Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 178 The Xu Family
Du Fangfei shook his head and said softly, "I don't want to get married yet."

When Chen heard this, she became anxious: "You are already sixteen, and you will become an old lady if you don't get engaged. Could it be that you still want to wait for two years, and when the time comes, will you be a continuation and become a stepmother?"

Du Fangfei lowered his head and did not speak.

"You're talking." Chen shi went over to pat her with hatred.

After her husband passed away, the eldest daughter followed her to bear the pressure from all sides, and she loved Du Fangfei the most in her heart.This move is also very angry today.

"Mother, I really don't want to discuss marriage right now. Wait for another year, can we talk about it a year later?" Seeing that her mother was furious, Du Fangfei showed a pleading expression on her face.

"Why do you have to wait for a year? Is the Xu family not good? If you don't like them, mother will show you another house. Why do you have to wait for a year?" Chen asked, suddenly she thought of something, and her face changed , "Did you meet someone in Peach Blossom Village? Tell me!"

"No, really not." Du Fangfei shook his head.

"Are you really going to piss me off? You don't talk about marriage, what about Sister Ling? You have two younger sisters behind you."

"It's only for one year, it won't affect Sister Ling." After Du Fangfei said this, she closed her mouth again, and Mrs. Ren Chen said nothing.

Chen looked at this eldest daughter who was always sensible and well-behaved, and suddenly felt powerless.

Du Fangfei is gentle and kind-hearted, but once she recognizes the truth, she is more stubborn than anyone else. Chen feels that she has nothing to do with this daughter.

She had no choice but to look at Du Jinning for help, hoping that Du Jinning could persuade Du Fangfei.

But Du Jinning said: "Since Eldest Sister doesn't want to discuss marriage yet, let's not discuss it for now. It's too hasty to discuss marriage now. After a year of understanding, I can find someone who is worthy of Eldest Sister. It must be Xu Chengyuan."

Thinking of what Du Jinning had said, Chen felt a lot of comfort.She glared at Du Fangfei resentfully: "Then I will reject the Xu family." Then she turned and walked out the door angrily.

"Hot water was boiled on the stove, it's cold, you burn your feet before going to sleep." Du Fangfei didn't forget to tell Du Jinning, and then went out and went back to her room.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Mrs. Chen did not intend to go back to her natal family, and received three members of Zhang's family at home.After Zhang's family left, Du Jinning took gifts and went to Xu's family to pay New Year's greetings.

When they arrived at Xu's house, Mrs. Xie exchanged some greetings and asked what the Du family thought about Du Fangfei's marriage.

Du Jinning said: "My mother said that when my eldest sister was at my grandfather's house, she never had a good day. Now it's hard for her to live a more relaxed life, and she doesn't have to live in that kind of beating or scolding, being a bully." Ma's life is over, so let her stay at home for another year or a half. After all, when you get married, you have to take care of your parents-in-law and children. Life is not as easy as when you were in your mother's house. Later."

Xie's expression became a little stiff, his eyes swept over his son's face, and he said with a smile: "What your mother said is true, she also loves your eldest sister."

When Du Jinning said that, he was observing Xu Chengyuan's reaction.I saw Xu Chengyuan's originally rosy face turned pale now, and the fists in his sleeves were clenched tightly, as if he had been hit by something.His reaction made Du Jinning confirm his guess.

Looking at him, Du Jinning felt a little pity.

Compared with those people who pretend to be lofty after studying and don't work hard, Xu Chengyuan who can do his best to earn money to support his family and help his mother with physical labor is pretty good.So far, his character is not bad.Although Mrs. Xie is a bit shrewd, he is still reasonable.The most important thing is that the family population is simple...

Thinking of this, she suddenly remembered the people who went to the market to ask for debts, and couldn't help asking: "Are you two celebrating the New Year? How did I hear that Senior Brother Xu also has an uncle?"

Mentioning this, both mother and son smiled wryly.

Xu Chengyuan said: "My uncle is okay. After my father passed away, he supported me to continue my studies and took care of us a lot on weekdays. It's my eldest aunt..." He raised his eyes and glanced at Du Jinning, "It's just the You saw that at the market last time, and you came to the house on New Year's Eve to make a fuss, asking us to pay off the debt."

Speaking of this, Du Jinning took out his purse from his pocket and handed it over: "This is the three hundred Wen you gave me last time. Our family is doing well, so you don't need to give me the money anymore. Use it to pay off the debt."

"How can this be done? This is absolutely impossible." Before Xu Chengyuan could say anything, Mrs. Xie called out, "If you hadn't taught my Brother Jiayuan to write scripts, he wouldn't be able to sell them for a penny. If you teach Before him, he also took it to the bookstore to show it to others, and the shopkeepers shook their heads and refused to accept it. After you changed it, it was only sold for [-] yuan. The shopkeeper of the bookstore said that if he wrote it again in the future, And sell it to him. If you write well, you can increase the price. You have opened up an easy and decent way for our brother Jiayuan to make money. It is not an exaggeration to share half of your money. Brother Ning, you Don't refuse, otherwise it will disturb the conscience of our mother and son."

Xu Chengyuan nodded: "Exactly."

Seeing the extremely similar eyes of the mother and son, Du Jinning was deeply shocked.

When Xu Chengyuan gave her money, she didn't take it too seriously, thinking that it was because Mrs. Xie didn't want to offend their family, and Xu Chengyuan only sold his first storybook, so he did so.After all, Mrs. Xie wanted to sell dried tofu in Du's house. Although three hundred Wen was a lot, it was nothing compared to the good business of dried tofu.Maybe the second and third books won't pay any more.

But at this time, she overturned her guess about Xu's mother and son.She judges the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.

"Even if you want to give it, you don't need to pay it now. You can pay off the debt first. I have owed debts before, and I know it's uncomfortable." Du Jinning said, "And you don't need to give me money, you only need to give me a book. That's enough. After all, Senior Brother Xu is a smart person, and I didn't need much effort. It's my honor to have a good relationship with Senior Brother Xu."

After this incident, Du Jinning has sincerely regarded Xu Chengyuan as a good friend.She had no intention of actually accepting Xu Chengyuan's money, it was just a temptation.In the future, if the Xu family's mother and son must give the money for a book, she will accept it, and then find a chance to return it back.But if you give too much, it will be difficult to handle.

Mrs. Xie has a straightforward personality, and when she heard Du Jinning say this, she nodded and said, "Okay, that's it. Let's take back the money first, and after the debt is paid off, Brother Yuan will give you the money for selling the storybook. You." I regretted not being able to marry the Du family.

In her opinion, saying that she didn't want to marry a daughter so early was just an excuse to decline.It doesn't matter if you don't want to get married so early, you can always discuss marriage, right?But the Du family used this as an excuse, needless to say, they just didn't plan to marry them.

(End of this chapter)