Chapter 73: Proposing Marriage
evening.
It is still winter.
It was freezing cold outside.
There was a charcoal fire burning in the house.
It still couldn't dispel the chill in the hearts of Jiang Qiaoer and her family.
Lu Qingyao held her daughter and took her son to sit next to Liu Yu Niang and her daughter.
Seeing that she couldn't get close to Lu Qingyao at all, Jiang Yunyan tactfully sat back next to Old Lady Jiang.
Old Mrs. Jiang seems to be doing well recently. Her face is rosy and she looks much more energetic.
At this moment, he was leaning back in a chair with a blanket covering his legs, looking at his children and grandchildren with a smile.
The old lady likes to see her children and grandchildren gathered together most.
Jiang Qiaoer and her daughter burst into tears together.
Jiang Yunhu lowered his eyes and said nothing.
Jiang Yunyan took Old Lady Jiang's arm and said softly, "Mother, everyone is here today, even Ze Ge'er's wife is here. Why don't we finalize the marriage between Mingyuan and Qiao'er? It will be a closer relationship..."
The matchmaker agreed, "Yes! It's a perfect match. Marrying your niece to your aunt's family is like putting your niece in your aunt's family. It's a real treat."
Old Lady Jiang nodded. "That's fine! Mingyuan and Qiao'er are childhood sweethearts. With you protecting her, no one can bully her."
She very much approved of the marriage.
She watched the two little ones grow up, so it couldn't be better for them to be closer relatives.
Besides, it would be better to give the granddaughter that the family raised with great effort to their grandson than to give her away cheaply to another family.
Jiang Yunyan was filled with joy. "Mom really loves these little ones. I know Qiao'er's birth date and time. I've already asked a fortune teller to look at it for them. They're a perfect match! Let's exchange the engagement cards today..."
"I don't agree!" Liu Yu Niang interrupted her, "Sister, my daughter Qiao'er is still young and there's no need to rush her into marriage..."
Anyway, she would never agree to this marriage.
My elder sister-in-law and brother-in-law are so mean and harsh. If Qiao'er marries him, she will probably become a servant in their family.
Besides, my husband's nephew has nothing to do all day long, drinking and gambling, and he still claims to be a scholar.
He was seventeen or eighteen years old when he finally passed the examination to become a student.
Now it seems that he is not even half as good as Ren Feng'er and Yan'er.
"I won't marry!" Jiang Qiaoer held her mother tightly with both hands and agreed in a low voice.
She was afraid of her aunt since she was a child. Whenever her aunt had something delicious, she would hide it and give it to her cousin. If they made the same mistake, she would be the one who got beaten.
She also mocked her mother for not being able to give birth to a son, but she only shut up now that she has a younger brother.
Her aunt is almost the nemesis of her and her mother.
But my father just likes to be a peacemaker in front of my aunt.
Every time, she and her mother were the ones who suffered injustice.
She didn't care about anything else, she just hoped that Daddy would stand on her side this time.
She looked at her father earnestly.
Jiang Yunhu's heart trembled. He rarely saw such an expression in his daughter's eyes.
Other things could be discussed, but he was absolutely unwilling to let his nephew Chu Mingyuan become his son-in-law.
"Sister, brother-in-law, let's not talk about anything else. How could you bring a live goose to propose marriage without our consent, and even calculate Qiao'er's birth date without permission? Even if you are her aunt, you can't be so rude!"
Lu Qingyao and Xiuxiu looked at each other.
Just as they expected!
This elder sister-in-law relied on the fact that she was Qiao'er's aunt and went straight to her house to ask for marriage without even getting the girl's consent or asking for her name.
I guess by now the whole village knows that the two families are going to get married.
"Aaaaaaaah~~" Jiang Miaomiao shouted excitedly, covering her little fist.
I can't agree to that!
Chu Mingyuan, that fat guy, is just a lazy glutton...
He just saw the elder enter the room, but he didn't even know how to perform a proper etiquette. How unworthy of a scholar he is!
At this moment, he actually took out the fruit that his mother brought and started to eat it voraciously as if no one was around.
