Chapter 8: A Woman's Place is Not in the Middle of the Road

  In ancient times, getting married first required the exchange of gifts, but Cheng Huai Liang directly brought over Cheng Ling Yun's birth date and time without even starting the gift exchange process, it can be seen that Cheng Yao Jin is very concerned about Cheng Ling Yun's marriage.

  To be honest, Qin Yu still had some complaints about the forced marriage, but it had been pushed to this point, and there was no choice but to agree.

  Rather die than yield, that's too much, Qin Yu wasn't so bloodthirsty, it was just marrying a wife after all. Moreover, Cheng Lingyun is very beautiful, compared to those big stars in the previous life, she is much more beautiful, and natural, without makeup. In the end, Qin Yu didn't lose out.

  Qin Yu's birth eight characters are impossible to remember, and it's not popular in modern times anyway. Even if I remembered the year, it wouldn't be correct. So I simply counted back sixteen years from now, added my own lunar birthday, and told Cheng Huai Liang about it. Naturally, Qin Yu didn't have to worry about it anymore, and naturally, he would take care of it himself.

  As it turned out, Qin Yu and Cheng Lingyun's birth dates were quite compatible, so things were settled. However, when it came to the matchmaker, everyone was stumped.

  Qin Yu is now alone in this world, with no relatives or friends, let alone any influential matchmakers.

  Cheng Huailiang had an idea, asking Qin Yu to acknowledge the relationship with Prince Wing of Qin State, Qin Qiong. Since Qin Qiong was still alive and not yet the Duke of Hu State, as long as he acknowledged the relationship, Qin Qiong could act as a matchmaker without losing face.

  The reason is simple: both of them have the surname Qin, which is the reason given by Cheng Huailiang.

  Qin Yu said with a mixture of laughter and tears, giving the address of his previous life's old home, not the name of the place in his previous life, but roughly where it was at that time. He spoke vaguely, but his parents' names were not fabricated, Qin Yu wouldn't mess around on this point.

  Cheng Huailiang didn't notice anything, so he asked Qin Yu to write a family letter with a beautiful name. Qin Yu's Yan-style calligraphy was extraordinary, even Cheng Huailiang, a rough and unrefined man, could see that it was exceptional, and he looked at Qin Yu in surprise for several moments.

  The family letter originally only had a few sentences, which only wrote about Qin Yu's life experience. Later, when Qin Yu thought of Qin Qiong's body, he added many recipes for tonifying blood and food that can be eaten or not eaten, with sincere words.

  As a modern person, how could Qin Yu possibly not know about Qin Qiong, and Qin Qiong is even Qin Yu's idol.

  Qin Qiong fought in battles for many years and lost too much blood. As a result, he was plagued by illness later on and did not enjoy much happiness before his death in 638.

  A nearly thousand-word letter was written like this, and as a result, Qin Yu's wound cracked open again and bled, causing fresh blood to drip onto the letter.

  Because of this, Cheng Huai Liang was often scolded by Cheng Ling Yun.

  The dowry was also a troublesome thing, Cheng Huailiang said it well, the Cheng family would cover everything, but Qin Yu didn't want to. Later, he thought of an idea and secretly instructed Xiaotao to return to Zhangjiacun and bring back the rickshaw.

  Sweet potatoes and potatoes were exactly what Qin Yu thought of as a betrothal gift. Now it's been over a month, and they've all sprouted. Qin Yu took out more than half and gave them to Cheng Lingyun, leaving only one for himself. As for the method of planting sweet potatoes and potatoes, Qin Yu dictated it orally, while Cheng Lingyun wrote it down, finally putting an end to this matter that had been on his mind.

  Qin Yu had his reasons for doing so, after all, the people of the Tang Dynasty had never come into contact with this before, and if they messed it up and killed it, sweet potatoes and potatoes would be equivalent to cutting off their chances of appearing in the Tang Dynasty, Qin Yu could only leave a spare one.

  During this period of communication, Qin Yu found that Cheng Lingyun's personality was still very gentle, but also had a strong side, perhaps related to the family education of Cheng Yaowen.

  It may also be because of the short contact time and not being well understood. In short, Qin Yu was very satisfied.

  Sweet potatoes and yams, not to mention that Cheng Huai Liang had never seen them before, even the entire Tang Dynasty hadn't seen them. It's rare, it's rare, but Qin Yu said this is the betrothal gift. At that time, Cheng Huai Liang was unhappy, but as soon as Cheng Ling Yun glared at him, he became sulky and left the house, going to sulk on his own.

