"Please go back!My daughter can't get married yet. ”
Once again, the father rejected the suitor on behalf of his daughter.
Because you're going to give me time to prepare my daughter's dowry." ”
The Maharaja then added.
Those who seek relatives listen to it and return satisfied.
It is said that there was such a family in the Ming Dynasty, surnamed Jiang, who lived in Zaoyang County, Xiangyang Prefecture, Huguang.
The father of the family is named Jiang Shize, who has been mixed with his ancestors in Guangdong since he was a child, and walks the streets and alleys to do some small business.
Although I didn't make a lot of money, it wasn't a problem to earn a little money to feed my family.
Every spring and winter, looking at his wife and growing son, Jiang Shize is very satisfied with his life.
One day, a letter came from home, and his wife who stayed in Xiangyang's hometown suddenly fell seriously ill, and Jiang Shize hurriedly returned home, but his wife had already left.
Since then, Jiang Shize has been dependent on his nine-year-old son.
Because he couldn't give up the business in Guangdong, Jiang Shize had to take his son to Guangdong. While living, he taught his son Xi the way of doing business.
Jiang Shize's son, formerly known as Jiang Xing, nicknamed Brother Xing, for the convenience of walking the rivers and lakes, his father named him Luo Xiaoguan'er.
Brother Xing is good-looking, likes to read, and is obviously smarter and smarter than children of the same age, and the people around Jiang's father who do business together like him very much.
One day, a merchant quipped: "Brother Broad & Bright, where did such a well-behaved child come from?"“
Jiang Shize was afraid that others would be jealous that he had such an excellent son, so he responded: "This child is a nephew of my hometown, because the family is really poor, so he asked me to take him out to learn a craft and eat together." ”
It can be seen that Brother Xing is very smart.
The father and son were busy with business matters every day, and their lives were quite fulfilling, and such days lasted until Brother Xing was seventeen years old.
As soon as Brother Xing and his father returned to their hometown of Xiangyang from Guangdong, Jiang's father had a serious illness and finally died.
Brother Xing looked at his father who was lying there motionless, and he cried with grief.
Finally, under the comfort and persuasion of relatives, he wiped away his tears and worked hard to deal with his father's death.
During this period, there were many people who came and went to mourn Jiang's father, and Brother Xing's future father-in-law, the prince, also came.
The relatives of the Jiang family couldn't bear to watch Brother Xing live alone, so they persuaded the prince to marry his daughter early so that he could be with Brother Xing.
When the prince heard these words, he did not respond. After paying tribute to Jiang's father, he left in a hurry.
Brother Xing is still immersed in the grief of losing his father at the moment, and he doesn't care about the departure of the prince.
After the father's affairs were dealt with, the relatives once again proposed that Brother Xing ask to marry the daughter of the prince's family as soon as possible.
Brother Xing thought about it and said to himself: "Now that my parents have passed away, it is indeed a bit lonely to be left alone. Why not follow the wishes of your relatives and complete the marriage event early, so that you can have a caring person to accompany you. What's more, this family business is still a doll family that my father set for himself when he was alive, and this family business must not be wrong. "
In an instant, Brother Xing asked the matchmaker to go to the prince's house to explain the matter.
Unexpectedly, the prince listened to it and excused himself again: "It's too late, my family hasn't prepared a dowry for the little girl yet?"What's more, the Jiang family's father has just passed away, and Brother Xing still needs a year to keep filial piety. If you get married now, it really doesn't conform to the etiquette law. ”
After the matchmaker came back, he told Brother Xing about the prince's words, and after listening to it, Brother Xing said that what the prince said made sense.
Since then, Brother Xing has concentrated on keeping filial piety for his father, and has not mentioned the matter of marriage until the arrival of the first anniversary of Jiang's father's death.
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