Ding Qing went to open the door, and when he saw it was Chen Guard, his expression immediately became respectful but distant.
Ding Qing knew that Chen Huowei was the person close to Lu Shouxu, and the Shofu and his family could not afford to offend him, so he did not dare to show mercy to him.
Ding Qing first saluted the other party and then said: "What do you want, Your Excellency?"
Chen Huwei first asked about Ding Shujing's injuries, and then looked back at the carriage.
Ding Qing immediately understood that it was not Lu Shoufu who was on the carriage, but who was it?
It was such an honor to have Chief Lu personally visit him, but Ding Qing did not want his daughter to have anything to do with such a powerful person.
Ding Qing immediately showed an apologetic expression, wondering why: "My little girl has been in pain all day, and she just went to bed after taking medicine..."
Chen Huwei frowned and felt that Ding Qing was ignorant. The chief assistant personally took care of the Wang family for Miss Ding today and came to visit right after he got off work.
At this moment, as soon as it gets dark, Miss Ding goes to bed. Where is the liar?
However, he couldn't say these words in front of Ding Qing, he was just angry for the chief minister in his heart.
At this moment, Lu Yan's voice suddenly came from the carriage: "In that case, I'll come see her another day."
Seeing Lu Yan's carriage leaving, Ding Qing quickly locked the door and went back to the house to find Lin and question him.
"You went to look for a home for the eldest girl today, did you find her?"
Mrs. Lin glanced at him fiercely: "I am choosing a husband for my daughter, how can it be so fast?"
It’s not like buying groceries, just take a look and it’s over.
Ding Qing's face was full of sadness: "Hurry up, Mr. Lu Shoufu has just arrived. He wants to visit the eldest girl, so let me send her away."
"!!!"
Mrs. Lin looked alert: "I'll ask again when I get up early tomorrow morning."
Mrs. Lin clenched her hands nervously. Lu Shoufu and the others couldn't afford to offend her, but Lu Shoufu would never miss a woman who had been engaged.
The couple didn't sleep well that night, and they got busy at dawn.
Mrs. Lin didn't come back until dark. With a smile on her face, she told Ding Qing that there was a man of similar age in her distant cousin's house.
I am eighteen this year. I have been studying before, so I have not gotten married. I passed the scholar exam last year and will take the Qiu Wei exam next year. If I can pass the exam, I will be a scholar.
The scholar Cao Lin went to see it in person, and it was good!
When the time comes, they will prepare more dowry for the eldest girl. Even if he succeeds in the examination, he will not underestimate the eldest girl.
Ding Qing agreed, and then the couple told Ding Shujing about Cao Bofan. When Ding Shujing nodded, the couple left happily.
The next day, Mrs. Lin took Ding Shujing's birth date to Cao's house, and the two families combined their birth dates together.
Chen Huwei suddenly got the news and immediately went to report to Lu Yan: "Sir, Miss Ding is about to get engaged to the Cao family!"
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Lu Yan suddenly came home and walked quickly to Wenquan Courtyard, which shocked Xu Xiangning.
Xu Xiangning saw the solemn expression on his face and asked, "What's wrong with Yan'er? But what happened?"
"Mom, I have someone I like." Lu Yan said.
Hearing this, Xu Xiangning immediately smiled and said, "This is a good thing. Why do you, the kid, look like this?"
The five Lu Yan brothers are all quite young.
For example, she and Brother Yi got married when they were fifteen, and they already had Xin'er at sixteen.
Now, Yan'er is already eighteen, and he told her that he has a girl he likes. How could she be unhappy?
"Mom, because that girl is about to get engaged, my son is not the only one who likes her."
Lu Yan said.
Immediately, Xu Xiangning was shocked and asked hurriedly: "Are you engaged? Have you changed the post?"
Not really, I just started to make the horoscopes, but it's almost done.
When Lu Fangyi hurried back, he and Xu Xiangning hurriedly prepared things. There were ten boxes of things in total, all tied with red cloth.
Immediately, Lu Fangyi, Xu Xiangning and his wife immediately went to Ding's house.
