Chapter 381: Two letters of appointment

Chapter 381 Two Letters of Appointment

"Auntie, Ruiniang is feeling miserable." Ni Ruiniang lay in Ni's arms and cried, "My cousin and I are just a couple, and I am my cousin's wife. Why have we become a concubine now?"

Ni Ruiniang is just pretty, but she can cry. Every time she cries, she looks like pear blossoms and rain. She looks very fragile and pitiful: "Ruiniang is not aggrieved for herself, Ruiniang is aggrieved for the Ni family... Aunt, our Ni Our family is also a heirloom of poetry and calligraphy, and there were also great masters in the past few generations. Although the family is in decline now, the character of the Ni family is still there, so how can Ruiniang... how can she be a concubine?"

Mrs. Ni loved her niece Ni Ruiniang very much, and she was also sad about the decline of the Ni family's family, but: "What can we do? Your cousin needs money to get the honors, and if he wants to be a Jinshi, he can't do it without a few hundred taels of silver. How can our Ni family get this money?"

The Ni family now only has a dozen acres of land, plus half a yard in the town.

 Why half a seat?

 Because Uncle Ni's business failed, he sold half of the yard to pay off debts. Now only half of the yard is left at home. A large family is crowded into four rooms, and there is no room to live in if they want to add children.

"Ruiniang, don't be sad. Your uncle has promised aunt that as long as you can give birth to a son, the Wan family will not let Gu Yumei get pregnant. Aunt has prepared the soup for her. Once she gets married, she will give birth to a son every day. Give her some soup."

Ni Ruiniang was secretly happy when she heard this, but she had a worried expression on her face: "Aunt, is this possible? What if the Gu family finds out and they don't have any money for my cousin's scientific examination?"

Mrs. Ni sneered: "Oh, what will happen if the Gu family finds out? This girl has already been married, how can she still take her home? Besides, my aunt has already found an excuse, saying that your cousin should concentrate on studying and taking exams. Because of her fame, it’s not good to have a child now. In a few years, we’ll stop her medication and let her have a baby.”

It's just that the Bizi Soup bought by Ni is specially for the girls in the building. Let alone drink it every day, as long as you drink it for a few months, even if you stop taking the medicine, it will be impossible to have a baby.

Ni Ruiniang was quite smart. When she heard this, she thought it was wrong and asked, "I gave Gu Yumei medicine, but then Ruiniang gave birth. What should I say?"

Mrs. Ni said nonchalantly: "That's because our Ruiniang was lucky enough to get pregnant right away. Who told her that Gu Yumei's fate was so bad that she didn't get enthroned?"

Ni Ruiniang felt that this excuse was not enough, but thinking that it would be beneficial to herself, she did not say anything more. Instead, she said to Ni with a grateful face: "My aunt is doing this for Ruiniang. Ruiniang is so grateful, but there is really nothing I can do in return. I only hope to make cows and horses for my aunt from now on to repay my great kindness."

After hearing this, Mrs. Ni fell in love with Ni Ruiniang even more. She felt that she was a grateful person. She hugged her and said, "My aunt's Ruiniang girl, I don't need you to be a cow or a horse. As long as you give birth to the golden grandson in your belly, you will repay your aunt." .”

As soon as Ni Ruiniang arrived at Wanjia, Mrs. Ni asked a doctor to take Ni Ruiniang's pulse, but the day was too short and the doctor did not take it out. However, Ni Ruiniang's monthly letter did not come this month, so Ni Shi was sure that Ni Ruiniang must be pregnant.

Ni Ruiniang did not deny it, but took the opportunity to say: "Aunt... If Ruiniang becomes a concubine, the child in her belly will be a bastard... The gentry is very particular about the distinction between legitimate concubines and concubines. Not only will **** be talked about as soon as they are born, they will even be tested for merit. , she will also be disliked by other direct scholars... Although Ruiniang is willing to be a concubine, she is really reluctant to let the child in her belly become a bastard."

