Chapter 328 Trust and Betrayal (Part 2)
After the shock of the "imperial envoy" incident, Grandpa Xia and Madam Zhou contacted several families who had engagements with their descendants, hoping to get married as soon as possible.
Of course, they are also mentally prepared for the other party to break the contract and lose their credibility.
After all, the one they offended was not someone else, but the imperial envoy. Although the imperial envoy was perverse and unpopular, and eventually ran to the mountains for unknown reasons and was eaten clean by wild wolves, he was still a person of status after all.
What if there is a loyal subordinate, a reliable relative, a colleague with whom one is closely connected, and wants to take revenge on someone? Wouldn't someone like me who has no foundation in the family be a perfect target?
Fortunately, the few marriages arranged by my family were with families that valued trustworthiness.
Xia Dalang's husband valued Xia Dalang's talent and future. Besides, he didn't want his daughter to be chosen into the palace. Without waiting for the Xia family to mention it, he took the initiative to propose to arrange the marriage as soon as possible.
Once the Xia family made their intention known, both parties hit it off and immediately agreed on the details of the marriage.
Although the "background check" on Doctor Xiao Hu has not been completed, except for Xia Daohua himself, everyone else has a good impression of him and does not think that his lack of relatives is a big flaw - especially the Xia family who came from Beiguan Village.
Beiguan Village is located at the border between Da Chu and Beiman. There was no war in any year. There was no war without casualties. It was not uncommon for families, clans, and even villages to be destroyed.
Therefore, they basically accepted Doctor Xiao Hu's life story and were not worried that he was lying. Even if he concealed something, as long as it did not delay him from being nice to Xia Yujiao, it would not be a problem.
Xia Daohua didn't think so easily, but she watched from the sidelines and found that Doctor Xiao Hu was really good to Xia Yujiao.
Moreover, the Xia family had revealed their true colors to Doctor Xiao Hu.
But Doctor Xiao Hu seemed to have taken a liking to Xia Yujiao as a person. After learning about her painful experience, he not only did not retreat or hesitate, but seemed to feel even more pity for Xia Yujiao.
This made Xia Daohua unable to bear to oppose this marriage.
When the Xia family expressed their desire to advance the wedding, Dr. Hu readily agreed.
He happily sold his original shop and took out all his savings over the years to buy a small courtyard with two entrances near the slum where the Xia family rented. He used the front as a clinic and the back as a home for him and Xia Yujiao to live together.
Doctor Xiao Hu's brother is still young, so he can live in the same yard with his brother and sister-in-law for the time being.
In fact, this is only the case in places like Kissho Prefecture, which are too close to Kyoto, so they are more particular.
For ordinary people, let alone living in the same courtyard, it was common for an underage brother-in-law to live in the same room and sleep on the same kang with his brother and sister-in-law.
As for the marriage between Wei Shiqi and Lihua, originally the Xia family wanted to keep Lihua for two more years, and Wei Shiqi was eager to advance it. When the Xia family passed the word, Wei Shiqi was so happy that he jumped up in front of the matchmaker, not at all his usual calmness.
Xia Daohua reflected on herself for once.
I need to be more careful in the future.
The family members were like frightened birds, and hastily postponed several scheduled marriages. After all, they were still scared by what happened this time.
The Xia family devoted themselves to preparing for the wedding, and all three weddings were held in advance. The ones who were under the most pressure were actually the old couple.
Although each branch of the Xia family has been divided into separate households, and Xia Daohua has even listed the female household separately in the household registration, the old couple still regard each and every child as their own responsibility.
Therefore, all these tasks of preparing for the wedding made the old couple so nervous that they could hardly eat or sleep well. With strong anxiety, they ordered the whole family around.
Xia Daohua was busy for two days, trying to comfort the old couple, giving them reassurances, and saying all the nice things she could, but she still couldn't appease the old couple until her mouth was dry and her tongue was parched.
She was thinking about whether to find an excuse to hide away, preferably for two days, when Si Xi came to her house with a letter from Wang.
(End of this chapter)
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