Chapter 20 Courtship
Yu Tang was also wary of Mrs. Tang, she called Shuangtao in and instructed her, "You go and see what Mrs. Tang is doing?" β
Twin Peach went away.
Yu Tang and Ma Xiuniang's playfulness has faded a lot, and the two of them sit on the Luohan couch eating ice in a proper manner, talking about gossip in the city. And the gossip in the city, the most eye-catching is the Pei family's affairs.
"Have you heard?" Ma Xiuniang said in a low voice, "The uncle of the eldest young master of the Pei family wants to take the eldest young master of the Pei family back to the capital to study, and the third master of the Pei family called all the elders of the Pei family to the ancestral hall, and asked the eldest young master of the Pei family in front of everyone whether to stay at home to keep filial piety or go back to his grandfather's house to study......
"Ahh Yu Tang said in surprise, "Master Pei San is like this, even if the eldest young master of the Pei family wants to go to his grandfather's house to study, he won't dare - if he goes, he will have a reputation of 'unfilial piety', and he won't want to be an official." β
Although she knew that the eldest young master of the Pei family was pressed at home by the third master Pei in her previous life, she didn't know that it was in this way.
"yes!" Ma Xiuniang said, "My father said, Master Pei San is really ruthless. He also said that if our family can not find the Pei family in the future, try not to look for the Pei family. β
Yu Tang laughed.
Ma Xiuniang sighed: "There is also the chief manager's family, I don't know what's wrong?" My father said that since the chief manager died, the people in Lin'an City have never seen the chief manager's family again. β
Yu Tang was stunned and hesitated: "It should have been driven out of Lin'an City, right?!" β
Ma Xiuniang said: "But no one saw the chief manager's family go out of the city!" β
The implication is that the chief manager's family has been killed.
"No, it won't!" Yu Tang said, "There should be quite a lot of chief housekeepers!" β
"Who can say for sure?" Ma Xiuniang obviously didn't believe Master Pei San, and said, "Whoever has done something bad will still write it on the door of his head!" β
Will that person kill someone?
Yu Tang didn't speak for a long time.
Shuangtao ran in: "Miss, Miss, Mrs. Tang is here to tell you about matchmaking!" β
"What?!" Yu Tang and Ma Xiuniang both stood up.
Yu Tang frowned, but Ma Xiuniang excitedly pulled Shuangtao and said, "Tell me quickly, who is Mrs. Tang proposing to her family?" β
Shuangtao smiled: "It's the second young master of Li Jinshi's family in the south of the city!" β
"Li Jun!" Yu Tang was stunned.
Ma Xiuniang looked at it with a sly smile, pointed at Yu Tang and said: "Ah Tang, you give me an honest explanation, what is the story in this, I'll keep it a secret for you, otherwise, I'll tell my aunt to go, and say that you know the second young master of the Li Mansion in the south of the city......"
"What nonsense?" Yu Tang's heart was in a mess, and said, "How can I know Li Jun!" β
She was telling the truth.
Although she married Li Jun in her previous life, she had never seen this person.
When she said goodbye, she thought that Li Jun had seen her and fell in love with her, at least it was much better than blind marriage and dumb marriage. Later, she married into the Li family, and Li Jun was no longer alive.
Ma Xiuniang didn't believe it, and said, "Then how do you know that the second young master of the Li Mansion is called Li Jun?" β
Yu Tang absentmindedly perfunctory her: "I've heard it before. Then he asked Shuangtao anxiously, "What did my mother say?" β
Shuangtao smiled: "Mrs. said that the family was originally preparing to recruit a son-in-law, and I didn't think about marrying you off." The matter is very serious, and the wife has to discuss it with the master before she can reply to the Li family. β
Yu Tang was stunned.
How could her mother reply to Mrs. Tang like this?
She said, "What else did Mrs. Tang say?" β
Shuangtao pursed her lips and smiled, and said pointedly: "Mrs. Tang said that the second young master of the Li family once met you unintentionally, and you will not marry." Mrs. Li also invited Mrs. Tang to test Mrs. Li's tone because the second young master of the Li family was making trouble at home, and later Mrs. Tang replied to Mrs. Li, Mrs. Li did not give up, and personally tested Mrs. Li's tone. But after the second young master of the Li family found out, not only did he not dispel his thoughts, but he also shouted at home that he wanted to be the son-in-law of the Yu family. No one will listen to what they say. Mrs. Li had no choice but to ask Mrs. Tang to discuss with Mrs. Li. β
No wonder my mother's tone softened!
Whether it is a father or a mother, what she cares about most is her feelings, if she can be happy, it doesn't matter to them whether she recruits a son-in-law or not, it's a big deal to let the lobby brother Yu Yuan pick two rooms on one shoulder.
But this thing is too strange.
In the previous life, the Lin family clearly said that Li Jun saw her at the temple fair, but now why has he changed his words!
Yu Tang couldn't help muttering, "How can this be? β
Could it be that she can't escape the fate of being married into the Li family?!
For a while, Yu Tang's face became extremely ugly.
Ma Xiuniang and Shuang Tao looked at each other.
Yu Tang asked Shuangtao: "Is Mrs. Tang gone?" β
Shuangtao said: "Just left!" β
Yu Tang was very anxious, so he compensated Ma Xiuniang, and after lifting the curtain, he was about to go to his mother Chen.
Ma Xiuniang can see that Yu Tang doesn't like this family business, she hurriedly pulled Yu Tang and said, "If you have something here, don't worry about me." I'll go back first. When you're free, I'll come back to the house. β
Yu Tang felt very embarrassed, so he left Ma Xiuniang for dinner before leaving.
