"Forget all your prejudices. Your sister has finally taken a liking to a young man in the past two years. Are you trying to break them up?"
"The Lu family is a good match, so why don't you go and propose marriage? Do you dare?" Old Mrs. Xu slammed her hand on the table and angrily rebuked her eldest son.
The group of men trembled instantly, as they were terrified of their mother slamming her fist on the table and getting angry.
"Oh, I know, Mom, please don't be angry. I was just saying that. I've never looked down on people from the countryside when I'm working outside. I only said a few words because it concerns Yueyue."
"Don't worry, I'll definitely get this done for my sister tomorrow." Xu Chong felt sorry for his sister, not that he looked down on the Zhou family's social standing, but seeing his mother's outburst, he didn't dare say anything unpleasant and quickly agreed.
The old lady snorted and looked at her second son, Xu Sheng.
Xu Sheng quickly nodded, "Don't worry, Mother, I'll go with my brother tomorrow. I definitely won't embarrass my sister, okay?"
I never expected that my parents would approve of my sister's interest in this young carpenter.
The old lady of the Xu family snorted coldly, "Don't even mention that the Zhou family already has two sons who are in business, so they can be considered merchants. I've also heard that they have a mansion in the north of the town, so they're not exactly country folk anymore. Even if they are, as long as your sister takes a liking to them, then we have no reason to look down on them."
“Your sister has been doing business with your father for several years now, and I believe you two brothers are well aware of her judgment. If she says Zhou Lin is a good person, then he is a good person. Besides, your father and I met him in person last time, and he is indeed an upright and kind young man.”
"Even that young man from the Lu family, if we disregard his social status, is not as good as Zhou Lin. So what if he's a carpenter? He has a skill, so he won't let his wife and children go hungry, and he can provide them with a good life. What about you? If one day our Xu family's business is targeted and disrupted by those powerful families in the capital, have you thought about what skills you'll have to provide for your wives and children in the future?"
Madam Xu originally came from a merchant family. When she married the head of the Xu family, the Xu family was a merchant family, but their business was not very large. It was through her and her family's guidance over the years that the Xu family accumulated its current wealth and business. Therefore, Madam Xu has absolute say in this family.
Moreover, what she said made a lot of sense, and the Xu family father and sons were willing to listen.
After Madam Xu finished speaking, Mr. Xu glared at his two sons and said, "You two have really made something of yourselves. You're over thirty years old, yet you can still say such things. In the future, you need to be more careful when you're out. Sometimes, a careless remark from you could bring disaster to the Xu family."
"Yes, Father, Mother, we've got it. We'll go comfort our little sister now."
The two brothers dared not sit at the table any longer. After standing up and bowing respectfully to their mother, they hurriedly went to their sister's courtyard. They were so anxious that they didn't even dare to look at their wife and children.
When Li Mai and Zhou Quan arrived at the big tree outside Miss Xu's courtyard, the Xu brothers had already comforted their sister and left.
The two brothers chatted with their sister in her yard for a long time, carefully learning about Zhou Lin and their sister's opinion of him. They discovered that their sister had secretly found out so much about the Zhou family's affairs.
It's unbelievable that even the people of the Heaven and Earth Alliance are afraid of Zhou Lin's brother and sister-in-law. It's said that they are very skilled in martial arts, and even the town magistrate treats them with great respect.
The two brothers then realized they were like frogs in a well. In fact, the eldest brother asked his younger brother if it was too presumptuous of him to send invitations to the eldest brother and sister-in-law of the Zhou family.
Li Mai and Zhou Quan heard the brothers' words from the tree and roughly understood what had happened at the Xu family that night.
But what they wanted to know was Miss Xu's attitude and what kind of person he was, so they didn't leave immediately, but instead kept an eye on Xu Yue's courtyard.
inside the house.
After her two older brothers left, Xu Yue sighed and said to her personal maid, "Chunyi, go and tell my parents to stop scolding my eldest and second brothers. They have already apologized to me, and I have forgiven them."
Her older brother and sister-in-law usually treat her very well. Tonight, she acted impulsively because she was angry. When she returned to her own yard, she regretted not giving her brothers face and was afraid that they would be disappointed in their younger sister.
She felt she should talk to her brothers about this, since they really didn't know much about Zhou Lin and the Zhou family.
"Yes, Miss," Chunyi replied and went out.
Inside the room, another maid asked Xu Yue softly, "Miss, matchmakers have come to our mansion several times in the past two years, arranging several marriages for you, but you turned them all down. The Zhou family hasn't even taken the initiative to propose marriage. Why are you so interested in this Young Master Zhou?"
Xu Yue was silent for a moment, then said, "Xia Nuan, do you know what's most important for us women when we get married?"
Xia Nuan thought for a moment, then shook her head. "Xia Nuan doesn't know. Isn't it about family background?"
Xu Yue shook her head. "Of course, it's not about family background. People who choose a husband based on family background are too superficial. My mother used to tell me that when looking for a husband, don't choose based on family background, choose based on character."
"That day, you and Chunyi went to buy me some snacks and dried fruit. I was walking from the restaurant to the rouge shop by myself. It was such a short distance, but I still ran into a beggar with ulterior motives."
"Seeing that beggar was pitiful, I took pity on him and gave him a tael of silver. Who knew he would start pestering me and keep following me. I also noticed that Young Master Zhou was walking behind me with his apprentice at that time."
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