Xiao Qian had been sitting aside and listening with a smile, still holding the soles of her shoes in her hand. After she finished speaking, she nodded, "I heard you said this child is not bad. I will invite them all to my house for a meal when you have time. You are the master, so

You should treat your disciples to meals occasionally."

Man Bao knew that his sister-in-law didn't understand, so he glanced at Zhou Lizhong who was cleaning the yard, leaned forward and whispered: "Sister-in-law, I'm kissing the big head, can't you hear it?"

Xiao Qian almost pricked her hand with a needle. Her eyes widened and she asked in a voice, "What?"

She glanced out subconsciously and saw the man who was cleaning the yard taking a broom and sweeping it out of the yard without raising his head. The ground was not particularly clean, so she was silent for a moment and said, "It's time to get married."

Already."

She put down the soles in her hands and sat next to Man Bao, "Tell me again about the third wife of the Liu family. How old is she this year?"

Man Bao said: "It's eighteen, and after the Chinese New Year, it's nineteen."

Xiao Qian nodded, "It's similar to Datou, just right. What does their family do?"

"She is a doctor," Man Bao said, "Her grandfather was the imperial physician in the palace. The imperial physician's rank is one rank higher than mine, and the same rank as mine. Her uncle is also a doctor. Now he is sitting in the Baicao Hall. Her father seems to be a doctor again.

There is some medicinal material business, and several of her brothers are also studying medicine and are planning to take the imperial examination in the next two years."

Xiao Qian felt a little weak and discouraged when she heard this, "She comes from such a good family, can she like the boss of our family?"

Man Bao said: "Li Zhong is not bad. Isn't he following the fourth brother around doing business? He makes a lot of money."

"Silly boy, that's not how family background is calculated," Xiao Qian said, "Besides, she is more capable than Da Tou. I'm afraid she will look down on Da Tou."

Man Bao thought for a while and then said: "Why don't we let them look at each other? Maybe they will fall in love with each other. There is no need to worry about the family. Doctor Liu mentioned this matter. He has the final say in their family.

They don’t mean to look down on our family, so others don’t need to care too much.”

What's more, Manbao is still very confident in her family. Seeing her sister-in-law's hesitation, she comforted her: "Sister-in-law, think about it, their family has a relatively strong foundation, but we can't just look at the past, but also the future."

She said: "Mr. Liu is a fifth-grade imperial doctor, and I am still a fifth-grade editor. Moreover, I am a full fifth-grade doctor, and my rank is half a grade higher than him."

"There are many children in their family studying medicine. Our family not only has children studying medicine, but also children studying literature. We are not as good as we were in the past, but we are not inferior at all compared to our family in the future," she said: "There are so many people in our family.

Well, their family is smaller than ours."

When Xiao Qian heard it, he was really convinced that they had a lot of family members, especially boys.

She smiled and said, "I just feel a little lacking in confidence."

After Man Bao had eaten and drank enough, he waved his hand and said grandly: "Don't feel that you are lacking in confidence. I feel that my past heritage is only reflected in two aspects. One is the family rules and products, and the other is the collection of books and knowledge at home.

"The latter is simple. I can buy many books for my family. As for knowledge, just watch Lixue and the others and study hard. What you learn in your head is yours."

Man Bao said: "As for the former, I think building a family means being humble and benevolent. My parents didn't teach us any wrong, so we don't want to do anything wrong to them."

Xiao Qian knew that Man Bao was trying to comfort her. How could things in this world be as simple as she said?

Otherwise, wouldn’t the accumulation of decades, hundreds or even thousands of years become a joke?

Xiao Qian was very self-aware on this point. She smiled and said: "There is a straw curtain hanging on the firewood door, the prime minister's family and the general's mansion. These are what the old people say. It is rare to pay attention to being a good match. For example, you and

Bai Shan."

She reached out and touched Man Bao's head and said: "When the Bai family mentioned this marriage, my parents were worried. Mom said that if our two families weren't involved like that, you and Bai Shan would have been together since childhood.

When my son grew up, we studied together with Mr. Zhuang. You are not much worse than Bai Shan in every aspect, and Mrs. Liu is kind to you and Mrs. Zheng has a good temper. There is no way that she will agree to this marriage."

Man Bao was stunned.

Xiao Qian said: "If you are not in the right family, even if you are happy for a while, you will be sad in the future."

Man Bao opened her mouth, thinking that she was young and had limited experience, and this was said by her sister-in-law whom she had always trusted, so she hesitated, "Then... should we still let them look at each other?"

Xiao Qian thought for a while and then said: "Let's see, the main reason is that Datou is getting older, but we still have to look at the woman's opinion when the time comes. If Miss Liu is not willing, we can't force it."

Man Bao nodded, "I won't force it. Getting married is a matter of mutual consent."

However, Xiao Qian still has some doubts, "I heard that Miss Liu comes from a good family and is very capable. Why would she want to compete with our family?"

Man Bao said without thinking: "Because our family will not stop her from becoming a female official or doctor."

She said: "Mr. Liu is worried now because he can't find a good family."

Xiao Qian was stunned, "Why are you stopping her from becoming a female official and a female doctor?"

That is a way to survive. How rare is it?

If it weren't for the fact that Da Ya was too old and not as smart as Er Ya and San Ya, she would have wanted Da Ya to learn medical skills from Man Bao.

You can tell by looking at the fifth brother and sister. They all work at home, but she can boil the ointment in two times. Erya can make more than one or two yuan by selling it. She and the fourth brother and sister are very envious.

Man Bao rubbed his stomach and said: "The world's social customs are like this, and they can't be changed in a while. Sister-in-law, it's settled. I'll let Li Zhong and Sanniang look at each other later."

Xiao Qian nodded and immediately said after coming back to his senses: "I'm going too. By the way, call my mother too."

Although she is already married to a daughter, Xiao Qian is still a little worried when it comes to her children's marriage, fearing that she is not thoughtful enough and does not know people well.

This is the first time Man Bao has done this kind of thing when she has grown up. She used to just follow her mother and watch the fun, but now she has become the one in charge. I didn’t think so before, but now she is a little bit serious now.

Flustered.

So he nodded.

So the two sisters went to find Mr. Qian.

Qian just thought for a moment and said: "We have to offer sacrifices during the Winter Festival. We are not at home this year, so we cannot offer sacrifices at home. Why don't we go to Xuandu Temple to burn incense and say peace to our ancestors and your parents. Then we will do it."

How about making an appointment with the Liu family to meet at Xuandu Temple?"

Man Bao didn't expect that she could still go out during the winter festival, so she nodded repeatedly.

Mr. Qian said to Mr. Qian: "Go and talk to Datou. Originally, I was thinking of taking him home to see the couple after spring next year. It would be better if I could find him in the capital. After all, there is a restaurant at home.

Here, they often do business here.”
Chapter completed!