Yang Haiyan came over after hearing the servant's report. Indeed, she was also curious about the Xu family. Whether it was Qin Shouye who investigated it himself, or Qin Fang who sent people to investigate it, or when recruiting soldiers, the Xu family had a good family tradition and the villagers' evaluation was also good. So the question is, why is Qin Shouye's thing so coincidental? Is it just a coincidence? Qin Fang would not believe it, and Yang Haiyan would not believe it either.
But without evidence and knowing the other party's intentions, they can only wait and wait for the other party to show his hand.
Yang Haiyan walked into the house, and everyone except Grandma Qin stood up and saluted.
"Meet the madam."
"Meet the general's wife."
The Xu family was a countryman, and they didn't know that Yang Haiyan was already a second-rank lady, so they called her the general's wife.
Yang Haiyan smiled and said, "No need to be polite." Then she went to sit next to Grandma Qin. If she was a normal granddaughter-in-law, she would naturally sit opposite the Xu family today, but her status was higher than that of Grandma Qin, so she sat next to Grandma Qin.
After Yang Haiyan sat down, she looked at the Xu family. She didn't dare to say that she was a sharp-eyed person, but she had grown up safely since she was fifteen years old, so she also had some brains and some vision of people. It must be said that the four members of the Xu family did not look like people with evil intentions from their faces.
Except for Xu Feng, the other three were a little nervous. Xu Feng had been in the military camp for a long time and often saw Qin Fang. So although he was a little reserved when he met Yang Haiyan, he was not as nervous as his family.
Xu's father looked like an honest man, and his wife made the decisions at home. Xu's mother was seen as a quick-witted person. She boldly raised her head to look at Yang Haiyan, then immediately lowered her head. Xu Lan kept her head up, holding the handkerchief with both hands.
Yang Haiyan saw this and did not say anything, but looked at Grandma Qin. Grandma Qin said, "Mrs. Xu, we all know about Shouye's daughter Xu. We are all sad about this. How could we have known that Shouye would have such a thing after drinking? However, it is not that I, as a grandmother, am partial to my grandson. This matter cannot be blamed on Shouye." When the Xu family
heard this, their hearts were pounding.
Mother Xu said, "It is indeed our fault. On Xu Feng's birthday, he invited friends to drink. It was originally a happy thing. How could we have known that such a thing would happen? Alas..." As she said this, she was also upset. After such a thing happened, her daughter lost her reputation. What should she do in the future?
Grandma Qin said, "Madam Xu, I have a few questions about what happened that day. Please tell me."
Mother Xu said honestly, "Please tell me, old lady."
Grandma Qin asked bluntly, "When Shouye was drunk, it was your son who took Shouye to the toilet. It was also your son who took a seat first and asked Shouye to go to the seat next door, right?"
The Xu family knew what it meant as soon as they heard it. Without waiting for Mother Xu to answer, Xu Feng hurriedly said, "Madam, it is true. At that time, I... I was really too anxious, so I went to the toilet before Brother Qin." It was all his fault. If he hadn't been so anxious at that time, this would not have happened. But how did he know that his sister was next door?
Grandma Qin and Yang Haiyan looked at Xu Feng's regretful face and didn't say much. Whether this thing is true, only they know. Mainly because after investigation, they found that the Xu family was not that kind of family, so they were willing to have a calm chat with the Xu family.
Grandma Qin nodded and said, "That old woman has another question. When your son brought Shouye to the toilet, Miss Xu in the toilet must have heard it. Why didn't Miss Xu say anything? If Miss Xu had said something, Shouye wouldn't have broken in. Or if Miss Xu had locked the door from the inside, Shouye definitely wouldn't have broken in."
Xu's mother said, "It's my fault. It was my son's birthday that day, and I wanted to invite a few friends over for a drink. I couldn't handle it alone, so I asked Xiaolan to help me. She had a stomachache the day before, and she had an upset stomach, so she had been running to the toilet all day. That day, her stomach wasn't healed yet, so she hurried to the toilet and didn't have time to lock the toilet door. Because she had been having stomach troubles for two days, she felt a little weak, and she didn't have time to shout out when she wasn't paying attention.
"Old lady, the village doctor also knows about my daughter's stomach upset, and she has prescribed medicine from him, but... it's only been two days, and her stomach hasn't healed that quickly." After
Xu's mother finished speaking, Xu Lan stood up and knelt down in front of Grandma Qin and Yang Haiyan: "Old lady, General's wife, I know that I am not worthy of Second Master, and I won't cling to Second Master, don't worry. I know that marriage requires a good match, and besides, this matter is my fault, and it has nothing to do with Second Master. Now... now I just want to ask Second Master for a favor and pretend to get engaged to me. After half a year or a year, when everyone has forgotten about this matter, we can cancel the engagement. I... I'm not afraid of other people's gossip, but my brother hasn't got engaged yet, and I can't let my family down."
