Chapter 42
The matchmaker is here.
The matchmaker, who didn't know the inside story, praised Yu Jingyao in front of Chen Jiao, and was like Pan An, who was more wealthy than Deng Tong.
Chen Jiao listened quietly and finally said only two words: "I'll marry."
Yu Jingyao was willing to leave the marriage with the official family to marry her, which at least means that Yu Jingyao was already moved by her and Chen Jiao had given him his body. What he had to do now is to make Yu Jingyao's heart move deeper and reach a point of devoted heart.
The young lady agreed, and the matchmaker happily went to the Yu family mansion.
When Yu Jingyao arranged for the matchmaker, he directly sent the manager to the matchmaker's house to discuss it. After the matter was completed, the matchmaker came to the Yu family to report it.
That day, Yu Jingyao didn't go out and stayed at home and waited for the matchmaker.
As soon as the matchmaker came to the door, the manager led her to see Yu Jingyao. When Xie heard the news in the backyard, he was surprised and immediately came to the front yard.
The matchmaker is congratulating Yu Jingyao.
Yu Jingyao had prepared the gift and handed it over to the matchmaker, asking the matchmaker to leave first and come back another day.
The matchmaker responded happily, and when he packed the money, he met Xie.
"Congratulations, Madam." The matchmaker smiled.
Xie looked puzzled: "Where does the joy come from?"
The matchmaker was about to speak when Yu Jingyao suddenly appeared at the door of the hall and said to Xie: "Mom, come in and sit down."
Xie looked at the matchmaker and walked towards his son.
Yu Jingyao invited his mother into the hall.
"The matchmaker just came, why did he leave so quickly?" After sitting down, Xie asked his son strangely.
Yu Jingyao knew that he was not kind to do this, which would definitely hurt his mother's heart. He coughed and said, "The matchmaker came back after asking for a kiss, Jiaojiao agreed. I will arrange the rest. Mom will wait for the tea to drink daughter-in-law."
Xie didn't hear it clearly, stared at his son and asked, "Who? Who did the matchmaker mention his marriage?"
She seemed to have heard the "Jiao Family", but is there a rich family or official lady in Yangzhou? Xie couldn't remember it for a moment.
Yu Jingyao touched the bridge of his nose, looked at the tea bowl and said, "Jiaojiao, have you lived in our house? I forgot?"
Jiaojiao who lived in their house?
Xie always calls Chen Jiao "Chin's daughter", but Du calls her "Jiaojiao" and Xie finally remembers it!
"Damn it, who asked you to propose marriage!"
Xie slammed the table in anger, pointed at his son's head and started scolding: "Okay, your wings are hard, are you not discussing with me about getting married? Do you still have me as a mother in your eyes? Jingyao, I will tell you now that I will not agree unless I die, the vixen who is shameless and seduces his fiancé's cousin cannot step into the Yu family's gate!"
How could his son fall in love with his former cousin fiancée for no reason? Xie is sure that it was Chen Jiao who seduced his son first!
He did not discuss the marriage with his mother, and Yu Jingyao admitted this mistake, so he was prepared to be scolded, but since he dared to take action first and then report, he was not afraid of being scolded.
"She didn't seduce me, it was me who forced her." Yu Jingyao raised his head and looked at his mother quietly and said, "Mom, I'm not hiding you. As early as the first time I saw Chen Jiao, my son thought, I'm going to settle for this woman, otherwise you think, why would I acquiesce to my third sister to approach Xie Jin, a poor scholar, and why would he tempt Xie Jin to take the initiative to break off the engagement?"
Xie was shocked and looked at his son opposite him like a stranger.
My son was cunning and good at calculating. Xie had known for a long time, because sometimes his son did something proud, he would tell her how he did step by step. At that time, his son was plotting against outsiders, and Xie only thought that his son was too smart and invincible in the world. However, now, his son actually used his own sister and prospective son-in-law as a pawn for an orphan...
Xie's bones and blood were cold.
