Chapter 1887: Chapter 962: Marriage Fate
Second update, asking for support.
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"I still remember that," Lian Zhizhi laughed, "They say her eyebrows are drawn particularly long, and her eyes made up differently from others, seductive and captivating. When she looks at people, it’s either with her eyelids dropped, looking from below, or from the side. When she looks at people, it’s as if there are little hooks in her eyes, not like us ordinary folks at all."
"Oh my, if this girl behaves like that, why does she seem a bit flighty to me." Lady Zhang exclaimed, "Doesn’t seem like she’s from a family that can handle her."
Everyone in the room laughed again. They all knew that Lady Zhang was being considerate; Wang Xuemei was an unmarried girl, so she said things quite diplomatically. If Lady Zhang were to speak her mind directly, she’d probably say that Wang Xuemei looked like she wasn’t from a good family.
"What is her family’s reputation like?" Indeed, Lady Zhang immediately followed up with this question.
"... well, they like to be fashionable, not really steady, not as honest as regular tenant farmer families." Since there were no outsiders in the room and it was Lady Zhang asking, Lady Wu Wang spoke frankly, "I heard the girl’s father is an honest man, hardworking, though doing small business isn’t like farming, leaving early and returning late, being cautious in front of others, isn’t easy either."
"The girl’s mother liked to be fashionable when she was young, and even now, she hasn’t changed her ways, even though she has grandchildren, she still loves to dress up... Most of the household chores are done by the girl’s father."
"I’ve heard that this girl originally aimed high, wanting to marry into the city. Unfortunately, their family doesn’t have the right connections, and those who are willing to propose are from only slightly wealthy families, asking her to be a concubine, and they’re much older. Her family knew she’d been pampered, worried she’d suffer grievances becoming a concubine."
"From the age of thirteen, they’ve been asking around for a match, until now, nothing has been settled. She’s turning seventeen before the New Year, and the family is a bit anxious. Her newly wedded sister-in-law gossiping with her a bit too."
"... It seems they caught each other’s eye, Luo Xiaoying is of a similar age, and has great prospects ahead." Lady Wu Wang finally said.
What kind of great prospects does Luo Xiaoying have, that sentence would make one ponder.
"Oh right, before considering the Luo family, this girl’s family was set on proposing her to Old Jin’s elder son, Xi Bao." Lady Wu Wang suddenly remembered and said, "The matchmaker mentioned by Erlang’s wife, who she called Aunt, seemed to have come to our place before, just to help arrange this match."
"It certainly didn’t work out," Lady Zhang said.
"Indeed it didn’t. Xi Bao wasn’t interested in that girl, said she looked pretty but probably due to makeup. Old Jin Family is well-informed too, upon careful inquiry, wasn’t pleased either. They said it doesn’t matter how the other family is, as long as the girl herself is good. Looks are one thing, they want someone with a lively personality," Lady Wu Wang explained.
"What are Old Jin and his wife’s background, they must have seen all kinds of people, just looked at that girl and were put off. I heard what Old Jin’s wife said, comparing Wang Xuemei, she’d prefer picking any robust tenant farmer’s girl over her."
"A girl like that, Jin Family can afford, but they don’t want to," Lady Zhang said.
Hearing Xi Bao mentioned, Lian Manman handed the ever-active Dabao to Lian Zhizhi.
"Sis, Xi Bao hasn’t settled a match yet?" Lian Manman whispered to Lian Zhizhi.
"I heard it’s not settled yet," Lian Zhizhi replied.
"... The matchmakers for the Old Jin Family are almost breaking down their doors these last two years, the previous few matches were settled happily, but this one for Xi Bao, they’re being very particular." Hearing the sisters talk, Lady Wu Wang chuckled, "I heard yesterday from my husband, there’s a lead. A few days ago, Old Jin and Xi Bao went on a trip and ran into an old friend of theirs. That family has a girl they raised like a son, of similar age. Could be that’s where the match will happen."
"It truly is a case of fate binding people together, no one knows where the children’s connections lie." Lady Zhang sighed, "Old Jin’s old friend, he might be..."
Those words seemed fitting, but Lady Zhang didn’t speak them.
"He’s certainly not doing it anymore, like Old Jin. That Old Jin, our family talks about him a lot, seems rough but meticulous, a sharp man," Lady Wu Wang said.
"Originally, when our Old Master was around, he didn’t allow any interactions with their family. But now in recent years, we socialize based on friendship, their manners and etiquette are good," Lady Zhang said.
