"That's as it should be."

Although marriage is the order of his parents and the words of the matchmaker, Luo Qian himself is free to fall in love, so he naturally doesn't want Xia Qi to marry a woman he doesn't like. He was so enthusiastic about going to Taoxi to play together today, in addition to letting Mrs. Lin and Lin Wan take a look at Xia Jin, he also had the intention of letting the Xia family brothers and sisters take a look at Lin Wan.

Luo Qian knew that the news he brought had shocked the Xia family, and they were anxious to discuss the matter, drank all the tea in the cup, and left.

As soon as Luo Qian left, Shu Shi couldn't wait to ask Xia Qi: "What's going on?" How could Lin Tongzhi think of marrying his daughter into our family? ”

Xia Qi's face turned red, lowered his head and said, "I don't know what's going on." ”

"Mother, it's hard to guess? My brother was admitted to Xiucai at a young age, and he is a disciple of Mr. Cui, so Master Lin has taken a fancy to his brother's bright future. Xia Jin said.

Xia Zhengqian nodded: "That's right." ”

Big families, it has always been like this. Not all of their own children and nephews can become talents. Therefore, when I see that there are students from poor families who are well-behaved, smart and studious, and are expected to have a good future, they will marry their concubines, nieces, and nieces in the family, and then support them, which can be regarded as an investment. When the student was admitted to the famous and became an official, his own foundation was shallow, so he could only rely on the Yue family and become a very useful help in the woman's family.

Many families want their families to prosper and flourish, so they use the trick of marrying daughters to attract useful talents.

"Miss Lin, have you seen it? How is it to be a person? Shu's words were asked by Xia Jin.

Xia Jin nodded: "Let's play together today." My brother has seen her, too. I look pretty good, my temperament is gentle and lovely, and the three brothers and sisters of the Lin family are also very harmonious. ”

"That's good." Shu Shi was immediately overjoyed.

She wasn't bent on climbing the gate. It should be according to Shu's heart. She is willing to marry Xia Qi a daughter-in-law of the same family, so she is also comfortable getting along. Otherwise, if an official lady enters the door, maybe she will be a mother-in-law, and she will have to look at her daughter-in-law's face.

She has been married into the Xia family for more than ten years, and she has seen her mother-in-law's face, and now she has finally separated from the family. The mother-in-law also died and married her daughter-in-law. She still has to look at her daughter-in-law's face. She has lived uncomfortably all her life.

But she can't think of herself. The son has a good future, if he marries the daughter of an ordinary family, he can't read a single big word, and he doesn't understand the rules. Can't get on the table. If his son really becomes an official in the future, I'm afraid he won't make jokes? But marrying a young lady from an official family is different, and it will definitely help him a lot in his studies and future career.

Xia Zhengqian remained silent, and turned his face to ask Xia Qi: "Brother Qi, since you have seen Miss Lin, are you willing to marry her?" ”

Xia Qi hung his head and looked at the ground under his feet and did not speak.

"Brother, don't you like it? You don't want to like it. Don't push yourself. Xia Jin said busily.

Reliving a life, what she values most is her family. If your family is not happy, what is the use of power and money? So. If Xia Qi didn't like Lin Wan, she would never want Xia Qi to compromise and seek perfection, even if she offended Lin Tongzhi for this.

Hearing this, Xia Qi raised his head and glanced at Xia Zhengqian.

"You don't have to look at me, you make up your own mind. I, Xia Zhengqian, have no ability, but I never thought of living a good life by nepotism. ”

Xia Zhengqian didn't say much. But there was a loud voice.

Xia Jin was impressed by Xia Zhengqian.

Little people, whoever is favored by the eunuchs. About marriage, they are all flattered and should not be replaced, where can they be so calm and rational to make decisions by their children? In front of him, Xia Yuan was favored by Zhu Youcheng to be accepted as a concubine, and Xia Zhengshen was still happy, not to mention that Lin Tongzhi wanted to marry his daughter to Xia Qi.

Xia Qi was also quite surprised when he heard this. He looked at Xia Zhengqian, and glanced at Shu Shi and Xia Jin, although his voice was not loud, his speech was very clear: "I don't really want to get involved in this family business." ”

Xia Zhengqian's eyebrows moved, but there was not much expression on his face: "Oh? Why? ”

"As my sister said, Lin Tongzhi is interested in my bright future, and this family business is like a transaction. If I don't have any money in the future, their family will be resentful; If you have a chance, you have to listen to the Yue family. My husband once told me that the most taboo thing to do in the examination is to stand in line early. It's good to follow the right person, but if you follow the wrong person, it is self-destructive. Now, I am not very old, and I am in filial piety, so I should study hard. The matter of getting married, when I have passed the exam, it is not too late to mention it at the age of seventeen or eight. ”

Xia Qi refused this family business, not only for this reason, but also because he was not very willing to marry someone like Lin Wan. Influenced by Xia Jin, he saw things very clearly during this time. In the past, Sanfang suffered under the old lady, in addition to Xia Zhengqian's foolishness and filial piety, why not have something to do with Shu's soft temperament? If Shu's temperament was more pungent and his methods were more clever, the two of them would not have been bullied by the big house and the second room before.

He was the only son in the family. Shu's temperament is soft and he can't stand up, so he has to marry a reasonable and clever daughter-in-law.

In the final analysis, although he was bullied by Xia Jin, in his heart, he liked Xia Jin's temperament. He hoped that he could marry a woman with the same temperament as his sister.

