Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 158 Family Dinner
In the back house of Cheng's mansion, Cheng Ze began to worry about his sister's lifelong affairs in order to divert his parents from oppressing his marriage.

"Da Lang, you met two friends on the road, and you want to betroth your younger sister to them?" Cheng Ze's mother's eyes widened.

Cheng Ze's mother, surnamed Yang, is the daughter of Yangzhou's third richest Yang family. She married Cheng Yuanwai 20 years ago and gave birth to him a son and a daughter.

She wanted her son to marry her cousin's daughter and continue to strengthen the marriage between the Cheng and Yang families, but her son didn't like that cousin, and he actually went out to play the day before the blind date, which really annoyed her.

Now her son even proposed an absurd idea, asking a stranger whom she met by chance to marry her daughter, who was from the Pingjiang Mansion, which made her unable to hide her anger.

"Do you have a pig's brain? Your sister is only 13 years old, and you are in a hurry to marry her off? Even if you have a blind date, you should find a well-matched family. Familiar people have a blind date. How can there be a brother like you who just walks from the road?" Pulling two people is going to marry off my sister, tell me, what is going on in your mind all day long?"

"Mother, don't be so extreme, okay? These two are the sons-in-law that you can't find even with a lantern. One of them is Pingjiang Mansion Boy Jiejie No.1, the other is No.5. Fan Ning is the grandson of Fan Zhongyan." , Su Liang is a generation of scholarly children, which one is not better than us?"

Yang was a little stunned, she glanced at her husband next to her, and seeing her husband thoughtful, she said: "Mr. Wai, you won't be tempted too!"

Cheng Yuan slammed his mouth, and said slowly: "Actually, what Da Lang said is right, these two boys have a bright future, especially that Fan Ning, the No. A son-in-law who can't be found, I don't think Yuanyuan is good enough for him."

Mrs. Yang was also a little bit relieved, thinking about it carefully, no, when Yangzhou Boy Jiejie No. 1 Wang Qin rode a horse to praise the street, many rich and powerful families wanted to recruit him as his son-in-law, but it was not their turn to the Cheng family.

Pingjiang Mansion is far stronger than Yangzhou, and Pingjiang Mansion's No. 1 boy solution test is in his own home. This is really an opportunity!
"Da Lang, are they already engaged?"

Cheng Ze shook his head, "We asked them, but they were not engaged, so I tried my best to invite them to our house."

Cheng Yuanwai thought for a while and then said: "Although Fan Ning is the No. 1 solution, I like the kid surnamed Su more, he is more gentle, refined and well-educated. I always feel that Fan Ning's city is too deep for people to see through. "

Yang made a decisive decision: "Then let Yuanyuan take a look and see what she thinks. If there is a family banquet at night, Yuanyuan can also serve on the table."

"It's a good idea. Just set up a family banquet and observe them naturally."

Speaking of this, Cheng Yuanwai glared at his son, "Don't try to change the subject, your marriage with Xiu'er must be finalized in these two days, whether you like it or not, your mother and I will decide on this matter."

Cheng Ze resisted weakly, "Wait a little longer! Maybe the baby can also be admitted to Jinshi."

In the evening, the Cheng family held a family banquet in the inner hall to entertain the three young guests from Pingjiang Mansion. The dinner was not a round table meal, but a meal sharing method, that is, each person had a table and each person had a meal.

Both the meal-sharing style and the meal-sharing style coexisted in the Song Dynasty. Generally speaking, large families prefer the meal-sharing style. Even if they sit at the same table, each meal is served.

The low-level people don't have so many facts. The combined meal method saves ingredients and is more suitable for the frugal lifestyle of ordinary people.

There are a total of eight sets of tables and chairs in the lobby, with two tables and chairs for the owner and his wife at the top, and three tables and chairs on the left and right sides of the bottom, with three children of the Cheng family on one side and three guests on the other.

This arrangement seems to be a little neglectful of the guests, but it is not always true. The key point is that Fan Ning and the others are friends of the eldest son Cheng Ze. As juniors, of course they have to sit at the bottom.

Fan Ning was sitting first on the right, with Su Liang in the middle and Li Dashou at the bottom. Li Dashou was a little out of control and still thinking about practicing calligraphy. It was just a treat for the host, so he had to show face no matter what.

The first one on the left is Cheng Ze, the seat in the middle is still vacant, and the next seat is a fat man of eight or nine years old, who is Cheng Ze's half-brother Cheng Hai.

