The road to wealth of a peasant widow

Chapter 223: Hard Talk

Chen Cui didn't expect that Zhang Ruomei brought good news after just two trips, and the other party agreed to the marriage!

She immediately began to prepare the betrothal gifts.

Although she was marrying her second daughter-in-law this time, she did not neglect it. Most of the gifts were prepared according to the specifications when she married her eldest daughter-in-law, with only slight changes in some places to make it look as if she did not surpass the eldest daughter-in-law.

After the three books and six ceremonies were completed, it was almost the twelfth lunar month and the wedding date was set, which would be on June 11th of the following year, just half a year from now.

Ever since the Zhang family agreed to the marriage and Chen Cui helped to arrange the engagement, Chang'an seemed to be filled with joy. Even when the wedding date was set, the joy on his face was beyond words.

Chang Fu shook his head as he watched, another wife-obsessed man!

It's okay that the eldest brother and his wife are always so affectionate with each other, but the second brother hasn't even married yet, but he's so happy that he's almost going crazy. It seems like it's better for him not to get married!

Chang'an glared at him, meaning, wait, it will soon be your turn!

That's right. Chang'an's marriage was arranged, and Changfu was the only one left in the family who was not married. Chen Cui began to concentrate on finding a suitable girl for her youngest son.

"Mom, mom, please don't, please, I don't want to get married yet!"

Changfu pretended to be pitiful and begged for mercy from Chen Cui.

Chen Cui really didn't understand. In the past, her three sons had been determined to pass the imperial examinations and concentrate on their studies, without considering marriage. But now that they have all passed the imperial examinations and become officials, what does it mean that they are not allowed to talk about marriage?

I tried my best to help him, but he didn't even appreciate it!

"Don't be silly, you're already this old, who wouldn't want a wife? Look at your eldest brother and your sister-in-law, they live a happy life. And your second brother also said he didn't want to get married before, but now look at how often he goes to the Zhang family. You'd better stop being stubborn!"

Chen Cui simply didn't want to complain about her second son. Ever since he and Miss Zhang got engaged and became an engaged couple, he would run to Zhang's house every day off. He talked more than before and looked much more lively.

"That's them. I'm living a good life now. I don't want to talk about it. Let's talk about it in a few years!"

He used to be so absorbed in studying that he had no time to do anything else. Now he works as a seventh-rank official in the Ministry of Personnel. With less official duties, he has time to do what he likes.

Whether it was playing chess, painting, or listening to stories in a teahouse, these were his favorite pastimes. In his opinion, any of them was more interesting than accompanying a woman.

Look at his second brother, he used to be such an honest man, but now he can even say those sweet love words. He once accidentally saw him getting along with Miss Zhang, and he thought his second brother's silly look was simply unbearable to look at.

And his eldest brother, who is usually wise, calm and decisive in official business, but he is like a different person in front of his eldest sister-in-law. He obeys whatever his eldest sister-in-law says and never disobeys. His words are even more effective than those of his superiors.

He felt that his two brothers were now in the hands of women, who were controlling them and seemed to enjoy it. He had a rare moment of freedom now, so he didn't want to find someone to come back and take care of him!

Watching her son running out in a flash, Chen Cui just felt tired.

Isn't this third brother too late in maturing? It's obvious that he hasn't figured it out yet. He's almost twenty years old, but he only thinks about having fun instead of thinking about any girl. Alas!

Chen Cui was sighing over her third son's stupidity, while Mrs. Zhang was trying to persuade her daughter earnestly.

"Juan, you are engaged, so don't run away all the time like you did in the past. When you have time, do some needlework and practice your cooking at home, so that you won't be despised by your in-laws in the future!"

"Mother, Chang'an has already said that I will be the same after I get married as I was before. He has no objection to me going out. Besides, it's enough for me to know these things. Why should I practice them? He has a cook and someone who can do needlework at home. It's not my turn to do these jobs!"

Ever since their family's martial arts school started to flourish, Mrs. Zhang wanted to find a good marriage for her little girl, and she spent a lot of effort in educating her daughter.

Unfortunately, although this child is smart, his mind is not on these. Although he can read and write, sew and cook, he has not learned these things very well. On the contrary, when it comes to martial arts and horse riding, he has surpassed many of his brothers with just a little practice. It's really speechless!

"Don't be silly. Even if Chang'an agrees to let you go out, will his mother agree? When men go out to work, the ones who spend the most time at home are women. As a daughter-in-law, you have to be controlled by your mother-in-law. If you behave too badly, she won't tolerate you. Even if your father and I want to protect you, can we control your in-laws?"

Mrs. Zhang had no choice but to persuade her silly daughter.

She was anxious when no one came to propose marriage to her before, but now that her daughter's marriage is settled, she is also worried.

When I think about the fact that the Liu family are all scholars, if my daughter goes into someone else's house and wields swords and sticks, rides horses or shoots arrows, she will be despised to death!

Especially her eldest sister-in-law, who is the daughter of a third-rank minister. I heard that she is well-educated, able to write and do math. How can her own child compare with her!

"Mom, Chang'an has said that his mother knows all of this and agrees with it. You may not know that his sister-in-law also goes out every day and sees patients and learns medical skills in the clinic. Not only does his mother not object, she is quite supportive. She said that it is a waste of time for women to stay at home all day and do nothing. It's okay to find something you like to do. Mom, what do you think about me opening a martial arts school in the future to teach girls martial arts to protect themselves so that they won't be bullied in the future!"

Zhang Hongjuan had been a junior sister in her own martial arts school for a long time. She felt very happy whenever she thought about opening a school in the future to recruit disciples and having a bunch of people surround her and call her master!

Chen Cui didn't know that her future second daughter-in-law was already thinking about opening a shop and recruiting apprentices in the future. She was now teaching the cook how to make candied sweet potatoes.

Now that the sweet potato planting area has increased and we have enough seeds, we are finally willing to use them to make food.

Candied sweet potato is a very simple dessert. After it was made, it received unanimous praise from the family, especially Suisui and Xuange, the aunt and nephew.

In order to make it easier for herself to eat in the future, Suisui even went to watch Chen Cui's teaching. She wanted to learn all the dishes she liked so that she wouldn't have to ask others for help when she wanted to eat them in the future.

Chen Cui thought that her idea was very good. She was not unwilling to do it herself just because there was a cook at home, so she encouraged her from time to time to stimulate her interest in learning.

Sui Sui is now eleven years old. Although she is still lively and sometimes clever and eccentric, she has learned everything she should have learned after following Mr. Zou for all these years.

Not to mention the most basic reading and literacy, she also dabbled in many arts, including music, chess, calligraphy and painting. Among them, she was best at calligraphy and painting, and her level in music and chess was average.

Other skills like needlework and cooking are not bad either. Now Suisui goes out to the world as a well-educated and well-mannered young lady from an official family!