After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 892 Analysis
Haijiao was not very busy today and he left the office and went home as soon as it got dark.

At this time, Hai Xiya and Xie Wenzai had not returned yet.

Ma didn't wait for them. While ordering her subordinates to deliver dinner to each courtyard, she called her grandson to the upper room in the main courtyard to question him.

Haitang was originally in her room. When she heard that her brother had returned, she immediately rushed over.

So the grandfather and grandson began to surround Haijiao in the upper house and inquire about Hai Baozhu.

Haijiao was drinking the hot mutton soup that his grandmother had Aunt Cui bring him, while listening in confusion: "Are there any young men from the neighborhood around the house where my cousin lives now, who might have had a private relationship with Baozhu?"

What the hell is going on? Baozhu rarely goes out. She only goes to the Hai family's house with her mother for a short visit, or goes to the nearby temple with her father to burn incense and worship Buddha. She hardly interacts with the neighbors. How could she have private contact with any young man?
Haitang then told her what she had seen and heard when she and her grandmother had visited Fang's mother and daughter today, as well as the news that Aunt Cui had privately learned from Fang's confidant Youchan.

Haijiao finally understood what had happened, but he was still extremely confused: "Youchan...you are referring to Yu Mama, right? I remember that she was my cousin's most trusted confidant. I heard that she was brought by my cousin from her own home and has been serving her since she was a child. Logically speaking, such a person is the most trusted of my cousin's confidants. Even the dangerous places like the Jiang family, Yu Mama had accompanied my cousin. Naturally, she is not an ordinary maid. How could she tell Aunt Cui these things for no reason? Regardless of whether Baozhu really has an affair with someone, this kind of news is not something a servant should leak casually, right?" Considering that Yu Mama's daughter, Yu Xiaochan, was serving Baozhu, it was very likely that Yu Mama learned the young master's secret from her daughter, which made things even more sensitive.

Ma didn't take it seriously, "What's the big deal? We are not outsiders. Even if we separated decades ago, we are reunited now, and we are like a family. The eldest branch will rely on the second branch in the future, so what secrets can't be known to you? Besides, your Aunt Cui is not someone else. She knew Youchan when she accompanied you to marry into the Hai family. We had a good relationship at that time, so she has been Youchan's acquaintance for many years. Even if Youchan is loyal to your cousin, it doesn't mean she will say nothing in front of your Aunt Cui! Besides, your cousin is now in trouble with Baozhu's marriage. I think Youchan wanted to help her, so she told us about it."

Hai Jiao was skeptical: "Even if Mother Yu wanted to help her cousin, there is no reason for her to hide the secret of Baozhu from her, right?"

Haitang blinked at him and said, "How did you know, brother, that Mother Yu was hiding this from my cousin? Maybe it was my cousin's instruction."

The current situation is that Hai Baozhu may have another lover, but she dare not tell her family because of his status, or she knows that even if she tells her family, she will not get her mother's permission to marry her lover, so she can only make herself sick to avoid seeing him. But doing so will cause damage to her health. Regardless of whether Fang realizes her daughter's true intentions, she doesn't want her to continue.

Fang asked her second aunt Ma to give up the idea of ​​seeing Hai Baozhu, and at the same time instructed her confidant Yu Ma Youchan to privately tell Aunt Cui the truth about Hai Baozhu's illness. Maybe she didn't know how to deal with this matter, and intended to seek help from the elders of the second house?
Haijiao felt that this explanation was more likely, and said, "If that's the case, then it's very likely that my cousin doesn't know who Baozhu's sweetheart is. Before grandpa, grandma, and my sister came to the capital, my cousin talked about the matchmaking and was very much looking forward to it. She would also privately ask me what kind of families our family knows and which eligible sons and daughters each have. If she knew that Baozhu had someone in her heart, she would definitely not hide it from me, and she would specifically ask me to help find out the news. In this case, it is very likely that because grandpa and grandma have arrived in the capital, the matchmaking is about to begin, and Baozhu was anxious and didn't keep her composure, so my cousin noticed the clues." The most direct evidence is that Ma and Haitang went to visit the mother and daughter of the eldest house today. Although they set out in the afternoon, they sent someone to say hello in the morning. Mrs. Fang had been prepared for the arrival of their grandparents, but Hai Baozhu fell asleep after taking medicine and was unable to get up to greet them. This was extremely rude - even if she needed to take medicine, couldn't she change the time? Why did she have to take the medicine when the guests were about to arrive, and then sleep for several hours, and showed no signs of waking up until the guests left?
However, Ma sympathized with her because she was a patient and thought that family members should not be too formal, so she did not take the matter to heart.

If all this was done intentionally by Hai Baozhu, then it would be explainable. She didn't dare to meet Ma at all, for fear that Ma would bring up the matter of seeing her, so she simply used medicine to escape.

If her behavior today was contrary to her usual behavior, it would be impossible for her mother Fang, who had depended on her for many years, to not notice it.

It was precisely because she noticed her daughter's reluctance to the meeting that Fang asked Ma today to postpone the meeting until her daughter had recovered.

Ma listened to her grandchildren's analysis and couldn't help but sighed: "Who exactly does Baozhu like? Why doesn't she dare to tell us directly? We don't plan to marry her to a rich family, we just hope that she can live a good life. As long as she is a decent child from an honest family, no matter whether she is rich or poor, we will agree. At most, we can give Baozhu more dowry so that the young couple will not have to worry about their livelihood in the future. What's there to hide..."

Haitang asked Haijiao, "Brother, what families do cousin and sister Baozhu usually associate with? Or... did they recognize any young men when they lived in Yongping Prefecture? I think that sister Baozhu is young and beautiful, and she has relatives like you and second uncle who are both talented and handsome. I heard that her brother Baozhu is also a handsome boy. Her standards must be high. The one who can move her heart will never be an ordinary peddler. He must have some talent, some bearing, and decent appearance. Such a person must show something in front of her and be able to move her heart, so that she will go against her biological mother's wishes and would rather sacrifice her health and resolutely refuse to go on a blind date with others."

Ma thought what she said made sense: "Yes, Tangtang is right! The person who can make Baozhu fall in love has to be a top figure! If just any nobody can make her so devoted, she would have been married off in the Jiang family long ago. How could she have survived until today?!" The Jiang family did not directly use conspiracy and trickery to plot against the girl in the beginning. They also used the beauty trap on their own sons, but it did not work.

Haijiao seemed to be thinking about something. "I have never been to Yongping Prefecture, but Dazhuang has been there several times and reported everything to me after returning home. If there was really any outstanding person, he would not have missed it. When Baozhu came to the capital, I asked him about his friends for Baozhu's marriage. There was no outstanding person among them who was unmarried. As for those who are already married, they would not have the opportunity to appear in front of Baozhu unless they are elders over fifty years old. After my cousin and Baozhu arrived in the capital, they wanted to cut off contact with their old friends in their hometown and did not want their new acquaintances in the capital to know about their past, so they rarely interacted with their neighbors. My cousin regarded herself as a widow, so it was not suitable for her to deal with men from other places. At least I am sure that no young and outstanding men would come into contact with them."

In this case, there is only one possibility.

The two long journeys of Fang and Hai Baozhu, from Jiang's home to Yongping Prefecture and from Yongping Prefecture to the capital, were arranged by Ma Shangyi's old friends from the Cining Palace. Among those who traveled with them at that time, there were quite a few handsome, smart and capable people.

Could Hai Baozhu's sweetheart be among them?