The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 693, Soaring to Great Heights (3)_1

Chapter 693: Chapter 693, Soaring to Great Heights (3)_1

"Let’s set it for the fourteenth of June." Therefore, Lady Yu hurried to the market today to buy things in advance and also to let Pei Qin know ahead of time, so she wouldn’t have to bother looking for matchmakers anymore.

Pei Qin nodded in agreement, saying she would be busy that day but would still send a gift.

Lady Yu, aware that Pei Qin was extremely busy at the moment, smiled and accepted, then took out two pairs of silk flowers she had bought. "They said these are a new style, so I bought an extra pair. Let Qianqian and Jiujiu wear them!" With her daughter’s marriage arrangements set, now she was only worried about her eldest son.

Pei Qin thought about how Pei Qian, aside from being busy with work and the breeding farm, would always grit her teeth and scowl every time she received a letter from Fang Liuming. Her lips stiffened into a forced smile. Reluctantly, she let Huang Qiu take the silk flowers.

Lady Yu was anxious. After all, Dalang had been taught by Pei Qin and Mo Heng as a couple. If she didn’t like Dalang, she wouldn’t have taught him martial arts exclusively. Since it wasn’t aversion, and now Dalang had even become an official of The Imperial Court, was it all just because they couldn’t marry among relatives? But such marriages among relatives are often seen as good matches. With Dalang as a brother-in-law like that, it should be enough, right?

Grandma Fang told her not to worry, Pei Qian was still young. Seeing Pei Qin’s attitude, even if she agreed, she wouldn’t let them marry her off early. They would deal with Fang Fang’s marriage first.

Lady Yu could only nod, yet her son was almost twenty, and others his age already had two or three children. Jiujiu had grown so much as well, yet her hope of holding a grandchild was still dim, "It’s true that nothing ever goes completely smoothly!" Her eldest son had a smooth career in the exam system but faced a bumpy road in his love life.

She would focus on her daughter’s marriage arrangements first.

Finally, Fang Fang’s marriage was settled. Not only did the whole family breathe a sigh of relief, but Lady Yu also felt like a weight was lifted from her heart, as did everyone in Fang Family Village. If they had waited any longer, she really would have ended up an old maid.

"With her kind of attitude, marrying over there, she would only be a nuisance to that young doctor!" Pei Qian looked down upon Fang Fang’s carefree, lazy, and gluttonous ways, saying that marrying her off would just bring trouble to someone else’s family. It would be better to marry her off to Li Baoxiang and let Grandma Li deal with her!

"But who knows, they might actually fall in love with each other!" Pei Qin glanced at her disapprovingly.

Pei Qian rolled her eyes, not convinced.

As the marriage was settled, there were many who speculated that the young doctor was attracted by the Fang family’s status. Being the newly appointed official’s brother-in-law, cousin-in-law to Pei Qin and Mo Heng, he would surely reap many benefits in the future.

Lady Chen was even more certain that Fang Fang was born to be exploited. That young doctor at least knew how to read and had learned medicine to treat the sick. Marrying Fang Fang was definitely a bid to take advantage of them.

Pei Wenlee, with the decision made by Pei Wenli, was married off as a concubine to The Chief Clerk of the Crown Prince’s Chancellery.

Lady Chen thought her daughter was climbing the social ladder by being connected to The Chancellery of the Crown Prince, now going to reap benefits from others. A Seventh-rank official stood before a prime minister’s door. Her son-in-law was part of the Crown Prince’s establishment, a bona fide Seventh-rank official. Once the Crown Prince ascended to the throne, it would mean promotions and wealth for him, and her daughter would rise along with the tide. There was also the possibility of providing support for her son.

Pei Wenli’s failure in the examination this time had Lady Chen grinding her teeth in frustration, especially since Fang Liuming had passed and secured an official position. If it weren’t for the help of Shen Songming from the Shen family, how could Fang Liuming, someone inferior to her son, pass, while her own Wenli failed?

Waiting another three years was a blow and ordeal for everyone at Old Pei’s House, especially for those of the main branch.

Pei Wenbo was also of age to marry but wasn’t good at studying. He refused to learn a trade as it would lower his status, and he didn’t want to work as a farmer in the family. He idled away his days, loafing around, and with Pei Qin and Mo Heng setting the standards and the Fang family on the rise, any slightly discerning family was reluctant to form a marital alliance.

Lady Chen, on the other hand, thought of finding a high-status wife for her son, one who could not be like Kong’s, who bogged down her eldest son without even being able to bear a child. By now, Fang Liuming had made a name for himself as an official in the Capital Jingcheng and would surely seek to marry a daughter of an official’s family.