Chapter 207: Travel
Hearing that Qin Jinchun suddenly made such a harsh criticism of Xu Zheng, Qin Hanzhen and Qin Jinhua couldn't help but look at each other.
The Xu family planned to take Mrs. Xu's niece and granddaughter into Beijing to marry Xu Zheng, and they had already heard about it, but they still knew the follow-up news. That is, Cai Shizi of the Yunyang Marquis Mansion seems to be investigating the future sister-in-law candidates, and he is quite optimistic about their eldest brother Qin Jian. The Yao family had been worried about this for a long time, but the Xu family, who was a grandmother, called several brothers and sisters of the Xu family when she invited everyone from the Yunyang Hou Mansion to go out of the city to visit the spring, and seemed to intend to promote the marriage between Xu Zheng and the eldest lady of the Cai family, and ignored that it was her eldest grandson, Qin Jian, who had the hope of winning this honor.
Although as a junior, it is not good to criticize the words and deeds of the elders, but Xu's approach is still quite uncomfortable. Qin Jinhua couldn't understand Xu's choice, and Qin Hanzhen directly believed that Xu's was dizzy, and the Xu family would accept Xu's arrangement, and he thought too highly of himself. Originally, they were stupid, and no one would care, but if it affected the main son Qin Jian because of this, causing him to lose an excellent family affair and a famous wife with impeccable talent and character, it would be a pity!
Qin Hanzhen and Qin Jinhua also discussed privately that on the day of the spring outing, they must stay away from the Xu family, and try to keep Cai Yuanzhen away from the Xu family, and they don't have to deliberately create any chance encounters between her and Qin Jian, just don't let the Xu family have a chance to be a moth. As for Qin Jian, he just had to show his strengths in front of the elders of the Yunyang Marquis Mansion. The marriage is ultimately decided by Miss Cai's parents.
Because they knew it in their hearts, Qin Hanzhen and Qin Jinhua didn't take Mrs. Xu's niece and granddaughter seriously. They all knew in their hearts that even if that girl entered the capital, she might not have the opportunity to marry Xu Zheng. The Xu family's vision is much higher now, and they have directly looked at the daughter of the Yunyang Marquis Mansion. How could the daughter of a five-grade official be satisfied with them?
But he didn't expect Qin Jinchun to be so angry with Xu Zheng for Qin Jinhua's upset. Qin Jinhua was moved, and it was difficult to tell his brother's undecided family affairs, so he hugged Qin Jinchun and said, "Good sister, don't be angry." I'm not actually annoyed. The affairs of the Xu family have not yet been decided, not to mention, even if they do, what does it have to do with me? My mother has already said that she will not marry me to my cousin. ”
"Of course you can't get married!" Qin Jinchun said angrily, "Their family treats you like this, how can you wronged yourself?" The good things that the Xu family has done in the past, we all know in our hearts, and now his family wants to take the old road again, and the people who are targeted by them are certainly unlucky, why should our Qin family make them stepping stones again?!"
Qin Jinhua pursed his lips and held Qin Jinchun bowing his head and saying nothing.
In her heart, in fact, it is not without doubts. Mother Yao secretly complained every day that her grandmother Xu was getting older and more confused, and she was too partial to her mother's family, and she didn't even care about her own flesh and blood. Although she felt in her heart that her mother should not say these words, she also vaguely felt that her mother was not wrong.
But these words could not come out of her mouth.
Qin Jinhua said in a low voice: "Our surname is Qin, how can we manage how the Xu family acts? Good sister, don't worry, I never wronged myself." Besides, I have a father, a mother, and an elder brother, and I am also the daughter of a righteous Houmen, so who can let me be wronged? In fact, the Xu family's family affair has long been over. The two families have long had a tacit understanding, but a few elders are still unwilling to give up. ”
Qin Jinchun was upset for her: "Even so, the second sister is still too aggrieved. Cousin Xu has been smart and able to read since he was a child, and I have known this for a long time. At his age, it is indeed rare to be admitted to the lifting of people at such a young age. But so what? There are so many scholars all over the world, but who can try to pass high school, which one is not one in a hundred or one in a thousand? People like ours are no better than those small families, and they can only go through the imperial examination. Even if Cousin Xu is a lifter, it is still unknown whether he can be admitted to the Jinshi, and it is even more difficult to say whether he will be an official after the Jinshi, whether he can be a good official, and whether he can be promoted. Now it's too early for the whole world to shout that he is a great talent. It is rumored that there are so many noble girls who admire him and want to marry him, but no one really sends a matchmaker to the door to propose marriage?!"
Qin Hanzhen and Qin Jinhua's faces both became a little strange. It is not surprising that there are noble girls who admire Xu Zheng, and they have already heard of it in the circle of ladies and girls, and they have even heard of who those two noble girls are. But the problem is that the status of those two noble girls is not low, and the father and brother are not lacking in decency and real power, Xu Zheng's family background can't get into the eyes of others, it is estimated that the nobles are just pure admiration, and it is impossible to really engage with him. I don't know where this kind of shadowless thing came from, but the Xu family once continued to let out rumors and praise how good Xu Zheng was, but both families knew about it. This time, they guessed that the Xu family probably also wanted to hype Xu Zheng, right? But after so many years of speculation, they finally chose Mrs. Xu's niece and granddaughter, and the money and energy spent were not in vain?
