Wei Nian didn't expect his parents to arrange his second sister's marriage so quickly, but it was useless to blame anyone now. Wei Nian asked, "Mom, when was it decided?"
"Today." Old Mrs. Wei felt upset and kept rubbing her chest with her hands. "Grandpa Lu asked old Zhao to invite your father to a banquet. Lu San has been coming to our house every day to show his hospitality. Your father and I are not blind. We can see that he is very pious and works in the government army. We thought that he cares a lot about Ah Yin, so your father agreed to this."
Old Master Wei's eyes flashed with two stern lights. He stared at Wei Nian and asked, "Do you have any definite evidence for this?"
"I asked my friends at the newspaper, Dad. There is no such thing as a wall that is impenetrable. I'll ask someone else in detail. If Lu San is involved with the dancer, it's better to find another marriage for Yin. It's not that our family is untrustworthy, it's that Lu San is not decent." Although Wei Nian was a little afraid of the old man, it was only when he had done something wrong. Now Wei Nian was doing it for his sister's marriage, and he thought he was confident.
Old Master Wei stroked his chin and winked at Wei Nian. Wei Nian came forward and Old Master Wei instructed his son, "Find out everything about this matter. Find out the woman's name and where she lives."
Wei Nian knew that his father was going to discuss this matter with the Lu family, so he agreed immediately. After thinking for a while, Wei Nian said, "If we can cancel the marriage, we should. Dad, I think Lu San is not very stable." The Wei family, like Wei Nian, actually likes to spend money. He wants to dress exquisitely. Wei Nian has also been to dance halls. However, the two brothers, Wei Ming and Wei Nian, at least can keep their composure in major matters. They are not like Lu San, who would argue with the ladies in the dance hall and refuse to listen.
"Okay, I know what I'm doing. You go ahead." He sent his second son back to the house and gave his wife some instructions. The main thing was that if the Lu family came over, she should not reveal their whereabouts and just interact with them as before.
Old Madam Wei gritted her teeth and pounded her thighs in anger. "Old man, you said that Third Lu was a decent person on weekdays, eloquent and looked like a real person. I didn't expect that he was so dishonest. Our Ah Yin can't fill this fire pit!"
"This matter is related to the Zhao old relative. Don't let Ajin know. She can't keep secrets. Wait until A Nian investigates the matter thoroughly, and the truth will be clear." Old Master Wei snorted coldly. The Lu family thought that the Wei family was easy to bully!
Wei Nian handled this matter very quickly. The dancer's name was E'na. She followed Lu San from Tianjin. Now he settled the woman in Chaodou Hutong and rented a house with a hidden address. Because the marriage between the Wei and Lu families was arranged by Old Master Zhao, Old Master Wei would not negotiate directly with the Lu family, but would find Old Master Zhao to talk about it. When Old Master Zhao heard that Old Master Wei said that Lu San had a foreign house in Chaodou Hutong, he was a little confused. His mouth opened and closed, and trembled a few times, but he didn't say a word. His face was full of shame and shame, and after the shock, there was only a hint of coldness. Old Master Wei was also at this age, and he was no longer in the stage of being violent and violent. Looking at Old Master Zhao like this, it didn't seem like he was faking it, not to mention the friendship between the two families over the years. Old Master Wei helped Old Master Zhao and advised, "I am very angry and sad. If this is not something that can be kept secret, I can't tell you, Brother Zhao. Well, let's not talk about anything else. Let's just treat it as a few jokes at Zhengyang Tower that day."
It took Old Master Zhao a long time to recover. He stood up and was about to bow to Old Master Wei to apologize, but Old Master Wei held him back and said, "This has nothing to do with you, Brother Zhao. How could you know about these children's affairs? Well, it was just a coincidence that I found out. I think it's better to know it now than later."
"Yes, yes." Old Master Zhao felt extremely guilty. He held Old Master Wei's hand tightly, his eyes slightly wet, and said with shame, "Ah Yin's daughter was also brought up by me. If something goes wrong, how can I face you, my in-law?"
Old Master Zhao insisted on inviting Old Master Wei to have dinner, but Old Master Wei politely declined and went home.
According to what Wei Jin said when she returned to her parents' home, Old Master Zhao was furious and even slapped the old lady in the face. Then, Old Master Zhao went to the Lu family in person to cancel the verbal marriage between the two families. When Old Master Zhao came to the Wei family to talk about this, everyone in the Wei family, from the elders to the younger generations, said nothing bad about the Zhao family. Even Wei Yin, knowing that the engagement with the Lu family was cancelled, was very happy and in high spirits. She discussed with Chen Xuan about going to the Peking University Library to borrow books together. Wei Yin said, "One library card can borrow four books. Second sister-in-law, I want to borrow a book on painting."
"Yes, yes, yes, this one should be borrowed." Chen Xuan said, "I will only borrow one book, and your second brother will also borrow one. The remaining two books belong to you, Yin. You can borrow two more painting books and take a look at them first to see if painting is easy to learn. I will discuss the French issue with Brother Anian. Now we know more than a thousand foreign words. Usually, even if there are words we don't know, we can just look them up in the dictionary. I thought, let Brother Anian learn French or German. When he learns it, he can teach us."
Wei Yin agreed with Chen Xuan's idea. "Since my second brother learned foreign languages, the shop has more foreign materials. Dad will definitely be willing to pay for my second brother to continue learning a foreign language."
Chen Xuan also thought so.
That is, I don’t know whether Wei Nian is willing or not.
