Chapter 152 The best evildoers should gather together
"Widow Tong, what are you doing in my house?"
Xu Zaohua's mother Yu, who was cutting meat, saw Tong Huaqiong enter her house with an unhappy look on her face.
Xu Zaohua's family was the wealthiest in the village. Yu had always looked down on other people in the village, especially Tong Dajiao, whom she looked down on even more than this widow.
In the past, when she met Tong Da Jiao in the village, even if Tong Da Jiao greeted her actively, she would not even say a word.
Now that the head of the Xu family and the village chief have fallen, the Yu family has blamed Tong Huaqiong for the mistake.
"You think I want to come to your house without getting my feet dirty?" Tong Huaqiong spoke in Tong Dajiao's style, "Where's your Zaohua?"
Yu wanted to roll her eyes. Why was she looking for her Zaohua?
Her husband Xu Jin had mentioned this to her before. Xu Jin was impressed by Gu Jingzhe's qualifications and wanted to recruit him as his son-in-law.
Before it was even mentioned, Tong Huaqiong had already become enemies with the Xu family.
Yu told Xu Jin that even though the two families were at odds, Gu Jingzhe could still marry Zaohua, as long as Gu Jingzhe was willing to become Xu's son-in-law.
Anyway, Tong Dajiao doesn't want Gu Jingzhe to go to school. If they are willing to pay for Gu Jingzhe to go to school, Gu Jingzhe will have to marry into the family.
Yu and Xu Jin thought about it for a long time, but they forgot that the matter was not decided by them, but by Tong Huaqiong and Gu Jingzhe.
"Why are you looking for my Zaohua?" Yu asked unhappily.
Could it be that Tong Da Jiao already knew the Xu family's plan?
She and Xu Jin did ask Zaohua to find out what Gu Jingzhe was thinking, for fear that Gu Jingzhe had told Tong Dajiao about this.
Zaohua hasn't even become the daughter-in-law of the Gu family yet, but Tong Dajiao is so arrogant. She will be controlled by her to death after she gets married.
Tong Huaqiong didn't give Yu any excuses and said, "I'm here to propose marriage to your Zaohua."
Yu was overjoyed.
Could it be that Tong Dajiao also wants Zaohua to be her daughter-in-law?
If that's the case, then we can talk about it.
When Yu thought of this, her tone changed subtly, and she asked, "Which young man is Sister Tong talking about?"
Tong Huaqiong stood in front of the chopping board and said, "Fan Tong from Bison Valley is a scholar."
Yu and Gu Taohua were both stunned.
Yu was not familiar with Fan Tong.
Gu Taohua never expected that her mother would actually marry Fan Tong to Xu Zaohua.
Tong Huaqiong remained calm in the face of Gu Taohua's puzzled gaze, and simply brought together Fan Tong and Xu Zaohua, the two most troublesome people in her previous life.
This will save Gu Taohua and Gu Jingzhe from getting into trouble because of these two people.
"It's hard to find a scholar in this village. Why is this scholar seeking marriage now?"
When Yu heard about the scholar, she was quite excited, after all, Gu Jingzhe was just a student.
"My family is poor and it's hard for me to study, so how can I have money to marry a wife?" said Tong Huaqiong.
Yu suspected that this was a trap. She didn't believe that Tong Dajiao was so kind as to introduce a scholar to her daughter.
What’s more, the Gu family and the Xu family are at odds with each other.
Tong Huaqiong seemed to see through Yu's thoughts and said, "Sister, you must be wondering why I told Mr. Fan to Zaohua. I am enemies with Xu Si and Xu Yong, but I am not enemies with your family. The Xu family is the largest family in the village, and my Gu family is weak. I still live in the village, and I can't offend all of you Xu family members."
"Besides, I am also doing business in town. Who doesn't want to make good connections when doing business? Even though Xu He is the patriarch of your Xu family now, I know that your man will definitely be the head of the Xu family in the future."
Yu was convinced by Tong Huaqiong's straightforward confession.
What Tong Da Jiao said makes a lot of sense.
As the largest family in Qinghe Bay, the Xu family has many children and it is impossible for them to never be able to turn things around.
