The glory and pride on Liu Qiao'an's face could not be concealed. Fang saw it in his eyes, and it was all about showing off and showing off.
Liu Qiao'an continued: "If Ah Wei doesn't like martial arts, our brother Ying is not bad either.
My brother Ying's martial arts skills are not bad, and his articles are better.
He is already a student, and his husband asked him to practice more and prepare to take the scientific examination in three years.
Brother Jie and Brother Ying are both older than Ah Wei, let Ah Wei choose one."
Mrs. Fang looked at the excited Liu Qiaoan and felt so angry! She was so angry that all her talk for a long time was in vain.
Fang's face looked extremely ugly, as if she was constipated.
He said angrily: "Since Qiao'an has this idea, my worries are unnecessary."
Liu Qiao'an raised her hand to pour a cup of tea, pushed the tea cup in front of Mrs. Fang, and said with a smile: "I know that my sister-in-law is also kind-hearted and always thinks about Ah Wei, and she is also good for them.
Brother Yu, Sister Wei are lucky to have you as their aunt.
It's just that Brother Yu and Sister Wei have suffered for more than ten years, and I don't want to see them suffer anymore.
Ah Wei and I are destined. If Ah Wei marries into the Xu family, we, mother and son, can get along day and night.
I will definitely hold her in the palm of my hand and let her live in a honeypot for the rest of her life, where she can eat whatever she wants and wear whatever she wants."
Liu Qiaoan's heartfelt words made Ms. Fang extremely embarrassed.
Liu Qiaoan was so focused on marrying Ning Wei as her daughter-in-law that she didn't notice Fang's discomfort.
What Ning Wei didn't know was that when she went to the kitchen, Liu Qiao'an had already arranged to pamper her.
"Miss, here we are, the food is ready and we are preparing to serve it. Chang Le, Yunxing and the others have sent a table to the main room to worship the gods. After the worship in the main room, the meal can be served." Jiuniang saw Ning Wei coming over,
I owe myself to report.
Ning Wei nodded, turned around and went to the dining room. She saw six tables set up in the hall.
The dining room, which usually looks spacious, seems a bit cramped.
This gave Ning Wei the idea of buying a house. After this winter, she would buy a spacious house.
Jiuniang saw Ning Wei frowning and said, "How about we move the two tables next door and let the servants dine next door."
Ning Wei nodded, "Okay, Jiuniang, you can make arrangements. After a stick of incense, I will bring someone over."
Jiuniang bowed in agreement, turned around and went to work.
Ning Wei returned to the main room and said to Liu Qiaoan: "The food is ready, they are setting it up, let's sit down for a while and then go over.
Aunt, please help me greet everyone, and I’ll go ask Grandma and the others.”
Liu Qiaoan responded happily: "Okay, go and do your work, I'm here."
Ning Wei felt that Liu Qiaoan's eyes were too warm, thinking that she was going to tell her that Fang had been comforted.
Ning Wei nodded towards Liu Qiao'an and turned around to Nuange.
In the Nuan Pavilion, Mrs. Qian listened to Ning Wei's call for dinner and invited Mrs. Qin and Mrs. Jiang to the dining room.
After Jiuniang had two tables removed, the dining room became much more spacious.
Since there were only a few people at the banquet and they were all familiar people, only men and women were seated at the table.
Liu Qiao'an, Mr. Fang and Mrs. Qian shared a table with several elderly people, while Ning Wei accompanied several young ladies at a table.
On the male guest's side, Mrs. Zhao, Grand Scholar Yang and several elders from the Ning family sat at a table.
Ning Yu accompanied several young men to the table.
Where Lu Pengfei is present, the atmosphere is always lively, and after a meal, the guests and hosts enjoy themselves.
After the meal, Grand Scholar Yang and Mrs. Qin sat for a while and then stood up to leave.
After Grand Scholar Yang left, the elders in the Ning family also left one after another.
Mrs. Qian sent everyone out, and the clan leader fell behind and walked side by side with Mrs. Qian.
Mrs. Qian saw that the patriarch was hesitant to speak and asked, "Does the patriarch have something to say?"
The clan leader made a sound, cleared his throat, and said awkwardly: "Sister-in-law, it's like this. Last night, Guangyan went to my place and talked to me many things from the bottom of his heart.
Guangyan wanted me to send a message to his sister-in-law. Guangyan said he realized his mistake and begged his sister-in-law to forgive him.
Sister-in-law, you see, your son, Guangyan, says that a prodigal son never pays for his return. Now that Guangyan has realized his mistake, sister-in-law will give him a chance to change his ways. How about that?"
Mrs. Qian did not answer the call.
Seeing that Mrs. Qian didn't reply, the patriarch continued: "Brother Yu is so outstanding, Dingquan will do a lot in the future.
Men must cultivate their moral integrity, manage their families, govern their country and bring peace to the world. Brother Yu will go to a better place in the future.
In the Qi family, whether Guangyan breaks off the relationship or Yu Geer disowns Guangyan, it will all affect Yu Geer.
Sister-in-law, our Ning family has finally produced a good child who can read and understand well.
