Yes, that must be the case.
If Su Qiao didn't have a more thoughtful mind, he wouldn't have been able to open such a prosperous shop, and even his mother and sister would praise him.
"Master, are you still going?" The servant asked carefully, looking at the young master whose face turned pale and red.
Zhou Tianyou said solemnly, "Go, tell Brother Xia that I'm here to visit you."
"Yes." The servant received the order and walked quickly towards Liushu Village.
After half an hour, the servant came back alone.
He lowered his head, looking terrified: "Master, the people of the Xia family said that Master Xia went to the mountain and might not come back for a while."
This is obviously an excuse from the Xia family. Maybe... the Xia family doesn't want to have anything to do with the young master at all.
Even the young master's classmate and good friend Xia Yubin was deliberately avoiding the young master.
It's noon now, who would go to the mountain
What's more, Xia Yubin is a scholar, and he has to take a car to take the provincial examination tomorrow. Even if the Xia family is confused, they will not let Xia Yubin do any work at this time.
Zhou Tianyou didn't have time to think about this. He grabbed his arm anxiously and asked, "Have you seen Xiaodie?"
His arm hurt, but the servant didn't dare say anything.
“No.”
After a pause, the servant said softly, "I didn't dare to ask."
It was really inappropriate for a man like him to go to a girl's house and ask her out.
"But... when I came out, I secretly asked the Xia family's neighbors. The Xia family is indeed arranging a marriage for Miss Xia. I heard that the other party's family is quite wealthy, and they have already... given a betrothal gift of one hundred taels."
As for whether the man’s family is in business and whether he is a second wife, we don’t know these things.
But the engagement has been confirmed.
Zhou Tianyou's face darkened, his eyes sinister: "Did the Xia family take it in?"
"Yes." The servant lowered his head, not daring to look at the young master's angry expression.
"Master, why don't we go back and discuss it? We can't barge in now. If we make a big fuss, the master and the mistress..."
The servant is now only worried that the young master will get angry and impulsively run to the Xia family to cause trouble.
"go back."
Zhou Tianyou stood on the side of the road for a full half hour under the scorching sun until he felt dizzy and his head pounded. Then he got into the carriage with a gloomy face.
The servant breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat off his forehead, climbed onto the carriage, and drove away from Willow Village.
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"How was it? Did you meet Xia Xiaodie?"
"You haven't seen it again?"
"Just give up on this idea. That woman is simply a two-faced person who says one thing and means another."
Zhou Tianyou returned home with a gloomy face. As soon as he entered the outer hall, he heard his sister's ridicule.
Suddenly, he was so angry that he said, "Shut up!"
Xia Xiaodie was so angry that she sneered, "Humph, to tell you the truth, mother has already inquired about it, and her family has arranged a marriage for her. The man's ex-wife has died and he has a son, but his family is rich.
I heard that when they got engaged, they gave the Xia family a full 100 taels of betrothal gifts, and also a set of gold headwear. I heard that Xia Xiaodie didn't object at all, and not only did she happily accept it, she also put it on her head that day."
"Impossible! Xiaodie must have been forced."
Zhou Tianyou doesn't believe that the person he likes will be snobbish and will abandon him like a worn-out shoe when he is in trouble.
"Humph, what do you mean by being forced? You are the only fool who is still dreaming here."
Zhou Shirou was so disappointed with her brother that she wanted to beat him up with a stick.