Old Madam Lu looked at her daughter.
Seeing her daughter counting on her fingers, she said, "My niece has been very competitive since she was young. She learns everything quickly and never loses out. When her family encountered misfortune, I thought she would definitely not survive. I never thought that she could lead her sister all the way from Ruyang to Nanyang and find the Luo family. The Luo family was wiped out, which was such a big event that even I had nightmares for a whole year and couldn't sleep well. But she is living a happy life in Nanyang and even found a fiancé for herself? Hey, the Fan family of Nanyang is a big family that is not much worse than the Lu family."
"Every time there is a festival, she always remembers to give me gifts and always mentions me as her aunt. I am lazy and never care about these things. Usually, if a young girl meets me and I ignore her once or twice, she will know that I look down on her and will not approach her again. But our daughter is different... She can shamelessly call me 'aunt' affectionately all the time, and she has forced me to really remember her."
Lu Ying smiled and said, "She ran into some trouble in Nanyang and came to Jianye for shelter. If she hadn't been writing to me and giving me gifts for so many years, I really wouldn't have gotten myself into such trouble."
"She is really sweet-talking, good at pleasing people, and smart. She is a little scheming, but she is young and can't hide it well enough. But no one is perfect, so as long as she doesn't do anything bad, it's not a big deal."
"She is really strict with herself. How many years have my uncle's family been gone? She was only ten years old when she left Ruyang, but now looking at her, she is not behind in everything a noble lady should learn. Playing the piano, chess, poetry, painting, cooking, playing games and enjoying entertainment... How many parts did she split her time into every day to learn what she has today? Mother, have you ever thought about it?"
Madam Lu and others seemed to be thinking about something.
Lu Ying propped her chin with her hand and sighed, "And our Lu Sanlang is aloof and looks down on everyone. If the girl is not thick-skinned, she may not be able to say a few words to him. Luo Lingyu is lively and eloquent. You will never be afraid of being bored when you are with her. Even the cousins at home, who have their own little thoughts, have never quarreled with Luo Lingyu in public. And given Luo Lingyu's beauty, there should be many more girls who don't like her than we actually see."
"Luo Lingyu is so beautiful, pure and charming. She has been a beautiful lady since ancient times. My dear husband, you say she is a disaster to the country and the people, but who wouldn't want to take a few more glances at her? Even if our Sanlang is noble and arrogant, he is still a normal man."
"Luo Lingyu has a slender waist, a full chest, and a graceful and elegant manner. Perhaps because she learned to dance when she was a child, her spirit and posture are excellent. She has been in Jianye for only half a year, and she has become the 'Goddess of Flowers'. Which of the young men and women in Jianye doesn't know her? Have you heard of her name?"
Lu Ying laughed: "Lu Sanlang probably likes this kind of flirtatious girls. Lingyu has taken her style to the extreme, and raised Lu Sanlang's standards to that level... How else can you find one? The lively ones may not be as pretty as her, the pretty ones may not have the same good figure as her, and the ones with the good figure as her may not have as many talents as her... Hahaha."
Lu Ying couldn't help laughing while talking, and the faces of Mrs. Lu and Mrs. Lu opposite were very interesting. Although she and her niece were not close, perhaps because Luo Lingyu gave her too many gifts, Lu Ying still said a lot of good things about Luo Lingyu at the critical moment. It can be seen that hard work in normal times does not necessarily make people show you more affection in normal times, but it will definitely be useful at critical moments.
Mrs. Lu was told by her daughter that Luo Lingyu was pretty good. Lu Sanlang was different from Lu Erlang. Lu Erlang had his parents to help him plan for him, but Sanlang lost his parents when he was young, so his wife must be able to stand on her own. Mrs. Lu looked for a daughter-in-law for her grandson and kept her eyes on a daughter from a famous family, not only for the benefit of a marriage, but also because a daughter from a famous family had a broad vision and was knowledgeable, so she could hold up the family and not hold her grandson back. Mrs. Lu looked down on the poor families that had begun to rise in recent years. After all, there was a huge gap between their backgrounds, and there was nothing much to say between the two sides.
It’s just Luo Lingyu…
Mrs. Lu said: "She is good at everything, but her family background is too poor. Marrying her is like not marrying her. Not only can't she help Sanlang, Nanyang Luo Shi, but Sanlang will also have to help him. Sanlang has no parents, and no one on his wife's side can help him in the future. . Sanlang has had a difficult life, but he has many talents. He has finally become a contemporary celebrity by his own talents. I am his grandmother, and I can't bear to see his path be difficult, and I can't bear to see him not succeeding as well as other husbands. "
Lu Ying shrugged nonchalantly. In her opinion, how hard could a young man from an aristocratic family have to live? But she couldn't say that, because if she did, her mother would scold her for being cold-hearted and not caring about her nephew.
Finally, the voices of the few people gradually faded away as they discussed. Old Madam Liu Lu sighed and said, "... Let's wait and see."
…
It rained that night, and the sound of raindrops knocked against the window. Luo Lingyu had dinner in her own courtyard. The air was a little cooler. Her younger sister Luo Yunhuan heard about her quarrel with Lu Yun, blinked her eyes, and asked her with concern. The young lady was patted on the head by her elder sister, and she smiled triumphantly at her elder sister: "Don't worry, I have my own plan."
Luo Yunhuan spent the whole night here with her sister, who was watching her writing big characters. The young lady lay on the table and looked at her sister quietly. Luo Lingyu looked calm at first, but then she kept turning her head to look at the window and asked the maid to go out to the yard to take a look. Luo Lingyu's expression gradually became anxious. After observing for a long time, her little sister suddenly had an idea: "... Sister, have you offended your third cousin again?"
Luo Lingyu paused: "..."
She patted her sister on the forehead and said, "What do you mean by 'again'? Don't talk nonsense."
Seeing the discomfort in her sister's face, Luo Yunhua sighed like an adult: "I know, you must have taken advantage of me again. Sister, you are used to taking advantage of others to achieve your goals. But third cousin is particularly concerned about this aspect. If you talk to him nicely, he may not help you. You insist on keeping silent and taking advantage of him, so of course he is unhappy."
"And these past two days, I feel like you've been treating your third cousin badly. There were so many young ladies at home, and you were acting like a sister the whole time. It's rare for your third cousin to come home, and when he wanted to talk to you, you didn't have time to answer him. It's okay that you didn't have time to answer him, but when you needed him, you were free. What do you think your third cousin will think?"