Chapter 86086 Breaking off the Engagement The Jia family has been a bit unlucky recently.
This twelfth month was indeed a bit difficult for the Jia family.
At first, for unknown reasons, the Wang family suddenly sent someone to return a painting that they had received from the Rongguo Mansion many years ago, and at the same time, they also asked for a pair of antique vases that were left behind by their family at that time.
Mrs. Wang was confused and wanted to ask what was going on, but was stopped by Lady Jia.
This is such a disgrace. This is obviously a cancellation of the engagement. Why are you asking? The Wang family must have received some news and no longer looks down on the Jia family.
Fine, if you don't like it, forget it. Our Lian Ge'er will have a better future in the future.
However, Jia Lian burst into tears when he heard that the Wang family had rejected his engagement. Jia Zhu dragged his sick body over to greet him, and came back to whisper to his wife Li Wan:
"Madam, what did the two Daolian brothers say?"
Li Wan was an honest person, and she was not very interested in the thoughts of her cousin next door. However, she was deeply influenced by the feudal ideas of her father, Li Shouzhong, an old playboy, and believed that women should obey their husbands in everything. Seeing Jia Zhu so interested, she couldn't help but smile and said, "I don't know, husband, tell me, what did the two Lian brothers say?"
Jia Zhu hugged her and said with a smile, "He said that he heard that the eldest cousin of the Wang family was a very pretty girl. Now that her family has cancelled the engagement, he doesn't know if he can still find such a pretty girl to be his wife - oh, he even cried and said that even if the wife he finds is as pretty as this one, she can't compare to this one..."
He couldn't help laughing, and then continued, "Brother Lian said that he heard that even the maids of the Wang family are extremely beautiful, and they will definitely be married with their daughters in the future. Doesn't that mean we have lost at least three or five beauties at once? The more I think about it, the more regrettable it is. A man of fourteen or fifteen years old can't stop crying. Don't you think it's funny?"
Li Wan was honest and dull by nature, and after listening to this for a long time, she actually didn't think this matter was so funny. However, due to her education and cultivation since childhood, she still laughed with Jia Zhu, and the matter was over.
Li Wan was originally the eldest daughter in the family. She had a calm personality and was brought up by a pedantic old Confucian scholar like Li Shouzhong, which made her even more calm and dignified to the point of being dull.
After all, Li Shouzhong has always advocated that "women's virtue lies in their lack of talent". He refused to teach his daughters to read, and only let them learn a few words and manage the household. The rest were only taught to do knitting and sewing, and even their names were named after silk fabrics, which shows how much this old man values "women's virtue".
From a modern perspective, this old man is simply sick.
He was the chief academic officer of the Imperial College, which is equivalent to the current status of a president of a top university, but he did not allow his own daughter to go to school. This is something that most people would not do.
But considering that he was an ancient person, there is nothing wrong with doing this.
But compared with Zhang Ying of the same period, this pattern is much worse.
Mr. Zhang had four daughters, and each of them was educated. The third daughter even left her name in history books because she wrote very good poems and articles. Although the names of the remaining three daughters were not recorded in history books, they were obviously not born in vain.
They are all daughters, so there is no way to favor one over the other. It can be said that in this kind of family, if the daughters like to read, they will definitely be allowed to read. And it is impossible for the daughters from this kind of family not to like reading.
Just kidding, this family has two prime ministers, father and son, and five Jinshi (imperial examination candidates). If not unique, it is definitely one of a kind.
So he was able to become the Prime Minister, while Li Shouzhong would be a chief academic officer of the Imperial College for his entire life?
This is the difference in pattern.
After eating the melon from System 003, Xianyu didn't care about the follow-up.
Anyway, this matter had nothing to do with her.
Many things that happened recently have made Xianyu feel that the development trajectory of this world is becoming increasingly strange.
For example, we clearly invited the Lin family to come over for dinner that day.
Firstly, it was to celebrate that she had finally been relieved from the endless tasks of His Majesty, and secondly, it was to express her welcome and gratitude to the Lin family.
Although it has been more than a month since the Lin family returned to the capital from Jiangnan, the two families have not found time to get together in this period of time.
At first, the Wang family was not available.
Wang Yao was preparing for the spring examination after the beginning of spring, while Wang Ziteng was maintaining public order in the capital and preventing harassment from bandits.
The old lady of the Wang family was fine, but she caught a cold when she went out to burn incense and fulfill her vows that day, and had to lie in bed for nearly half a month. Although she had always been in good health, she was nearly sixty years old after all, and was not as good as she was when she was young. She caught a cold and fell ill all of a sudden. Her illness faded away quickly, and she stayed in bed for nearly half a month before she recovered her strength.
As the old lady of the Wang family was ill, it was naturally inconvenient for her to entertain guests at home. Li and Liu took turns serving her and had no free time at all, so of course they had no time to visit the Lin family.
As for the Lin family, they were also very busy when they first arrived in the capital.
