Ma Fen is a man of great ambition, as evidenced by his ability to become a scholar. It's just that his talent is limited, so he hasn't reached a higher level!
Since he went to work as a clerk in the county government office, he has been diligent and hardworking. Du Zhubu is willing to assign him many tasks and treats him like a student.
In this way, Ma Fen often went in and out of the Lord Clerk's Mansion.
His cousin, Aunt Du, found an opportunity to let him and Miss Du be alone in a room, and brought Du Zhubo and others to see it.
Ma Fen was a gentleman. When he noticed something was wrong, he immediately knocked himself unconscious to the ground in order to preserve Miss Du's reputation.
Originally, this matter was nothing, but Mrs. Ma and the concubine of the Du family took the opportunity to say some ambiguous words, making people mistakenly believe that Ma Fen and Miss Du were having a private relationship.
Then, Mrs. Ma went to propose marriage with a shameless face!
Mrs. Du was about to send someone to kick her out, but unexpectedly Miss Du stopped her and expressed her willingness to marry Ma Fen.
It turned out that the two had come into contact during the poetry recitation and couplet-writing activity at the Lu Mansion's Hundred Flowers Banquet, and they had a very pleasant conversation with each other.
Mrs. Du originally firmly disagreed, thinking that the Ma family was plotting against her daughter and that she should not marry into such a family. However, she could not resist the persuasion of her aunt in Master Du's ear, and her daughter agreed.
In addition, Du Zhubo himself admired Ma Fen, so he finally agreed.
Mrs. Du felt ashamed because her daughter married down from her social status, so she kept the news secret until the wedding was about to take place and then allowed the invitations to be sent out.
After hearing this, Liu Wanyun felt inexplicably relieved. She had been speculating that cousin Ma had defiled Miss Du or something like that. Fortunately, Ma Fen was not a reckless scholar and did not do such a shameless thing.
"When is the wedding date set?"
"It will be here in ten days. Will you come then?" Liu's mother looked at her expectantly, simply hoping that mother and daughter could meet again.
Liu Wanyun leaned her head on her mother. Although this was not her real mother, she had been very kind to her since she came here. She was very touched and treated her like her mother.
"Mom, I will come. I will bring your son-in-law with me so you can see him. If you miss me, come to this Jiangnan Teahouse. It's open now. I will be here often in the future."
Mother Liu gently patted her daughter's back. "Your teahouse doesn't accept male customers. It's unique in Puning City. It's a great gathering place for women, but... this woman goes out here every day. The men in the family have to be dissatisfied, don't they?"
"By then, you will become the target of public criticism..."
Awei has a gentle personality and a delicate mind. As a dedicated mother, she noticed the changes in her daughter very early on. At first, she thought that her daughter was frightened by falling into the water and her temper was temporarily affected.
She is usually quiet and well-behaved, and only likes to stay at home to write and do needlework. But suddenly she wants to go out every day. She goes out during the Flower Festival and makes two sworn sisters.
That would have been fine, but she even clamored to marry into one.
Later, she thought that perhaps her daughter knew that the person who saved her from falling into the water was the young master of the Shen family, so she couldn't wait to marry her savior. Then she met two sisters and her personality changed under their influence.
The only thing he never thought about was that this daughter was no longer his own daughter.
Now that she is married, she is even more confused about her daughter's thoughts!
Instead of being in a hurry to have children, he actually wanted to open a shop, and he even blatantly instigated women to show their faces in public and seek pleasure!
This was becoming increasingly deviant! She had no choice but to offer some words of advice.
"Mom, don't worry. The women here today all have parents who are well-known in Puning City. Look at the one sitting in the middle..."
Liu Wanyun didn't care and pointed in the direction of Miss Lu and the others who were having fun not far away.
"They are Magistrate Lu's daughters. If they have fun, they will naturally speak well of us in front of their parents. Nothing will happen to our shop!"
"After a while, our needlework workshop will open across the street. Madam Lu will be involved in that business. We have someone backing us up, so don't worry!"
Although her daughter's words temporarily dispelled Liu's mother's concerns, she still felt a little uneasy in her heart. She didn't want to pour cold water on her, so she had to change the subject.
"Is your period still on time? Has it come this month?"
"That's pretty accurate! It just happened a few days ago."
Liu Wanyun replied casually, and only then realized what her mother was concerned about. She smiled and said, "Mom, are you anxious to become a grandmother? My aunt isn't anxious, but you are!"
Mother Liu was amused by her words. "That's good to know. Hurry up and have a baby. While you're still young, your body will recover quickly!"
The other side.
Zhang's mother looked around the teahouse carefully, sighed for a moment, and then pulled Zhang Xinyue aside to chat.
"Your eldest brother has been away practicing medicine for over a month and hasn't returned yet. I don't know how far he's gone this time. Every time I ask someone to match him with someone, he runs away. What's going on? At this rate, when can we get married and have a grandchild?"
Zhang Xinyue didn't understand why her mother suddenly brought up this matter. She intuitively thought that she would be like Madam Ma and want her to be a matchmaker for her brother or something?
"What's going on? Which girl here has your eye on, Mom? Do you want me to help my brother find a date?"
Mother Zhang quickly waved her hands, "Oh, what are you thinking? I'm just nagging you. These girls are beyond our reach. If you marry a daughter-in-law like this, you have to support her. You won't have that fate, and you won't suffer that pain."
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