In the early years, Qin Xiangru's father, Qin Ruike, was admitted to the office, and in the following ten years, he went from a small eight-grade small county magistrate to a five-grade official in the imperial court, serving in the capital for many years, and was in middle age, and there was still a lot of room for growth.

It can be said that the Qin family also has an absolute status in Tongzhou Mansion, but in Yanpu Town, it is even more unattainable.

How could Qin Rui have bad luck and didn't wait for further promotion. At that time, the imperial court was exhausted, especially in the last few years, when chaos occurred frequently in the world and the people were struggling to make a living.

The armed forces of various places fought for several years against the weak and scattered soldiers of the previous dynasty, and overthrew the former dynasty with a devastating momentum. At that time, the largest force controlled the situation, that is, the current emperor, and established the Great Qi Dynasty.

As for the officials of the former dynasty, those who lost their heads lost their heads, those who were dismissed were recalled, and those who retired were retired. Of course, there are also those who welcome the new dynasty and continue to be officials after finding a position in the new dynasty.

Qin Rui is one of the many officials who has returned to his hometown in disgrace, taking his family back to this ancestral town that has not been set foot in three generations.

Although he returned to his hometown in disgrace, and almost did not bring back much property and servants, but the emaciated camel was bigger than a horse, just the earliest old house of the Qin family, and the speech and bearing of the Qin family, compared with the residents of Mao'er Lane where Yuan Dongchu was located, it was also separated by an unknown number of levels.

is such a huge gap, the Lian family, who only runs a small oil mill and doesn't even have a hired worker, the eldest daughter Lian Qiaozhen is looking for death and life, and would rather die than agree to this family business.

In the end, the news was spread by the neighbors, and the Qin family heard that even the daughter of the family would rather die than marry into his family, so the matchmaker took back the Geng post, and this family affair was dismissed.

It is said that the family affair did not work out, and even Qiaozhen and her mother were so angry that they almost beat their daughters on their backs.

But this incident spread Lian Qiaozhen's reputation for being capable and high-visioned.

is different from Lian Qiaozhen's situation is Qin Xiangru, who has been ridiculed many times openly and secretly because of this family affair that ended without a problem. In the year that followed, it was really hard to talk about family affairs.

There are families with daughters to be married, and when they mention that the man is the eldest son of the Qin family, they immediately shake their heads. It seems that as long as the son-in-law of any family is Qin Xiangru, he admits that his own family is not as good as Lian's family, and admits that his daughter-in-law is not as good as Lian's daughter.

What's even more jaw-dropping is that not long after this incident, Lian Qiaozhen's family affairs were decided very smoothly.

The other party is a family surnamed Kang in the town.

There is no need to compare with the Qin family, the Kang family's family background cannot be compared with the Lian family.

The Kang family has a family of six, in addition to the eldest son Kang Hao, there are two sons and one daughter.

Kang's father is a husband, and Kang Hao doesn't have anything serious, just following the county government to catch fast, serving as a follower, beating someone or something, and the family's life is just enough to make ends meet.

It is said that when Lian Qiaozhen helped the family deliver goods to a customer, she happened to meet Kanghao's mother on the way.

Just in time for Kang's mother's basket to overturn, Lian Qiaozhen enthusiastically stepped forward to help, which showed her excellent qualities of kindness, ability, and respect for the elderly.

Soon, the Kang family came to Lian's house to propose marriage, and Lian Qiaozhen agreed very shyly. The two families, three media, and six hired completed the process of discussing marriage, and set the date of marriage in the next year.

Speaking of which, catching fast should be regarded as a national official/official, but in ancient times, it was an errand that could not be put on the table, and there was no future at all.

Even if the income from catching fast is okay and enough to support the family, the income is not easy to get on the surface.

What's more, this Kang Hao is just a quick catcher, and his status is even more difficult to say.

It can be said that compared with Qin Xiangru, whether it is identity or family background, Kang Hao is simply too far behind......