Even for Brother Yu's future plans, sister-in-law should put aside her past grudges and forgive Guangyan this time.
I know that what Zhao did before hurt Brother Yu and Sister Wei's hearts.
Guangyan said that as long as his sister-in-law and Brother Yu can forgive him, he will bring Zhao to visit and apologize."
At this point, the clan leader turned towards Mrs. Qian and whispered: "Guangyan also said that if my sister-in-law cannot trust the Zhao family, she can continue to live in Mingyuan with Brother Yu and Sister Wei in the future, and there is no need to go back to Qili.
street.
Sister-in-law, Guangyan is in a difficult situation now. Du Shangshu allowed him to take sick leave and asked him to take care of the family affairs. This is the opportunity Du Shangshu gave Guangyan.
Sister-in-law, if Guangyan doesn't handle this matter well, his career will be over.
Sister-in-law, it's not easy for Guangyan. How much hardship did you endure along the way to reach the position of Yuanwailang?
With his qualifications, he can definitely go further. Guangyan is your only son, you can't just sit idly by. As elders, we should help when we need to."
Ning Wei walked behind Mrs. Qian and listened to what the patriarch said word for word.
On the day when the results were released, Ning Guangyan came to pester him, and Ning Wei thought that Ning Guangyan would not let it go.
As expected, not only did he come today, he also asked the clan leader to lobby his grandmother.
Just when Ning Wei thought her grandmother would agree, she heard her say: "The patriarch will go back and tell him.
He is already several decades old. He should understand what responsibility means and let him take care of himself.
As for Brother Yu's future, Brother Yu will take care of it himself and don't bother him to worry about it."
"Sister-in-law, if something happens to Guangyan, won't you regret it? Sister-in-law..."
Before the patriarch could finish speaking, Mrs. Qian said: "I regret it, why don't I regret it? I regret that I raised him in the old lady's house when he was a child and allowed the old lady to pamper him.
I regret even more that I allowed him to marry Zhao Jinxiu and disturb the whole family.
I regret a lot of things, so this time, I don’t want to do anything I regret anymore.”
After hearing what Mrs. Qian said, the clan leader knew that Mrs. Qian had made up her mind. He sighed deeply and turned around and got in the car.
After seeing off several elders in the clan, Liu Qiaoan said goodbye, thinking that Mrs. Qian and others would get up early and not disturb them too much.
Lu Pengfei and Shi Jingyang also said goodbye. Seeing everyone saying goodbye one after another, Fang didn't want to stay long, so she followed them.
After sending the guests away one by one, Mrs. Qian raised her hands and beat her waist, saying: "Old man, it's useless. I have to go and have a rest. Sister, you should also go and have a rest."
Mrs. Jiang nodded, raised her hand and pinched her shoulders, "Yes, I'm tired too, so I have to go and rest."
Ning Wei asked her servants to quickly help the two old people back to the house to rest, then turned to the kitchen to express her gratitude to the people in Fengle Building.
Zaohua presented the gift box that had been prepared in advance. In addition, each of the two cooks was given ten taels of silver, and each of the cooks was given five taels of silver.
After sending the people from Fengle Building away, Ning Wei relaxed and let everyone simply clean up and take a rest.
Liu Qiaoan's family came out of Mingyuan, and Xu Weiwu said to his two sons: "You two will send your mother and Ayu back, and I will go to the Army and Horse Department."
Xu Guanjie and Xu Guanying bowed in response, "Yes, Dad, walk slowly."
When Liu Qiaoan and his party returned to Baoping Lane, Xu Guanyu had the habit of taking a nap and said directly to Liu Qiaoan: "Mom, I'm tired and I'm going to take a nap."
Liu Qiaoan waved his hand, "Go ahead."
Xu Guanying then said: "Mom, I'm going back to the house too."
"Wait a minute." Liu Qiaoan said to stop him.
Xu Guanying was stunned, stopped, turned to look at Liu Qiao'an, and asked, "Is there something wrong with you?"
Liu Qiaoan looked at her eldest son and then at her younger son, wondering whether to talk to them alone or separately.
Xu Guanying saw her mother's eyes switching back and forth between him and her brother. She looked at Xu Guanjie, then turned to Liu Qiao'an and asked, "Mom, what happened?"
Liu Qiaoan hesitated for a while and finally decided to talk separately.
In line with the principle of ordering the elders and younger ones, she planned to ask Xu Guanjie what he meant first.
If Xu Guanjie agrees, there is no need to let Xu Guanying know about this matter.
If Xu Guanjie was unwilling, then she would try to persuade Xu Guanying. No matter what, she would let Xu Guanying marry Ah Wei.
"Auntie, what are you thinking about? Did something happen?
If you have something to say, if you remain silent, our brothers will feel uneasy. Do you understand?"
Xu Guanying took a step forward, sat on the right side of Liu Qiaoan, and looked at Liu Qiaoan worriedly.
No wonder Xu Guanying was nervous, Liu Qiaoan always said what he had to say in front of their brothers and sisters. He had never been so vague and hesitant like now.
