Only then did Xu Cotoneaster remember to introduce himself and said to the young girl, “This is cousin Yue’er.”
Then he added to Song Wan Yue, “This is your future sister-in-law, Lin Shuang.”
Future sister-in-law?
Song Wangyue’s eyes lit up.
And then she gave Xu Cotoneaster a thumbs up, “Cousin has a good eye.”
Lin Shuang, who was also half a child of the world and had seen the world before, could not help but blush when she heard Song Wan Yue’s blunt words of praise.
Xu Cotoneaster’s eyes were full of laughter.
Song Wan Yue stepped forward and took Lin Shuang’s arm, leading her inside with a gossipy expression, “How does sister Lin know my cousin? He’s a little curmudgeon, it’s not easy to get him to admit in public that you’re my future sister-in-law.”
Xu Cotoneaster could not help but laugh, how could he be so glib about his cousin? When had he ever been a curmudgeon?
Lin Huan was also a generous person, and after she blushed, she was frank and smiled back, “They met some robbers on the road, so I helped them out.”
“And then my cousin fell in love with sister Lin.”
Naturally not.
I don’t know if it was fate or coincidence, but they ran into each other a few more times later, also in situations where their party needed help.
But that’s a long story, and not one that is appropriate to tell now.
Song Wan Yue naturally knew this, and did not pursue the question further, but turned back to Xu Cotoneaster and said, “Cousin, you go and see Great-Grandfather first, while I lead Sister Lin to see my aunt.”
Xu Cotoneaster nodded his head.
He had returned from a few months away from home, and it was necessary to go to his grandfather’s place first.
Shuang’er was an atmospheric girl whose mother would like to see her, and with Song Wangyue still following, Xu Cotoneaster didn’t worry much.
He turned a corner and went to the old man’s side.
Mrs Xu Yan had been waiting in the house for a long time, and when she heard the footsteps, she rose impatiently and sat back down again, looking at the door.
The door curtain was opened and Song Wangyue walked in with a girl on her arm.
Mrs. Xu Cotoneaster’s smile paused for a moment, “This is ……”
“Cousin’s sweetheart, my future cousin’s wife, Lin Shuang.”
The son’s sweetheart?
Mrs Xu Yan stood up happily.
Her son was finally enlightened and had found such a beautiful girl, how could she not be happy?
Lin Shuang bowed, “My daughter, Lin Shuang, has met the madam.”
Before she could finish, she was pulled by Mrs. Xu, “Don’t be so polite, are you tired from the journey? Sit down and take a rest.”
She also instructed Sister Chen, “Have someone bring over some snacks and tea.”
Sister Chen answered happily and went out with a breeze.
She had grown up with the young master, and now he had a girl of his choice, so she was even happier than Madam.
Lin Shuang quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
Only after she and Xu Cotoneaster had expressed their feelings for each other did she ask about the Xu family, and she did not know how apprehensive she was when she learnt that it was the Xu family of a contemporary great scholar.
She was afraid that the Xu family would not accept her.
After all, she was all jaded.
Even an ordinary scholarly family would not accept her easily, let alone the Xu family.
She was also prepared to be torn apart by the Xu family in the end.
She never expected that her future mother-in-law would accept her so easily.
“Shuang’er, where are you from? What’s in the family? What do we need to prepare if we are going to propose marriage? ”
Mrs. Xu Cotoneaster asked in a series of questions, her joy overflowing.
“In reply to your Ladyship’s words, I am from Wen County, my parents are alive and well, and I have two brothers, and because I grew up weak, my parents hired a master to teach me martial arts.”
And he knew martial arts!
Lady Xu Cotoneaster was simply too pleased with this future daughter-in-law.
Sister Chen led the maids to bring up tea and cakes.
Mrs. Xu Cotoneaster was all smiles, “Eat some quickly, there is no need to be formal in front of your aunt, do as you wish.”
“By the way, do your family know about you and Cotoneaster? What do they think, they don’t dislike Cotoneaster, do they?”
Song Wangyue wanted to cover her face.
She knew that her aunt and uncle looked forward to her cousin getting a daughter-in-law every day, but she wasn’t this impatient.
Lin Shuang hadn’t expected her future mother-in-law to ask such a question either, and paused for a moment before replying, “Naturally not.”
“Then I will immediately ask the official matchmaker to propose a marriage.”
With those words, she was about to get up.
Song Wan Yue coughed and laughed, “Auntie, sister Lin is still here.”
Lady Xu Yan slapped her head violently, she was overjoyed.
“Look at me, I forget everything when I’m happy, Miss Lin, you mustn’t mind, come and drink tea and have some snacks.”
While Lady Xu Yan was overjoyed, Lady Zhu was lecturing her son with hatred.
At the first sight of her son’s return, Madam Zhu was so happy that she almost wept with joy. Ever since he was a child, her son had never been away from her for so long, and it was especially painful to see him darker and thinner.
She ordered her servants to serve tea and snacks, and asked the kitchen staff to cook a few more delicious dishes so that Zhu Wen could have a good meal.
When his happiness had passed, he began to ask about Zhu Wen’s situation in the past few months.
When she found out that Xu Cotoneaster had returned with his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Zhu’s happiness was all gone.
“The same person went on a trip, but he brought back a daughter-in-law, but you didn’t even bring back a shadow of your daughter-in-law, who do you think you followed, why are you so stupid?”
One moment he was enjoying his old mother’s concern, and the next he was being scolded by her, Zhu Wen immediately regretted coming home. He should have wandered around for a few more months.
“Mother, where am I stupid? Isn’t it just that I didn’t bring back a daughter-in-law? You wait, within three months, I’ll make sure to marry one for you at home.”
“That’s what you said, if you can’t marry one in three months, you’ll honestly pick one of the ones mother chose for you and forget about ……”
The actual fact is that you will be able to get a lot more than just a few of the most popular and most popular ones.
The actual fact is that you can find a lot of people who are not able to get a good deal on a lot of things.
Zhu Wen didn’t know what his mother was thinking, he had just said that, but he was not too young, it was time for him to get married, and there were some good ones among those his mother had chosen, so he would have to take a good look at them later.
……
The Xu family is very happy and satisfied with Lin Shuang.
An official matchmaker was soon asked to propose a marriage.
The Lin family was considered a small wealthy family in Wen County, but compared to the Xu family, it was not worth mentioning.
When the official matchmaker came to their door to propose marriage, the Lin family were stunned.
“Madam Lin, I’m not bragging, this Xu family’s son has the looks and the education, a dashing gentleman, a talented man, there are girls in the capital who want to marry him.”
Seeing the Xu family froze, the matchmaker thought it was because she didn’t agree and gave Xu Cotoneaster a good boast.
Only when her words fell did the Lin family realize that the Xu family had really agreed, and that the Lin family and the Great Confucian family would become in-laws.
“Yes, we do.”