As a modern woman, Du Jinning disagrees with Chen's point of view. In ancient times, women didn't say divorce, and if they married the wrong person, they could really only endure hardship for a lifetime. Although there are also divorces, but what kind of life a divorced woman lives, you can know if you think about it.

She tried her best to persuade Chen: "Mother, our family will slowly get better." You see, I have been working hard to write a script every day, and now I am partnering with Young Master Guan and them to open a teahouse, and the monthly income will not be less in the future; And you are also working hard, in addition to farming and growing vegetables, you also raise sheep and chickens. Look, in less than a year, our family will definitely have a better life than many people's families, and when the time comes, we will buy a rich dowry for the eldest sister, and you can't find your in-laws? ”

"Besides, when I'm done with this period and finish writing this script, I'll take the time to teach a few sisters to read and write, and you can also take the time to teach them to do some embroidery. The sisters are all good-looking, and when the time comes, they will be matched with a show. Why rush for a while, marry the eldest sister without picking? The eldest sister has suffered with us for more than ten years, and before a few days of good life, she went to be a daughter-in-law to serve her in-laws and serve her father-in-law. If you marry a bad husband and meet a bad mother-in-law, you will really suffer for the rest of your life. ”

The last sentence touched Chen completely.

Isn't it? In this family, she owes every child. Everything else is fine, and there is still a chance to compensate; But as soon as Du Fangfei got married, whether the life of this family was good or not had little to do with her.

"Okay, then it's up to you, your eldest sister's marriage is not in a hurry, and it will be made in the first half of the year." She finally relented.

has a dowry, and is literate and hyphenated, even if he is older, he will not worry about getting married.

Du Jinning also knew Chen's anxiety, and comforted her a few words, giving her a reassurance: "When I celebrate the New Year, I will also take a look in the academy, pay careful attention, and if there is a suitable one, I will tell you." Xu Chengyuan, let's watch too. In fact, maybe everyone is engaged, but the two of us are arguing here about something that has no shadow. ”

Chen was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help laughing: "It's me who is too anxious." And he said, "All right, do as you say." ”

……

Let's talk about the Xu family, Xu Chengyuan returned home, as if he had lost his soul, sitting at the table pulling the rice grains in the bowl, staring at a certain place in a daze, not moving for a long time, scaring his mother Xie Shi a lot.

Thinking that his son came home after dark, Xie thought that he had hit a guest, put down the rice bowl, trembled his hands to get rice and incense and paper money, went to the door to burn paper money and incense, and sprinkled rice in his mouth with words, and bowed a few times.

But when she returned to the house, she saw that her son was still the same as just now, her eyes were stunned, she was so anxious that she almost shed tears, and asked, "Brother Yuan, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Huh? What the? Xu Chengyuan came back to his senses and looked at his mother puzzled.

"You just now, just like that......" She learned from Xu Chengyuan's stunned appearance, her eyes were straight, and Xu Chengyuan was amused, and laughed: "Mother, you are really funny." ”

"You're still laughing?" Seeing that his son seemed to have returned to normal, Xie Shi's heart relaxed a little, gave him a blank look, and said angrily, "You scared your mother to death just now." ”

"Mother, I'm fine, I was thinking about one thing just now." Xu Chengyuan said.

"What's the matter? Is it a matter of writing a script? ”

Xu Chengyuan hesitated for a moment, and wanted to nod, but after thinking about it, he still shook his head and said softly: "No." ”

"What's that?" Xie Shi looked at him suspiciously, and he was still a little worried about his son's condition.

"Mother." Xu Chengyuan lowered his eyelids, took a mouthful of rice into his mouth, chewed it slowly, and asked, "The marriage at the Cao family's end has been done, right?" ”

Speaking of this, Xie's face sank: "Why are you mentioning them?" A pack of white-eyed wolves. ”

The Xu family's family background was still okay, and there were dozens of acres of fields outside the city, and the Xie family could do embroidery work, although they were not rich, they could get by. It is precisely in this way that Xu Chengyuan can be sent to study so far. But later, Xu Chengyuan's father fell ill, and the family was in a hurry to use the money, so the land was sold and he was in debt; When he died, Xie cried fiercely, his eyes couldn't see anymore, he couldn't do embroidery, and his family was ruined.

Xu Chengyuan is a scholar, he looks good, his family background is okay, the most important thing is that the family population is simple, Xie is a kind person, and his family is naturally not worried, and the eldest aunt next door Cao told her niece to Xu Chengyuan. But what the mother and son didn't expect was that as soon as their family situation fell, the Cao family's face immediately changed, not only did the Cao family come to collect debts repeatedly, but also helped their niece Cao Fang to withdraw from her family.

Speaking of this, Xie Shi was on fire in his belly.

Xu Chengyuan was extremely happy in his heart. He didn't like Cao Fang, but he couldn't stand his mother being repeatedly swayed by his aunt, so he helped him set up the marriage of the Cao family. When his mother didn't know that the Cao family came to withdraw from the marriage, he was really relieved.

"Mother, I have a crush on a girl today." He decided to talk to his mother about his thoughts, lest she take it upon herself to help him get married.

"Huh?" Xie Shi was very surprised, "How are you...... Which girl is it? ”

"The Du family." Xu Chengyuan said, "It's the Du family who sells dried tofu today, and the one whose brother can write a script." ”

"Is it your mountain chief's newly accepted disciple?"

"Yes." Xu Chengyuan nodded.

Because his mother was worried about debts, Xu Chengyuan told his mother that he was going to write a script, and today he was going to ask his classmate Du Jinning for advice, and said that Du Jinning's words could have been sold for two taels of silver. So the Xie family knows about the Du family and Du Jinning.

Xie Shi suddenly. No wonder Xu Chengyuan came back from the Du family and couldn't give up, it turned out that he fell in love with the Du family's sister.

Thinking of the two little girls who sold dried tofu together today, she couldn't help but worry: "Will it be too small?" I look at Young Master Du's sister, the eldest one is only twelve or thirteen years old, right? "Although the eyebrows and eyes are good, the body is just thin and thin, like a bamboo pole, and it doesn't look very easy to raise.

"No, fifteen or sixteen years old must have." Xu Chengyuan was surprised.

Although he went to the market today, it was a mess, and he was angry with his aunt, where would he pay attention to others? I could see Du Jinning, but I still happened to meet my eyes. As for Du Jinning's sister, he had no impression at all.

"How many sisters does he have?"

Xu Chengyuan thought for a while and said, "It seems like three." ”

When he went to Du's house today, Du Fangling and Du Fanghui were making dried tofu at home, and he had seen it; Later, when I went out, I met Du Fangfei again. Aren't there three?

"Oh, then we didn't see the same person." Xie Shi understood, and his heart relaxed.