Mrs. Joe said this.
Old Man Qiao's brows furrowed, and he retorted with a trembling face, "What are you saying? Liu Huangshu said he was giving these to me! These aren't gifts for our family. I accompanied Liu Huangshu out for a stroll today, and he bought these gifts in a good mood to prepare for the wedding!"
Mother Qiao then asked Old Man Qiao, "Why are the wedding favors being sent to our house? Do you have several daughters who are still unmarried and are you planning to marry someone like Liu Bei?"
Don't you realize that Liu Bei has come to propose a marriage alliance with General Sun? Is it you marrying off your daughter, or is it General Sun's family marrying off their daughter?
alright.
When Mrs. Joe asked about this.
It was only then that the elderly couple suddenly remembered!
Oh no!
They have no unmarried daughters.
However, their eldest daughter, who was married but had been widowed for many years, was still beautiful and famous throughout the world for her talents.
"this……"
This is the situation!
Could it be?
An elderly couple looked at each other, speechless for a moment.
Finally, Old Mrs. Qiao's face twitched, and she pointed at Old Mr. Qiao's nose: "Look at what you've done! Doesn't this make people think that our Great Qiao is going to form a marriage alliance with Liu Bei?"
Pooh!
"Mother! What are you saying!"
The moment Qiao's mother uttered that terrible guess, Qiao Jingjing had already returned to her parents' home with her maid.
Qiao Jingjing stepped through the door.
Ling Tong followed them in, leading his soldiers to carry the gifts Liu Bei had bought: red lanterns and red candles covered with red silk, all in boxes and baskets.
"Come on! You'll have to make this trip. Take these to the post station. Wherever Liu Bei stays, take these there!"
Qiao Jingjing has become quite graceful in recent years.
But the way they act is really cool.
In no time at all, she swept away all the unsightly boxes in the main hall of the Qiao family, as quickly as autumn leaves falling in the wind.
The mother and father were still sitting, looking at each other in shock at Ling Tong's display of power.
The old man suddenly remembered the way his eldest daughter had treated him at the Wenyuan Pavilion that afternoon.
Old Man Qiao was unhappy.
Grandma Qiao asked her eldest daughter, "What are you doing back at this time? You didn't even send someone to inform us beforehand!"
Qiao Jingjing told everyone around her to leave.
Only she, her father, and her mother remained in the house.
Qiao Jingjing retorted to her parents, "Father, why did you let Liu Bei stay in our house and get so close to him? Mother, you clearly knew it was inappropriate, so why didn't you dissuade Father? As a result, Father is now being schemed against by Liu Bei and even standing up for Liu Bei!"
Who is Liu Bei? To us in Jiangdong, Liu Bei is no pushover. His purpose in coming here is not only to occupy Jingzhou, but also to marry a woman in Jiangdong.
Think about it, is there really such a good thing in this world? He occupies Jingzhou but doesn't hand it over to Jiangdong, and then he even gets a beautiful wife in Jiangdong. Isn't Liu Bei dreaming too much?
Qiao Jingjing berated him, sentence by sentence.
The elderly father was suddenly completely bewildered.
Mrs. Joe remained silent.
Qiao's mother already felt that she hadn't done a good job in befriending Liu Bei.
I was originally going to scold my wife too.
The eldest daughter came back specifically to scold him.
It also saved my mother a lot of trouble.
Qiao Xuan didn't know how to answer for a moment, and it wasn't until after a while that he finally replied to Qiao Jingjing:
"Da Qiao, that's not how it's said. No one should always prioritize interests over feelings."
Liu Bei is a hero! When he was troubled by Cao Cao in Jingzhou, he protected 100,000 people with only 5,000 troops. Such a benevolent ruler is the heartland of the people! Liu Bei came to Jiangdong, unfamiliar with the land and its people. What wrong has it done for Father to associate with him?
Old Man Joe wanted to say that he was not wrong.
Qiao Jingjing shook her head.
“Father, you must say you are not wrong. If you insist on believing that, then you are no longer thinking about the future of Qiao Er and Qiao San, and your grandsons!”
Looking back later, was the alliance between Sun Quan and Liu Bei truly flawless? Or was it merely a stopgap measure they took to seize Jingzhou?
My father's life has been full of ups and downs, experiencing the coldness and warmth of human relationships. Why can't he see through this world? All the hustle and bustle is for fame and fortune! How could my father not see through Liu Bei's hypocrisy and be used by him!
After Qiao Jingjing finished speaking, her father was completely speechless.
Dad was sitting in that seat.
To hide his dejection and embarrassment, the old man picked up a cup of tea and pretended to take a sip.
"good!"
After a while, the old man sighed and said:
"It's all my fault! It's all my fault for being so foolish! It's all my fault for being so complacent! It's all my fault for raising two successful daughters, and for wanting to show off in front of Liu Bei, to prove how capable I am! I apologize to my daughters!"
Old Man Joe seemed to be apologizing.
He was actually just saying it out of anger.
On such a major issue of right and wrong, and on the matter of taking sides.
Qiao Jingjing cannot indulge her parents:
“Father, now that we’ve come this far, you and Mother have already guessed what Liu Bei is thinking! Who is the woman he wants to marry when he comes to Jiangdong? Whom does he want to use to take Jingzhou and Xichuan?”
Does the hero my father speaks of mean a true man who fights his way up from the ground, earning fame and conquering hearts? Or does he want to take shortcuts through nepotism?
Or will they just keep crying and playing the victim?
Father, have you thought this through?
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