Ning Zhan got the news and immediately asked people around him to inquire about Gu Pengyu's news.
The information sent to inquire was the same as Xiao said, Gu Pengyu is not only good-looking, but also very talented. He was already a Juren when he was only sixteen years old, and he was the ninth in that session. This result is quite good.
"What else? For example, is there a maidservant or someone who has a good relationship?" Ning Zhan felt that family history is the second best thing, and character is the most important.
The person sent shook his head and said, "My son, the Gu family has very strict rules, and the servants dare not talk at will. We haven't found out for the time being."
Strict family rules are a good thing, but this does not mean that Gu Pengyu is really good.
After thinking about it, Ning Zhan went to Brother You, begging him to find out the details of Gu Pengyu.
Brother You laughed and said: "You are a brother, you really have to worry about being a father."
That's what I said, but I still agreed to help Ning Zhan investigate this Gu Pengyu. After all, this is about Ning Ruhui's lifelong happiness. After a business trip, Ning Zhan will regret it all his life.
At noon that day, Brother You said to Ning Zhan: "Gu Pengyu has no relationship or a girl he likes. There is a close-fitting maid beside him who accepted the house, but Gu’s family has this rule. When the marriage is settled, he will open the house. Send away."
The young masters of large families will let the maids teach personnel before they get married. Yuxi doesn't like this set, but he doesn't interfere with other people's rules.
Although Ning Zhan feels uncomfortable, he also knows that Gu Pengyu cannot be blamed: "Your Highness means that the marriage of the Gu family can be promised."
Qiyou shook his head and said, "Gu Pengyu is one of the most famous talents in Beijing, and his character is also very good. But if you want your sister to live comfortably in the rest of her life, don't agree to this marriage."
"Why?"
Qiyou said: "Gu Pengyu is not only good at studying, but also proficient in music, even chess and painting skills. What about your second sister? What is she proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy, poetry, and poetry?"
Ning Zhan paused, and said, "What do the couple live by and proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and calligraphy?"
Qiyou chuckled: "Gu Pengyu's personal maid can write and paint, especially the one who has taken the house, and can paint well. It can be seen that he is a girl with many talents. Your sister knows nothing, after getting married What are the husband and wife talking about together? Do you talk to him about firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar tea?" Like his parents, they usually talk about military and political affairs, or about their brothers. His father was very impatient to listen to trivial matters at home, and her mother seldom said.
After thinking about it, Qiyou shifted his thoughts and said, "Put yourself in and think about it, if you marry a girl who doesn't know a big character. You married because of your parents' order, but would you like her?" I want to know, too. Certainly not.
Ning Zhan immediately retorted: "My sister began to recognize characters when she was five years old, and she writes very well." However, Ruhui was not interested in such things as Qin, chess, calligraphy and painting.
Qiyou smiled and said, "For the talented Gu Pengyu, your second sister is no different from an illiterate country girl. Moreover, Gu Pengyu's maids are all beauties, and they are gentle and considerate. Beautiful woman. Your second elder sister is only medium-looking, and her temperament is aggressive. Do you think he will like your second elder sister?" In fact, the girls from the honorable family are pretty mediocre in all likelihood. No way, the genes are just like that. Ning Ruhui's appearance is actually considered good among a bunch of ladies.
Ning Zhan grasped the key point this time and asked, "The maids around Gu Pengyu are all beauties?"
"Only worse than the maids around my eldest brother." The maids around their brothers are all pretty good. And the most beautiful ones are those eight around Qihao.
Ning Zhan was stunned. His second sister and the ladies of the court next to His Royal Highness are not exactly the same.
Thinking of this, Ning Zhan said annoyedly: "What does it mean that the Gu family put such a beautiful maid next to Gu Pengyu?"
Qiyou said: "I want to know, this must be requested by Gu Pengyu."
Ning Zhan's face turned black in an instant: "Grandma Gu must know what Gu Pengyu likes. She knows that her son likes beautiful women and even comes to propose marriage. I don't know what An's thoughts are." This clearly meant to cheat his second sister. For a lifetime.
"Gu Pengyu regards money as dung, but since he is a young son, he will not be able to distribute much of the family property. Uncle Anyang is notoriously rich, and your second sister will definitely have a generous dowry in the future. In addition, your second sister is so powerful and young. You can open your own shop and make money easily. Let Gu Pengyu marry your second sister, and Gu Pengyu will not worry about it in the next half of his life." This is actually Qiyou's guess. But he didn't check his guess, Grandma Gu made this idea.
"Hey, feeling that their Gu family married my second sister, not to marry a daughter-in-law but a housekeeper who will make money?" If so, this would be too shameless.
Qiyou chuckled lightly and said, "You can't say that either. After all, Gu Pengyu's conditions are so good, there are countless girls who want to marry him. Maybe, Gu Pengyu still feels wronged!"
Ning Zhan snorted coldly: "Whoever loves to marry, whoever marries, anyway, my second sister will not marry."
After the two talked, Ning Zhan went home. Instead of seeing Xiao, he went directly to the backyard to find Ruhui.
When Ning Zhan said that Gu Pengyu could not marry, Ruhui thought: "Does he have a sweetheart?"
Ning Zhan shook his head and said, "No. But this guy likes beautiful women with small birds and many talents, so the maid beside him is not only as beautiful as an immortal, but also good at piano, chess, calligraphy and calligraphy. In addition, this guy spends money like water and often buys some high prices. Ordinary calligraphy and painting, inkstone and other things."
