"Ah, let's wait and see!"
Perhaps this lord was only acting on a whim. Who knew when he might give up on the idea?
After all, his granddaughter was just an ordinary country girl.
Fortunately, Qiao'er was still young and knew nothing about relations between men and women. They could stall for a year or two.
"Dad, what exactly is going on?"
Since this concerned his daughter, Su Yaohui could not help asking.
Zhou Lihua was just as confused. "Exactly, Dad. Does my daughter... know that lord?"
The entire family fixed their eyes on the old man.
The old man sighed.
"When Qiao'er entered the Coal Mine to save me, she happened to help that lord out as well. After that, he began to look at her in a new light. Even his pet, White Tiger, is very attached to Qiao'er."
"Huh?"
"There was actually something like that between them?"
When she heard that her daughter had done that lord a favor, Zhou Lihua immediately beamed. "No wonder he sent people to deliver medicinal herbs, gifts, and silver back then."
Su Yaohui was excited as well. "Dad, since that's the case, then... can I really get an official position?"
Little Haozi had told him before that the great lord intended to make him an official.
As soon as the subject came up, Zhou Lihua remembered what her younger son had said when he returned earlier. Her finger nearly poked Su Qiao in the forehead.
"You wretched girl, someone gave you a jade pendant and promised to do you a favor, yet you actually refused."
"If you hadn't refused, your father might have become an official, and I could have become an Official's Wife."
What a wonderful chance to rise straight to the top! It had vanished just like that. What