Xiaoqian sat by the side and listened with a smile, still holding the soles of her shoes in her hand, and nodded when she finished speaking, "I heard you said that this child is not bad, call them all to have a meal at home when you have time, you are a master Occasionally invite apprentices to eat."
Man Bao knew that sister-in-law didn't understand, so he glanced at Zhou Lizhong who was cleaning the yard, leaned over and whispered: "Sister-in-law, I'm kissing Datou, can't you hear it?"
Xiaoqian almost pricked her hand with a needle, her eyes widened, and she asked in a low voice, "What?"
She glanced out subconsciously, and saw that the big cleaners in the yard took a broom and swept out of the yard without looking up. The ground was not particularly clean, so she was silent for a while and said, "It's time to start a family." gone."
She put down the soles of her shoes and sat next to Man Bao, "Tell me about the third lady of the Liu family, how old is she?"
Man Bao said: "It's eighteen, and it will be nineteen after the new year."
Little Qian nodded, "It's almost the same as Big Head, just right, what does their family do?"
"A doctor," Man Bao said, "her grandfather was an imperial physician in the palace. The rank of the imperial physician was one level higher than mine, and the same rank as my editor. Her uncle was also a doctor, and now he sits in the Baicao Hall. Her father seems to be doing it again." Some medicinal materials business, several of her brothers are also studying medicine, and are planning to be admitted to the Imperial Hospital in this year or two."
Xiaoqian felt a little guilty and discouraged when she heard this, "She has such a good family background, can she take a fancy to our family?"
Man Bao said: "Lizhong is also a good person. Isn't he running around with the fourth brother to do business now? He also makes a lot of money."
"Stupid child, family background is not calculated in this way," Xiaoqian said, "Besides, she is more capable than Datou, I'm afraid she will look down on Datou."
Man Bao thought for a while and said: "Should we let them see each other? Maybe they will fall in love with them. Don't worry about family background. This matter was brought up by Doctor Liu. His family is the one who decides. They didn't mean to look down on our family, so other people don't have to care too much."
What's more, Man Bao still has great confidence in her family. Seeing that the sister-in-law was hesitant, she comforted her: "Think about it, sister-in-law, their family has a relatively solid foundation, but we can't just look at the past, but also look at the future."
She said: "Emperor Liu is a fifth-rank imperial physician, and I am still a fifth-rank editor. Besides, I am a fifth-rank official, and my rank is half a level higher than him."
"A lot of children in their family are 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 our family is not worthless compared to the future," she said: "There are so many people in our family. Well, their family is smaller than ours.”
When Xiaoqian heard it, it was true. They had a lot of family members, especially boys.
She laughed and said, "I just feel a little lacking in confidence."
After eating and drinking, Man Bao waved his hand grandly and said, "Don't feel lack of confidence, I feel that the heritage of the past is only manifested in two aspects, one is the family rules and family products, and the other is the collection of books and knowledge at home.
"The latter is easy. I can buy a lot of books for my family. For knowledge, just watch Lixue and them study hard. What you learn in your mind is your own."
Man Bao said: "The former, I think the establishment of a family is to be humble and benevolent. Our parents didn't teach us badly, and we didn't bad them."
But Xiaoqian 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 of years or even thousands of years become a joke
Xiaoqian is very self-aware on this point, she smiled and said: "There are grass curtains hanging on the firewood gate, the prime minister's family is the general's mansion, these are the old people's words, and it is rare to not pay attention to the right family, such as 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. My mother said that if it weren't for the relationship between our two families, you and Bai Shan would have been together since childhood." My son grew up and studied with Mister Zhuang together, you are no worse than Bai Shan in every way, and Mrs. Liu is kind to you, and Mrs. Zheng has a good temper, there is absolutely no way she would agree to this marriage."
Man Bao was stunned.
Xiaoqian said: "It's not the right family, even if it's sweet for a while, it will be sad in the future."
Man Bao opened her mouth, thinking that she was young and had limited knowledge, and this was said by her sister-in-law who had always trusted her, so she hesitated, "Then...do you want them to see each other?"
Xiaoqian thought for a while and said: "Let's see, the main reason is that the big head has reached his age, but we still have to see 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 all about your love and my wish."
However, Xiaoqian still had some doubts, "I heard that Ms. Liu has a good family background, and she is also very capable, so why would she want to look up to our family?"
Man Bao said without thinking, "Because our family won't stop her from becoming a female official and female doctor."
She said: "Physician Liu is worried now, he can't find a good family."
Xiao Qian was stunned, "Why do you stop her from becoming a female official and female doctor?"
That is a survival skill, how rare is it
If it weren't for Da Ya being too old and not as smart as Erya and Sanya, she would have wanted Da Ya to learn medical skills from Man Bao.
You can tell by looking at the fifth younger siblings, they all work at home, but she can make the ointment twice, and Erya can make more than one tael if she resells it. She and the fourth younger siblings are very envious.
Man Bao rubbed his stomach and said: "This is the way of the world, and it can't be changed in a while. Sister-in-law, then it's settled. I'll let Li Zhong and San Niang see each other later."
Xiaoqian nodded, and immediately said after recovering: "I'm going too, by the way, call mother too."
Although she has already married a daughter, Xiaoqian is still a little worried when it comes to the marriage of her children, fearing that she is not thoughtful enough and does not know people clearly.
It's the first time that Man Bao has done this kind of thing when she grows up. She used to follow her mother's buttocks to watch the excitement, but now she is the one who is in charge. I didn't think it before, but now it's a bit serious to talk about it. flustered.
So he nodded.
So the aunt and sister-in-law went to find Qian Shi.
Qian just thought about it for a while and said: "Winter Festival is going to be sacrificed. We are not at home this year, so we can't do it at home. Why don't we go to Xuandu Temple to burn incense and say good luck to our ancestors and your parents. When the time comes How about making an appointment with the Liu family to meet at Xuandu Temple?"
Man Bao didn't expect that she would be able to go out during the winter festival, so she nodded repeatedly.
Mrs. Qian said to Mrs. Qian: "Go and talk to the big head. I originally thought that I would take him home to see the marriage after the busy 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."
Xiaoqian responded in a low voice.