A Zhen read a book all day and stood at the door of the house as the sun set.
He frowned when he saw Liu Shu running wildly in Lao Bai's yard with a silly smile on his face.
"Why is the stupid son of Liu Hong's family here again? Didn't he go to Huaicheng?" A Zhen asked.
Liu Yishou, who was standing behind him, replied: "He went to Huaicheng and studied with Erlang at Zhou's home school. He came with Erlang during the Mid-Autumn Festival."
A Zhen's face looked very ugly.
"Liu Hong's wife also came, and she brought Liu Hong's beautiful niece with her, saying that she wanted to marry the fourth child of the Bai family." Liu Yishou continued.
"How do you know so clearly?" Wu Xiaoying asked.
"Sanlang is my apprentice, he tells me everything." Liu Yishou said with a smile.
Wu Xiaoying: "..."
A Zhen said: "Liu Hong wants to recruit the fourth brother to his command in advance."
Liu Yishou and Wu Xiaoying were silent.
You wouldn't tell Liu Hong not to marry the Bai family, right? This is too overbearing.
Besides, this kind of thing is very common. Even if the fourth son of the Bai family does not get married to Liu Hong's sphere of influence, he will be coveted by all the major forces once he gets Jinshi in the capital.
Wu Xiaoying met Cuicui when she got on the carriage.
After all, Liu Hong's niece is very beautiful, but it would be even worse if she met someone like that powerful girl in the capital who looks like she has no salt.
Wu Xiaoying glanced sideways at A Zhen. There were several princesses in their royal family who were not good-looking and had bad tempers. One of them took a liking to him because he had the same appearance as Pan An. If his father hadn't been a royal censor, he could spray power. If he dared to refuse without fear of the imperial power, he might have already spent the wedding night.
He can fight against his father, but what can Bai Panmei fight against?
A Zhen stood at the door for a long time without seeing Xiao Fuyuan.
"Master, how about I call Xiao Yuanbao to play with you." Wu Xiaoying said.
"No, maybe she is busy." A Zhen said, "She will come to me when she is done."
Ah Zhen's guess was correct. Xiao Fuyuan was really busy. What was she busy with?
I was busy hearing about Bai Panmei's marriage.
It has to be said that the arrival of Xu and Cuicui caused quite a stir in the Bai family.
In the evening, after Bai Banban came back from the mountain, Mrs. Bai and Mrs. Zhen told him about the matter.
When Bai Banban heard that Liu Hong was going to marry his niece to the fourth child of the Bai family, he expressed his opinion on the spot that it was feasible.
"I think this is okay. Anyway, the fourth child has reached the age of proposing marriage. Hurry up and make a decision. People who care about the fourth child will come to your door every day." These days, people come to Bai Panmei's door every day to say goodbye to Bai Panmei. The white wooden board Just to say no is a lot of words.
Liu Hong was a good official. He was promoted to prefect in just a short time. He also had some friendship with the Lao Bai family. It was the fate of the Lao Bai family that he was willing to marry his niece to Bai Panmei.
"Do you think that the person you want to marry the fourth child is Mr. Liu's official position?" Mrs. Bai was very dissatisfied with her son's indifferent attitude and said, "You are the father of the fourth child, so you don't care as a father. Are you concerned about whether your son likes it or not?"
The white board waved his hands and said: "I don't care about my son's marriage. As long as my mother and his mother are happy with each other, I will only care about my daughter's marriage from now on. I just said that Mr. Liu's niece is good-looking and has a good personality. Come to our house and meet your little one." You can still say one piece of Yuan Bao. That’s enough.”
Zhen's attitude towards the white board was quite speechless, and said: "His father, the fourth child is not willing. My mother and I also feel that this matter cannot be rushed. We are discussing it with you now because we want to come up with an explanation. Master Liu and Liu Madam will definitely mention this matter again, don’t agree to it impulsively, it will not end well when the time comes.”
But Bai Banban looked at Bai Panmei and asked puzzledly: "Fourth, why are you unwilling? What do you want to find?"
Bai Panmei said proudly: "Of course he is both talented and beautiful."
The white wooden board looked at his fourth son as if he were a fool. Is the fourth son stupid because of studying?
It's not that the white board is destroying his son's ambition. He is just a scholar without any fame. No girl with both talent and appearance can like him.
Bai Banban has only seen one girl who is both talented and beautiful, and that is his daughter.
As a father, if Bai Panmei came to ask for marriage like this, he would beat her out with a stick.
Even if you can deal with the talented and beautiful girl herself, you can't deal with her father.
"Fourth brother, you can't be too ambitious. We have to be down-to-earth and don't miss people you shouldn't miss."
As Bai Banban said this, his mind wandered. Bai Panmei wouldn't look at the girl from Zhou's family, would she?
The Zhou family has been a noble family for centuries, and all the girls in the Zhou family are talented and beautiful.
This is not okay. He is studying in the Zhou family academy. The Zhou family is benevolent to him. He cannot do something stupid like abducting his benefactor girl.
Zhen heard the sternness in Bai Banban's tone, and her heart moved, thinking of the same thing as Bai Banban.
"Fourth, is what your father said true?" Zhen asked.
Bai Panmei wanted to touch her forehead and sighed, where were her parents thinking?
So he said solemnly: "Father, mother, where are you thinking? Now I have no fame, no career, and I have no thoughts about any girl. What I said is to find a girl with both talent and beauty. It’s just my expectations for my future wife.”
Zhen and Bai Banban both breathed a sigh of relief.
"My grandson said it well, grandson, you should study hard. You are good-looking, and it is best to be chosen as the top pick, so that a handsome and talented lady can take a fancy to you." Mrs. Bai hopes that Bai Panmei can marry high.
Mrs. Zhen looked at Bai Panmei lovingly and said, "Mom, I hope you can find someone who knows you well in the future."
Bai Ban said: "Since I don't like Mr. Liu's niece, let's not hang on to her and just refuse her, so as not to delay her girl."
Mrs. Bai and Mrs. Zhen kept nodding.
Bai Zhaomei muttered at the side: "Fourth brother has very high standards, but Cuicui may not be able to like him."
Everyone looked at each other in shock after hearing this.
Thanks also to Bai Zhaomei for reminding everyone.
Everyone only saw that Mrs. Xu had shaved her head and picked up her hair, but they didn't know what Cuicui was thinking, so they began to refuse on Panmei's behalf.
If Cuicui really doesn't like Bai Panmei, wouldn't it be too arrogant for them to reject her without waiting for a reply from the Liu family?
Bai Panmei looked embarrassed.
When Bai Zhaomei first heard that her fourth brother said that she didn't like Cuicui, she felt that there was something wrong with her fourth brother's vision. Cuicui was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen besides his sister.
She is cheerful and unconcerned. Although she is an official lady, she does not dislike his dream of being a general, a poor boy from the countryside, and encourages him to go to the border to make a career.
It is the fourth brother's loss that he despises such a knowledgeable girl.
Bai Zhaomei became aggrieved on behalf of Cuicui.
But he felt indescribably relaxed in his heart. He didn't want Cuicui to be his fourth sister-in-law.
This is the selfish intention of the fifth child of the Bai family.
"Lao Wu is right. It would be better if the Liu family's niece despises Lao Si." Old Mrs. Bai said.
Bai Panmei: "..."
"However, I would like to ask my granddaughter what she thinks about this matter?"
Mrs. Bai waved to Xiao Fuyuan with her eyes, and Xiao Fuyuan ran from Mrs. Zhen's side to Mrs. Bai's side.
"Granddaughter, do you think it is good or bad for your fourth brother not to marry the niece of the Liu family?"
