Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Ma Shan poked Zhou Banxia's dimple on one side with a finger in amusement. Seeing Zhou Banxia looking up at the sky in silence, she laughed out loud again.

Zhou Banxia secretly thanked her luck, thinking that Aunt Ma should have not told her precious daughter about the matter of fighting for a book for her eldest son as she guessed.

If she had told him, the eldest sister-in-law would not have had the time to gossip about the third girl's marriage. The first thing she would have mentioned was her eldest brother's "big event".

"...When my mother first started talking about it, I thought someone in my eldest uncle's family was upset and wanted my eldest aunt to go to your mother's house to act as a matchmaker."

impossible.

It is impossible for Aunt Gu to come to propose marriage when her parents have already spread the word that the fortune teller said it is not suitable for their children to get engaged too early.

Especially since Dajiang was still a 14-year-old student on government stipend. It wasn't that she was snobbish, but there wasn't a niece or nephew in Gu's uncle's family who was worthy of Dajiang.

Besides, it seems that Aunt Gu is not tactless. She knows that her two younger brothers are aiming to take the imperial examinations, so why would she wait until today to come and act as a matchmaker for an outsider?

"Mother said that the eldest aunt and the old aunt had almost the same idea. Then I knew that the eldest aunt came for Sanniu, but I didn't know which family she came from. Mother wouldn't tell me."

definitely.

Uncle San and Aunt San have already made a verbal agreement with Uncle Changgen and his wife. They are just waiting for Uncle Changgen and his wife to come and propose marriage this month. It is impossible for one girl to be married to two families.

It doesn't matter whether the eldest aunt has more face by matchmaking for her niece, it's a marriage that will 100% fail. Given my mother's character, there's no way she would be able to tell me who this family is.

"I asked again whose son he was, and mother just said he was a relative. She did tell me that he was from a good family, and even our old lady was attracted to Erniu.

Think about it, the eldest uncle and his wife originally wanted to marry Erniu to the family of Zhao Erbo's eldest son. How could the old lady not know that her eldest son was determined to find a good family in the city for Erniu?

Even the old lady felt it was a pity that this family didn't choose Erniu. I thought that if this family chose Erniu instead, my uncle would definitely agree.

The old lady thought her eldest son would agree, but I'm afraid this family's financial situation is not as good as Uncle Zhao's, but not inferior to that of ordinary families in the city.

That's why the old lady was tempted and felt sorry for it. But unfortunately, she said it in front of our mother, and my aunt didn't pay any attention to her, so it was estimated that there was no hope.

Otherwise, since they are both her nieces, how could the eldest aunt not care about the second girl? Speaking of which, it is very strange that if you ask me, the third girl doesn't seem to be much better than the second girl.

In terms of looks, Erniu is no worse than Sanniu, not to mention that her uncle is a student, and Erniu's brothers are older than her. Why is it that not only the old aunt's family, but also the eldest aunt's relatives have set their eyes on Sanniu?"

After waiting quietly for Ma Shan to finish her words, Zhou Banxia finally understood why Aunt Gu came to visit him yesterday. Of course, the answer was very close to what Gu Wenxuan had expected.

If not 100 points, then there are at least 90 points.

But, when it comes to comparing Erniu with Sanniu, how should we put it? Zhou Banxia thought for a moment and said, "It should be that the eldest aunt is too talkative.

I heard that my aunt mentioned a few years ago that she only had one daughter, and if she wanted to find a husband, she had to find a educated man. Maybe this is the reason.

I don’t know if I misunderstood, but the sons of the people who took the photo of Sanniu don’t seem to be educated people. Being able to write and calculate is different from being an educated person.

Most people would have some self-awareness after hearing this and probably wouldn't set their sights on Erniu. For example, the old aunt wouldn't dare to ask for marriage for her nephew from her mother's family. "

It would have been better if Zhou Banxia hadn't said the following sentence. As soon as she said it, Ma Shan burst out laughing. How could an old aunt not dare to propose marriage to her uncle's family for her nephew?
It was obvious that the eldest aunt was competing with the third aunt for the son-in-law, but the third uncle's family was not willing to make this marriage, so Erniu has now run away to work in a shop in the city to avoid suspicion.

Even though Ma Shan knew that Zhou Banxia would never say anything hurtful to others, she was still very happy when he was trying to cover up Xiaotian's shame out of kindness.

It’s so ridiculous!

"You, what a mouth!" Ma Shan managed to hold back her laughter. "My aunt owes you a lot. Not only does she owe you forty taels of silver, but she hasn't even paid you back half a copper coin at the end of the year—"

"Shh~"

"I know. It's best not to mention the forty taels of silver. It would be bad if my parents heard it. They would blame me for lending the silver and not being able to get it back.

What are you afraid of? We are the only two sisters here. Even if Mai Huang and the others heard what happened outside, they can't run to tell our mother. Look how timid you are."

It's not that I'm timid or bold, it's just that there's no need to do so. Forty taels of silver is a lot, enough to buy half of the shop in the eldest son's house, but it's also not enough.

As for the couple in the eldest branch of the family, including their eldest son Gu Dalang and his wife, they don't even dare to mention borrowing money for their cash flow, right?
If one really had to borrow and repay, it would be impossible that he would only owe her forty taels of silver. Who in this family could escape this? Didn't my eldest brother have three taels of silver borrowed from him by his third cousin and hasn't repaid it yet?

Ma Shan did not deny that what Zhou Banxia said made a lot of sense. Didn’t her parents say that the couple in the eldest house were greedy and stupid? She thought they were the same as before the family split up.

Don't they all think that they have the old man as their backer? It's not like they borrowed the money from San Ya, so they are not afraid that if San Ya wants it back, her parents-in-law will help them pay for it.

Just like her father said, they all underestimated San Ya. They might even want to take the opportunity to make San Ya feel uncomfortable and dislike her parents-in-law.

But he didn't expect that San Ya was so generous and smart. She didn't even mention it, which made her father-in-law even more afraid that San Ya was being schemed against by someone.

Ma Shan's words, which were spoken without her noticing, startled Zhou Banxia, ​​who shook her head and laughed, "Same, isn't my father always afraid that you'll suffer a loss?

You see whether dad likes my eldest cousin's wife or not. Ever since she tried to sow discord between us in front of me, dad has said that although my Hu Niu is honest, she has a quick temper.

She won't take action if no one provokes her. But if anyone stirs up trouble behind her back and annoys Hu Niu, don't blame me for protecting her. You deserve to be beaten half to death by my Hu Niu one day.

Listen, what are these words? They are said in front of the old man and the old lady to the aunt and the mother-in-law. Our father-in-law really treats us as his own daughters. "

"Dad is very good." Ma Shan nodded without thinking too much, "Mom is also very good. When she first knew I wanted to come over, she told me to just go and play my own thing.

If it was the eldest aunt, she would be scolded to death if she let her grandson look after him alone and let her daughter-in-law just play with her. She is biased towards Dalang's wife, and it would be strange if she let Dalang's wife do nothing and busy herself.

Only when Dalang's wife kept saying she was busy did she take over the eldest grandson. When the eldest grandson cried because he had diarrhea or was hungry, she would be impatient no matter whether she was the eldest daughter-in-law.

Not only did she scold him, she also talked about how good she was as a mother-in-law and how unbecoming her daughter-in-law was. Once, she was caught by Dalang's wife, who was so angry that she took her child back to her parents' home.

"The old lady won't punish her?"

"Punish him, why not? It's just for show." (End of this chapter)