  Three days later, Cheng Huailiang took Cheng Lingyun away from Yongnian County. He knew that he was taking soldiers with him, and if they were gone for too long, even Cheng Yaoguang would be punished by Li Er. Moreover, he still had to tell Cheng Yaoguang about what happened here; otherwise, the old man might get anxious and come over himself to take care of things.

  Qin Yu was at ease, nursing his wounds every day, and was very leisurely. As for buying a house, Qin Yu really didn't want to live in Chang'an, but he couldn't withstand Cheng Huailiang's scolding and Cheng Lingyun's resentment. In the end, he handed over 800 taels of silver to Cheng Huailiang, who would take care of buying a house for Qin Yu.

  Whether big or small, Qin Yu didn't mind. If it was big, that would be just right; if it was small, he could buy more later. Also because he had to go to Chang'an, Qin Yu temporarily put aside his idea of grandly developing Yongnian County.

  Sweet potatoes and potatoes have sprouted, Qin Yu asked Xiao Tao to prepare some ceramic basins. Yongnian County didn't have the ones Qin Yu needed, but Zhangjiacun did. When making ceramics, there were still some basins that could be used.

  Put soil in the ceramic basin, carefully cut off the sprouts of sweet potatoes and potatoes and plant them inside, one per basin, water them a little, and then just wait.

  Qin Yu gave Cai Langzhong fifty taels of silver, and it didn't matter if he stayed at Cai Langzhong's house for a year. The medicine to apply to the wound was troublesome to make, but the medicinal materials were not expensive and wouldn't cost much silver. Adding that Qin Yu couldn't move around recklessly, so for the time being, he just stayed here.

  Qin Yu's injury is temporarily not mentioned. Let's just talk about Cheng Huailiang and Cheng Lingyun, who had just returned to Chang'an when Cheng Huailiang was caught by Li Shimin for questioning.

  The reason is simple. Cheng Huailiang actually took fifty soldiers and left the military camp privately. It's okay to be in Chang'an, but running directly to Yongnian County is not right.

  Li Shimin soon received the news, but because it was Cheng Huaiyang, Li Shimin wouldn't have any worries. However, he still had to give an explanation to his subordinates, as Wei Zheng would impeach him five or six times a day, which gave Li Shimin a headache.

  Cheng Huailiang learned from Cheng Yaojin's trick, and firmly believed that he was going out to suppress bandits. In fact, Li Shimin had already inquired about the situation and scolded Cheng Huailiang with a mixture of tears and laughter. After asking about Qin Yu's situation, he let Cheng Huailiang leave.

  Until Li Shimin asked about Qin Yu's affair with his wife, the entire court was suddenly enlightened, only to find that Cheng Yaojin was anxious to marry off his daughter and caused such a big commotion. Everyone wanted to laugh but didn't dare to, except for Wei Zheng who held his belly in laughter. Cheng Yaojin was furious and directly started fighting with him, and the two of them began wrestling on the court.

  The relationship between the two was very close, and they didn't mind fighting each other. Normally, the two of them would fight all the time. Li Shimin was open-minded and didn't blame them for fighting in court. He quickly called people to separate them, and only then did the court retreat.

  Cheng Yaojin rushed home eagerly, and it was naturally not good to ask questions on the court. After returning home, Cheng Yaojin called Cheng Huailiang and Cheng Lingyun for a round of questioning, and suddenly burst out laughing. However, when Cheng Yaojin learned that Qin Yu had sent some unknown trinkets as betrothal gifts, he also puffed out his chest and glared with wide eyes.

  Cheng Yaojin wanted to take a look, but Cheng Lingyun refused to let him see it, saying that he was afraid of damaging the sprouts of sweet potatoes and potatoes. In the end, Cheng Yaojin still didn't get to see it.

  Qin Yu wanted to buy a house, but he only had 800 yuan. He thought it was not enough to buy a house in Chang'an. Cheng Yaojin asked him and Cheng Lingyun said that if they couldn't afford a house in Chang'an city, they could just buy one outside the city.

  Cheng Yaojin was again blowing his beard and staring, they all came to Chang'an to buy a house, not in the city but in the suburbs, what's going on, but Cheng Lingyun insisted, Cheng Yaojin finally followed her will, instructing Cheng Huailiang to take a look at what good places there are outside the city.

