Chapter 502: The Considerations of Yan Siyu and Her Daughter (Two Chapters in One)
"Big sister, what are you eating?"
When Yan Wenkai and Yan Wentao came over, they saw Daohua and Xiao Yeyang chatting and laughing while feeding each other.
When Daohua saw the two of them, she waved quickly, "Third brother, fourth brother, Xiao Yeyang brought us some delicious food, come and have a try."
When he heard there was something delicious, Yan Wenkai walked over in two steps. Seeing the strawberries in the basket, he reached out and took them without asking: "What is this?" He ate them and handed a few to Yan Wentao.
Rice Flower: "Strawberry, a kind of fruit."
Yan Wenkai nodded while eating: "Well, not bad, delicious." Then he reached out and took a few more.
Seeing Yan Wenkai eating one at a time, and in just a few moments, he had eaten more than a dozen, and there was no sign of stopping, Xiao Yeyang couldn't help but move the basket aside: "I say, that's enough, this is for your sister, you are a grown man, just taste it."
Yan Wenkai glared and pointed at the basket and said, "Aren't there still a lot?"
Xiao Yeyang looked at him with disdain: "There's only one basket in total. Don't you have to take some back to honor the old lady and uncle and aunt? After deducting these, how much is left? Besides, your sister has to save some for seeds, so there will be even less to eat."
As he spoke, he looked at Wang Man'er and handed the basket to her, "Keep it for your daughter."
Yan Wenkai curled his lips and said, "Little Prince, you are too stingy."
Xiao Yeyang glanced over and said, "Didn't I tell you not to call me Little Prince anymore?"
Yan Wenkai glanced at Xiao Yeyang and asked tentatively, "Are you serious?"
Xiao Yeyang said with a straight face: "Do you think I'm joking?"
Yan Wenkai scratched his head: "But we are used to calling you that. If not Little Prince, what should we call you? Brother Xiao? Brother Yeyang?" Calling him by his name directly didn't seem right.
Daohua looked at Xiao Yeyang, then at her two brothers: "How about calling him the Pacification Envoy? Or, sir?"
Yan Wenkai's eyes lit up and he looked at Xiao Yeyang: "Master Xiao?"
Xiao Yeyang was silent for a moment, but did not object: "Just call me by my name in private."
When Yan Wenkai heard him say this, he immediately grinned and said, "Yeyang, where did you get these strawberries?" As he said that, he strolled to Wang Man'er, reached out and took a few more. Seeing Xiao Yeyang looking at him, he immediately smiled at him ingratiatingly.
Xiao Yeyang was a little embarrassed to watch: "You are a grown man, how come you are even greedier than a girl?"
Yan Wenkai disagreed: "Eating is the most important thing in life, how can you say you are greedy?"
Daohuaxiao sat aside and did not join in the conversation between her two brothers and Xiao Yeyang.
Yan Wentao looked at Strawberry, sat down next to Daohua, and whispered, "Daohua, can you give me some when you get back?"
Daohua turned to look at her third brother. Seeing that he looked a little unnatural, she smiled slyly and said, "Third brother, I will send it to my uncle and aunt when I get back. You don't need to remind me."
Yan Wentao choked and whimpered for a long time before uttering, "I know you need your parents and brothers. I'm saying, give me some separately."
Rice Flower pretended to be confused: "Why?"
Yan Wentao was a little depressed: "I want to eat it myself."
Daohua: "Really? Third brother, you are not a greedy person."
Seeing the mockery on Daohua's face, Yan Wentao gave up and said, "Forget it, I don't want it anymore." Then he was about to get up and leave.
Daohua quickly pulled him back and said with a smile, "Please don't refuse. Since you've asked, how can I not agree? But, please don't forget me in the future."
Yan Wentao immediately said, "How could I possibly forget you?"
"That's not necessarily true." Daohua smiled meaningfully.
Yan Wentao felt uncomfortable being stared at by Daohua, so he hurried to find Xiao Yeyang and Yan Wenkai.
At 9:00 PM, Yan Wentao saw that it was getting late and stood up, saying, "It's time to go home, or my family will be worried."
Xiao Yeyang nodded: "Let's go, I'll take you back."
After watching Daohua and the other two enter the Yan Mansion, Xiao Yeyang stood for a while before slowly walking back. As he reached the gate of the mansion, he saw Dongli, who was serving Grandma Gu and Gu Jian, standing outside the gate.
"Why are you here?" Xiao Yeyang looked at Dongli in surprise.
Dong Li bent down and said, "Young Prince, the two old masters said that it would be too lonely for them to celebrate the New Year alone. Thinking that you are also alone, they would like to invite you to celebrate the New Year with them."
