Mother Qin also called Qin fang and his wife over and said: " Afang and Yanyan are going to have their wedding banquet in a few days. Do you have any ideas?"
Qin fang looked at Yang Haiyan.
Yang Haiyan said: " Mother, this is my first marriage to and i don't have any special ideas. Everything is up to you. By the way, this is gift from my husband and i to you."
Mother Qin took it and saw that it was a ten-liang silver note. She returned it and said: " You have to spend money at the border. If you give it all to me, how will you live? You should keep the money".
Yang Haiyan pushed the money back: " Mother, my husband has salary and we also run a dowry shop. My brother and sister are still young. As three eldest brother and sister in law,if we neglect the family and spend more of their money, it would be too much of a shame ".
Mother Qin: " But this.."
Yang Haiyan said: " This money is our filial gift to father and mother this year. We will give you 100 taels of silver every year from now on. Mother, don't worry about us. We only give this money when we can afford it and will never let ourselves down."
Qin fang said: "Mother just listen to Yanyan." Her head thought about giving money to his family every year, about ten taels of silver a year, until his two younger brothers got married and his younger sister,Siya, got married. After that, he would only give his parents some money for their retirement, not as much as ten taels. But he didn't expect his wife to bring it up first.
Seeing her son say so, Mother Qin accepted it and said: " Don't give me three money for the wedding banquet. We have no intention of dividing the family property."
Yang Haiyan: " I'll listen to my mother".
Qin's father was just decoration from beginning to end.
Then, Qin's mother took Qin Fang and Yang Haiyan to get parents' home. A family that could raise someone like Qin's mother must be quite good. Qin Fang's maternal family hasn't yet split up and like the Qin family, it was very lively. The had lunch there, face Qin Fang's grandparents shoes and told them the date of the wedding banquet before returning.
In the blink of an eye, it was the wedding day.
That say, the Qin family was very busy, except for Yang Haiyan and the children. Speaking of children, Erya and Sanya, who had been learning embroidery at the embroidery worship the day before, also returned. Both girls seemed to have relatively well-behaved personalities. Compared to Erya,Sanya was more well-behaved. Erya had a younger brother and was relatively confident, while Sanya, without a younger brother, was somewhat like third Aunt Qin in character, feeling less confident. However, on the day they returned, they brought silk flowers to express their gratitude to Yang Haiyan.
The wedding banquet was at noon and the banquet ended after lunch. Even if there were relatives who lived some distance away, like Qin Fang's grandparents, they could have lunch and go back in afternoon so that they could travel faster. If they went at night, it would be dangerous.
Qin Fang and Yang Haiyan both put their wedding attire and went to the wedding hall with the blessings of their relatives and friends. After three wedding, everyone started drinking wedding wine.
Weddings in this era are much better than those in modern times, because people in this era start eating as soon as they sit down, unlike modern times where they have to go through all kinds of trouble and make toasts.
After three wedding banquet, everyone dispersed. Some sensible women stayed to help and with three Qin family's three daughter in law and Qin Fang's aunt, the yard was cleaned up very quickly. After the yard was cleaned up, Qin Fang's grandparents were about to leave. Third Uncle Qin was a carriage driver, so he drove the carriage to take Qin Fang's grandparents back. The carriage was not big enough for the whole family, so Qin Fang's grandparents and a few children rode in the carriage, while his uncles and aunts walked.
After three wedding banquet, three Qin family was considered to be real division and everyon began to eat separately. Fortunately,a few days before the wedding banquet, the second and third rooms had already set up their stoves.
Yang Haiyan has already changed out her wedding dress, but Qin Fang hadn't. He really liked this dress, it was dark red and it stood out on him. Qin Fang walked in and saw his wife.: " Why did you change your clothes?"
Yang Haiyan was speechless. " Aren't we going to the village chief's house to buy land later? It would be ridiculous to go there in wedding dress".
The purpose of buying land was to build a house. They had already discussed this matter with Qin's parents and had also told them. Once three land was purchased, they could build three houses. The hadn't bought three land before because they didn't want to cause any trouble before the wedding ands worry about it affecting the day. Now that the wedding was over, even if they went to buy the land and attracted some attention from second or third wife,it wouldn't be a problem.
Grandpa Qin and grandma Qin knew about their purchase of land and building a house and Qin Fang and Yang Haiyan also frankly admitted that this was Yang Haiyan's private property and dowry. The soap recipe had originally sold for five hundred taels of gold and in Qin Fang's view, this was Yang Haiyan's private property, so the couple agreed to call it dowry.
Although it is said that if the husband's family seizes the bride's dowry, it will be despised and may lead to a lawsuut and the lawyer tend to side with the bride in matter of dowry. But if the bride is willing to use the dowry money to build a house for the groom, who can say anything?
Father Qin and mother had no objection to they daughter in law using her dowry to buy land and build the house, nor did they feel insecure. Although they know it was their daughter in law's money, their son was an official and would be able to earn money in the future. Their son was not kind of a man who needed a woman to support him.
However, this house was build by the daughter in law and they will not live in it. They are still used to living in the old house.