Ruhui didn't understand, and asked: "What does it mean to spend a high price on ordinary calligraphy and painting and inkstone?"
"It's just those calligraphy and paintings that he likes. They were originally worth three or five taels, but he bought them for a hundred and eighty taels. Outsiders compliment him on his insight and knowledge, but I think he is a stupid man with a lot of money." This is not Ning Zhan. , But it is true. But Ning Zhan also exaggerated. Gu Pengyu had done this only twice.
Ruhui also felt that Gu Pengyu's brain was sick, and couldn't help asking: "The money he used as a family was brought by the wind?"
Ning Zhan sneered and said, "Who said no! Second sister, Jinshan Yinshan won't lose him at the speed of spending money. Moreover, Gu's family is a scholarly family but not a wealthy family. He is just The youngest son of the long house will certainly not have much property in the future. If you marry him, the burden of supporting the family will fall on you in the future."
Ruhui was still a little bit reluctant, and hesitated and said, "He is now a Juren, and he will definitely be able to get a Jinshi in the future. When he becomes an official, he can also make money."
"Second sister, your housekeeping time is not too short. Do you think if the family only depends on father's salary, we can live a life of good clothes and good food?" Ning Hai's salary adds up to several thousand taels a year. The money is only enough for the sisters to buy a few better sets of jewelry. It's a dream to think of silk, satin and brocade clothes and food.
Ruhui was silent.
Ning Zhan said: "Second Sister, you can't compare with the maid beside Gu Pengyu who is connected for a long time. Besides, your piano, chess, calligraphy, calligraphy, poetry, poetry, and poetry are equally unreasonable. Do you think Gu Pengyu will look down on you? How would it be good to you?"
Ruhui remembered the scene where the two met at Lingshan Temple, and Gu Pengyu was very polite to him. If you only meet a girl from an acquaintance, this attitude is fine. But if it is a blind date, this attitude seems very cold.
"Second sister, what I said just now is a bit unacceptable. But it's about your life's happiness, you must think twice." Ruyi's wedding date has been set, and it will be next February. Peng Kangshun was very concerned about this marriage and ran to Ning's house whenever he had time. With Peng Kangshun's attitude, the life of Ruyi will not be bad after we get married.
Ruhui asked, "Why do you look at me again if you can't look at me?" She also looked at Gu Pengyu, or she wouldn't ask such stupid words.
Anyang Bofu does have money, even if most of the industry is handed over, the money that can be saved before is not returned to the public. Of course, Ning Hai took the initiative to hand it in, but Yuxi confiscated it.
Ning Zhan said: "Everyone knows that we are a rich family. If your parents love you and your eldest sister so much, they will definitely buy you a generous dowry. In addition, the second sister can make hundreds of taels of silver in a year by opening a teahouse. Gu Pengyu married I won’t worry about running out of money in the future."
The teahouse was opened by Ruhui with private money. Firstly, it was fun and secondly, he wanted to earn two pocket money. But I didn't expect that the teahouse would also make seven or eight hundred taels a year. To the Ning family, this little money is nothing, but the average official family only spends so much a year.
Ruhui's face suddenly sank: "Emotions, their Gu family use me as a tool for making money?"
"Why is the second sister angry? We just don't agree to this marriage." People are selfish, and the grandmother of the Gu family definitely wants her son to live well.
Ning Zhan looked at Ruhui very uncomfortable, and whispered, "Second sister, I'll talk to my mother about this."
Although Ruhui liked Gu Pengyu, the other party didn't look at him. It's not that she can't get married, so why bother to catch up.
After calming down, Ruhui said, "No, I will tell my mother about this." What is her mother's vision! If Ning Zhan hadn't been careful, she would have been pitted.
Ruhui went to Xiao Shi and said that she did not agree with the marriage. Nor did it say that Gu's purpose was impure, but that Gu Pengyu would definitely attract bees and butterflies when he grew up too well. And she didn't want to deal with the women who came to the door all day after getting married.
Xiao was so angry that he said, "How can I reply to Gu's family if she is like this?" He said that Gu Pengyu was too good, so he was unwilling. If you spread it out, you won't be laughed at.
Even if he cares about this kind of marriage in his heart, Ruhui has had his own opinion since he was a child, and Ning Hai has said that the prior marriage must be agreed by Ruhui, Xiao clan can only politely refuse Gu's family.
Grandma Gu was a little stunned when she heard that Ruhui was missing Gu Pengyu. Looking at the appearance of the second girl from the Ning family that day, I thought this marriage was a certainty. Unexpectedly, the Ning family refused to kiss her.
Gu Pengyu secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he knew that the Ning family refused to kiss her. The second girl from the Ning family wanted to look awkward and not look like a girl. After seeing him that day, he was full of reluctance. It's just that Grandma Gu said that this is a good dear, and it is useless for him to object.
Taking care of the grandmother's appearance, Gu Pengyu said, "Mother, don't worry, I will definitely marry someone better than the second girl of the Ning family." There is no way, just look good. Many girls secretly promised when they saw it. Therefore, Gu Pengyu is very confident in himself.
Zhier is more like a mother, grandma Gu still knows what Gu Pengyu is thinking. It's just that the Ning family refuses to kiss, and it's useless to say more.