After all, it was his mother. Seeing that her mother's face turned pale, Yu Jingyao came over and helped Xie to sit on a chair. Then he squatted down and held Xie's hand and said, "Mom, you know best what your son has had since he was a child. Apart from Chen Jiao, your son has never taken any favors to any woman. Now I would rather leave the marriage with Qi family than marry her. This shows that I am sure of her. I also ask my mother to see her for her sake. Forget your previous dissatisfaction with Chen Jiao, and treat her as a family member from now on."
"She is not worthy!" Xie just doesn't like Chen Jiao. The more her son cares about that woman, the more unwilling Xie is. He angrily scolds his son with tears in his eyes: "You can choose the ladies of all the big and small officials in Yangzhou with such conditions. How can she be worthy of you, an orphan who promises marriage? You are just obsessed with it!"
Yu Jingyao said: "Whether she deserves it, her son has his own judgment. The marriage is settled. Mom feels sorry for her son, don't make trouble?"
Xie was about to make trouble, so he shook his son's hand away and carried it on his back angrily.
Yu Jingyao smiled and asked, "Are you in a hurry to hold your grandson? When Jiaojiao passes the door, her son tries to make her pregnant sooner."
Xie "snatched" him and even more disgusted: "With her sickly appearance, she really gets the material to occupy the chicken coop and not lay eggs when she gets married!"
Yu Jingyao smiled again, with a hint of ruffianism in his words: "Can you lay eggs? That's my son's business."
Even though it was a mother and son, Xie was also a little uncomfortable by his son's shamelessness. She glared at her son and turned her head and said, "Whatever you say, I just won't agree! She turned out to be your cousin's fiancée. If you marry her, how will outsiders laugh at you?"
Yu Jingyao sat back on the chair next to him and said strangely: "Mom is too partial. The third sister married Xie Jin and was a cousin and a cousin. Even if she was a distant relative, she would be ridiculed when it was heard. Why did you agree to the third sister's marriage but oppose me marrying Jiaojiao? After all, as long as we don't tell it, few people know the relationship between Jiaojiao and Xie Jin."
Speaking of his daughter, Xie, who was about to have nothing to say, found another reason: "You marry her, aren't you intentionally causing trouble for your sister?"
Yu Jingyao leaned against the back of the chair and asked lightly: "Mom is worried too much. Xie Jin is going to the exam with illness. It is not certain whether he can pass the exam. If he can't pass the exam, the marriage will be ruined. I will choose another good son-in-law who is of equal status for my third sister."
Xie was shocked and clenched his handkerchief and asked, "What did you say?"
Yu Jingyao sneered, picked up the tea bowl and said, "My son can't do business without profit. My mother really likes Xie Jin, so she can put a few more incense sticks on him and ask the Bodhisattva to bless him with the title of the Golden List."
Xie: "You..."
Yu Jingyao lowered his head to drink tea, and the majesty of the head of the family spread silently, even better than Master Yu at the time.
Xie didn't want Chen Jiao to be her daughter-in-law, but she couldn't be the master of her son. Her son didn't get in. Xie was worried for a long time, and suddenly he made a plan and called Du over.
When Du came, Xie was already lying on the bed. A little maid knelt beside her and gently pinched her forehead.
"What's wrong with my aunt?" Du asked with concern.
Xie said with a frown: "It's all angry with Jing Yao."
After saying that, Xie sent the little maid down and told Du that Yu Jingyao wanted to marry Chen Jiao.
Du's face was also full of disbelief.
Xie picked up the veil and wiped his eyes and cried, "What's the matter with the cousin's ex-fiancee? If it's spread, how can others arrange it? Whether Jingyao is greedy for beauty, or Miss Chen seduces elders, none of them sounds nice. Tell me, it's okay if Jingyao hasn't been studying or not. Miss Chen has been studying, how could she agree? Could it be that she hates you for breaking the engagement and seducing Jingyao on purpose?"
