Chapter 350 Someone from the Zeng family
"Anyway, you are a great hero." Xia Zihan laughed and told Nuan Yu, "Go and tell the kitchen that although Aunt Zhang is one month old, her body bones still need to be well maintained. Maybe it will take a few months." , I can hear good news again.”
Aunt Zhang was overjoyed and quickly hugged Xia Zihai and bowed to her, "Thank you so much, Lord."
"Don't be too polite. Today is my seventh brother's happy day, and it is also a good day for you. You have been looking forward to this day for so many years, and you have finally arrived."
The tears that were still rolling in Aunt Zhang's eyes suddenly fell down, and she said happily, "With the seventh young master, I am satisfied in my heart."
"How can that be done?"
Aunt Zhang was so happy that she was coaxed.
Then, several other girls who wanted to please Xia Zihan gathered around and played with the child's little hands and feet.
It wasn't until the child fell asleep that Aunt Zhang left with the child in her arms.
After the banquet ended, Xia Zihan and Xia Ziqing saw off a group of girls after sitting in the flower hall for a while.
Not long after the guest left, Xia Zihan and Xia Ziqing were talking in the small flower hall. Si Cao hurriedly came to report, "County Master, I am in my wife's yard, and they had a quarrel."
Xia Zihan glanced at Xia Ziqing and walked out, "Let's go over and have a look."
"Second sister, the second uncle and the second aunt are so good, why are they quarreling again?" Xia Ziqing caught up with her, with no look of worry on her face, and even a hint of schadenfreude.
"I don't know." Even if I know, I can't say it directly now.
When Xia Zihan, Xia Ziqing and others stood at the door of Xu's house, they were still arguing in the house.
It wasn't a quarrel, but Xia Shiming was scolding Mrs. Xu.
Judging from his voice, he must be furious.
"That's not your daughter. You don't feel bad. You pushed her into the cesspool. But that's my biological niece. She is the eldest daughter of the Xia family. She is more noble than your daughter. If she doesn't marry well, what will happen to Sister Ying?" How good is it to marry?”
"You can't write two characters of summer in one stroke. If you try so hard to deceive her, what good will you get? As for your sister, what happened to Hua Jun last time, is that something done by humans?"
"A playboy wants to set his sights on my beautiful lady. As for her son, who is as good as him? Is he worthy of my beautiful lady? She really thinks highly of her son."
"Her conspiracy failed last time, and she asked a coachman to take the blame. Now she has used her conspiracy on Sister Qing. Let me tell you, there is no way for her to marry the Xia family."
"I haven't settled the accounts with the Cao family about the concubine last time. She came to stir up trouble in my Xia family again. Does she think my Xia family is easy to bully?"
"And you, I told you last time that you are not allowed to mention Sister Qing's marriage to her, why do you still mention it?"
"Are you unable to see things going on at home? Let me tell you, Mrs. Xu, from now on, you are not allowed to interact with the Cao family."
"If you can't do it, then fine, then you can go back to Jiangning City, take my place at my parents' side, and fulfill your filial piety properly. It won't be in vain for us as husband and wife."
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Outside the door, Xia Ziqing's face turned pale, tears were streaming down her face, she was crying with grief and grievance.
Hearing the cry, Xia Shiming's scolding stopped abruptly.
After opening the door, he walked over and said in a gentle voice, "Don't worry, my second uncle will not marry you to the Cao family."
"That bastard Cao Huajun is not worthy of our Xia family girl."
Xia Shiming gritted his teeth angrily.
Xia Ziqing stopped crying, "Really? Second uncle, you won't marry me into the Cao family?"
"No."
The Cao family is notorious and infamous, and they also want to make the Jilasha family go into the cesspit to keep company, hum...
Cao family, this is going too far.
There was a fire in the depths of Xia Shiming's eyes.
"Thank you, uncle." Xia Ziqing said happily.
"I am your second uncle. Since your parents have entrusted your marriage to your second uncle, your second uncle will naturally find you a good family."
Then, Xia Shiming revealed the information, "Actually, your second uncle has already negotiated your marriage. It is the Wang family in Qimiao Hutong, Beijing. Mr. Wang is the former subordinate of Yu Niang's grandfather. He works for Shi Zhong in the Ministry of Household Affairs. Zheng Wu Pin, I’m talking about the eldest young master of the Wang family.”
"It's just that Mr. Wang's second uncle, the second old man of the Wang family, passed away during the refugee crisis the year before last. Mr. Wang is determined to mourn the second old man Wang for two years before he arranges a marriage for his son."
"I thought, it's only a few months away, so I want to wait until a few months later, when the marriage is finalized and the Geng Tie is changed, before I tell you."
Last time, after Xia Zihan told her that Mrs. Cao was plotting against Xia Ziqing, he sent Guo An to secretly find out which young man in the capital was good.
It just so happened that when he went to the Ministry of Household Affairs to collect his salary, he met Mr. Wang.
Mr. Wang was a disciple supported by his father-in-law. When his father-in-law was alive, he came to Beijing and met him several times at the Chu family, and even drank with Mr. Chu Ge several times.
The two were similar in age, could chat, and got along well. However, in the years since Mr. Chu Ge passed away, the two had lost contact and had never seen each other again.
