Chapter 198 Zheng Jiahongyuan
Little Guangzai sat in Sun Boming's arms and ate candy obediently. This boy looked like Sun Shan, but his personality was like De Ge'er, lively, active and fond of eating.
If you have food, you have mother. If you have food, you will go with me. The reason why he was looking forward to Sun Shan's coming was because Sun Shan always brought him candies. The boy had a good memory. When Sun Shan came, he would look at his pocket.
Sun Bomin touched his grandson's little forehead and felt happy no matter how he looked at him. It was a pity that he was a grandson, not a grandson.
Said to Guyu: "Your second sister's wedding date has been set, and I came here to inform you this time."
When Guyu heard that Lixia's wedding date was set, she was happy and said with a smile, "Dad, it's time for my second sister to get married. If she stays at home, people will gossip about her."
Sun Shan was a little speechless. Whether to get married was actually decided by someone else. The man had no objection, the woman had no objection, but passers-by had an opinion, which was quite similar to the opinion of netizens, so both parties had to follow the opinions of netizens.
Ever since the eldest sister joined the Xia family and Sun Shan was studying in the county town, the cultivation of flowers and plants at home depended entirely on the second sister Lixia. Xiaoman and Hanlu had no talent for growing flowers and could only do hard labor.
So Lixia took up the burden.
Lixia thought that the flowers and plants at home had not yet trained a successor, so she didn't want to get married so soon. The wedding had been delayed for a year, and if she didn't get married now, she was afraid that the gossips would spread rumors about her again.
Talking about Lixia's wedding, it is neither difficult nor easy.
When the eldest sister Guyu was still unmarried, Sun Boming and Su were anxious to find a husband for Lixia. After searching everywhere, they couldn't find anyone better than the Xia family, which made the couple very upset.
Later, Guyu got married, and Sun Boming and Su became even more anxious. Guyu was already 16 years old, and if she didn't settle down, she would become an old maid.
So Sun Bomin and Su mobilized all their relatives and friends, and asked others to keep an eye out for anyone they caught, making others think that there was something wrong with Lixia.
Later, Huang couldn't stand it anymore and said a few words, and the couple finally calmed down.
It seems that things are quiet, but in reality they are not. Things go from being open to being secretive, attracting the attention of the matchmaker.
Although Sun Shan left Zheng's School to study at Hong's School, the Sun family would still send New Year gifts to Zheng Tongsheng's home during the New Year and other festivals.
Sun Bomin intentionally talked to Zheng Tongsheng about Sun Shan's academic performance, and accidentally talked about his second daughter's marriage.
Well, the speaker may not mean it but the listener may take it seriously. Zheng Tongsheng felt that the Sun family intentionally revealed the intention to form a marriage alliance with the Zheng family.
I'm talking to you about my daughter's marriage, so there must be some special meaning to it.
Zheng Tongsheng discussed the matter with his wife.
Song nodded and said, "Although the second daughter of Bomin's family looks thin and weak, she is very capable at work. Last time, their family married off their eldest daughter and asked me to be the Five Blessings Lady. I saw that the second daughter was busy and worked very hard. Her temperament is lively, not as quiet as the eldest daughter."
Zheng Tongsheng thought for a moment and said, "It's better to have a lively personality. Our eldest grandson Hongyuan is introverted and doesn't like to talk. He only answers one question out of ten. I don't know who he resembles, he's a taciturn person."
After a pause, he continued, "I think we should find him someone who is cheerful and talkative. Don't find someone with the same personality as him. I don't want my eldest grandson's family to be speechless."
Mrs. Song watched her eldest grandson grow up, but she couldn't understand why his mouth seemed to be sewn with thread. He couldn't speak and just kept his head down to work.
If the owner of the "Jinbangtiming" bookstore had not been the eldest son, the eldest grandson would not have hired him to work.
After thinking for a while, he said, "I heard that the girls in the Sun family are all literate. I think that's a good thing."
My eldest grandson can read, so finding him a girl who can read would be the best thing for him.
In recent years, Zheng Dalang and his wife have also been worried about their eldest son's marriage.
Zheng Hongyuan is as stubborn as a piece of wood and wants to find a girl who can read.
This one rule alone would wipe out 90% of the girls in Huangyang County. It is a small county in a remote area, and not all the men there are literate, let alone the women.
Zheng Dalang's wife originally wanted to choose one from her nieces from her mother's side, but Zheng Hongyuan's standard for choosing a spouse made all the nieces give up.
Zheng Dalang's wife once suspected that her eldest son proposed this condition just to avoid marrying her niece, because every time she mentioned his cousins from her mother's side, her eldest son was disgusted.
What's even more outrageous is that when the son proposed this condition, the father-in-law, husband, and youngest son all agreed, saying that a literate woman is better than an illiterate one. In particular, the second son Hongwen was also ready to follow the example of the eldest son Hongyuan and must marry a literate girl, and declared that he did not want to marry an illiterate person.
The illiterate wife of Zheng Dalang:........
Because of this necessary condition, Zheng Hongyuan's marriage seemed difficult.
The main reason is that there are too few qualified women.
The girl who could read must have a good family background, but Zheng Tongsheng was just a Tongsheng, nothing more. His family's living conditions were good, but only relative to those in the village, and they were beyond the reach of those in the county.
Most literate girls' families looked down upon Zheng Tongsheng's family.
So, whether intentionally or unintentionally, when Sun Boming mentioned his second daughter's marriage, it entered the hearts of Zheng Tongsheng and Song.
After all, the Sun family is not bad. They are considered a wealthy family in the surrounding area. They also have a wealthy relative in the provincial government. Not only are they rich, they also have status.
At least Zheng Tongsheng, a scholar, has no way to break through.
The only worry is that the daughter of the Sun family is like her mother, Su, and cannot give birth to a son.
As a result, after the eldest daughter married into the Xia family, she gave birth to a son as her first child. Song, who used to mind it, no longer minded. It seemed that as long as she didn't have the surname Su, she could be a member of the Sun family and would definitely be able to give birth to a son.
Zheng Tongsheng didn't mind this, he saw potential in Sun Shan.
I heard from Hongwen that Sun Shan's academic performance in Hong's School was very good and even better than his own. Mr. Hong also said that Sun Shan had a good chance of passing the imperial examination.
Zheng Tongsheng also thought so, so he kept encouraging Sun Shan to study in the county school.
After all, the relatives in the provincial government are far away and have distant relationships, but Sun Shan is different. As long as Sun Shan passes the examination to become a scholar, he can more or less protect the Zheng family.
Zheng Tongsheng thought that after he passed away, there would be no more children or scholars in the family, and the family would slowly decline. In this situation, he could only seek marriage into a family with potential in order to seek protection.
Zheng Tongsheng thought that the only family he could reach and had potential was the Sun family, and he could do nothing about the others.
After some discussion, Zheng Tongsheng and his wife Song decided to marry Sun Boming's second daughter to his eldest grandson.
So he ran to the county town and told Xia Dalang and his wife about it.
Xia Dalang had no objection and was even happy. Xia Dalang's wife did have some objections, but she was under great pressure from her father-in-law and mother-in-law, so she couldn't do anything.
As for Zheng Hongyuan, he expressed his desire to meet her.
Zheng Hongwen said, "Brother, Ashan's sister is very nice. I heard from Ashan that she is not only literate, but also knows how to do accounting and grow flowers. You must grab such a good girl."
After hearing this, Zheng Hongyuan's face turned red and he stammered and couldn't speak.
When the Zheng family saw this, they thought there was a chance, so they cut the Gordian knot and immediately arranged a blind date.