After the big fool gets married

"How could he not be able to marry a wife?" Yang Wan'er couldn't believe it.

How could such a tall, mighty, personable and well-off man not be able to marry a wife!

Meng Hongzhu said: "I know this. He was still a fool until the day he got married. Naturally, no girl would want to marry him."

As soon as the words were out of her mouth, seeing the other three people staring at her curiously, Meng Hongzhu put on a posture of telling a story, and said: "Everyone in Wujia Village said so. On the day of their marriage, Wu Xuan made a lot of foolish troubles." It's a joke, when I went to pick up the bride, I almost fell over when I got off the car."

She paused for a moment, and continued: "But after worshiping the heaven and the earth, the whole person will be different!"

Meng Hongzhu's voice became enigmatic: "It's as if he was enlightened by a fairy. After a while, he suddenly isn't stupid."

"So amazing?" Liu exclaimed.

"That's right, according to the old people, this is a way of congratulations in the previous dynasty. Find a fool with a wife who matches the Chinese characters, and then choose an auspicious day to worship the heaven and earth, and the fool will become smart." Meng Hongzhu vowed.

"It's more than just this. After Wu Xuan became smart, he was different from ordinary people. He became a genius!" Meng Hongzhu said in an exaggerated tone, "He got married that day, and learned to speak the next day , I learned to read on the third day. Then I went to the school in the village for half a month, and I knew the four books and five classics."

"That's really a genius." Liu continued to marvel.Her son Yang Xiuzhu started studying at the age of eight, and he didn't finish learning the Four Books and Five Classics until he was 15.

Yang Wan'er didn't care if she was a genius or not. What she cared about was, "Wu Xuan married a man for joy? Now that he's healed, will he marry another wife?"

Meng Hongzhu was immediately stopped by the question, and she laughed awkwardly: "I, I don't know about that." She didn't expect that Yang Wan'er would still think about getting married after knowing that Wu Xuan was married.

Meng Hongzhen and Liu Shi knew a lot about Yang Wan'er, and they knew that she always cared about herself.

Liu said: "Since they are married, don't worry about it."

"With so much property, he must be inherited by descendants!" Yang Wan'er said.

"Do you still want to be a concubine?" Mrs. Liu slapped her on the back.

Yang Wan'er hurriedly hid to the side, and argued in her mouth, "I didn't!"

Meng Hongzhen showed a thoughtful expression on the side.She blocked Yang Wan'er behind her, and persuaded Liu Shi: "Sister-in-law, don't get angry, what Wan'er said makes sense."

Liu said: "She is still young and ignorant, Hongzhen sister, you are also confused."

Meng Hongzhen took Liu Shi's hand, pulled her to sit down, and said, "Sister-in-law, listen to me carefully. Then Wu Xuan was a fool before, so naturally no one wants to marry, but now that he is healed, he should marry again. .Because he belongs to the head of the Wu family."

"The head of the Wu family?" The other three were all at a loss.

Meng Hongzhen pointed to the top of her head, and said, "The one from the previous dynasty——"

Mrs. Liu gasped, "You mean—that Mrs. Wu?"

The former dynasty implemented a system of enfeoffment, and the royal family and the various aristocratic families jointly ruled the world.Every family has its own jurisdiction, for example, the jurisdiction of the Wu family is Dingshan County.

It is no exaggeration to say that in the previous dynasty, the entire Dingshan County was the private property of the Wu family.All taxes in the county go directly to the Wu family's private treasury to support the extravagant and extravagant life of the clan.

Now it seems that the Wujia Village, which is very large in scale, was just a sacrificial ancestral house of the Wu family.The mansion in the center of the village has been vacant all year round, but more than 2000 slaves who have changed their surname to Wu have been sent to guard it.

Meng Hongzhen nodded, "That's the Wu family." When Aunt Tian got married, she said that the married person was related to the head of the Wu family, but this attracted the envy of many people.

Yang Wan'er is young and has never experienced the previous dynasty, but she also heard from others that the nobles in the previous dynasty were very rich.She said: "Aunt Zhen, do Wu Xuan's family have many treasures?"

"There should be, otherwise where would he get the money to build a new house?" Meng Hongzhen said.After the establishment of the Dalan Dynasty, the Wu family's big house, farm, shop, etc. were all taken away, and everyone was driven back to their ancestral home.But the emaciated camels are bigger than horses, so there is no guarantee that they will not secretly hide some treasures for future generations.

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After Mrs. Liu and Yang Wan'er inquired about Wu Xuan's situation, one looked solemn, and the other walked out of Meng Hongzhen's house ecstatically.

Along the way, Yang Wan'er chattered non-stop, and Liu Shi only replied a few perfunctory words.

When she got home, Mrs. Liu changed her clothes and went straight to the kitchen to start preparing dinner.

Seeing that her mother did not support her, Yang Wan'er had no choice but to go to the study to find Yuanwai Yang.

In the study room, Yang Yuanwai took out the first few old boxes from the back of the bookshelf, opened the top one, and inside were stacks of old and yellowed papers.

Member Yang searched carefully, and muttered: "That should be the 12th year of Chongwen—"

"Father, what are you looking for?" Yang Wan'er said loudly as soon as she entered the study.

Yang Yuanwai was startled by her sudden sound, almost broke the paper in his hand, and scolded: "Girls, make a scene, what a shame!"

Member Yang turned to the bottom one, and found that the boxes were all from Chongwen 14 years old, and the year was wrong.He smoothed out the papers and replaced them, and the box was closed again.

"Father, what exactly are you looking for, can my daughter help you find it together?" Yang Wan'er said coquettishly.

