"Tell me for yourself." The old lady of the Qiao family's voice was slow, and it hit Liu's heart like a hammer.

"This kid doesn't know where he's struggling, he just wants to run to celebrate the wild girl's birthday every year, and you know about it, old lady." Liu looked at the old lady and didn't get annoyed, so he whispered again: "I was afraid that he would delay his study, so I told him to pay less attention to those village girls, who knew that he actually told me the conditions, saying that if he passed the Jinshi examination, he would let me go to his fourth cousin's house to propose marriage. ”

When Old Lady Qiao heard this, her eyes became even colder, "Didn't you say that it was just the same clan?" It is not certain that the prefect of his family can do it for a few days. When Yang'er arrived in the capital, I don't know how many famous ladies were waiting for him to choose. ”

Liu said: "The old lady also knew that the daughter-in-law was also an expedient measure at that time, how could she ask for him to marry an orphan girl who had no father and no mother." ”

"Broom Star! If it weren't for being close to his family, my good grandson would have been working in the capital now, and the emperor would appreciate him, and in a few years he would be the one who supported the portal in our family! It's good now, I was involved by their family, and I was sent to a place where there was a plague, and whether I could come back or not, when I thought of him, my heart hurt. Mrs. Qiao wiped away her tears as she spoke, "Otherwise, give his family affairs first, so as not to have too many dreams at night." ”

Liu Shi hurriedly said: "It's all up to the old lady to decide. ”

The old lady nodded lightly, "Just get up and talk, and do what you kneel on the ground at every turn." ”

Liu trembled and stood up by the people who followed, but his legs were no longer perceptible at all. When I returned to the room, I found that the porcelain ballast had been pierced into the flesh.

Before the Liu family could pick out the porcelain ballast, her henchman came to the Wang family and whispered: "The cow matchmaker has come to our house, it seems that she wants to tell the three girls of our family." ”

Three girls, isn't that Xinyan?

Liu Shi hurriedly said: "Which one are you talking about?" ”

"Governor Liu's nephew."

Liu hated it so much that he didn't even care about the porcelain ballast, and slapped his palm on his knee, "It's really a clam. The toad wants to eat swan meat, and he doesn't want to see what it is! ”

The candidate for her son-in-law, she was already optimistic about it ten years ago, who is worthy of marrying her Xinyan in the entire Haozhou Mansion except for the Jinghai Marquis Shen family?

As if he knew what the Liu family was thinking, Lai Wang's family hurriedly said: "Although the third girl and the prince are compatible, the old lady is only afraid that she will favor the second girl." ”

Qiao Xinyu, the second girl of the Qiao family, is the daughter of Mrs. Qiao's own son, and is the same age as Qiao Xinyan.

"Then how did the old lady get back to the matchmaker?" Qiao asked.

"The old lady said, 'If it is the son of Governor Liu, we don't have any opinion.'" Lai Wang's family said.

Hearing this, Liu's face softened slightly.

"It's rumored outside now, saying that I saw that the prince of Jinghai Hou was also carried to quarantine and treat, and I heard that it was also a plague." This disease can't be cured, and if you get it, it's equivalent to stepping into the coffin, "Governor Liu's son won the little three yuan this time, and it will definitely not be a problem to move next time, even if he is not as good as our son, he will definitely be able to enter the Jinshi in the future." ”

Liu said: "What did the cow matchmaker say? ”

Lai Wang's house: "The cow matchmaker said, 'Since the house is interested, she will do her best', this old man, before speaking, he doesn't go through his brain, who has the money to listen to whom." ”

Liu raised his eyebrows: "It's like we're going to find his family to be a relative." ”

Lai Wang's family said with a smile: "No, there are many clever people in front of the old lady, and someone replied to her at that time, 'Our old lady only said that the son of Governor Liu is worthy, but she didn't say that her old man would definitely agree to this matter'." ”

Only then did Liu nod, "The old lady is willing to think about Sister Yan'er." ”

Lai Wang's family said: "The marriage of the son, the wife really wants to let the old lady decide?" What if the person she picks doesn't have the same heart as his wife? ”

Liu smiled bitterly: "I haven't thought about this problem, but it's a pity that the old man's career economy is completely incomprehensible, and he doesn't know anything about general affairs, and Brother Yang'er's future is not all in the hands of the old lady and the old lady, so how can I have a choice." ”

Came to Wang's house to search for intestines and scrape her stomach for a long time, but she couldn't find words that could comfort Liu, so she had to take the needle and help her pick the porcelain ballast on her knees.

Liu stared at his bloody knees for a long time, then raised his head and stared at Laiwang's family fiercely: "You said that the prince of Jinghai Hou has also been sent to the quarantine area now?" ”

Laiwang's family was panicked by her penetrating gaze, and nodded his head like a chicken pecking rice: "Yes, yes, yes." ”

Liu suddenly smiled, got up and went to Qiao Xinyan's room.

The maids were shivering under the eaves, but there was a sound of falling things in the house.

Before Liu could walk in, an inkstone happened to be thrown out and smashed on her heart, making her almost faint in pain.

Qiao Xinyan panicked at this time, pounced over, and hurriedly helped her mother to sit down on the chair, complaining helplessly: "Mother, why don't you say a word when you come." ”

Liu smiled bitterly and said, "You girl, your mother came to see you, you have to report it first?" ”

Qiao Xinyan said: "My daughter didn't mean that, she was so angry!" What kind of thing is the Liu family, and they dare to make a matchmaker come to our house. ”

Liu Shi hurriedly hugged her and comforted: "My son, you are a jade bottle, they are just a pile of rat, how can you be as knowledgeable as them." ”

Qiao Xinyan stomped her feet and said: "There is Niu Qiaozui's nonsense, I'm afraid that Qiao Xinyu will laugh at me again tomorrow." ”

Liu said, "You still have the heart to be idle, and I don't know what happened to your brother, I heard that the plague is very strict, and even the prince of Jinghai Hou was sent to quarantine." ”

Qiao Xinyan grabbed Liu's hand at once, pinching her and gasping, "Mother, is this true?" ”

Liu said: "It's not true, let's ask your brother if we know?" ”

Qiao Xinyan was so anxious that she stood up suddenly, eager to fly to Dingyuan all at once.

"Isn't he the prince of the Hou Mansion, why did he get infected? My brother is in Dingyuan every day, it's not that there is nothing to do! She said hatefully.

Thinking of Qiao Chaoyang, Qiao Xinyan's eyes lit up, "Mother, I want to go to Dingyuan to help my brother." ”

Liu said: "There is a plague in Dingyuan now, and I don't feel at ease when your brother is there, let alone your girl's family." ”

Qiao Xinyan said: "Wang Jing has been there for so long, how can I be fine?" "In case she snatches the son away, wouldn't I have waited for so many years in vain?" No, I'll go now. ”

She said that she would leave, and immediately asked people to pack up their clothes and rouge gouache, and regardless of Liu's obstruction, she took a maid and went directly on the road.

Liu waited for her to leave, and slowly went to the old lady.

"Sister Yan'er is not worried about her brother, she wants to go and see, I didn't stop it, please punish the old lady." She said.

The old lady said: "Their brother and sister have a good relationship, but it is rare, and I am not the unkind person, what are you punishing you for?" ”

When Liu left, the old lady sneered: "Just her little cleverness, she still treats others as fools." ”

The eldest lady gently picked up the teacup, stared at the floating tea powder, and laughed thoughtfully, "It is estimated that she will be happy to let the third girl enter the Shen family with the tablet." ”