Miss Lin was gone, and many people in the nearby villages knew about her story. They all sighed and said that the Lin family was really cruel. Miss Lin had taken a lot of things back home over the years, which was why her in-laws didn't want her anymore.
What’s the point of Miss Lin giving so much to the Lin family? The Lin family doesn’t care about her life or death at all.
When Miss Lin Er from the town learned that Miss Lin Da had passed away, she was shocked. She thought that her family couldn't possibly support Miss Lin Da for nothing. She thought Miss Lin Da had hands and feet and could always get something to eat.
Who knew Miss Lin Da would become like this? Miss Lin Er went to the Lin family. The Lin family did not intend to pay for Miss Lin Da's funeral. They went to find the widower, but the widower was not willing to take Miss Lin Da back.
"Or, why not just dig a hole and bury her directly." Lin's mother said. She was afraid that her son and daughter-in-law would be unhappy, and the family did not have enough money to hold a funeral for their eldest daughter.
Over the years, when they went to other people's houses for banquets, there were always many people, and they also brought food and takeaways. If they invited others to their home, and those people also brought their families, how could they afford to prepare food for them?
If they directly told people that only one person from each family could come, how could they be willing to do so? And how could they possibly give more red envelopes?
Under these circumstances, the Lin family was reluctant to hold a funeral banquet for Miss Lin. They thought it would be better to just find a place to bury Miss Lin.
The Lin family thought that burying her directly was the best option, as it would save everyone money. Miss Lin was already dead, and a dead person couldn't justify it.
"You guys..." Miss Lin Er opened her mouth, but she didn't know what to say. "You guys make your own arrangements."
What else could Miss Lin Er say? She had a little money. But she knew these people were unlikely to spend it on Miss Lin Da's funeral. If she gave money to the Lin family, they would just hide it.
After leaving the Lin family, Miss Lin went to Shiyuan Village.
Miss Lin Er came to Miss Lin San, she thought Miss Lin San was not doing well enough. Miss Lin San and Miss Lin Da lived in the next village before, Miss Lin Er thought that if Miss Lin San cared more about Miss Lin Da, then Miss Lin Da would not become like that.
"Are you here to accuse me?" Miss Lin San looked at Miss Lin Er with a cold face. "What does this matter have to do with me? Was it me who had her kicked out? Was it me who beat her?"
"But if your family hadn't gone to her in-laws' house to ask for money, then..."
"That's because she keeps coming over here, and I'm pregnant," Miss Lin San said. "What's going on? Do you want to kill me twice? Just over a hundred coins, do you really think that little money can do anything? It's all to teach her a lesson."
Miss Lin San thinks that Miss Lin Da is just stubborn and refuses to change. Does that mean others should always follow them?
"If you're so willing to help her, then you can pay for her funeral." Miss Lin San said, "You come to me, what can I do?"
"You...can't you just speak properly?" said Miss Lin Er.
"If I don't speak nicely, you can't continue sitting here." Miss Lin San said, "Now that you're married, go back less often and don't come to me."
Miss Lin San didn't want to waste time talking to Miss Lin Er at all. People like Miss Lin Er never think about other people's situations.
"If you want to continue helping them, then go ahead and help them." Miss Lin San said, "I was sold by them."
"..." When Miss Lin Er heard this, she knew that Miss Lin San was not going to interfere in this matter.
Miss Lin Er was helpless. When she returned to her husband's family, they didn't treat her well. She was just a concubine, and the concubine's family was not considered the father-in-law and mother-in-law of the man's family.
Only the parents of the wife of the first wife are considered as such. Miss Lin Er has been back to the Lin family quite often recently, which makes her in-laws unhappy.
Liu Yanqing also knew about these things, but he didn't say much. At most, he just looked at his daughter to make her think more clearly.
"You have to be like your aunt, okay?"
"But you won't be able to see your aunt here."
"You must study hard so that you can be like your aunt in the future."
…
When Lin Xiaowan heard what Liu Yanqing said to his daughter, she felt speechless.
"She's still so young, why are you saying these things to her?" Lin Xiaowan looked at Liu Yanqing who was talking to his daughter in the yard.
"It's better to say it sooner rather than later." Liu Yanqing said, "It's a subtle influence."
