Chapter 361: Huang and Lu get married

Chapter 361: Huang and Lu get married

The second son of the Lian family was jealous of the Huang family's breaking off the engagement, so he turned the tables and said that Huang Jingshan had bad behavior and that was why the Lian family broke off the engagement.

And he went to Yanguan Town to spread the news.

While he was promoting it, he was caught by Gu Taohua, who put him in a sack and took him to the Huang family.

The incident of breaking off the engagement caused a big stir. Although most people knew that the fault lay with the Lian family, Huang Jingshan's reputation was also ruined.

It was rumored that Huang Jingshan was jealous and intolerant before she got married. No rich young man would dare to marry her, otherwise taking a concubine would be a hindrance.

Huang Yuanwai was so angry about his daughter's reputation of being jealous that he couldn't eat for several days and was worried about his daughter's marriage.

Huang Jingshan was calm and composed.

Just when Mr. Huang was so worried that his hair turned white and he had no mood to celebrate the New Year, Tong Huaqiong came to the Huang family again.

This time, Tong Huaqiong formally proposed marriage to Huang Jingshan and Lu Zhaoyang.

When Mr. Huang heard that it was the Lu family from the provincial capital, he was shocked for a while. He carefully asked Tong Huaqiong about Lu Zhaoyang's situation. In addition, his mother had met Lu Zhaoyang and approved of him from his appearance to his character, so he immediately agreed to meet with the Lu family.

Tong Huaqiong delivered the letter to Lu Zhaoyang without stopping. After receiving the letter, Lu Zhaoyang and Mr. Lu rushed to Yanguan Town.

When Mr. Huang saw Lu Zhaoyang, he immediately felt that he was his son-in-law. No wonder he always felt that people like Fan Tonglian were not a match for his daughter. It turned out that they were destined not to be Huang's son-in-law.

As for Lu Zhaoyang not being able to eat pasta, what does it matter? It’s not like the Lu and Huang families don’t have other things to eat.

After Mr. Lu and Mr. Huang chatted for a few words, they felt that they had met too late.

As a result, the Huang and Lu families hit it off and the marriage was arranged before the New Year, and the wedding date was set after the New Year when spring came and flowers bloomed.

Of course, after the Huang and Lu families got engaged, they expressed their gratitude to the matchmaker Tong Huaqiong.

Especially Mr. Lu, his gratitude towards Tong Huaqiong grew stronger.

First, she saved her grandson, and then she found a good marriage for her grandson. If Tong Huaqiong had not refused, Mr. Lu would have forced Lu Zhaoyang to recognize Tong Huaqiong as his godmother.

Tong Huaqiong only hopes that Lu Zhaoyang, this talented man, will be able to enter the cabinet and become a prime minister in the future. In case he and Gu Jingzhe become opponents because of their different political views, he will be gentler on Gu Jingzhe and Tong Huaqiong for her sake.

After the news of the engagement between the imperial merchants Lu and Huang families in the city spread, the Lian family was furious.

The second son of the Lian family actually ran to Wanliu Academy in the city to find Lu Zhaoyang and told him the whole story of Huang Jingshan and his breaking off the engagement. His ability to confuse right and wrong amazed Lu Zhaoyang.

A gentleman will never get angry unless he is angry enough to tear down the other person's old house.

So when every household was preparing for the New Year, something happened to the second son of the Lian family.

As the saying goes, good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels a thousand miles. The whole Pingchuan County was saying that the second son of the Lian family had angered a nobleman from Shengjing at Tianxiang Tower in the prefectural city, and was cut off by the nobleman.

This incident was so bizarre that it topped the gossip list in Pingchuan County. In the winter, when people had nothing to do, they would just squat in the corner of the teahouse and discuss it enthusiastically.

The Lian family closed their doors to visitors, further proving the gossip about the second son of the Lian family.

Someone who knew the inside story of the Lian family revealed that it was the maid Luo Qiuyu who came to claim her life. The second son of the Lian family forced the pregnant Luo Qiuyu to death, and even as a ghost Luo Qiuyu would not let him go, and took revenge on him by making him childless.

This is the retribution for the Lian family.

As the story spread, everyone understood the real reason why the Huang and Lian families broke off the engagement.

