After Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Liu's distant sister-in-law sat down, they cracked melon seeds and drank tea, and said a lot of compliments and envy to Mrs. Sun.
Mr. Sun sat aside and listened patiently with a smile, without showing any impatience.
Xiaohua was sitting not far behind Mrs. Sun, where she was sitting and sewing, listening and sitting with her.
Here, Mrs. Liu's sister-in-law said: "Mother Zhuangyuan, you are really a kind person without any swagger."
"Unlike other people who turn their nostrils into the sky once they gain power, you are not. You are really friendly to people. No wonder my mother-in-law, Ju'er, talks about the people and things in her husband's family every time she goes back to her family. You boast to death."
"Mother Ju'er said that after so many years in Lao Yang's family, you were the best to her as the number one scholar. When we met today, it turned out to be true..."
"No wonder your family is the number one scholar. It's really because the older generation is good, and the younger generation will be successful." Sister-in-law Liu likes to talk the most, and she hasn't stopped talking since she sat down to meditate.
As they talked, the topic turned to Daan's marriage.
"Mother of the Number One Scholars, I'd like to ask you, how old is your Number One Scholar this year?" Sister-in-law Liu leaned forward and asked.
Here, Xiaohua, who was immersed in sewing, tensed up and moved her ears slightly.
Here, Mrs. Sun was about to answer when Mrs. Liu on the side said first: "Sixteen, it will be seventeen after the new year!"
"Really?" Sister-in-law Liu asked Sun again with a smile.
Mrs. Sun smiled and nodded, "Yes, Madam Ju'er is right. His birthday is in April, and he will be seventeen after the Chinese New Year."
Liu's sister-in-law said: "It's really amazing to get the top prize at such a young age!"
Mrs. Liu rushed back and said: "It's all straight up in the middle. Regardless of whether it's the scholar examination, the imperial examination, or the later Jinshi examination, you can pass it in one try."
"Unlike our eldest son Yongxian, the eldest son of our family, he took three or five exams to become a scholar, and then gave up immediately."
"In the past, Yongxian's father, Yang Huaming, and his eldest brother were even more unlucky. After studying for more than ten or twenty years, they almost bankrupted our old Yang family. They didn't even get a scholar, and they were still in trouble until they died. Still a child, tsk tsk..."
"Come, drink tea and eat melon seeds," Mrs. Sun interrupted Liu's words and picked up the plate with melon seeds on the table to greet them.
Mrs. Liu's eyes lit up when she saw the melon seeds. She reached out and grabbed a handful, sat there and started eating them.
Here, Liu's sister-in-law gave a thumbs up to Sun, "Your number one scholar really has magical powers. It's so amazing. I really admire him!"
Mrs. Sun smiled again. Her child must be in a good mood when others praise him.
"I heard that the number one scholar in your family is not only talented, but also very handsome. He is a handsome man from eight villages in ten miles and eighty miles away?" Liu's sister-in-law asked.
Without giving Mrs. Sun a chance to answer, Ms. Liu spit out the melon seed shells in her mouth and rushed to say: "Does that need to be said? Many girls can't give birth to Da'an's handsome appearance, but it's strange to say that, He is said to be handsome, but he is not feminine at all, and he has an authentic masculine appearance. He is a handsome man, he is really a handsome man..."
Sister-in-law Liu glanced at Mrs. Liu, then turned to ask Mrs. Sun: "If that's the case, then you should already be married, right?"
"Also..." Mrs. Sun just moved her lips, but Ms. Liu interrupted the topic again.
"What? You're almost seventeen, and you're not married yet." Mrs. Liu said.
"His aunt's cousin Dajie is about the same age as him. The two of them went to school together before."
"Dajie is getting married in the first month of the year, and our Da'an character has not yet been revealed!"
"As the fourth aunt, I am anxious for him, but every time I mention this to my third brother and sister-in-law, they all say there is no rush, no rush, let Da'an concentrate on studying first."
"Well, now that I have passed the exam, I am finally looking forward to getting ahead, and can talk about marriage seriously!" Mrs. Liu said.
Sister-in-law Liu nodded in agreement, and then she said: "We must hurry up and talk about marriage. Get a wife into the house as soon as possible, raise a husband and raise children, and serve the parents-in-law. He can also focus on being an official outside." , and then get promoted and make a fortune."
Mrs. Sun also smiled and said, "His father and I don't care how he will get promoted and make a fortune, we just hope he will be safe and sound."
Mrs. Liu said: "Third sister-in-law, Da'an has climbed to that height, but you and my third brother can't help us hope for this and that. His path is destined to be an official."
"By the way, third sister-in-law, all three of us are here today. It's really fate."
Mrs. Liu pointed to her distant sister-in-law beside her, "My sister-in-law lives in Fenglin Town. There are eight grain farms in Fenglin Town, and six of them belong to her family."
"They are a couple. They gave birth to two sons before, and they are both married to the daughters of wealthy families in Maplewood Town."
"Now I have a third daughter under my knees. Everyone calls her Third Girl."
"The third girl will be fourteen after the Chinese New Year. She is about the same size as my Ju'er and your little Hua Xiaoduo. However, the appearance of the third girl is not comparable to that of these girls in our family. That's terrible. Call me handsome!"
Ms. Liu spoke loudly, her saliva splattering everywhere.
Sister-in-law Liu sat aside and drank tea in silence, with a proud smile on her face.
Mrs. Sun smiled and listened patiently.
Previously, people were praising their own children vigorously, but now it is the turn of other people's children, so naturally they have to be patient enough to listen.
Xiaohua on the side was also listening, and couldn't help but snicker secretly in her heart.
Because what the fourth aunt Liu said was really exaggerated, especially when she was praising the third girl for her beauty, she had to pull them out for comparison. It was really... ugh!
Especially when talking about the beauty of the third girl, it shocked everyone in all directions, so much so that the son of the county magistrate's family came to ask for his hand in marriage, and even knelt at the door of the courtyard of the third girl's house and refused to walk that section. Xiaohua couldn't help but burst into laughter. .
"You girl, why are you laughing?" Mrs. Liu glared at Xiaohua a little unhappily and said.
Mrs. Liu's sister-in-law also glanced at Xiaohua at this time.
Xiaohua stopped her sewing and suppressed her laughter and said, "I'm sorry, Fourth Aunt, I thought of a joke my eldest sister told me before, and I couldn't help but laugh."
"What kind of joke is Qing'er talking about? You laugh like this, and you don't even care that we elders are still talking here?" Mrs. Liu, however, ignored her and asked Xiaohua.
Xiaohua was a little surprised, then blushed and apologized to everyone again.
Sun said: "It's okay, you just do what you do."
Mrs. Liu's sister-in-law didn't say anything, but Mrs. Liu still looked unhappy.
"Xiao Hua, then I'm going to punish you by saying the little Hua that you thought of earlier to make us laugh. If it's not funny, I will say that you are too young and don't understand the rules!" Mrs. Liu said.
He kept praising the third girl for how she understands the truth and obeys the rules, making Ms. Liu's own speech become "profound" and "literary".