Chapter 200
"What are you coming for? He's a big shot now, he doesn't care about you at all!" Xu Xiangren felt that he had come back with a belly full of anger from Li Tianyou.
He kindly invited him, but the man didn't give him the slightest bit of face.
They're not friends, no matter what.
If he weren't now a second-rank official, he wouldn't bother with him at all.
"Hmph, he's just a merchant who got lucky and became an official. Who knows how long he'll last!" Xu Xiangren thought to himself, feeling dissatisfied again.
Why is it that a merchant can so easily become a second-rank official?
Look at myself, I spent three years in Xin'an County, and after exhausting all my connections, I finally got a minor official position as the Vice Minister of the Court of Imperial Stud in the capital.
He wanted to climb up, but there was no one there, and no one paid him any attention.
Now, it seems I don't know when I'll finally get ahead.
“Master, that’s not how it works. Look at Lord Li. He used to be a merchant, that’s true, but now he’s different. He’s a second-rank official,” Madam Niu said disapprovingly.
Xu Xiangren was already furious, and now that his wife was speaking up for Li Tianyou, he was even more dissatisfied.
"What, are you blaming me for being incompetent?" Xu Xiangren said, looking at Niu Shi with dissatisfaction.
"Master, if you're so capable, why don't you buy me a house in the capital and let me live here? And buy me a few servants to serve me! Look at this dilapidated courtyard we live in, it's even rented. Every day, I have to keep working, otherwise, with your meager monthly salary, our whole family will starve!" Madam Niu said discontentedly, stretching out her calloused hands to Xu Xiangren.
I felt frustrated.
You see, back in Xin'an County, all she had to do was be his wife.
Her servants could help her with everything, so she didn't have to do it herself.
However, in order to come to the capital, they sold their property for a mere sixth-rank official position as Vice Minister of the Court of Imperial Stud!
Upon arriving in the capital, to put it nicely, he was a sixth-rank official; to put it bluntly, he was nothing more than a horse feeder.
Moreover, since she had no money to buy servants, she not only had to do everything herself, but also had to go outside to find work.
The courtyard where I live is rented.
Life has gone downhill compared to before.
This made Niu feel extremely uncomfortable.
“Why is it that Li Tianyou can become a high-ranking official just because he has a good son-in-law? Do you think I want Jin’an to serve an old man? I’m doing this for the sake of this family!” As she spoke, Madam Niu began to sob.
"Alright, I don't mean to blame you. It's probably not going to work out with Li Tianyou. Why don't you look for other families for Jin'an?" Xu Xiangren understood his wife's meaning. He also hoped that his daughter could marry well and that she could help him out.
However, their social circle is only so big. The good ones don't even look at their daughter, and the bad ones they don't even look at.
“Master, since you can’t go yourself, why not let Jin’an go in person? If Li Tianyou sees Jin’an, maybe he’ll change his mind?” Madam Niu was still unwilling to let go of Li Tianyou, her powerful ally.
You should know that the only men she could arrange marriages for her daughter were the children of officials who were similar to her husband, or merchants.
With Li Tianyou as a shining example, Niu Shi didn't want to choose any other inferior candidates.
"What if Li Tianyou also ignores Jin'an?" Xu Xiangren said uncertainly.
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