The Daily Life of a Down-on-Hard-Life Medicine Girl Supporting Her Family

Chapter 236

"This really can't be blamed on Mother; it's all the fault of my second brother. He's really gone crazy from studying. He keeps saying that a man should have lofty ambitions, that his ambitions should extend to all corners of the world, and that he shouldn't be bound by romantic feelings, saying he's still too young..."

The younger brother is about to become a father, and the older brother still says he's too young. He's really shameless.

Of course, his willfulness was also due to the fact that his grandfather and father approved of his decision.

After all, the Zhao family is a family of doctors, with ancestors who have always been physicians. It was not easy for them to produce a scholar, and the child had voluntarily studied so hard to pass the imperial examinations. We must support them wholeheartedly.

Let alone getting married later, it doesn't matter if we don't get married at all, after all, the Zhao family has plenty of sons.

It doesn't matter if he doesn't marry and have children; the Zhao family line will still have someone to carry on.

The eldest son can manage the pharmacy's shortage. Although the third son is unreliable, he's good at sweet-talking and lucky enough to marry Xiao Chunnuan. Isn't that easier and faster than taking the imperial examinations?

Therefore, whether the second son gets married or not is really not that important.

Of course, deep down they still held a sliver of hope that if their second son passed the imperial examination next year and stayed on as an official in the capital, marrying a daughter of an official wouldn't be out of the question.

After listening to Zhao Minghua's analysis, Chunnuan understood the reasoning.

There's definitely a reason why people marry late.

Speaking of spring warmth, I also think of swallows in autumn.

This girl is younger than me, but she's already of marriageable age.

She used to be very difficult, looking down on everyone, and Madam Qiu just let her be.

Before she knew it, she was sixteen or seventeen, and Madam Qiu panicked.

But Qiu Yan was still being picky.

The elder sister wrote that Qiu Yan would occasionally run to the General's Mansion to visit her, but in fact, she was trying to avoid the blind dates that Madam Qiu had arranged for her.

Madam Qiu even asked her elder sister to persuade her to get married as soon as possible.

Qiu Yan had no choice but to reluctantly agree to the marriage proposal. Madam Qiu and the son of an official family surnamed Yu in the capital were matched according to their birth dates, and the results showed that their horoscopes were very auspicious.

But man proposes, God disposes; Old Mrs. Qiu passed away.

Qiu Yan has to stay home to observe mourning again. Although she is a granddaughter and only needs to observe mourning for one year, the Qiu family cannot hold any weddings within three years.

If you are engaged to the young master of the Yu family, you can get married during the mourning period and complete the wedding within 100 days.

Unfortunately, the matter had to be put on hold before the birth chart was even halfway done.

The Yu family was naturally unwilling to wait three years, so they immediately told the matchmaker that the two families were not destined to be together.

Thus, Qiu Yan's marriage encountered another setback, which greatly worried Madam Qiu.

After the old lady's mourning period ended, Qiuyan turned twenty years old.

In the Great Xia Dynasty, there were very few unmarried girls of this age, let alone daughters of officials.

Qiu Yan unwittingly became a negative example for young ladies in the capital.

The age at which ladies from prominent families choose marriage partners for their daughters has shrunk by a year, and they are no longer as picky, mainly because they are afraid of becoming another Qiu Yan.

Chunnuan received Qiuyan's letter and read it over and over again, unable to help but find it amusing.

That girl, she's still the same old her.

Her own mother was nearly frantic with worry, but she remained completely indifferent.

Some might even say they'd rather spend their lives with only a lamp and a Buddha statue for company.

She's not very bright, not very tactful, and lazy. She doesn't want to do anything that involves serving others, so marriage might not be the right choice for her.

What can I say about spring warmth? I can only say that Qiu Yan is carefree.

"Nuan Nuan, what are you laughing at?"

When Zhao Minghua entered the courtyard, he saw Chunnuan smiling and shaking her head, and he became very curious and quickly asked her.

"Didn't I tell you before about my good friend Miss Qiu in the capital?"

"Yes, I mentioned that her wedding is coming soon?" Zhao Minghua said, "If she needs a dowry, I'll have someone prepare one and send it to her. Hopefully, it's not too late."

"There's still time. How could there not be time? After all, there are still at least two and a half years until her marriage, or even longer."

"how come?"

Zhao Minghua was puzzled.

Aren't they best friends?
Are your best friends out of sync?

Two or three years later, when their own children are old enough to run errands, Miss Qiu is still not married.
"To be honest, Qiuyan was a bit willful."

Chunnuan didn't think Qiuyan could really get her wish if she said she wouldn't get married. Even someone as willful as herself couldn't escape the vulgarity of getting married, so a girl like Qiuyan who didn't even have the ability to support herself would never stay single.

After all, there are other young men and women in the Qiu family who are getting married.

If there were an unmarried old maid in the household, it would definitely have an impact on the other girls in the clan.

Even if her parents dote on her, they won't let her have her way.

Since you're going to get married, then choose a suitable person carefully during the best years of your life.

But Qiu Yan kept delaying the meeting, and Madam Qiu misunderstood and didn't pay any attention to her.

As a result, it was delayed until I got old.

"Now, if you want to find someone suitable, men of the same age are already married, or even fathers; those younger than her generally don't accept older wives; the last choice will be to become a second wife."

You say a perfectly good girl doesn't get married when she should, and ends up having to be someone's second wife. Isn't that a waste?

"Isn't it?"

Zhao Minghua felt a bit sorry for her; after all, his wife was much smarter.

Knowing that women in this era would inevitably marry when they grew up, and that she could not return to the capital to marry a wealthy young master, she treated her marriage proposal as a business deal, taking advantage of the situation and gaining the upper hand, in order to marry him.

What she didn't know was that she had already been willing to give in while she was negotiating business.

He willingly signed and sealed the unequal contract; otherwise, how could he win the heart of the beauty?
Therefore, regardless of gender, one must remain clear-headed and always remember what one wants and how to get it.

"Don't noble ladies in the capital have the custom of 'catching a husband after the results of the imperial examination'? Among those scholars who have come from afar, there are probably some who are too poor to find a wife for the time being. Why don't you let Miss Qiu catch one then?"

"Hehe, you're thinking too simply."

What kind of place is the capital?
They were all shrewd and calculating. Once the candidates entered the capital, families who wanted to find a son-in-law through the results of the exams would set their sights on those talented and good-looking students. If they could pass the exams, they would make their move immediately, with a sure thing.

As for Qiu Yan, a girl in her early twenties, she absolutely shouldn't join in such a commotion, or she'd be drowned in spit.

She didn't fight when she should have, and now that she's back, she no longer has the right to fight.

"Oh, don't worry. If your good friend doesn't mind, why don't you let her marry my second brother? They're about the same age anyway."

What Zhao Minghua dislikes most is Chunnuan frowning and having a bad mood because of other people's affairs, which affects the fetus in her womb. Doctor Chen had said that pregnant women must keep a happy mood.

"you……"

Chunnuan was taken aback by his nonchalant words: "If Second Brother can pass the imperial examination and become a Juren, it's not impossible."