When Mrs. Ni heard this, she was startled. Yes, if Ruiniang becomes a concubine, her precious golden grandson will become a concubine. This is not acceptable.

But…

"My aunt has nothing to do. Your uncle doesn't agree with you being Brother Fang's wife, so you can only be a concubine."

Over the years, because she always subsidized her mother's family, she made the master very dissatisfied and asked Fang brother to marry Ruiniang as his concubine. It was only after she made a lot of troubles. Ni Ruiniang lowered her head slightly, rolled her eyes, and after a while, she expressed her idea: "Auntie, there are actually other ways. Dad said that there are many families in the south of the Yangtze River who will marry equal wives, that is, two heads are big. Both are wives... Ruiniang didn't want to compete with the girl from the Gu family, nor did she deliberately go against her uncle. It was really for the sake of the child that Ruiniang had to disobey once and beg her aunt to take pity on the child and let her cousin marry Ruiniang as his equal wife. Give your child an identity as a legitimate descendant."

 After saying that, Ni Ruiniang started crying aggrievedly again, looking extremely pitiful.

After hearing this, Ms. Ni's eyes lit up: "Yes, you can still marry an equal wife. Oh, my aunt's Ruiniang, you are smart enough to come up with such a good idea. Just wait, my aunt will go find your uncle right now. , and ask him to promise your cousin to marry you as his equal wife."

For the sake of her precious golden grandson and for the sake of the Ni family, Mrs. Ni went straight to the study room in the front yard without stopping and asked Maozi to call back Wan Xiucai who was still in class.

Wan Xiucai returned to the study with a sullen face. When he saw Mrs. Ni, he said angrily: "Mr. Ni, what do you want to do? If Ni Ruiniang was not brought back to you, what else do you want?"

Mrs. Ni said loudly: "What else do I want? I want you to promise Brother Fang to marry Ruiniang as his equal wife!"

"Equal wife?" After Wan Xiucai heard this, his face was as dark as the bottom of a pot: "Who gave you this bad idea? Scholars, how can anyone marry an equal wife? Only unruly merchants would marry an equal wife. "

 Scholar clan, a noble family pays attention to rules and will not marry an equal wife. If you marry an equal wife and there is only one backyard in this house, then who has the final say? Isn't it a mess?

Mrs. Ni said: "Don't make excuses about why you can't marry an equal wife. I think you just dislike the Ni family and want to humiliate the Ni family. You deliberately made Ruiniang your concubine!"

"Ni Ruiniang did something scandalous with Brother Fang without even getting married. The Wan family has given her face by marrying her as a concubine. If you still don't think it's enough, I will ask my servants to send Ni Ruiniang back to the Ni family." Wan Xiucai repeatedly said After being defeated in front of Mr. Ni, he became angry and simply said such harsh words.

Mrs. Ni sneered: "Let me ask you again, do you agree to let Brother Fang marry Ruiniang as his equal wife?"

Wan Xiucai: "Don't even think about it! Either become a concubine or let Ni Ruiniang get out!"

"Okay, okay, you forced me." Mrs. Ni pointed at Wan Xiucai and said: "Wan, I will tell you today, if you don't agree to Brother Fang marry Ruiniang as his equal wife, I will take Ruiniang away. Go out and tell everyone in the town that Ruiniang is pregnant with Brother Fang's son. It will make your Wan family lose face and let's see how you can teach and educate people in the future!"

"You, what did you say?" Wan Xiucai was shocked: "Brother Fang is your son, and I am your man. What benefits can you gain by destroying us like this?"

Mrs. Ni knew that Wan Xiucai wanted to lose face the most. As long as she said this, Wan Xiucai would definitely agree. She simply pretended to risk everything and shouted: "You don't let the Ni family live and my golden grandson live. I still care." You Wanjia, do you care what your father and son do?"

 (End of this chapter)