Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 416 Father’s Return
"I promised him before that I would give Molan to him after he passed the imperial examination. Who knows if he has told anyone else about this. When he comes to my house this time, outsiders don't know who he is going to marry. If I just chase him away, how will others look at me if this gets out?" Sheng Hong said angrily.

Madam Wang was relieved after hearing this, but she said, "What kind of students do you accept, Master? You clearly promised Molan, but he came here not to marry Molan, but to think of Rulan. It's obvious that he has ulterior motives."

"I know. Haven't I already refused?" Sheng Hong said.

In fact, he did not refuse. It was because Wen Yanjing had impure intentions that he could not simply refuse.

He just told Wen Yanjing that he needed to discuss the matter with Madam Wang, and asked him to go back first.

He came here just to talk to Madam Wang about this matter and see her attitude.

Mrs. Wang's attitude was very clear, so he didn't need to ask at all.

Madam Wang was relieved after hearing this. She repeated what Rulan had said before and said, "Sir, you should also pay attention to Rulan's marriage. She is your daughter, but you are only busy with Molan's marriage and don't care about Ruer's marriage at all. Aren't you too partial?"

"I am biased?" Sheng Hong was angry when he heard this. "Before, you wanted to marry Ru'er to the Wang family. I just asked about it out of concern, but you acted as if you were afraid that I would not agree, saying that I didn't need to worry about it. In the end, your sister snatched her away, and now you accuse me of being biased? I have told you so many times to have less contact with your sister. Look at the bad things she has done, but you just don't listen."

"I…"

Madam Wang was speechless after hearing what Sheng Hong said. She lowered her voice a few notches and said, "She is my sister after all."

"You treat me as your sister, but I may not consider you as my sister." Sheng Hong snorted coldly.

Madam Wang knew she was in the wrong, so she didn't argue and said, "I will naturally not associate with her in the future. Your Excellency is talking about Rulan's marriage now, why are you bringing this up?"

Sheng Hong glared at her and said, "I think Rulan has improved a lot. She is right. With my aunt's personality, this matter cannot be concealed at all. If she marries someone from a higher or similar family, once this matter gets out, Rulan will definitely be looked down upon by her husband's family."

Madam Wang asked suspiciously, "Sir, you are not planning to marry Rulan to Wen Yanjing, are you?"

"I'm just telling you not to always think about marrying your daughter into a noble family. Hualan did marry a noble family, and it was a legitimate son, but you don't know how their lives were like? Mother asked the old ladies from the Baishitan and He families to treat her, and she had to pretend to be sick and find an excuse to get her to come back." Sheng Hong said.

"My lord, you are so unreasonable. It was you who chose Hua'er's marriage. I was not very willing at first. You praised the Yuan family in a thousand ways and said that if Hua'er was wronged in the Yuan family, you would be the first to disagree. Then you went to the Yuan family to make trouble, and now you blame it on me."

When mentioning this Madam Wang, his voice became much louder.

"Look at you. I told you not to focus on marrying your daughter into a wealthy family, but why are you bringing this up again?" Sheng Hong said unhappily.

"Then what do you think about Ruer's marriage?" said Madam Wang.

"You ask me what to do. He came back from the polo field two days ago and kept talking to me about how the lady of this family speaks in a gentle manner, the lady of that family behaves in a dignified manner, and several families have young men of marriageable age. But the families you mentioned are either earls' or marquis' families, as if our family is a royal family and the girl can marry whichever family she wants. Do you like the one I choose?" Sheng Hong said.

"I don't necessarily want Rulan to marry into a wealthy family. I'm just thinking that my mother wants You'er to marry a girl from my eldest sister's family, so I'm finding a better one for Ru'er to save face." Madam Wang said embarrassedly.

"Face, face. You are using your daughter's marriage to save face." Sheng Hong said unhappily.

"Sir, I just want to save face. I think what Ruer said just now makes some sense. Why don't you help Ruer choose one? As long as there is someone who is almost the same, and he is a good man, it will be enough for Ruer to marry into the family and suffer." Madam Wang said.

"Okay, I know about this, but Mo is the eldest sister, and I have been busy with her affairs recently. You don't like the ones I chose, so I have to think carefully about Ruer's marriage." Sheng Hong said.

……

While Madam Wang and Sheng Hong were arguing, Rulan also came to Mucangzhai.

When Minglan saw her coming, she sent all the maids away.

As soon as the maid left, Rulan told Minglan about the conversation she had just had with Madam Wang, and grabbed Minglan's hand and asked anxiously, "Sixth sister, what do you think we should do now?"

After listening to this, Minglan thought about it carefully and said with a wry smile, "Fifth sister, from what the eldest lady said, she is indeed somewhat relenting and will not insist on marrying you into a high-class family. However, your brother Jing is of too low a birth, and the eldest lady will definitely look down on him and will not agree."

"What should I do? Please help me think of a solution." Rulan said anxiously. "Fifth sister, I have tried my best, there is really no other way." Minglan smiled bitterly.

If it weren't for her grandmother's protection, she wouldn't even be able to decide her own marriage, so how could she help Rulan?

"I don't care. If you don't help me, I won't marry. And you can forget about getting married too." Rulan started to act like a spoiled child again.

"Fifth sister, there's nothing I can do even if you don't want to get married. I'm not in a hurry anyway. It's a good opportunity for you to stay at home and spend more time with grandma." Minglan said.

This is an unsolvable problem, what solution can she think of?

Upon hearing this, Rulan lowered her head and started crying.

Minglan: "..."

……

Li An had no idea what was happening in the Sheng family. He played with his nephew at home every day and wrote pinyin by the way.

It took me seven or eight days to finally compile some pinyin.

Even like in later generations, each pinyin is accompanied by a picture.

It's just that the picture doesn't look quite like it.

Just make do with it.

With pinyin, teaching Li Rui to read is indeed much easier.

After half a month of teaching, Li Rui learned pinyin and recognized a few simple characters.

In early November, the first snow of the year fell in Bianjing.

Ang Lee goes out even less often.

Half a month before the Chinese New Year, Li Nan and Shi Lin finally returned to Bian Jing.

Li Nan looked tired after the long journey, but he was full of energy when he got home. He talked about the scene of the banquet held in his hometown to worship his ancestors.

Although Li An did not go back, the county magistrates of several counties near Lijia Village also sent people to deliver a gift.

It made the Li family very proud.

This was normal, after all, the county magistrate was only a seventh-rank official. Li An was on the list of successful candidates, and ranked in the upper second class. Although his future was not limitless, it was not bad either.

It doesn't cost much to give a gift and make a good relationship.

"Master, when you went back this time, did you settle Zhuzi's marriage?"

Li An didn't think Cai'er's family would refuse. After all, Cai'er sold herself to him, and her family had no say in the matter.

"I've already agreed. I plan to let them get married after the new year." Shi Lin said with a smile.

His son is finally getting married. He is in good health now and maybe he can even watch his grandson grow up. Then he will be completely relieved.

(End of this chapter)