Chapter 35 Chapter 35

Chapter 35

The marriage between the Li and Xu families is settled.

The two families coincidentally ordered snacks, wedding cakes and other items for their wedding at an inconspicuous little shop in West Market.

No matter from whose perspective.

This marriage arranged by the Queen is related to Xiao Hongniang, and must be arranged in her family.

Li Yunjing's second aunt contacted the Xu family while asking Minister Li to write a letter back to Longxi to inform the child's parents.

I guess Li Yunjing's parents were completely confused when they received the letter.

It’s not just the man’s parents who are confused.

The girl’s family didn’t know what to say.

The happiest person was none other than Xu Yuanwailang. He was only a fifth-rank official and had no virtue or ability to marry into the family of Li Shilang's nephew.

Not to mention the Queen's arrangement for the marriage.

The front yard was happy, but the atmosphere in the backyard was a little strange.

If there is any dissatisfaction, then it certainly does not exist.

Everyone would be happy with such a good marriage.

But more than that, I still feel confused.

Why?

The mistress of the Xu family thought to herself that among her three daughters, why was it that the youngest daughter had the best marriage fate.

Whether it was the Zhang family that her grandparents wanted to settle down in, or the current Li family, both families have outstanding daughters.

Why didn't her third and fourth daughters, who were so beautiful in her eyes, have such luck?

This awkward feeling diluted a lot of the joy, and the servants didn't dare to say much.

Unfortunately, no matter how awkward it is, no one can change it.

The Li family is not as easy to talk to as the Zhang family.

The reason they were able to interact with Mrs. Li was because of Xu Xiaomei.

Xu Xiaomei lives in the yard where her grandparents used to live. The main house is sealed off, and she reads in the room next door.

Since the announcement of the imperial examination results, she has hardly left the house.

It’s not that someone was under house arrest, they were just too lazy to go out. When the imperial decree granting the marriage came down, her surprise was genuine.

Arranged marriage?

She and Li Shusheng were actually married by the Queen? !

There was confusion in Xu Xiaomei's eyes, she was a little confused.

No matter what, the Xu family and the Li family are now preparing for the wedding. Is she really going to marry Li Shusheng?

Xu Xiaomei blushed a little.

If nothing else, that guy is really handsome.

That's pretty good.

The happier Xu Xiaomei is, the angrier the third lady of the Xu family is.

She cried in front of her mother every day these days, and the mistress of the Xu family was very distressed.

But it's not easy to persuade people about this kind of thing.

Knowing that her daughter was unhappy, she had no choice but to comfort her: "It's good this way. Before she gets married, she can settle the matter between you and the Zhang family."

The Zhang family was originally hesitant, but now they don’t have to hesitate anymore.

Who would have thought that news came out from the Zhang family that Master Zhang, the newly admitted scholar who ranked 27th in the second class this year, was discussing marriage with another family.

this?

What is going on? !

When the mother of the head of the Xu family came to visit, the other side said vaguely that his family had already discussed it with the grandparents of the Xu family, and there was no need to say who the people who discussed it were.

They wanted to arrange the marriage earlier, but your family disagreed. Now, good girls are destined to marry into better families, and you can't stop them from finding another good girl.

Everything he said was cryptic.

The Zhang family also feels wronged.

They came into contact with the Xu family because of the interactions among their elders. Besides, Xu Xiaomei was well-read and quiet, but well-mannered and sensible, so his family thought she was a good person.

So when the Xu family's mourning period was over, his family came to the door to make suggestions.

But your family doesn't want to marry off the youngest daughter, but the third daughter. You've been putting it off for so long and haven't replied to my letters, hoping that they'll give in half-heartedly.

Now that things are like this, there is no need to say more.

The Zhang family was sensible and knew that this had nothing to do with Xu Xiaomei. They also knew that this incident almost caused a good girl to be married five hundred miles away.

But when facing the mistress of the Xu family, he seemed to complain.

Can a daughter raised by a confused and biased person be a good one?

So stop talking, everyone go back to your own homes and find your true love.

The capital is so big, how could it be difficult to find a good daughter-in-law?

The Zhang family did this as a last act of stubbornness among respectable people.

Su Yinyin listened to Sister Zhang gossiping with her and said, "What about Sister Xu? She still has to live at home."

"So I thought about asking her to go out and play more often, instead of staying at home." Sister Zhang said, a little embarrassed, "But it's not convenient for me, so I thought of you, you can ask her to go out and play more often."

inconvenient?

