26, marriage
"No!" Li agreed, "I was willing to tell Ru Jie'er to the third young master of the Zhang family. Although he was a illegitimate child, he looked better than the second wife's legitimate child. I asked about it. He was nineteen this year. Because he was determined to get a fame and fortune, he had not yet been engaged. He was just like Ru Jie'er! I was afraid that the Zhang family would dislike Ru Jie'er's origin, so I didn't dare to mention it!"
I've already inquired about it, and it seems that Li was very moved! "Don't worry, mom, since Young Master Zhang San is going to take the imperial examination, he won't get engaged in a while, just take it slowly! The fourth sister is good, but what if she has a bad background? People who really care about the fourth sister won't care about her background!"
"Silly child!" Li shook his head and said, "Even if someone really doesn't care that your fourth sister is of a low background, his parents may not care. Ru Jie'er will have to serve her mother-in-law in the future. If her mother-in-law doesn't like her, what good life can she have?"
"Then find someone without a mother-in-law..." Xu Shu said coquettishly.
"The more I talk, the more stupid I feel!" Li smiled, and then thought about it, this was a good idea!
"Madam, the old lady, please go to Songde Hall!" Mingxia led Su Yu in.
Seeing Su Yu's discomfort, Li guessed that the Song family was coming, so he nodded and stood up and prepared to leave.
Xu Shu grabbed Li's hand, "Mom, I have something to tell you!"
After leaving everyone, Xu Shu said, "Is the second master of the Song family coming today? They must have come to discuss the engagement between the two families! Young Master Song Liu is a legitimate child, so our Xu family naturally cannot marry a illegitimate child. Now the Xu family has a legitimate daughter with a suitable age. The Song family also knows that the eighth sister was accused of, of course, it will not be the eighth sister, so there will be only the seventh sister and the tenth sister left!"
When Li heard Xu Shu say seriously that Xu Ting might be about to marry into the Song family, he couldn't help but exclaim, "Sister Shu, what were you talking about?"
"Mom, listen to me!" Xu Shu continued with a firm expression, "Because one of the seventh sister and tenth sisters always want to marry into the Song family, I didn't plead for the first time when my mother asked Nanny Sun to teach the Tenth Sister's rules. Tenth Sister was reckless, and then Mrs. Song was not a good match. She would definitely suffer when she married. Now we will make up our minds to teach, which is better than being taught by others then!"
Li was silent. When the Song family mentioned the marriage, she did want to marry Xu Sheng, but because Xu Sheng and Song Wencai were a little older, she kept hesitating.
Xu Shu said, "It is obvious that the Xu Song family wants to marry. If the Song family does not propose marriage, I may not have this idea. But now the Song family has mentioned it on their own initiative. Does my mother still want to give it to someone else?"
Li naturally didn't think so. When Song Hong proposed to establish a marriage contract for the Xu and Song families, Li thought about it. The only ones who had not yet settled in the Song family, the only ones who were not married to the Song family were Song Liu, and there were several girls who were suitable for the Xu family. However, after leaving a few concubines, only Xu Yuan and Xu Sheng were born. However, Xu Yuan was accused of the Song family and knew that they would definitely not accept Xu Yuan. Then only Xu Sheng was left. Xu Sheng was only eleven years old, but Song Wencai was already fifteen years old, and he was a little too old.
"My eyes... my marriage with Duke Rong's Mansion is obviously not possible..."
"Sister Shu!" Li shouted.
"Mom, my daughter finally mustered up the courage to say it out, so let her finish it!" Xu Shu looked serious, "The marriage to Duke Rong's mansion was given by the late emperor himself, and she must not regret it. But I cannot marry into Duke Rong's mansion like this. In the early years, the third aunt said sarcastic words openly and secretly and broke with her mother, but she wanted the eighth sister to marry into the Qi family for me. Now the third aunt cannot replace me and owe a favor to the eldest wife, so naturally it is difficult to compete for the marriage of Duke Rong's mansion again, and the Song family has no face to fight. The Qi family, the Song family, is just right for the seventh sister and the tenth sister!"
Li was stunned after hearing this because Xu Shu said this to the deepest thought in her heart, but she never dared to tell anyone about this idea. Even Xu Hui only mentioned it once, but Xu Hui did not express her opinion, so she did not mention it again.
"Qi Family...that was a marriage that was intended for you..." Li said with difficulty, "Even if you can't marry the fourth young master, even the eldest young master can do it..." Although Qi Peng has leg problems, he may not be able to inherit the title of Duke Rong, but Qi Peng broke his legs to save the horse. With the favor of the royal family, he can be rich and prosperous for the rest of his life.
"But will the family want it like this? A blind man is a lame man? He is a lame man, and he is not worthy of me, a blind man!" Xu Shu pulled off the eye-covering cloth belt, her a pair of apricot eyes were like pearls covered with dust, and her dark eyes were covered with a layer of gray and blue smoke. Because she couldn't see it, her pupils were a little dissipated.
Li was very beautiful when she was young, but among her four daughters, only Xu Jing and Xu Shu looked like her, especially Xu Shu, but Xu Shu had covered her eyes with a cloth belt since Xu Shu had broken her eyes, so that others forgot her appearance.
Li cried and wiped Xu Shu's tears a little bit, and tied the cloth belt for her, "Child, I really can't bear to let you stay in the Xu family for the rest of your life. Your seventh brother is still young, but your mother, I am already in my forties. How long can I protect you? I always have to see you have a trap for the rest of my life before I can feel at ease!"
"So I can't marry into the Qi family!" Since Xu Ting wants to marry into the Qi family, she will fulfill her wishes! "I will find a good marriage for the Qi sister and the Ten Sisters. In the future, they will also take care of me if they think of this friendship in the future!"
As expected, An was also there when Li came. Seeing Li come in, An snorted angrily, and Li ignored it.
"We're all in one place, let's get back to the point!" Xu Guan said, "Today, Changzhi came to our two families to make an engagement not long ago!"
When An mentioned the word "partnership", An immediately focused and looked at Song Hong with a gaze.
"Yes! I came here today just to choose someone. I wonder which daughter Xu Gong wants to choose to match my son's literary talent?" After saying that, Song Hong looked at Xu Guan.
Xu Guan looked at An, then looked at his eldest son and his wife, and then said, "I want the two daughters under the eldest son..."
When An heard this, he became anxious and was about to refute, Xu Guan's eyes swept away. An could only shut up unwillingly. Xu Guan was no better than Wang. An dared to be arrogant in front of Wang, but was still afraid of Xu Guan.
Xu Hui's two daughters, not Xu Shu, nor Xu Yuan, were no longer Xu Hong. Song Hong was very confident. Although he promised that no matter who testified that Song Wencai was innocent, he would hire someone for Song Wencai, but he still didn't want to ask him to marry a daughter-in-law with a bad reputation. "Since that's the case, I wonder if Brother Xu is willing to marry Ling Yan to a dog son?"
The Song family is a good marriage, and Xu Hui will not be unwilling to do so, but the woman has to be reserved. "Young Master Song is a young talent, and the little girl is vulgar. I am afraid she is not worthy of Young Master Ling!"
Chapter completed!