Chapter 964: Engagement
The marriage between Xie Yingrong, the third girl of the Xie family, and Wan Long, the third young master of the Wan family, was soon officially decided.
It's just that compared with the engagement between the eldest girl of the Xie family and the second girl of the Xie family, there is a decent matchmaker to match them (Xie Yinghui's marriage is nominally the Song family), and the in-laws are also happy and lively, and the engagement ceremony of the third girl of the Xie family is much simpler. Of course, there is a reason why Xie Pu annoyed her daughter and was not very willing to support her pomp, but it was more because Mrs. Wan herself did not have this will.
The reason why she is in a hurry to marry this family is just for her own interests, can she really call her a concubine? Her two sons have not yet been married, why is the concubine out of the way?! If it weren't for Wen's request, she probably wouldn't even be informing the Marquis Mansion in the capital. No matter what, the object of Wan Long's engagement is also the daughter of Wan Senate's top boss, the daughter of a high-ranking official, if she is not a concubine, it sounds more decent than the marriage partner of several descendants of the Wan family! The concubines know, and they don't want to hear a word about it in private!
However, even if Mrs. Wan is not willing to publicize it, Senator Wan must let the people around him know that he has become a family member with the head of the political envoy Si Yamen. Because his term of office is still early, it is impossible for him to be promoted to the post of participating in politics, but on the contrary, another Senator Liu, whose term of office has expired for nearly three years, has always been very diligent in his official work recently, and nine times out of ten he will be promoted from the position of the right senator to fill Xie Pu's position of left senator. The former equalizer – in fact, the right senator is weaker in position than the left senator by three points – is about to become the top boss! Senator Wan boasted that he was born in a noble family of Houmen, but he was very uncomfortable with this. But he became in-laws with the political envoy, and there was nothing to be afraid of in front of his former peers and future bosses, and the other party would never dare to put on an official stand in front of him, and the two could still sit on an equal footing in private.
Therefore, Senator Wan is happy to call Xie Pu "in-laws" in front of other officials on occasions other than official business. Xie Pu also gave him face, he would respond every time, and then quickly find a reason to get out and not entangle with him too much. Others will congratulate Senator Wan on becoming the in-law of the political envoy, and be polite to him on weekdays.
In fact, because he is a disciple of Houmen, none of his colleagues and officials have a grudge against him, at most, Zhou Bu's former cronies and henchmen don't take him seriously, and Senator Liu at the same level has a little bit of comparison. Now Senator's treatment has not changed much, although everyone said that they were polite to him on the surface and more polite when encountering problems, but what to do about official affairs, there was no special preferential treatment, but Senator Wan was already full of ambition.
Everyone saw it in their eyes, and they said everything in private.
Xie Pu and his wife naturally heard about these discussions, but they didn't take them to heart. After working together for more than half a year, Xie Pu has long understood Senator Wan's temperament, and Wen has also figured out Mrs. Wan's temper, knowing that after getting married, she will definitely face these, which is actually not a big deal. They are more pleased that Wan Long often comes to the door to ask for peace, although he is not as diligent as his second son-in-law Xiao Rui, and most of the time he does not ask to talk to his third daughter Xie Yingrong alone, but more to ask Xie Pu for teaching, but this attitude is still worthy of appreciation.
Even Xie Yingrong is much quieter and more well-behaved than before. Not only did he not do anything more, but he also behaved more and more dignified and filial, and began to earnestly learn the skills of housekeeping, saying sweet words in front of his parents and elders from time to time, and in front of his brothers and sisters, he also put on a kind appearance, every word seemed to care about their bodies, and advised them to behave - full of the appearance of a virtuous lady.
Not to mention the brothers, Xie Mulin knew what was going on, and he couldn't adapt to it in his heart.
The brothers and sisters all looked at Xie Yingrong with strange eyes, but she herself seemed to be unaware. The greatest wish of her life has been realized, and she is now full of joy. It doesn't matter if the engagement ceremony is simple, it doesn't matter if the future mother-in-law is cold, as long as she can marry Bandung smoothly. The marriage is a foregone conclusion, and the most important thing she should do this time is to please her family, her father and mother, so as to get more dowries for herself, and marry as soon as possible - a happy life awaits her in the future, in order to achieve her goals, what does it matter if she pretends to be virtuous and virtuous for two years? If Wan Long likes it, she can pretend for a lifetime!
Xie Yingrong felt good about herself, and Aunt Dajin was moved to tears for her daughter to finally become sensible after her lifelong decision. Xie Huizhi, who was watching from the sidelines, saw how something was wrong, and after chatting with Aunt Dajin twice, but couldn't get the point, he finally couldn't help but find the second sister Xie Mulin, and spit out in private: "The third sister has inevitably become too powerful!" She pretended to be so fake, her aunt even thought that she had really changed it. I complained twice, and my aunt blamed me for being stingy, I really don't know what to say! ”
Xie Mulin smiled and comforted her: "You don't care if she's pretending or being real, anyway, she won't embarrass you now, and if you have to pretend to be a good sister, you will be born." Aunt Jin is happy, so you can let her go. This marriage must be, and the third sister will stay at home for another year or two at most. Aunt Jin sent her to get married, and sooner or later she still has to pay attention to you. ”
Xie Huizhi said disappreciatively: "The third sister is just marrying next door, if the wife doesn't stop the aunt, the aunt will go to see her every day, where do I dare to expect the aunt to pay attention to me alone?" I'd long ago die of this heart! Kissing is kissing, after all, I didn't come out of my aunt's belly, where do I dare to compare with the third sister? Who told me that my life was bad, and my mother died early? ”
Xie Mulin spat him: "Nonsense! What does it mean to have a bad life? What if you don't have your own mother? If Aunt Kim disappoints you, you'll just treat her as an aunt. Can't my mother be your mother? Isn't she good to you?! ”
Xie Huizhi grinned: "Of course that's good." My wife was originally my mother. I will be filial to her! ”
After a few jokes, he turned back to the topic: "I always feel a little hairy in my heart now." The third sister has become like this, as if she has changed into a different person, even before our family had an accident when she was a child, she was never so well-behaved! At that time, she was obedient on the face, and she did some things to sow discord in private. But now she suddenly seems to be very virtuous, all because she is married, and she knows that she is going to marry that Bandung, for fear that people will think she is not good. How much ability does that Wan Long have to make the third sister look like this?! You know, when the third sister was in trouble in the past, our family, from the father, wife to brothers and sisters, even the old lady went out, and she couldn't make her repent a point! ”
Xie Huizhi's eyes rolled twice: "Before the third sister got married, the second brother and I went out with the second old lady and aunt, but we couldn't make friends with that good student in Bandung. Now that he has become Uncle Lang, it is better to be close to the fragrance! ”