"I know." Xiao Yunying picked up a meatball and said, "I was just saying it casually. I didn't expect you to make a lot of money, but I didn't expect you to be so lucky. You actually succeeded."

"Mom! Can't you praise me a little!"

"Okay, okay, I was just kidding. I know you've worked hard these past two years and put in a lot of effort. Keep up the good work in the future."

"Of course, this is my first career, so I will naturally take it seriously."

Sitting to the side, Luo Yang spoke up: "Mother, may I bring someone home for dinner in a few days?"

Xiao Yunying casually asked, "Who is it? My future daughter-in-law?"

Luo Yang was speechless: "It's a man, not a woman."

Xiao Yunying quickly followed up with her bold statement: "What's wrong with men? Men can be my daughters-in-law too."

She regretted it as soon as she finished speaking, secretly glancing at Madam Luo whose expression had changed instantly, and coughed lightly: "I was just joking, don't take it seriously."

Two years ago, Luo Yang passed the imperial examination with top honors and presented the late emperor's edict, choosing to serve as the magistrate of Donglin County.

That's the advantage of living close by. I can stay at the county government office on weekdays and go home to stay during my days off or holidays, and I can also eat a couple more meals cooked by my mother.

Xiao Yunying had never imagined that Luo Yang, who was the most intelligent and composed, was actually the most attached to his home.

But considering that he was abducted when he was a child, I wondered if that experience left a deep shadow in his heart, causing him to feel insecure when he was far from home, which is why he is so attached to his home.

Therefore, she didn't comment much on the matter, not even making a joke or a lighthearted remark.

This was a wound in his heart, and Xiao Yunying didn't want to cause him any further harm through jokes or any other means.

Fortunately, there was nothing else wrong with Luoyang.

Aside from avoiding women...

I wonder if that incident left a psychological scar...

He took the imperial examination three years later than Luo Yang, and after serving for two years, he is now twenty-three years old but still has not married.

Xiao Yunying wasn't in a hurry, but Madam Luo was.

Xiao Yunying believes that as long as the child is doing well, it doesn't matter if they don't get married.

Who says you have to get married? Anyway, God didn't assign her the task of "the child must get married".

However, she dared not say this to Madam Luo, for fear of upsetting Madam Luo.

She could only occasionally use jokes to prove to Madam Luo that she had urged her and was not completely indifferent, in order to ease Madam Luo's anxiety.

She would turn around and tell Luo Yang not to rush, to take his time, and that she wouldn't force him to get married.

She was comforted from both sides at the same time, so that she wouldn't feel uncomfortable being caught in the middle.

Luo Yang knew that she was mainly trying to appease his grandmother, so he didn't care about his mother's occasional nagging and wasn't annoyed or angry at all.