The whole family, Qin Fang and his wife, Qin's father and Qin's mother, went to the village chief's house in a mighty procession.
The village chief saw them and joked, "Qin Fang, you haven't even taken of your wedding clothes yet, so why are you here?"
Qin Fang: "Village chief, I'm here to buy land."
The village chief, smoking his old pipe, wasn't surprised to hear Qin Fang's words. "Which land do you want to buy? Good land is hard to buy these days."
For the past two years, people have been talking about Qin Fang's success, saying he could send money home after his military service. A few days ago, Qin Fang returned home in trump, bringing a wife with him. People said his wife was a gift from the imperial court, a tribute to his meritorious service. No one was lying about this; it was Qin Fang'ss own words. So, three village chief wasn't surprise that Qin Fang was buying land.
When they have money, they buy land. This is the most simple idea of the common people. Silver can be stolen, but can land be stolen as well?
As for the land, Qin Fang and Yang Haiyan has looked at it a few days ago and discussed it with Qin's father and mother. Although it was a little far from the Qin family's old house, it was in the same village after ask. It would take less than a quarter of an hour to walk through the entire village. How far could it be?
Qin Fang said, "Village chief, I want the land on the east side of the food of the mountain".
The village chief was stunned. " That's a waste land. Although it's sloping and barren, there's no danger of landslides or rockfalls, but you can't grow crops in water land ".
Qin Fang: "I know. I didn't buy it to grow crops, but to build house".
The village chief didn't say anything more after hearing this. He was present at the Qin family's division and served as a witness. However, he remembered that the Qin family only received 600 coins when they divided the family. How could this be enough money to buy land.
The village chief asked: " How much land do you want to buy? Even though it's waste land over there, it costs two taels if silver".
Qin Fang: " I want to buy three acres".
The village chief nearly dropped his old pipe, but he quickly composed himself. Qin's father and mother were both present and neither of them said anything, indicating that the entire family had discussed the matter. " Okay, I'll write the paper work for you and then you can take it to the county town to transfer the ownership. Once the paper work is done, we'll go measure the land.
Qin Fang said: " Village chief, my wife's name is on the document and she is also the owner of the transferred property".
The village chief.. called himself down and looked at Qin's father and mother.
Mother Qin said with a smile: " We split up our family. You've seen three money we got. How can we afford to buy some wastedland and build a house now? My daughter in law is considerate. She saw that Shouye was already 15 years old and Shoucheng was 12 years old. The two brothers in law were grown up and ready to get married, but they were still living in the same house. So she said we should give up our room and she would buy some wasteland and build a house for the two of them to live in.
The village chief couldn't help but feel envious after hearing this. Whose daughter in law is so generous? It seems that the Qin family has married a golden child.
The village chief took Qin Fang to measure the wasteland, then handed the land purchase documents to Qin Fang: " Remember to transfer the ownership as soon as possible".
Qin Fang: " Don't worry, we will go to transfer the ownership tomorrow."
As he said that, her face six taels of silver to the village chief.
The village chief nodded, took the silver and left.
Yang Haiyan looked at the three acres of wasteland. Even one acre would be too big for a house, let alone three. However, she had her own plans. She wanted to build the house well, in the style of a modern apartment. However, because modern apartments are expensive, they room are often very small. But building a house herself would be different: she could make it larger.
Not only that, she wants to build a leisure area in the yard, such as a swing, a stone table.. everything can be planned slowly.
Seeing her looking at the wasteland with longing, Qin Fang couldn't help but ask, " What are you thinking about?"
Yang Haiyan smiled and said, " I'm thinking about our future and what our house will looked like".
Hearing the word " our future" , Qin Fang's heart was also filled. What will their future be like? He dared not to say anything else, but it must be a group of children surrounding them.
Yang Haiyan added, " I'll finish drawing the blue prints in the next few days. Then I'll have to trouble Dad and mom to help us to find someone to build it".
Father Qin waved his hands: " No trouble".
Mother Qin: " We are all one family, why are we talking about like this?"
Yang Haiyan went over and took Qin's mother hand: " When our house is build, the vacant land next to it can be reserved for Shouye and Shoucheng to build their own houses. This way, three three brothers' houses will be closed to each other in the future. If we were missed Shouye and Shoucheng, we can called them immediately."
At first, Qin's mother was puzzled as to why she wanted to buy three acres of wasteland. Now she understood; it was a deliberate effort to preserve the family business. She was even more pleased with her daughter in law. Furthermore, her daughter in law's plan was also included them . Yes, in their family, Qin fang and Yang Haiyan were the eldest family.
After hearing this, although Qin's father didn't say anything, his eyes brightened a little. As three saying goes, 'A tree grows tall and branches out'. Their branch will definitely split up in future, but it doesn't matter if it does, as long as the heart remains.
When they returned to old Qin's house, Grandma Qin came over and asked, "Have you bought the land?"
The third and second aunt also heard this and were shocked. The eldest family bought land? Because Qin Fang and Yang Haiyan had wedding banquet at noon, they Qin family did not go to the fields in the afternoon and rested all day today.