Qiu Juncheng looked troubled. "Well, judging from her expression, it seems she's not very willing to marry me..."
Huang Boren patted his chest and assured him, "Leave it to your uncle, and I guarantee that girl's family will agree!"
"Then, I'll leave it to you."
Huang Boren, that old fox, wanted to settle things directly with Ning Yan before going to her family to propose marriage. Unfortunately, Ning Yan didn't follow his script at all and insisted on having her parents invited over to discuss things together.
Ningxia Sheng, with his fiery temper, couldn't tolerate this. He almost grabbed a rolling pin and beat the Huang father and son to death.
But he was smart, and his daughter didn't object!
If she disagreed, she would have said so directly, but the fact that she didn't say anything and instead had someone invite the couple over meant that she agreed to the marriage, because the marriage was still arranged.
After the meeting, the Ning family of three returned home that very night. Qiu Juncheng sent someone to drive them back, along with a pile of apologies and one hundred silver dollars from the Huang family.
When Ning Xiasheng got home, he asked his daughter what had happened. Ning Yan said frankly, "Huang Tao realized that Qiu Juncheng had taken a liking to me, so he planned to give me to Qiu Juncheng."
Qiu Juncheng is an upright man and wants to marry me openly and honestly.
But he was very disgusted by the Huang family's behavior, so we had this fight, which made the Huang family pay a price.
Zhou Xiuhua gritted her teeth in anger: "What kind of mess is this? If you like her, just find a matchmaker to propose marriage. Why do you have to pull this stunt? If this gets out, our daughter's reputation will be ruined."
Compared to his wife Ning Xiasheng, he thought more deeply, "That guy is the deputy director of the police station, daughter, are you really interested in him?"
"He's good-looking, earns a lot, and has a good social standing. I won't lose out by marrying him!"
Ningxia Sheng: ...
His daughter's blunt words left him speechless.
After a long pause, he finally said, "So you're going to live in Beiping with him?"
"Okay, I'll go. You guys come too."
“We won’t go. Anyway, Beiping isn’t far from home. You can come back and visit when you have time, or we can come to visit you.”
Ning Yan didn't insist, after all, Beiping was much more dangerous than Xuxian. If her parents wanted to stay in their hometown, then so be it.
"Alright, go to sleep early. You don't need to set up your stall tomorrow. I'm taking my daughter to buy some things for the wedding, and we'll get her a few more outfits. We can't let her wear those old, tacky clothes anymore."
The son-in-law is an official, so we still need to consider his reputation.
After all that commotion, it was already past midnight. Ning Yan lay down on the bed and fell asleep without a care in the world.
Little did they know that the couple in the west room had been whispering to each other all night, and when they woke up the next day, they had huge dark circles under their eyes.
In the morning, Zhou Xiuhua made a pot of fragrant dumpling soup. After the family of three had eaten and drunk their fill, they went to the street to buy things for the wedding.
Ning Xiasheng originally wanted his daughter to go to the county to buy some fashionable clothes, but Ning Yan didn't go. She said she would just get two new outfits in town to wear alternately.
She's buying clothes with her family's money now, so she's saving every penny she can. She can splurge when she gets to Beiping.
They didn't prepare much else. Since they weren't staying here after their wedding, they had to go through a lot of trouble to bring all the things they bought to Beiping.
The next day, Qiu Juncheng indeed arrived at the Huang family's door with betrothal gifts and a matchmaker. The betrothal gifts, prepared by the Huang family, were naturally quite generous.
Ning Yan wore a decent new outfit today, and her long hair was still braided into a long ponytail, but she looked different from when she was selling steamed buns. Qiu Juncheng couldn't take his eyes off her as soon as he stepped in.
At first, Ning Yan let him look around, but when the matchmaker started talking about the betrothal gifts, he was still looking at them. She immediately turned her head and gave him a big eye roll.
Qiu Juncheng then looked away, but the image of her glaring at him kept replaying in his mind. It was really beautiful!
"Mr. Ning, do you and your wife have any other requests regarding this matter? If so, please feel free to mention them."
"No, no, but our family's circumstances are what they are, and we can't afford a decent dowry, so we can only send all the betrothal gifts back to the child."
Qiu Juncheng said, "Father-in-law, there's no need for that. Apart from what Yan'er needs, you can keep all the foreign-made fabrics and such. Since Yan'er married me, I will naturally make sure she has enough to eat and wear."
Ning Xiasheng was very determined. After all, everyone around knew their family's financial situation, and if they suddenly produced a large dowry, people would start to have doubts.
Therefore, he had no choice but to return the betrothal gifts as part of his dowry.
Of course, this is only on the surface.
Ningxia Sheng planned to give all the gold and silver in the house to his daughter to take with her.
The two families kept pushing each other back and forth, which amused the matchmaker. In other families, they would try to minimize their own expenses in marriage, but this family was the opposite. How could such a marriage not work out?
After the matchmaker and Qiu Juncheng left, Ning Xiasheng immediately took out the gold and silver dollars.
Ning Yan refused, saying, "Father, what would I do with so much gold and silver? A woman marries a man for food and clothing. If he can't support me, then I'd rather not have him."
Besides, didn't you want to buy a house? Take them all away, when will our family ever have a house?
Ning Xiasheng thought about it and didn't insist anymore. "Okay, then I'll buy a house. I'll keep the rest in case you need money."
Because of the tight schedule, the Qiu family had no elders, and the Ning family didn't have any relatives (not counting the people in the old house).
The engagement was arranged on the same day, and the two obtained a marriage certificate the next day. They then treated their acquaintances to a meal at a restaurant in town, and that was considered the end of the marriage.
After lunch, Qiu Juncheng drove Ning Yan straight to Beiping.
He had been delayed quite a bit this time, so he drove very fast on the road. Even so, it was already past four o'clock when he arrived in Beiping.
The car was parked in front of a two-story house with a courtyard.
Qiu Juncheng got out of the car, opened the door, and drove the car into the yard.
People started talking upstairs next door.
"Director Qiu is back. It seems like this field trip took a little longer than usual."
Qiu Juncheng had already walked around to the other side of the car and opened the door for Ning Yan. "Be careful." After saying that, he looked up at the next door and asked, "Mrs. Cai didn't go out for entertainment today?"
He was clearly a deputy director, and only a district-level deputy director, but everyone called him director. That's just how Chinese people are.
"I wasn't having any luck, so I played for a while and came back. You're something else, coming back from a business trip with a stunningly beautiful woman."
Qiu Juncheng smiled and said, "This is my new wife. I hope you will take good care of her from now on, Mrs. Cai."
After he finished speaking, he introduced Ning Yan: "This is Mrs. Cai, the wife of Mr. Cai. The Beiping Cai Family Trading Company belongs to their family, and their business is very large."
That's a huge exaggeration, but he is also quite sensible and worldly-wise.
Ning Yan obediently called out "Madam Cai".
The lady upstairs gaped in astonishment. "What? You're married?"
Qiu Juncheng laughed and said, "That's right, I'm this age, isn't it normal to get married?" (End of Chapter)
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