However, things are not as simple as the Xu family thought.

The Cai family has their own Zhuangzi, and after a meal, they went back to their own Zhuangzi to settle down. The Xu family must follow the Qin family and follow the Qin family's arrangements for food, accommodation and travel. The Qin family didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, so they specially arranged a large courtyard for them, which was half a Zhuangzi away from the main house where the Qin family lived. The place is spacious and tidy, the house is also seventy percent new, everything that should be prepared inside and outside the house is ready, and the daughter-in-law of the Zhuang family, who was temporarily hired to help with the chores, is shuangli and capable and understands the rules, it can be said that everything is impeccable, and it is too far away from the Qin family. Xu Zheng and Xu Rong are okay, the boys go out and hang out in the village, which is fine, but it is not good for the female dependents to leave the courtyard and walk around at will in front of the tenants in the village.

Even Xu Zheng and Xu Rong are not good at going out casually. Xu Rong is a person who is used to going out to have fun, and he can deal with anyone when he gets along with him, so it's okay to say. Xu Zheng felt uncomfortable in the face of those croppers who had little contact with him before, especially the rough men who spoke more vulgarly and were not neatly dressed, as well as those village girls and aunts who looked at him with blank eyes and had the heart to say a few words to him or have a little contact with him. If you go out to play with the Qin family's army, it will be okay, the carriage will stop at the gate of the courtyard, and the Xu family will get on the horse directly, without having to contact the people in Zhuangzhong. In other time, if it weren't for the Qin family and the Lu family brothers calling him to go together, or the Xu family calling him, he would have been eager to stay in the courtyard and not step out. Anyway, he also brought books and homework, so he was not afraid that he would not be able to pass the time.

Mrs. Xu and Grandma Xu had persuaded Xu Zheng in private, but Xu Zheng was embarrassed every time, and forced himself to take two small servants to the main house to talk to the brothers of the Qin family and the brothers of the Lu family, or with Xu Rong, ride to the Cai family Zhuangzi to visit Cai Shizi, but every time it was not very smooth.

The Cai family has its own itinerary and may not wait for guests to visit in Zhuangzi. When the Cai family and the Qin family acted together, there was a large group of people, and the Xu family brothers didn't have much time to talk to the Cai Shizi brothers alone. Xu Rong always tries his best to take on errands, and strives to show everyone that he is capable and careful. Xu Zheng couldn't let go of the shelf, couldn't do what his younger brother could do, and was embarrassed to take the initiative to curry favor with others, so he could only accompany him on the periphery, follow the Cai family and the Qin family around, and try to behave a little more gregarious. But to be honest, by doing this, there was no way to leave a good impression on the Cai family, and he was very uncomfortable.

Their brothers are having a hard time, and the women's side is not necessarily going well. Second Mrs. Xu and Second Grandma Xu took the two girls to follow the footsteps of the Qin family's daughters, and they were often able to meet with the Cai family's daughters, but with so many people present, no matter how much they wanted to please Mrs. Yunyang Hou, they couldn't have much sense of existence.

The Xu family is the oldest, and Mrs. Yunyang Hou will respect her for three points; the Yao family is also a shrewd and sleek and sociable figure, and can often coax the Cai family's ladies to be happy; although the Min family is colder, the Min family has been friends with the Yunyang Hou Mansion for many years, and she was familiar with Mrs. Yunyang Hou when she was not married; Qin Youzhen has a gentle and generous temperament, and is also very eye-catching, and knows when to interject something, and only needs to accompany the Xu family, and she can naturally integrate into everyone's conversation. Mrs. Xu and Grandma Xu didn't know the Cai family's daughters before, and they had a delicate relationship with the Qin family's daughters other than the Xu family, so it often took a lot of effort to get together and chat a few words. It's all trivial matters, or gossip in Beijing, as for the children's family affairs or something, no one mentions it, and it is inconvenient for them to take the initiative to mention it.

Second Mrs. Xu once tentatively sighed that the children are all older, and their parents have to worry about marrying them, how difficult it is or something. One of Mrs. Yunyang Hou's concubines smiled and expressed her approval, and then began to lament that Cai Qiqi had been unable to find a suitable marriage for a long time, which gave the whole family a headache.

What can Mrs. Xu say? Cai Qiqi is the nephew of Yunyang Hou, not a nephew, but a cousin, and they are all about to come out of the fifth suit. His father was a member of the Cai clan, a minor military attache of the sixth grade, who was stationed in a border town in his early years and died at a young age. His mother was the daughter of a military family, and after three years of filial piety for her husband, her mother's family arranged for her to remarry someone else. Cai Seventeen became a little pitiful little who had no father, no mother, and no support, and was sent to the Cai family to support him at the age of four or five, and when he grew up, he showed his talent for learning martial arts, and was sent to the Marquis Mansion of Yunyang, and followed the Cai Shizi brothers and others to study and learn martial arts. He is sixteen years old this year, and he has joined the army and made a small flag. He can barely be regarded as the righteous son of the Marquis of Yunyang, and he must have a bright future in the future, but with such family background, how could he be a candidate for a son-in-law that the Xu family is interested in?

Second Mrs. Xu didn't answer at that time, and then Yao changed the topic, and no one went back and forth, making the second Mrs. Xu embarrassed to mention the children's family affairs again.

Particularly annoying.

The girls didn't go well either. There are several girls in the Qin family, the eldest three are very close to Cai Yuanzhen, and they are also familiar with Cai Yuanzhen's sister Cai Jizhen, and they are always in one place when they go out to play. As for the two little Qin girls, they were led by Lu Yueniang and played by themselves beside the elders. The two girls of the Xu family were troubled, did they follow Cai Yuanzhen and several big girls of the Qin family together, or did they please people in front of several wives and grandmothers? In the end, Xu Xiu chose to stay by the side of the elders, especially with the Yao family, but unfortunately the other party has always been indifferent to her. Xu Lan acted with her sisters, but she obviously felt the rejection of her by the Qin sisters. The two girls of the Cai family are not familiar with her, let alone take her to play together.

