Song Sanniang's Journey to Wealth

Chapter 210 Visiting the He Mansion

The capital city, where the emperor lives, is a prosperous place with people coming and going, traffic and luxurious carriages.

When everyone got off the boat, the He family members had already received the news and were waiting on the shore. The people on the boat first moved some of their belongings down.

Miss He's dowry boat still attracted a lot of people's attention, and everyone started discussing it.

After Song Sanniang got off the boat, she finally met He Shengtian, Aunt Gao, Aunt Xu and the others. They were quite happy. Although they didn't have the chance to travel around with Song Sanniang and the others, they also got off the boat and walked around nearby.

During this voyage, He Shengtian took good care of them. The two aunts now treated He Shengtian as their own son. Now that He Shengtian's mother is gone, he also feels that the two aunts treat him like their own child, so the feelings between the two sides are growing rapidly.

Song Sanniang, Miss He, and the Jin family went to the He Mansion first to meet Master He and his family. She did not live in the He Mansion, as Master He San had already arranged a place for them to stay.

The huge convoy stopped at the gate of the He Mansion. As a mansion that had produced three first-rank officials, its specifications were larger than many other first-rank officials' houses. It had five steps, while the prince's house had seven steps. The gate of the He Mansion was bright and spacious.

After the court session, Mr. He and his wife, Mrs. Jin, had already received the news and asked Mr. He to come and greet them personally.

Master He was of medium build, wearing a black cloak, and had a gentle and elegant appearance, but his eyes were firm, and he had a sense of majesty without even getting angry.

Jin is in her early forties, with fair skin, beautiful face, and elegant temperament.

But her eyes reveal wisdom and sharpness. Miss He is not much like her. Miss He is more like Master He, especially in the eyes.

Young Master He Yin is taller than his father, but slightly thinner. He has a handsome face and an elegant demeanor. He is just an enlarged version of Young Master He.

When the three of them saw everyone, they greeted Jin Qishan and the others first, and then led everyone into the mansion.

Go around the dragon and phoenix screen wall at the entrance, then pass through the first courtyard and enter the second courtyard.

In fact, the house was just an ordinary courtyard house, not even as luxurious as the Jin family's, and the place was not as spacious and grand as Song Sanniang imagined.

But it is understandable that in the capital, where every inch of land is valuable, the royal family alone occupies a large amount of space, and government offices also occupy some space.

Next, the houses of some higher-ranking officials were divided into smaller ones. Naturally, everyone’s houses were not that big, and He’s Mansion was considered large.

A large group of people entered the main hall, which seemed a bit crowded. Jin arranged for everyone to sit down, and then everyone came forward one by one to greet each other.

Jin Qishan and his wife sat below Master He and his wife, and then they sat according to seniority. People like Song Sanniang and Jin Zhaoyi had to move their chairs and sit down.

Young Master He came to Little Brother He immediately and picked him up. Little Brother He was a little shy and said hurriedly, "I'm grown up, you can't just hug me."

Young Master He chuckled, shook the little guy on his body and said, "How can you grow up? You are not even as tall as my waist."

This made He's cheeks puffy with anger. He refused to let his elder brother hold him and insisted on coming down to compete, which made everyone who was still greeting each other laugh.

Master He Da looked at his younger brother, a trace of guilt flashed across his face. He stood up and patted Master He San on the shoulder.

"I haven't seen you for a long time. You are taller than me now. What's wrong with you? Dad is urging me to get married. Are you trying to find a fairy?"

Master He San smiled and said, "I want to have fun for a few more years before getting married. There's no rush. Dad and Mom are just worrying about nothing. A good son-in-law like me won't have anyone to marry me."

As soon as these words came out, Master He laughed and replied, "Yes, our youngest son is indeed outstanding. He became a juren at such a young age."

After he finished speaking, he seemed to realize something and didn't continue. Master He San didn't care.

