Chapter 15 People shook their heads when they saw it, and my mother swung her stick when she saw it
The most beautiful woman is the most beautiful woman.
Unfortunately, he didn't know that his peerless beauty was about to marry someone else.
Old Mrs. Xu acted quickly. The next day, she invited several old ladies of good reputation in the city to have a drink and asked them indirectly if there were any unengaged men of marriageable age.
But after listening to it over and over again, I always feel that it is unsatisfactory.
In Xianyang City, the Cui family is the only dominant family. Even if there are clans that come here to avoid disaster, they still live under the protection of the Cui family. If Cui Si wants to marry, it would be a marriage of downgrade.
They are no longer a match in terms of status, and there are not many young and outstanding people. Apart from some who are already engaged and some who are not good-looking enough, there are not many people left.
After all the calculations, he is not as good as Song Zhi.
Song Zhi is nineteen years old this year. He is handsome and now studies under Master Cui at Xianyang Academy. He is also very knowledgeable. Although he is not as outstanding as Cui Jing, he is also an outstanding young man.
More importantly, he really has feelings for Cui Si.
However, compared with the King of Northern Yan, Song Zhi is far inferior.
The King of Northern Yan is a man of great stature and good looks. Although he is young, he is already a regional overlord. Now the Cui family has welcomed the King of Northern Yan as their lord and is submitting to him. If Cui Si marries him, she will be the queen. If the King of Northern Yan is lucky enough to conquer the world, she will become the empress.
Thinking of this, Old Lady Xu sighed deeply: "It seems that people cannot be compared. I have seen good things, but when compared with them, I feel that they are not satisfactory. After all, I am not satisfied."
Cui Si handed her a cup of green plum dew and said, "Don't overthink it. Just think about it. I, your granddaughter, can live a stable life in Xianyang City. I hope the other person has decent character, isn't ugly, and has a good temper."
"But how can a boy like this be worthy of my darling grandson?"
In Old Lady Xu's heart, her granddaughter was the most outstanding girl. Even if a prince or a grandson of the emperor was a barely worthy match for her, she would feel very upset to just randomly find someone who was neither good nor bad.
Old Mrs. Xu drank the green plum juice and ate another sweet and sour green plum. Her mood improved a little. "Was it sent by that girl Cui Hao?"
Cui Si hummed, "She's thinking about you."
"Forget it, just don't think about it. Just don't get in my way."
Cui Hao is the daughter of Cui Si's fifth uncle and is only thirteen years old this year.
Logically, she could be considered the legitimate daughter of the Cui family and should have been ranked accordingly, but her parents' marriage was not recognized by the Cui clan. She was given the surname Cui and raised in the Cui family because she had lost her father.
Her mother was just a fishing girl who rowed a boat. When Cui Wuye was crossing the river to the south by boat, he was moved by her singing and brought her back to Xianyang. Later, various things happened and the two got married in a hurry outside, which was not recognized by Cui.
Later, the fisherman's daughter died soon after giving birth to Cui Hao. Cui Wuye also became depressed and died of illness a few years later. The touching love story between the two was left with only Cui Hao.
Old Mrs. Xu also disliked Cui Hao. She thought that it was her mother who harmed Master Cui Wu, and she didn't like Cui Hao either. However, considering that she was her son's only flesh and blood, she raised her well at home.
The old lady had three sons, one of whom had already died. Later, her youngest son was murdered. She suffered the pain of losing two sons and was heartbroken and could not bear it.
"Mother—mother—the son is back—"
Just as Cui Si was thinking about her uncle who was out and about, she heard shouting from outside the yard. Soon, a young man in a white robe and with his hair casually tied with a headband walked in.
He was about twenty-two or twenty-three years old, with a pair of smiling fox eyes, and his whole face would squint when he smiled.
When he looked up and saw Cui Si, he smiled again: "Hello, little uncle, I'm back. Did you miss me?"
He looked like a wild fox demon that had run out from some mountain. His unrestrained and unruly appearance would make people shake their heads when they saw him, and his mother would pick up a stick to hit him.
Sure enough, Mrs. Xu was still happy about her youngest son's return the moment before, but the next moment, seeing him in such a ghostly state as if he had just run out of the mountains, she picked up the crutch beside her and walked forward.
"Cui Changyou, I think you don't want to forget your home or your mother anymore, right?" Old Mrs. Xu swung her crutch and was about to beat the boy.
When Cui Ba and Cui Changyou saw this, their faces changed and they retreated repeatedly, calling out to Cui Si for help as they retreated: "Fellow Daoist, please help me!"
"Who is your fellow Taoist?" Old Lady Xu was so angry that she hit his leg with her cane. "If you dare to lead Ah Si astray, I will beat you to death!"
Cui Si crossed her arms and gloated, "I'm sorry, little uncle. I'd rather die than let my friend die. Please take your time."
He really deserves this beating!
Serves you right!
In his previous life, he was out and about every day, and he liked to go deep into the mountains and forests. As a result, he met the evil bandits lurking in the mountains and lost his life there.
Cui Si wanted the old lady to break his legs so that he could stay at home peacefully.
"A'si! How could you be so cruel!"
Cui Changyou was beaten so hard that he jumped back. Just as he reached the door, he bumped into someone. His eyes lit up and he shouted, "Brother Jiang, please help me! My mother is trying to kill me!"
Only then did Mrs. Xu and Cui Si realize that the man who walked in from the door was a strange man. He was wearing a dark green robe with a cross-lapel, his hair was tied with a headband, and he was carrying a bamboo basket on his back.
A face with handsome and timeless features, clear eyebrows and eyes. When he stood there, he looked leisurely and calm, gentle and polite, like a young man with green bamboos and pines in the forest.
Cui Si was slightly stunned.
It's him.
Mrs. Xu probably still had some dignity to maintain. Seeing that someone was around, she didn't want to continue beating the kid. She glared at Cui Changyou angrily and cursed, "You bastard! You didn't even say anything when you had guests."
Cui Changyou escaped a disaster, breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a wry smile: "Mother, isn't it too late for my son to tell me?"
Didn't you beat me with a stick as soon as I came back?
"You think you're right?" Old Mrs. Xu glanced over.
"No, I didn't make any sense, mother. I was wrong." Cui Changyou immediately backed down and introduced his friend. "This is my new friend. His surname is Jiang, and his name is Ci Nian."
"Greetings to the old lady." Jiang Cinian bowed, his attitude was humble and polite, sincere and gentle, and it was obvious at first glance that he was a young man with a very good character.
Old Madam Xu rarely saw such an upright and honest young man. Her eyes immediately lit up and she smiled. "It's the young man from the Jiang family. No need to be so polite. Don't call me old lady or old lady. It's too formal. Just follow the generation of this young man in my family and call me aunt."
Jiang Cinian readily agreed: "I meet my aunt."
"Okay." Mrs. Xu said "Okay" twice, which showed that she liked him very much.
"You don't have to be so reserved. Just treat the Cui family as your own. By the way, you're from Xianyang, do you have a place to stay?"
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