Chapter 37: How can a horse be better than a wife?

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When Yang Mingcheng heard that Yang Zhengshan was going to find him a wife, he, who had a sad face just now, suddenly became excited and immediately forgot about the war horse.

How can a horse have a better wife?

He wanted to marry a wife more than Malaysia.

Yang Zhengshan didn't bother to pay attention to this silly son, and shouted towards the kitchen: "Eldest son's wife, eldest son's wife!"

"Dad!" Wang came out of the kitchen wiping her hands.

"Find a matchmaker and see if there is a girl suitable for the third brother!" Yang Zhengshan ordered.

The eldest sister-in-law is like a mother. Yang Zhengshan has no wife, so Wang can only take care of this matter.

In a blind marriage, not only the two people getting married, but even the parents have no idea of ​​each other's character.

Of course, before the engagement, Yang Zhengshan could still meet his future daughter-in-law, but he could only meet her a few times and had no way of getting to know her in depth.

Well, as a future father-in-law, it’s not easy to get to know my daughter-in-law too well.

Yang Zhengshan felt that getting married was a bit fucked up.

A virtuous wife brings prosperity to three generations, while a bad wife ruins a lifetime.

He naturally hoped that Yang Minghao would marry a virtuous wife, but it was difficult for him to do it on his own and he could only rely on Wang.

His requirements were not high, as long as he was similar to Wang and Li.

Although Wang and Li are ignorant village women, they are gentle and hardworking. They may not be able to help the Yang family do anything big, but they can take care of the whole family. Such daughters-in-law are good enough.

"Okay, Dad, I'll go ask Mrs. Wang this afternoon." When Mrs. Wang heard that they were going to find a wife for the third son, she immediately agreed with a smile on her face.

As the eldest sister-in-law, she had been mentally prepared for this.

And she also wanted to find a good wife for Yang Minghao. After all, they would have to live together in the future, and she didn't want to cause trouble for herself.

"Well! You ask first, and if you find one suitable, tell me! I will go and take a look myself." Yang Zhengshan said.

"Dad, let me talk to my sister-in-law!"

Seeing this, Yang Minghao couldn't help but run to Wang and whispered.

Yang Zhengshan didn't bother to care what they were muttering about and turned to look at other things in the yard.

Fortunately, the Yang family’s yard is big enough, otherwise it wouldn’t even be able to accommodate Zhou Lan’s thank-you gift.

The first thing he paid attention to was the gilded flying fish gun. After waving the gun a few times, he smiled and said, "Nice gun!"

This gun is much heavier than his original one, probably weighing more than fifty kilograms.

However, with his strength, it was effortless to wield it; instead, it became even more convenient for him.

Next to him, Yang Mingcheng and Yang Mingzhi, who had chosen their war horses, looked at the gun in his hand with envy.

They all wish they could have a good gun.

Yang Zhengshan waved it a few more times before stopping and looking at other items.

Silk fabrics, gold and silver jewelry!
He looked at these things and a strange look flashed in his eyes.

Zhou Lan configured this according to the population of his family. For example, the gold and silver jewelry were obviously four sets.

Each set includes a top hairpin, sideburn hairpins, long hairpins, earrings, bracelets, etc. It is a complete set of jewelry. It does not look particularly valuable, but for the Yang family, it is already very rare.

There were several women in the Yang family, Wang, Li, Yang Yunxue, and the married Yang Yunyan, a total of four. As for Yang Qingwan, the little girl had just learned to crawl, so naturally she didn't need any jewelry.

There was also cloth, which was prepared according to the population of the Yang family.

General Zhou is really careful.

Yang Zhengshan thought about it and distributed the things to each room.

"Dad, is this for me?" Yang Yunxue asked happily.

"Well, it's for you. Keep it well and save it as a dowry in the future!" Yang Zhengshan touched Yang Yunxue's little head.

"Thank you, Dad!" Yang Yunxue smiled widely, her delicate face was like a blooming flower, adding a bit of beauty.

Afterwards, Yang Zhengshan selected some furs and herbs and put them away separately.

As for the remaining one thousand taels of silver, Yang Zhengshan pondered over it for a long time.

This thank you gift should not be just his.

