It's not a question of fat or thin at all.

However, Cui Yan said that he wanted to eat two fewer bites of meat, and Cheng Qing still felt the sincerity of the other party.

What a person who likes to eat, he is willing to sacrifice his appetite for marriage, Cui Yan doesn't seem to be joking.

But Cui Yan and the eldest sister?

"Tell me what you think first, did you go back to my house to eat fish and fall in love with my eldest sister at first sight?"

Cui Yan denied, "Anyway, I'm also at the age of discussing marriage, marry a strange little lady and go home, it's better to marry your sister, we are so good that we can wear the same pair of pants, and I won't dare to treat your sister badly in the future!" ”

Cheng Qing ignored him.

"Your pants are too fat for me to wear, it's not just a matter of talking about getting married, you want to marry my eldest sister, can your family agree? My father's lawsuit is still pending! Even if your family agrees, it depends on whether my eldest sister likes you or not, the most important thing is that when I am my brother-in-law, I must be wholeheartedly devoted to my sister, I can't take concubines, I can't have a room, I can't go to the kiln, I can't mess with the little maid, oh, I can't find a little girl...... Can you do all of these things? ”

Cui Yan was in a cold sweat.

There are a few beautiful maids in his family, although they haven't touched it yet, but it was deliberately arranged by his mother, who served him when he was a child, knew and tasted, and would definitely pick two open-faced aunts in the future.

Cui Yan felt that it was normal, because other wealthy young masters were also configured like this.

Just like his own father, he also took more than a dozen concubines and gave birth to a bunch of children.

However, he is the only son of the concubine, so his father wants to send him to Nanyi Academy, saying that those brothers who are concubines will be his arms in the future, and Cui Yan himself accepts this set of rhetoric.

He looked at Cheng Qing's eyes very strangely now:

"Cheng Qing, can you find your brother-in-law like this?"

A teapot has to be matched with a few cups, the more capable a man is, the less he will be tied to a woman, the wife has the decency and respect of the wife, and the other aunts or something are just things to relieve boredom, and it's okay not to let concubines take a concubine, and the maids can't have it, and the requirements are too strict.

Cui Yan's desire to make Cheng Qing his brother-in-law dissipate in an instant.

He can promise to marry Cheng Qing's sister home first.

But with Cheng Qing's temperament, once he has an outside heart, Cheng Qing won't chop him up and feed him to the dogs?

Forget it, being Cheng Qing's brother-in-law is too dangerous, don't end up with relatives who can't do it, and friends who are also lost!

Cheng Qing didn't care, "How do you know if you can't find it if you don't try, you are not suitable for me to be my brother-in-law, let's just be friends." ”

Cui Yan retracted his neck like a quail, and never dared to mention marrying Cheng Qing's sister again, he didn't become Cheng Qing's brother-in-law, so he turned his head and threw this idea to the back of his mind. Others are not as open-minded as Cui Yan, the Cheng and Qi families quit their marriage and brought the lawsuit to the county government, and the Cheng family won the lawsuit, but they also had sequelae.

Outsiders know that the eldest lady has at least 5,000 taels of dowry when she marries, and a big fat lump hangs high, plus Yu Lao Taijun is fanning the flames in private, I don't know how many people are ready to move.

Marry Mrs. Cheng home, and immediately have a few thousand taels of silver in the account.

Cheng Zhiyuan is dead, and the male of the Cheng family has not yet grown up, and those who are greedy for this dowry are not afraid of Cheng Qing.

They were worried about Nanyi Cheng.

It is definitely not possible to marry by force, but Cheng Qing's family is willing to marry a daughter, and Nanyi Cheng's family is not easy to stop.

The first few matchmakers were entrusted to try their luck, and the appearance was too ugly, regardless of the fact that the eldest lady had not yet come out of filial piety to say goodbye, and the matchmaker praised the man in her mouth, and the Liu family refused.

