Chapter 223: Prevarication
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Wu Shaoying only rested at Qin's house for one night tonight, and had to return to the city early the next morning. At such a tight time, he had just finished a long journey, and he was very tired both mentally and physically. Niu's student, who has always felt sorry for her husband Qin Bai, of course she will not take the time to disturb his rest this night, and she is anxious to talk to him about marriage.
So Wu Shaoying rested well for the night, and went back to the city the next day, and Niu didn't talk to him privately at all.
And when Wu Shaoying's new official took office, he had to hand over the affairs before the government closed the pen before the previous year, and then complete the backlog of work after the predecessor left, so as not to pile up things until the end of the year. Even during the days of rest, he stayed in the yamen and worked overtime, and it was impossible for him to go to Qinzhuang to listen to his wife as a matchmaker. Therefore, although Niu wanted to tell him about it, he still delayed until the day of Laba, and only then did he take the opportunity to ask him to come to his house to eat Laba porridge, so he opened his mouth to test.
The patriarch's wife has also been concerned about this matter, and under the pretext of coming to the sixth room to send Laba porridge, she sat with the Niu family, and the two of them were enthusiastic elders together.
Wu Shaoying had already received a report from Qin Hanzhen, and in the past few days, he deliberately avoided his wife, and he was also thinking about what reason to prevaricate the marriage, and at this time he already had a way, so he said with a look of embarrassment: "I also thought that I should get married before, but ...... Now that he has just taken office and is busy with official business, where can he find time to worry about marriage? Moreover, marrying a wife while in office is also a bit taboo. Again...... When I was in the northwest, my aunt repeatedly forced me to agree to marry my cousin, but I refused, and my aunt got angry and called me ungrateful. She raised me for many years, and I sat back and watched my cousin's marriage be difficult, but I refused to lend a hand. I was so ashamed that I was speechless, so I promised my aunt that I would not marry anyone else until my cousin got married and had children. ”
The patriarch's wife was a little confused, what did she mean by this? She hurriedly looked at the Niu clan.
Niu Shi was taken aback: "The in-laws still want you to agree to such an unreasonable demand? She is forcing you to marry her daughter, right? I will be in charge with your teacher, and I will marry a virtuous wife for you. If your aunt is dissatisfied, just ask her to come to us!" she didn't believe it, with the current status of the Qin family, how dare Mrs. Guan be angry with their husband and wife?
Wu Shaoying smiled and said, "Where did it come to this? My aunt was also angry at the time, and I was afraid that she would be angry, so I agreed to her. But next year, she and her cousin will most likely come to Jinling to join me. At that time, I coaxed her again, and she was angry, so naturally she would not mention this agreement again. I have only just taken office now, and I am an official for the first time, and there are still many things to learn, and I can't spare time to think about marriage for a while. When my aunt and cousin come next year, it's not too late to worry about my life's affairs. ”
Niu Shi frowned: "Didn't you say that they wouldn't come? They also have families and businesses in Mizhi, and there are a lot of relatives and friends in the clan, where can they leave their families and businesses and come to you?"
Wu Shaoying smiled: "Of course they are reluctant to leave their family business to join me, but now that I am an official, I can be regarded as promising, and Jinling is the first rich and prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River. ”
Niu sneered, wanting to say that Wu Shaoying didn't have to be so filial to Mrs. Guan, it was not worth it at all, but because this was in front of the concubine, it was not good to say bad things about her in-laws, so she closed her mouth, but her face was full of disapproval, which had already shown her attitude towards the Guan family's southward movement.
The patriarch's wife was a little disappointed in her heart, although she couldn't understand the old grudges between the Niu family and her in-laws Guan family, and what happened to Wu Shaoying and his aunt, cousin and cousin, but listening to Wu Shaoying's tone, she knew that this family affair was not as smooth as she imagined.
Wu Shaoying has no intention of getting married at present, and according to his words, he will not consider marriage until at least the mother and son of the Guan family come to Jinling. God knows how long it will take? Her eldest niece is not too young to be delayed for too long, and it is better to be married next year. She originally thought that Qin Bai and Niu's husband and wife would be able to make the decision to decide Wu Shaoying's marriage, but if the aunt who had the nurturing grace for Wu Shaoying wanted to come to Jinling, this marriage would not be able to bypass this aunt no matter what. After such a delay, it is uncertain whether the eldest niece can make a marriage contract before the end of next year.
Wu Shaoying, a young man, is certainly a good marriage partner, but he must also make sure that the marriage can be said, so that the patriarch's wife can let her nephew wait. Otherwise, her nephew delayed the flowering period, but in the end ended up empty, how would she face her mother's family?
The patriarch's wife was worried, and when she left Wu Shaoying's place, she grabbed Niu's and asked, "What's the matter with the aunt Wu experienced?