This afternoon, the two old masters learned that Prince Ping had appointed Consort Ma as his legal concubine. Regardless of how late it was, they insisted that he come and take the young prince over.
Xiao Yeyang's expression changed. Could it be that Daohua told the two old men about him?
He didn't like going to other people's homes during the Chinese New Year. Seeing other families together and having fun together would remind him of his own loneliness, and he felt uncomfortable.
But he was happy to go and keep the two old people company.
"Okay, I'll go clean it up."
Seeing that Xiao Yeyang agreed, Dongli immediately breathed a sigh of relief. The old lady was very angry today, which caused her illness to relapse, and the old man was very angry because of this.
Invite the young prince over, and the two old men will probably calm down.
Yan Mansion.
When Daohua came back and saw that everyone was staying up late in the old lady's room, she asked Wang Maner to take out half of the strawberries and put them on the table for everyone to eat.
Yan Yile held the strawberry and asked curiously, "What is this?"
Yang Xiujun smiled and continued, "This looks like a strawberry."
Yan Yile looked at Yang Xiujun: "Cousin Xiujun knows?"
Yang Xiujun nodded. "I heard other girls mention it when I was at a banquet in Beijing." Then she looked at Daohua. "These strawberries are said to be tribute. I heard that only families rewarded by the emperor can eat them. How did my cousin get them?"
Daohua said casually, "Xiao Yeyang gave it to me." Then, she took one and handed it to Old Lady Yan, "Grandma, try it and see if you like it."
Old Lady Yan ate it with a smile: "Mm, it tastes good."
Daohua smiled and said, "Grandma likes it, so you can eat more."
Yang Xiujun took the strawberry and looked at the reactions of the Yan family members, feeling a little puzzled.
Strawberries are tribute, aren’t the reactions of the Yan family members a little too indifferent?
Also, didn’t the little prince give you too many strawberries?
Looking at the plates of strawberries on the table, Yang Xiujun couldn't help but wonder if the little prince had given all the strawberries he had gotten to his cousin Yi Yi?
Thinking of this, Yang Xiujun couldn't help but look at the rice flowers.
The young prince seems to be particularly good to cousin Yi Yi!
After the New Year's Eve celebration, Yan Siyu and her daughter returned to the yard to rest.
After returning to the house, Yang Xiujun saw the maid behind her holding a small plate of strawberries and couldn't help asking, "Mother, what are these strawberries?"
Yan Siyu smiled and said, "Your grandmother gave it to me. She said she saw that you liked it, so she asked me to bring some back."
Yang Xiujun: "Does cousin Yiyi have a lot of strawberries?"
Yan Siyu: "It should be quite a lot. When I left, I saw that your grandmother still had a large plate."
Yang Xiujun: "Mother, Cousin Yiyi seems to be very close to the young prince. Do you think the young prince likes Cousin Yiyi?"
Upon hearing this, Yan Siyu immediately glared at Yang Xiujun: "What nonsense are you talking about? The young prince is on good terms with the Yan family. What does he have to do with your cousin Yiyi?"
Yang Xiujun walked over to Yan Siyu and sat down, coquettishly saying, "My daughter was just casually talking to mother in private. It's not my fault for thinking this way. Think about it, tribute is so rare. If it's for the sake of friendship between our two families, just send some over to try it out."
"But you also saw that Cousin Yiyi had too many strawberries. The princes and nobles in the capital were all overjoyed when they got a plate of them. I don't believe that the young prince has no feelings for Cousin Yiyi."
Yan Siyu was silent for a moment: "Yiyi is indeed good-looking, with a cheerful and generous personality. Girls like her are very popular with boys. What a pity..."
Yang Xiujun was puzzled: "What's a pity?"
Yang Siyu: "It's a pity that the young prince's status is too noble. Your uncle and aunt love their children very much, so they won't let your cousin Yiyi become the young prince's concubine."
Yang Xiujun couldn't help but ask, "If the young prince really liked her, why would he let cousin Yiyi be his concubine?"
Yan Siyu sneered, "Silly child, what good are you thinking? Ordinary families like us always pay attention to marrying someone of equal status, let alone the royal family."
"Don't look at your uncle as the head of a prefecture now, but this position is not high enough in the capital. The wives of the royal family are almost all from high-ranking and noble families. The Yan family is far behind."
Yan Siyu glanced at her daughter and said earnestly, "Qi Da is not an ordinary person. Some things may look bright and beautiful on the surface, but who knows how much dirt there is underneath. We must not dream of things that are out of our reach, otherwise, we will end up hurting ourselves."
Yang Xiujun bit her lip and whispered, "My daughter knows."
