Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 1032 A Thousand Words

No matter how you look at it, it's not the couple who will spend their lives with their son, but rather his daughter-in-law. It's his daughter-in-law who will be there for him until he's old.

Whether or not they can live happily together in the future is not something that can be controlled by the parents' orders and the matchmaker's words. In the end, it depends on whether the child is someone they like first.

It's better to wait until Xiaohe is a bit older. What does he know now? At least he should be like Dajiang, who, no matter how silent he is, knows what kind of wife he wants. That would be more reliable.

In that case, each of them would be a wife they had chosen themselves. If they dared not treat their wives well after marriage, their third sister would teach them a lesson.

It's just that he and his wife are getting old and will pass away one day. As long as his daughter Sanya is there, the family won't be in chaos, and he won't be too ashamed to face his in-laws after he dies.

Let's wait and see. If it works out, Bao Ya would be the perfect match for Xiao He. With these two daughters-in-law, what would we have to worry about?

Some children are too young to tell what they'll be like when they grow up, but you can really tell what some children will be like at a glance. Bao Ya is a good example.

She was already a smart child, and now Sanya asked her aunt to invite a tutor for her sister-in-law, but unfortunately the in-laws didn't really want to strengthen their ties.

It's infuriating.

It's hard to say how things will turn out when other families become related through marriage, but it's wonderful that our two families are becoming related through marriage. If it weren't for the children, Uncle Cheng would be asking around about Xiaohe's marriage prospects.

Seeing that his uncle-in-law nodded after listening, and even subtly hinted that someone was interested in a marriage alliance, Zhou Sishun couldn't help but laugh again.

In this world, there are many families who arrange marriages for their children at a young age, and many even have betrothals in the womb. But don't think that just because he doesn't know, the Cheng family is different.

As far as he knew, his eldest grandson, the son of his master's uncle, had many suitors who wanted to arrange a marriage between them. Xingqing was in no way inferior to the eldest son of the Gao family in his younger days.

No matter what, the Cheng family may not seem to rank as high as the Gao family in the city, but they have so many talented people in their family that there are countless families who want to marry into the Cheng family.

A mansion full of descendants means that even if the women he marries are not from powerful or aristocratic families, they will at least be daughters from scholarly families. Isn't that a form of support?

In addition, all the daughters of the Cheng family, regardless of whether they were legitimate or illegitimate, were not allowed to be married off before the age of eleven or twelve. They were only allowed to marry scholars with official titles when they were about to reach the age of fifteen.

The Cheng family, which has been intermarrying generation after generation, is no ordinary family, even though none of its in-laws have become important officials in the court.

He refused to believe that the Cheng family's reluctance to arrange a marriage for their child early was due to a lack of understanding of his thoughts. Not only did he nod in agreement, but he also shook his head and smiled.

Don't say anything, absolutely don't tell anyone about what you saw or did with someone's child the other day. No way! If you dare say anything, I'll go tell my older brother.

"Drink tea, drink tea."

Hey, you even rolled your eyes!
How inelegant! Why would a respectable scholar like myself, a peasant, try to emulate him? Luckily, my son-in-law was quick-witted and immediately offered tea.

“A few days ago, I received a letter from Master Gao. In the letter, he mentioned that Brother Jiang was quite regretful that Junior Brother Qi had beaten him to it.”

Tsk, you still said it out loud. Lord Gao may not know, but you certainly do. How could you not know how this marriage with Dajiang came about? Besides, the Gao family is even less suitable for a marriage alliance.

Zhou Sishun chuckled and shook his head. "Lord Gao, you're too kind. We're not strangers, so I'll just say what's on my mind: not every daughter is like Sister Hui."

Before, when my daughter Sanya was at the Gao family's residence, although I didn't meet any of the Gao family's daughters, I still secretly asked around to find out if they were easy to get along with.

Regardless of the eldest's character or the youngest's temperament, they are still family sisters. If the eldest has high aspirations, the younger ones will inevitably follow suit. It's not that they are bad; daughters from wealthy families would be quite unambitious if they didn't have some ambition. It's just that they are not a good match for my son; I can't control him.

There is a gentle woman to marry my son. Whenever I think of my sister, I can't help but feel sorry for her, a proper county princess who ended up as a maidservant to the old lady Gao.

And what about my daughter? Even if Old Madam Gao raised her as her own granddaughter, I could never repay her kindness. Could I possibly marry her off?

These are two different things.

Gu Wenxuan secretly filled in the gaps in his father-in-law's words.

To be honest, aside from the reasons his father-in-law disapproved, the Gao family really wasn't a suitable candidate for a marriage alliance. I just don't know what Uncle Cheng meant.

If it were just Master Gao who wrote the letter, and Uncle Cheng had no choice but to act as a middleman to mention Master Gao's intention to arrange a marriage, that would be fine. Otherwise, he must have really lost his mind.

The Gao family already has a Minister of Personnel, and the Gao and Zhou families have formed a marriage alliance. How will the current emperor view his teacher? And when his teacher is reinstated, he will not want to hold any official position.
No wonder Magistrate Cheng couldn't handle being a county official and resigned; perhaps it's just that the Cheng family's genes are incompatible with a career in government.

So they were all very good at studying, but unfortunately, they couldn't do well in officialdom. It was more secure and rewarding for them to resign and go home to teach and educate people.

Believe it or not, it's actually possible. Otherwise, let's not even talk about the other members of the Cheng family, just consider Uncle Cheng alone.

Are there few classmates or few in-laws?

Logically speaking, with so many resources and being a second-ranked scholar, how could his official career not be good?

During the reign of the late emperor, he was not given important positions. Later, when his father rose to power, why did he need to retire? Isn't being an official better than teaching?

As the saying goes, "Master both literary and martial arts, and you can sell your skills to the emperor."

Who wouldn't want to become an official in the imperial court? He didn't want to, but he had special reasons. However, Master Cheng was not indispensable to inherit the mantle of Jingshan Academy.

The Cheng family has no shortage of scholars, and truly talented ones at that. If it comes to inheriting the mantle of Master Cheng, there are plenty of candidates...

“You’re not wrong to think that way. I think your elder brother has had this idea, which is why Lord Gao came to me. He must have mentioned the marriage to your elder brother before coming to me.”

While his mind was wandering, Gu Wenxuan silently observed his Uncle Cheng's expression and waited for him to continue. Finally, his Uncle Cheng stroked his beard and spoke, so Gu Wenxuan quickly put away his random thoughts.

"Now, of your two brothers' children, only He Ge'er's marriage is still undecided. The number of people coming to me to relay messages, like Master Gao, will only increase."

That's true!

If Dajiang was a hot commodity before, then Xiaohe, who was left behind, was a piece of fat meat. Fortunately, although he was young, he was of a high generation. Otherwise, he could have easily passed the test by simply asking any of his uncles and elders to marry him, which would have saved him a lot of trouble.

"It's easy to refuse Lord Gao. Even if you don't say it outright, he can more or less guess that you don't want your son to marry a noblewoman. It's just that your marriage to Junior Brother Qi has given him some ideas."

That's certainly true. After all, his wife had previously written in her reply to Old Madam Gao that she didn't want her younger brother to marry a noblewoman. Now look what happened!

He had just written back to Madam Gao about the kind of "match" his sister-in-law wanted, and less than three months later, he found Da Jiang a powerful father-in-law.