"In that case, then refuse this family business." Xia Zhengqian did not hesitate to support his son's decision.

Shu Shi was a little worried: "Will we offend the Lin family if we are like this?" ”

Xia Jin disagreed: "What if you offend?" My brother is a student of Mr. Cui, and even if Lin Tongzhi is unhappy, he has to give Mr. Cui face, and he will not embarrass us. ”

Shu Shi put his mind at ease and turned his head to look at Xia Qi: "Then is this matter your father going to say or ......?"

Before Xia Qi could speak, Xia Jin preemptively said: "My brother is good friends with Luo Gongzi, just let him talk to Luo Gongzi in private." Daddy came forward, and it was too solemn. ”

Xia Zhengqian nodded: "Then so be it." He also told Xia Qi, "Speak softly, just say that we are still in filial piety, and we are not in harmony with etiquette, I am afraid that we will be criticized." ”

"My son understands." Xia Qi agreed to come down.

After discussing the matter, Xia Zhengqian went back to the front medical hall, Shu's family was taking care of family affairs, Xia Qi said that he was going back to the room, but he followed Xia Jin into Qingzhi Pavilion.

As soon as he entered the house, he commanded, "Calamus, go out and keep watch outside, and don't let anyone come near, for I will tell your girl something important." ”

Calamus glanced at Xia Jin and promised to go out.

Xia Jin poured two cups of tea, one was pushed in front of Xia Qi, the other was raised to his lips and took a sip, and asked with a smile: "What do you want to say?" ”

Xia Qi didn't go around the bend, and went straight to the point: "You and Brother Luo, what's going on?" ”

Xia Qi had been staring at Luo Qian today, and Xia Jin expected him to ask this question.

Since Xia Qi asked directly, she replied very simply: "He said that he wanted to marry me, but his mother always wanted to marry him, so he couldn't propose marriage for the time being." ”

Hearing that Luo Qian wanted to marry his sister as a wife, rather than taking her as a concubine, Xia Qi's anger suddenly dissipated a lot.

"He can't make sense of his mother, why is he here to provoke you? You ignore him. Let's wait until he can come to the door to propose. ”

Xia Jin laughed when he heard this, and glanced at Xia Qi: "Don't worry." Who am your sister? If you are coaxed into two sentences, you can't find the north? His mother disagreed, so naturally they broke up, and I wouldn't marry him in vain. ”

Xia Jin has always been decisive. And when it comes to this, she is generous, not at all like those little girls who are just starting to fall in love, shy and blushing, twisting and pretending, not like she is deeply trapped and can't extricate herself. Xia Qi put his mind at ease and said to Xia Jin: "Catch up with Ming'er, I want to have a good talk with him." ”

Since studying with Mr. Cui, Xia Qi has become more and more like an older brother. Now that he can stand up for his own affairs, Xia Jin is extremely happy. She has been in ancient times for some time, and naturally knows that whether a woman is doing well after marriage has a lot to do with whether her relatives are reliable or not.

Although she doesn't need to rely on others, it is another thing for her family to take the initiative to support her. She loves the feeling of being pampered.

"Well, you can talk about it, you can talk about anything, as long as you don't fight." She glanced at Xia Qi with a smile, "Because you can't beat him." ”

Thinking that Luo Qian jumped over the water in one jump today, Xia Qi was speechless.

He has been practicing kung fu with Xia Jin for a while, but compared to people like Luo Qian, who practice martial arts, he is still far behind.

Xia Qi will be the pillar of the Xia family in the future, Xia Jin wants to train him, and when he can not interfere in the affairs of the family, he will not interfere, and everything will be handled by him. So knowing that it would be better for her to tell Luo Qian about the family matter, she still didn't say anything and let Xia Qi go.

The next day, Xia Qi went to Luo's Mansion to find Luo Qian, and he didn't know what he said to Luo Qian, but he was very happy when he came back.

He said that he told me about the Lin family's family business, because he knew the Lin family very well, and he also understood the temperament of Miss Lin, and he didn't pull the strings randomly. Moreover, once I am engaged to the Lin family, it is impossible for the Zhu family to ignore Lin Tongzhi's face and mention the matter of accepting you as a concubine, and the family affair will be over; And it's easier for him to talk to his mother about your family. He truthfully replied to Luo Qian's words.

Xia Jin's heart tightened when he heard this, and he hurriedly asked Xia Qi: "You didn't agree to the Lin family's family because of this, right?" ”

Xia Qi glanced at her and nodded: "I think what he said is right, so I agreed." ”

"Huh?" Xia Jin stood up and walked out directly, "I'll go find him." ”

"Hey." Xia Qi hurriedly grabbed her, "What are you talking to him?" ”

Xia Jin said angrily: "How can you sacrifice your relatives for the sake of my relatives?" I didn't even expect him to be such a person! ”

When Xia Qi said this, he also meant to test Xia Jin. At this time, seeing that she was thinking about herself and putting her own affairs behind, Xia Qi was very heartwarming and hurriedly said: "Don't worry, I agreed, but he didn't agree, saying that he wanted to marry the woman he liked, and he was willing to marry someone he liked, so naturally he would like me to marry someone I like." If I think Miss Lin is not suitable and force yourself for the sake of him and you, you will both be unhappy. ”

Despite Xia Qi's words, Xia Jin was still unhappy, so after Lu Liang passed the message to the housekeeper, she went to the next yard in the afternoon. (To be continued)

ps: I wish you all a happy Lantern Festival and a family reunion. Thank you for the peace charm of walking alone against the wind~