Du subconsciously defended Chen Jiao: "Jiaojiao is not that kind of person..."
As soon as Xie released the handkerchief, he stared at Du and said, "But she did this!"
Du's shoulders shrank and lowered her head.
Xie said hatred: "I don't care. She was raised by you and brought to Yangzhou. She really married her and Zichun's face was not good-looking. I can't persuade Jingyao, you should go and discipline you that Jiaojiao!"
Du went out in a daze.
Xie Jin has been depressed and unhappy about his performance in the exam room recently. Du did not dare to hit his son again and went to Huaiping Lane alone.
Seeing Chen Jiao, Du felt sad and asked with tears in his eyes: "Jiaojiao, are you still hating me and Zichun, so you promise to marry?"
Chen Jiao looked at the haggard woman and asked back, "Auntie, I mean, I deliberately seduced Mr. Yu in order to revenge on you?"
Du quickly shook her head. She really had no intention. She just felt that if Jiaojiao didn't hate the mother and mother, even if Yu Jingyao came to propose marriage, Jiaojiao would not agree.
Chen Jiao didn't want to target Du, but her original body suffered so much because of how much suffering the Xie family suffered?
Facing Du Shi's eyes that wanted her to explain, Chen Jiao smiled and looked around the house for a week. She looked at Du Shi and said, "Do you know that when I was still living in the Yu family, Master Yu came to pester me? Do you know that I tried every means to move out of the Yu family just to avoid Master Yu? Do you know that as soon as I moved here, Master Yu spent money to buy this house? Do you know that Master Yu bullied me without a father or mother and even took his fiancé to break the engagement, so he forcibly took my innocence in this house?"
Du covered her mouth and tears burst out from her eyes.
Chen Jiao has suffered so much grievances, and she has survived it without anyone's sympathy, but she doesn't want to bear any accusations anymore.
Turning out the window, Chen Jiao said expressionlessly: "I am already his person. If I don't marry him, does my aunt hope that I will continue to follow him namelessly, or does she hope that I will die for the feud?"
"Stop talking, Jiaojiao, it's Aunt I'm sorry for you." Du Shi could no longer listen, so she rushed over and hugged the poor girl she had pulled with her own hands. She made a mistake, it was her fault. She shouldn't have brought her two children to Yangzhou at all. If she didn't come, her son would not be fascinated by the wealth of the Yu family. If she didn't come, her Jiaojiao would not be bullied by the bully Yu Jingyao.
"Auntie, I'm sorry for you." Du cried sadly.
Chen Jiao finally felt soft-hearted, took out the veil and comforted Du, "Auntie, don't cry, I can only say that I have no fate as a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Don't worry, from now on, I just want to live with Mr. Yu. I will not take revenge on you, nor will I interfere with other things in the Yu family. I only hope that my aunt understands my difficulties, so don't blame me."
Du nodded while crying: "No, no, Jiaojiao should marry her."
Chen Jiao ordered Shuang'er to bring in water and serve Du and wash his face.
Du sat here for a while and then went back to the Yu family. As soon as he entered the Yu family, he was stopped by the mother next to Xie and led him to see Xie.
Xie urgently asked about Du's progress on this trip.
Du thought of Xie's false accusation of Chen Jiao of seducing Yu Jingyao first, and then the bully things that Yu Jingyao did to Chen Jiao, and he complained to Xie and Yu Jingyao in his heart, and did not want to flatter and please Xie anymore. Du bowed his head and said, "Jiaojiao said that Master Yu insisted on marrying her, but she had no choice but to agree."
Xie bit her lip, but she still didn't believe that Chen Jiao was innocent. It must be that Chen Jiao seduced her son first and then coaxed her son to bring out this set of remarks.
But what if Chen Jiao gets married successfully?
Her son is busy with business outside all day long. She has the final say in the Yu family's inner hut. She really wants to deal with Chen Jiao, but there are many ways to do it!
Thinking of this, Xie's chest felt much more comfortable.
Chapter completed!