Jin waved her hand and asked He Xiaodi to come forward. He Xiaodi was reluctant to move, so Miss He took his hand and came forward.

Jin came down and touched his head, then looked at Miss He, tears welling up in her eyes. She choked up and said, "You have all grown up."

Miss He stepped forward and took Jin's arm. Her eyes were red and tears were falling. Little Brother He also burst into tears.

Master He sighed when he saw this, then picked up He Xiaodi and said, "Good boy, your parents are sorry for you. If you like, don't go back and stay with your parents." He Xiaodi just cried and said nothing.

Young Master He patted Old Master He San and said, "Uncle, it's been a long time since we last met. How are you?"

Master He San bumped him with his shoulder and said with a smile, "Look at me, okay?"

Seeing this, Master He bumped into him. The uncle and nephew were of similar age, so they started playing around.

When the family reunion time was over, the younger generations of the Jin family came to greet Mr. He and his wife.

Mr. He and his wife arranged gifts for everyone. Then it was Uncle Liu and Song Sanniang's turn.

Uncle Liu and his wife had gotten rid of their initial timidity. Although they were nervous inside, they still greeted the couple normally. Before it was Song Sanniang's turn, Jin said, "You two are welcome."

Then she looked at Song Sanniang and said softly, "You are Sanniang, right? My sister Jun always mentioned you when she wrote to me. You are such a good child."

After saying this, she glanced at Nanny Huang beside her. Nanny Huang came forward and handed Song Sanniang a cloth bag.

Song Sanniang took it and felt that there was a jade bracelet inside. She took it out and looked at it. It was an ice-type peace jade bracelet with excellent color and transparency.

She smiled and thanked Jin, then put it on and said, "The bracelet Madam gave me is so beautiful."

Jin was very satisfied with Song Sanniang's performance. She was very graceful and presentable even on their first meeting. She smiled and said, "As long as you like it."

Song Sanniang said to the couple, "My uncle and I have prepared gifts for you, Master He."

Jin smiled when she heard this, "Oh? I have some gifts to receive, so I have to take a good look at them."

The maid holding the gift came in and presented it to the couple. When the couple looked at the gift, Song Sanniang made a gesture to Uncle Liu.

Uncle Liu said, "These two Shoushan stone sculptures were given to Lord He and Madam He by my wife and I. The other gifts were given to you by our Third Lady."

Song Sanniang originally bought the Shoushan stone carving with the intention of buying a gift for Lord He on behalf of her uncle and his family, and the gift she gave was the embroidery she bought from Song Mei.

The Shoushan stone sculpture of Mr. He is as tall as his forearm and as big as two palms of a woman. It is placed on a wooden base.

The mountain-shaped stone sculptures are green and white, shiny and glossy. The green ones are the steep and beautiful peaks, on which tenacious pine trees take root in every hilltop.

The white ones are the floating clouds hovering above the mountain peaks, the waterfalls cascading down, and the flowing waters that converge into streams.

There is a colorful maple tree on a small peak above the stream. There are two thatched houses in front of the maple tree. I think someone lives in seclusion here.

This is a stone sculpture of a mountain and flowing water that seems to be naturally formed.

Mr. He liked it very much and appreciated it with everyone.

The gift for Jin was a pink hibiscus stone vase. The palm-sized pink vase was wrapped with flower branches. The pink was translucent and made people happy at the sight of it. Jin liked it very much as well.

What Song Sanniang gave to Jin was a plum blossom-shaped embroidered fan with a rosewood handle. On the nearly transparent fan, several black fish were chasing each other around a pink lotus. The color combination was elegant and refined.

The one given to Mr. He was a smaller version of the embroidered fan, with the lotus flowers replaced with lotus leaves, making it into a bookmark.

Master He looked at the fan in his wife's hand, and then at the tiny bookmark in his own hand.

He laughed out loud. "What a clever idea. One big and one small, one male and one female. Such a pairing is really clever."

Jin looked at Mr. He's small bookmark and also laughed.