novelden Chapter 105 From now on, I can only watch her from afar (52)
Chapter 105 From now on, I can only watch her from afar (52)
The Xie family was not worried about what was happening at Duke Xiao’s Mansion, because Xue Han’s parents had already arrived in the capital.
When the parents of both sides met, they felt that they had met too late.
Although Xue's father was a scholar, he admired Xie Linyuan, who was skilled in martial arts: "General Xie, I have been weak since I was a child and cannot practice martial arts, but I admire people like you who are good at martial arts the most."
What Xue's father didn't mention was that he married Xue Han's mother because she came from a military family and was also someone who could wield swords and guns.
Especially after meeting Xie Jinglan, Xue's father sighed: "This is what a son should be like!"
As for Xue's mother, her family had tried their best to train her to be a lady from a noble family, but unfortunately, her family did not have that gene, and she really disliked the so-called behavior of those young ladies, so in the end, nothing came of it.
But when she met Mrs. Xie this time, she realized that the "ladies of noble families" she had met over the years were just superficial and in name only.
The head mistress trained by the Fanyang Lu family should be like her relative, Madam Xie.
This marriage went unexpectedly smoothly. Although no one in the Xue family had been an official in the capital before, the family was quite wealthy.
Not long after the Xue couple arrived in the capital, they took their son to look at several nice properties, but they did not buy any immediately.
Instead, he asked Xue Han to organize the information about these houses and go to meet Xie Jingshu.
"Son! This house is for you and your daughter-in-law to live in from now on. We are not from the capital, so we don't know that there are some rules." Xue's mother said in a casual tone, "You can discuss it with the Xie family and see what they think."
Finally, a house with three courtyards was chosen. The house was very close to Yunling Academy. Although it was facing the street, the back two courtyards were adjacent to the bamboo forest of the academy, which made it quiet and elegant.
Mrs. Xie was very touched to see that the Xue family attached so much importance to her daughter's ideas, so she gave a small courtyard under her name near the Imperial College to Xie Jingshu.
Because the houses in the Imperial College are extremely valuable and few people sell them, this house is not big, but its value is not much less than the house bought by the Xue family.
"My daughter! Although Xue Han's goal is to become a teacher and educate people." Mrs. Xie took her daughter's hand and said, "But I guess he will take the exam to become a teacher in the Imperial College in the future, so I will give you this house in advance.
If Xue Han really goes there in the future, it will be convenient for you to live there."
Not long after the house was purchased, the Xue family began looking for someone to carry out overall renovations on the house and also prepared items for the betrothal.
Although Xue's father looked low-key, Xue Han was a little shocked when the escort team he hired delivered the valuables.
"Dad, have you emptied out our family's wealth?" Even though he was always calm, he was still a little surprised after seeing his father's generosity.
"What are you talking about?" Xue's mother was amused by her son. "Isn't it normal for you to spend some of your family's wealth when you marry a wife? Besides, your father is not poor."
Moreover, after the news of Xue Han's marriage in the capital spread among the Xue family, many people sent gifts to him. Paintings and calligraphy by famous artists, jewelry and head ornaments were all very common.
After all, over the years, Xue's father has been working diligently to cultivate talents for the clan. The patriarch of the Xue family even specially gave him a deed of fifty acres of land as a blessing from the Xue family.
It doesn’t seem like much, but it’s a thought.
After hearing his mother's explanation, Xue Han nodded and said, "Thank you so much."
"It's all the same, because you are the youngest of this generation!" Xue's mother said with a smile, "When other members of the Xue family got married in those years, your father also gave away a lot of them.
You don't even know that when the news came back that you had found your crush, your father was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night, flipping through his account books all night, just to see how much he could get back this time."
Xue Han's face was filled with black lines.
Yes, yes, in these few months since coming to the capital, he had almost forgotten that his father was different from many "aloof" scholars.
Xue's father particularly loved "small things" and was very good at making money.
Xue Han didn't think there was anything wrong with this. After all, as long as he could live a good life, it would be enough. Otherwise, like some people who couldn't even afford to eat, it would be unnecessary to pretend to be noble.
Besides, he married Ah Fu to make her happy, not to let her live a hard life with him.
My family is already well off, so there is no need to endure hardship.
Father Xue was worried that his son would not spend enough in the capital, so he thought about buying a few shops so that the rent alone would be enough to cover their daily needs.
"Sir, how about this shop?" A clerk from a dental shop was holding a brochure and trying to sell it to the Xue couple. "This shop is in a good location, and the prices are very cheap."
After looking at the location of the shop on the map, Xue's mother asked in confusion: "The location looks good, but the price is so cheap, what's the trick?"
When the clerk heard the other party ask this, he didn't know whether he should say it for a moment. He originally wanted to try his luck because he saw these two people, who were from other places, paid so quickly when they bought the house before.