The Lin family has an old house in the capital. But no one has lived in this old house for more than ten years. Although there are servants who take care of the house on weekdays, it is not taken care of by the owner after all. How can it be as good as the one taken care of by the owner?
Now that the Lin family has moved back to Beijing, they have to spend more time and energy to take care of the house so that they can entertain guests and celebrate the New Year.
As the mistress of the Lin family, Jia Min was particularly nervous, thinking that they would live in the capital again in the future, and she didn't know whether the two children could adapt.
Especially since Daiyu and her brother were not in good health, although they had asked Zhang Youshi to help with treatment and conditioning, Jia Min was still worried - after all, the younger brother of the Lin family was in such poor health that he almost died, which caused her a lot of stress, so it was normal for her to be a little nervous.
Moreover, whether it is Daiyu or the younger brother of the Lin family, both of them were born in Jiangnan and are still young. If they really can't adapt to the climate of the capital and get sick easily, it would be really difficult to deal with.
Jia Min was originally very worried, but Lin Ruhai told her that Zhang Youshi was there, and the second daughter of the Wang family had just offered a plan to the Emperor, saying that they wanted to build a medical clinic, where Zhang Youshi's medical skills could be spread and even promoted. In this way, more people could be saved and more diseases could be cured. Not to mention their two children, even patients with more serious illnesses than their two children could be cured.
After hearing what Lin Ruhai said, Jia Min finally felt relieved.
After all, this project was not only proposed and participated in by the niece of the Wang family, but their master Lin Ruhai and the genius doctor Zhang Youshi also participated in the whole process. The sense of security was instantly increased.
With the experience of the younger brother of the Lin family being rescued from the brink of death, Jia Min had become blindly superstitious about Zhang Youshi's medical skills.
In addition, this miracle doctor was recommended by Xianyu, so she also developed a blind worship of Xianyu - Emma, my aunt's little granddaughter is so amazing. She is not just a little niece, she is simply a little fairy sent from heaven. She must be a soft-hearted god sent by God to save her!
In short, her son is alive and her daughter is well again, and she will be grateful to them for the rest of her life.
After hearing the news, Jia Min finally calmed down and began to clean up the Lin family's old house more diligently.
She wanted to pack up as quickly as possible so that she could invite the Wang family to her house for a visit and a meal, and then express her gratitude to Xianyu in person - and not just to express gratitude, their Lin family and the Wang family were now in a close alliance, so it was normal for them to visit each other more often on a daily basis.
Not to mention, Daiyu and Moyu, the brother and sister in their family, both like their second sister from the Wang family very much.
Daiyu had been talking about going to the capital to find Sister Xian ever since she was in Jiangnan. After Moyu recovered from his illness, he always stared at the little toys that Xianyu left for him, and he must have been thinking about finding Sister Xian to play with.
This time, the Lin family finally arrived in the capital, and the dream of the siblings came true.
But they had never thought that they would meet so late. They came to the capital in mid-October, and it was already the twelfth lunar month, almost Laba Festival, before they met.
It's true, good things take time.
And they were not meeting at the Lin family as Jia Min had imagined, but at the Wang family.
Okay, as long as we can meet, it's good.
But why, did I hear some incredible gossip while eating?
Is the Jia family still dreaming of marrying into the Lin family?
Forget it?
It is enough for her to marry here alone, but she is still thinking about letting her children return to the Jia family?
I heard that she is interested in her precious daughter Xiao Daiyu?
Is this correct?
Not to mention that "returning the girl's blood" is something that most wealthy families cannot do, even if their family does not care about this, Jia Baoyu would not be a good match for her.
No, look at that boy from a good family, who goes out every day boasting that he was “born with a jade in his mouth”?
If you have a bit of common sense, you wouldn't make such a fuss about this matter - your family is just a Duke's Mansion, and you have been downgraded to a third-class Weiyuan General. Why are you being so cunning? Isn't it better to be a low-key person?
You have to get the Emperor to target you, just like the other families, and then he'll cut your family with a cold knife and grind them to death, right?
Still making a fuss?
Did you know that the old man has been keeping an eye on you guys for a long time?
It's a good thing that I married someone from outside the country, otherwise I would have been dragged down with it - although this may sound a bit cold, there is nothing I can do about it. My parents' family are really confused and it's hard to lead them. There's no way to save them. I really can't save them.
That's it.
What is "closer marriage"? It is impossible to close, but it is possible to break. Jia Min, who almost lost her son and daughter and had always been sick since childhood, was overwhelmed with maternal love and strangled the "marriage between Baoyu and Daiyu" in the cradle - your "devil king" wants to marry our Daiyu?
Dream on.
She'll find an opportunity to eliminate this possibility tomorrow - it seems that her sister-in-law, Mrs. Wang, hates her very much. Hehehe, that's great, then let this hate be even more intense!
Sister-in-law, you must continue to hate me, don't stop.
So after the Wang family broke off the engagement, the Lin family and the Jia family became more distant.
I didn't feel it much during the Chinese New Year, but after the Chinese New Year, especially after the spring, the gap became more and more obvious.
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