"Mom, don't worry, this matter needs to be prepared step by step."
"Son! It's not that my mother is anxious. You are already in your prime now, and the girl is eighteen years old at least. You can afford to wait, but the girl can't afford to wait. If she goes too late, the girl's family will promise her to someone else.
When you cry, there is no place to cry."
"this…"
"A manly man, why are you so timid?"
Seeing her son's hesitant look, the woman frowned. Based on her understanding of her son, she shouldn't have reacted this way. Could there be other unspeakable secrets?
"Son, do you have anything to hide?"
"Mom, it's actually because my son doesn't want to come to the house."
"That is?"
"That's because I...we can't reach that high."
The woman was stunned and said in astonishment, "Son! Could it be that you have fallen in love with a young lady from a wealthy family?"
The son didn't speak, just sighed softly, looking very helpless.
"Son! Don't be discouraged. What's wrong with a young lady from a rich family? Although we are a little poorer, you are a child! But you are a handsome young lady from all over the country. Based on these alone, even if she comes from a rich family, you can't look at others.
I'm sorry."
Tong Sheng, Jun Housheng, he has heard these things many times. If it really worked, it wouldn't be like this now.
If he really believed his mother's words, he would be doomed to die alone in his life.
"Mom, no."
"No, it wouldn't be better. Let's go and find a good day for a matchmaker to propose marriage."
"Mom, although the other party is not from a wealthy family, her younger brother is a prominent figure."
"It's nothing to lift people up, son! It's not what my mother said about you, you will be able to pass the exam in the future... What did you say? Give up... to lift people up?"
The woman was dumbfounded. Although she praised her son to regain his confidence, she did not make him so arrogant.
When it comes to raising people and raising women from other families, can they reach such a high level from a low-income family like them?
Those were high-ranking scholars. In the past, it was a great honor to be able to say a word to them. What kind of madness did her son commit? He actually dared to...
"Son! It's not that my mother told you that you don't know about our family's situation. Then... how dare you have such evil thoughts towards my sister?"
There is no doubt that this is just a dream. A toad wants to eat swan meat. Her son has never been stupid!
How could you do such a stupid thing?
"Mom, you said so too. It seems that there is no hope for your son."
The woman opened her mouth and looked at her lost son, feeling heartbroken. But how confident was she that she didn't dare to have any thoughts about the elder's sister?
"Son, you... how do you know the sister of this great master?"
She had never heard of a Juren in these ten miles and eight towns or there recently, and she wondered, how could her son know the sister of the Juren master?
"Mom, actually, it's all thanks to you. I still remember the year before last, I took you to the county for medical treatment. Because I had no money, I was kicked out by Xiao Si from the medical clinic. It happened that the girl passed by and asked why, so she helped us.
Paid medical expenses."
The man told his mother about his encounter with the woman. It was because of that chance encounter that he fell in love with her at first sight. When he was about to come to propose marriage, he was told that she could only marry a man who was a boy or above.
In order to be with her, he studied hard day and night, and finally passed the government examination this year and became a Tongsheng.
Just when he was happily going to tell her, he unexpectedly learned that their family had a noble man.
This... this was simply a joke that God was playing on him. He worked so hard and finally became a child, but he never thought that it would be in vain in the end.
No matter how virtuous or capable he is, he dares to peep at the sister of the master who is responsible for Juren. As his mother said, what he is doing is nothing more than an idiot's dream, a toad wants to eat swan meat.
"Son, how about we give it a try?"
Looking at her lost son, the woman couldn't bear it. What happened to the elder's sister?
Aren’t they also human?
Even if they are superior to others, even if they disagree, they cannot be timid.
Even if you are rejected or ridiculed in the end, you have at least tried hard. No matter you win or lose, it is worth it.
"Mother~"
"Haoer, we are not afraid. Since we really like her, then we will propose marriage openly and openly. We are willing to risk everything. Even if we sell all these ten acres of fertile land, we will still take Haoer to propose marriage."
Gu Zhenghao choked and said, "Mother~"
"Hao'er, you're a real man. If you bleed, you won't shed tears. If we don't cry, we won't cry."
"The child is not crying, the child is just moved."
Over the years, no matter how difficult their family was, they never relented and wanted to sell their land.
He had never thought that his mother would go to such an extent for the sake of his marriage, and he couldn't help but be touched.
When the woman saw her son and said nothing, she knew that he sincerely wanted to marry the woman, so she immediately went out and walked to the house of the man who had always wanted to buy their land.
After some struggle, he finally sold three acres of farmland for twenty-five taels of silver.
Holding the heavy amount of money in my hand, I couldn't help but feel a little more confident.
The woman did not go home, but went directly to a well-known matchmaker in a neighboring village and proposed marriage for her son.
Hearing that Gu Zhenghao wanted to propose marriage, the matchmaker naturally congratulated her profusely. However, when she heard that the person she was proposing to marry was the sister of the master, the matchmaker decisively refused and persuaded the woman with good words to give up the idea as soon as possible.
It turned out that the matchmaker had recently helped someone propose a marriage to the same family, and the man was a well-known official. Who knew that she had brought the things to the woman's house and wanted to take the opportunity to meet the master, but in the end it was all in vain.
She didn't even think about it, even the top big families in the county had rejected her. How could they think highly of her small, down-and-out family with an orphan and a widowed mother?
In fact, the matchmaker was also kind-hearted. She knew about their family's situation and was unwilling to let her spend money to get away with it. But she never expected that this woman was stubborn.
No matter how much the matchmaker tried to persuade her, she just refused to give up. In the end, the favor fee she was given increased from two hundred yuan to one tael of silver. This was not a small fee.
I thought to myself that this woman is usually so fussy and caressing about everything. How could she suddenly be so generous? Could it be that she has become successful, or is she just trying to give her a try?
Regardless of these things, there is no one in the world who doesn't make money, unless he is a fool, or he doesn't give enough.
This tael of silver was just a formality anyway, because she had already predicted the outcome. Since the man was willing, she had no choice but to accept it.
If one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer, even if it ends up being a waste of work, one cannot blame her.
After getting the matchmaker's permission, the woman went straight to the county town and bought some necessary necessities, which showed that the wedding was imminent.