He hadn't originally wanted people to know so soon that he was going to marry a girl from the Xue family, but at this moment, it seemed that it wasn't so hard to accept anymore.
He thought about it and realized that given his parents' current state, they definitely couldn't propose marriage on his behalf.
But if the old clan chief were to intervene, that would be acceptable.
It could even be said that it would make the Xue family look better.
Thinking this, he first pretended to hesitate, then, as if making some kind of decision, he gritted his teeth and said:
"Clan leader, it has been almost half a year since my divorce from the Chi family."
Now that my family is in this state, my parents must be seriously injured, and everyone in the clan is also having a hard time.
I was thinking, maybe I should get another wife."
Elder Qi is old and has seen a lot of people, and he has also had many dealings with Qi Mingyu.
Qi Mingyu's self-perceived shrewdness and his own ulterior motives were completely invisible to the old man.
However, he wanted someone from his clan to take up an official post and lead the Qi clan to prosperity.
Therefore, many of Qi Mingyu's actions were turned a blind eye.
It's like parting ways with a fish in a pond.
For example, right now!
Since the other party is going to put on an act, he will cooperate.
"It's really inconvenient that you're all alone right now."
Seeing that the old clan chief also agreed with him, Qi Mingyu continued:
"As the clan chief knows, I'm currently living at my classmate's house."
He was my classmate and also my good friend. Seeing that I was all alone, he asked his elders to introduce me to two girls.
One is his cousin from his mother's side, and the other is a distant relative from his father's side, who is considered his cousin.
My cousin comes from a farming family. Her family is of modest means, but both her parents are still alive, her brother is engaged, and she herself is hardworking.
She's definitely a good candidate for a wife.
As Qi Mingyu paused, the old patriarch Qi nodded in agreement and asked:
"What about the other one? What's the situation?"
As clever as Qi Mingyu was, he knew from just one sentence from the old patriarch that the other party was praising him.
So he had nothing to hide and directly portrayed himself as having no choice but to do it, and that it was all for everyone's good, saying:
"My other cousin's surname is Xue. She comes from a wealthy family and is kind-hearted, but she has two bad points."
One reason is that she comes from a merchant family, and the other is that her family runs an incense business.
My classmates and I originally thought that my distant cousin was nice and we intended to marry her.
But given the current situation, I think I should just marry the merchant's daughter.
At this point, Elder Qi already knew what had happened.
I just don't know what his purpose is in saying all this, so I'll still cooperate and offer my advice:
"Mingyu, the merchant's daughter is indeed wealthy, and she's probably a very nice girl too."
But his social status was ultimately not good, and his family was involved in that kind of business, which was really unacceptable.
Or, why don't you marry that cousin, the girl from the Zhong family?
Her family may not be wealthy, but she has a good social standing and is hardworking. Isn't that better than anything else?
Qi Mingyu remained silent at first, then sighed again and said:
"Chieftain, my mind is made up, you don't need to persuade me anymore."
I wanted to marry a woman from the Zhong family because I thought the villagers would help me raise money for the trip to take the imperial examination in June or July.
But now that this has happened, I don't have time to think about it.
Right now, my best course of action is to marry a girl from the Xue family.
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