Delicate Flower Chapter 20: Proposal
Yu Tang was also wary of Mrs. Tang. She called Shuangtao in and told her: “Go and see what Mrs. Tang is doing?”
The two peaches responded and left.
Yutang and Ma Xiuniang’s playfulness has faded a lot. They sat on the Arhat couch, ate ice, and talked about the gossip in the city. As for the gossip in the city, the most eye-catching thing is the Pei family’s affairs.
“Have you heard?” Ma Xiuniang whispered, “The aunt of the eldest son of the Pei family is taking the eldest son of the Pei family back to the capital to study. Mr. Pei San called all the elders of the Pei family to the ancestral hall and showed them in front of everyone. I asked the eldest son of the Pei family whether he should stay at home and observe filial piety or go back to his grandfather’s house to study…”
“Ah!” Yu Tang said in surprise, “Master Pei San is like this. Even if the eldest son of the Pei family wants to go to his grandfather’s house to study, he would not dare to do so. If he goes, he will have a reputation of being ‘unfilial’. Just don’t want to be an official.”
Although she knew that the eldest son of the Pei family was suppressed at home by Master Pei San in his previous life, she didn’t know that this method was used.
“Yes!” Ma Xiuniang said, “My father said that Mr. Pei San is really cruel. He also said that if our family can do anything in the future, we should try not to come to the Pei family.”
Yu Tang chuckled.
Ma Xiuniang sighed: “I don’t know what happened to the chief steward’s family. My father said that since the chief steward’s death, people in Lin’an City have never seen the chief steward’s family again.”
Yu Tang was stunned and said hesitantly: “She must have been driven out of Lin’an City, right?!”
Ma Xiuniang said: “But no one saw the chief steward and his family leaving the city!”
The implication is that the chief steward’s family was murdered.
“No way!” Yu Tang said, “The chief butler should have quite a lot of people!”
“Who can say this kind of thing accurately?” Ma Xiuniang obviously didn’t believe Master Pei San, and said, “Whoever does bad things will have it written on their forehead!”
Will that person kill someone?
Yu Tang didn’t speak for a while.
Shuangtao ran in: “Miss, Miss, Mrs. Tang is here to talk to you as a matchmaker!”
“What?!” Yu Tang and Ma Xiuniang both stood up.
Yu Tang frowned, but Ma Xiuniang excitedly pulled Shuangtao and said, “Tell me, to whom did Mrs. Tang come to propose marriage?”
Shuangtao smiled and said, “It’s the second young master of Li Jinshi’s family in the south of the city!”
“Li Jun!” Yu Tang was stunned.
Ma Xiuniang looked at it with a sly smile, pointed at Yu Tang and said: “A Tang, tell me honestly, what’s the story in this, I will keep it a secret for you, otherwise, I will tell my aunt to go , said you knew the second young master of Li Mansion in the south of the city…”
“What are you talking about?” Yu Tang was confused and said, “How could I know Li Jun!”
She is telling the truth.
Although she was married to Li Jun in her previous life, she had never met him before.
When they talked about getting married, she thought that Li Jun had met her before and fell in love with her, which was at least much better than a blind 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 family is called Li Jun?”
Yu Tang said to her absentmindedly, “I heard someone say that before.” Then he asked Shuangtao anxiously, “What did my mother-in-law say?”
Shuangtao smiled and said: “My wife said that my family was planning to recruit a son-in-law, and I never thought of marrying you off. This is a serious matter, and my wife will have to discuss it with the master before she can reply to the Li family.”
Yu Tang was stunned.
Why did her mother-in-law reply to Mrs. Tang like this?
She said: “What else did Mrs. Tang say?”
Shuangtao pursed her lips and smiled, and said pointedly: “Mrs. Tang said that the second young master of the Li family once met you accidentally, and she would not marry you unless you were the one. Mrs. Li had also caused trouble at home because of the second young master of the Li family. , so I invited Mrs. Tang to test Mrs. Li’s tone. Later, Mrs. Tang replied to Mrs. Li. Mrs. Li didn’t give up and tested Mrs. Li’s tone herself. But when the second young master of the Li family knew about it, not only did he not give up the idea, he also stayed at home He clamored to be the son-in-law of the Yu family. No one listened. Mrs. Li had no choice but to ask Mrs. Tang to discuss it with her.”
No wonder my mother’s tone has softened!
Whether it is father or mother, what they care about most is her feelings. If she can be happy, it doesn’t matter to them whether they find a son-in-law or not. At the worst, they can just let their eldest cousin Yu Yuan choose two houses.
But this thing is too strange.
In her previous life, Mrs. Lin clearly said that Li Jun met her at a temple fair. Why has she changed her story now?
Yu Tang couldn’t help but murmured: “How could this happen?”
Can’t she escape the fate of being married into the Li family? !
For a moment, Yu Tang’s face became extremely ugly.
Ma Xiuniang and Shuangtao looked at each other.
Yu Tang asked Shuangtao: “Is Mrs. Tang gone?”
Shuangtao said: “Just left!”
Yu Tang was very anxious and apologized to Ma Xiuniang. He raised the curtain and prepared to go to his mother Chen.
Ma Xiuniang could see now that Yu Tang didn’t like this marriage. She quickly pulled Yu Tang away and said, “If you have something to do here, just leave me alone. I’ll go back first. I’ll wait for you to have some time.” Come down, I’ll come to visit you at home again.”
Yu Tang felt very embarrassed and left Ma Xiuniang to have dinner before leaving.
Ma Xiuniang said straightforwardly: “Aren’t we good sisters anymore? If you recognize me as your sister, don’t say anything and say hello to aunt. I’ll go back home first.”
Yu Tang hugged Ma Xiuniang and said, “Sister, I’m sorry. Let’s get together again later.”