Ma Xiuniang said crisply: "Are we still good sisters?" If you recognize me as a sister, don't say anything, say hello to your aunt, and I'll go home first. β
Yu Tang hugged Ma Xiuniang and said, "Sister, I'm sorry, we'll get together again in the future." β
Ma Xiuniang nodded straight, and Yu Tang accompanied her to bid farewell to Chen.
The black lacquered square table in the middle of the hall was full of gift boxes.
Chen Shi and Mrs. Chen are counting the gift boxes.
Knowing that Ma Xiuniang was leaving, Chen asked people to get a few boxes of snacks for Ma Xiuniang, and asked Ma Xiuniang to come to the house often, and arranged for Ah Tao to hire a sedan chair and let Ah Tao send Ma Xiuniang back.
Ma Xiuniang resigned from Chen, and Yu Tang helped her mother back to the main room.
She said bluntly: "Mom, I want to stay at home." β
Chen only thought that she was still young and many things were not transparent, and said with a smile: "I left you at home because I was afraid that you would marry and suffer." But if there is a good family, Daddy and your mother will let Ah Yuan take care of it. β
Things turned out to be as Yu Tang expected.
She said: "I don't know how many people said it well before marriage, but it changed when they became married." Don't listen to Mrs. Tang's clever tongue, Mrs. Li has always looked down on people, and I don't like such a mother-in-law. β
Chen smiled: "Silly boy, you are not living with your mother-in-law for the rest of your life. Besides, if your husband is willing to defend you, whose mother-in-law will casually show her daughter-in-law? β
"Not necessarily!" Yu Tang said, "Pepsi filial piety comes first, whose family's Xianggui will fight against his mother-in-law for his daughter-in-law." β
The Chen family didn't want to upset his daughter, not to mention that this matter had not yet been resolved.
She comforted her daughter and said, "Okay, good, good, listen to you." When your father comes back, our family will officially look at a few families and settle your family affairs. β
Yu Tang saw that her mother didn't take her words to heart, so she was so anxious that she couldn't do it, thinking about how to persuade her parents to change their minds. Ma Xiuniang came to visit Yu Tang again early the next morning.
"Is something wrong?" Yu Tang was taken aback.
Ma Xiuniang drank a few sips of tea, and then said: "Ah Tang, I deliberately let ...... yesterday" She said vaguely "Zhang Gongzi", and continued, "Help me inquire about that Li Jun," and then said "Zhang Gongzi" like a radish in her mouth, "Although Li Jun is a little arrogant, he treats people sincerely, behaves uprightly, has good conduct, and is a person who can be entrusted for life." β
I didn't expect Li Jun to be such a person.
I didn't expect Ma Xiuniang to help her like this.
Yu Tang's eyes were moist, and he said, "Thank you, sister!" And help me say thank you to my brother-in-law. β
When Ma Xiuniang heard this, her face turned red, and she said shyly: "No, no." If only I could help you. She said curiously, "Then you, do you still want to stay at home?" β
"I still want to stay at home." Yu Tang said to her, "I always feel that this family business is not very good. β
Ma Xiuniang persuaded her: "What's wrong?" He said that as long as he can marry you, he would rather come to your house and be your son-in-law. What else do you want? Aren't people trying to figure you out? β
Her words made Yu Tang suddenly feel empowered.
That's right! The Li family married their family, what is the picture?
Could it really be her!
In her previous life, their family also married her with sincerity, and she was still widowed, but the Lin family did not treat her well.
Could it be that Li Jun's death made the Lin family angry with her?
But the Lin clan didn't treat Gu Xi much better!
Yu Tang pursed his lips in his heart.
She decided to meet her "fiancΓ©" in person, whom she had never met in her previous life.
"Is my brother-in-law familiar with the second young master of the Li family?" She asked Ma Xiuniang.
Ma Xiuniang said: "What are you going to do?" β
"I want to meet the second young master of the Li family, and I want to ask my brother-in-law and sister to accompany me when the time comes."
Ma Xiuniang thought that Yu Tang was afraid that Li Jun would look ugly, so she had to see it with her own eyes to rest assured, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the second young master of the Li family is a talent, I don't know how many people are staring at him and want to recruit him as a son-in-law, I promise not to disappoint you." β
Yu Tang smiled.
She didn't want to know what Li Jun looked like, she wanted to know how rare Li Jun was for her.
Where did she provoke him, let her sit at home, the disaster came from heaven, and she was not at peace in both lives.
Ma Xiuniang was afraid that she would not agree to Yu Tang, but Yu Tang would not give up, entrust others to accompany her, and make trouble.
She said, "Then you wait for me to ask...... Zhang Gongzi ......"
Yu Tang responded with a smile.
After sending Ma Xiuniang away, she called Ah Yuan, gave him more than a dozen copper plates, and said, "You took Ah Liu, who sold water to Xiaomeixi, and asked him to stare at the second young master of the Li family to see what he was doing on weekdays?" β
The Yu family has only three servants, Mrs. Chen, Shuang Tao and Ah Tao. I can't hide anything from the three of them at home. Ah Tao naturally heard about the second young master of the Li family coming to ask for marriage, thinking that the eldest lady must be afraid that the second young master of the Li family would not be able to live up to people, and he was also afraid that the second young master of the Li family would not be worthy of their eldest lady, so he responded with a smile, and said: "Don't worry, eldest miss, I won't tell my wife." β
Yu Tang simply rewarded Ah Tao with more than a dozen coppers.
Two days later, Ma Xiuniang sent someone to reply to her, saying that Zhang Gongzi had promised to accompany them to see Li Jun.
Ah Liu also inquired about Li Jun's news: "The second young master of the Li family asked a friend to go to Zhaoming Temple to eat food. β
Yu Tang went to tell Ma Xiuniang, and the two set a strategy, and Zhang Gongzi and Ah Tao accompanied them to Zhaoming Temple to incense.