Qin Jinchun didn't know what they were thinking, and continued to belittle Xu Zheng: "I think that the eldest brother is not necessarily much worse than the eldest cousin Xu, but he is slightly inferior in fame, but in terms of communication and life, he is much better than him." At least the eldest brother is all friends in the capital, but the eldest brother Xu just stays at home and studies every day, and doesn't care about anything else or do anything. Can such a person really be expected to be able to rely on his second sister in the future? It would be very rare for him not to rely on his second sister!"
Qin Hanzhen burst out laughing when he heard this: "Fourth sister is very right. Except for Mrs. Xu, everyone in the Xu family is looking forward to marrying our Qin family again. To put it bluntly, they don't want to be relied on? If his family can gain a foothold in the DPRK and China on their own, they will not be guilty of bothering to do so. ”
Qin Jinchun pouted and said: "It's a shame that Mrs. Xu still looks down on our Qin family, thinks that we are martial artists, relatives, and thinks that she is from a scholarly family, and her identity is called noble." Could it be that the scholarly family is like the Xu family? She is embarrassed to dislike the second sister, she doesn't have to laugh at people's big teeth!"
Qin Jinhua pursed his lips and smiled: "Not everyone in the Xu family is like this...... That's it, let's not talk about the Xu family. I have never been married to Cousin Xu, nor do I want to marry him. It has nothing to do with me who he will marry in the future. Why are we going to talk about him all the time?"
Qin Jinchun was originally very angry, but now seeing that Qin Jinhua reacted calmly, it seemed that he really didn't take Xu Zheng to heart, and his expression softened: "Cheng, let's not talk about him." We don't talk about anyone in the Xu family, so they can find what they think is a good relative!"
The three sisters changed the subject. Qin Jinchun asked about Qin Jinyi as usual, but the latter was doing everything as usual, honestly recuperating from his injuries in Zhuangzi. It is said that her injuries have improved and she can barely get out of bed and walk a few steps, but she will need a few more months to recover. With Qin Jinyi's temperament, can she really be so honest? Qin Hanzhen always felt that she had to hold back, but she didn't have any evidence, so it was hard to say anything. Anyway, there are people watching her around, so there is nothing to worry about.
As for Xue, he is still recuperating from his injuries. The second room is generally quite calm. It's just that as Xue's injuries are getting better day by day, Qin Jinchun gradually begins to worry, when his grandmother's condition heals and she wants to see her eldest granddaughter, how will she respond?
However, at present, her father Qin Bofu and mother Xiao Xue can't take care of this for the time being. The Xue family's house entered Beijing, and for their own interests, and also for the future exchanges between the two in-laws, they began negotiations with the Xue family's room.
The negotiations were secret and low-key, and they were not known to outsiders, but according to the current situation, the Xue family did not show mercy to the sisters and daughters because they were married into the second room of the Qin family. They will not agree to any behavior that is detrimental to the interests of the Xue family. But Qin Bofu was already disgusted that the Xue family was always dragging his feet, or using his name for personal gain. He doesn't mind rebuilding the old friendship with the Xue family, but the Xue family has to obey his orders, and the silver that should be honored cannot be missing.
How could the Xue family agree to such a condition? Therefore, the two sides are still at a stalemate. Qin Bofu always went to the long room and the third room to curry favor, but in fact, he was also taking advantage of the momentum of the two Hou mansions to add bargaining chips to himself.
The little girls were not interested in the open and secret struggle between the two in-laws of the Qin family's second room and the Xue family's house, so they chatted with a few pieces of gossip, and then began to fantasize about the spring outing in a few days.
Soon, it was time for the spring outing.
Due to the weather, when they actually traveled, it was already past the March 3rd Festival. But today, the sky is beautiful, the sky is clear, there is a slight breeze, and the temperature is neither hot nor cold, it is a good time to go out and play. The Qin family's house, the third room and the Lu family made a convoy and marched towards Changping in a mighty way. When they passed by the door of the second room, they also took the second room by the way. Qin Bofu, Xiao Xue, Qin Jinchun, and Qin Xun all have to go, and only one concubine and Aunt Fang are left at home to serve the Xue family.
The people of the Xu family and the Yunyang Hou Mansion took the car to the destination by themselves. However, from the capital to Changping, the official road is like this, and soon their families met halfway through, rested together at a relatively large tea stall, asked for some hot tea and hot water, and then got into the car and set off.
The Xu sisters wanted to come to the carriage where Qin Hanzhen, Qin Jinhua and Qin Jinchun were, saying that they were companions along the way, and they would not be so dull when they were on the road. Xu Zheng stood on the side of the carriage to help the two younger sisters, and he was also kindly making a request to the sisters of the Qin family. Qin Jinhua reacted calmly to this and politely refused. Qin Jinchun looked at Xu Zheng angrily, wondering how there could be such a cheeky person as him in the world. As for Qin Hanzhen, she still couldn't figure it out.
Are the sisters of the Xu family usually so good with them? The two sisters can relieve each other's boredom by taking a car, can they squeeze a carriage with the three of them?
At this time, Cai Yuanzhen was invited by Qin Hanzhen and Qin Jinhua sisters and was walking towards their carriage with the girl. As soon as Xu Zheng turned around, he took a look at her.