Zhang Tie had originally wanted his brother Zhang Yang to contact Huaiyuan Hall's people in Great Xia and have them pass the message along. He had not expected Sixth Granduncle to be at his house. This removed an intermediary step and made things far more convenient. As an elder of Huaiyuan Hall, Sixth Granduncle had decision-making authority in major matters. Having such news relayed back to Huaiyuan Hall through his mouth would undoubtedly carry far more weight.
Sixth Granduncle had come to Zhang Tie's home because of his three sons. His brother briefly explained why Sixth Granduncle was there.
Zhang Tie had not been in Great Xia, so he had no idea of the sensation his three sons had caused. During the months he had been in secluded cultivation at sea, the people coming to arrange child betrothals at his home had nearly worn down the Zhang Family's threshold. Every visitor came from either wealth or nobility. Even the Qin Family of Oceanic Province had dispatched a steward from Blessed Sea City to call with gifts. Because of those three children, the Zhang Family had been basking in unmatched glory in Blessed Sea City for a time. Beverly, Linda, and Fiona had also risen in status through their sons, gaining the recognition of Blessed Sea City's mainstream Hua community in one stroke and entering the circles of its celebrated ladies and noble matrons.
One had to understand just how difficult it was in Great Xia for ordinary foreign-born girls like Beverly and the others to gain recognition from mainstream Hua society. Without the efforts of three generations, a clean family background, a good education, and a financially comfortable household, it was almost impossible for an ordinary woman of another race to enter Great Xia's mainstream society. It was not that