Hua Zhi did not take credit for it. "The Cai family is a trustworthy family. I will make sure that the Hua family lives up to their promise."
"That's right. When a girl marries into another family, we need to make plans for her. Zhi'er is right. This is what the Hua family did before." Hua Yizheng took over the conversation with a smile, "Is your grandmother in good health?"
"Yes, Grandmother is fine. Sister Qin's marriage will be arranged by her and several aunts." Hua Zhi said calmly, and used another not-so-good thing to divert the topic. "Several sisters who were engaged, except Sister Qin, have all broken off their engagements. Grandmother is looking for families for them, but it is not easy. Marrying into a second-rank official family is not considered a high marriage, but the current situation of the Hua family is that marrying into a fifth- or sixth-rank family is not considered a low marriage. It is difficult anyway."
The room fell silent instantly. The oldest people in the room were already half buried in the ground. Although there were regrets in their lives, it was worth it. There were still more possibilities in the future for the young ones, and it would only be a matter of time for them to recover if the opportunity came. But if a woman has passed her prime, her life will be wasted.
The daughter of the Hua family, who never had trouble finding a husband, has now fallen into such a state... Hua Yizheng smiled bitterly, "It's me who has implicated them."
"When one prospers, all prosper, when one suffers, all suffer. What's the point of talking about family members getting involved? Grandfather, your idea is a bit wrong." Hua Zhi chuckled, and her expression made everyone feel relieved. Yes, it doesn't make sense that one should enjoy wealth and glory, but then have to flee when disaster strikes.
"Grandfather, I took my aunt home."
Hua Yi was looking at her steadily, waiting for her to tell him in detail, but he was not surprised at all. Xian'er was too weak, and without the protection of the Hua family, the Yang family, which had long been a different family, might not treat her the same way. He just didn't know how far things would go.
"Yang Qi wanted to use my aunt to find out the secrets of the Hua family. Although my aunt was honest, she was concerned about her family, so she didn't want to do it. So Yang Qi took action. It was not until Sui An came to ask me for help that I knew that my aunt was treated like that, so I snatched her back." Hua Zhi looked at her father. "Belin was involved in this matter. He is the grandson of the eldest branch of the Hua family, and now he is the oldest man in the family. It is most appropriate for him to step in, and he did a good job. By the way, he also took his younger brothers to send off sister Qin to marry, which brought a lot of honor to the Hua family."
Fourth Uncle continued, "Qin'er also said in the letter that Berlin supported her."
Hua Pingyu nodded reservedly, but his throat was blocked. Such a lawless boy finally made progress.
Hua Yi was relieved but also worried about his daughter, "Your aunt is now..."
"She didn't want to go back to the Yang family and wanted to divorce, so I found a way to get Yang Qi to write a letter of divorce."
"Letter of divorce? Yang Qi should be more interested in writing a letter of divorce."
Hua Zhi smiled, "I don't accept the divorce letter."
Hua Yizhen also smiled. Although he didn't know what method Zhier used, as long as the result was good, it was good. Why should he care so much? With Zhier at home, his family would never suffer any harm.
Hua Zhi knew very well that she couldn't just talk about happiness without talking about sadness. She talked about the new business in the family and which family took good care of the Hua family. She also talked about her younger sister-in-law and said that the Hua family girl's marriage was not going well, in order to reassure her family. If she only talked about good things about her family, they would not believe it. The capital city is a cannibalistic place, especially for families that were once prosperous but later fell into trouble.
But she never said a word that would really make them sad.
"The clan school has a new teacher. My grandfather spent a lot of time to invite him. His name is Zheng Zhi. He is a very good person who has read thousands of books and traveled thousands of miles. He promised my grandfather that he would stay in the clan school for three years."
"I've heard your grandfather talk about him and he praised him a lot. I didn't expect that he didn't bring people to his own Zhu family to learn, but brought them to the Hua family." Hua Yizhen didn't say thank you. With the relationship between him and Zhu Bowen, there was no need to thank him. What the Zhu family did after the incident in the Hua family could not be expressed with just a word of thank you.
"Yes, grandpa knows that the Hua family is in need of a master." Hua Zhi took the tea handed to her by Hua Baili and took a few sips. "When I left, Bolin and Sui'an went out to travel together."
Hua Pingyu frowned, "Isn't it too early?"
"This is his own wish, and I have also sent people to protect him."
"That's good. How a person grows up can only be decided by himself, which is much better than being forced by others." Hua Yizheng asked again, "Does Sui'an still have a lot of contact with his in-laws? Does the Yang family agree?"
"He seldom returns to the Yang family. He mostly stays at the Hua family. On weekdays, he still goes to the academy. I give him the monthly allowance that my family used to give to the children in the family."
No one would say that this was a bad thing, and no one would think that Hua Zhi did a bad job. They couldn't think of anyone who could do better than her.
As if she had no idea how much shock her words had caused, Hua Zhi continued, "Everyone has more money now, and they prepared a lot of things when they knew I was coming. I saw that the weather was good, so I asked the guards at home to organize a caravan, contacted a trading company and went north with their caravan. I'm afraid it will take another month to arrive."
"There's no need to do this..." Hua Yizhen's voice suddenly became hoarse. He had originally just hoped that Zhi'er could make his family in Beijing less embarrassed, but it was obvious that she had done much more than that.
To keep a impoverished family alive and well, although Zhi'er never talked about her hard work, they all knew how difficult it was. Hua Yizhen knew this especially well. The people from the side branches who had complained about him before gradually let go of their grudges and became united today because Zhi'er took good care of the family.
Hua Zhi talked non-stop for half a day and drank several cups of tea before she finally satisfied everyone's desire for family. A big meal was served at noon. Hua Zhi still used the same reason she had used to fool her fourth uncle to fool everyone and only ate some vegetarian dishes.
The afternoon is the eldest son's own time. Everyone knows what's good for them and no one wants to stop Hua Zhi.
In the study, Hua Zhi was no longer as tense as before when facing her close family members. She explained the convoy in detail, "There are a total of 24 vehicles, half of which are loaded with books. I know everyone here is trying to find a way to get books, but Yinshan Pass is poor after all, and the books are far less complete than those in the capital. I know most of the books in my family's past collections, so I collected them according to that. This is the foundation of the Hua family. I think no matter how long I stay here, I can't slack off in this regard, especially the younger brothers in the family."
Such a generous offer made Hua Yizhen completely unable to refuse. He was not worried about whether he would die in a foreign land, although there would definitely be regrets. Now he was no longer worried that his family would be in chaos or fall apart. He was only worried that the younger generation who were exiled here would neglect their studies, which would hurt the foundation of the Hua family. Obviously Zhier also thought of this.
"There are two trucks full of pens, ink, paper and inkstones. There's no need to save them. I'll send people to deliver them later. But the quality is definitely not as good as what we used at home. Just make do with what you have for now."