After Xia Shiming was transferred to Beijing, Mr. Wang happened to be away on business. When he came back later, the two of them never bumped into each other.
When they met, they were like old friends. When they met, they burst into tears and went to Juxianglou to drink together.
Unknowingly, Xia Shiming talked about his niece's marriage.
Master Wang's eldest son is twenty this year and has not yet been engaged.
Mr. Wang excitedly brought up the matter of his son and daughter's marriage. He said, "I originally planned to get engaged to him when he was eighteen, but my second uncle happened to pass away that year, and the mourning for almost two years delayed his marriage. "No, the two families know each other well. In addition, Mr. Wang has always remembered Mr. Chu Ge's promotion, so he happily settled the marriage of his children verbally.
"We will discuss the marriage of our children in detail in October." Mr. Wang said solemnly before leaving.
Because it was only a verbal agreement, there was no marriage document, and no matchmaker was invited to exchange the marriage certificate, Xia Shiming did not tell anyone.
He thought that if he warned Ms. Xu before, Ms. Xu would give up on joining forces with Mrs. Cao to plan Xia Ziqing's marriage.
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Xu actually dared to treat him openly and secretly, doing one thing to his face and another behind his back, trying to fool him like a fool.
Hum...
She underestimated him too much.
Although he is a nerd, he is not a bookworm.
Just because he doesn't talk about some things doesn't mean that he doesn't know about them.
Xia Ziqing was stunned.
What?
Her marriage has been decided?
Who is it?
In the matter of the fifth rank of the Ministry of Household Affairs, who is the eldest young master of Mr. Wang's family?
How come she never heard her second uncle talk about it once?
However, the official position is actually one level higher than that of her second uncle, and she is still a fat clerk in the Ministry of Household Affairs. So the Wang family must be well off, right?
Xia Ziqing felt joy slowly rising in her heart, her pretty face flushed with embarrassment.
Xia Zihan on the side was also surprised.
Her father had concealed this matter so well that he didn't even get a hint of it.
However, it seemed that she had seen this eldest young master of the Wang family when she was a child.
Master Wang from the Wang family in Qimiao Hutong, a student of her maternal grandfather.
When her grandfather was alive, Mr. Wang often came to the Chu family to talk with her grandfather, and occasionally he would bring the eldest son of the Wang family to play.
Young Master Wang is six years older than her, and she always calls him Big Brother and pesters him to go play outside. But Young Master Wang seems to like reading books, especially the books her grandfather gave him, and he always forgets to sleep and eat to read them.
She pestered him, but he ignored her.
Only after she entangled her tightly would he agree to take her to play for a few minutes. However, it was only a few minutes. After his eyes had rested, he would read a book again.
In her impression, the eldest young master of the Wang family seemed to be a nerd like her father.
However, it seems to be looking good.
Because the two lifetimes combined were too long, she also forgot his appearance, only remembering that he seemed very handsome.
At that time, she was only a few years old, while he was more than ten years old.
"Sister Qing, please stay at home less and embroider some things for the wedding. The eldest young master of the Wang family is quite old and is the eldest son. When his mourning period is over, the Wang family will probably be anxious about his marriage. ”
Xia Shiming warned in detail, and Xia Ziqing agreed with a blushing face.
When she came to the capital, she brought all the embroidery items for her dowry in advance, just because she was worried that once the marriage was decided, it would be too late to return to Jiangning City to get it.
After all, it takes a long time to embroider all those things.
Xia Shiming banned the Xu family and handed over the family affairs to Aunt Guo.
Although Aunt Guo is pregnant and has to move less, she has several powerful women around her, so she doesn't need to work hard.
Xia Zihan felt relieved that the affairs of the Xia family were left to Aunt Guo, so she accompanied Xia Shiming to have dinner and then returned to the Chu residence.
As soon as the carriage got off at the Chuihua Gate, the lady guarding the door smiled and reported, "County Master, the young master and young lady cousin of the Zeng family are here."
"Who?" Xia Zihan was stunned and couldn't react for a moment. After all, no one from the Zeng family showed up even once in his previous life.
Even when her grandmother passed away, the Zeng family only sent a steward to pay her respects once.
He kowtowed, burned incense, and left.
Indifferent like an outsider.
She had never met the master of the Zeng family.
"They are relatives of the old lady's mother's family." The mother-in-law thought she didn't understand, so she said it clearly again, "A young cousin and two young ladies are here."
"When did you come?" Why didn't anyone go to Xia's house to notify her?
"I arrived in the capital in the afternoon." The mother-in-law liked to talk, with a bit of a flattering look on her face. "After the old lady received the letter, she sent Mother Su and Housekeeper Cui Er to pick up people outside the city gate. A group of people It’s the mansion where we go in the evening, the courtyard arranged by the old lady.”
"I know." Xia Zihan's voice became deeper, and he entered the Weeping Flower Gate.
Sicao, who was a few steps behind, took out a small piece of silver from his purse and threw it to the mother-in-law.
The mother-in-law smiled and knelt down, "Thank you so much, Lord County, for the reward, and thank you Miss Si Cao."
(End of chapter)