"And it's subtle?" Lin Xiaowan said, "I'm afraid you'll make the child stupid. Auntie, auntie, if someone doesn't know, they might think you said cuckoo."
“…” Liu Yanqing really hadn’t thought of this.
"She's so young, how could she know what her aunt is like?" Lin Xiaowan said, "What's the point of just talking about this kind of thing?"
"Let's talk about it now, and let her know more later." Liu Yanqing said, "We don't have many rooms here, so use one to store books and buy her some more books. Isn't there a new comic book? That's also good, I bought it too."
Liu Yanqing said that he would never treat his daughter badly and would prepare all kinds of things for her.
"Just say a few words," Lin Xiaowan said. "Don't wait until she's useless. If she is, that would be bad. She just talks about who her aunt is. She doesn't work hard and just wants to take advantage. Look at you, aren't you like that? What if my daughter is like you?"
"I..." Liu Yanqing wanted to refute, but he really didn't try that hard.
"Don't you know what your personality is like?" Lin Xiaowan said, "You should tell her to work harder."
"Everyone knows that she is the niece of Princess Rongning. I can't hide it from her." Liu Yanqing thought that hiding her identity would not work. He still had to let his daughter know and make her work hard. "I am from the Marquis' Mansion, so at least it is okay. If she doesn't work hard, the relationship will be even more distant. What should I do?"
"Just be careful." Lin Xiaowan said, "It's not that I don't allow you to speak, but if you speak too much, she won't understand. What if she stops working hard and thinks of going to her aunt in the future? Think about it, aren't you also thinking about sending some things to the eldest wife?"
“…” Liu Yanqing chose to keep quiet. He still had to continue teaching his daughter anyway.
In the capital, Liu Yuqin had given birth and was in confinement after giving birth. She wanted to find a marriage soon. However, the matchmakers came infrequently, and even fewer rejected the marriage proposals. The matchmakers already knew what Liu Yuqin was like, and she was dissatisfied with this and that. What could they do?
Aunt Qing still lives with Liu Yuqin, and she helps take care of the children.
"Why are the people these people introduce to me still so bad?" Liu Yuqin was not satisfied with the people introduced by the matchmaker. She had thought that after she gave birth to a child, the people those people introduced to her would be better.
As a result, the matchmakers introduced either widowers or scholars with no special abilities.
Liu Yuqin didn't want such a person at all. Even if she did, it would have to be better than the Imperial College Jijiu chosen by Da Huo. She also knew that Da Huo could have married into the Bo's mansion as the concubine's wife, but she didn't go.
Then she should be able to do it too, Liu Yuqin thought. After all, the Marquis's Mansion was better than the Earl's Mansion. Even if she was a concubine of the Marquis's Mansion, she shouldn't marry too badly.
Liu Yuqin didn't even think about the fact that she didn't get married so well the first time, let alone the second time.
"Pick out the tallest one among the short ones." Aunt Qing said.
"It's all because of my father and the others. If they cared about me a little more, how could those people look down on me?" Liu Yuqin gritted her teeth.
"At least we need to find a Juren (a successful candidate in a juren degree), who can already seek an official position. Even a minor one would be fine." Aunt Qing said, "but not someone with no real ability."
Aunt Qing still wanted her daughter to be an official's wife, not just the wife of a scholar.
My son is just a scholar, and he can basically see the end of his life.
Aunt Qing thought that her daughter couldn't be like that and that she had to find a better man.
"It really can't work..." Aunt Qing didn't dare to say that she would ask Marquis Jingning for help. It was useless. Marquis Jingning would never listen to her. "It's better to marry an official as his second wife."
It is not necessarily a good thing for a scholar to not seek an official position. It would be better for him to be the second wife of an official.
"The principal wife is good." Aunt Qing thought that she was a concubine, and a concubine could not make things difficult for the principal wife. Whatever she did would be wrong.
"I don't want to leave the capital," Liu Yuqin said. She wanted to stay in the capital and live a rich and prosperous life. If she left the capital, others would think she had fled.
On this day, Marquis Jingning was fishing outside when he was blocked by Aunt Qing.
"My Lord, please help our daughter." Aunt Qing knelt directly on the ground.