What's more, many girls from the Xu family married into large families in various villages and towns in Pingchuan County.
If Tong Huaqiong wants to continue living in Qinghe Bay, she really needs to establish a good relationship with the Xu family.
Besides, we can find out whether Mr. Fan is capable or not by going to Buffalo Valley to ask around.
Tong Huaqiong tried to figure out Yu's thoughts, and said, "To be honest, big sister, Fan Tong is my Jingzhe's private school senior. When he asked me to propose marriage, I wanted to marry him my niece. But after thinking about it, I felt that my niece was not worthy of a scholar. The best girl in our village is Zaohua. Only Zaohua is worthy of a scholar, and she will become a juren in the future, and she may even be granted an imperial decree in the future."
Tong Huaqiong was frantically making promises to Yu.
Xu Jin and Yu asked Xu Zaohua to visit Gu Jingzhe. Wasn't it because they valued Gu Jingzhe that he was a scholar?
Since they wanted a scholar as their son-in-law, she would just bring out a ready-made one.
As for whether Fan Tong agrees or not, can he still stop the matchmaker from coming?
The Xu family is rich, and Fan Tong is a profit-seeking person. The Xu family needs a scholar as a son-in-law, so they hit it off and became a perfect match.
As for Xu Zaohua's dream of becoming a juren's wife, that's just a dream!
In his previous life, Fan Tong never passed the imperial examination until his death.
"Also, Fan Tong's family is poor. He has an old mother and a married sister, and he needs money for his studies. Who has the money to support their son-in-law to study? My eldest brother's family certainly can't do that, as he himself doesn't even have a place to study. Only men in your family have this ability in the whole village, so I thought it would be a good idea to keep the money in the family, so I'd just introduce him to your Zaohua."
"Sister Yu, if you don't believe what I said, you and Uncle Dashu can go to Bison Valley and ask around."
Tong Huaqiong praised Fan Tong to the skies and assured him that Fan Tong would have a bright future.
This potential stock is worth investing in.
Yu's thoughts became active.
Tong Huaqiong then hit Yu with a heavy hammer, and whispered in Yu's ear: "I also have my own selfish motives. I originally wanted to come to your house to propose marriage to my Jingzhe, but this would waste the marriage between our two families. It would be better to let Jingzhe marry a girl from another big family, and let Zaohua marry Fan Xiucai. Jingzhe and Fan Xiucai are brothers, and you and I live in the same village. In the future, no matter who of Jingzhe and Fan Tong has a promising future, we can help each other."
The scholar's wife made Yu's heart moved.
But why didn’t Widow Tong give such a good scholar to her daughter?
Yu glanced at Taohua and said, "Wouldn't it be better if Mr. Fan was your son-in-law?"
Tong Huaqiong smiled helplessly and said, "Everyone knows that Zaohua is the most beautiful girl in our village. My peach blossom is like a paper scroll. How can she be the wife of a scholar?"
That's true. Gu Taohua can beat Xu Si's fat girl with one hand. Which young man of the right age would be interested in her? She is already fourteen years old and has never had a matchmaker come to her house. It's abnormal that Fan Xiu is interested in her.
Thinking this way, Yu completely let down her guard against Tong Huaqiong.
"I also want to adopt Zaohua as my goddaughter, so that we can become even closer relatives." Tong Huaqiong took the opportunity to make a request.
Yu thought to herself, Widow Tong has a very good plan. Scholar Fan doesn't like your daughter, so you want to take my daughter Zaohua as your daughter, right?
What a big spring and autumn dream.
So she smiled and declined: "Sister Tong, when my daughter Zaohua was little, she already took the big locust tree at the door as her godmother. The fortune teller said that she can't take a human as her godmother because it will be incompatible with her."
Tong Huaqiong had a look of regret on her face but was ecstatic in her heart.
Just as she expected.
Whoever wants to adopt your daughter as a goddaughter should stay as far away as possible!
Tong Huaqiong chatted with Yu for a while and encouraged her to let Xu go to Ye Niu Valley to see Zaohua.
Yu agreed and sent Tong Huaqiong out the door.
There was no food left, not even a glass of water for Tong Huaqiong.
However, Tong Huaqiong didn't care, as long as the goal was achieved.