Seeing that her daughter had listened, Yan Siyu was relieved, and then she said seriously, "Don't say such nonsense again in the future. We are at your uncle's house now, not at home. Your aunt may have a good temper, but if she knew that you slandered Yiyi's reputation, she would be very surprised to see you in a good mood."
Yang Xiujun quickly admitted her mistake: "I was wrong." She quickly changed the subject to today's firecrackers. "Mother, I've observed carefully. Whenever my brother gets the chance, he'll always be around my cousin Yiyi. What do you think, brother?"
Hearing this, Yan Siyu's brows knitted into a knot: "This child, how can he be so ignorant?"
Seeing her mother's reaction, Yang Xiujun was stunned: "Mother, you don't like my brother and cousin Yiyi, okay?"
Yan Siyu said unhappily, "Your uncle and aunt won't be interested in our family."
Yang Xiujun was silent for a moment. "My great uncle and father are both officials in Beijing. My great uncle's official position is not lower than that of my great uncle. Our family and the Yan family are quite well matched."
Yan Siyu sighed: "No matter how high your uncle's official position is, the daughter of the Yan family will not marry into the Yang family."
Yang Xiujun was puzzled: "Why?"
Yan Siyu's face was bitter: "It's enough for the Yan family to have me suffer in the Yang family, why would they push other girls into the fire pit?"
Yang Xiujun was stunned for a moment. After a while, she said, "Our family will eventually split up."
Yan Siyu waved her hands. "That's impossible. First, the Yang family doesn't offer much support to the Yan family. Second, not to mention Yi Yi, any one of Yi Huan would be a top-notch girl. Yan family girls don't have trouble finding a husband. They have other options. Why would they choose ours? Third, your brother hasn't passed any imperial examinations yet, so he doesn't have many advantages to show for himself."
Yang Xiujun frowned: "Then my brother might be disappointed."
Yan Siyu was silent for a while. "Looks like I need to find time to talk to Hongrui. Don't let your uncle and aunt really get angry with him in the end."
She also realized that since her elder brother and sister-in-law were supporting Yi Yi so well, it was impossible for them to just marry her off to any random family.
Although the young prince cannot marry into the family, he may still have a chance with other noble families.
As she spoke, Yan Siyu looked at Yang Xiujun and said, "Your brother doesn't stand a chance at all, but you do."
Yang Xiujun blushed: "Mother, what are you talking about?"
Yan Siyu smiled and said, "Tell Mom, what do you think of Wen Kai?"
Yang Xiujun said shyly, "Cousin Wenkai is a very nice person."
Yan Siyu smiled and said, "Mother thinks he's not bad. Although Wen Kai isn't as calm and reserved as Wen Xiu, he has his own strengths. He's frank and direct. People like him are easy to get along with."
Yang Xiujun was silent for a moment, then blushed and said, "Didn't mother just say that my uncle and his family don't want to marry into our family?"
Yan Siyu smiled and said, "Marrying a daughter is different from marrying a daughter-in-law."
"When marrying off a daughter, one must consider the family situation of the in-laws. As for our family situation, you know it too. Whose daughter wouldn't be bullied if she married into that family? Your eldest and second uncles both love their daughters, so they would definitely not agree."
"But marrying a wife is different. What matters most is the girl herself." Yan Siyu smiled and touched her daughter's hair. "My Xiujun is dignified, quiet, well-educated and well-mannered. She is a perfect match for any young master."
"What's more, you are the old lady's legitimate granddaughter and eldest brother's legitimate niece. This makes your relationship much closer than that of people outside."
Seeing her daughter embarrassed, Yan Siyu smiled and said, "It's the new year now, and you're fourteen. It's time to put marriage on the agenda."
Speaking of marriage, Yang Xiujun became increasingly embarrassed. Thinking of Yan Wenkai's appearance, she felt a little hopeful, yet also a little uncertain: "Mother, will my aunt agree?"
Yan Siyu smiled and said, "Why don't you agree? If I told you to marry my eldest cousin Wen Xiu, I wouldn't be sure. But Wen Kai is the second son, so the wife's family background doesn't need to be too high."
"When you went to help your aunt prepare the New Year gifts, didn't she praise you all the time? It's obvious that she likes you too. I know your aunt's character, and I'm relieved to marry you to me."
Seeing her daughter was a little worried, Yan Siyu said, "If you are really worried, just spend more time with Wen Kai. If Wen Kai is interested in you, a mother will not go against her own son."
Yang Xiujun fell silent. Thinking of the harmonious atmosphere of the Yan family, she longed for her future husband's family to be like this: "I will get along well with cousin Wen Kai."
Yan Siyu smiled: "That's right."
(End of this chapter)
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