Jing Ning Hou went fishing with his friends at the river. This was the suburbs, so there weren't that many people around. Jing Ning Hou hadn't expected Qing Yi Niang to find this place. Even if Qing Yi Niang had found this place, so what?
"It's certainly my fault that my daughter is like this, but aren't you, my Lord, wrong?" Aunt Qing said, "Please help her just this once. I'll take any responsibility, I'll do it."
Marquis Jingning felt that he had embarrassed himself in front of his friends. This Concubine Qing was actually like this.
"Given her personality, it's not about marriage, it's about enmity," said Marquis Jingning. "I can't possibly get involved in this matter."
In Jingning Hou's opinion, Liu Yuqin's temper was too bad, and such a person had no need to marry again. It was good enough for Liu Yuqin to stay with her son. If Liu Yuqin was smarter and didn't bother with those things, the Hou Mansion would be able to take better care of her.
"It's indeed my fault that she behaved like this," said Marquis Jingning. "Back then, I was too indulgent towards you. So let it be. Not breaking off the relationship is my last act of mercy."
Marquis Jingning is unlikely to break off the engagement with Liu Yuqin. He believes that it is not easy for a woman to live outside. In order to prevent Liu Yuqin from being bullied outside, it is better to let Liu Yuqin live as the daughter of the marquis. "Find someone more ordinary." Marquis Jingning said.
Marquis Jingning and his friends left. Aunt Qing wanted to continue to stop Marquis Jingning, but was stopped by Marquis Jingning's followers.
In the evening, Aunt Qing returned to the shop and looked for Liu Yanbo.
"Your classmates... no, does your academy have any better teachers?" Aunt Qing asked, "Preferably those who have passed the imperial examinations."
"I'm just a scholar, and I teach simple knowledge." Liu Yanbo knew what Aunt Qing was thinking when he heard her words. "Second sister doesn't like people who are teachers. She likes people who are officials. You'd better not think about those teachers, lest Second sister be unhappy and offend others."
Not every Jinshi becomes an official. Some people like to teach students.
Some people may feel that their husbands are not working hard enough and force them to become officials.
Liu Yanbo thought that teaching students in the school was fine, but if Liu Yuqin married one of the teachers, it would be the end of him. He would become the target of public criticism.
"I heard there's another thousand-householder who came to ask for marriage," Liu Yanbo said, "That's fine."
"A military commander who can't even read a few characters." Aunt Qing said disdainfully, "Back in the northwest, wasn't that girl from the Cen family always complaining about this and that? She didn't even want to be a thousand-householder. Your sister..."
"So the girl from the Cen family hasn't married into a good family yet." Liu Yanbo didn't know who Miss Cen had married, but he knew with his toes that it was impossible for Miss Cen to marry into a good family.
"Can't you just think about your sister's well-being? If she were well..."
"I don't need her help." Liu Yanbo said this. "I stay here, I have food to eat and a place to stay, that's all. As for whether I will have children in the future and what will happen to them, that's also between Qiuya and me."
Liu Yanbo just wanted to live a stable life. He thought they were being unfair to the first wife, so they should not bother her.
Aunt Qing just couldn't understand this. She always felt that the people in the first house had wronged her.
In the past two days, Liu Yulian noticed that Liu Yuqin ran to the entrance of the research institute. This made Liu Yulian very confused. Then, she found that Liu Yuqin was getting close to a researcher.
"..." Of course, Liu Yulian couldn't go forward to stop them, and she hadn't thought about what to do.
When Liu Yulian returned to the Marquis' Mansion, she mentioned Liu Yuqin while chatting with Princess Zhaoyang.
"Those researchers aren't bad, are they?" Princess Zhaoyang said. "You're a first-rank official, and the others at the institute are much lower in rank, but there are also fifth- and sixth-rank officials. While such positions aren't prestigious in the capital, for someone like Liu Yuqin, it's not bad to have them."
Princess Zhaoyang thought it would be fine if Liu Yuqin lived a good life, but she was afraid that Liu Yuqin would want to do something else.
"She's only attracted to those who aren't from wealthy families and who can't even read?" Princess Zhaoyang suspected. "But those people at the research institute are still educated, right? They can read, too. She probably won't be too disgusted."