But even the family and daughter can take a fancy to Kang Hao, that is, they would rather die than marry Qin Xiangru.

Lian Qiaozhen's family affair made Qin Xiangru's situation even more difficult. Coupled with his gentle and introverted personality, he has become the object of ridicule by everyone.

There is a saying that there are more men and women in a family who ask for marriage, but there are few Qin Xiangru who have such bad luck. Encountering such an unusual little lady as Lian Qiaozhen is really a disaster.

No matter from that aspect, in the matter caused by the Qin and Lian family affairs, Yuan Dongchu was always biased towards Qin Xiangru.

At this time, seeing that Qin Xiangru was both angry and frustrated because of his clumsiness, Yuan Dongchu couldn't help but smile: "Qin Gongzi, whether you have the ability or not is not measured by the benefits of your tongue. ”

Qin Xiangru was stunned, only to hear Yuan Dongchu continue: "'Xiucai meets soldiers, it is reasonable to say', Qin Gongzi has always heard of it, right? ”

"Huh? No, is there such a sentence......" Qin Xiangru was even more stunned, he was really a useless and uninformed person, so lost.

"Huh?" Yuan Dongchu was also surprised, and looking at the two little sisters around him, Xiaocui and Xiuchun were also surprised.

Well, this is probably the special language of her time, it seems that she will have to pay attention in the future, and if she is not careful, it will reveal that there is something wrong with her experience.

"Ahem, that, I mean, reasoning with unreasonable people, brother, do you know, this is using your shortcomings to compete with other people's strengths. Besides, the strength of quarreling is really not something that a decent person should have. ”

It's not a gentleman's doing, it's enough to say this, it just depends on how well this guy understands himself.

After Yuan Dongchu finished speaking, he waved his hand very casually, "Okay, Gongzi Qin is busy, let's go too." ”

Turning his head to greet Xiao Cui and the two, they were about to take a step, but they heard Qin Xiangru urgently chase after him and said, "But, but I have no strengths." ”

This is a typical example of a serious lack of self-confidence, thinking of the environment Qin Xiangru faced, Yuan Dongchu still stopped.

"Who says you don't have strengths? People have strengths, and even the three scoundrels just now must have their own merits, but we don't know. Qin Gongzi's gentle treatment of others is a strength, knowledge and reasoning are also strengths, and the Qin family's family background is even more advantageous.

In the future, when encountering similar things, Qin Gongzi will just ignore them, and it is useless to say more. Even if these people are arrogant, they don't dare to do anything to the people of the Qin family. If Qin Gongzi can always remain gentle and indifferent, then you are a humble gentleman, and you can't compete with villains. ”

As soon as Yuan Dongchu's words fell, Qin Xiangru was also just moved, and a voice that didn't belong to anyone between them sounded: "This girl is really insightful, and she is really admirable." ”

Judging from the content of the speech, the person who speaks should belong to a person who is old and respectful and well-cultivated.

But when Yuan Dongchu looked over, he saw a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy who looked younger than Qin Xiangru walking over from a few steps away......

What's more, this kid is full of temperament...... Compared with the three scoundrels who had just left, there were more stubbornness and sharpness of young people.

This kind of eye-catching temperament is seriously out of tune with what he just said.

Who is this kid? This pretend, there is no professionalism at all, it's not good, it's too unlike! Several people stared at each other blankly, and then they all looked at each other with contempt.

…… Gu Tiancheng!

Those who could recognize Gu Tiancheng were not Yuan Dongchu and Qin Xiangru.

In the corner where Yuan Dongchu and a few people couldn't see, there was a beautiful little daughter-in-law, and after recognizing the person who came forward, she immediately turned around and left quietly without anyone noticing.

The little daughter-in-law wore a new red floral muslin dress and carried a wicker basket on her arm, on which a piece of blue cloth was placed.

Ordinary people, such a dress, usually the little daughter-in-law returns to her parents' house not long after marriage.

The little daughter-in-law is the other protagonist of this matter, Lian Qiaozhen.