The elders of the He family were racking their brains to figure out how to get He Zhengchu to come back for the New Year. He Zhengchu became an official, but the He family members didn't benefit from it. He Zhengchu himself didn't come back, and was quite cold to the He family members who came to him, which made the He family members very dissatisfied.
Niu Dayan sat on a bench in the yard, holding a bowl of water, listening to the discussions of the He family in the hall, and felt secretly happy.
Chen, the daughter-in-law of He Yun, the head of the He family, saw that Niu Dayan was looking towards the hall and was unhappy. "Old man, you have finished drinking. Please leave as soon as you finish drinking. We have things to do at home."
Niu Dayan pointed to the main hall and said, "I listened for a while. Is the Lord He they are talking about Lord He Zhengchu from the Maritime Customs Office?"
"Do you know him?"
"How could a nobody like me know Lord He? I just heard that Lord He is handsome and favored by the nobles in the capital. Several well-known families in Anzhou City want to marry their daughters to Lord He.
For this reason, people sent gifts to Kang Dadong's home every day. Today they sent silks and satins, tomorrow they sent gold, silver and jewelry, and some even sent shops and land. We all envied Kang Dadong's home. She adopted such a brother, it was really worth it.
Chen's eyes lit up when she heard this. "So many gifts? Zhengchu's marriage should be decided by our He family. Why should we send gifts to the Kang family?"
"Master Kang said that she has the final say on Mr. He's marriage. She is Mr. He's sworn sister..."
"What's a foster sister? Zhengchu's father is gone, but he still has his mother, and she is still in the He clan. How can she, a crappy foster sister, have the final say?" After Chen said this, she turned and walked into the hall.
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