At this moment, Mrs. Lin went out and Ding Qing was at home.
Ding Qing didn't know Lu Fangyi or Xu Xiangning, but he knew from the way they dressed that they were either rich or noble. They were followed by a group of servants carrying things in their hands.
Ding Qing looked at the two of them doubtfully and asked, "Who are you looking for?"
"We, husband and wife, are just here to find you. I heard that your family has raised a good daughter, so we came here specifically to hire her, hoping to make a good match with you."
Lu Fangyi said.
Ding Qing saw that the other party was here to hire, so he invited them in, but he didn't see Mrs. Lin with them, so he asked again: "May I ask who you are?"
When Lu Fangyi and Xu Xiangning announced themselves, Ding Qing was dumbfounded: "???"
Inside the house, Ding Shuwan was in Ding Shujing's room, and the two sisters were lying by the window listening to what was going on outside.
Ding Shujing also heard what Lu Fangyi said just now.
Ding Shuwan lowered her voice and said excitedly: "Sister, Lu Shoufu's parents are here to hire you as his wife!"
Ding Shuwan looked excited, even happier than Ding Shujing!
Ding Shuwan knew how much Ding Shujing liked Lu Yan. Now that her sister got her wish, she, the younger sister, was of course happy for her sister.
Lu Shoufu is a good-looking person, and he is the person that my sister likes in her heart. He is also his wife, so his parents can rest assured.
Naturally, Ding Qing also knew that Lu Yan was a good match, that the eldest girl liked him, and that he could go over and become his wife.
Moreover, Lu Fangyi, Xu Xiangning and his wife have no airs at all and seem to get along well with each other.
For a moment, Ding Qing was confused because Mrs. Lin was not at home right now...
Although Ding Qing likes Lu Yan and is happy that the Lu family gives the eldest girl a wife, if Lu Yan takes concubines in the future and there are enough women in the backyard to fill a table, then such a family still cannot marry.
It is better to marry into a simple family and have a happy marriage together.
Thinking of this, Ding Qing quickly came to his senses, rejected Lu Fangyi and Xu Xiangning's marriage proposal, and asked them to take the gifts back.
Lu Fangyi and Xu Xiangning did not expect this result. However, they did not take away the gift. They regarded it as a little thought for Ding Shujing.
Lu Yan, who was anxiously waiting for the result in the Lu Mansion, heard the answer and asked Chen Huwei: "Have the Lin family and the Cao family decided on their marriage?"
"Sir, no." Chen Huwei said.
What are the concerns of the Ding family?
Lu Yan frowned, his anxiety did not burn away his reason. He listed all the possibilities alone in the study, and then immediately came up with countermeasures.
Someone prepared a new gift and asked Lu Fangyi and Xu Xiangning to go to the Ding family to propose marriage.
If it doesn’t work once, twice, if it doesn’t work twice, then three times!
When Mrs. Lin came back from Cao's house, she saw ten boxes and cages placed in the main room, filled with cloth, jewelry, and tied with red cloth.
Lin's eyelids twitched and she said, "Old Ding, who came to our house to propose marriage?"
Although she had just come from the Cao family, the Cao family was not rich and could not afford so many good things.
"Madam, this is the Lu family." Ding Qing said.
Mrs. Lin felt that something was wrong and asked, "Which Lu family? Did you agree?"
"How can that be possible! Although Lu Shoufu is good, but I also know how much my eldest girl weighs. How can she be worthy of Mr. Shoufu?
With her brains, how could she be the matron of a family, and she would not be able to control the concubines in the backyard in the future.
Instead of being a wife in that smoky backyard, it would be better to find a simple family to marry."
Ding Qingdao.
Mrs. Lin was surprised that the Lu family came to hire the eldest girl as a wife.
However, as Ding Qing said, she was reluctant to let the eldest girl enter the Lu family to compete with a group of women.
No matter how noble her status was and how good her food and clothing were, she would not be willing to let her eldest daughter live in depression for the rest of her life.
Lin held Ding Qing's hand and said, "Old Ding, you did the right thing."
Just then, there was another knock on the outer door.