When she spoke, she stuttered a little because of nervousness. She didn't dare to raise her head because she was too scared.
Seeing this, Xu's family members also knelt down.
Xu Feng couldn't bear to see his sister like this, so he said, "Old lady, General's wife, we are not engaged, we just thought wrongly." He initially asked the second master to help him pretend to be engaged, just because he didn't want his sister to be talked about by the villagers, but seeing his sister so wronged, he didn't want her to be engaged anymore, and he would protect her.
Yang Haiyan said, "You are guests, please get up quickly. Aunt Lian, help the person up quickly. Don't think too much. You are a loving family, and grandma loves to keep the business, so she wants to make things clear. We, the Qin family, are also from the mud, so we don't have the intention to see through people. It's just that since our family has become prosperous, some people have been thinking of bad ideas to climb up, so grandma has to make things clear. Please understand."
Xu's mother said, "We understand, we understand." They really understood. They really didn't mean to bite Qin Erye. They also knew that their family was not worthy of the Qin family, so they didn't mean to do anything. But several people saw the situation at that time, and then the matter spread. Besides, who doesn't have a few bad relationships in the village? Those people seized on this incident to make up rumors about her daughter, and she was worried about her daughter. So when her son proposed a fake engagement, the whole family agreed.
Grandma Qin sighed, "It's the two pitiful children. We asked Shouye about this matter, and he agreed. So we'll do as you said and get engaged first to put the limelight on this matter. If the two children fall in love with each other in the future, then it's fine to get married. If not, we can cancel the engagement after the limelight has passed. At that time, we can say that Shouye asked a monk to tell us that it's not easy to get married too early, but we can't delay Miss Xu, so we cancel the engagement. Madam Xu, what do you think?"
When the Xu family heard this, no one was dissatisfied. If the engagement was canceled in this way, the daughter's reputation could be saved. The
Xu family said gratefully, "Thank you, madam."
Grandma Qin: "Tomorrow we will send a matchmaker to propose marriage, and we will follow the standards of our village. In fact, there is a reason for this. Logically, our Qin family is in good condition now, and the standards for marriage proposal should be improved. However, the marriage between me, the eldest grandson's wife, and the eldest grandson was granted by the court, and there was no process of engagement and betrothal at that time. Therefore, the standards of the younger grandson's marriage cannot exceed those of the eldest grandson, but it cannot be done without, so we can only refer to the standards of our village." The reason why she explained was to tell the Xu family that it was not that the Qin family looked down on the Xu family.
In fact, in well-behaved families, there is indeed such a saying that the younger brother's marriage standards cannot exceed those of the older brother. Of course, there are also some unruly families who are very partial, which is another matter.
The Xu family was not unreasonable. Besides, it was just a marriage, so they didn't care about the specifications.
So, Grandma Qin and the Xu family quickly reached an agreement.
After the agreement, Qin Shouye took the Xu family away.
After the Xu family left, only Grandma Qin, Yang Haiyan and Nanny Lian were left in the room. Grandma Qin asked, "Yanyan, what do you think of the Xu family?"
Yang Haiyan smiled and said, "I don't know. Grandma has met a lot of people. What do you think?"
Grandma Qin shook her head: "From my point of view, this does not seem to be an accident. Although it may be a bit self-boasting when I say this, your grandma still has some vision. I think the Xu family is very honest and does not seem like the kind of people who would do such a thing for wealth. It's just that... the girl from the Xu family is a little petty, but it may also be that the girl is scared because it is her first time here, so she dare not raise her head."
Yang Haiyan said, "Grandma and I have a similar opinion. It doesn't look like that. But it's just a hypothetical marriage. We will eventually see clearly whether it is a human or a ghost."
Grandma Qin said, "That's right. I hope it's a good family, so that the marriage can continue. Otherwise Shouye..."
Qin Shouye sent the Xu family away and returned to Liuxinyuan.
"Grandma, sister-in-law." He apologized, "I'm sorry to bother you with this matter."
Grandma Qin said, "I am your grandmother. I will naturally take care of your marriage. What's the trouble? But do you like Miss Xu?"
Qin Shouye shook his head hurriedly: "No, no, that was the first time I met Miss Xu. I had never seen her before, so how can I say I like her? If I can wait until the limelight of this matter is over and I can save Miss Xu's reputation before canceling the engagement, I will naturally be happy." Speaking of this, he thought of Miss Li again. Would Miss Li still like him, a man who had canceled the engagement?
Qin Shouye and Xu Lan's marriage was immediately settled. At that time, the villagers knew that the young man was the second master of the general's mansion. For a while, Xu Lan became the object of envy of the villagers, and no one dared to say anything about her.
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