Chapter 423: Family Recognition Banquet 3
Although she knew that Zheng Huai was not a fickle person.
But what about the Zheng family? Would they be interested in a daughter-in-law from a humble family? This was a question she had always worried about.
Although the Zheng family didn't say anything, she secretly suspected that they looked down on her from seeing their looks.
With her husband's counseling this morning and her mother-in-law's initiative to make peace with her, Qiao Xianglan finally put her worries to rest. She secretly laughed at herself, thinking she was overthinking and worrying about nothing.
He had been married into the Zheng family for many years and had made several good friends among the ladies.
Several people gathered together to chat, and the topic of the conversation was naturally Zheng Laosan and his family who had returned home today to meet their relatives.
A woman glanced at Zheng Ci and the others and said with a smile, "As expected of a member of your Zheng family, your third brother's appearance is impeccable."
Mrs. He laughed cheerfully, "Yes, I didn't recognize him back in the early years, so I started my own family back home. Look, the wife I married is... not so-so."
The woman glanced at her with a smile and said, "What's the background of your third uncle's wife? Ever since my mother-in-law found out that your third uncle had been recognized, she thought that if there was no good marriage, she could try to match him with my sister-in-law."
The woman's surname is Lu. Her sister-in-law became a widow and returned home. She has been living in seclusion for many years.
There was no rule in the Zhou Dynasty that prohibited women from remarrying, but for many years she had very high standards and had never found anyone she liked.
He: "My third brother's wife, come to think of it, hey."
She pretended to look regretful, which aroused everyone's curiosity even more.
"Why don't you just say it? Why are you sighing?"
"My third brother's wife's family is a merchant."
Everyone took a breath and looked at the dignified and elegant Qiao Xianglan, unable to help but feel a little contempt.
"Merchant? Doesn't that smell like money? It's a complete mismatch for the Zheng family."
"Why don't you persuade your third brother? It's shameful for the Zheng family to have a merchant as a daughter-in-law."
"Merchant or whatever, my third brother likes it. How can I, as his second sister-in-law, interfere in their affairs?"
He pretended to be understanding and tolerant.
"Only you can become a sister-in-law with a merchant's daughter." The other woman frowned.
"By the way, do you know how they married into the Pei family?" someone asked curiously.
He smiled and said meaningfully, "My niece is beautiful and has a good temperament."
Everyone suddenly realized that it was because of her beauty that she hooked up with Pei Ji from the Pei family?
Everyone looked at Zheng Ci's family with even more mockery.
The third branch of the Zheng family is really interesting. His father has been living away from home since childhood, his mother is a merchant girl, and he has a daughter who relies on her looks to seduce a man from an aristocratic family.
Zheng Ci's family still doesn't know how the He family will arrange things, and they are a little tired of dealing with it.
There are countless people who are on good terms with the Zheng family or who want to make friends with them. As soon as a few people deal with one, another one comes.
Qiao Xianglan secretly hammered her waist and whispered, "It's not easy to be the wife of a noble family. Their waists must be very good."
Zheng Ci was amused and supported her, "Mother, let me help you go to rest."
Qiao Xianglan nodded. "Okay, let's take a break. I really can't handle this. Seeing them all smiling brightly at me makes me feel terrified."
Zheng Huai also hurriedly said: "Madam, you go and rest, I will take care of it."
The mother and daughter left.
After a while, the banquet officially began.
Old Lady Zheng and Duke Zheng brought Zheng Huai and Zheng Ci, and toasted everyone with smiles and laughter. Qiao Xianglan followed behind them, but she looked weak and pale.
A woman murmured quietly, "She is indeed a merchant's daughter, unworthy of being in a refined household. I think the Third Master of the Zheng family is quite good, what a pity."
"I think the Third Master's wife is pretty good. She's good-looking and speaks well. So what if she's a merchant's daughter? As long as she likes her, that's fine."
"Who doesn't value social status? Merchants are all about money. How can they be with us?"
The man's voice suddenly rose, attracting a group of people to look over.
She didn't lower her voice deliberately, so the people at the table naturally heard it.
Old Lady Zheng and Duke Zheng didn't look too happy.
They all recognized the lady in front of them, who was a good friend of He.
Zheng Jiaojiao followed He and could hardly stop laughing when she heard that she was being despised in public.
It's very satisfying, but as they say, a merchant girl is a merchant girl.
Standing here is a blessing earned through several lifetimes, and even if Zheng Ci is a daughter of the Zheng family, the fact that she is the mother of a merchant girl is enough to make her unable to hold her head up for the rest of her life.
"Mrs. Lu, if I remember correctly, your brother-in-law demoted his wife to a concubine not long ago," Zheng Dasao said leisurely. "After such a thing happened in your family, you have the audacity to look down on others."
I didn't expect that someone would know about my family's affairs.
Mrs. Lu was surprised and her face looked extremely unhappy. "What are you talking about?"
Mrs. Zheng was graceful and elegant, with a sense of dignity without even getting angry. "Am I wrong? Today is my third brother's family reunion banquet. If you speak rudely, you will not be welcome in our Zheng family."
Mrs. Lu stood up quickly, her temper rising. "Am I wrong? She is just a merchant's daughter."
Qiao Xianglan was repeatedly criticized, and she became angry. "Madam, what's wrong with being a merchant girl? Don't you buy everything you eat and use from merchants?"
Madam Lu sneered repeatedly, "But I paid the money."
Qiao Xianglan said calmly, "If we weren't a merchant, where would you buy it?"
Mrs. Lu was stunned for a moment. "What do you want to say?"
Qiao Xianglan's eyes were clear. "What I want to say is that people rely on their own abilities to make a living, no matter what they do. That's not a reason for you to look down on others. Doesn't Madam Lu think she can always be so high and mighty that she won't be looked down upon by others one day?"
Madam Lu: "You! My family has been officials for generations, how could we be like you merchants?"
Qiao Xianglan suddenly smiled. "I thought most scholars were simple-minded and upright. Madam Lu said she came from a family of scholars, but I didn't expect her to be so pure. It seems that she is just like that."
A few words to point out the key points.
Mrs. Lu was speechless.
Her performance just now was exactly that of a pure and clean person.
It is totally inconsistent with the demeanor of a scholar.
Many family members of noble families quietly classified the Lu family as a family that should not be associated with.
The daughter of the Lu family was so arrogant and domineering. It seemed that this was the Lu family tradition, and what the lady said was not without reason.
Many people who had looked upon Qiao Xianglan with tinted glasses because she was a merchant changed their minds drastically after hearing her righteous words.
Merchants are vulgar and ignorant in their eyes.
But this lady had a clear gaze, which was very different from the merchant they imagined.
Suddenly someone said, "The Qiao family, could it be the Qiao family from Jiangling?"
Qiao Xianglan was stunned. "How did Madam know about my family?"
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