Su Yinyin tilted her head to look at her.

Sister Zhang couldn't help but rub her little face: "I really hope my baby is as cute as you."

Baby? !

Su Yinyin looked at Sister Zhang’s belly.

Is there a baby in there?

That's something you really need to be careful about.

Su Yinyin's breathing became cautious, for fear of disturbing the baby in her belly.

Sister Zhang is so soft-hearted. Who doesn’t want a child like this?

Not long after, Master Cheng came back from duty. He looked much more stable, but his eyes sparkled when he looked at his wife.

The two people who committed suicide to be together have now not only formed a family, but also have children.

Both the two of them and the Cheng and Zhang families were happy about this.

Although the elders of the two families still have different political views, for the sake of the children, they can sit down and talk together. This is progress!

Sister Zhang gave her the important task of inviting Sister Xu, and Su Yinyin naturally took it to heart.

Sister Daguo and Yang Li’s wedding banquet will be held in a few days, so you can invite her to come along then.

When Li Shusheng heard about this, he decided to come.

On the day of the wedding banquet, not only the entire Su family was present, but also a group of people followed behind.

Daguo welcomed this very much. After all, a wedding banquet must be lively and exciting.

Besides, the two people who were destined to be together have come, which is also a happy occasion.

It was the first time Li Shusheng and Xu Xiaomei met after they were granted marriage, so they were inevitably a little nervous.

Especially Xu Xiaomei, it was fine when she hadn't met the other person, but after meeting him, she always felt uncomfortable.

She really wants to marry a handsome man.

I didn’t expect that I could actually get married.

Li Shusheng seemed to see through her thoughts and said in shock: "Ye Gong likes dragons?!"

Su Yinyin laughed out loud.

That's right.

Xu Xiaomei said faintly: "The anecdote is false, but my feelings are real."

What I mean is, don't make any comparisons, there is no way to compare.

Su Yinyin couldn't help laughing again.

It's over. She could watch the two of them bickering all day long.

Li Ruiyuan was peeling some fruit nearby. He didn't touch the food and just smiled at the baby.

He looks sick and has been feeling unwell lately.

Su Yinyin asked someone to bring him some hot tea and asked, "Are you leaving?"

Li Ruiyuan hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Yes, it's almost done."

Now it is the end of August and the weather has gradually turned cooler.

As usual in previous years, we will go to the hot spring resort in late September.

Su Yinyin rubbed Li Ruiyuan's stomach and whispered, "Then you should eat more."

He will try his best.

We are two little kids, you take care of me and I take care of you, it's funny and heartwarming to watch.

Xu Xiaomei couldn't take her eyes away.

She is obsessed with looks.

Two little babies together means double the attraction.

Li Yunjing gritted his teeth.

After relying on his looks for more than 20 years, he lost to two kids.

The Daguo family’s banquet was held in the orchard and was simple and lively.

In a wedding where the bride marries into the man's family, the bride's parents will definitely be sitting in the hall.

As for Yang Li's family, they didn't even show up.

This does not affect the joy of the wedding.

Several orchard owners nearby came to celebrate. Some even thought that since their daughters were promising but their sons were incompetent in taking care of the orchards, they might as well take in a son-in-law as well.

They look no different from ordinary people.

The discussion among the crowd made the Su couple look at their daughter.

Who wouldn’t be moved if they have a daughter?

This way, my daughter can stay at home forever.

Brother Su Xian even nodded.

That’s right, this way his sister can stay at home and he can support her for the rest of her life.

Li Ruiyuan calmly placed the fruit in front of the baby without saying a word.

As September approached, the weather in Bianjing gradually turned cooler.

The reply from Li Yunjing's parents finally arrived.

When the two learned the whole story from the letter, they were both ecstatic. They thanked the Queen for granting the marriage and said that they had entrusted the matter to their second uncle's family.

In short, the same meaning.

It’s a good thing if the child wants to get married!

Such a good marriage must be seized!

It seems that these two people have been worrying a lot about Li Shusheng's marriage.

At the end he said only a few words, saying that it was good that he had passed the imperial examination, and that his father would feel much more at ease.

He also said that I could go home after taking the college entrance examination next year, and everything would be fine at home.

With this letter, the two families officially entered the marriage process.

Su Yinyin felt that she had just attended Sister Daguo's wedding, and it would probably be Sister Xu's soon.

In mid-September, the couple's wedding date was set.

They would wait until the imperial examination was over next year and get married in May. After the wedding in the capital, they would go to Longxi together.