Ma Xiuniang nodded, and Yu Tang accompanied her to bid farewell to Mrs. Chen.
The black square table in the middle of the hall was filled with gift boxes.
Mr. Chen and Mrs. Chen are counting gift boxes.
Knowing that Ma Xiuniang was leaving, Mrs. Chen asked someone to bring some boxes of snacks to Ma Xiuniang, and asked Ma Xiuniang to visit her home often. She also arranged for A Tiao to hire a sedan and asked A Tiao to take Ma Xiuniang back.
Ma Xiuniang said goodbye to Mrs. Chen, and Yu Tang helped her mother back to the main room.
She said bluntly: “Mom, I want to stay at home.”
Ms. Chen only thought that she was still young and didn’t understand many things. She smiled and said, “I keep you at home because I am afraid that you will suffer if you get married. But if you are from a good family, my father and your mother-in-law will let you go.” The same goes for Ayuan’s care.”
Things turned out just as Yu Tang expected.
She said: “I don’t know how many people make good promises before marriage, but things change when they get married. Don’t listen to Mrs. Tang’s eloquent talk. Mrs. Li has always looked down on others. I don’t like such a mother-in-law.”
Ms. Chen smiled and said: “Silly boy, you are not going to live your whole life with your mother-in-law. Besides, if your husband-in-law is willing to protect you, whose mother-in-law will show off to her daughter-in-law casually?”
“That’s not necessarily true!” Yu Tang said, “Filial piety comes first. Whose husband would contradict his mother-in-law for his daughter-in-law?”
Ms. Chen doesn’t want to make her daughter unhappy, not to mention that the matter has not yet been resolved.
She comforted her daughter and said: “Okay, okay, okay, I will listen to you. When your father comes back, our family will formally visit several families and finalize your marriage.”
Seeing that her mother did not take her words to heart, Yu Tang was extremely anxious and thought about how to persuade her parents to change their minds. Ma Xiuniang came to visit Yu Tang again early the next morning.
“Did something happen?” Yu Tang was shocked.
Ma Xiuniang drank a few sips of tea, and then said: “Ah Tang, yesterday I specifically asked…” She said vaguely, “Mr. Zhang,” and continued, “Help me find out about Li Jun. “Then he said “Mr. Zhang” as if he had a carrot in his mouth, and said: “Although Li Jun is a bit arrogant, he treats people sincerely, acts openly and has good conduct. He is a person who can be trusted for life.”
I didn’t expect Li Jun to be such a person.
I never expected that Ma Xiuniang would help her like this.
Yu Tang’s eyes were wet and he said: “Thank you, sister! Also help me say thank you to my brother-in-law.”
After hearing this, Ma Xiuniang’s face turned red and she said shyly: “No, no, I can help you.” She asked curiously, “Then you, do you still want to stay at home?”
“I still want to stay at home.” Yu Tang said to her sincerely, “I always feel that this marriage is not good.”
Ma Xiuniang advised her: “What’s wrong? He has already said that as long as he can marry you, he would rather come to your house and become his son-in-law. What else do you want? Isn’t that what they want for you?”
Her words gave Yu Tang a sudden enlightenment.
Yes! What is the purpose of the marriage between the Li family and his family?
Is it really her?
In the previous life, their family also sincerely married her into the family, and she was still an outcast, but the Lin family did not treat her well.
Is it because of Li Jun’s death that Mrs. Lin was angry with her?
But Lin didn’t treat Gu Xi any better!
Yu Tang curled his lips inwardly.
She decided to go and meet her “fiancé” whom she had never met in her previous life.
“Are your brother-in-law familiar with the second young master of the Li family?” she asked Ma Xiuniang.
Ma Xiuniang said: “What do you want to do?”
“I want to meet the second young master of the Li family~IndoMTL.com~ I would like to ask my brother-in-law and sister to accompany me.”
Ma Xiuniang thought that Yu Tang was afraid that Li Jun would be ugly, so she had to see it with her own eyes before she felt relieved. She smiled and said, “Don’t worry, the second young master of the Li family is a very talented person. I don’t know how many people are looking at him to recruit him as his son-in-law. I promise not to let you down.”
Yu Tang smiled.
She didn’t want to know what Li Jun looked like at all. She wanted to know how much Li Jun cared about her.
What did she do to offend him? He made her sit at home alone, causing trouble from heaven. She had no peace in her two lives.
Ma Xiuniang was afraid that something would happen if Yu Tang refused to give up and entrusted someone else to accompany her.
She said: “Then wait until I ask… Mr. Zhang…”
Yu Tang responded with a smile.
Sent Ma Xiuniang away, she called A Tiao, gave him a dozen copper coins, and said: “You give it to Ah Liu, the water seller in Xiaomei River, and ask him to keep an eye on the second young master of the Li family and see how he usually behaves. What are you doing?”
The Yu family has only three servants, Mrs. Chen, Shuang Tao and A Tiao. Nothing at home can be hidden from the three of them. Naturally, A Tiao also heard about the second young master of the Li family coming to propose marriage. He thought that the eldest lady must be afraid that the second young master of the Li family would be unlucky. He was also afraid that the second young master of the Li family was not worthy of their eldest daughter. He smiled and agreed, and said: “Don’t worry, eldest lady, I won’t tell my wife.”
Yu Tang simply rewarded A Tuo with a dozen copper coins.
Two days later, Ma Xiuniang sent someone to reply to her, saying that Mr. Zhang agreed to accompany them to see Li Jun.
Ah Liu also found out about Li Jun: “The second young master of the Li family invited a friend to eat vegetarian food at Zhaoming Temple.”
Yu Tang went to tell Ma Xiuniang, and the two decided on a strategy. Mr. Zhang and A Tiao would accompany them to Zhaoming Temple to offer incense.