"Maybe." Liu Yulian nodded.
Researchers do not enter the institute through scientific examinations, but they also pass the institute's recruitment examination.
Maybe some people think that researchers are not that unsophisticated, and still think that researchers are better.
Of course, Liu Yulian also hopes that these researchers can find suitable partners. She is not a matchmaker, nor is she their parent, so how could she possibly interfere with other people's ordinary partners?
Less than two weeks later, Liu Yuqin was engaged to Xiao Daren, a sixth-rank researcher. Xiao Daren was older than Liu Yuqin and unmarried at an advanced age. After coming to the capital, he also wanted to get married, but he felt that he was not well educated and was afraid that no one would be interested in him.
Liu Yuqin was quite pretty, and even though she was divorced, she deliberately acted softer in front of Lord Xiao. The matchmaker described Liu Yuqin's previous behavior as pregnancy symptoms. She had previously tried to seduce the Xue family girl because she was not in good condition during her pregnancy and thought others had ganged up on her.
Lord Xiao didn't necessarily believe everything. He just felt that Liu Yuqin was the daughter of the Marquis's family and the second sister of Liu Yulian. He had been reluctant to get married before, and he wanted to see if he could find a better woman. Even though he was old, he still had ideas.
As for whether Liu Yuqin has a good temper or not, it doesn’t matter.
Lord Xiao was not afraid that Liu Yuqin would bully him. If Liu Yuqin really bullied him, he could go to his father-in-law's house and complain about his misery.
Liu Yulian had no idea about the entanglement here. Anyway, she couldn't be too nice to Liu Yuqin, and she didn't promote anyone casually.
After Liu Yuqin got engaged, she took Xiao Dayu back to the Marquis' Mansion.
Jingning Marquis’ Mansion, this time Jingning Marquis let them in.
Xiao Dayu also brought a lot of things. He knew that Liu Yuqin's relationship with the Jingning Marquisate was not that good. But he still decided to get engaged to Liu Yuqin. He knew that Liu Yuqin's elder sister treated her well, so Liu Yuqin should still be of some use.
Besides, he got married in order to make his future life easier and to give his children a higher status.
As for Liu Yuqin herself, she seems not that important. What is important is the child Liu Yuqin gave birth to.
"Director." Xiao Dayu called Liu Yulian this when he saw her.
"What's the point of calling him Dean?" Liu Yuqin felt uncomfortable after hearing this. "We're at home, little sister, don't you think so?"
"You guys can do whatever you want, I have something else to do." Liu Yulian said.
Liu Yuqin was engaged, and Liu Yulian thought there was no need for her to accompany these two people.
Liu Yulian left, and Princess Zhaoyang also made an excuse, "I'm going to see the child."
Xiao Dayu wasn't surprised to see these people leave. He was a man, and there was no such thing as physical contact between men and women. As long as they were willing to come and see him, that was enough.
One is the director of the research institute and Princess Rongning, and the other is Princess Zhaoyang. Both of them have high status.
Liu Yanjing is not at home, he is doing something outside.
Mother Liu wanted to say that she wanted to do other things, but she was Liu Yuqin's biological mother after all, so she stayed here.
"When are you getting married?" asked Liu's mother.
"The date is set for the end of November," Liu Yuqin said. "We're both not young anymore, so it's better to get married sooner rather than later. When the time comes, we might live in the courtyard where the researchers live, so we can talk to them and improve our relationship."
Liu's mother didn't think Liu Yuqin was trying to do anything good, or that she was trying to do something bad, like saying bad things about Liu Yulian in front of those people. But that didn't matter. If those people had a good mind, they wouldn't believe what Liu Yuqin said.
"That's fine." Father Liu said, "Let's get married soon."
Xiao Dayu was having dinner at the Marquis's residence, but Princess Zhaoyang, Liu Yulian, and Liu Yanjing were not present, nor were the two children. It was only Liu's father and mother who were dining with these two people.
"A princess and a princess, do they look down on me? Why don't they come to dinner?" Liu Yuqin asked directly.
Liu's mother: If you know it in your heart, don't ask.
"They are eating in their own room." Liu's mother said, "Let's eat."
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