Xu Lan felt very aggrieved, and when she returned to her residence at night, she complained to her sister: "The Qin family bullied me, it's so hateful! They went to hunt, but they didn't count me!"

Xu Xiu already knew it in his heart, and said lightly: "This is also something that can be expected a long time ago, you can't hunt, and if you go, it's in vain, why be angry? The marriage event was not obtained by chance. In fact, getting along in the past two days made Xu Xiu feel more clearly in his heart that the Cai family's family business is really not suitable for the Xu family.

Don't look at Cai Yuanzhen is a talented woman with outstanding poetry, the Cai family is actually a typical general, both men and women have practiced martial arts since childhood, and their personalities are hard and refreshing, but because of the wealth of several generations, he has added a bit of fine leisure to his family's military style, and he is particularly particular about clothing, food, housing and transportation. But in their bones, they are absolutely incompatible with the literati style of the Xu family. There is already a clear difference between the family style of the Chengenhou Mansion and the Xu family, which makes the Xu family unaccustomed to the style of the Chengenhou Mansion in many things. Now that you have arrived at the Marquis of Yunyang's Mansion, this difference is even more obvious.

Xu Xiu intuitively felt that it was impossible for the two families to successfully negotiate a marriage. Even if the agreement is reached, Miss Cai's marriage to Xu Zheng will definitely not bring the kind of change they expect to the Xu family. When the time comes, either Miss Cai is suppressed and depressed, or Xu Zheng can't meet the expectations of the Yue family, full of ambition, but unwilling.

Xu Xiu was worried in her heart, and she said to her sister: "From Ming'er onwards, let's stop trying to please others." You can do what you have to do, and you don't have to be in the same place as anyone. It's hard to get out of the door, so let's take the opportunity to have a play, just take it as a distraction. Otherwise, when we go home, we don't know when the next time we have the opportunity to go out to breathe. ”

Xu Lan looked at her in surprise: "Sister, what's wrong, why did you suddenly say these things? Is it because I complained about the Qin family?" she took Xu Xiu's hand a little nervously, "I just said it casually, and I didn't mean anything else." Sister, don't be discouraged by my words. You are going to marry Cousin Qin in the future, if you don't take advantage of this time to coax your second cousin, how will you live in the future?"

Xu Xiu smiled bitterly: "Do you think I can really marry Cousin Qin? Except for my aunt and grandmother, who is willing to promote this family business? Don't make a fuss about a family affair that even good relatives can't do it. We want to marry the Qin family in order to continue to rely on his family in the future. If this will offend people, there will be no hope for them when they ask for help in the future. Even if I do get married, what's the use?"

Xu Lan frowned and looked at Sister Yan worriedly. Xu Xiu just smiled lightly: "That's it." Marriage cannot be forced. The weather is so good these days, the scenery in the suburbs is particularly beautiful, and even the flowers and plants around this village are also very pleasant. Let's have a few days of fun. For the rest, let the elders worry about it when they get home. ”

When the sisters Xu Xiu and Xu Lan were talking, the second Mrs. Xu and the second grandmother Xu in the main house were also talking.

Things didn't go as smoothly as they thought, and they couldn't even deepen their friendship with the Cai family's daughters, let alone discuss their children's family affairs. Second Mrs. Xu also thought about it, or she didn't mention family affairs, it would seem too eager for quick success, so let's get acquainted with the Cai family first. As long as the two families get acquainted, they will have the opportunity to be guests at the Yunyang Hou Mansion in the future, and there is no chance to mention family affairs?

But the problem is that the ladies of the Cai family don't seem to be close to them, and the Qin family has no one to help them except the Xu family. The Xu family also behaved a little coldly, except for always pulling them to act together with the Qin family and the Cai family's female dependents, the others did not provide any help. If it goes on like this, when they leave Changping and return to the capital, the Xu family can't even form a friendship with the Cai family, and they can't even come to the door as a guest, so why do they mention getting married?

Second Grandma Xu was a little anxious, she said to Second Lady Xu, "Do you want to ask Mrs. Gu to help me again?"

Second Mrs. Xu was silent for a while, but shook her head: "No, the Qin family and the Cai family don't necessarily have a deep friendship, this time it's just a coincidence, the two families are in the same spring, and the days are similar, so they will go together." Besides, Mrs. Gu has sons and daughters-in-law, grandchildren and granddaughters, and her grandson has never been engaged. If she crosses Brother Jian and helps Brother Zheng to say goodbye to the Marquis of Yunyang, she won't be able to get through her own home. Mrs. Gu is very important to our Xu family, and it is already extremely rare for her to give us the opportunity to get acquainted with the Marquis of Yunyang, and we can't trouble her anymore. Brother Zheng said that it was not a family affair of the Cai family, and it didn't matter. It's a matter of the long house. But we can't delay Brother Rong'er's future for the sake of Brother Zheng. ”

Xu Er's grandmother was suddenly solemn: "Mother-in-law is right." I almost forgot. If Brother Zheng has no chance with Miss Cai, we don't have to force it. In fact, I also think that Qi Dafei is not a coincidence, and this family business is too reluctant for Brother Zheng. Now that Brother Jian is here, the Cai family brothers are all outstanding, where does it seem that Brother Zheng is here? Today, Mrs. Yunyang Hou also praised the king of Suning County and the eldest prince of Shoushan Bofu. What kind of young talents are they from?

Second Lady Xu pondered for a moment, and suddenly asked an unexpected question: "What do you think of Cai Seventeen?"