Zhou Lin nodded. "If she's a good person, I can marry her. Anyway, I don't have a girl I like. I'll be nineteen after the New Year, and it's time for me to settle down."
"Back then, when I saw her alone, a pitiful beggar was begging from her, and she was willing to give him a piece of silver so he could buy food. I just didn't expect to encounter someone with ulterior motives, so I decided to call out to him."
"I feel she's a kind person, but whether that's true or not, I need my sister-in-law to help me judge," Zhou Lin said softly.
Li Mai smiled. She hadn't expected Zhou Lin to be willing to do so. She thought he would say that the Xu family was of high social standing and that his family was not good enough for them, and that he didn't want to marry a daughter of the Xu family.
"Are you willing to form a marriage alliance with the Xu family because of Xiao Tao?" Zhou Quan suddenly asked Zhou Lin.
In his mind, his younger brother would not have been willing to marry into the Xu family, given the significant difference in social standing between the two families.
Zhou Lin nodded, "Yes, I can tell that Lu Qian's feelings for Xiao Tao are genuine, and Xiao Tao trusts him quite a bit. It's just that the little girl hasn't figured it out yet and doesn't know what kind of feelings Lu Qian has for her. It's only a matter of time before things get complicated between them."
“If our family and the Xu family become related by marriage, after Xiao Tao and Lu Qian really get married, the Lu family should think twice when facing Xiao Tao, and at least they won’t dare to bully Xiao Tao behind our backs.” Zhou Lin whispered his thoughts.
He may not have understood these things before, only knowing how to study his carpentry skills. But after he started to set up his shop in town, opened the shop, and dealt with the business people around him, he gradually realized that many times, the strength of one person is no match for the strength of a large family.
The small business owners in the town who ran their own shops dared not provoke or confront the shops of those large families.
Otherwise, if someone doesn't like you and accuses you of stealing their business, they might try to force you to buy their shop, and those small business owners won't dare to say a word.
Paying money to buy it is not a bad thing, but I'm afraid that someone will do something bad behind my back, ruin your family, and take the opportunity to take over your shop and get rid of someone who is competing with your business.
After he opened his shop, because his brother-in-law was there and his elder brother and sister-in-law were in charge in the town, people knew he was the younger brother of the Red Pomegranate family and would not cause him any trouble.
Some of the people who bought furniture from him were even brought by his brother-in-law, who was a former customer of his brother-in-law. These things made him fully understand the power of the support that came from his family.
After listening to Zhou Lin's words, Li Mai and Zhou Quan fell silent. They hadn't expected that their younger brother, who used to be like a big child, had grown up so quickly in just a few months and was now considering things from these perspectives.
The couple was silent for a while, then Li Mai said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, you understand. We'll see how things go. If Miss Xu is indeed a good match, we'll see what the Xu family thinks. If Miss Xu has a strange personality, then we won't get involved with the Xu family. As for Xiao Tao, don't worry. Even without the Xu family's marriage proposal, if Xiao Tao marries into the Lu family in the future, the Lu family won't dare to bully her."
Putting everything else aside, just knowing Yun Chang's identity would make them afraid to bully Xiao Tao, after all, she is the sister-in-law of the King of Yun's sworn sister.
These prominent families love to find these kinds of influential relatives who have taken many twists and turns.
In truth, Li Mai was unaware that Lu Qian already knew Yun Chang's identity. Given his feelings for Xiao Tao, he would be the first to object if his family dared to bully Xiao Tao. Even Lu Qian himself, having provoked Xiao Tao, would never dare to mess with other women again.
Zhou Lin nodded. "I've heard that the Lu family members are all nice people, so I don't think they'll do anything wrong. But I think it's always good to have more security."
In any case, as Xu's son-in-law, he can definitely support his sister in the future.
Li Mai and Zhou Quan smiled helplessly, "Alright, you go back and rest first. Tomorrow, your sister-in-law and your brother will go and see what the young master of the Xu family has to say."
Zhou Lin agreed, stood up, and bowed to Li Mai and Zhou Quan, saying, "Then I'll have to trouble you, elder brother and sister-in-law."
After Zhou Lin left, the couple looked at each other and laughed. The result was something they hadn't expected!
As the couple walked back to their yard, Zhou Quan muttered, "I never expected this kid!"
Li Mai said in a low voice, "Perhaps Xiao Lin has a good impression of that Miss Xu. If he didn't have feelings for her, he probably wouldn't have considered this."
Zhou Quan was taken aback. Is that so?
“Once it’s completely dark, let’s go to the Xu residence and secretly observe what kind of person Miss Xu is behind the scenes,” Li Mai said in a low voice.
“Okay!” For his younger brother’s sake, Zhou Quan decided to see for himself.
As the saying goes, one should marry a virtuous woman. If the girl is good, then it's not a bad idea to go along with the marriage.
Lu Qian will be visiting tomorrow, so we can definitely start talking about Xiao Lin's marriage.
After sunset, Qing Shi Town gradually quieted down.
Zhou Quan and Li Mai changed into dark clothes and quietly left the mansion, disappearing into the night.
The Xu residence.
During dinner, Xu Chong reported the progress to his parents and sister, saying that he had not met Zhou Lin's elder brother and sister-in-law in person, but he had sent them invitations to have a meal at his family's restaurant the next day to meet them.
Xu's parents nodded and instructed him to be humble and polite when speaking to the Zhou family. Xu Chong agreed and reassured them.
When Xu Yue, the young lady of the Xu family, heard that her eldest brother had arranged to meet Zhou Lin's eldest brother and sister-in-law, her face instantly turned red. She knew it was for her sake and looked at her eldest brother expectantly.
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