Chapter 377: The Gao Family

She glanced at her own son and saw that Jiang Tongmu's eyes were wide open.

Zhu Yingqiu's mouth was about to smile.

It seems my son fell in love with her at first sight, so I feel relieved now. I guess we will have a wedding by the end of the year.

Not only was she smiling happily.

The same was true for Yin Suxin standing beside him.

The two of them rushed their children out of the house.

Give them time alone.

Then they discussed when to get engaged and married.

Things were going smoothly here, but Kong Ming was having trouble learning there.

Arrived at the girl's house.

The servants following behind the mother and son were carrying large and small bags.

They are all gifts.

Wanxian bought all the most expensive ones.

Normally, any family with a little bit of sense of propriety would be embarrassed to accept such an expensive gift and would at least be polite. However, the girl's family did not even have the intention of refusing and accepted it as a matter of course.

Although Kong Mingxue is a bit old, only eighteen years old this year, he is still a student.

In some remote and poor places, even students could open private schools to enroll students.

At least their status is higher than that of merchants.

The girl's family was originally the same as his.

I do business in Baishui Town.

There are several girls in the family, but only one younger brother.

The girl who learned physiognomy from Kong Ming ranked third.

Everyone in the mansion called her the Third Miss.

"Mingxue, go play outside with your sister Rou. You can't listen to what we adults say."

So, Kong Mingxue was driven out by his mother.

He and Gao Rou walked into the yard one after the other.

"Brother Mingxue, do you hate me?" Gao Rou's fingertips were entwined with the handkerchief. She bit her lower lip, her eyes misty as she asked cautiously.

"It's not annoying, why do you ask?" Kong Mingxue was most afraid of women crying.

He answered quickly.

"Then why don't you even smile at me? Do you look down on me? That's right, Brother Mingxue is a student, and I'm just the daughter of a merchant." Gao Rou lowered her head slightly.

The tears in my eyes just fell.

It's heartbreaking to watch.

How could Kong Mingxue dare to keep a straight face anymore?

"No, I just don't like to laugh. Don't think too much. My family is also a merchant. How could I look down on you? You think too much. Look, I'm laughing now. Don't cry. I hate to see women cry." Kong Mingxue then grinned.

Forced smile.

But the smile is really ugly.

"Puchi~" Gao Rou laughed out loud after just one look.

She wiped away her tears with a handkerchief and said, "That's good. I thought you hated me, Brother Mingxue. What do you like to do on weekdays? I like to eat delicious food the most. There is a woman in the alley opposite my house who sells delicious glutinous rice cakes.

Well, the red bean filling inside the glutinous rice cake is finely ground, and the glutinous rice outside is sticky and soft. It tastes sweet but not greasy. Next time I will bring my brother Mingxue to eat it, okay?"

His mother had asked about it, so Gao Rou knew his preferences very well.

In addition, Kong Mingxue was a bit fat, and anyone with a discerning eye could tell that he loved to eat.

Therefore, Gao Rou used delicious food to lure Kong Ming to learn.

"Okay, if there is a chance in the future, when you and I are free, I will definitely go and try it." Kong Mingxue agreed to Gao Rou.

People who love to eat are rarely bad. At least he has always believed so.

At this point, Kong Mingxue had already given up his previous idea.

Anyway, he didn't have any woman he liked. Although the woman in front of him was a little tearful, she was not annoying.

She looks pretty good.

You can marry her anyway, they have something in common to talk about.

Mainly because his mother liked it.

It would be nice to marry her and please my mother.

It just so happens that he is not often at home, and in the future my wife can still accompany his mother.

Hearing what Kong Mingxue said, Gao Rou's eyes flickered slightly, but returned to normal in just a second.

"Well, since Brother Mingxue has promised me, you can't go back on your word. I've kept it in mind. We must go there to eat in the future. Let's go. We've talked for a long time. We should go back, otherwise mother will be angry." The voice fell.

Gao Rou's mother also came to call her.

The two entered the house.

Everyone was staring at them.

Kong Mingxue smiled and Gao Rou lowered her head shyly.

Seeing this, Wan Xian nodded with satisfaction.

The marriage is settled!

It was quarter of an hour later when the mother and son left Gao's house.

After getting on the carriage, Wan Xian was just about to ask the driver to set off when Kong Mingxue quickly jumped off.

"What happened? Did his soul end up in Gao's mansion?" Wan Xian teased her son.

"Mom, what nonsense are you talking about? I lost my jade pendant, probably in the yard. I'm going to get it back. This is a birthday gift from Fubao. It's more important than anything else." Kong Mingxue hurried back to Gao's house.

The servants saw him walking very fast, and Kong Mingxue had just come out.

I think it won't be a problem if I don't report it.

So just stand there and wait.

Kong Mingxue walked all the way to the garden and saw his jade pendant lying quietly under the stone table from ten meters away.

He quickly went over to pick it up, blew away the dust, and turned it over to see if it was damaged.

There was not a single crack on the jade pendant, and Kong Mingxue finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He tied the jade pendant around his waist again.

Before he could turn around and leave.

A sharp cursing voice came from the main room.

"You damned girl, did you peek at my future husband just now? You little bitch, you are just a maid, how dare you look at him! Mother, I will not let her be my maid for the dowry, can you please scratch her face? If she marries me, she will definitely hook up with Brother Mingxue behind my back, what a vixen, what a slut, she looks so slutty."

This voice is very familiar.

It was Gao Rou.

"Okay, okay, among all of you sisters, you have the worst temper. When you get married, you must never be like this again, understand? The boy from the Kong family is a student. I asked around and found out that he is a playmate of our county magistrate's biological son!

If my family is not worthy of the county magistrate's son, my mother would never have conspired to hook up with that Wan. But a kid from the Kong family is also good. If he passes the imperial examination and becomes a scholar, my family can also benefit from it. Okay, take this girl back and deal with her. Just don't kill her. She was bought for two taels of silver. She has to work for a few more years before she dies..."

Kong Mingxue couldn't bear to listen to the following words.

He paused.

If I go in to help that maid, I'm afraid she will be in a worse situation, maybe even lose her life.

Even if you spend money to buy him, I don't think the Gao family will let him go.

After thinking about it, he decided to leave.

Back to the carriage.

The driver whipped the car.

The carriage drove away from the Gao family’s gate.

After leaving the city, Kong Mingxue asked his mother quietly, "Mom, where did you get to know this Gao family?"

"Why do you ask this? It was fate. When I went to burn incense in the Linxian Temple, I was harassed by two weird women halfway up the mountain. They refused to let me go. I happened to bring a maid with me, and I couldn't get away. I was delayed for a long time. Rou'er's mother passed by and asked her servants to drive them away, thus helping me out."