Chapter 196: The Duan Family Discusses Marriage?
Restaurant.
Before the Xiao family entered the restaurant, the Duan family had already booked a private room and ordered food, including portions for them, and forcibly invited them to their private room.
Ye Hongying was also there. She whispered a few words to Yang Shi, and Yang Shi then listened to her.
Xie Wanyun, Song Mingyan, and others disagreed with dining with the Duan family and wanted to find another private room, but Madam Yang insisted on dining with the Duan family.
Xiao Mingshu knew the Duan family's intentions; this was just a matchmaking banquet.
There weren't many rules on the road to exile. Just like ordinary families, the elders of both sides would sit down for a meal and then decide on the marriage.
Xiao Mingshu would rather starve than eat their food, so she pretended to have a stomachache and ran out of the inn.
They hid in an alley not far from the inn, waiting for Xiao Xuance and Yun Zhaoxue to return.
She had been out for too long, so Yang sent Xiao Xuanwu out to look for her.
She told Xiao Xuanwu to tell Yang that she had an upset stomach and was in the outhouse, so she couldn't go back.
After an unknown amount of time, Xiao Xuance and Yun Zhaoxue finally arrived. "Third Brother, Third Sister-in-law, you're finally back."
Seeing that her eyes were red, as if something had happened, Xiao Xuance pressed her for details, "Why are you alone? Where are Mother and the others?"
"No, everyone's fine, they're all in the private room. It's just that the Duan family invited us to lunch, and my mother even agreed. I'm worried..."
She didn't want to get married; she wanted to marry Duan Qingyun instead.
She just wanted to be with her family, and she was willing to eat only coarse food.
"Third brother, third sister-in-law, I don't want to get married. I can earn money to support myself. I can eat less, just one cornbread a day. I will work hard, I can do laundry, cook, and wash dishes. Please don't make me get married, sob sob sob..."
However, since ancient times, marriages have been arranged by parents and matchmakers. If the mother makes a decision and the third brother and sister-in-law object, it will only put them in a difficult position.
My mother had always disliked my third sister-in-law.
Not wanting to put them in a difficult position, she raised her hand to wipe away her tears.
She sniffed. "I'm sorry, this is my problem. I'll handle it myself. I'll talk to my mother again. I don't want to get married. If she insists, then I'll get married."
Yun Zhaoxue hugged her and gently patted her back. "You silly girl, we said before that we wouldn't let you get married, and we're going to make it happen. We're determined to handle this."
Xiao Xuance also stated, "Your third sister-in-law is right. Mother is temporarily ill, and we are now in charge of the Xiao family. Her word doesn't count."
Xiao Mingshu was so moved that she burst into tears, "Waaah, Third Brother, Third Sister-in-law, thank you so much, you are so kind."
She hadn't eaten anything at noon, and her stomach was growling with hunger.
"What do you want to eat? Your third brother is treating."
"Can I eat the wontons there?"
Across the street in the alley was a wonton stall. The smoke drifted over from this side of the city, and he smelled it for a long time, swallowing his saliva incessantly. He had been wanting to eat there for a while.
"sure."
"Third Brother, Third Sister-in-law, I have some silver. I'll treat you." Xiao Mingshu took out a few taels of silver from her sleeve.
They've helped her so much, she can't just take it all. Even though a meal of wontons isn't worth much, she'll treat them to a nice meal at a restaurant when she makes a lot of money in the future.
"No need, we've already eaten, you eat."
Yun Zhaoxue ordered her a large bowl of wontons, and she could smell the aroma wafting from the wonton pot.
I suddenly felt a bit hungry, but my stomach was already full and there was no room for anything else.
Traveling and cooking every day is exhausting. After a long day of preparing a meal, I don't feel like eating anything else. It's nice to have a quick meal once in a while.
Yun Zhaoxue asked the man beside her, "Do you want to eat wontons tonight?"
"Sure, you can decide."
"Okay, then we'll have wontons tonight."
I bought another two hundred wonton wrappers from the owner; they made the meat filling themselves.
Meat is expensive, so the owner is reluctant to use enough meat. His wontons have so little meat that you can't see any meat at all; it's all just wrappers.
Xiao Xuance asked Zhuiying to pay the bill.
"Sir, the wontons are ready. Here are the wonton wrappers you ordered." The owner brought over a large bowl of wontons, wrapped the wonton wrappers in oil paper, and tied them with string for easy carrying.
"Thanks."
Xiao Mingshu pushed the wontons in front of her towards Yun Zhaoxue, "Third Sister-in-law, would you like to try some?"
"No, I'm full, I can't eat anymore, you eat."
"Okay, I'll eat now, I'm so hungry." Xiao Mingshu ate with peace of mind and satisfaction, it felt so good to be pampered by her brother and sister-in-law.
It was almost time to gather, and many convicts had already emerged from various shops and gathered at the place where they had been dismissed earlier.
The Duan family and the Xiao family also came out.
Before going downstairs, Ye Hongying saw three figures from the wonton shop through the window of the private room.
Upon arriving at the restaurant entrance, she pretended to have just noticed, deliberately pointing in that direction and exclaiming in surprise, "Your Highness, do you see Shu'er over there? Wasn't he feeling unwell? What's he doing over there?"
Madam Yang questioned her youngest son, "Xiao Wu, what exactly happened?"
Xiao Xuanwu covered up the lie, saying, "She wasn't feeling well before, so she went to see a doctor. Now she's better. She was hungry, so she just ate something by the roadside."
Madam Duan raised her hand to tidy up the stray hairs at her temples, her tears filled with contempt as she sneered, "Some people are just not born to enjoy a life of luxury. They won't eat such good food in restaurants, but insist on going to roadside stalls to eat the cheap food that lowly common people eat."
Xie Wanyun said, "In terms of social status, we are now exiles, not even as good as ordinary people."
"How dare you, a junior, interrupt your elders? Is this how the Xiao family teaches you to talk back to your elders?"
Exile? Only temporary. The Duan family will return to the capital sooner or later, while the Xiao family is destined to become their stepping stone.
Her son Qingyun will surely rise to great heights in the future, and he will be worthy of being married to a princess or a noblewoman.
Who does Xiao Mingshu think she is? What gives her the right to look down on her son?
Madam Duan walked briskly toward the wonton stall.
"Mother, Mother, please calm down. It must be because I haven't done well enough. My little sister Shu'er doesn't like me. I will definitely try my best to win her heart."
“Not good enough? Tell me, who in the exile group can compare to my son? It’s her fault for looking down on you, but she can’t lie to her elders and say she’s not feeling well, leaving both families behind, and go to the roadside to eat by herself.”
She has a loud voice; you can hear her even from the wonton stall.
Xiao Mingshu could also bear to look at it, seeing Madam Duan's angry and distorted face and Madam Yang's angry yet somewhat disappointed eyes.
Startled, my hand trembled, and the spoon, along with the bowl of wontons I had scooped up, fell back into the bowl.
"Clang!"
Yun Zhaoxue heard it too, but didn't take it seriously.
"Don't be afraid, keep eating. If someone likes to be a clown, let her be."
Because it was destined to be all for naught.
Madam Duan wanted to come over and make a scene, giving Xiao Mingshu a good scolding, but Duan Qingyun stopped her. Seeing his behavior, Madam Yang praised his character and felt that he was a man worthy of entrusting her life to.
It's one thing for her to believe it herself, but on the way there in the afternoon, she even brainwashed Xiao Mingshu into marrying into the Duan family.
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