Wei Nian was not unwilling. After hearing Chen Xuan's suggestion that he learn French or German, Wei Nian thought about it and said to Chen Xuan, "French and German are not as popular as Japanese now. We deal with Japanese people more here, so we should learn Japanese first. Maybe it will be useful in the future."
"By the way, Brother Anian, you told me before that Mr. Wen studied in Japan."
"Yes." Wei Nian smiled. "After the New Year, I have been busy with Ah Yin's affairs. Now that the Lu family's affairs have been resolved, we can take some time to buy those elementary textbooks first, and then borrow some books from Peking University."
"You don't need to borrow too many books, just read one and borrow one." Chen Xuan discussed with Wei Nian, "Brother Anian, Yin wants to learn painting, and she said she wants to borrow two painting books. I agreed to Yin, and then we can go together, okay?"
"Okay." Wei Nian asked, "Why do you want to learn painting out of the blue?"
"How could you forget what Professor Chu said last year, that people like Ah Yin who are good at making clothes and love making clothes should go to France to study fashion design in the future. Professor Chu also said that to learn fashion design, one must have a basic understanding of art and learn some French." As long as it is related to learning, even if it is not related to herself, Chen Xuan remembers it very clearly. Moreover, Chen Xuan and Wei Yin have a very good relationship. Chen Xuan said, "Professor Chu said this when Ah Yin participated in the salon for the first time. It was only the beginning of October, and it has been more than four months now, and Ah Yin still remembers it in her heart. It can be seen that she really wants to learn this. Alas, I don’t know if painting is easy to learn. Let Ah Yin borrow two books first. If she can learn by herself, it is better not to spend money. If she can’t learn by herself, we will find another way."
Wei Nian originally didn't take learning to paint seriously, but when he saw Chen Xuan talking to him about this with sparkling eyes, for some reason, even these trivial matters seemed to have infinite magic. Wei Nian's eyes unconsciously filled with smiles, and he asked casually, "How can we find another way?"
Chen Xuan whispered to Wei Nian, "This is just my own imagination. Brother Nian, please don't laugh at me."
"Just tell me when I laughed at you."
"Brother Anian, you said that Lu San is like that. His family is not modern, and his moral character is not worthy of our Yin. But the first time he came to our house, he dared to ask Yin if she had been to school. Not to mention that Yin is better than me in foreign literature, even if Yin doesn't study and can't read, she is still a hundred times better than him." Chen Xuan looked down on people like Lu San who were not serious. She said to Wei Nian, "Later, I thought about it over and over again. Now the outside world is full of new culture. Even people's ideas are different from before. In the past, when people were planning to get married, they would first talk about the character and family background of the person and whether the two families were suitable. Now, some modern men will ask the girl. Fang was wondering if she had ever been to school. With Ah Yin's looks and intelligence, who wouldn't be worthy of her as long as she had studied for a few years? Besides, Ah Yin can speak foreign languages. It would be too late for her to start studying in elementary school like Ah Jie and Ah Ming did. Ah Yin also likes to make clothes, so it would be better to let Ah Yin learn painting. In this way, when others ask, they will say that our Ah Yin is studying painting. In the future, when Ah Yin has a promising future and goes to university in France, what good marriage will she not have? A family like the Lu family is not worthy of Ah Yin at all. "Then, Chen Xuan added, "I think that at least one must be 80% as good as you, An Nian, to be worthy of Ah Yin."
Wei Nian really wanted to ask her, since Brother Anian is so outstanding, why are you still unwilling! However, thinking that he had just gotten more comfortable with Chen Xuan in his daily life, Wei Nian did not mention the old things, but took out a handful of candies wrapped in cellophane from his pocket and stuffed them all into Chen Xuan's hands. Chen Xuan couldn't hold it with one hand, and was worried that the candies would fall, so she had to hold them with both hands. Seeing the colorful candies reflecting beautiful light under the light, she couldn't help but ask, "What is this, Brother Anian?"
"Chocolate, take it and eat it. It will make your mouth sweeter."
Chen Xuan put a handful of chocolate candies on the small table. Seeing that they were round and colorful, she couldn't help but feel happy. She only dared to pinch one and hold it carefully in her palm and asked, "Brother Nian, is this chocolate?" Chen Xuan remembered the word chocolate.
Wei Nian peeled a piece of chocolate and passed it to Chen Xuan's mouth. Chen Xuan quickly reached out to take it. Her cheeks were slightly hot. It was Wei Nian who reminded her. Chen Xuan seriously discussed with Wei Nian, "Brother Anian, you can't pick up meat dishes for me when you eat in the future. This is not good. How can I let Brother Anian pick up dishes for me?" Every time Wei Nian picked up dishes for her, the look in Mrs. Wei's eyes was like a knife, stabbing at her.
"Then it's your turn to serve me food from now on." Wei Nian also gave Chen Xuan some advice, "You've read those books. Have you ever seen anything like that? It's impolite not to return the favor. I'm serving you food, but you don't even respond to me."
Chen Xuan couldn't argue with Wei Nian's sophistry, but she had her own ideas. She insisted with a straight face, "From now on, no one will give each other food, just like before." Chen Xuan wanted to say a few more words, but Wei Nian stuffed a chocolate ball into her mouth. Then, Wei Nian waved his hand and said calmly, "Shut up."
Chen Xuan almost pissed him off.
Then the sweetness of the chocolate candy spreads in your mouth.
The author has something to say: ps: The second update is here, good afternoon everyone~~~~~~~~~~~~~~