The scumbag ran away from marriage, I remarried on the spot

On the carriage.

Meng Jinyao held the hand warmer, looked at the man sitting opposite her, and asked: "Husband, I think my father was so kind to me today because he was just being courteous for nothing. He was either an adulterer or a thief. He didn't say anything to you, right? "

Gu Jingxi smiled: "Ayao is really good at predicting things."

Hearing this, Meng Jinyao sat up straight and asked curiously: "What did he tell you?"

Gu Jingxi didn't hide anything from her, and replied truthfully: "He found out that there is a vacancy in the household department, but there are many people looking at that vacancy. He can't get in just by walking around on his own. He wants me to help." Please help me sort out the relationship."

After hearing this, Meng Jinyao showed a look of understanding. No wonder today's lunch was all about her favorite dishes. Even the snacks were her favorite. He had gone to great lengths to please her.

Her father was a mediocre man, but he knew certain things correctly. He knew that her husband liked her, so he didn't dare to flatter him directly and used her to save the country.

As a result, she could guess without asking that her husband would not agree to her father's request.

She smiled and asked, "Is he angry again?"

Gu Jingxi replied: "He didn't dare to be angry, but he asked me in a subtle way, what do you think about his desire to remarry?"

Meng Jinyao was astonished after hearing this: "In his heart, is my opinion already so important? He can just marry her straight away. Does he still need to care about what I think?"

Gu Jingxi smiled helplessly: "I think he is probably a little afraid of you."

Hearing this, Meng Jinyao's expression became subtle. How could her father, who was always strict at home, be afraid of her? Maybe she is a little scared, because she has a reliable husband as a backer, and because of the Sun family, she has a shadow on her stepmother. I guess she is afraid that when she is about to succeed, she will do something behind his back and ruin his good deeds. Bar?

Meng Jinyao sneered and said: "Then he is really worrying too much. I will not make small moves. Instead of worrying that I will ruin his good things, why not worry about the good children he has with Sun?"

Gu Jingxi said: "So, I told him that you didn't mind and would also bless him. He felt relieved after hearing this."

Meng Jinyao was thoughtful and asked, "For asking such a question, could it be that he has already chosen a successor?"

Gu Jingxi nodded.

Meng Jinyao was very curious: "Which family's girl is blind? She can actually fall in love with my father."

Gu Jingxi replied: "She is the youngest daughter of Dong Hanlin. Dong Hanlin is an old Hanlin who was unlucky. He spent half his life in the Hanlin Academy but never got ahead. I heard from his father-in-law that the Dong family has already agreed to this marriage."

Half a lifetime?

Or an old Hanlin?

Meng Jinyao caught the key word and felt that Dong Hanlin was quite old, much older than her father. Generally, a man of this age would not have a daughter close to her, unless she was a concubine, so she asked, "What about Dong Hanlin?" How old is your little daughter?"

Gu Jingxi said: "Miss Dong Er is a legitimate daughter, she is twenty-five years old."

Hearing this, Meng Jinyao's eyes widened in shock and she said in disbelief: "A twenty-five-year-old girl is not married yet?"

Except for monks, it is very rare for a girl to be unmarried at the age of twenty-five. Poorer families will get married at the age of thirteen or fourteen. The rich and powerful will keep their daughters for a few years until they are sixteen. Marry again.

There must be a problem if no one wants a girl who is twenty-five years old and comes from an official family. How can her proud father be willing?

Gu Jingxi explained: "It's not that Miss Dong Er can't get married at the age of twenty-five. She has been married before, but she was widowed and childless. After being a widow for three years, she returned to her natal family in the capital, and her natal family arranged to discuss the marriage again. "

After hearing this, Meng Jinyao understood and nodded slightly: "It turns out that she is a married girl. She is twenty-five years old. My father can agree with anyone who has been married. Then Miss Dong Er must have pretty good looks. But with the reputation of the Meng family, , now in decline again, with a family status worse than that of the Meng family, my grandmother’s picky eye will not look down on it, a well-matched yellow flower girl will definitely not want to marry my father, but a girl who has married someone before will be willing, and Miss Dong Er After all, he comes from a Qingliu family, so it’s honorable to tell people about it.”

Gu Jingxi smiled and said, "Ayao is quite calm."

"Otherwise, what can we do? The younger generation can't take care of the elders' affairs." Meng Jinyao shrugged helplessly, and then clicked her tongue twice, "My son wants to get a wife, my father also wants to get a wife, the old and the young are all thinking about getting a wife. It was nerve-wracking, but in the end, the old man got what he wanted first."

Gu Jingxi couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and analyzed after a moment: "The Meng family made a fool of themselves, but the Sun family removed the father-in-law, and the mother-in-law's death was caused by the Sun family. In the eyes of outsiders, the father-in-law is a victim, and the world sympathizes with it." He lost his wife and son because of the Sun family. Xiu Ming is different. He ran away from marriage and had a doting concubine, who is now pregnant."

Meng Jinyao nodded lightly: "That's true. On the surface, my father doesn't look as ridiculous as Xiu Ming. By the way, did my father say when the wedding will be scheduled?"

Gu Jingxi replied: "The wedding date has not been decided yet, but the engagement will be finalized soon. I am ready to find an auspicious day to formally propose marriage."

Meng Jinyao chuckled softly: "He actually told you everything and didn't even say a word to me. Is he really so afraid that I would make a little trick? That's why he got the news from you. He knew I had no objection before he dared to say anything. Call him stupid. , he also knows how to talk, you say he is smart, but he talks to you, aren't you afraid that we are colluding?"

Gu Jingxi said warmly: "No matter what, now we know who he is going to marry. Your younger brothers and sisters probably don't know about this yet."

Meng Jinyao disagreed: "I don't think so. My good sister came to me today and wanted to use me as a knife."

Hearing this, Gu Jingxi frowned: "What's going on?"

Meng Jinyao replied: "She wanted to persuade me to work with you to put pressure on my father to give up the idea of ​​marrying a wife. It can be seen that she must have known that my father was about to propose marriage to the Dong family, so she was anxious. But I ignored her. Who will my father marry? I don’t want to worry about it, now I can also protect my second brother.”

After she finished speaking, she seemed to have thought of something and laughed again: "The weddings I attended were all of the same generation or juniors. It feels a bit weird to think that in the near future, I will go back to my parents' home to attend the wedding of my father and stepmother. , it seems a bit novel.”

Gu Jingxi laughed helplessly: "Not many sons-in-law can attend the father-in-law's wedding."

"That's true." Meng Jinyao nodded, and after a while, she began to worry again, "I still know what to give to my son when he gets married. Then I just need to give him a meeting gift when he serves tea the next day. When my father gets married, I will When I go back to my parents’ home for a wedding banquet, what kind of gift should I give?”

This question temporarily stumped Gu Jingxi. Gift-giving is also very particular. He couldn't place it at the moment as a congratulatory gift for his father's second marriage.

Before he could answer, Meng Jinyao said again: "That's all, don't mention it now. We'll talk about it later. Husband, while we are out, let's go shopping and then go back. Maybe I haven't been on the street for a long time."

Gu Jingxi said "Okay" and then asked with a smile: "Aren't you afraid of the cold now?"

Meng Jinyao: "There is sunshine today, I feel good, it is much warmer than yesterday."

After this shopping, I went straight into the evening, bought a lot of interesting gadgets, and had dinner at a restaurant outside before going back.