Li Yunjing would write letters to Xu Xiaomei whenever he had nothing to do, and all he wrote about were the scenery he saw along the way.

The general meaning is that after getting married, they can travel around and go home for a year or two.

Xu Xiaomei was quite excited about this and even went to learn horse riding in advance so that they could go out and play together.

It's possible!

Even Su Yinyin was envious!

When she grows up, she also wants to go out and travel!

There are many places I haven’t been to in my previous life, I must try them in this life!

After a discussion among the parties, Li Ruiyuan borrowed the garden of Prince Ning's family and took everyone to the horse farm to practice.

Until the end of September, he had not left the capital.

No one else knew about this, only Su Yinyin felt a little strange.

She always speaks her mind, and asked behind people's back, "Yuan Rui, are you leaving this year?"

At this time last year, he was no longer in Bian Jing.

Su Yinyin just thought that he was extremely afraid of the cold, and although she didn't know why, she was still a little worried.

Recently, many people have been urging him to go to the hot spring resort.

Especially the queen, he woke up from nightmares every night and it became extremely difficult for him to eat.

The meat that I had worked so hard to grow in the past few months is almost gone recently.

Li Ruiyuan was silent for a moment. The seven-year-old boy looked a little tired. He just said, "It will only be a few days."

"Then you were still not in the capital on your birthday?" Su Yinyin asked again.

Li Ruiyuan’s birthday is October 28th, which is still a month away.

The seven-year-old child nodded silently.

He couldn't delay any longer. The increasingly cold weather was making his health worse, and he was always awakened by nightmares at night.

The meat that was raised in the past few months has disappeared in recent times.

Su Yinyin held his hand and said, "It's okay. We can play together again when the weather gets better."

As the best friend, Su Yinyin had been paying attention to Yuan Rui's situation. Knowing that he was going to a warm place, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

I can't bear to see him getting thinner like this!

This is meat that is raised with great effort!

It made her feel a little sad.

Li Ruiyuan didn't know that the baby was worried about her, and she forced herself to say, "You can continue to use the garden. When the weather gets warmer, we can go hunting together."

hunt!

She wants to go!

Seeing the baby happy, Li Ruiyuan smiled.

The most important thing is that Yinyin is happy!

He can also take the baby to travel!

While he was changing into riding clothes, Su Yinyin deliberately dawdled and walked to the side of Yuan Rui's servant.

The servant's name is Guo Zhan, he is seventeen years old and has been serving the prince.

Su Yinyin was also very familiar with him, but it was the first time that she deliberately spoke to him behind Yuan Rui's back: "Brother Guo Zhan, is the place Yuan Rui is going to very close to the capital?"

Last year, the two little kids communicated with each other and it only took five days for them to communicate back and forth.

Su Yinyin calculated carefully and thought the distance should not be far.

Guo Zhan had sent a letter at that time, so he naturally knew about it.

Guo Zhan nodded: "Replying to Miss Yinyin, it's not far, what's the matter?"

The tiny baby Yin Yin waved at him, signaling him to listen attentively because she wanted to tell him something in secret.

"That's right. Will it be convenient for me to go there at that time?"

"I want to give Yuan Rui a birthday present."

“Give it to him on his birthday as a surprise.”

this?

Is this appropriate?

The servant Guo Zhan was unable to react for a moment.

He didn't know whether it was convenient or not.

After all, after all, it is the royal villa.

Moreover, it takes five days to go back and forth, and it’s very cold, so baby Yinyin will suffer.

But Guo Zhan couldn't refuse.

Because he knew that if baby Yinyin went, His Highness would definitely be very happy.

Guo Zhan had no choice but to say, "I have to go back and report to the master and his wife before I can reply to you."

Su Yinyin understood very well and nodded obediently, continuing in a low voice: "Don't tell Yuan Rui, it will be a surprise if it succeeds, and I won't be disappointed if it doesn't."

The two of them agreed and had a common secret.

This is something Su Yinyin has seriously considered.

On her birthday, Yuan Rui gave her such a wonderful gift, a beautiful and shining little butterfly, which is still her favorite pendant to this day.

But she couldn't afford such a good gift.

Since money can’t compare, let’s compare the thoughts!

Su Yinyin plans to visit Yuan Rui on his birthday and celebrate his birthday in person.

She also prepared a birthday gift, hoping Yuan Rui would like it.

Her friends took as much care in their birthdays as she did, so she wanted to do the same.

