The Song family has been on the decline in recent years, and all the wealthy families in Jiangnan know this, but the Song family is also famous for its arrogance and dominance. The Wu family is a newly-minted wealthy family, and logically the Song family does not need to be so wary of them.
Is the marriage between the Wu family and the Pei family already a done deal? !
Miss Xu and Yu Tang were both nervous. They looked at each other, and Miss Xu smiled impatiently, "Is there such a thing? As far as I know, the eldest son of the Pei family is engaged to Miss Gu, and the second and third sons are still young. As for the other branches..."
She kept it a secret.
Pei Chan didn't understand, but Pei Bo would definitely not get engaged to the Wu family - Pei Bo was such a good student, not to mention the Jin family in Jinling, even their Xu family and even the Yin family would compete for him. Pei Bo was just a scholar now, and his mother would not arrange a marriage for her son before he passed the imperial examination.
Miss Song Liu seemed to be very annoyed by this matter. She frowned and said, "Miss Wu might get engaged to Uncle Pei San."
Pei Yan?!
This is really something new!
Miss Xu glanced at Yu Tang.
Yu Tang happened to look at her.
Both of them saw surprise in each other's eyes.
The tension that Miss Xu had been holding because she was worried that Yu Tang and Pei Yan were having an affair suddenly relaxed.
It turns out that Yu Tang and Pei Yan are not in that kind of relationship, but it is not certain. At least now Yu Tang is not obsessed with it. If he is obsessed with it, he should be sad or angry, not like now. This is good, calm down, and you can get out of the quagmire of Pei Yan.
She breathed a sigh of relief.
Yu Tang felt extremely uncomfortable.
Why is Pei Yan like honey, everyone wants to lick him. But none of those who come to lick him make her feel that she is both beautiful and smart, and can be worthy of him.
This time, it was Yu Tang who couldn't help himself.
She said, "Ms. Song, my daughter's family's reputation is the most important thing. Has the two elders already decided on this matter? You can't just say anything."
Maybe the word "nonsense" in her words irritated Miss Song Liu. Miss Song Liu suddenly went berserk and jumped up and said, "What are you talking about? When did I say nonsense? Miss Wu will bring half of the Wu family's wealth as a dowry when she gets married. Miss Wu is also very beautiful. How could the Pei family reject this marriage? You come from the market, so if you don't understand, don't talk nonsense here."
When Yu Tang heard this, he was extremely angry.
Her face was stern, and she said bluntly: "Song Liu, although I was born in the market, my family does not marry for wealth. Why? Song Liu was born in a family of hairpins in Jiangnan, and I didn't expect that marriage would have such standards. Moreover, you spread the word that Miss Wu was going to marry into the Pei family. Did the Pei family formally propose to the Wu family? Did they formally invite a matchmaker? Did they formally pay the engagement? If so, please tell us who proposed to whom, who was invited to be the matchmaker, and when was the engagement scheduled? If not, I say that you are talking nonsense because we are both guests of the Pei family and I am being polite to you. I say that you are spreading rumors and making trouble. Is this the upbringing of your Song family? Your way of being a guest? I think your Song family is not as good as us, a small family born in the market!"
"You——" Miss Song Liu's eyes turned red with anger, and her hand that was pointing at Yu Tang was shaking.
"What do you mean by 'you'?" Yu Tang didn't give in at all, sneering, "Didn't your Song family ask a nanny for advice? Who told you to point at others when you speak? Don't you know that when you point one finger at others, the other four fingers are pointing at yourself? You have no rules! The Song family has lost its reputation in the past two years, and I think it's all ruined by people like you!"
Miss Song Liu kept saying "you" for a long time before she uttered, tremblingly, "How dare you."
Yu Tang's quarrels were learned from his previous life with Li Duan's mother, Lin. Miss Song Liu's behavior was not good enough.
She took advantage of the victory and did not show any mercy. She raised her eyebrows and laughed, "Why? You think I am being presumptuous and want to go back and complain to the elders? That's great. I also want to find a place to reason. Let's not talk about anything else. Let's first comment on the marriage of the Wu and Pei families. Why did it hinder your Song family? You need your Song family to stand up for the injustice and make a fuss everywhere, as if you are afraid that others don't know. It's also a good opportunity to tell the Wu family that they marry the girl and marry the girl. What does it mean to take half of the Wu family's wealth to propose marriage? When the girl gets married, should she calculate the Wu family's wealth first, so that she doesn't take half of the wealth with her, and the new aunt feels that she has been cheated and feels unfair."
This means that no matter whether the Pei family and the Wu family want to get married or not, the Song family will have to bear the blame.
Miss Song Qi's face turned pale.
Madam Peng and the two young ladies of the Peng family held their teacups with their mouths wide open, not knowing how to close their mouths. Only Miss Xu, the little girl in her heart, laughed so hard that she fell backwards. If she hadn't been concerned about the presence of her unruly cousin, she would have high-fived Yu Tang to help.
In the past, she only thought that Yu Tang was tactful, but she didn't expect that she was so good at quarreling.
Just for this reason, she also wants to have a good relationship with Yu Tang.
