Chapter 375 Old Man Pan

"Oh, apologize? What kind of apology? My child is busy. We can visit each other anytime. There's no rush. How did you do in the exam this time? Did you make the list?" Yin Suxin asked nervously.

If the future son-in-law passes the test, he will be a tongsheng.

I am considered marrying above my station.

"Alas, no. This child lacks some luck. He worked hard on weekdays and passed the county exam. He thought he had a sure win, but he failed to make the prefectural exam. When he came back, his face was not good. We didn't dare to mention it, so we didn't ask any more questions."

Zhu Yingqiu sighed.

Her eyes flickered.

I want to see how Yin Suxin would react.

If she had the slightest dislike for him, she would not have allowed her son to come and see her.

Who knows, their eyes meet.

Zhu Yingqiu actually felt relieved when she saw Yin Suxin.

She was stunned for a moment.

"My dear sister, I won't hide it from you. It's okay if I didn't win. If I did win, I would be embarrassed to marry my daughter to your family. I don't want my daughter Yu'er to marry above her station. I just want her to live a stable life." She didn't say the second half of the sentence.

Being a mother is so complicated.

On the one hand, she hopes her future son-in-law will pass high school, but on the other hand, she is afraid that even if he does, her daughter will not be good enough for him.

It would be best if the daughter gets married and the son-in-law is also a successful candidate.

"Look at you, are you overthinking? You don't know me well. Let alone a student, even if my Tongmu passes the imperial examination, if he dares to bully Yu'er, I will give him a slap!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Wanyu came over from the backyard carrying a tray of rouge boxes.

"Auntie~" Seeing Zhu Yingqiu coming.

She called for help quickly, her voice as clear as an oriole.

Very nice to listen to.

"Yu'er, I just mentioned you to your mother and you came out. Come, help auntie pick out which rouge and lip balm looks good. Auntie knows you have good taste."

Zhu Yingqiu quickly changed the subject.

She came here, on the one hand, to apologize to Yin Suxin in person, and on the other hand, to buy rouge.

"Auntie, you look young, and you look good in anything. Daddy just bought a new batch of rouge, what do you think of this one?"

Wanyu took a piece of orange-toned rouge from the plate.

He helped Zhu Yingqiu apply the makeup and then placed the small bronze mirror in front of her.

"Yeah, not bad, it looks really fair. My skin gets a lot darker in the summer, Wanyu's selection is really good. Pick out a lip balm for my aunt, I'll buy that as well."

Zhu Yingqiu nodded with satisfaction.

After picking up the rouge and lip balm chosen by her future daughter-in-law, she put down two silver coins, turned around and left.

As a result, he was stopped before he even left the shop.

"What are you doing? It's not right for you to pay for my shop. Take the money back and consider it a gift from me."

After Yin Suxin finished speaking, she stuffed the silver into Zhu Yingqiu's hand.

"If you don't accept it, I won't come here again. It seems like I'm here to take advantage of you. If you have money, you should make money for your family, right? Take it, hurry up, I'm leaving."

The two of them pushed and refused.

Yin Suxin's hands are not as strong as Zhu Yingqiu's, who has been kneading dough for years.

Zhu Yingqiu broke free and ran away, looking very panicked.

If you don’t know, you might think the rouge in her hand was stolen.

"Look at how kind your Aunt Zhu is. She never takes advantage of others. So when she first mentioned it, I agreed. When her second son is free, you two can meet. You are not young anymore.

It's almost autumn now. If you don't settle down, you will be sixteen next year. Although I don't want you to get married, I can't put it off any longer. When you are eighteen and still not married, the matchmaker will introduce you to a widower."

Yin Suxin put the silver in the drawer.

Holding her daughter's hand, she spoke earnestly.

"Mom, I know you can't bear to leave me, so you found such a good marriage for me. My aunt is a good person and lives nearby. If you miss me in the future, I will come back to see you often."

Wan Yu's eyes were also shining with tears.

"Bah, bah, bah, don't talk nonsense. How can you come back so often? If you are like this, even if your mother-in-law has a good temper, she will be angry. Others will also say that I didn't teach my daughter well. It's enough to come back once during the holidays.

As long as you live well, even if I can't see you, I will feel at ease when I hear your mother-in-law talk about you. I gave birth to you and your sister, and after you get married, I will have less worries in the future. When your brother passes the imperial examination and becomes a scholar, I will have no regrets in my life."

The mother and daughter were talking in private in the shop.

At that time, Zhu Yingqiu had already returned to Jiang's snack shop.

Jiang Fubao, who was tired of playing the flute, went out shopping with Xue Huan and a twenty-year-old maid.

After buying the necessary herbs and leaving the pharmacy.

The three of them went to wander around Wanlu Street again.

Jiang Fubao wants to eat beef.

This thing is hard to come by, and only the cow that has died of old age or illness can be slaughtered.

Once it's available, it will be bought up quickly.

She wanted to see if she could meet him today.

I have a bunch of small potatoes at home. If I use them to stew potatoes and beef brisket, it will be so delicious that you will cry.

"Miss, there are too many people here and it's too messy. Why don't we go to another street?" The maid Xin'er was carrying a bamboo basket filled with various medicinal herbs. She wiped the sweat off her face with the back of her hand and advised Jiang Fubao.

"It's okay, I'll just see if I can find any beef, if not we'll go back."

Jiang Fubao knew that the maid was worried that she would be kidnapped.

But once the glutton is aroused.

Then it can't be suppressed anymore.

Jiang Fubao's eyes scanned both sides of the road.

After walking through several alleys, I still couldn't find any beef.

She turned around in disappointment and prepared to go back.

But suddenly I saw a familiar face.

Three meters away on the left, a man and a woman with similar appearance, probably brother and sister, were kneeling on the ground without raising their heads.

Behind the two men, an old man was lying flat on straw.

If the old man's abdomen hadn't been rising and falling slowly, Jiang Fubao would have thought he was dead.

I should have just taken a look and then left.

But Jiang Fubao recognized at a glance that the old man was the one who came to his shop to buy mung bean soup and was bullied by the shopkeeper Liu Yanzhi.

So Jiang Fubao brought two maids, one big and one small, and stood in front of the brother and sister.

"What are you doing kneeling here?"

Jiang Fubao's voice reached the ears of the brother and sister.

The two of them slowly raised their heads, as if they had been crying for a long time, and their eyes were swollen like walnuts.

"My grandpa is sick, but we have spent all our money and have no more money to treat him. My brother and I are willing to sell our bodies to pay for his treatment."

Jiang Fubao is still young.

The two had no expectations and simply explained it.

"Selling himself? How much? What disease did he have?" Jiang Fubao asked three questions in a row.

"The clinic said that grandpa has tuberculosis, and the two of us would like to sell him five taels of silver..." Pan Erya felt a little embarrassed.

She and her brother are not young anymore.

If you sell it to a trafficker, he would only sell it for 400 grams, and he might even sell it to a black-hearted person.

It's possible to sell it for three and a half taels.