FSC [QT] Chapter 10.3

“Bah, bah, bah, look at what I’m saying. How can my future cousin-in-law be in a situation like this and have a private relationship with another man? I guess that the two families are relatively close. But I thought, after all, my cousin is a scholar who wants to take the exam, so reputation is very important. No matter what, my future cousin-in-law is already going to have a baby kiss with my cousin in the future. At this age, it is always taboo to get along with the opposite sex.”

Xu Baozhu patted her mouth as if she was afraid that she would ruin the relationship between the Lin and Jiang families by talking too much.

“Bah, what a shameless thing!”

Mrs. Lin Xu guessed as soon as she heard that the family that Xu Baozhu said was close to the Jiang family was the Diao family, and the one who walked with Jiang Wu was probably Huo Lindong, the troublemaker of the Diao family.

In fact, it made no sense for them to attack the Jiang family and the Huo family at this moment. After all, the marriage contract between the Lin and Jiang families was just a joke before the children were born.

Over the years, the Jiang family had been interested in getting married, but the Lin family had never officially come to exchange a token and settle the marriage. Strictly speaking, the marriage contract between the two families was not established yet.

But while Mrs. Lin Xu did not want her son to marry that little fool Jiang Wu, when she heard that someone else was proposing marriage to the Jiang family, she felt that the people in the Jiang family were unkind and blamed Jiang Wu for her wantonness, who did not understand such things at all.

“What evil has our Lin family done to have such a daughter-in-law?”

Mrs. Lin Xu’s liver trembled with anger. She held her niece’s hand with a bitter look on her face: “Your cousin is a kind person and has been unwilling to cancel the engagement between our two families. I said some things to him, but he blamed me instead. Baozhu, Aunt likes only such a caring person like you. You should be able to understand Aunt’s thoughts, right?”

“The Jiang family had no good intentions from the beginning. The original baby marriage was just a joke and could not be taken seriously at all. However, the Jiang family gave birth to a fool. They were afraid that their daughter would not be able to get married, so they used the original joke as a raft.”

“People in the village praise the Jiang family for their kindness, but if your cousin wasn’t so good, how could the Jiang family be so generous in helping your cousin? They only have so little money, but they want your cousin with a bright future to marry a fool. Don’t you think this is too much?”

It’s not that Mrs. Lin Xu could not see Xu Baozhu’s little thoughts, but her son was so good that it was normal for girls to like him. Mrs. Lin Xu was happy to see Xu Baozhu pouring her heart and soul into their family, so she did not mind saying these words to her to let her understand that she was not satisfied with Jiang Wu as her daughter-in-law.

“My cousin is indeed a brilliant person.”

Xu Baozhu could not agree more with what Lin Xu said, especially when she heard Lin Xu say that her cousin had always opposed the cancellation of the marriage and did not like to hear them speak ill of the Jiang family.

It made her feel that her cousin had a noble heart, and he was worthy of being a great poet whom she admired immensely in modern times.

“By the way, Baozhu, you just said that you went to the city to get money. What’s going on?”

Lin Xu complained for a few words and then suddenly changed the topic.

“Oh, these are the two recipes I studied in my spare time. Juxiangzhai bought them for one hundred and twenty taels of silver.”

The purpose of what Xu Baozhu said just now was to guide Lin Xu to raise this question. She had to prove to Lin Xu that marrying her was of greater value than marrying that little fool Jiang Wu.

“One hundred and twenty taels!”

Mrs. Lin Xu shouted in surprise. She could not help but change her attitude toward this distant niece again. Her expression became more enthusiastic.

Xu Baozhu lowered her head shyly. Today’s two goals were achieved.

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