At that time, there were more than a hundred young men from Yangjia Village helping Zhou Lan. He contributed the most and could take the lion's share, but he couldn't put it all in his own pocket. After thinking about it, Yang Zhengshan took out two hundred taels and put them in his own cabinet, and took the remaining eight hundred taels to Yang Zhengxiang's house.

At this time, Yang Zhengxiang was discussing ancestor worship with several elders at home. When they saw Yang Zhengshan coming, he and several elders immediately greeted him warmly.

"You came just in time. We were discussing ancestor worship!"

"Ancestor worship! What is there to discuss?" Yang Zhengshan was puzzled.

"There's nothing much to discuss about ancestor worship, but should we hold a banquet? This is a big happy event for our Yang family, and we should invite some gentry to celebrate!" Yang Zhengxiang said.

Celebrating is just one of the reasons, showing off is the purpose.

Of course, showing off was not to satisfy their vanity, but to use the banquet to tell the surrounding gentry about Yang Zhengshan's official career, so as to publicize the prosperity and growth of the Yang family and deter some scoundrels who were jealous of the Yang family.

Yang Zhengshan thought about it and said, "Then let's hold a banquet!"

It doesn't cost much to host a banquet. Setting up twenty or thirty tables doesn't cost much money.

The fact that he was about to go to Chongshan Pass was no secret and could not be kept secret; it would spread sooner or later.

When you get promoted or get rich, you naturally have to invite your relatives and friends to celebrate.

Before going to Chongshan Pass, Yang Zhengshan also wanted to invite some people to his home.

"Let's do it. The clan will pay for it. We still have a lot of silver left!" Yang Zhengxiang nodded with satisfaction when he saw that he agreed.

Yang Zhengshan waved his hand and said, "I can pay for it myself. There will be many more places in the clan where money will be needed in the future."

As he spoke, he moved the wooden box in his hand into the house.

"What is this?" Yang Zhengxiang asked.

Yang Zhengshan opened the box and displayed the white silver inside to everyone.

"Eight hundred taels of silver. I want to help build a clan school for the clan. It's time to repair the roads in the village!"

Looking at the huge pile of silver, both Yang Zhengxiang and several elders almost popped their eyes out of their heads.

To get rich, build roads first.

Yangjia Village is not far from the official road, only four or five miles away, but that section of the road is a dirt road. Whenever it rains or snows, the road becomes muddy and impassable.

As for clan studies, although the Yang family has a martial arts tradition, only a few people can become warriors.

With the establishment of clan schools, the children of the Yang family could also improve their status through imperial examinations.

It is definitely better to walk on two legs, martial arts and imperial examinations, than to walk on one leg.

"If there is any surplus, we can buy some land as clan property. The harvest can be used for clan education and to take care of clan members." Yang Zhengshan said again.

Yang Zhengxiang took great pains to turn his eyes away from the silver. "This is not good, Zhengshan. You have already taken care of the tribe a lot. We really feel bad if we ask you to pay for the establishment of the tribe school and the repair of the road."

"Yes, we all know you want to take care of your relatives, but we can't bear it if you do this!"

"There is still money in the clan, and we will build a clan school in the future. There is no need for you to pay for it."

Several elders of the tribe began to advise.

It’s not that they don’t want to build a tribal school, they just feel bad about it.

Yang Zhengshan has helped the clan a lot before, and this time he will take more than a dozen young men from the clan to Chongshan Pass. This is a great favor to the entire Yang family.

Yang Zhengshan smiled and said, "The clan school must be built as soon as possible. I hope that the children of our Yang family will be all-round talents in literature and martial arts in the future!"

He did not say that the young and strong men in Yangjia Village had a share of the thank-you gifts. Since Zhou Lan gave the things to him, they were his.

He was willing to give a share to his clan, which was his care for his clan.

This is grace.

He wanted to tie the Yang family firmly to himself, and no matter where he went in the future, the Yang family would be his helper.

He wanted every member of the Yang family to remember his kindness and to serve him in the future.

He believes that the seeds sown today will surely bear fruit in the future.

In fact, he has already harvested several fruits.

Yang Mingwu, Yang Chengze, Yang Chengxu, and Yang Qinwu, all of the Yang family members had great respect for him.

Although these four people are still very weak now, as long as he continues to invest, I believe it won’t be long before they become his most loyal subordinates.

Yang Zhengshan is not a pushover, he does this just to win people's hearts.

(End of this chapter)