart from studying, Ruan Wanxi's contribution to the family was almost negligible, and the three thousand taels of silver were the hard-earned money of the three families. Although their descendants would have relatives to rely on when they went to Beijing to take the imperial examinations in the future, Ruan Wanjin and others were even more unhappy that Ruan Wanxi had emptied everyone's family assets.

Especially Ruan Wanjin, he also has a son who is about to become an official, so his son's future wife cannot be low. If he marries a high-ranking wife, the betrothal gift cannot be cheap.

"Dad, we understand that my fifth brother is having a hard time making a living in the capital, but asking the public treasury to spend three thousand taels for his wedding is indeed a bit much. Not to mention the distant future, my brothers Xing and Qiang, as well as my third brother's brother Fu, are all getting married soon. Once the public treasury is emptied, they will have no money to get married."

After hesitating for a while, Ruan Wanjin finally uttered these words with difficulty.

"What Big Brother meant is what I meant. Of course, we also understand that the cost of living in the capital is high. One hundred taels of silver is the most that Shi Fei and his family spent on their wedding. One thousand taels from the public treasury is about right for Fifth Brother's wedding. If Fifth Brother really wants three thousand taels, let him borrow the rest from the public treasury! Otherwise, if the other children follow suit, it will be hard to run this family."

Since Ruan Wanyin had his elder brother take the lead in saying no, it was much easier for him to say these words.

Ruan Wangang remained silent.

Seeing that everyone had their own plans, Mr. Ruan looked extremely disappointed. But he couldn't find any faults. In the end, he had no choice but to compromise.

Regarding the gift-giving, Mr. Ruan took a few puffs of his cigarette and looked at Ruan Wantie, "Old Fourth, you are an official now. If you don't give enough gifts for your brother's wedding, I'm afraid it will make people laugh at you. Besides, the gifts are yours after all."

"Dad, just tell me a number and I'll see if I can afford it." Ruan Wantie didn't want to disappoint Old Man Ruan again, so he lowered his head and said in a low voice.

"It's not appropriate for you to give a few dozen taels of silver to your current family. I think it would be better to give something or silver worth six hundred taels of silver! It sounds nice and auspicious!"

Wang Chunya's eyelids jumped suddenly, "Dad, isn't six hundred taels a bit too much?"

Ruan Qingqing was also secretly surprised.

It was true that her father was an official now, but the family didn't have much money. Especially the hybridization experiments she was doing were the most expensive, and there were also some pesticide research, which was a loss at the beginning. It hasn't paid off yet. Not to mention that they were planning to store some food and dig tunnels recently...

Family members know their own situation. Ruan Wantie said with a stiff face, "Dad, six hundred taels is too much. I, your son, can't afford it. Although I receive a salary, it is also expensive for Chunya and her mother to live in the city and for the children to go to school. Qingqing in my hometown often makes some new things, which also costs a lot of money. Two hundred taels, we can only take out two hundred taels at most, and this is the limit for me."