Guo Zhan thought to himself, no wonder His Highness likes babies so much, who wouldn’t like a baby like this?

Cute and well-behaved.

It’s a pity that he can’t have children in this life.

I want to cry.

After Guo Zhan returned to the palace, he reported the matter to the Queen Mother. The Queen was naturally surprised and nodded, saying, "This is simple. When the time comes, just ask the people in the temporary palace to be careful in what they say and do."

"But I'm afraid it will snow, so please prepare some thick clothes for the children."

"What a good kid."

If she hadn't been so busy recently, she really wanted to see Xiao Yinyin earlier.

After the provincial examination, there is an assessment of all officials, then it is the New Year, and then there is the metropolitan examination at the beginning of the new year.

She and the emperor were worried about their child's birthday and they couldn't even spend the New Year together.

Now that Yinyin is with them on their birthday, they feel relieved.

After getting the confirmation, Su Yinyin received a big bag of gifts, all of which were the thickest clothes and the best charcoal, for fear that she would be cold on the road.

The Su couple did not refuse this time.

It was one thing that I had already promised my daughter to go celebrate Yuan Rui's birthday, but it was another thing that I was worried that she would be cold on the way.

Seeing that the other party's family was fully prepared, I felt a lot more at ease.

After Yuan Rui left the capital, the weather did get colder and colder. Su Yinyin was very busy. Every day she either went out to play with Sister Xu or followed her mother to deliver wedding cakes to various families.

Speaking of which, her family's dim sum business is getting worse and worse, but the wedding cake business is becoming more and more stable.

It’s not that Hui Nu’s dim sum is not delicious, but to put it in modern terms.

The market is too competitive!

All dim sum shops launch new products almost every month!

There is a wide variety of dim sum.

Su Yinyin noticed this trend last year, and it is even more obvious this year.

Fortunately, life is bearable and the Su couple are not in a hurry.

They have two things to do recently.

One is the year-end assessment of Xicheng Bingmasi in October.

Deputy Envoy Su has been following the Commander of the Fire Prohibition Bureau for half a year, so this assessment is particularly important.

Only if the result of this assessment is top-notch can one be promoted to the seventh rank.

Only when one reaches the seventh rank can one take over the position of the commander-in-chief after he retires.

Deputy Envoy Su has always been a serious person, and he has become even more majestic in recent times.

Even when eating at home, he always wanted to stand up straight, and his words and actions were a model for the army.

Promotion and salary increase.

Who doesn’t want that!

Deputy Envoy Su held his wife's hand with a serious face and said, "The annual salary of a seventh-rank official is 12 shi of wheat, and the annual salary of a seventh-rank official is 15 shi. I must be promoted."

Who was promoted to that little wheat?

Deputy Envoy Su came here just for this little bit of wheat.

It is his responsibility to feed his family.

Madam Su comforted him: "Your test scores were always top in previous years, so you will definitely pass this year."

She knew how diligent her husband was when he was on duty.

No one, whether boss or subordinate, said anything bad.

That being said, we should still be nervous.

Every day when Su Yinyin sees her father coming back, she is always the first to greet him, hugging him and saying, "Dad, you are back."

This is also the time when Deputy Envoy Su is most relaxed.

His soft and obedient daughter hugged him, and all his worries for the day disappeared.

Everyone in the family was nervous except Deputy Envoy Su.

The same is true for Su Xian.

This is the second thing for the Su family, the children’s examination.

Now it is October, and in just over three months, he will take the examination for the scholar status.

Su Xian, who will be eleven this year and twelve next year, is taking his first imperial examination and must be nervous.

When Su Yinyin has nothing to do, she helps her brother grind ink in front of his desk. Good luck on the exam!

Fortunately, Li Shusheng noticed this and came over to help him study when he had nothing to do.

His marriage was arranged by the Su family, and tutoring was easy for him.

The question is, is it really that simple?

Inside the Hui Nu Dim Sum Shop.

Li Yunjing gave the lecture with a gloomy face.

I have never seen such a simple question before, how come Su Xian can’t understand it!

Su Xian also had a gloomy face. Could you please not skip the part? He hadn’t learned it at all and this wasn’t even tested in the children’s exam!

Su Yinyin listened to the two top students studying and instinctively defended her brother: "Don't go beyond the syllabus when teaching. You should study what you are going to be tested on, right?"

"No." Li Shusheng said righteously.

"Yes." The person outside answered seriously.

Su Yinyin and the other two looked outside the store at the same time.

