Madam Yang's face grew even more worried. "Le Wa Zi, what do you think we should do?"

“Aunt, don’t worry about this. I’ll make proper arrangements for you later. I have frequent business dealings with the government in Jincheng, and we have a good relationship. I’ll find a way to get my cousin registered as an official and establish a connection with the government. If he becomes an official, he’ll naturally have that title.”

Yang was stunned for a moment, then her eyes lit up with joy. Her face, which had been covered with dark clouds just a moment ago, was now glowing with happiness.

"Le, Le boy, you're so capable! You actually managed to get this done?"

Anle nodded with a smile, "We've done a lot of business with the government, so they'll naturally give us face. Getting my cousin, Zhishu, an official title won't be a problem."

Yang's breathing was unsteady, and her voice trembled with excitement.

"So, does that mean our Qiao family will now be a family with officials? Like a chicken turning into a phoenix?"

Anle smiled and continued to nod. She said this simply to reassure Yang, to give her some confidence in her own family, and to give her the confidence and enthusiasm to make things happen.

Of course, getting an official position is no problem. The entire Jin City belongs to her. As the lord and queen of Jin City, she can do whatever she wants.

What does a minor official position even matter?

Seeing Anle's confident smile, Madam Yang was both excited and grateful. If it weren't for the difference in their generations, she would have knelt down before Anle.

This kid is a benefactor to their whole family.

"Le Wa Zi, we can't just go to their door to apologize. What should we do? If that girl doesn't come back because of that rascal, how will she interact with people in the future? How can we continue like this?"

"Don't worry about this, Aunt. I've already made arrangements in advance. I was worried that they wouldn't come back, so I offered the City Lord's Mansion a big incentive and introduced them to the business with the Jincheng government. If the City Lord's Mansion wants to do this business, they will definitely send Miss Yan to me again."

Then there will naturally be an opportunity to spend time with my cousin Zhishu. As long as I can seize this opportunity, things will work out.

We have to find a way to change his opinion of Miss Yang, no matter what method we use.

Yang gritted her teeth, "That little brat is a blockhead, a hopeless idiot, he needs a good beating!"

Anle grinned.

"Hey, he needs a good talking-to. Aunt, you need to give Zhishu a good talking-to, but not by forcing him directly. If you want to get back at him, you need to find a different way. Let's try a gentler approach."

In relationships between men and women, although some people don't care about looks, they still need to feel a connection. If we find a few girls that don't click with Zhishu's cousin, he'll inevitably compare them to Miss Yan. And once the comparison happens, he'll naturally realize how good Miss Yan is.

To change one person's opinion of another, that person must first experience the goodness of the other.

In fact, for someone of Yan Qingxue's status and family background to be interested in Cousin Zhishu, it must be because she genuinely likes him as a person. She must feel a connection with him. If she were truly after family background, wealth, and fame, why would she be chasing after Cousin Zhishu and trying to win him over? She would have ignored him or avoided him long ago. Why would she be so eager to get close to him?

This shows that Yan Qingxue is not a materialistic person, but rather someone who lives a carefree and unrestrained life. It can be said that she has never experienced worldly hardships and lives a life detached from worldly affairs.

She focuses more on spiritual needs and a sense of self-satisfaction. Such a person, at least, is not a mercenary or scheming individual.

Isn't it great to be free-spirited, straightforward, and unpretentious?

Yang focused on the word "appeasement" that Anle mentioned, and after pondering for a long time, she couldn't come up with any appeasement method to cure that blockhead.

"Le Wa Zi, you have an idea now? Do you have any good ideas?"

"Well, there is a way. You'll need to cooperate, Aunt. Try to act as convincingly as possible to make it seem real."

Yang asked suspiciously and curiously, "What method?"

Anle smiled and whispered something in Yang's ear. Yang's expression went from stiff to natural, and finally she slapped her thigh in delight.

"Okay, this is a good idea. There's no harm in comparison. You're really good at coming up with ideas, Lewa. I'll get on it for him right away."

After saying this, Yang was overjoyed and rushed off in a flurry.

Not two days later, Madam Yang invited the two elders of the Qiao family to the hall. The scene was extremely formal. Madam Yang, with a serious face, coughed in front of Qiao Zhishu and Qiao Zhili.

"The reason I invited you here today is to talk about Zhishu's important life event. Zhishu has reached the age to get married."

A few days ago, I stayed at my second brother's wife's place in Jincheng for two days. I ran into some old acquaintances there, all from the same village. They introduced me to a girl, and it wouldn't be appropriate to refuse. So I thought I'd let Zhishu meet the girl and get to know her better.

This girl is a good person, someone who can manage money shrewdly. It's just that she has a birthmark on her face, which has kept her unmarried for several years, turning her into an old maid. Although she's a bit older than Zhishu, being a bit older is good too. There's a saying, "A woman three years older is like a gold brick," meaning she's likely to find a partner with two gold bricks to hold.

Upon hearing Yang mention a birthmark on her face, Qiao's mother frowned, her expression clearly showing her displeasure.

"How could we possibly introduce this girl with a birthmark on her face to our Zhishu? This...this is so unlucky!"

Yang patiently said, "Mother, you're being too picky. Do we have any choice? Look at what kind of family we are now. We have no house, no land, and everything we eat, wear, and live in belongs to my sister-in-law."

If you ask me, this is a happy occasion. For a family like ours, it's already quite good that the girl doesn't mind and is willing to marry into our family.

After hearing what Yang said, Qiao's mother paused for a moment, then softened, but hesitated again.

Actually, what her eldest daughter-in-law said made sense. The Qiao family really had nothing now and were living under the eaves of her daughter's house.

If even a shrewd and mercenary person like her eldest daughter-in-law can accept it, what can she say?