Member Cheng glanced at the vacant seat in the middle, and said dissatisfiedly, "Da Lang, go and rush your sister, there is a guest, tell her to come here immediately."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the sound of footsteps, and a beautiful little lady came out from behind the screen.

She greeted her parents with a blessing, bowed her head and sat directly on her seat.

Fan Ning and Su Liang quickly exchanged glances, and it turned out that she was the little lady they met in the afternoon. It turned out that she was Cheng Ze's younger sister.

Fan Ning winked at Su Liang, and smiled ambiguously, Su Liang's face turned red immediately, and he gave Fan Ning an annoyed look.

Member Cheng saw it, he laughed and said, "Let me introduce to the three young men, this is the little girl Yuanyuan, she is thirteen years old."

Cheng Yuanyuan's face turned even redder. How could someone introduce her age? Dad's introduction like this would make people misunderstand.

Cheng Yuanwai said to his daughter again: "Yuanyuan, these three are your brother's friends, they are all young talents from Pingjiang Mansion, this Fan Shaolang is the No. Solution No. 1, that person is Li Shaolang, who is a few years older than them, and also passed the Juren examination."

Cheng Yuanyuan hurriedly got up and gave the three people a blessing, but she didn't dare to raise her head.

At this time, several maids came quickly with food and wine, serving food and wine to each table. The dishes were very rich, and the wine was also high-quality sake. The Cheng family's treat was indeed very sincere.

Member Cheng raised his glass and said with a smile: "You don't need to get up, this glass of wine will wash away the dust for the three young men. I hope the three young men can stay for a while longer, just like my own home. If there is anything wrong with the hospitality, please feel free to let me know." Forgive me a lot."

Everyone hurriedly said a few polite words, and everyone drank the first glass of wine together.

Everyone started talking, laughing, eating and drinking, and the family banquet was very casual, without too much etiquette, and everyone could chat with each other.

Yang Shi was quietly looking at the three of them, and Li Dashou ruled them out first. He was too dark and fierce, with a face full of flesh, which made people feel intimidated, and he was a little out of control, which Yang Shi didn't like very much.

Fan Ning and Su Liang are really between Yu Liang. According to his son, they are both 12 years old, but Su Liang is half a year older than Fan Ning, but Fan Ning is taller in stature. Both of them have very good skin. Bai, at first glance, has the unique elegance of a scholar.

However, Fan Ning could be seen to be more mature, his eyes were very deep, but there was a cynical smile on the corner of his mouth, which was hard to see through.

But Su Liang is very cheerful and sunny, the city is not deep, almost all mothers-in-law like this kind of cheerful and sunny son-in-law.

But the mother-in-law is more concerned about their family background.

"I heard that Fan Shaolang is Fan Xianggong's grandson?" Yang asked with a gentle smile.

Fan Ning slightly bowed and replied: "The Fan family is very big, I'm just Fan Xianggong's distant junior, it doesn't really matter much."

"Oh--"

Yang nodded and asked again: "Then what does your father do for a living?"

There was an imperceptible smile on the corner of Fan Ning's mouth, and he still replied politely, "My father is a fisherman in Taihu Lake, and he fished for a living, so the younger generation's family is relatively poor, and there are only three thatched huts in the family."

Next to Su Liang, his aunt could bear it, but his uncle couldn't bear it. He was about to correct Fan Ning's nonsense, but Fan Ning kicked him quietly, and kicked back what Su Liang said.

Yang smiled, "It's not easy for a poor kid to get the first place in the exam!"

Although Mrs. Yang was polite, her interest in Fan Ning faded away. Marriage is all about marriage. If Fan Ning is a Jinshi now, he can ignore his background, but it is not enough to be a man.

Yang's interest immediately turned to Su Liang.

"I heard that Su Shaolang is from a scholarly family?"

Before Su Liang could speak, Fan Ning answered with a smile on his behalf, "Xiao Su's grandfather was one of the founders of Yuqing School in Sutai Town, and his father was the chief professor of Yuqing School. There are thousands of acres of fertile land in his family. A well-known scholarly family in the town."

Su Liang's face was flushed with swelling, and she said bitterly to Fan Ning in a low voice: "I will say it myself, you don't need to be troublesome!"

"There are some things you are too embarrassed to say, let me tell you for you!"

Fan Ning smiled again at Mrs. Yang and Mr. Cheng, "Xiao Su is only twelve years old, and she is not engaged yet!"

There was a burst of laughter in the inner hall, and Lian Cheng Yuanyuan couldn't help but secretly glanced at Su Liang, with a meaningful smile in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)