Chapter 12 Wife and Concubine
Wang Guiniang is the fifth and youngest child of the Wang family, the third of the three sisters. The Wang and Li families are not only neighbors in Wang Li Village, they have been friends for several generations as early as Qingzhou, and it is even said that when the two ancestors were still in Yingzhou in western Liaoning, they already had a good relationship.
She is two years younger than Li Jing, and she can be regarded as a childhood sweetheart's partner. Although the ancestors of the two families had also been petty officials, they had actually lost when they arrived in Wendeng County, but they were just small farmers. There are also many rules in the family, and there are almost no deliberate avoidances of the two families and a group of children, and they have grown up together since childhood. When she was young, Wang Guiniang liked Li Jing and felt that he and several other boys in the two families were special.
It's just that although the Li family has fallen, Li Jing has been learning since childhood, but he has always wanted to revitalize the family through the imperial examination. For growing up together, he has a strong temperament, and he has also learned a lot of kung fu handed down by his ancestors, but only the four ladies of the Wang family, who don't know a few big characters, have no feelings between men and women. In the original Li Jing's heart, what he was looking forward to was a knowledgeable and courteous, clever and smiling female confidante who could add fragrance to his red sleeves as a partner.
The older he gets, the more Li Jing shares with Wang Guiniang, and the farther away he is. It's just that the distance that Li Jing deliberately maintained, instead of making Wang Guiniang retreat, made this fiery girl more and more determined that he would not marry in this life. Especially two years ago, after Li Jing rescued her from picking mushrooms and encountering wolves, she became even more determined in this idea.
After being pardoned and released, Li Jing returned to Wangli Village with the support of his family.
As soon as they arrived at the village gate, Wang Xiaoshi, who had already received the news, and a group of juniors had already burned a few vigorous fires at the village gate. In addition, Wang Liang's mother and several other neighbor women each took a handful of sleeve leaves and stood there waiting.
"Cross the brazier to remove bad luck, smoke grapefruit leaves to sweep away bad luck!"
Li Jing took one step at a time, and completed a complete set of complicated rituals in full accordance with everyone's intentions, before entering the village with the cheers of everyone.
"Son, after your accident last time, my mother and your aunt Wang were in charge of the matter of you and Third Sister Wang. I was worried that you would never come back, but my mother did it again. Now you and Gui Niang have not only been engaged to be married, but also have the fact that they are husband and wife. Today you have to be pardoned by the emperor and go home, which is a great joy. Mother, it's better to choose a day than to hit the day, just invite the township leaders to drink some tea and wine together tonight, even if you get married, it just so happens that the uncles and brothers of the family are also here today, and there is no need to send another person to invite. ”
Li Jing suddenly felt that his head was big when he heard this, and in prison, the first time with Gui Niang and Wan'er, he could be said to have been forced to stay. The second time, in fact, was all because of the special situation at that time, considering that his first-class release might have an uncertain future, in order to fulfill the Han family's idea of retaining the Li family's incense, of course, it is not completely ruled out that he was in prison at the time, and he was actually confused about his own future in his heart.
At that time, I didn't think about the current situation at all, I just thought that this was what the Li family could do in the end. Unexpectedly, an amnesty decree from the little emperor of Chang'an gave him a new lease of life thousands of miles away.
An unwarranted catastrophe has gone, but a new problem has arisen. He now has not only a wife, but also a concubine.
Refusal? How to refuse, what to refuse? If it had been before he went to prison, maybe he would have been able to continue with his old ways. But after just half a month, the relationship between him and Wang Guiniang and Wan'er has completely changed, they all have husband and wife with him, maybe even have children, can he deny all this as soon as he is released from prison? Even if he wants to repay the debt, will the Wang and Li families be willing? Not to mention the Wang family, the Han family would never allow him to do such a thing.
To put it bluntly, he has no right to object to all this.
The Han family would never have imagined that his son would have such a thought in his heart, otherwise, with the Han family's tradition, he would definitely denounce Li Jing's injustice.