Xu Xiaomei waved to the three people. Li Shusheng stood up and widened his eyes: "Why did you come here with him?"

Everyone knows the person who was right just now.

Even Su Yinyin has seen it.

Mr. Zhang.

The one who almost got engaged to Sister Xu.

No wonder Li Shusheng reacted so strongly.

"I met him on the road." After Xu Xiaomei said this, Li Shusheng pulled her sleeve and walked her aside.

The handsome scholar looked anxious, but Xu Xiaomei smiled and quickly smoothed his hair.

"He came here on business."

What business?

Su Xian and Su Yinyin put their two little heads together, and the brother and sister seemed to have the answer in their hearts.

What else can you do when you come to their store?

"Brother, I'm scared." Su Yinyin leaned on her brother's shoulder.

Su Xian nodded: "I will definitely come to find you."

They're used to it!

Master Zhang looked embarrassed, but he still walked up to Su Yinyin and bowed to the little kid: "Um, Miss Su, can you help me see when my marriage will come?"

It is true.

Su Yinyin's reputation as a matchmaker was already solid.

After the marriage was arranged by the Queen, he was even called the reincarnation of a god from heaven.

Otherwise, how could she be so beautiful and blessed?

They are not deliberately matchmaking, they are just pointing out the destined marriage in this world.

Don't ask why the rumor is so outrageous.

She's used to it anyway.

But she didn't expect that Master Zhang would also come.

"Help him find a good family as soon as possible." Li Shusheng came over, "I also wish him a happy marriage and a son soon."

Xu Xiaomei wanted to glare at him, but he deliberately showed his good-looking profile, so she had no choice but to say, "Don't say that."

Mr. Zhang had no desire to live. He rolled his eyes quietly and said helplessly, "If my marriage wasn't really going wrong, I wouldn't have believed these blindly."

Rather than believing the rumors, it would be more accurate to say that he had grown tired of blind dates and came to Xishi Xiaohongniang to try his luck.

Unexpectedly, I met Xu's sister on the road and saw Li Shusheng in the store.

After this period of time, Master Zhang has let go of what happened before.

Knowing that Xu's sister has found a good home, although he is reluctant to let her go, he will not pester her and so he concentrates on meeting other people.

He met every family with sincerity, but always encountered various problems.

Still a weird question.

"What happened?" Su Yinyin quietly took some melon seeds from the table and shared them with everyone.

A group of people were cracking melon seeds while listening to Master Zhang talk about his recent experiences.

When Madam Su passed by, she almost drove their table home to play.

The store is small to begin with, how come there are so many people here?

After a while, Madam Su also joined the group eating melon seeds. Since there were no customers, it would be interesting to listen to what Master Zhang had to say.

Master Zhang concealed the names of each family to make sure not to expose the other party, but the more he talked, the more hopeless he became.

"After I passed the imperial examination, many families came to discuss marriage, but not many were suitable."

"One of the families was in a good mood, but within half a month, a cousin from her hometown came and showed her the engagement from that year."

"The other party paid a lot of gifts as an apology."

Su Yinyin summarized.

Halfway through the conversation, I found out that the girl's family wanted to elope.

We haven't even met yet, but the other party's marriage has been arranged at the last minute.

What happened is that the horse had diarrhea on the day of the meeting and he was not there, so the meeting was off.

If this isn't outrageous enough.

After the parents and children of both sides took a liking to each other.

The Ministry of Personnel issued a transfer order, and the other party's master was given a lucrative post in another place, and his whole family had to leave Beijing.

It had been many years since she left Beijing, and her family was reluctant to let their daughter marry far away, so they planned to send her back to the local area.

Who can I go to for justice in this matter?

If we add to that the previous experience with the Xu family.

The accidents that happened during Master Zhang's marriage proposal were really varied.

If someone doesn't know him, they will definitely guess that it's his problem.

But Su Yinyin had met Mr. Zhang several times, and knew the Zhang family's integrity in the Xu family's marriage, so she knew it was definitely not his fault.

Faced with the situation of the Xu family, his family was able to stick to their ideas and sincerely wished Sister Xu the best afterwards. They are really not a bad family.

The things he experienced can only be described in two words.

Bad luck.

Pure bad luck.

Everyone at the table wanted to laugh but didn't dare to. It was Master Zhang who spread his hands and said, "Laugh, everyone in my family is laughing."

It was indeed a bit funny to see Su Yinyin burying her head in her brother's shoulder.

But she didn't know what to do in this situation.