Early the next morning, Cai Wei finished serving Mrs. Tai, and was pulled by the old lady to sit down beside her, and said to her: "Wei girl, do you know that two people came to me yesterday to propose marriage to you?" ”

"If it weren't for my grandmother, how would Wei'er know? It's just my grandmother, my father only set a family affair for me back then, how come there are two families to propose marriage? Cai Wei thought for a moment and replied.

Mrs. Tai glanced at her, narrowed her eyes again, turned the Buddhist beads in her hand and said, "The person who came to propose marriage to you yesterday is none other than your fourth uncle, and the other is your second aunt." ”

Cai Wei said with a look of surprise on her face: "Grandmother said this, Wei'er didn't understand, others don't know, but my uncle and aunt should know that Wei'er was promised by my father a long time ago, why did they come to propose marriage to my grandmother?" ”

Mrs. Tai put the Buddha beads on the next few cases, held Cai Wei's hand and said: "Good boy, my grandmother has treated you as a granddaughter in the past two years, so you will tell your grandmother the truth, is the family affair that your father set for you to be as Sister Fei said, it was given to the Zeng family, I don't want Zeng Tanhua to renounce the marriage contract with you in order to climb another high branch, and go to be Zuo Xiang's niece and son-in-law, so that you were divorced?" ”

"I ,......" Cai Wei hesitated, not knowing how to answer her grandmother.

Mrs. Tai rubbed her hand with a loving face and said: "Good boy, if you have any difficulties in your heart, what bitterness can you just tell your grandmother, your parents and brothers are gone, I can be regarded as your dearest relative in this world, if you suffer any grievances, if you don't tell my grandmother, who else can you complain to?" ”

"Grandmother is also worried about your marriage, you are sixteen this year, the age of this girl's family can not be delayed, but the family you said is married to you has not come for a long time, this has been waiting for year after year, and it is not a matter of waiting like this. You just have to tell the truth to your grandmother, your grandmother will make decisions for you in everything, and you can't delay your youth. ”

Cai Wei saw her grandmother looking at her lovingly, and her words were so heartwarming, she was moved that she wanted to simply tell her grandmother the truth.

The words had already reached the tip of her tongue, and she suddenly remembered what Concubine Shen had repeatedly told her when she was leaving: "Wei'er, you and Zeng Yi must not let anyone know about the dissolution of the marriage contract, even your grandmother can't tell her, so let them think that you are always married, so that if you live in that mansion in the next few months, I can relax a little!" ”

Cai Wei remembered that she had already agreed to Concubine Shen at that time, so she changed her words: "Grandmother, my grandson doesn't have any grievances in her heart, although Sister Fei said something out of tune, insisting on nonsense that it was the Zeng family who was married to me, isn't it a joke?" If Zeng Tanhua is indeed married to me, how can Zuo Xiang ask him to be a niece and son-in-law? Don't mention this kind of nonsense in the future, if it spreads out, it will make the left minister unhappy, and I'm afraid it's a little bad for our house! ”

Mrs. Tai still didn't believe it and asked, "Is the Zeng family really the one who is married to you?" ”

Cai Wei hurriedly said: "Naturally not, it is really another family that is married to my grandson, but my father refused to tell me who I am, only saying that I am a girl's family is not good to know this, he has already arranged it for me, I just need to wait at my grandmother's house for the family to come to the door with a token to propose marriage." As for why that family hasn't come yet, I think it's because there is a sudden urgency in his family, so it's delayed, and it's only been March now, so it's not in a hurry! ”

"You're not in a hurry now, but if it's past this year, the family still won't come, and the year after tomorrow won't come? Some of these things should be planned in advance! ”

Cai Wei was silent, and asked for a long time: "Does grandmother want to make the decision to marry Wei'er to the second cousin or the cousin of the Wu family?" ”

Mrs. Tai patted her hand and deliberately asked, "What if grandmother really meant that?" Which of these two cousins do you prefer? ”

Cai Wei was slightly shocked in her heart, and for a moment she was not sure whether Mrs. Tai was serious or testing her, so she thought about it and said: "In Wei'er's heart, she regards these cousins as brothers, and there is nothing else. Besides, my grandmother also said that you are Wei'er's closest relative in this world, so naturally my grandmother will make decisions for me in everything, but I don't know which cousin my grandmother prefers? ”

Seeing that her face was slightly pale, Mrs. Tai smiled and patted her hand and said, "Look at you, grandmother is joking with you!" Although Brother Ammonium is my own grandson, but my grandmother doesn't look down on him, he doesn't learn and don't know how to do it, he can't do anything, and now he has become a cripple, how can such a loser be worthy of you? When the fourth child came to tell me yesterday, he asked me to scold him and throw him out directly, you are his niece, and he can't bear to match you to his terrible son, if I agree, wouldn't I watch you fall into the fire? ”

"As for your cousin of the Wu family, although he is a good one, but when he and Fang Yatou came to those things before, the two of them actually had a personal relationship, don't think I don't know, I know it in my heart! Such non-compliance with the rules and regulations always makes people feel a little uncomfortable. Second, his family is ruined after all, and some of the people in the family are not worthy of you, and they are not your good match! So, I didn't wait for your second aunt to finish speaking last night and then gave a bite of rejection. ”

Cai Wei's heart warmed, and her heart returned to its original place, sure enough, her grandmother really loved her, and she would never only care about her own children and ignore her granddaughter. It can be seen that in the past two years, her devout filial piety to her grandmother has finally been exchanged for her grandmother's sincere love for herself.

