Chapter 441 Whose nouveau riche family has two scholars

Chapter 441 Whose nouveau riche family has two scholars

Since County Magistrate Liu was willing to borrow a cotton loom or the blueprint of a cotton loom from Huating County, Tong Huaqiong didn't have to worry so much.

To be honest, if she couldn't get the tools and processes needed to turn cotton husks into cotton cloth before autumn, her 30 acres of cotton would be a waste.

After solving the problem of the fabric loom, Tong Huaqiong made an appointment with County Magistrate Liu to go to the Lu family in the provincial capital to propose marriage five days later.

Tong Huaqiong, along with Gu Jingzhe, Gu Taohua and others, are going to set off for the provincial capital in advance.

In addition to proposing marriage, Gu Jingzhe enrolled in Wanliu Academy and lived in the provincial capital from then on.

Originally, Tong Huaqiong asked Qin Qingyou to drive the car and Nie Xiaofeng to follow, but Su Chengmin volunteered to be the driver, saying that if Tong Huaqiong and others encountered bandits on the road, he could subdue them.

As for the private school, he simply gave it a holiday.

Tong Huaqiong felt that Su Chengmin was too casual. The private school just gave him a holiday when it said so.

This situation has happened many times, and Tong Huaqiong is worried that if it continues, the villagers will complain to the village chief Liu Tiejian.

Liu Tielian had previously implicitly expressed his dissatisfaction with Su Chengmin's frequent holidays.

Now that Gu Jingzhe has won the first place in the case as a son of a farming family, the villagers are excited and hope has risen. They wish they could force their sons to study to death.

Tong Huaqiong estimated that with the frequency of Su Chengmin's holidays, the villagers would sooner or later remove him.

Just when Tong Huaqiong disagreed with the private school's holiday, Master Su suddenly came to the house and said that he wanted to give some instructions to Gu Jingzhe who was about to go to Wanliu Academy to study.

The master and disciple talked in the room for nearly an hour, and when they came out, Gu Jingzhe's eyes were red.

When Master Su heard that Tong Huaqiong and Su Chengmin were arguing about the private school holidays, he took the initiative to offer to take Su Chengmin's place in class for a few days.

Tong Huaqiong couldn't help but look at Tong Pandi in the yard, and turned to ask Master Su: "What about the private school in town?"

Master Su said, "Students in the private schools in town can have a holiday."

Tong Huaqiong: “…”

No, Master Su, what kind of logic is this?

In order to teach in the village private school, he stopped his job in town.

Gu Jingzhe privately told Tong Huaqiong that a new teacher named Wan had come to the town's private school. Master Su's teaching philosophy was inconsistent with Master Wan's, so Master Su had the idea of ​​quitting the school.

Why did Tong Huaqiong feel that this was Master Su's excuse for coming to Qinghewan to teach?

However, if Master Su really decided to teach at Qinghewan Private School, the people in the village would probably praise him to the sky.

After all, in the eyes of the villagers, a teacher who can teach a top student is more powerful than the teacher in Wanliu Academy.

If you can teach one top student, you can teach two, three... your own child might be the next top student.

This time, Tong Huaqiong also invited Gu Baishuang to go with her.

The main purpose was to let Gu Baishuang meet Mr. Lu. After all, Gu Baishuang now had invested a large sum of money from Nie Mingyuan in the Lu family's maritime business. Meeting Mr. Lu would be more beneficial for her to have overall control over the Nie family's business.

It is said that Tong Huaqiong and others arrived at the provincial capital in a large group.

Gu Dashu welcomed people to his house in the city.

This house has three courtyards, large enough to accommodate a large family.

Liu Yue'e always wanted to come to the provincial capital to live with Gu Dashu, and she mentioned it to Tong Huaqiong several times, but Tong Huaqiong refused.

After arriving in the city, Tong Huaqiong immediately went to work purchasing gifts for proposing marriage to the Lu family.

Fortunately, I brought Gu Baishuang with me. She has a comprehensive understanding of the etiquette and gifts for proposing marriage in that era.

In order to express her sincerity, Gu Baishuang also asked Nie Xiaofeng to take Gu Jingzhe to hunt a pair of wild geese on the outskirts of Ningcheng.

County Magistrate Liu also arrived at the provincial capital, and with him came his mother, Han.

Han's mouth never closed when she saw Tong Huaqiong. She was so happy. Her cousin's daughter was engaged to Gu Jingzhe, and her cousin's son married her best friend's grandson. Although there was a generation gap in the relationship, it did not stop her from being happy.

