Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 216 Engagement
The next morning was calm, and when Mrs. Xie came in the afternoon, Mrs. Chen told Mrs. Xie the words Du Jinning taught her, and Mrs. Xie was so happy that she didn't know what to do.

She immediately took off a jade bracelet from her wrist, put it on Du Fangfei, and said with a smile: "Although this is not a particularly expensive jade bracelet, it was handed down by the Xu family ancestors, and by Brother Yuan's grandmother. Me, I will pass it on to you now. Later, you will pass it on to your daughter-in-law."

Du Fangfei lowered her head shyly.

"Okay, I'll go back and ask the matchmaker to propose marriage now." Mrs. Xie couldn't sit still anymore, and couldn't wait to go back to the matchmaker from last time to propose marriage again.

The more anxious Mrs. Xie's attitude was, it showed that she attached more importance to this marriage. The unspeakable joy in Mrs. Chen's heart immediately got up to say goodbye: "Go, go, book the marriage as soon as possible, we can rest assured."

Not long after Mrs. Xie left, the matchmaker came again.However, Mrs. Chen still didn't lose her sense of control, and immediately asked for Xu Chengyuan's birthday, and asked someone to make a horoscope.

This horoscope is naturally a match made in heaven.

So the two families exchanged Geng Tie, and Du Fangfei's marriage was considered settled.

"In-laws." After making an appointment, Mrs. Xie changed her address to Mrs. Chen, and she said with a shy smile, "Look, when should we let them get married? The two of them have also reached the age of marriage, and it would be too long if they dragged on." not good."

Du Fangfei is actually not very old, and he will only turn 16 in two months.Although Chen's previous remarks when he refused to marry were just excuses, they were actually the truth.Du Fangfei has been suffering since she was five or six years old. Together with her, she carried the family of the third bedroom on her shoulders. In the past 11 years, she has not had a few days of good life.Although Mrs. Xie is good, Xu Chengyuan is also very good, and Xu's family has a simple population, and it will not be difficult to marry, but being a daughter and being a daughter-in-law are still different after all.

So Chen originally planned to stay with Du Fangfei for another year, and then get married when she turns 17 next spring.

Depending on the dried tofu business at home and the dividends from Du Jinning's teahouse, Du Fangfei can buy some generous dowry.

But now Mrs. Chen dare not stay anymore.Du Fangfei's marriage was full of twists and turns. Although Yan Cen was punished, maybe he will not give up, and there will be some evil sons.So Chen thought it over, discussed with Du Jinning, and decided to set the wedding date in autumn.

The time of engagement and marriage is too tight, and it will make people gossip.There are always those three aunts and six wives who like to gossip, saying that in such a hurry to get married, is it because the woman doesn't pick up some, and the man's child is in her stomach, so she gets married with her son.

Getting engaged at the beginning of the year and getting married again in the fall, the process of the six ceremonies of "Nacai, Asking the name, Najib, Nazheng, asking for a date, and welcoming in person" will take half a year to be calm.

To be on the safe side, Du Jinning gave Lu Xiaobei money and asked him to hire an idler named Qin Laoliu who lived opposite Yan Cen to help him keep an eye on Yan Cen's movements.

That Yan Cen not only failed to get things done this time, but instead lost his place as a cook, he also got a bad reputation with the county magistrate. People are not allowed to hand over his request to see him again.

Without support, how could Yan Cen dare to provoke the Guan family and Du Jinning again?If the Guan family made another move and no one interceded for him, his reputation as a scholar might be ruined.He had to stay at home and be an honest man.

This day, Du Jinning finished school at night and was leaving the academy with Zhang Hongwen when he saw Qin Laoliu squatting at the base of the wall waiting for her.

Seeing Du Jinning coming, Qin Lao Liu was also very interesting and didn't go up to say hello, but pretended not to know him, just lowered his head and waved small stones at random, looking bored.