But before she could rejoice for a while, she heard Mrs. Tai say again: "These two people are not your good match, in my grandmother's heart, there is another excellent candidate who is the best match for you, and you two are really born with a good match!" ”

The bright smile in Cai Wei's eyes disappeared immediately, and she looked at Mrs. Tai blankly, full of disbelief. It's okay for the fourth uncle and second aunt to make up their minds about her family affairs, but why is her maternal grandmother also showing her family affairs, and she already has a favorite candidate?

"I don't know, I don't know which cousin my grandmother has taken a fancy to Wei'er?" Cai Wei asked, clutching the handkerchief in her hand.

"It's none other than your fourth cousin Yicheng, although he is a concubine, but in the end he is the son of your second uncle's predecessor Uncle An Yuan, and he lives in this courtyard and has been raised by my side. The two of you, one is my grandson who is raised by my side, and the other is my granddaughter who accompanies me every day, among my many grandchildren and granddaughters in this house, you two are the closest to me, so ah, I somehow had such an idea in my heart, if you cousins and sisters can be together, how good would it be? ”

Cai Wei doesn't feel good at all, so what kind of person is Zhao Yicheng? is that regardless of his background and talent, in terms of character alone, Zhao Yiammon, who was despised by Mrs. Tai, is simply half a catty, eight taels, and no one is better than anyone else.

Every day, he said that he went out to make friends and lecture on martial arts, but in fact, he was taken by his uncle Hu Dequan to fool around the capital, fighting cocks and lackeys, eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling are proficient in everything. But in front of Mrs. Tai, he pretended to be a studious, well-behaved and obedient filial son and grandson, and coaxed Mrs. Tai to love him so much that he was like a heart.

Many people in this mansion know about Zhao Yiquan's deceitful behavior outside, and some are afraid that Mrs. Tai will know that she will discipline Zhao Yiquan strictly, but it is not beautiful, and they are happy not to say it.

There are also those who are jealous of Zhao Yiquan's favor and go to Mrs. Tai to talk, but Mrs. Tai is old, so she is somewhat dim, and she only believes in her good grandson, but she scolded those who talked about it, saying that they were jealous of her love and favor Brother Quan, so they made a rumor about Brother Cheng in front of her.

But Caiwei always felt that Mrs. Tai didn't know what Zhao Yiquan was doing outside, maybe although she knew, she didn't want to believe that the grandson she loved the most was completely extraordinary, ruined, and a son of a ruined family.

is such a rotten person, my grandmother actually wants to marry herself to him, is this different from pushing herself into the fire? Could it be that my grandmother also took a fancy to her dowry of 60,000 taels of silver, as well as the relationship with the princess of Yingchuan, knowing that her grandson Zhao Yicheng was extremely difficult to say that he was close to him, so she thought of matching herself to him, which is really a good match!

But this so-called good match is Zhao Yixuan's good match, and for her, it is simply another fire kang, how can she agree?

Cai Wei couldn't help but raise her voice slightly: "Grandmother! Since my father has already set a marriage for me, how can I not obey my father's command and break my promise to someone else? ”

Mrs. Luo said disapprerovingly: "It's not that the family didn't keep their promises and didn't come at the agreed time, we can't wait for them to find someone else to marry, why not?" Besides, you didn't write a marriage letter in the first place, so why is this a breach of trust? Even if they come to the door, we are not afraid of them, and we will have our own grandmother to call the shots for you! ”

Anyway, by then, everyone has already married, and the raw rice has been cooked into cooked rice, and the family can still force Wei Yatou to snatch it again, at most, it is just to pay them some silver to settle the matter, as for the silver, Wei Yatou's dowry can be silver.

The most important thing at the moment is to persuade Cai Wei to agree to this family affair, Mrs. Tai held Cai Wei's hand and smiled even more lovingly.

"Your father set a family affair for you that day, just so that you can have a support in the future, but instead of marrying outside, it is better to simply stay in this mansion, isn't it more reliable and safe than marrying outside? You have been by my side for so many years, and my grandmother likes you from the bottom of her heart and wants to keep you by my side for a long time! Instead of being my grandmother's granddaughter, why don't you be my grandmother's granddaughter-in-law, stay by my side forever, and honor my ancestor with your cousin? ”