Chapter 592
On the first day of the May lunar month, on the summer solstice, Wang Qingxiu arrived in Luoyang.
Wang Xiaoli paid for his own money and bought a house not far from Henan Prefecture as his home. Wang Qingxiu's arrival made him angry.
Take Wang Qingxiu to his home. Wang Xiaolei said: "For the years, I have never advocated hiring servants at home, and of course I am no exception. After buying this house, Cui Qing brought a few people to clean up, and it was very simple. My sister came and cleaned up."
Wang Qingxiu didn't speak. He walked into the house, turned from front to back, left to right. Finally, he stood under a pomegranate tree in the garden and said to Wang Xiaoli, "After becoming an official, I have been very strict in discipline. I am your sister, so I can't embarrass you. I have always strictly abide by the rules you set. I just saw this house, I'm afraid it's more than three acres. The construction is excellent and there are pavilions and towers, which are not ordinary people. If I live here, will I be gossiping?"
Wang Xiaoli smiled and said, "Sister, I am the person with the highest official position and the highest salary in the west of Beijing. I can afford this house just by relying on my salary. What are you afraid of? "
Wang Qingxiu sighed: "In the past few years, I have been afraid of you. I was afraid that you would beat you to death in front of you, and what I did later ruin your reputation. Since you said you might as well, I would live here. If I only live in such a big house, how can I manage it?"
Wang Xiaoliu said: "So the house you don't live in is sealed up or opened into a garden. By the way, my personal soldiers can help take care of it."
Wang Qingxiu shook her head: "No employed people are allowed. Who will live in a big house in the future? I don't know what you are thinking."
Wang Xiaolei said: "It's just that you are not allowed to hire people like you did in the past. It's really a wealthy family with a big house, but there's still a way."
What Wang Xiaohun prohibited was that the servants no longer lived with their masters and shared wealth, but instead became adults. Of course, the relationship between the masters and servants was simply to spend money to buy labor and had no other power. This was a trend in the Song Dynasty. Although the rich were inconvenient, they did not strongly oppose it.
But Wang Xiaoli is not an innocent person for safety reasons, so he is not allowed to hire him. In recent years, Wang Qingxiu has gradually gotten used to it. Now that he has just arrived in Luoyang, there is no suitable family for a while, so he can only work harder on his own.
At noon, Wang Xiaoli said: "Sister is here, I will prepare a wine to welcome you. We officials can buy ready-made food from the government office, and Cui Qing will deliver it later. Sister, don't be disgusted, we will drink two glasses of wine and talk some gossip."
Wang Qingxiu said: "This is the best. I haven't seen many days, and I have a lot of words to you."
Wang Xiaolie has a special chef. However, he has always lived in the government office, and no one cooks at home. Wang Qingxiu has a different status now. Occasionally, cooking side dishes is to adjust life. How can he cook every day?
Soon, Cui Qing brought two personal soldiers to deliver the food made by the chef of the government office. He arranged it on the table and took the personal soldiers back out.
After pouring wine for Wang Qingxiu, Wang Xiaolei said: "A few days ago, I heard from Mr. Wang that my sister fell in love with a family in Xiangyang. Is this true? Why haven't I told me? It's not that I interfere with my sister's marriage. I can check it out, how is this family?"
Wang Qingxiu said: "Dalang, we are not young anymore and it's time to start a family. You have been in war with soldiers over the years, and you are afraid of implicating others, so you have never dared to find them. This year, you have occupied Luoyang and see that you have settled down. You should think about your own affairs."
Wang Xiaolei said: "What my sister said is. What family is it? "
Wang Qingxiu said, "It's also an official family. This man is Zhang Qi. His father used to be an official in the court. After Jingkang, he traveled to several places and finally settled in Xiangyang. Because his mother was sick, she didn't go out to find a job and opened a calligraphy and painting shop in Xiangyang City. I met him by chance because of buying calligraphy and painting. I heard that he had made a marriage before, but before he got married, the bride left. Seeing that he was good, he gradually became familiar with him. Thinking that he was not young, he discussed making a marriage with him."
