Fortunate Life of the Rural Beauty

The little brothers' childish words made Liao Chen very happy from time to time. She lowered her head to kiss Xiao Yu'er, and then turned to kiss them.

They are so smart, they resolutely carry out the tasks assigned to them by their father and mother, and they must win over grandma.

Miss Chu and Chen Dabao were obediently leaning against Chen Afu, laughing as they listened to their two younger brothers talking silly things.

In the afternoon, Uncle Wang Cheng and Mrs. Wu led Little Brother Wang and Little Sister Wang to come first. Then, the adults of the Fu family, the Qin family, and the Wang family came with their children, and even General Fu came with dignity.

The men were accompanied by Chu Lingqi and entertained in the outer courtyard. Chen Afu and Mrs. Song were in the main courtyard with the women and children.

After dinner and sending the guests away, Chen Afu gave Mrs. Song a brocade box. Said, Thank you, second brother and sister. Thank you and second uncle for helping me these days.

Ms. Song smiled and said, We are brothers, and we are sisters-in-law, so we should help. Why are you so polite, sister-in-law?

Chen Afu smiled and said, That's not necessarily the case. Even if they are brothers, many brothers and sisters-in-law are still trying to undermine each other... What she can't say is that your mother-in-law, Mrs. Li, is just such a person.

Mrs. Song also understood what Chen Afu meant and pursed her lips and smiled. She opened the brocade box and took a look. Inside lay a golden silk inlaid with turquoise walking stick, and two wine cup-sized gold bird hairpins inlaid with beads, which were made by the Jitai Silver Building in the capital. Ms. Song estimated that all her jewelry combined would not be as valuable as these pieces of jewelry.

He said hurriedly, Sister-in-law, these jewelry are too valuable, how can I be so embarrassed... If my father knew that I wanted such a good thing from my sister-in-law, he would scold me.

Chen Afu smiled and said, You just keep what I gave you. This is a matter between our sisters-in-law.

Mrs. Song really liked these pieces of jewelry, so she put them away with a smile and said, With the help of my sister-in-law, Shopkeeper Zeng and Shopkeeper Luo often give me some rare goods. Now the shop is doing well. Is it possible to open it now? In one year, I made a net profit of more than one hundred taels of silver.

The Song family runs a small cloth shop. Shopkeeper Luo will give her some silks and satins from Jiangnan at low prices, and shopkeeper Zeng will give her some Korean cloth or cashmere blankets from outside.

The two sisters-in-law talked for a long time, and Chu Lingqi came to the main courtyard to call for help, and then took Song's mother and son away.

The yamen opened on the eleventh day of the first lunar month, and Chen Shiying and his family rushed back from the capital at noon on the tenth day of the lunar month. As soon as they came back, they asked someone to bring a letter to Chen Afu, asking her to take the children to have dinner. By the way, they brought back the gifts given to them by the Hou Mansion, Prince Rui Mansion, and Jiang Mansion, as well as the letter from Lord Chu.

Chen Afu waited until early afternoon and felt that they should have packed up, so he happily led the five children to Chen's house.

When I went to the main courtyard, I saw that Chen Shiying's face was not very good-looking and Jiang's eyes were a little red and swollen.

These two couples are angry!

Jiang had always been unprincipled in accommodating Chen Shiying. What happened today?

When they saw Chen Afu's family coming, they all greeted the children with smiles on their faces. Mrs. Jiang took Xiao Yu'er over again and said with a smile, Oh, grandma's granddaughter is growing taller and looks more like grandpa.

After listening to Jiang's words, Chen Shiying glanced at Xiao Yu'er a few more times, and a smile appeared in his eyes.

Not long after, siblings Chen Yuqing, Chen Yulan, Chen Yuxia, and Chen Yuchao arrived. Chen Yuchao is not as strong as Brother Yu and Brother Chao. He is still unsteady when walking and needs to be held by an adult. However, I can already speak a lot and can recite a few poems.

A few people talked for a while, and Chen Afu saw Jiang winking at her and followed Jiang to the side room.

It turned out that Jiang's natal family told Chen Yuqing about a family with good financial conditions. His grandfather was the third-rank censor of Zuodu, and his father was also a prefect, serving in Liaozhou. The younger generation is also very good at his homework. He has already passed the scholar examination and will take the imperial examination this fall. He is half a year younger than Chen Yuqing and is seventeen years old this year.

Chen Afu said, It's okay to listen to the conditions, but father doesn't agree?

Jiang sighed and said, Your father disagrees. He said that he didn't grow well. He is short and fat and is not worthy of Qing'er.

Chen Afu laughed and said, My father is handsome, so he should set a higher standard when looking at his son-in-law.

Jiang was also amused and said hesitantly, This young man... Well, it's not because your father has high standards. This young man is half a head shorter than Qing'er. I thought about it, what's wrong with being short and fat? As long as the young man is good, the family will be happy. Okay, just marry Qing'er and you won't suffer any pain. Qing'er is already eighteen years old, I'm afraid if I continue to choose...

While they were talking, Chen Shiying walked in. He said, Master Feng has a weird temper and is very strict about rules. If you marry into his family, Qing'er will not necessarily live a good life. And the boy from the Feng family is too... He felt that a man was not good at criticizing other people's appearance. He stopped talking, frowned in disgust, and said, I, how could I, Chen Shiying, find such a son-in-law? I might as well find a handsome, talented, and good-natured boy from a poor family. Wasn't it that I was born into a poor family? I didn't give in. The lady and children are wronged.”

Jiang said, How many children from poor families are there with noble natures like the master? It is difficult to find them even with a lantern. I am afraid that I will find those boys from poor families who think about their wives' dowry every day. Dozens of people in the family will want to rely on them. Living with that little dowry will make Qing'er's life in the future miserable. I heard that there are quite a few families like this...

As a mother, Jiang was strong and disobeyed her husband for the first time.

After hearing the conditions for the descendants of the Feng family, Chen Afu didn't like it very much either. Although Chen Yuqing's appearance can only be regarded as average, she is definitely not ugly and has a good figure. It is a pity to be assigned to a man like that.

It's not that Chen Afu must judge people by their appearance. It's just that the two parties don't understand each other and have no emotional basis. Of course, they have to look at their appearance first. I also thought that the Ninth Prince would soon be crown prince, and maybe the emperor would issue an imperial edict when he goes to court tomorrow.

If this happens, not only will the Chu family be completely reborn, but Chen Shiying will also be destined to have a bright future, and she will also be the eldest sister who raised the younger brother of the prince. These three major benefits can always outweigh the damage done to the Chen sisters by Mrs. Zhao and Chen Yuhui. bad influence. In this way, Chen Yuqing's marriage should not be too difficult, at least not to find such a marriage.

Then he said, Mom, don't be anxious, wait a minute. Hasn't that young man from the Feng family not yet passed the Juren Examination? We'll wait until he passes the Juren Examination. Not to mention that he can't even pass the Juren Examination, he's short, fat, and incompetent. Of course no one deserves to be a son-in-law to a tall, handsome and capable father.

Chen Shiying laughed. He originally wanted to say that the person would not be able to pass the examination, but he thought that in half a year, he might meet the right person again, not to mention that the trends in the court seemed to be extremely beneficial to the Ninth Prince. He nodded in agreement.

Mr. Jiang also laughed. If the Feng family boy fails to pass the examination, he will indeed be useless except for his family background.

Chen Shiying handed a letter to Chen Afu and said, This is a letter from my relatives.