Chapter 11: The Meng Family

Uncle Jiang said coldly, “Ma’am Shiyi, don’t be smart. There are some words that are not for the juniors to talk too much about.”

The old lady was also angry, “My second son is a filial son, friendly and loving to his brothers, surely willing to let his mother’s family live a good life. He lost his life saving Meng’s family and died at a young age, Meng’s family wants to make amends, how could your father be unwilling?”

Jiang Yishi said, “The compensation that the Cheng Guo Gongfu wants to give, the old Guo Gong has already given. And, the only ones who really want to give compensation are the Old Grand Duke and Meng Shizi, and they don’t care about anything nowadays. If the Duke of Cheng and Great Lady Meng really want to give compensation, can I stop them? If I say that about me, not only do I clear up the misunderstanding that I want to climb up the ladder, but I’ll also make others think highly of our family.”

The old lady and Uncle Jiang looked at each other, this was true.

Uncle Jiang got up and said, “Mother, I’ll go to the front yard to make arrangements.”

Ma’am Xi was right, by putting that out, not only would our family’s reputation not be lowered, it would also be held in high regard, and our family didn’t have the word profit at the top of their list.

The old madam’s face slowed down a little. She added, ”Shi-Ya-Tou, although the matter has been resolved, it seems to be more successful than imagined. But you did fall into the water with Meng San Gongzi, and was seen by so many people, reputation damage is true, you still need to go to the manor to avoid. Don’t worry, I won’t treat you badly with food. Today is March 28th, you have to clean up a bit, and then let people go to the manor to prepare for the preparation, just leave on the third day of April.”

Jiang Yishi curtsied and thanked her, then said, “Grandmother, I want to go to the Huzhuang my mother left behind.”

The old lady sank her face, “Your mother was the daughter of a minor official, and her dowry was only a Huzhuang, five hundred mu of land, five hundred taels of silver, a few ornaments, and a few pieces of jewelry. Those things have accounts and records, I was thinking of waiting for you to get married before distributing it to you and Xuner ……”

The old lady thought that Jiang Yishi was asking for the dowry left behind by Hu. No matter what, she is also the dowager wife of the Bofu, from a marquis family, how could she be greedy for her daughter-in-law’s dowry, not to mention that Hu’s dowry is pitifully small.

Jiang Yishi hurriedly explained, “Grandmother misunderstood. Granddaughter accidentally fell into the water, uncle accidentally fell, my father and entrusted that dream, I always have no peace of mind. After going to the manor, I will copy the sutra every day, and will also go to worship Buddha from time to time, and ask Buddha to bless grandmother to live a long life, and bless our Jiang family to prosper forever. It’s not good for me as a girl to go to temples that are too far away, I heard from Sister Wu that the Hu Zhuang is not far from the Zhaoming Nunnery, and that it’s only a quarter of an hour’s journey by foot.”

The old lady’s eyes immediately softened as she looked at Jiang Yishi. She had also been to Zhaoming Nunnery for incense, it was the largest nunnery in the Jin and Dynasty, and the incense was extremely fragrant.

She beckoned and smiled, “Good boy, sit next to grandmother.” She also took Jiang Yishi’s hand and said, “You are a good child who understands things, it’s hard for you to think of this step for your grandmother and the family at such a young age.”

Jiang Yishi said, “I am also a part of this family, grandmother and the family is good, our support will be hard.”

The old lady nodded repeatedly, “Yes, yes. You go, wait for the wind to pass grandmother let people take you back. You in the mansion monthly two taels of silver, in the manor food to bear their own burden, I let the eldest daughter-in-law to add another three taels, every month to send you. Grandmother will send another fifty taels of silver, you are in the end a Bofu girl, you can’t be condescended to.”

Jiang Yishi got up and curtsied to say thank you. In her heart, because of Jiang Chen’s death, Cheng Guo Gong Fu sent the old lady five thousand taels of silver, and a mere fifty taels of silver sent her away.

However, to be able to go to Huzhuang as desired is a victory.

