Chapter 297 Kissing Dong Jiaojiao
"Speaking of which, my niece from my mother's side is also 18 years old. Her age is a perfect match for Zhiwen."
Dong Wan poured Gu Bei a glass of wine and said.
When Dong Wan said this, Gu Bei remembered that there was indeed a little girl named Jiaojiao in Dong Wan's family, who was quite fair-skinned.
Dong Wan saw that Gu Bei didn't say anything, so she knew what he was thinking and said:
"My eldest brother and his wife love me, their niece, so much that they said they would give me 100 taels of silver and two maids if I got married."
Gu Bei was tempted when he heard about the dowry. It wasn't that he wanted to covet his daughter-in-law's dowry, but the cost of sending a child to school was too high. Not to mention the daily offerings of pens, ink, paper, and inkstone to the teacher, just finding a guarantor was a considerable expense.
If Dong Wan's niece marries us in the future, will she still have to watch her husband worry about his studies without any support from us?
Gu Bei's calculations were shrewd, but Dong Wan didn't care. Her family was originally a merchant family, and the last thing they lacked was money. They couldn't say if they had more, but Zhiwen's schooling would definitely be no problem.
Besides, I have been married for so many years and I know Zhiwen's character quite well. He is different from his father Gu Bei. Gu Zhiwen is really an honest and kind child. If my niece marries him in the future, she will definitely have a good life.
At least Gu Zhiwen will not let her down. Even if he becomes very successful in the future, Gu Zhiwen is not the kind of person who will abandon his wife.
"Ahem, since she's your niece, Wanniang, then she must be right. Why don't you go talk to your family first, then find a matchmaker, and we can just settle this matter. Or maybe get married first. After all, as the old saying goes, start a family first and then build a career. This will also allow Zhiwen to have no worries."
Gu Bei said so.
Since Gu Bei, the father, said so, Dong Wan, who had always wanted to make this happen, had no objection and agreed immediately.
"I've already discussed this with my eldest sister-in-law. We just need to find a matchmaker to propose marriage. But I think we should still let the two children meet. If nothing else, at least let them develop some affection first, right?"
Gu Bei didn't care about these little things and said:
"Then just follow the arrangements."
Dong Wan nodded, but after a moment, she thought about it and said:
"What about Li Yingdi? After all, she's Zhiwen's bride. Do we need to tell him?"
Gu Bei said without hesitation:
"Don't tell her. Telling her won't help much. Just wait until Zhiwen gets married and have her come over for dinner. She doesn't do the housework as carefully as you do. If she comes over, it will only cause more trouble."
Dong Wan nodded. She knew Gu Bei would say that. However, knowing something in her heart was one thing, but having Gu Bei say it out loud was another.
The next day, Dong Wan packed up and went back to the Dong family to visit her father. She also told her father and sister-in-law the good news, and told Dong Jiaojiao that she would arrange a meeting between them when Zhiwen came back from vacation.
Of course, Dong Jiaojiao had no problem with this. After all, she knew that as a merchant's daughter, marrying Zhiwen was her best choice.
However, Dong Wan still gave her sister-in-law a shot of prevention, saying:
"Sister-in-law, I can assure you that there is absolutely no problem between Gu Bei and me regarding this marriage. Even Li Yingdi may not agree. You know she has always disliked our Dong family.
But this is not a big problem. Gu Bei has no intention of telling her. She can just make a few remarks. But Li Yingdi is stupid and bad. Sister-in-law, you should be more careful, for fear that she will do something stupid.
Mrs. Dong was also a smart woman, and she was very concerned about her daughter's marriage. She immediately patted her chest and promised:
"Don't worry about that. My family doesn't have many brothers, so I'll make sure they keep a close eye on Li Yingdi."
After Dong Wan discussed it with the Dong family, she went home to make preparations. A few days later, when Zhiwen was resting, she told Zhiwen about it.
However, he only said that he had introduced a girl to Zhiwen for his first look, but he didn't say who the girl came from.
Zhiwen didn't think much about it since his biological father agreed, and he also thought that he was old enough, so he agreed to meet the girl.
When they made an appointment to go to a temple outside to burn incense, Zhiwen's face turned red as soon as he saw Dong Jiaojiao, and he looked very embarrassed.
As soon as Dong Wan saw Zhiwen's reaction, she knew that the marriage was almost certain, but she still deliberately asked:
"How is it? Aunt Dong has really treated you like her own son over the years. This marriage is not bad, right?"
Zhiwen was too embarrassed to say anything and could only nod randomly.
Seeing Zhiwen so shy, Dong Wan didn't tease him much and said directly:
"Since you are satisfied, I won't say much. Tomorrow I will go find a matchmaker to arrange this marriage. Then you two can get married before your exam, so that you can go to the capital to take the exam safely."
Gu Zhiwen simply bowed and said:
"It's all up to Aunt Dong."
However, when no one came to the door the next day, Zhiwen found out that the woman Dong Wan had arranged for him was actually Dong Jiaojiao, the person his mother had said he would never marry.
Gu Zhiwen didn't know what to do now. Subconsciously, he wanted to seek the advice of his biological father, Gu Bei.
After hearing Gu Zhiwen's purpose, Gu Bei scolded him.
"If you didn't want to marry a girl from the Dong family, why didn't you tell me when your Aunt Dong and I asked you? Now the matchmakers are almost here, and you've said you don't want to marry. How can our two families still get along?"
Seeing his son's drooping eyebrows, Gu Bei softened his heart and said:
"As for what your mother said, don't take it too seriously. Your mother doesn't want you to marry Dong Jiaojiao because she's afraid you'll treat her badly after marrying your Aunt Dong's niece, but Dad knows you're not that kind of kid.
Now tell Dad, will you treat your mother badly just because you married your Aunt Dong's niece?"
"Of course not. In my heart, my mother will always be my mother."
Upon hearing Gu Bei's question, Gu Zhiwen retorted emotionally.
"That's all. Since what your mother is worried about won't happen, why don't you just talk to her about it when the time comes? Besides, since you really like Dong Jiaojiao, your mother should also want you to be happy."
Gu Zhiwen felt that what his father said made sense, and thought that he could just talk to his mother about it when the time came. So he happily got engaged to Dong Jiaojiao, and planned to get married with Dong Jiaojiao in a month.
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