Jiang Fa had some doubts in his eyes.
When Lady Chen heard this, the smile on his face paused slightly, he glanced at his son, then at his sister, and said softly, "Yue'e, eat first, and we'll talk about anything after eating."
"Okay, let's eat!"
Chen Yue'e was not polite. He took Lady Chen's hand and walked to the kitchen, already starting to mutter, "I met Liu Dazhuang's mother-in-law on the way here. She kept praising me Fa, saying that Jiang Lineage's ancestral tombs are smoking, it made my face light up..."
Jiang Fa Standing in the yard, looking at my aunt's fiery back, I felt a bit of a bad premonition.
As expected, this meal was not an enjoyable one.
Chen Yue'e is a familiar person, and he never stops talking at the dinner table. One moment he praises Lady Chen for his good craftsmanship, another moment he praises Jiang Dashan for being lucky, and the next moment he points his chopsticks at Jiang Xiaohe and says, "Eat more, and I will be as successful as your brother when I grow up."
After three rounds of wine and five tastes of food, she finally put down her chopsticks, picked up a handkerchief and wiped her mouth, turned to Jiang Fa, and spoke with a smile.
"Fa, my aunt is asking you something, you have to tell her the truth."
"Auntie, tell me."
"Do you have a girl you like now?"
Jiang Fa was drinking soup and almost spit out the soup when he heard the words.
Lady Chen gently pulled Chen Yue'e's sleeve and said in a low voice, "The child just came back, why do you ask this..."
"Oh, what can't you ask?"
Chen Yue'e waved his hand nonchalantly. "Fa is already eighteen. If it were anyone else's house, the babies would be all over the place. Besides, he is promising now. This life-long event should be settled early. If it's late, the good ones will be picked up by others!"
She turned to Jiang Fa with an eager tone. "Tell me the truth, are you interested in me?"
Jiang Fa put down the soup bowl and shook his head. "No."
"It's better if you don't have it!"
Chen Yue'e's eyes shone, he leaned forward and said mysteriously, "My aunt has arranged a wonderful marriage for you!"
The whole table looked at her.
Only Jiang Xiaohe was still gnawing on the chicken legs with all his heart, until his mouth was full of oil.
Seeing no one answered, Chen Yue'e had no choice but to explain, "Do you know Squire Tang from Clear River Town? They are the wealthy family with thousands of acres of fertile land and more than a dozen shops!"
Jiang Fa frowned. "Auntie, I am currently practicing martial arts and have no plans to start a family yet..."
"Listen to what my aunt has to say first!"
Chen Yue'e smiled and pressed Jiang Fa's hand, "Can my aunt still harm you? Then Squire Tang has an only daughter named Tang Jin'er is twenty-eight years old. She is pretty, well-educated, and has a docile temperament. People seeking marriage are lined up from the town to outside the town, but Squire Tang has a high vision, and ordinary people will not look down on her at all."
She paused, as if about to tell some big news, and straightened her back. "But Squire Tang heard about you from somewhere, and asked someone to come to me twice to find out!"
Jiang Fa was stunned. "I want someone to find my aunt?"
"That's not the case!"
Chen Yue'e's face showed a bit of satisfaction. "Although my aunt has no other abilities, I know who has a girl of the right age in this country from all over the country. Squire Tang Over there After much searching, I found your uncle, and your uncle came back to discuss with me. I thought this was a great thing, so I made a special trip to Clear River Town and met Miss Tang. She looked really..."
"Yue'e!"
Lady Chen said with some blame, "Why didn't you tell me in advance about such a big matter?"
"Didn't I say that!"
Chen Yue'e spread his hands with an innocent expression. "I haven't made up my mind yet, I just think that Miss Tang's conditions are there, and we, Fa, are a talented and beautiful woman, a match made in heaven. If they work out, we, Jiang Lineage, will really make a comeback!"
She got excited and turned to Jiang Fa, her eyes shining with eagerness. "Fa, my aunt will tell you everything, Squire Tang said, if you are willing, you can go to the Tang Family on the fifth day of the first lunar month. You don't have to do anything, just show up and let people look at each other. Whether you succeed or not depends entirely on you young people!"
Jiang Fa put down his chopsticks and said nothing for a moment.
He glanced at Lady Chen,
I saw some emotion on my mother's face,
Jiang Dashan was holding a wine bowl with a complicated expression on his face, as if he didn't know whether to interrupt or not.
Jiang Fa sighed secretly in his heart.
How could he not hear it?
What about "finding my uncle after wandering around", what about "making people look at each other",
Tang Family has a great family and a big business, so I can't compete with him. It's probably because my aunt took it upon herself to get on the Tang Family's line.
In all likelihood, he has already agreed to the other party in private, and coming here today is not a discussion at all, but a notification.
According to his true feelings, he has no interest in this kind of blind date party.
When practicing martial arts, the most important thing to avoid is distraction. Where can you find the free time to deal with blind dates?
But looking at my aunt's eager face, and then looking at the faint hope in my mother's eyes, I swallowed the words of rejection as soon as they reached my lips.
My aunt has treated him well since she was a child.
Jiang Fa I remember that when I was a child, my family was so poor that we couldn't help ourselves. My aunt would come to our house every now and then carrying half a bag of rice to help.
One New Year's Eve, the family didn't even have money to buy meat, so my aunt came through the snow carrying half a pig's hind leg. When she entered the house, she was soaked through and shivering from the cold.
For this reason, he couldn't just refute his aunt's face.
"Auntie."
Jiang Fa said in a helpless tone, "Are you talking about the fifth day of the first lunar month?"
"Yes, yes! The fifth day of the first lunar month."
When Chen Yue'e saw him relenting, he immediately smiled and nodded repeatedly, "When the time comes, you can dress more decently and go to the Tang Mansion to sit down. That Squire Tang is a rare and kind person. If he falls in love with you, he will be like this for the rest of his life..."
"I'll go."
Jiang Fa interrupted her eloquent words, "But let's agree first, we just go and have a look. Whether it succeeds or not, it's up to God."
"Of course, of course!"
Chen Yue'e happily grabbed Lady Chen's hand. "Sister, don't worry, I'm not reliable at what I do?"
Lady Chen smiled, his eyes fell on his son's face, his lips moved, but he didn't say anything.
Jiang Dashan poured a bowl of wine. When he put down the bowl, there was a smile on his lips, and he nodded towards Jiang Fa, which means you can make up your own mind.
Only Jiang Xiaohe raised his head in confusion and asked vaguely, "Brother, are you going to get a wife?"
"Eat your chicken legs."
Jiang Fa glared at him, and Jiang Xiaohe stuck out her tongue at him.
This dinner was very late.
Chen Yue'e stayed at Jiang Lineage for one night and went back early in the morning.
When leaving, Lady Chen stuffed a large bag of wax ducks from Liu Dazhuang into her hand, and asked Jiang Dashan to take her to the entrance of the alley.