It wasn't until Du Jinning waved goodbye to Zhang Hongwen that he went up to Zhuangzi by himself - since he was engaged, Xu Chengyuan couldn't go to Du's house anymore.Du Jinning said that his hands are much better, and it is no problem to hold a book bag. Du Fangfei also helped to sew the strap of the book bag a little longer, so that it can be hung diagonally around the neck.Only then did Xu Chengyuan and Zhang Hongwen feel relieved and did not see each other off again, so Du Jinning went home alone during this period of time—— Qin Lao Liu saw that no one was paying attention to him, so he followed Du Jinning to Zhuangzi.

After walking for a while, Qin Lao Liu saw Du Jinning waiting for him in front.He quickly ran over and saluted Du Jinning: "Master Du."

"Sixth Brother Qin." Du Jinning bowed back and asked, "But what's going on with Yan Cen?"

I have to say that Lu Xiaobei is a talent.This kid has been at the bottom of society for many years and knows all kinds of people of all kinds.Moreover, he himself is a man of loyalty, not to mention the friends he has made, but only in terms of loyalty and integrity, that is nothing to say.

This is the case with Qin Lao Liu.Although this person has no skills, he just idles around all day long, and even makes a few bets from time to time, so he is not a good person in the general sense.But this person is a friend who can do anything for you. If he sees you pleasing to the eye and is willing to make friends with you, he will do his best to help.

"To be righteous is mostly to butcher dogs, and to be ungrateful is to be scholars."Not to mention others, just looking at Qin Laoliu and Yan Cen, Du Jinning thinks this proverb can be reflected very well.

"He has no money now, so Ah Qiang doesn't help him anymore. He didn't dare to go to Mrs. Yan's place again. But I heard from my wife that Yan Cen's old lady is asking someone to marry Yan Cen." Old Qin Liudao, "Master Du, you said that no matter what happened to Yan Cen's house, I would tell you, so I'll come over and tell you."

"Thank you Sixth Brother Qin, this news is very important to me." Du Jinning cupped his hands, "I have to ask Sixth Brother Qin for help on this matter."

Qin Lao Liu patted his chest and said, "Since you are someone recognized by Lu Xiaobei, I naturally want to help you, otherwise I wouldn't have made this trip."

"So I'm not going to be polite."

Du Jinning knew that it was very important for people like Qin Lao Liu to treat him as a friend and not put on airs.She intends to subdue Qin Laoliu for her own use, so she is very frank with Qin Laoliu. The first time they met, she told the grievances between her family and Yan Cen, and even Yan Cen plotted Du Fangfei's marriage with Qin Lao Liu said it, and bluntly said that he wanted to take revenge on Yan Cen.She also told Qin Laoliu that if Qin Laoliu didn't help her because of the neighbor's affection, she would not blame Qin Laoliu, she just hoped that Qin Laoliu would not tell Yan Cen her plan.

This frankness and respect for Qin Lao Liu made Qin Lao Liu feel very comfortable.In addition, Lu Xiaobei often said good things about Du Jinning in front of Qin Lao Liu, so Qin Lao Liu regarded Du Jinning as a friend.

Du Jinning knew very well that for people like Qin Laoliu, being too polite would be bad.

She said bluntly: "I want to ask my sister-in-law to help Yan Cen arrange a marriage. There are poor mothers and young children in his family. I don't want to burden the innocent, so I want to ask my sister-in-law to help Yan Cen arrange a woman who is upright, diligent and tough. After marrying into the Yan family, he could treat his mother and daughter kindly, but he could beat Yan Cen from time to time. A person like Yan Cen, if he did something wrong, he might be able to walk on the right path, instead of using conspiracy all day long. Tricksters."

　During this period of time, the writing was not to everyone's liking, and there were many people who smashed bricks.I did not have the guts to be a tortoise, and I didn't dare to read the comment area, for fear that the glass heart would not be able to bear it, and I would not be in the mood to write any more.Today I came up with the lid on the pot, and said weakly: Today is more, this is the third one.Flee away on the ground.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)