The Road to Dominance in All Worlds, Starting from Brother Qiang

At the same time, he called out again, telling the maidservants to bring over a bowl of ginseng tea quickly.

Master Chen's arrangements did not cause much fluctuation in Xu Xiucai's eyes.

Master Chen felt helpless, and could only shake his head at Xu Xiucai and sigh softly, "Nephew, you..."

After drinking a bowl of ginseng tea, Xu Xiucai's complexion returned to a little ruddy.

Master Chen sighed and asked Xu Xiucai, "Do you still remember Catcher Li from this county? The one who used to have a bad temper in the yamen?"

At first, Xu Xiucai didn't know why Mr. Chen would suddenly mention Li Butou, who had resigned due to health reasons the year before last, but after Mr. Chen talked for a while, he finally understood what Mr. Chen said. deep meaning.

It turned out that although Li Butou only had the title of Butou, he could not be regarded as a high-ranking court official at all, but he was just a small official in the county government.

But no matter how statusless this kind of petty subordinate is in the eyes of the upper class, in the eyes of ordinary people, he can still be regarded as a dignified official after all.

But Li Butou has a son in his family, who is already fifteen or sixteen years old, which is considered appropriate age.

In recent days, he was looking for a marriage candidate for his son, and he also said that only a well-educated, literate and sensible girl can enter his house.

But don't even think about it, Li Butou himself doesn't know a single word, and in the eyes of scholars, it's hard to look down on him as a small subordinate. Conditions, what kind of good family is not allowed to marry, but he has to go to the house of a subordinate official like him, which makes people laugh for no reason?

When Mr. Chen heard about this incident earlier, he just took it as a joke, but at this moment, he seriously mentioned this incident to Li Xiucai.

At the end, he asked Li Xiucai, "I remember your Jiaorong, she must be 13 years old?"

Xu Xiucai, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke up after hearing Mr. Chen's questioning, "There is still February [-]th."

In ancient times, people got married very early, and many girls got married when they were only eleven or twelve years old.

Xu's family is like this, Xu Jiaorong is almost 13 years old but still hasn't decided on a husband's family, it's because Mrs. Xu left early, and Xu Xiucai has worked a lot these years, and he really doesn't have time to take care of it reason.

After hearing so much from Master Chen, how could Xu Xiucai fail to understand what Master Chen said?

Make a marriage arrangement for Xu Jiaorong and find a husband's family.

In this case, even if they went by themselves, considering the in-law relationship of the two families, the other party would definitely not let Xu Jiaorong and Xu Xian's siblings starve to death.

In a short time, of course Xu Xiucai couldn't make up his mind right away.

After saying goodbye to Mr. Chen, Xu Xiucai, who was a little dazed, didn't know how he got back to his home.

Looking at the daughter Jiaorong who just washed the clothes for the younger brother at home, who is currently stepping on a small stool and cooking on the pot, and then glanced at the son who was holding a branch in the yard and was practicing calligraphy stroke by stroke on the ground Xu Xian, Xu Xiucai's eyes immediately turned red.

These are his children, but as a father, he can no longer support them to grow up.

In the early years, Xu Xiucai also had some dealings with Li Butou, and knew that although his temper was vulgar, he was still a good person with a kind heart. During his tenure as Butou, he helped many poor people .

His family's son, whom I met once a few years ago, is a thick-headed and tiger-brained boy who follows his father and has a strong arm.

Pursing her lips vigorously, Xu Xiucai walked to the edge of the kitchen, signaling her daughter to put down the work at hand and talk to her.

"Jiaorong, daddy will ask you a question."

"Do you want to get married?"

Chapter 1251 The Old Red Line

Chapter 1251

Although it is almost difficult for scholars to look down on Li Butou, a long-standing subordinate, there are also scholars like Xu Xiucai who have not been doing well and have completely cut off their hopes for the imperial examination. Realistically lofty and proud, he is going to be an in-law with Li Datou, a "running dog" of the public family who was often called a picky person by them in the past.

Therefore, when Xu Xiucai finally made up his mind, and after inquiring about the reputation of the Li family and his son, he thought about hiring Mr. Chen to be the matchmaker. From Mr. Chen's mouth, he heard something like this: Definitely not good news.

What makes Xu Xiucai even more uneasy is that although he is determined to let his daughter marry into the Li family in order to find a way out for his two sons and daughters, whether this can be done or not, so far, has only been determined. It's just Xu Xiucai's own wishful thinking.

Because that Catcher Li's vision is really too high, even a girl from the old Juren's family can't catch his eyes, not to mention that the situation of Xu's family is definitely in the bottom compared to other people. Lowest level.

Don't say that Xu Xiucai, as a low-ranking scholar who is dying soon, as a Yue family, it will be difficult to help Li Butou's son too much in the future.

What's more, the Xu family's plan is to marry one and give the other away. Once Xu Xiucai dies, the lonely and helpless young Xu Xian will definitely live in the Li family.

So for the Xu family, Catcher Li is 1 people who look down on him.

That is to say, because Xu Xiucai held a letter from Mr. Chen in his hands, Li Butou agreed to Xu Xiucai's request after agreeing to talk with Xu Xiucai once. The two children will meet first before talking.

If you are an orthodox scholar, where would you say such a suggestion?

Marriage is a major event, what is important is the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker.

As long as the adults on both sides have a conclusion, why bother to listen to the words of the children?

What's more, girls from scholars' families, because of the need to abide by etiquette and protect their reputation, will not even meet a foreign man even once before they get married in the bridal chamber.

But Xu Xiucai is already a dying person, and a little rumor of fame will not cause even the slightest disturbance in Xu Xiucai's heart.

For him, being able to marry off his daughter, especially in a family like Li Butou's family who is so committed and loyal, he will be more at ease in the end.

Xu Xiucai did not expect that, as a long-standing martial artist, Li Tutou wanted to add a literati atmosphere to the family, so that his son could be influenced by his wife, even if he couldn't write poetry or writing, he would always You should be able to read, so that you don't let the private school that you specially paid a lot of money to send your son to study when he was young, which is completely useless.

If, like himself, he was treated as an idiot all his life, then he would not dare to accept the magistrate's request, and send his son to the Gongmen to beg for a living when he becomes an adult.

However, no matter how much Catcher Li admires the demeanor of scholars, he himself is still the retired old Catcher who has spent his whole life licking blood at the head of the knife. He doesn't value ethics at all.

One of the big reasons why many of the previous families failed to get Li Butou's satisfaction was that they could not see the appearance and character of the other girl with their own eyes.

Even though the matchmaker praised those girls so much, Catcher Li is not the kind of fledgling boy. As an old fritter who has spent most of his life in the yamen, he really knows it very well. He talked about how good the reputation of those young masters and young ladies from rich families were outside, but there were really very few who really lived up to their reputation.

It is only said that ten years ago, Catcher Li handled a case with his former Qiantang county magistrate.