From now on, these relationships will be the connections that my son holds in his hands!

She had to come along, for fear that her uncle, who did not play by the rules, would make things difficult for Tong Huaqiong and create obstacles for Gu Jingzhe and Lu Zhaozhao to get married.

In addition to the Liu family, Mr. Huang's family also came from Yanguan Town.

Mr. Huang was thinking that Lu Zhaozhao was his daughter's sister-in-law, who had no parents. It was the eldest sister-in-law's job to take care of her during the marriage, but it happened that the eldest sister-in-law and the eldest brother went to the capital. Therefore, Mr. Huang felt that he had an obligation to exercise the responsibilities of the eldest sister-in-law for his daughter.

On the third day after arriving in the city, Tong Huaqiong, Gu Jingzhe and others were taken to the Lu family by County Magistrate Liu and his mother.

This was the second time I went to the Lu family, but since it was a marriage proposal, I had to pretend it was my first time.

Old Master Lu had already been waiting at the door to greet them. Perhaps because his grandson had won first place in the imperial examination, Old Master Lu was standing at the door wearing a flashy red dress, looking very proud and pleased.

"Shopkeeper Tong, please."

Seeing Tong Huaqiong getting off the carriage, Mr. Lu came forward happily.

His eyes glanced behind Tong Huaqiong, who was carrying two wild geese.

My future grandson-in-law looks better than my own grandson.

Gu Jingzhe saluted Mr. Lu, and his thoughtful and considerate performance made Mr. Lu even happier.

Originally, there was no spark between Lu Zhaoyang and Gu Taohua, and Grandpa Lu had always felt regretful. Now that his granddaughter is marrying the head of the Gu family's case, he has made up for his regret.

Therefore, the look he gave Gu Jingzhe became more kind.

"Grandpa Lu." Gu Taohua greeted Grandpa Lu innocently.

"Taohua has lost weight. I will send you a truckload of supplements later."

Mr. Lu starts to feel heartbroken when he sees peach blossoms.

Mr. Lu has always liked Gu Taohua, especially the chubby Gu Taohua. He thinks the thin Taohua is not as festive and beautiful as the chubby Taohua.

Gu Taohua: “…”

That's not necessarily true. Gu Taohua is not thin because of lack of nutrition. She is thin because she exercises a lot every day running the shop and her body is growing taller. She really does eat less.

Tong Huaqiong and others were invited to the upper room by Mr. Lu.

Both parties sat down and exchanged their opinions.

Both parties were very satisfied with this marriage.

Old Master Lu was particularly happy because his grandson got the first place in the imperial examination and his granddaughter was engaged to the first place in the provincial examination. Now everyone in the city envied the Lu family.

In the past, the Lu family was a merchant family, but now anyone who dares to look down on them will be considered a nouveau riche.

Which nouveau riche family has two scholars?

The second happiest person was Mr. Huang. His family was a merchant family and he had always dreamed of having a scholar as his son-in-law. Now his son-in-law was about to become the top scholar in the imperial examination. Gu Jingzhe's engagement with the Lu family also made him half a son-in-law.

Whose family has two sons-in-law who are the top scorers in the imperial examinations?

"Why is Zhaozhao not here?" Han asked.

Gu Jingzhe's eyes were distracted since he entered the room, and he looked around for Lu Zhaozhao.

Logically speaking, the Lu family is not a conservative family. It is normal for Lu Zhaozhao to be present when discussing marriage, but she was not there.

"The little girl is shy and is hiding." Mr. Lu said, then he waved his hand and pointed at Gu Jingzhe and said to the maid next to him, "Take your son-in-law to find Zhao Zhao."

Gu Jingzhe blushed when he heard the word "son-in-law".

Tong Huaqiong smiled, pushed Taohua and said, "Don't you miss Zhao Zhao? Go see where Zhao Zhao has gone?"

This means letting Gu Taohua accompany Gu Jingzhe. With Gu Taohua by her side, others will not gossip.

"Uncle..."

After Gu Jingzhe and Gu Taohua left the upper room, Han spoke to the smug Mr. Lu, looking a little embarrassed. How should she tell her uncle that Shopkeeper Tong wanted to wait until his son went to Beijing to pass the high school entrance examination before getting married?

I wonder if my uncle will get angry, smash things and chase the person away.

Without waiting for Han to continue, Mr. Lu said, "I have something to say. I'll say it first, and then you can tell me your requests."