  Cheng Lingyun insisted on this, but Qin Yu had said that he didn't want to live in Chang'an City. According to Qin Yu's original intention, he didn't even want to come to Chang'an, but he couldn't bear Cheng Lingyun's resentful gaze.

  Cheng Lingyun certainly knew when to stop while she was ahead, and since they weren't married yet, she naturally didn't want to give Qin Yu a bad impression. So, she insisted on buying a house outside the city.

  The next day, Cheng Huailiang set his sights on a mountain villa in the southern suburbs of Chang'an. Originally, it was someone else's, but Cheng Huailiang didn't know who. However, he did know that this mountain villa was for sale, along with the surrounding mountains, forests, and fields, covering an area of about ten miles around, which was quite large. The arable land alone had nearly three thousand mu.

  The price is really expensive, asking for 50,000 yuan, but there's only one place like this, the house is big, with mountains and so much land, thinking about his sister's future, Cheng Huailiang rushed back home to tell Cheng Yaowen.

  Cheng Yaojin listened, and without saying another word, he immediately agreed. The deed to the land worth 50,000 guan was thus obtained. However, when it came to Cheng Lingyun, no matter how hard Cheng Yaojin tried to persuade her, she refused to give it up as dowry, insisting that it belonged to Qin Yu. Cheng Yaojin had no choice but to agree.

  In the end, the owner of this land deed became Qin Yu. As long as Qin Yu came to Chang'an and signed his name, he would become the owner. Cheng Yaojin sighed that women were outwardly strong but inwardly weak, yet the adoration in her eyes was clear.

  With a house and land, Cheng Lingyun directly ran to the mountain villa according to Qin Yu's steps, planting sweet potatoes and potatoes. To be at ease, Cheng Lingyun personally took care of them, checking on them dozens of times a day before feeling at peace, not even returning home.

  Cheng Yaojin finally understood, getting anxious and flustered was useless. This precious daughter of his had already been won over by Qin Yu. And they weren't even married yet! After thinking it over, Cheng Yaojin felt uneasy again and sent Cheng Huailiang to keep an eye on Qin Yu once more. As soon as Qin Yu recovered from his injuries, he would immediately be sent to Chang'an to get married.

  As for whether Qin Qiong would agree to acknowledge the relationship with Qin Yu, and whether he was willing to act as a matchmaker, Cheng Yaojin couldn't care less about that now. At this moment, his daughter's heart had already flown to Qin Yu, so even if there wasn't a matchmaker, they could just invite one later. If all else failed, they could even ask the Emperor to be the matchmaker - at most, it would just make them lose some face.

  Cheng Huailiang stayed at home for only three days before taking his family servants to Yongnian County. This time, he brought real family servants, not soldiers or generals. Qin Yu's injuries were also healing rapidly, thanks to the medicinal ointment provided by Cai Langzhong.

  Qin Yu discovered that Cai Langzhong was a talented person, and privately revealed his intention to recruit him. Knowing that Qin Yu would soon become the uncle of the Cheng family, Cai Langzhong naturally agreed at the first time. He is a doctor with medical ethics and has a good future, who wouldn't be willing?

  Qin Yu was overjoyed, and having a good doctor by his side was also a great thing. It wasn't easy to get medical treatment in the Tang Dynasty, and Qin Yu wanted to improve the medical standards of the Tang Dynasty, so he naturally needed a good doctor. This time, before even starting, he had already found talent.

  A doctor who can develop his own medicine is not a talent. What is a talent? Qin Yu was very confident that the doctor's self-made ointment had anti-inflammatory effects, otherwise it wouldn't be so effective.

  As for Sun Simiao, the Divine Dragon appears at the beginning but not at the end. Nobody knows where he is. Qin Yu wants to find Sun Simiao and if possible, bluff his way through so that he won't be afraid of getting sick either. Unfortunately, there isn't even a shadow of him in sight, how can he bluff then?

  When Qin Yu was able to walk slowly on the ground, Cheng Huailiang hurried over in a flurry, without saying a word, and followed closely behind Qin Yu. Wherever Qin Yu went, Cheng Huailiang went too. When Qin Yu asked for the reason, Cheng Huailiang evaded the question, and Qin Yu had no choice but to accept having a tail following his butt.

  It's been half a month again, and Qin Yu's injury has finally healed without any major issues. However, he still can't engage in intense exercise or go on long journeys for the time being.

  Qin Yu still remembered what he promised to Village Zheng, so he returned to Zhangjiacun, nursing his wounds while teaching the children to read and write, as well as mathematics.