Liu Qiaoying made up her mind and smiled at her youngest son, "It's okay. I'm tired today. You can go back to the house and rest first."
Xu Guanying looked at Liu Qiaoying suspiciously and asked, "Is everything okay?"
Liu Qiaoying said with a smile: "It's really okay, go ahead. I see you brought back a lot of books from Mingyuan. Let's go and read your books."
Xu Guanying made sure that her mother was fine, stood up and said, "Then I'll go back."
Liu Qiaoan nodded, "Go ahead."
After Xu Guanying left, Liu Qiaoan pointed to where Xu Guanying was sitting just now and said to Xu Guanjie: "Brother Jie, sit down and talk to grandma."
Xu Guanjie nodded, walked to Liu Qiaoan and sat down. He asked respectfully: "Mom, what's the matter?"
The maid brought tea in. Liu Qiaoan waited for the maid to leave, picked up the tea cup and sipped the tea, thinking about how to talk to his son. "Brother Jie, drink tea."
Xu Guanjie looked at Liu Qiao'an a little deeper, and his doubts became more serious. His mother-in-law was too abnormal today.
Xu Guanjie followed his instructions, reached out to pick up the tea cup, lowered his head to sip the tea, and waited for Liu Qiao'an to speak, then he would stop silently.
Liu Qiaoan took two sips of tea, looked up at Xu Guanjie, and met her son's inquiring eyes.
"Brother Jie, you are quite old now. My mother-in-law plans to propose marriage to you. What do you think?"
Liu Qiao'an thought about several opening remarks, and finally used his usual method to get straight to the point.
When Xu Guanjie met his mother's eyes, he roughly guessed what his mother was going to say.
Just when Xu Guanjie was about to refuse, Liu Qiaoan spoke first and said: "Brother Jie, I really like Ah Wei so much.
Today Ah Wei’s aunt reminded me that I liked Ah Wei so much that she would marry her back.
I thought, yes, I have two sons.
My son will marry Ah Wei back, and we, mother and son, can get along day and night. How great!
Brother Jie, if you are willing to marry A Wei, A Niang will start negotiating for you.
If you don't want to, then I will let Brother Ying marry Ah Wei. You are the eldest son, so let me ask you first, what do you think?"
After Xu Guanjie listened to his mother's words, he couldn't say any more words of rejection. Ning Wei's appearance appeared in his mind, and a trace of hope arose in his heart.
Seeing that Xu Guanjie was silent, Liu Qiaoan thought he disagreed, and sighed: "Well, since you don't want to, forget it. I'll talk to Brother Ying later."
Xu Guanjie held the cup tightly and asked: "Is this matter the wishful thinking of grandma, or is it the wish of my great-aunt? Also, is Ah Wei willing?"
Liu Qiao'an listened to Xu Guanjie's words and asked happily: "Brother Jie, are you willing to get married?"
Xu Guanjie didn't shake his head or nod, he just said, "Have you mentioned this to your great-aunt yet?"
Liu Qiaoan nodded and said: "Not yet! I want to ask you what you mean first.
We have agreed and reached a consensus, and then we will talk to my aunt.
If you are willing, I will mention this to my aunt when we have a banquet tomorrow. What do you think? Jack, are you willing?"
Xu Guanjie said: "But it's up to my mother-in-law to make the decision."
Liu Qiao'an heard Xu Guanjie's words and smiled from ear to ear, "Okay, grandma's good son.
Wait for the day after tomorrow... No, I will go to Mingyuan tomorrow to find out what my aunt has to say.
If possible, we will invite a matchmaker to come to propose marriage. We will try to finalize the matter before you return to the military camp."
Xu Guanjie gave a rare reply: "Okay! It's fine as long as grandma makes the decision. My son has something else to do, so go ahead and get busy."
Liu Qiaoan said happily, "Go ahead, go ahead."
Xu Guanjie bowed, turned around and walked out.
In the Zhao Mansion in Shuanggui Lane, Mrs. Fang left her two daughters behind and said, "Your aunt and your father are siblings from the same mother. You and Ning Yu and Ning Wei are very close.
Between relatives, you need to move around more to be affectionate, do you understand?"
Zhao Yonglan and Zhao Yongxin bowed and said, "Yes, my daughter has written it down."
Mrs. Fang looked at Zhao Yongxin and said, "Sister Xin, go down first."
Zhao Yongxin knew that her mother wanted to talk to her sister. Although she was unwilling to leave, she did not dare to disobey her mother's instructions. She had to stand up and say blessings to Fang, then turned and left the house.
Mrs. Fang looked at the steward next to her and said, "Take them down."
Grandma Shi bent her knees and took the maid and wife out of the house.
After Mrs. Fang waited for the servants to exit, she patted the seat next to her and asked Zhao Yonglan to sit next to her.
After Zhao Yonglan thanked him, he sat next to Fang.
Fang held Zhao Yonglan's hand and said softly: "Lan'er, from now on, you have to walk more to Mingyuan."
"My mother-in-law has just told me that her daughter will be on good terms with her cousin," Zhao Yonglan said.
