The uncle Tong mentioned by the Wang family was a former general under Duke Jinning. Now he is a fifth-rank general. When he comes out, everyone will call him General Tong. His father died early, and Duke Jinning was very fond of him. The two families are quite close.
The girl from the Tong family was named Tong Ling'er, and she was not the biological son of Uncle Tong, but the granddaughter of his eldest brother. The eldest brother's family had no one, so the Tong family took her and raised her. When you say kiss.
Su Wan had seen her and heard her call her aunt several times. At that time, she subconsciously reached out and touched her face, feeling that she was getting old.
The girl was born beautiful and intelligent, and she was very polite to others.
Shi Huixin is one year older than Li Lin. He is twenty-three this year. It doesn’t matter that his concubine, Ling’er, is a little older. Moreover, this time Shi Huixin is ranked eleventh in Chunwei. As long as nothing goes wrong in the palace examination, the future will be good. .
However, Su Wan felt that Shi Huixin would not agree. For example, Shi Huixin now had a bright future and it would be a good idea to marry a noble daughter of an official family. For a fifth-grade military general of the Tong family, it would be fine if she was the biological daughter of General Tong, but she still one great-niece.
Marrying this person will really be of no use to him in the future.
The Tong family and the Jinning family may be separated from each other, but they are really far apart. The Jinning family is not only a subordinate of the Tong family, but also has girls from his own family, and the Tong family also has girls of his own.
Su Wan hesitated for a while, and then asked Wang: "I wonder if my grandmother thought about this? Or someone else mentioned it?"
Wang whispered: "She fell in love with him herself. After Chunwei's results came out, she came to me and begged me, saying she wanted my help in negotiating a deal. She wanted to marry Mr. Shi."
Su Wan, however, felt that this was not a good thing. Shi replied that a Jinshi was appropriate, but Tong Ling'er really had nothing worthy of his nod to marry.
With his parents gone, he has only one uncle, whose official position is not high, and he has his own daughter, so whether it is the help from his mother's family or the dowry, it is equivalent to no more.
To put it bluntly, they are not your biological parents, grandparents, and raising you with a modest dowry and marrying you off is already pretty good, what else do you want.
"I'm afraid this is inappropriate." Su Wan whispered, "The Shi family intends to find Mr. Shi a wife who will help him in his career. If Uncle Tong's biological daughter still has to discuss it, I'm afraid that she will It’s not good.”
"Grandma, I really don't want to get involved in the Shi family's affairs. Those two Shi family members are my and Jing Yuan's elders. If this marriage goes well, that's all. If it doesn't go well, they might blame me."
She was willing to help Shi Huihua before, but it was because the two families had a good relationship, and they sat together to plan it. They liked the person, and they both agreed to do anything. She was just doing a favor. .
This is different from being a matchmaker for Shi's reply letter.
Wang immediately thought of this problem. As a matchmaker, others didn't dare to do anything to her, but if anything happened in the future, it would be her granddaughter who would be offended. In her heart, Tong Ling'er could take care of her, but that was ten thousand There is no comparison with her granddaughter.
Moreover, Tong Ling'er really didn't have anything good enough to make Shi reply and nod to marry her, unless the Duke of Jinning came forward to propose the marriage to her.
If Duke Ning of Jinning comes forward to let someone marry her, and if they don't provide any benefits or care in the future, if they don't get what they want, they may still take out their anger on Su Wan.
Although the Shi family couldn't say anything to Su Wan, they still had complaints in their hearts, and they couldn't bear to be spoken to in a cold voice.
"You are right. This marriage is not appropriate. It is better for us to stay out of the Shi family's affairs and let them manage their affairs on their own. After all, with his current future, there are many people who want to marry him."
"This girl from the Tong family is quite smart, and she even knows how to come to me to show off."
Mrs. Wang reacted with embarrassment at this moment, feeling that she was being taken advantage of by that little girl. If she really showed up, there would be no benefit, but the bane would remain. Maybe the Tong family would not be able to give her a decent dowry. , Jinning Duke’s Mansion also wants to help with the purchase.
"I'll tell your Aunt Tong later that she's about the same age and it's time for her to get engaged. She can eat as much as she wants. Don't always worry about her promising future."
Even Wang Weixi, the Wang family didn't dare to find such a good person for her. Du Songling didn't even pass the Jinshi exam, but she was really capable and was favored by the minister of Dali Temple. Regardless of her character, as long as he stepped into the If you do your job in a down-to-earth manner, your future will be pretty good.
Su Wan nodded: "If this is the best, if it comes from another family, we can consider it, but the Shi family, this grandmother asked me for my opinion, and I don't agree."
"Grandma knows."
After that, the two of them didn't mention Tong Ling'er's matter again. The food in the kitchen was almost ready, so they started to eat. The male guest set up two tables in the yard, while the female guest set up a table in the room. A group of people accompanied Wang, coaxing her to laugh from time to time, even heartily.
After finishing the meal, the sky was getting a little dark, and the dark golden afterglow was shining on the courtyard. People outside kept asking for drinks, and some people were playing drinking games, which was very lively.
First, Du Songling came over and took Wang Weixi and Tingting away. The road was difficult to walk at night. She was a pregnant woman with a child, so she had better go back early.
Moreover, he is an upright person. Because he works as an errand in Dali Temple, he does not often interact with these people and does not drink much. In this case, he can drink some but not much.
At the beginning of the lanterns, Li Lin saw that they had almost finished chatting and drinking, so he said goodbye to everyone, turned around and went into the house to pick up Su Wan and go back with him. Although he had drank a few glasses of wine, his face looked normal and his eyes looked normal. It is also clear and bright.
When Mrs. Wang saw him coming, she asked him, "Are you going to take A Wan back?"
He nodded: "Exactly."
Su Wan was sitting next to Wang at the moment, and Wang was holding her hand, feeling a little reluctant, so she said, "It's already late tonight, why not stay."
Li Lindao: "There's still something going on at Jingpingyuan, so I won't bother you."
Wang gave up and said, "Then you can go back by yourself. Ah Wan stays with me. You can come and pick her up tomorrow."
Li Lin: "???"
no? Can't he pick up his wife today?
Li Lin was stunned for a moment and looked up at Su Wan.
Murong Xian almost wanted to laugh, but she managed to hold it back. She advised Wang, "Okay, okay, grandma, just let them go. This is a good time for a young couple to be apart."
"If you miss A Wan, just ask her to come over and talk to you tomorrow or the day after. Don't worry about it at night. Besides, you should rest soon..."