Niu frowned and said, "I don't think she should be able to come." She's not in good health either. But...... She really wants to marry her youngest daughter to Shaoying, and she is almost shameless if she uses so many years of kindness to force Shaoying. She didn't want to think about what kind of temperament her little daughter had? Where could Shaoying see it? Their family used to be ordinary, and the children they raised were polite. My eldest daughter-in-law, who is Hanzhen's mother, is a virtuous and sensible good child, but her life is not good, and she died too early. She was several years older than her sister-in-law, and after marrying into our family, her mother's family gradually improved, and when she became richer, her parents began to spoil their little daughter, and used her little daughter very undecently. Shaoying is nearly ten years older than his youngest daughter, and she is not a good match at all, just because she has fame and some industry in the family, the youngest daughter of the Guan family is cheeky and entangled. Shaoying has always regarded her as her own sister, so how could she agree to marry her? Guan in-laws talked about kindness, which made Shaoying very distressed. We all know these things, and we are angry with him. ”
The patriarch's wife roughly understood, and her brows furrowed: "So...... Wu experienced this cousin...... In fact, I haven't been married yet?"
Niu said: "Their family is still in the filial piety period, and the marriage has naturally not been decided." But I heard that her brother has already taken a good look at the family, and he is only waiting for filial piety to be married. Although my in-laws and her youngest daughter are not happy, but this kind of thing, the elder brother comes forward to make the decision, where is the turn to be picky about being a sister?!"
The patriarch's wife thought to herself, although the elder brother can be the master of the marriage for the sister-in-law, but if the old lady comes forward, then the elder brother still has to pay attention to filial piety, and dare not disobey the old lady's wishes. The so-called optimistic people are not sure that they can really be decided. If the old lady Guan brought her daughter to join her nephew, as long as she wanted her nephew to be her son-in-law, even if she couldn't force Wu Shaoying to agree to marry her daughter, as an elder, it would not be difficult for her to mess with Wu Shaoying's marriage.
The Shen family originally took a fancy to Wu Shaoying, firstly because he was a student valued by Yongjiahou Qin Bai, and secondly, because he had a family and a job, but he was not dragged down by his family, so he could be an arm for the Shen family. But if the eldest niece gets married, she still has to deal with an elder like Mrs. Guan, who is not a serious mother-in-law, but can use her kindness to put her mother-in-law's score and selfishness, then it will not be easy.
The patriarch's wife was a little depressed, but she was also a little unwilling. She asked Niu: "Did Wu Shi have a plan for his marriage? Could he have known our intentions and deliberately prevaricated us?"
Niu Shi was unhappy when he heard this: "I can't understand what sister-in-law is saying, Shaoying has nothing to do to prevaricate what we are doing? The Guan family embarrassed him, and always wanted him to marry the second daughter of the Guan family, everyone in our family knows about this, even Hanzhen knows, is it necessary for Shaoying to lie? He doesn't know which girl we are going to tell him." Besides, he didn't refuse us to kiss him on his behalf? It is a fact that he is busy with official business now, and he has a reason to discuss his marriage next year. He has just entered the career, and it is related to the future future, so he naturally can't be careless. ”
The patriarch's wife was really annoyed when she saw that the Niu clan was really annoyed, and hurriedly smiled: "It's me who is too careful, don't be surprised by my younger brothers and sisters." Isn't my eldest niece in a hurry? My eldest niece is not young, and if she can't make a marriage decision, she doesn't know when she will be married. ”
Niu snorted: "Except for Shaoying in the world, is there no good offspring?" Sister-in-law, don't worry, since I said that I would say a good family for your niece and nephew, I will never break my word." ”
Is this looking for someone else?
The patriarch's wife stopped talking, but she still didn't say anything, and left with a tangled face.
The Niu family went to find Qin Bai, dismissed everyone, pulled her husband, and told her how she and the patriarch's wife went to see Wu Shaoying, and then said: "I heard Shaoying's tone, and I felt that it was wrong. It didn't seem quite like what he told us on the day he returned. He clearly said that the Guan family would not come to Jinling, and he had taken care of it. Now he said that he wanted to invite his in-laws to come over for a while to relax, which is not a contradiction at all. He is not a forgetful person, and he deliberately said this, obviously with intention. Could it be that he didn't want to agree to the Shen family's family affairs, so he prevaricated?"
Qin Bai frowned: "Where did he hear about these things? Previously, in our letter, we didn't say anything wrong with the Shen family?"
Niu said: "Of course I didn't mention it. I only said that I wanted to say a good family for him, but I didn't mention that it was the eldest girl of the Shen family. Besides, what's wrong with the eldest girl of the Shen family? At most, her sister is more difficult, and her father doesn't understand things very well, so that's it. She thought for a moment and pouted, "Don't guess, it must be Hanzhen's girl who said something in front of her cousin!
Qin Bai smiled lightly: "It's not surprising that Hanzhen is close to her uncle. If Shaoying is not happy, then let him go. Although the Shen family is good, there is not only one Shen family in the world. Now that Shaoying wants to marry a wife, it is natural for him to like it himself. ”
Niu Shi snorted: "Can I still not understand this reason? Therefore, in front of the sister-in-law of the sect, I lied for him." What their young people think, I can't guess. But Shaoying is your student in the end, and he has always been close to our family, so I am naturally on his side. But if this family business really can't be done, the eldest girl of the Shen family, we should also give her an explanation, and we can't make people wait for a few months in vain. Do you know which family has a good offspring who has not yet married, and the Shen family is a good match, let's be a matchmaker for her?"