Song Sanniang's Journey to Wealth

Chapter 232 Time is short

On the day of the full moon banquet, Song Laoer's family got up early, including Song Ergu and others. Song Laoda did not come to the store today. The store was closed for the day and everyone came to the wedding banquet.

Fortunately, Song Laoer's house is big enough, otherwise there wouldn't be enough space for so many people from the village.

Grandfather Liu's family alone could have sat at two tables, including Clan Leader Song and his fourth uncle, the village chief's three families, Song Dazhuang's family, and Niu Laoda and Niu Laosan's two families.

There were also some close friends in the village who all brought souvenirs to Song Laoer's house.

Song had never seen such a big scene before. There were so many people that he was a little scared and kept crying.

So Second Sister Song took him into the room, and some of the female relatives would go in to see Little Brother Song.

The eldest and second oldest Songs, the second aunt and the four siblings helped to entertain the guests, as did Song Zhongxiao and Song Liyi.

They were both scholars, so everyone became respectful to them. Boss Song had originally notified his two daughters, but neither of them wanted to come, so Boss Song just let them go.

Everyone was chatting, some were helping, and soon it was time for dinner.

The tables, chairs and benches were all set up. Uncle An's family, as before, set up a stove in front of Song Laoer's door and were busy cooking. The aroma of the food wafted into the yard.

The aunties in the village helped to place wedding candies, melon seeds, and bowls and chopsticks on each table.

Uncle An outside the door shouted that the dishes were ready, so everyone went out to help serve the dishes. The guests sat according to their own preferences. There were no fixed seats.

The two brothers of the Song Lao Da sat at the same table with the elders of the village, while the second sister-in-law of the Song Lao Da sat at the same table with her children, grandmother Chen, and second aunt Song. After everyone sat down, they cracked melon seeds and ate wedding candies while waiting for the dishes to be served.

Today's dishes were as good as Uncle An's as always, and everyone was eating with a mouthful of grease.

After the meal, everyone packed up the unfinished food, and then helped to clean up the dishes, tables and chairs, leaving a few tables and chairs for Song Laoer's family to have dinner in the evening, because they also had another meal in the evening.

Aunt Song and the others helped distribute the red eggs to the guests to take home. Everyone was very happy after taking the eggs.

Seeing how prosperous Song Laoer's family is, who wouldn't want to share in their joy? Especially since his youngest son was born to enjoy a life of luxury.

The Song family had a big meal with their relatives and friends in the evening.

In the evening, Second Sister Song was busy counting the gifts from everyone for Little Brother Song. Everyone gave gifts according to the degree of blood relationship.

It goes without saying that Song Lao Da and his family, Song Er Gu and their family, Liu Wai Zu and his family had already sent gifts, then Aunt Cuihua's family, Niu Lao Da and his brothers, and then the Song clan leader and the village chief all sent gifts.

Although the gifts were of different sizes, they were all thoughtful gifts from everyone. Mrs. Song recorded them all and would return the gifts when the time came.

After putting away all the things, Mrs. Song smiled and said, "This boy is really lucky. This gift is worth so many times of others."

Song Lao Er looked at his little son who was already sleeping soundly, and laughed, "Yes, the fortune teller was right, his benefactor is his elder sister." The couple chattered on and on.

Song Sanniang sleeps with Song Zuling. Song Zuling is getting married next month, so the two sisters cherish the remaining time they can spend together. They have few opportunities to meet each other.

Song Sanniang gave Song Zuling a silver-covered gold bracelet as a dowry. When Song Zuling received it, she laughed and said, "Why is this silver bracelet so heavy? It feels like a gold bracelet."

Song Sanniang was lying on the bed, staring at the gauze curtain above her head and replied, "It is made of gold."

Song Zuling looked at the bracelet carefully in confusion, "Why is it silver?"

"I specially had it made into silver. If anything happens to you in the future, this gold bracelet will be your life-saving talisman.

You have to keep it well. Don’t be foolish to believe everything others say when you are married. Sometimes people change. Remember not to let anyone know that this bracelet is made of gold.”

Song Zuling was actually a very well-off girl in the countryside, so she was well-raised, kind-hearted and innocent.

But this is also the worst. If a girl like her who has no worries about food and clothing and has a good personality gets married and meets a bad person, it is really easy for her to be controlled.

When they are bullied, they may not think it is someone else's fault, but may think it is their own fault, so Song Sanniang came up with this idea.

Song Zuling certainly didn't dare to accept such an expensive gift. She put the bracelet on the table and said, "I can't accept it. It's too expensive. My parents saved for so long and only prepared a pair of gold earrings for me. The bracelet is all silver."

Song Sanniang turned sideways to look at Song Zuling, and saw that she was still so innocent.

She said, "Take it. Your parents are your parents, and I am me. I have few friends, and you are one of them. Now that I have money, of course I have to help my good friends.

Don't worry, I can earn ten bracelets in one day by giving you this one bracelet, so I don't feel any pain at all.

So you can keep it without worry, but you must remember not to let anyone know, just let people think it is a cheap silver-plated one."

Since Song Sanniang has said this, if Song Zuling doesn't accept it, it would be unkind of a friend.

Song Zuling knew that Song Sanniang was doing this for her own good, so she nodded solemnly and promised, "I won't tell anyone. Let everyone think it's silver, and I'll wear it every day."

Song Sanniang nodded. "If one day you find that the silver has fallen off, you can go to the nearby Diancuilou and ask someone to add a new layer. You don't have to pay, just say Jin Wei's name."

Song Zuling put on the bracelet, climbed onto the bed, hugged Song Sanniang and said coquettishly, "You are so good to me, thank you."

Song Sanniang felt that it was a great feeling to have the confidence to prepare a dowry for her good friend. She could have given more, but she didn't know the situation of Song Zuling's husband's family, so she couldn't do as she pleased.

The two little sisters chatted on the bed all night long before they couldn't resist the sleepiness and fell asleep.

The time spent at home is always so short. It seemed like we had only spent a day or two at home when we had to return to the city. We packed up our things and got on the bus to the pier.

Aunt Liu's family rushed back home to prepare for the cooperation because they had agreed on a cooperation with Song Sanniang. Since a store could not be opened in Xiantao Prefecture, they had to look for one.

After returning to Xiantao Mansion, Song Sanniang and her friends continued their lives as usual. Song Sanniang learned from Master He San that the court had not yet decided on the marriage of women.

The ban on close-kin marriages has been decided, and soon all government offices in the State of Chen will issue the order.

People who are blood related within three generations are prohibited from marrying each other, otherwise it will be illegal, and the government will send people to explain the reasons.

Song Sanniang curled her lips, feeling disgusted. Men are indeed selfish animals. They will overcome all difficulties when it comes to things related to their own interests, and will strictly guard against things that are detrimental to their own interests. They will also unite all their compatriots.

No wonder they wanted to stifle any possibility of women participating in political affairs. They really united for thousands of years in order to keep women in the inner house.

Song Sanniang knew that this matter could not be rushed, so she could only sigh and let it go.