It turns out that the Huang family was forced to cancel the engagement. Well, who would cancel the engagement for a girl who was already engaged? The Huang family broke off the engagement even at the risk of losing their reputation. It can be seen that the family tradition of the Lian family and what the second son of the Lian family did were even worse than what was said in the gossip.

So Huang Jingshan was portrayed as a pitiful victim again.

Later, insiders reported that Widow Tong, the owner of Peach Blossom Dessert, was moved by Huang Jingshan's character and arranged a marriage for her with the Lu family, a royal merchant family in the capital.

Everyone changed their tone and thought that Huang Jingshan finally got her happy ending after suffering a lot.

There were so many twists and turns in the marriage that even the storyteller in the teahouse wrote a storybook about Huang Jingshan's marriage.

When Tong Huaqiong heard about the extermination of the second son of the Lian family, she felt that he deserved it while she was clearing snow in the yard.

At the same time, he was amazed at the fierceness of Lu Zhaoyang's methods, which made it impossible for the second son of the Lian family to turn over.

After another heavy snowfall, the Spring Festival arrives.

In this Chinese land, the Spring Festival is always grand and lively no matter which era it is.

This era is no exception.

New Year's goods have been prepared long ago. The Taohua Dessert shops in Yanguan Town and Fucheng District settled accounts with Tong Huaqiong on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month. The shops will be closed on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month and will not reopen until the 16th of the first lunar month.

In this era, many shops, except for restaurants that entertain guests, did not resume work until the 16th day of the first lunar month.

The private schools in the village and town were on holiday. Children were running around the village, and firecrackers were set off from time to time, adding a bit of liveliness to the countryside which seemed quiet because of the snow.

It is an annual tradition to fry cakes, meatballs and fish before the New Year, and the whole village is filled with the aroma.

In addition, you also have to chop dumpling fillings and steam buns.

The expanded kitchen in Tong Huaqiong's house is spacious and bright. Chen Sufen is pregnant and Tong Huaqiong doesn't let her work, so Gu Taohua, Liu Yue'e and Tong Zhaodi take over the work and are busy.

Of course, the men were not idle either.

Su Chengmin chopped wood, Gu Jingzhe lit a fire, and Gu Dahan kneaded steamed buns.

Gu Dashu rushed back from the provincial capital on the 25th of the year and did not rest. He swept the yard inside and out.

For Qinghewan, the most important thing before the New Year is writing Spring Festival couplets.

There are not many people in Qinghewan who can write, and Gu Jingzhe is the scholar who writes the most beautiful handwriting in Qinghewan. Every household comes to Gu Jingzhe to write Spring Festival couplets.

In the past, when writing Spring Festival couplets during the Spring Festival, Tong Da Jiao and her children were the ones that everyone in Qinghe Bay was willing to smile at.

After all, buying a pair of couplets is not cheap, and you have to go to the town in the cold wind.

Having someone in the village who can write Spring Festival couplets is what every villager desires during the Chinese New Year.

Tong Da Jiao never missed any opportunity to show off her son in front of the villagers, so she, who was always arrogant, was able to show rare friendliness to the villagers when it came to writing Spring Festival couplets.

Gu Jingzhe is promoted to the treasure of Qinghe Bay before the New Year every year, and this year is no exception.

Early in the morning, Gu Jingzhe set up a table in the yard, ground the ink, placed the brush, and began to write Spring Festival couplets.

Write about your own family first, then write about the villagers.

After having breakfast, the villagers walked into Tong Huaqiong's yard with the red paper they had cut in the town.

Soon, Gu Jingzhe's table was piled with red paper, which was particularly dazzling in the farmyard under the sunlight after the snow, adding a festive atmosphere to the New Year.

"Jingzhe, you have to write more for me. This year, I have to put up stickers on even the pig and chicken pens." Gu Guangkui happily brought a stack of red paper.

Since Xu Si was exiled, he was able to leave the village and make furniture to earn money. In addition, with Gu Xiaocao working at Taohua Dessert and the harvest from the fields, he earned a lot this year.

Therefore, I specially bought a few more rolls of red paper, not only to paste on the door frame, but also to paste on the beams, stove, chicken coop and pigpen.

There are many people who have the same idea as Gu Guangkui. This year, there is a good corn harvest and many families have extra money. With extra money, they want to have a festive New Year, so they want to use Spring Festival couplets to paste the word "Fu" inside and outside their homes.