These words are so refreshing!
She had to help Yu Tang.
As soon as she thought of this, Miss Xu stood up with a stern look and said, "Sixth Miss Song, there are big and small things, and you can't just say anything casually. So many people came to Zhaoming Temple today. If the marriage between the Pei family and the Wu family goes through, everyone will think it is a good story. If it doesn't work out, have you thought about how it will end?"
Only then did Miss Song Liu realize that things had gotten out of hand.
She mumbled for a long while but couldn't utter a single word.
Miss Xu laughed secretly in her heart.
Miss Song Qi came to her senses and realized that Miss Song Liu had been caught with something. If not handled properly, the reputation of the Song family girls would be lost here, and the Song family's century-old reputation would be damaged because of them. Once they returned to the Song family, even if the Song family didn't deal with them, they would never be able to marry into a good family in the future.
She immediately pleaded with Miss Song Liu: "Miss Yu, Miss Xu, this is all my sister's fault. She didn't mean it, and it was because Miss Wu was always showing off in front of her that she got angry for a moment and said whatever was on her mind. To be honest, it's because I treat you two ladies as my own family, otherwise I wouldn't have said anything. I hope the two ladies will forgive me." After saying that, she stood up and solemnly bowed to Yu Tang and Miss Xu.
Yu Tang talked a lot, and the anger in his heart gradually disappeared. Now looking at Miss Song Qi, who was taking the blame for her sister, he didn't want to be too picky with her. Hearing this, he glanced at Miss Xu.
After all, Miss Xu had helped her. Whether to let it go or continue to investigate further, she had to ask Miss Xu's opinion.
Miss Xu found Yu Tang more and more interesting.
Know that you won’t lose your playmates.
If you have anything to do, we should go together.
She wanted to help Yu Tang even more.
Miss Xu shook her head gently at her and gave her a look, meaning that she should not worry about it for the time being and could talk about it later if there was anything.
Yu Tang stepped forward to help Miss Song Qi, and said gently: "It's hard for you, as a younger sister, to help your sister clean up the mess."
These words made Miss Song Qi almost burst into tears.
Miss Song Liu and she are cousins, but Miss Song Liu's father is capable and works as a county magistrate outside. Her father is just a man who makes a living by working in the government. Although she is the younger sister, she has to give in to her elder sister in everything.
"Thank you, Miss Yu!" she said in a mosquito-like voice.
Miss Song Sixth felt uncomfortable after hearing this. She took a few steps forward to continue arguing with Yu Tang, but was stopped by Second Young Lady Peng who had come to her senses: "Sixth Miss, is it true that the Wu family is going to marry the Pei family? Who told you this?"
The two young ladies from the Peng family also stared at her eagerly.
She could talk nonsense in front of Yu Tang, but she didn't dare to talk nonsense in front of the Peng family.
"Yes, I heard it from my aunt." She stammered, "The Wu family asked the Tao family to help with matchmaking. My aunt said that Uncle Pei has a very good relationship with the Tao family. For the sake of the Tao family, Uncle Pei will not refuse. Moreover, the Wu family is afraid that the Pei family will dislike their family as new nobles, so they are prepared to take out 200,000 taels of silver as a dowry... I think 200,000 taels must be half of the Wu family's wealth..."
Therefore, the so-called marriage and half of the family property as dowry were all taken for granted by Miss Song Liu herself.
Not to mention Yu Tang and Miss Xu, even the second young lady and the young ladies of the Peng family didn't know what to say. The second young lady Peng was kind enough to say to Miss Song Qi, "You should talk to your aunt about this matter and send a few more people to serve your sister." If there is any problem, there will be someone who can help.
Miss Song Qi replied "yes" with tears in her eyes. She felt that with what Mrs. Peng said, she could complete today's task. Her face was not as stiff as before.
But after hearing such news, Mrs. Peng could no longer sit still. She exchanged a few words with Yu Tang and Miss Xu and was about to stand up and say goodbye.
Of course Yu Tang and Miss Xu would not keep them.
But they leave differently than when they came.
When they came, none of them took Yu Tang seriously, but when they left, they all bowed to Yu Tang respectfully. Although their attitudes were a little distant, they were very serious.
After they left, Miss Xu laughed uncontrollably and pulled Yu Tang, saying, "I never knew that you are so quiet and ruthless when you are provoked! But as the saying goes, good people are often bullied and good horses are often ridden. You are right to do this. Look, no one dares to neglect you anymore. I was worried that you would suffer a loss before, but it seems that I was worrying too much."
Yu Tang will treasure the kindness of others.
She smiled and took Miss Xu's arm, saying, "You are so nervous because you are worried about me. You should not have the intention to harm others, but you must be on guard against others. If others don't provoke me, I will definitely not take the initiative to bully anyone."
For example, Gu Xi!
Miss Xu nodded repeatedly and took her to the inner room of Mrs. Yang San. "Let's tell her about it. She will definitely be very interested."
Yu Tang followed her, but his heart was thinking about Pei Yan.
I don’t know what he is doing now?
What would you think if you knew what happened here?