"Now you also know the situation at home, and my mother also knows that it is a bit hasty to arrange the marriage in this way. But there is no way at home, and when you finish getting married, it just so happens that the marriage between Wanjing and Wang Jiaerlang can be done immediately. Although you can come back this time, relying on the emperor's amnesty, the Wang family has also helped a lot by running back and forth. In particular, the Wang family gave us all their 20 acres of land for this reason, and we have to remember this grace for the rest of our lives. Now we can't report to the Wang family, so let's let Wanjing and Wang Saburo get married as soon as possible. Han sighed on the side. I never forgot the help of the Wang family to the Li family this time, and the Li family and the Wang family had several disputes before, but unexpectedly, the Li family was in such a big disaster, and the Wang family actually helped him so much, which moved him a lot.
"Auntie, the fourth sister and Wang Er's family affairs, don't you think about one or two anymore?" Li Jing hesitated.
"What else to consider? In order to help us, the Wang family took out all the family property, what else is there to consider about this matter. Child, you can't forget your roots, not to mention, your fourth sister herself also agreed to this family business. ”
Li Jing smiled wryly, he wanted to say something, but what could he say?
After gaining freedom, the first thing that Li Jing thought of was to take revenge on Wang Liang. If you have revenge, you don't want to revenge your husband, but how to do it is a problem. It is not difficult to kill Wang Liang, but the difficult thing is how to get out of the way. Before he was sure that he would be able to escape with his whole body after killing Wang Liang, he would never be reckless. After this prison disaster, he will never fall into prison again in a daze. If it was just him, he might not be afraid, but there was a female family member of the Li family behind him.
Li Jing plans to solve Wang Liang personally, and he will not tell his family about this matter for the time being, so that they will also worry about it. As long as he thinks of a foolproof way to get rid of Wang Liang, and then chooses a suitable opportunity to tell the evil things Wang Liang has done, it will not be too late.
No matter what, Li Jing would never let his sister marry Wang Liang. As for the fact that he has to accept marrying Wang Guiniang if he doesn't tell the matter now, he thought about it and felt that there was nothing to think about in this matter. After all, although he doesn't have any feelings with Wang Guiniang now, he already has a husband and wife.
Looking at the lively courtyard of his house, Li Jing decided to carry all this by himself for the time being. The man has to be responsible, and instead of letting a female family worry about the annoyance, it is better for him to find a way to solve it alone.
The so-called marriage, everything is simple. Since Li Jing and Gui Niang already have a husband and wife, it is just a ceremony to make up for the door. There were no sedan chairs, no blowing classes, and I borrowed tables and stools from my neighbor's house and set up a dozen tables in the courtyard. The villagers of Wangjiazhuang and the clansmen of the Li family are guests and witnesses. A pair of red candles, Li Jing and Wang Guiniang, red men and green women, wearing simple but solemn worship in auspicious clothes, can be regarded as officially married.
As for Wan'er, although she was raised as a daughter in the Li family, she could not change the status of the concubine at this time. Dressed in new clothes, a pair of red candles, and without even a chapel, she can be regarded as passing the door.
The wedding is simple, and the wedding reception is even more concise. A few jars of home-brewed sour fruit wine, a large pot of gruel, and a few pots of pickles are considered a wedding banquet.
Li Jing toasted around with a wine bowl, and when he looked up, he found that Wang Liang actually lived at the back table.
"Are you embarrassed to come?" Li Jing gritted his teeth and said in a low voice, his eyes were like electricity, staring at Wang Liang fiercely.
Wang Liangpi didn't smile, he was actually very calm.
"Today is not only your big day, but also the big day of my third sister. From now on, we're family. Oh, just now Jiaci and Lingtang have agreed that half a month later will be an auspicious day of the zodiac, and then I will officially marry the fourth sister of your family. Wang Liang said proudly, although he tried his best to plot against Li Jing before, but he was made a mistake by a big order, it can be seen that Li Jing has not announced this matter until now, and married Gui Niang, he is more and more convinced that Li Jing will no longer say this matter, and his heart has begun to calm down a lot.
"Don't you think about it!" Li Jing snorted. The fact that he did not announce Wang Liang's evil deeds today does not mean that he intends to forget about it. He actually wanted to marry Wanjing, this thing was impossible.
"Half a moon from now is an auspicious day, we will wait and see. Hahaha! Wang Liang smiled proudly and walked away.
Li Jing's eyes were almost about to breathe fire, standing there gritting his teeth and watching him sway away, his heart began to turn around and quickly think of a solution to this scumbag.