Chapter Fifty-Six: Door-to-door Proposal
Doudou looked at his father's gloomy face, carefully tugged at his sleeve and said, "Father, haven't you eaten yet, I'll ask my mother in the small kitchen to get you some more delicious food." ”
"Well, let her make a bowl of shredded chicken noodles, and the soup should be clear and thin. Yuan Zheng leaned back on the back of the chair and explained a few words carefully, the second girl finally had a little conscience, if she hadn't dragged him here, he would have returned to the study in the outer courtyard to enjoy the delicious food carefully cooked by the chefs, where would he fall into the situation of filling his stomach with dim sum?
Father is still so picky, Doudou ran outside the house with a small mouth and ordered Cai Qing and Cai Sang a few words, and after a while, he turned back to the house and stood back in front of Yuan Zheng.
"Yuan'er doesn't like to have a concubine for her father, is it because of your mother?" Doudou's reaction to this matter was beyond Yuan Zheng's expectations, after all, she and Gu Chao did not have much affection, and it was said that whether she accepted a concubine or not had little impact on her.
Doudou lowered his little head and said, "Because my sister doesn't like it, I don't like it either." ”
Xiang'er? Her answer was much beyond Yuan Zheng's expectations, but she didn't expect that Xiang'er, who seemed a little cowardly and didn't care about the world, had been worrying about this.
"Father, you don't like these cousins either, you won't let them be concubines, right?" Doudou raised his head and stretched out his little hand to shake Yuan Zheng's legs, her big eyes looked full of tears, as if as long as Yuan Zheng's answer was not what she expected, her tears would immediately roll down.
If a person who is usually a father sees his little daughter like this, his heart will be so soft that he will definitely give what he wants, and what he wants to say, but Yuan Zheng laughed out loud after listening to Doudou's words: "I said Yuan'er, there is such a big smell of green onion and ginger, and I am about to shed tears for my father." ”
"Father is not allowed to laugh at others!" Doudou just went out and smeared some of the green onion and ginger juice that had been prepared long ago on the cuffs, and wiped two handfuls on his eyes when he lowered his head, and at this time, seeing that his small movements were exposed by his father, he turned his little face in shame and annoyance and didn't want to deal with Yuan Zheng.
Yuan Zheng took advantage of the situation to hug her on his lap and deliberately pouted and said: "This matter is your grandmother's master, everyone has been brought to the house, what do you say to be a father?" How should the cousins be sent away, he really hasn't thought of the best way yet, and if he doesn't handle it well, it will be bad if he hurts his mother's face.
Doudou played with the jade pendant on Yuan Zheng's waist and muttered: "What's so difficult about this, my cousins are all very good-looking, my father knows so many people, isn't it over if I find a few people to marry them off?"
Marry out? Yuan Zheng's eyes suddenly lit up, he seemed to be busy and confused, why didn't he think of this. There are countless people who want to have a relationship with him on the ground in Zhejiang, and these girls are nominally his cousins, as long as the news is released, there are not too many people who want to marry them.
When the time comes, carefully select a few young talents with good family background, he still doesn't believe it, they don't want to be a good wife, but they have to be their own concubines, and he is not the emperor, so they can be rich and noble!
"Yuan'er is really my father's little lucky star, you play alone first, and my father will go out for a trip. Yuan Zheng's gloomy face finally cleared up after a morning, but this matter could not be delayed, it had to be resolved before the dinner, he put Doudou on the ground and walked out of Doudouju quickly.
Father...... You really demolished the bridge before the river was crossed, and you didn't care about me...... Looking at the steaming shredded chicken noodles in the hands of Cai Sang, who was standing outside the door, Doudou resigned himself to patting his little belly, the habit of wasting food is very bad, and it is difficult to solve it by himself!
After eating the shredded chicken noodles, the "little chess piece" Doudou girl quietly slipped to Chaoyun Courtyard.
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The most important thing under Yuan Zheng's hands is people with excellent work ability, but in two hours, the names of eligible young talents in Hangzhou Mansion have been listed in a long list, and he has selected four of them after repeated consideration.
This year's Mid-Autumn Festival dinner in the Yuan Mansion was set up in the Moon Pavilion, and the Zhejiang political envoy Yuan Daren swept away the malaise in the morning and appeared in front of everyone in good spirits.
The writing is flying, handsome and super-easy, and extravagant...... It's simply a model of a mature man that girls dream of. The cousins completely abandoned the bad feelings in the morning, and their pretty faces were full of peach blossoms, and their beautiful eyes were full of affection.
Gu Chao had already learned of Yuan Zheng's plan, turned a blind eye to his cousins' expressions, affectionately took Doudou with him, and even personally picked a shell of crab roe and sent it to her small bowl.
Seeing that her son didn't seem to object, and her daughter-in-law was also very cooperative, the old lady was very satisfied, and just wanted to talk to Yuan Zheng about the matter of the concubine, the chief housekeeper Xie Fu walked in with a look of wanting to say something.
"Little Fuzi, there is something that can't wait for tomorrow. "The old lady is a little unhappy, she just wants a grandson, she always comes to interrupt one by one, even Xiaofuzi is not worrying!
"Old lady, second master, second lady, there is ...... Someone came to visit the meeting and said...... "Xie Fu is a little stumbling, he is the old lady's henchman, but at the same time he is also the second master's henchman, he understands the thoughts of the mother and son, how can he say such a thing!"
It's all to blame for those who don't have long eyes, obviously there are beautiful ladies in Hangzhou, why do they have to stare at these cousins? Even if these people don't marry, you can come back in a few days, okay, who has ever seen someone who went to someone else's house on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, it's just weird!
"Who is it? This big festival is not at home for a good reunion, and goes to other people's houses to make trouble!" The old lady was just unhappy just now, but now she is directly angry.
"Old lady Hui, it is the maiden home of Mrs. Zheng Zhifu, the Jiang Mansion of the Yue family, the Jiang Mansion of the Qian General, the Gong Mansion of Mr. Zhu's cousin, and the Wang's Mansion, a big grain merchant, all of them are the ladies of the family who came to the door in person, saying that they were going to ask the four cousins, all of whom were sisters-in-law...... "There is no need to say more, these are all families with heads and faces in Hangzhou Mansion, either in power or extremely rich, and the sons of several families are also well-known young talents, and it is more than enough to match four cousins.
The old lady turned her head and glared at Yuan Zheng, and she played tricks on your old lady! Of course she knew these people, and the son-in-law with such good conditions asked a few concubines of ordinary background to marry her? Not to mention that the cousins had never taken half a step out of the Yuan Mansion since they came to Hangzhou City, so where did they know that even if they were immortals and mortals?
Yuan Zheng knew that his mother was not the kind of person who couldn't hold his breath, and he was angry, but he would definitely not lose his temper on such an occasion, let alone save face for himself, this time it was also because he knew his mother too well that he could calculate successfully, in fact, his mother was also thinking about him, and his face couldn't help but show a trace of shame.
Gu Chao laughed secretly, Doudou was complete, and the four cousins didn't know whether they were happy or worried, anyway, they were completely stunned, and they didn't understand what was going on tonight.