After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 621 Benefits
Haitang enjoyed eating the melon from Tu's family, but she didn't think it had anything to do with her.

She complained, "General Tu Rong values ​​his eldest son's upbringing so much, and obviously doesn't intend to give up on him. How could he easily arrange a marriage for him? Besides, if his eldest son is really mediocre and incompetent, and is abandoned by his father and left in Chang'an, then there is no need for our family to marry him. We are going back to our hometown in Zhili, so who wants to stay with the eldest son of the Tu family?"

Ma couldn't help but glared at her granddaughter: "You little girl, you have no shame. This is not even a matter of fact. I was just gossiping with your Aunt Cui. Have you considered the future?"

"What's there to be ashamed of?" Haitang opened her innocent eyes. "This is my marriage, of course I have to find out everything! I don't want to marry a man I don't know blindly. He is mediocre and incompetent, and was abandoned by my father and has to live in Chang'an. I have to separate from my grandfather, grandmother, brother, second uncle, second aunt, Xiao Shitou, and my cousin for him."

Ma looked at her granddaughter's innocent eyes and just found it funny. She didn't think her granddaughter was really concerned about her marriage, but that she was just a child who didn't know much and just followed the adults' advice.

After she finished laughing, she straightened her attitude a little and told her granddaughter: "I had the same idea as you, and I told Sister Ma about it. She said that because our family was going back to Zhili, which is not far from the capital, if we really married our granddaughter to the eldest son of the Tu family, it would not be difficult to take him back with us in the future, and this marriage would be more likely to be successful. General Tu is used to having the final say on his children's affairs, but his old lady would definitely not want to give up her eldest grandson! As long as someone can bring her precious grandson back to the capital, she will be the first to agree to this marriage! According to General Tu's filial piety to his mother, he would definitely not object to anything that his mother agreed to, so this marriage will naturally be successful!"

As for how the Hai family was going to bring the eldest son of the Tu family to the capital…what was so difficult about this? Ma Shangyi said that she could do it with just one word. With her relationship with Ma, how could she not help? Moreover, the relationship between Hai Xiya and his wife and Xie Wenzai and the Zhenguogong Mansion was not bad. If they really wanted to take care of it, it wouldn't take much effort.

The reason why Ma Shangyi strongly recommended this marriage to Ma was mainly because of its benefits.

Don't think that Tu Rong's eldest son is a hopeless person, but that's only compared to his stepmother's brothers and sisters. He has a decent appearance, not ugly at all, and has proper manners. According to Ma Shangyi's impression of his two encounters with him, he is not as bad as the rumors say. For a mother of the Tu family who can cultivate a talent like Tu Rong, it's not too unusual for her to raise a grandson, at least his character is fine.

This young man was just lazy and could not endure hardship, but he was not a bad person. He was very kind to the maids and servants around him, had a heart of pity for the weak and the poor, and could observe etiquette in front of outsiders. He had studied and practiced martial arts, but he was not proficient in either. He was just an empty shell. In fact, he had talent, but because he was spoiled by his grandmother, without his mother to take care of him, and his strict father was not around, no one urged him to study hard, and over time, his talent was somewhat neglected.

In the capital, there were many dandies of his level, and some of them were more extravagant than him. Tu Rong was a man who had high expectations for his children. The three sons born to his second wife were all excellent, each with their own strengths and bright futures, which made his eldest son look even more useless. Therefore, he made up his mind to train this son into a useful person. Ma sighed, "Sister Ma said that if General Tu really abandoned his son in Chang'an, it was not because he really abandoned him. Instead, he was thinking about him. After all, if he stayed in a place like the capital, everyone would say that the eldest son was not as good as his younger brother. If he heard too much gossip, he would really be useless. If he stayed in Chang'an, at least people here would not recognize his brothers. No matter how useless he was, he would only be said to be a son of a tiger father. It would not be difficult for him to make a living. He had no real ability, and no one would send him to the battlefield. He could find a similar idle position and live a stable life. His life would pass by. It was a hundred times better than going to the capital and hanging out with a bunch of sperm. It was not easy to make mistakes!"

Haitang raised her eyebrows. "Since this man is not as bad as the rumors say, how did his reputation as a waste come about? General Tu Rong is the emperor's confidant and holds real power. Why would outsiders belittle his eldest son for no reason? Although you said that General Tu Rong's current wife seems to be very magnanimous and has no intention of getting hard with the eldest son of the original wife, if she is really a kind person, outsiders would not always praise her son for being outstanding and say that the eldest son of the original wife is mediocre and incompetent, right? When General Tu was transferred to Chang'an, he brought his eldest son with him and disciplined him personally. He even said that if the eldest son is not talented, he should stay in Chang'an and not be allowed to return to Beijing. Did he really have no other intentions?"

Ma blinked, "Ah? You mean... his stepmother deliberately ruined the reputation of the original wife's eldest son? General Tu also knew about it? Then why didn't he stop it?!"

"How can we stop this?" Aunt Cui sighed, "Madam Tu's family is powerful and has relatives in Yingchuan Marquis's Mansion. The eldest son of the Tu family is indeed not outstanding enough. He is always outdone by his brothers. People are just telling the truth. Can General Tu be angry with Madam? Besides, this eldest son was raised by the old lady of the Tu family since he was a child. He didn't grow up with General Tu. In his heart, he is probably not as likable as the sons of his second wife. No matter how much he hopes that his eldest son will become successful, he will not fall out with Madam."

Ma nodded repeatedly after hearing this: "That's right... If that's the case, General Tu Rong is still a reliable father. He didn't listen to the second wife's pillow talk and really hated the eldest son left by the original wife. Otherwise, this child would be too pitiful..."

Ma hesitated for a moment before continuing, "Sister Ma told me about this child because she thought this marriage was a good match. He is not favored by his father and stepmother, so it is easy to talk about marriage. Although the old lady of the Tu family hopes that her precious grandson will inherit the family business, he is definitely not as good as his brothers. In the future, he will most likely separate from the family and set up his own business. If so, it is a good deal. He is not very capable, so he can just be a leisurely official and set up his own household. The Tu family is also rich, and General Tu Rong is filial and has given his mother many good things. And the old lady Tu loves her eldest grandson the most, and she will leave all the good things in her hands to him in the future. When he separates from the family in the future, he will have both the money from the separation and the money given by his grandmother, so he will naturally live a rich life. The daughter-in-law he will marry in the future will not have parents-in-law to serve, and she will be the master of the family in a few years. If she really encounters any difficulties, the Tu family will not ignore it. In this way, life will be smoother than ever..."

To be honest, when Ma heard about it from Ma Shangyi, she was really tempted. If she hadn't been thinking about "Qi Da is not a good match", she really wanted to agree. Ma Shangyi persuaded her again and again, and even promised to be a matchmaker. She almost lost her composure.

Now when she talks about it with her granddaughter, she is a little scared: "No matter how good this marriage is, it can't beat the unclear and unclear affairs of the Tu family. I just hope that my granddaughter will marry happily in the future, but if she gets a stepmother-in-law who is deep-minded and has bad intentions, how will she live? The lesson of my elder sister is there..."

(End of this chapter)