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Chapter 1702 The Country Girl Looked Down Upon 23
When Linlang heard her second aunt's question, she already knew what she was up to, but she pretended not to know and answered honestly, shaking her head and saying, "Not yet, but my mother is looking for one for him."

The second aunt asked this question because she wanted to introduce a marriage opportunity to Zhou Dalang.

The reason why she wanted to drive the Zhou family away while also arranging a marriage for Zhou Dalang was naturally because she had the same intentions and was prepared for both possibilities.

If she drives the Zhou family away, she can continue to interfere in the succession to the title of Duke of Zhenguo, which would naturally be a good thing.

If she hadn't been driven away, she would have married her own family member to Zhou Dalang, which would have given her connections in her own family, and that would have been a good thing.

In this way, whether the Zhou family stayed or not, it would be a good thing for her, so she would naturally do it.

So when she heard Linlang's words, the second aunt said, "I have someone in mind. You can talk to your mother about it. I think she will definitely like it."

Linlang certainly wouldn't dare let Zhou Dalang marry the person she introduced, lest the other party take advantage of his good relationship with this sister-in-law to leech off the Zhenguo Duke's mansion. However, she didn't show it on her face, and only said, "I would like to hear the details."

The second aunt then said, “I have a daughter in my household who is a county princess. I’ll tell your brother about her. What do you think? When your brother marries her, he will become a concubine (a title for marrying a woman from the imperial family). Concubines also receive a salary, so your brother will have two salaries. In addition, the county princess herself also receives a salary. Not counting other income, their combined salaries alone will be quite substantial. Even if no one in the household holds an official position and it’s just an empty title, they can still live a good life.”

Linlang wouldn't dare let Zhou Dalang marry the person recommended by her second aunt, but her second aunt's suggestion was quite good.

Zhou Dalang came from the countryside and, unlike others in the capital, was good at business. He probably couldn't do any business to make money, so naturally, the more stable his salary was, the better.

Linlang thought this in her heart, but on the surface she only said, "My aunt knows about my brother's background. I'm afraid that the county magistrate wouldn't approve of him. If we rashly go to propose marriage, we might offend others."

Second Aunt said, "Don't worry, I'll go and sound out her family first. If they're unwilling, then so be it. If they are willing, she won't be angry."

Linlang said, "Let me ask my parents and older brother for their opinions first before I go and sound them out."

When Auntie heard Linlang's words, she pursed her lips inwardly, thinking that since the woman was willing, she should be secretly happy and not put on airs.

However, he nodded repeatedly and said, "That's for sure, I'll wait for your news."

If it weren't for this girl's bad temper, and the fact that she hadn't been suited for marriage by several families and was getting old, she wouldn't have ended up with a peasant like Zhou Dalang.

That day, Linlang returned home and told her parents, Old Master Zhou, and Zhou Dalang about the matter. Her family indeed thought the county magistrate was quite nice and wanted to agree, but Linlang shook her head, saying, "I don't think this marriage should be arranged. According to what I've heard, the girl is already fifteen or sixteen years old. In the capital, it's extremely rare for a girl that age not to be engaged. I was afraid there was some reason, so I investigated. Sure enough, after carefully inquiring about the reason, I learned that this girl has a very bad temper, is unpredictable, and sometimes even suddenly shouts and yells for no reason. I suspect she might have some kind of problem. I think we can't marry a girl with problems, otherwise what will happen if our descendants all have problems? Our family isn't short of money now; we don't need to marry such a girl for that little bit of money. After all, the health of our descendants is the most important thing; otherwise, if our descendants have problems, it will be difficult for them to amount to anything."

When Old Master Zhou heard Linlang describe the girl's details, he immediately objected, saying, "If that's really the case, we can't marry this girl. Just like Linlang said, our family doesn't lack that little bit of money now; it's more important for our descendants to be outstanding."

After all, none of the family members have succeeded in the imperial examinations. They are hoping that now that they have money, they can send their descendants to school, and that one of them can graduate and become successful. They can't marry a sick woman and then all their descendants will be sick and unable to pass the imperial examinations.

Grandpa Zhou was clearly not surprised that Linlang was able to investigate the girl's specific situation.

See, this is one of the advantages of marrying into the Prince of Ying's family. Old Master Zhou must have thought that she investigated using the Prince of Ying's family's influence, and he wouldn't have any doubts. In fact, Linlang investigated it herself using her little bee.

Not only did Old Master Zhou think this girl was not suitable for marriage, but the original owner's parents and Zhou Dalang also thought it was not advisable.

They're not stupid. They know their family background is humble. If a girl with such good qualities were still unmarried at fifteen or sixteen, would they be the ones to get her? There must be something wrong with her.

Madam Zhou couldn't help but complain, "The last time our family held a banquet to entertain those who brought congratulatory gifts, my second aunt also came. I thought she was quite amiable, unlike some people who act superior. I never expected that she would try to trick my son like this."

Madam Zhou also realized that her second aunt was up to no good. After all, if Linlang hadn't found out that the girl was not right, her family would have been kept in the dark and thought that her second aunt would not harm them. If they had actually married the girl into the mansion, it would have been troublesome if their main branch of the family had a bunch of mentally unstable children.

Some might ask, if Second Aunt wanted to have a backup plan, why would she introduce such a girl to Zhou Dalang? Wasn't she afraid that the marriage would fall through and turn into an enmity?

That's because the second aunt thought that country folk didn't understand these things and just thought the girl had a bad temper. Who knew she might have a mental problem? Actually, it was only after spending time with the girl that she realized the girl didn't just have a bad temper, but might have a mental problem. At first glance, the girl seemed quite normal, at most a little moody, which made her seem short-tempered, so no one wanted to marry her. Of course, that was the truth. Many people didn't want to marry the girl because they thought she had a bad temper and didn't notice anything wrong with her.

In this way, if the girl causes any trouble in the future, she can say that she didn't know anything and thought the girl was normal; if she doesn't cause any trouble, that would be even better, then she can even consider herself a matchmaker.

Of course, the main reason was that the girl's parents were quite worried about their child's marriage. The second aunt thought that if she could make the marriage happen, she would definitely benefit from it.

Wouldn't that allow both sides to benefit? Wouldn't that be wonderful!
Little did she know that Linlang was skilled in medicine and could tell from the little bee's monitoring that something was wrong with the girl.

Ordinary families might just think the girl has a bad temper, but they don't think she has any problems, so they don't want to marry her.

However, Linlang, who had been a doctor in many worlds, could tell that the girl's temper wasn't just bad; she had a problem and was absolutely not someone he could marry.