"No need." Member Yang said.It was hard for Yang Wan'er not to make trouble for him, how could she be expected to help.

Yang Wan'er rushed over and hugged Yuanwai Yang's arm, "Father, let me tell you, my mother and I have found out about Wu Xuan's situation."

"Oh? How's it going?" Yuanwai Yang responded casually.He broke free from Yang Wan'er's arm and opened another old box.

Yang Wan'er excitedly said: "Father. We went to Aunt Zhen's house, and Aunt Zhen's younger sister happened to be there too. Her man built a house for Wu Xuan's family, so he knows it very well."

Yang Yuanwai continued to search.

Yang Wan'er continued: "Auntie Zhu said that Wu Xuan is very rich and generous to the workers. She also said that Wu Xuan was a fool before, but suddenly he became smart, knowing the four books and five classics all at once."

"Ridiculous!" Member Yang reprimanded, "How dare you make unreasonable comments on the sage's book!"

"That's what Aunt Zhu said!" Yang Wan'er rushed over to act coquettishly again, "She said that Wu Xuan married a male wife to be happy, and then changed from a fool to a genius. Now that he has changed for the better, he will definitely marry another—— "

"Wait a minute." Yang Yuanwai suddenly reacted, "You said Wu Xuan was a fool before?"

"That's right, but he's healed now." Yang Wan'er explained.Fearing that Yang Yuanwai would mind, she repeated what Meng Hongzhu said about Wu Xuan becoming a genius.

Yang Yuanwai didn't pay attention to Yang Wan'er anymore, but focused on searching, Wu Xuan, Wu Ercheng, and Wu Wenshou who sells tofu, Yang Yuanwai finally understood why he thought their names were familiar.

He remembered.

In the summer of Chongwen 12, not long after they passed the Tongsheng exam, Wu Ercheng was happy with a son and invited them to have a full moon wine.And the child's name—

Member Yang suddenly shook his hand, grabbed a piece of paper and slowly pulled it out.Holding the yellowed paper carefully, he walked to the desk, first took out a piece of high-quality white paper and spread it on the table, and then put the paper in his hand on it.

"Father, what is this?" Yang Wan'er came over to look curiously.

Yang Yuanwai said: "This is a marriage letter from the previous dynasty."

Different from the standard marriage certificate in the yamen of this dynasty, the marriage certificate of the previous dynasty was very gorgeous and complicated.Writers will create unique marriage letters according to differences in different regions, different families, and even different seasons.

The words in the marriage letter are extremely elegant and beautiful, and it reads like a gorgeous poem.

"Poetry chanting Guanju, Yageolin Linzhi... The red string has been tied, and the white head will always be carried..."

Yang Yuanwai read the past word by word, and slowly recalled the scene back then.

At Wu Ercheng's son's full moon banquet, a group of them got drunk and proposed to make a fuss.

Because Wu Ercheng had just had a son, everyone teased him and asked him to write a marriage letter for his son.Said that the marriage writing is good enough, his son will be able to marry a beautiful wife in the future.

Wu Ercheng was also in high spirits. At that time, his thoughts were flowing, and he wrote a gorgeous and beautiful marriage letter in less than a quarter of an hour.After reading it, everyone said hello.At this time, someone noticed Yuanwai Yang again, saying that his wife was about to give birth, and he should also write a wedding letter to congratulate him.

Yang Yuanwai came from an ordinary background, so he couldn't write a marriage letter from the previous dynasty, so he could only wave his hand and refuse.

Everyone refused to let him go, but he really couldn't write.Some people made a fuss, saying that since Yang Yuanwai's wife was about to give birth, she would be only one month younger than Wu Ercheng's son. The two families were so destined, why not be a child relative.

Everyone was drunk, one person booed and everyone booed, a group of people just surrounded Wu Ercheng and Yang Yuanwai to sign the marriage certificate.

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Member Yang looked at the name signed under the marriage certificate.

On the left is, "Father: Wu Ercheng. Son: Wu Wenxuan."

On the right is only written, "Father: Yang Bingjian." At that time, Mrs. Liu was not yet born, so the position behind was empty.

That day, everyone just drank too much and booed, and didn't take the marriage letter seriously.Yang Yuanwai only thought that Wu Ercheng's literary talents and handwriting were good, so he collected it.

A few days later, Mrs. Liu gave birth to Yang Xiuzhu, a boy, and the marriage certificate was even more numerous.

Later, both Wu Ercheng and his wife passed away, and he lost contact with the Wu family.

Member Yang touched the yellowed paper under his finger, filled with emotion.Almost 20 years have passed, and the classmates and friends who talked about poetry and poetry in those days can hardly remember their names now.

If Yang Wan'er hadn't made such a fuss, who knew how many years and months these old things would have been kept together in these old boxes.

"Father—" Yang Wan'er yelled sharply, interrupting Yang Yuanwai's emotion.

She tugged Yang Yuanwai's arm excitedly: "Father, look, it says Wu Wenxuan, Wu Wenxuan is Wu Xuan, right?"

Without waiting for Yang Yuanwai to answer, she nodded herself to confirm, "It must be, Wu Xuan is Wu Wenshou's cousin, so he is also from the literary generation. And Wu Xuan's uncle is Wu Dacheng, the Lizheng of Wujia Village, Wu Wenxuan's father's name is Wu Ercheng. This name can be seen as a brother. Dad, am I right? Am I right?"

Member Yang nodded and said, "That's right."

"Great, let me say that we are destined." Yang Wan'er turned around excitedly, "I will take this marriage certificate to find Wu Xuan, and he will definitely marry me!"