On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Chapter 243 Proposal
I can't bear to let the child catch the wolf.

Mrs. Wu was determined to make various high-quality furniture for her daughter according to the customs in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, just to spread her daughter's reputation.

Even if I can't marry into the Chen family in the end, I still want to choose a good family with a wealthy family, preferably a scholarly family, so that I can help my brothers from my mother's family in the future.

But now, Miss Xiao wants to take her daughter's dowry for nothing and marry the family she wants her daughter to marry. This is really bullying, and it almost makes her vomit blood.

When Wu Dong's family heard her complaints, they became even more impatient: "Okay, we can't afford to offend the Xiao family, so let's just spend money to eliminate the disaster."

Mrs. Wu choked and said: "I'm just angry. Are the Jiang family blind? They don't like our daughter, but they want to marry Xiao Xiu instead?"

"A person like Xiao Xiu can only recognize a few words, how can he be as knowledgeable and sensible as our daughter?"

"Okay, it's useless to talk about it now." Mr. Wu urged her: "Set up our husband's marriage as soon as possible, and then slowly find a good family for your daughter."

Mrs. Wu agreed readily.

She knew that Dalang had been interested in Xiao Xiu before, and now that Xiao Xiu had snatched away her favorite son-in-law, she would let her son marry a girl with a rich dowry and a good reputation.

Finally, he asked unwillingly: "Do you really want to give all such expensive and complete furniture to the Xiao family?"

"Of course we have to give it away, and we have to give it away with great fanfare." The Wu Dong family is still very calculating: "We have to let the people in the Chen family know that the Xiao family has a big appetite, and we also have to let the Chen family know that we are very serious about apologizing. "

Even if his sister is just Magistrate Chen's concubine, her sister has given birth to a son and a daughter. Even if Magistrate Chen doesn't want to admit it, this blood relationship cannot be erased.

Then County Magistrate Chen, or his eldest nephew, would no longer blame himself for his previous recklessness when he heard that the Xiao family accepted such a generous apology from him.

Furthermore, the Xiao family lion's open-mouthed and blackmail behavior would also make County Magistrate Chen and the people in the Chen family stay away from him.

Wu Dongjia thought to himself: Letting Jiang Yu settle on Xiao Xiu has already upset his wife.

If Xiao Lian were to marry Mr. Chen, he would be vomited to death.

But he had a bad feeling when he remembered that Mr. Chen had admitted that he and Xiao Lian were engaged in front of the Sheng family and his son.

Although later, Mrs. Chen also said that it was an expedient measure, which was considered to have silenced the people present.

But every time he thought about it, he still felt uneasy.

Now that I have the opportunity, of course I want to take the opportunity to stop Xiao Lian from marrying into the Chen family.

He finally understood that as an official, he didn't dare to stretch his hands or be greedy too much. Even if he really had the idea of ​​​​fixing Xiao Lian for the second young master, he would wait until the people in the Chen family knew about the Xiao family's behavior. , will immediately give up the idea.

Outside, after hearing what her parents said, Miss Wu couldn't help but her eyes turned red, turned around and left quickly.

She used to like talking and doing things with the Xiao family sisters, but now, when she thinks about her dowry being taken away by the Xiao family, she can't help but feel resentment in her heart.

Wu Dalang on the other side looked up at the Queen of Heaven and left sadly.

On the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, the Xiao family had carefully dressed up and waited for the matchmaker to come.

Even Xiao Xiao, who likes to stay in bed, got up early today and accompanied Mrs. Liu to dress Xiao Xiu.

Wearing a pink-blue plain jacket and a blue velvet skirt, her hair was tied up with pearl hairpins on her temples, which made her hair look more like clouds and her eyebrows were pretty.

The most eye-catching are the red coral earrings, which sway like plum blossoms in full bloom in winter, which are particularly eye-catching and moving.

Mrs. Liu became more and more satisfied as she looked at it, and couldn't help but praise: "The embroidery is so beautiful."

Xiao Xiu smiled shyly: "It's my mother who made us both beautiful." "Why don't you praise me?" Xiao Xiao put away the snails, jade powder, rouge, etc.: "No wonder there are no ugly women in the world, only ugly women. Lazy woman."

"With this look, the eldest sister has changed from a good-looking girl to a handsome girl that makes people reluctant to take their eyes away."

"Sister, you can keep these for yourself. You will have nothing to do in the future. If you try it more, you will get better and better with it."

Xiao Lian, who had been watching from the side, also rushed over and hugged Xiao Xiao's arm, asking her softly: "Good sister, when I leave, can you also give me some makeup?"

Now they won't steal the limelight from their eldest sister.

Xiao Xiao agreed immediately: "Okay, but it's best for makeup items to be used by dedicated people."

Xiao Lian is not short of private money now, so she said generously: "It's okay, I'll buy three sets later, one for my mother, one for you, and one for me."

Xiao Xiao quickly reminded: "Mom is pregnant now. It's best not to use anything else except Luo Dai."

She couldn't make such a delicate thing, but the ones she bought had some added things in them that pregnant women should not use.

"Eldest sister, second sister and third sister, the matchmaker is here." Xiao Sanlang rushed in from outside, unable to conceal his excitement: "There are still many betrothal gifts?"

Mrs. Liu stood up and told her three daughters: "I will call you later, and you will accompany Xiu'er out."

Xiao Lian responded excitedly: "Remember, mother, please go out quickly?"

After Mrs. Liu left, Xiao Lian looked out from the crack in the door again: "Wow, there are several loads of red betrothal gifts piled up in the yard."

"Huh? Why didn't Brother Jiang come?"

The matchmaker is invited to come to the house to propose marriage. It is only when the two families have a tacit understanding that the matchmaker is invited to come with a betrothal gift.

In order to show that the man is serious about asking to marry the woman, the man's family will also come with the matchmaker.

They all felt that it was impossible that no one from the Jiang family came with them?

I don’t dare to count on Mr. Jiang and Mrs. Jiang. Shouldn’t that wife or Jiang Yu show up too?

The matchmaker outside has already spoken to Mrs. Xiao.

Naturally, he started with a compliment: "Old lady, I came to your mansion today because I heard that the eldest girl in your mansion is gentle and graceful. Why do you want me to prepare a small gift and send me to marry the eldest young master's eldest daughter?"

"A hundred taels of gold and silver, fruits, cakes, cloth and tea are all prepared. Although it is not heavy, it is also the eldest son's intention to marry me. I hope to be able to marry Qin and Jin. Please accept it..."

The matchmaker spoke quickly, and the Mandarin was not particularly standard, so at first, the Xiao family didn't even realize that the matchmaker was talking about 'the He family', not the Jiang family.

When Old Man Xiao and Madam Xiao heard the matchmaker praising her endlessly, they both smiled with crow's feet at the corners of their eyes.

Seeing that her son and daughter-in-law were slow to take out the post with the eight characters of Xiao Xiu's time, and did not let the granddaughters come out, Mrs. Xiao even urged: "Where are Xiu'er and the others?"

Although the two old men felt that the betrothal gift was indeed not very generous, considering that their family had already taken over the Jiang family's mansion, it was generous enough.

But Boss Xiao was very dissatisfied: Even if I take over your house, you can't be so slow to treat my eldest girl?

You said everything was fine before, but you haven't even decided to get married yet, and you're already perfunctory with your family?

This hundred taels of silver and several loads of betrothal gifts would indeed be a lot for an ordinary family, but for the Jiang family, they were indeed too meager.