Who knew that the next second, Wu the matchmaker took out a stack of booklets from her hand, "Oh, Madam Shen, you said this is not a big deal, come and have a look, these are all girls waiting to be married, each one is good, well-behaved, capable and obedient."
Lin Cuicui didn't want to take her booklet at first, but at that time, matchmaker Wu was so enthusiastic that she almost stood right in front of her, so she had no choice but to take it.
"Open it and take a look. If you find one you like, we can take a look. This double happiness is rare."
Chen Li understood that her mother had just refused. How could a matchmaker, who is so smart, not understand? She could only say that she was worthy of being a matchmaker.
Lin Cuicui flipped through a few pages before closing the book. "Matchmaker Wu, you're a straightforward person, so I won't hide anything from you. My son isn't home right now, and it's uncertain when he'll be back."
"His father and I are both spoiled children. We promised him that his marriage would not be decided without his approval. As for Qi An, he can't bypass his third brother."
Then he returned the booklet to Matchmaker Wu and said, "So, you see, your trip today was in vain."
Matchmaker Wu looked embarrassed. What kind of family were they? She always greeted them with a smile when they came to propose marriage, but nothing ever came to fruition.
It would have been fine if the girl from his family didn’t propose marriage in the past, but today she came to propose marriage to this boy, it’s the same. What kind of daughter-in-law does his family want to marry?
Could it be that you want to marry a rich girl?
"Is that so? Then I'll be leaving first."
Lin Cuicui stood up and escorted the person out. When she was almost at the gate, she saw Wu the matchmaker pulling Lin Cuicui and saying, "Madam Shen, I have a scholar in my hand. He is good-looking and can pass the imperial examination. In the future, he will achieve great success."
He glanced towards the Shen family again and said, "Look at your daughter's pretty face. I'll take you to see the scholar someday, okay?"
Matchmaker Wu was still unwilling to give up and wanted to try one last time. If she still failed, she would never visit the Shen family again.
"Sister Wu, I've rejected you several times before, but I won't hide it from you this time. My daughter has already been promised to someone else."
Matchmaker Wu nodded. No wonder, it turned out that she had been promised to someone else a long time ago. Alas, beautiful girls are indeed very popular.
When she first met Chen Li, she liked this girl very much. She thought she was the kind of person who was generous, unpretentious, simple and straightforward. If you are nice to such a person, she will be nice to you.
If she had a son, she would really like to marry him to her son. It would be great to have a daughter-in-law like him.
What a pity!
Matchmaker Wu walked out of the Shen family's gate and said, "Mrs. Shen, I'm leaving now. Please don't see me off."
After seeing off Wu the matchmaker, Lin Cuicui breathed a sigh of relief when she turned around and walked back. But I didn't want to arrange a marriage for the fourth brother. It's because he is now devoted to his studies. I had hinted about this to the fourth brother last time, but he directly refused.
He said he just wanted to study now and would talk about starting a family later.
As parents, they naturally support their son's desire to study and achieve success.
Moreover, the fourth son will definitely achieve something in the future, so his wife cannot be chosen casually.
At the very least, the girl should be educated, so that the couple will have common topics to talk about in the future.
Also, the fourth brother is a very opinionated person. His wife probably needs his personal approval. If they make a decision rashly, what will happen if they become a pair of resentful lovers in the future?
"Alas~"
"Mom, did you send him away?"
"Yes, it's been sent out," Lin Cuicui said as she sat on a chair, took a sip of tea, and said, "It seems that Matchmaker Wu won't come to our house anymore."
Shen Changshan held his hand and said, "Cui Niang, don't worry. It doesn't matter whether those two brats can find wives or not."
Lin Cuicui glared at him, "What are you talking about?"
Chen Li and Xu Taohua looked at each other and decided that they couldn't sit here anymore, so they stood up and walked out of the yard.
"Sister-in-law, where is Achi? Why can't I see him?"
Xu Taohua smiled and said, "He went to bed late yesterday and stayed up most of the night. Now, he can't get up this morning."
Shen Li nodded, "I'll go back to the yard first."
"good."
After taking Chen Li and Xu Taohua out of the yard, Lin Cuicui stood up and sighed deeply again.
Shen Changshan held her hand and said, "What's wrong? Why are you sighing?"
Lin Cuicui looked at him, "Aren't you worried at all?"
Shen Changshan pulled her to sit down, "Cui Niang, are you worried about the third or the fourth child?"
"I'm all worried about these two brats. One of them's out on the road, and we don't know when he'll be back. The other one has to take the imperial examinations. Without any talk of marriage for the time being, how can we not be worried?"
Shen Changshan comforted her, "Neither of them is in a hurry. It's useless for you to worry about it. Don't think about it. Maybe if you just sit at home, your daughter-in-law will come to you automatically."
Lin Cuicui finally laughed out loud, "She's even delivered to your door. You treat your daughter-in-law like a piece of cabbage!"
"Don't think about it. Ali might not be able to stay at home for much longer. Well, we can't let those two brats in front delay Ali."
If Chen Li waits until all her brothers are married before getting married, then who knows how long she will have to wait.
"But aren't Pei Yu and Jing Yuan still on the battlefield?"
"Well, maybe when the war is over, we'll get to marry our daughter off soon."
When it comes to marrying off their daughter, both the couple are a little depressed. However, when they think about their son-in-law being an outstanding man and that Ali won't have her parents-in-law to serve her in the future, they feel better.
Without parents-in-law, the son-in-law holds an official position and is a prince. The key is that he loves Ali. Such a son-in-law is really hard to find even with a lantern.
"Ali's dowry is almost ready. It's a pity that we weren't well off before and didn't have time to prepare many things."
Many things in the dowry need to be prepared from childhood. They cannot be obtained in a short period of time, nor can they be obtained by spending money.
Speaking of this, Shen Changshan was a little dazed. The more he thought about the past, the more he wanted to cherish his present life.
Chen Li had no idea what they were worried about. After all, Chen Li had never worried about the dowry.
No matter how much dowry they prepared, it would not be as valuable as her. She had many ideas of making money in her mind.
Also, Pei Yu would send a lot of betrothal gifts, needless to say. The warehouses in Dingzhou City alone would already have a lot, not to mention what he had prepared in the capital in the past two years.
An Wu came back the next afternoon and took out two land deeds. "Miss, this is the prince's farm. It has a total of 300 acres of land."
Chen Li came to see that the address was not in Qingxi County, but in Suzhou, but it was not far away and was not a problem.
An Wu handed over a purse and said, "This is the banknote you gave to me. I'm returning it to you now."
Chen Li took it and pushed a silver note of one hundred taels to him, "Thank you for your hard work."
"No……"
"Take it. Even if you are a secret guard, there are places where you can use the silver."
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