Cheng Qing was in the academy, and the Liu family wanted to discuss with the aunt in the fifth room, and the fifth room released a rumor that he wanted to choose a son-in-law for Cheng Rong.

The two things collided together, and it was not easy for the Liu family to delay Aunt Tang.

Cheng Qing felt that the Liu family had done the right thing, and it would be good if all those who came to the door to say goodbye during the filial piety period would be sent out, and those people would never dare to come to the door to rob people.

It's December.

Cheng Qing's monthly exam ranking entered the top ten for the first time, she ranked ninth, the master had already talked to her alone, and learned that Cheng Qing wanted to take the county exam next year, and the master also encouraged her to try.

It doesn't matter if you can pass the exam or not, you always have to feel the atmosphere of the scientific examination.

This is good news.

On the ninth day of December, it was the anniversary of Cheng Zhiyuan's death, Cheng Qing asked for leave from the academy and went to Yizhuang with the Liu family and three sisters to worship Cheng Zhiyuan.

It's been a whole year, and Cheng Zhiyuan hasn't been able to be buried, and filial piety is not good news.

Wufang sent someone to send sacrifices over, and Cui Yan was also thoughtful, so he went to Yizhuang to put a stick of incense on Cheng Zhiyuan.

There is still no movement on the side of the two-bedroom old house.

To the surprise of the Liu family, in addition to the fifth room, other members of the Cheng clan sent some sacrifices one after another.

"This—This is ......"

The people of the Cheng clan have always avoided their family, why did they suddenly soften their attitude?

Cheng Qing lowered his eyelids, "Mother, don't worry, it's not a bad thing, I have contacts with your clan brothers in the academy, and the clansmen have naturally slowly eliminated their prejudices against us." ”

Is that so?

The eldest lady thinks that this is related to Xiaolang's ninth place in the T-shaped class.

In the top ten of the T-shaped class, Xiaolang was sure of the test, and the clansmen were also waiting to see if her family would collapse.

The transaction between Cheng Qing and Ye Wang Shizi still has a half-month deadline.

She didn't want Liu and the others to have expectations and be disappointed, so she would wait for the dust to settle for Cheng Zhiyuan's exoneration.

Liu wept in front of the coffin, and Cheng Qing comforted:

"We have all waited for a year, and we are not afraid to wait longer, and my father's coffin will definitely be buried in the ancestral grave openly."

The family helped each other to leave Yizhuang, and as soon as they reached the door, a large group of officials trotted over.

Two official sedan chairs landed, one was Yu Zhifu, and the other was Li Zhixian.

"This official received an order to assist Dali Temple in investigating the Hetai Mansion disaster relief silver embezzlement case, the former Jiangning County Commander Cheng Zhiyuan is the key person in this case, you are Cheng Zhiyuan's family, and you also need to cooperate with the investigation, the special envoy of Dali Temple to investigate is already on the way, before they arrive, you can only stay at home, you must not go out, and you must not contact others."

Li Zhixian had objections: "My lord, where can the women and children of this family go, it is better to send someone to guard Cheng Zhiyuan's coffin and order someone to watch the family's residence, as for Cheng Qing, he is not good at school——"

Governor Yu categorically refused:

"This official knows that you love talents, and because of this, before this case is revealed, Cheng Qing must be isolated from outsiders. There is a small knot in the case that cannot be solved, and it will affect Cheng Qing's reputation in the future. ”

Li Zhixian had no way to refute.

He was a little suspicious that Governor Yu was a personal vendetta of the communiqué, and his son couldn't go to the academy, so he simply trapped Cheng Qing at home.

You can't go out, you can't contact outsiders, that's house arrest!

But Governor Yu is not as stingy as this.

Xu was misunderstood, Governor Yu really wanted to protect Cheng Qing.

It's a pity, this kid will be able to take the exam next year, and he won't be able to go to the academy at once, so how much homework will he fall behind!