Not long after, the eldest Mrs. Jiang and the third Mrs. Jiang led the three girls to Ruyi Hall. Seeing Jiang Yishi being so affectionate with the old madam, the crowd froze.

They had already heard that the Duke and Duchess Cheng had come to ask for marriage, and Old Madam Jiang, Uncle Jiang, and Jiang Yishi had all refused.

Uncle Jiang had told Grand Madame Jiang about the benefits of refusing the marriage to the family, and Grand Madame Jiang had relayed the benefits of refusing the marriage to these people.

Everyone thought it was the wise decision of Uncle Master and Old Madam, and even Jiang Yishi’s refusal was at their bidding. The matter of Jiang Chen’s dream to Jiang Yishi was a top secret that only a few people knew about.

This matter is successfully resolved, everyone is quite happy, only Jiang YiYan heart like a cat scratch like hard. Jiang Yishi is not as good as herself, just because she grabbed and pulled Meng San Gongzi, Cheng Guo Gongfu came to ask for marriage. Luckily, grandmother and father refused, if she really let her marry Meng San Gongzi, that is no God’s justice ……

In the Fu’an Hall of the Duke of Cheng’s Mansion, the old Duke of Cheng’s Mansion and the old Taijun were bickering.

The old dowager looked very shriveled, “I still think that the old lord shouldn’t have forced his eldest son and daughter-in-law to go to the Jiang family to seek a marriage.”

Duke Cheng Guo said, “I’m ashamed of Old General Jiang, his descendants only have one Jiang Chen who is capable, I brought them out but didn’t bring them back, and Jiang Chen still died for saving my grandson. When Jiang Chen died, it wasn’t just a Jiang family son or daughter who died, but the entire Jiang family was finished.

“Alas, after Resignation Mo withdrew from marriage, I had the intention of telling Jiang Chen’s daughter to Resignation Mo. But then I was afraid that Resignation Mo’s eyes would go completely blind and condemn Little Miss Jiang. It’s just as well that that incident happened, marrying Little Miss Jiang into the Meng family, taking care of Jiang Chen’s descendants while also helping the Jiang family.”

The old lady said disapprovingly, “Resignation Mo is so good, even if he’s blind, he’s still worthy of any good girl. What do you mean by ‘just right’? Old Master mustn’t say this out loud so that Eldest Daughter-in-law and Resignation Feather will hear it and be sad.

“Qiyu is excellent in every way and has a high level of vision, it’s already enough to be stuck with someone, but to have him marry her. If the two become a couple, not only will Resignation Feather suffer, but Little Miss Jiang won’t fare well either.”

The old Duke of State waved his big bushy hand, “Resignation Yu is my grandson, I also hope he has a good life. Jiang Chen is a good boy, his daughter will not be wrong. Little Miss Jiang was knocked down into the lake, she must have pulled Resignation Feather in the heat of the moment, this is a normal human reaction.”

Elder Taijun Meng shook her head and said, “A mother gives birth to nine sons, and each of the nine sons is different, words can’t be too full. How capable was Old Old Wu Xiangbo back then, with so many sons and grandchildren born, other than Jiang Chen, the others were all losers. Not to mention that Little Miss Jiang’s mother died when she was two years old, it’s always wrong for a girl’s family to not have a mother to teach them.”

“She’s still young, when she enters the door you and the eldest daughter-in-law will teach her more. The roots are there, it won’t be bad. As time passes, the young couple will naturally develop feelings when they get along for a long time. When we got married we hadn’t even seen each other, but we were still in love for most of our lives …….”

Meng Lao Taijun busy cut off his words, angrily, “so old, what to say which, also not afraid of the younger generation to hear the joke.”

As the two were talking, Duke Cheng and Grand Madam Meng returned.

They heard that Jiang family members and Jiang second girl were reluctant, not quite believing it.

Old Guo Gong yelled at Grand Duke Cheng with big eyes, “Say, is it because you put up a stinky face and let them see that you’re unwilling? Laozi has been saying that Jiang Chen lost his life to save Resignation Mo, we have to treat his descendants well.”