Wang Xiaoliu recorded his name and said, "In the past few years, the wars were in chaos, and the news that many people said was not very true. I knew the name and asked someone to check it out."
Wang Qingxiu said: "Senator Chen is familiar with his father. I asked. Xiangyang City is not an old friend without them."
"So that's it." Wang Xiaoli nodded. "When will sister prepare for the marriage?"
Wang Qingxiu said: "I can't wait. Just fall this year."
Wang Xiaoliu thought for a while and said, "In a few days, I will go to Hedong and I will probably come back before July. If I can't wait, I will choose a good day in July or August, and I will get married. When my sister becomes a kiss, I will go most of my thoughts."
Wang Qingxiu smiled and said, "Yes. I haven't gotten married, so it's hard for you to get married. Speaking of which, you are twenty-three years old, although many people have gotten married after Jingkang, and twenty-three years old is too old. I ask you, are there any families you like?"
Wang Xiaolie smiled and said, "I have been fighting in the past few years, where can I have free time?"
Wang Qingxiu said: "This kind of thing is not a time to be free. - If you don't like someone, it's best. When I was in Xiangyang, I fell in love with the daughter of a family. The young lady was nineteen years old and also wandered to Xiangyang with her father. She was so charming that I never saw her looking as pretty as her. She was also clever and had a good temper. No one would praise her. If she was married, it would be a blessing for you!"
Wang Xiaolie heard this and didn't say anything for a moment.
When Wang Xiaolie came to this world, he always felt that he had eyes looking at him. It seemed that he was in another world, it seemed that he was his previous life, it seemed that he was in an unknown life, and it seemed that he was his illusion. This feeling was very strange, it was hard to explain, and it was unclear.
In this world, Wang Xiaolie has seen all kinds of women, including beautiful, ordinary, and ugly. But after seeing it, no one has made Wang Xiaolie want to live a life with her.
Perhaps, what about my love in another world? In this world, I always have to find a woman, marry her, have children, and form a happy family with her. As long as it is not a woman who is particularly ugly or difficult to get along with, Wang Xiaoli will not refuse.
When Wang Xiaolie heard his sister telling him the family he was looking for, he smiled, as if he was listening to other people's stories.
After Wang Qingxiu finished speaking, he said to Wang Xiaoli: "What do you think, this little lady?"
Wang Xiaolei said: "Sister said yes, that must be excellent."
Wang Qingxiu was stunned for a moment and said, "You are the one who lives with her, but not me. Whether it is good or not, you have the final say!"
Wang Xiaolei said: "I have been fighting in wars or busy with political affairs over the years. How can I have some free time? I am old and always have to find a woman to get married. My sister must have put her thoughts on finding me, not that is better than I am fighting myself?"
Wang Qingxiu thought about it and nodded: "That's right. I have seen many women in Xiangyang City over the years, and I have never been stronger than this one. However, lifelong affairs cannot be careless. In a few days, I will find a way to let you meet you."
Wang Xiaolei said: "Have this woman arrived in Luoyang?"
Wang Qingxiu said: "Here. The little lady didn't say anything. Her father was willing and rushed over."
Wang Xiaolei said: "Okay, my sister has arranged it. After setting the time, just let me know."
People in the Song Dynasty had no big difference from later generations, and there were many ways to make appointments. Some made appointments for a time, and both men and women were either in teahouses or in some convenient places, and they would meet each other directly. Whether it would be successful or not, or a sentence in person. Some told one party only to make appointments to the other party, and when they met, they would make a marriage agreement. If they did not agree, they would pretend that they had never met.
If it is the latter method, the matchmaker will have many tricks and create endless stories.
With Wang Xiaolien's status, of course, it is the latter method. He asked the woman to come to the teahouse and Wang Xiaolien took a look. If he fell in love, the marriage would be done.
Chapter completed!