The little baby looked at the fat on his face, which flickered as he chewed, and suddenly shuddered.
Chu Mingyuan and Sister Qiao'er standing together are like the real-life version of Beauty and the Beast...
Jiang Yunyan's words brought Jiang Miaomiao back to her senses. "Brother, we're all family, why are we so distant? Have you forgotten who raised you?"
Her father was busy working outside to make money, and her mother was injured during childbirth. Since her younger brother was born, it was almost entirely her, the older sister, who raised him.
When her brother was one year old, she was seven years old. When her brother was ten years old, she was sixteen.
I took care of my younger brother for more than ten years.
I didn't expect that he forgot about his sister and mother after getting married. He is such a coward!
Seeing Jiang Yunhu's silence, she became angry. "Brother, I just want to strengthen the relationship. Mingyuan likes Qiao'er, so I want her to be my daughter-in-law. I am her aunt, so I will naturally pamper her after she enters the family..."
"Besides, my son is still a student. He will pass the exam next year and may even become a high-ranking official in the future. Isn't he worthy of your daughter?"
Jiang Yunhu was speechless. It was true that he had spent most of his childhood with his sister.
My sister would rather starve herself than leave the delicious food for him.
Seeing this, Jiang Qiaoer cried even more sadly.
"Sister, Qiao'er doesn't like your Mingyuan, she won't marry him!" Liu Yu Niang looked at her husband as a gourd with a sawed-off mouth.
She couldn't hide her grief and anger.
My husband is a good person in every way, but every time he meets my elder sister-in-law, he becomes like this.
"Speaking of Tongsheng, Feng'er and Yan'er are both Tongshengs. A Tongsheng of fifteen or sixteen is nothing special!"
After he finished speaking, everyone's eyes fell on the Jiang Ziyan brothers.
"Uncle, it turns out that your aunt raised you! Then you should really marry your daughter to her family to repay her kindness..." Jiang Ziyan raised his childish face with an expression of sudden enlightenment.
Lu Qingyao smiled and said, "Children's words are innocent, don't take it to heart, big brother!"
Jiang Miaomiao also grinned, revealing her pink gums.
Others didn't understand, but Jiang Yunhu, who had studied for a few years, understood it and felt a little ashamed.
He must have lost his mind. Even a child could understand this truth, yet he was still stuck in it.
He said decisively, "Sister, since Qiao'er and her mother are unwilling, then the marriage should be cancelled! You can take the pair of live geese back with you."
Jiang Yunyan's face darkened, and she pointed at Jiang Yunhu and cursed, "You ungrateful, white-eyed wolf, I've devoted all my efforts to you..."
When Jiang Yunyan's husband Chu Yu heard that the marriage was going to fall through, he refused to give up. "Brother Hu, are you still a man? How can you let a woman control you? The husband is the head of the wife. Parents' orders and matchmaker's words are the final word. Why do you care whether they are willing or not?"
He saw with his own eyes that Jiang Yunhu pulled cartloads of bamboo shoots to Jiangzhou, and each cartload weighed at least a dozen taels!
What's more, I have diarrhea every day.
With Jiang Yunyan's relationship and Jiang Qiaoer's involvement, Jiang Wenxuan is just a young boy...
All the money of the Jiang family will be his in the future.
You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a child. He gritted his teeth and said, "Brother Tiger, are you worried about the betrothal gift?"
"My family will give a gift of thirty taels of silver, plus twelve wen of silver for the reception and the door knock, one tael of silver for the calligraphy, and eight wen of silver for the welcoming letter... Your Qiao'er only needs to give the cow in the courtyard as a dowry!"
Lu Qingyao sneered.
Chu Yuhei looked at her with a gloomy face, "Why, is what I said ridiculous?"
She's already an abandoned woman, yet she's still so arrogant!
When she saw her brother-in-law just now, she turned a blind eye to him...
Lu Qingyao restrained her smile, held her daughter's restless chubby hand with one hand, and covered her mouth with a handkerchief with the other hand.
I was afraid that I would not be able to help laughing.
"Brother-in-law, what you said is indeed ridiculous!"
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