Zhou Shirou happened to enter just as she heard those words, and immediately flew into a rage.
"My brother is willing to marry her, and our Zhou family is willing to become related by marriage to the Su family. That's a blessing they've cultivated over eight lifetimes, yet she actually dares to look down on my brother? Who does she think she is? Just a country girl..."
Madam Zhou frowned. "Shut up. Is that something a young lady should be saying? Go back to your room and reflect on your mistakes with the door closed."
"Mother..." Zhou Shirou felt wronged. She hadn't said anything wrong.
Her brother was such an outstanding man, yet that country girl Su Qiao actually looked down on him. If that wasn't being ungrateful, what was?
Their family was willing to take a liking to her, so she should be burning incense in gratitude. How dare she criticize her brother?
Hmph. If Su Qiao's father hadn't suddenly passed the xiucai examination, if her brother hadn't become a tongsheng, and if the Su family hadn't grown closer to that official above them, did they really think the Zhou family would have taken a fancy to a country bumpkin like her?
Madam Zhou's eyes sharpened. "Are you still not going?"
Zhou Shirou stomped her foot, then turned and went back to her room, unwilling and resentful.
"Aunt Fang, you mean the Su family refused?"
Matchmaker Fang didn't dare hide anything.
"Not a complete refusal, I suppose. They seemed quite hesitant, saying they needed three or four days to consider it."
Madam Zhou lowered her head and thought for a moment before saying calmly, "It's perfectly normal for them to take some time to consider it. In the past, when families arranged marriages, did any of them agree the