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The matchmaker came knocking the next day after Xie Yuan burned incense.

Ever since Xie Yuan was annulled, no one proposed marriage. Since someone came to propose marriage this time, Xie Cheng and Lady Mo were naturally overjoyed. However, after they finished saying who the person who proposed marriage was, the Xie family started to shrink back.

Since ancient times, people had always paid attention to the right and proper families. Wasn't this just for fun? What kind of family was the Yu Residence? Why would they fall for Xie Yuan?

After the matchmaker said that they would consider it for a day, the whole family gathered in the hall to discuss the marriage.

"In my opinion, Madam Yuan should be married off. Look, ever since she was annulled, no one has come to propose marriage. If she is not married off now, it will affect our next few daughters, making it impossible for us to marry out of the family." Ruan Shi directly said.

She was always snobbish, but she was always good to her children, especially to her eldest daughter, Xie Xin. Xie Xin looked like a woman of money, and the older she was, the more beautiful she would be. Naturally, she would have her good fortune in the future, and this was one of the most important reasons why Xie Cheng was unwilling to let Xie Xin marry into the Yu Mansion.

"Sister-in-law, this is what second brother promised. If you want to marry, then you should marry Xin'er." This time, the Mo family did not behave normally, their attitude was persistent. Her daughter was so obedient and sensible, she was unwilling to let her daughter seek benefits for her second family.

"What are you saying? If someone like him were to marry Xin'er, you are trying to harm your niece." However, she had forgotten that her second concubine wanted to marry Yuan Niang into the Yu Residence, and hadn't even considered that she was their niece.

"Hmph, aunt is really amazing. Marrying Xin Er to that family is when we want to harm Xin Er. If you want to marry me into the Yu Mansion, don't you want me to die?" Aren't you trying to kill your own niece? "

Xie Yuan snorted coldly. She knew that this couple had ill intentions and thought their entire family was idiots.

When Xie Cheng heard what Ruan Shi said, his face also turned dark.

"What Mistress Yuan said isn't wrong. Since this Yu Residence is so terrible, it's best not to agree."

"How can that be?" Xie Cheng glared fiercely at Ruan Shi, he did not know what to do, "Big brother, don't listen to that ignorant woman talk nonsense, this marriage is good, if they didn't want to marry the older ones, I would have married Xin'er. It's not that Xin Er's age has not met their requirements."

"Xin Er is already 14 years old. In half a year, she will have grown old, and she will be able to get married."

"Big brother."

Seeing Xie Xu turn away, refusing to look at him any longer, Xie Cheng kneeled on both knees in front of him, "Big brother, big brother, you help me once more. After so many years, you have always taken care of me, look at me, I have already failed three times. This time, as long as the Yu Mansion is willing to help, I will be a High Scholar.

His own younger brother had forced him to do this, causing tears to well up in Xie Xu's eyes. It was just that he couldn't click the button. This time, it was no other than the happiness of his daughter.

"Second brother, it's not that big brother isn't willing to help you, but the price for helping you is just too great. Mother Yuan, she …"

Since he was young, Mother Yuan had been so sensible and obedient. She was the daughter he cared so much about and pained. How could he bear to bear with that?

From Xie Cheng's intermittent narration, he had already understood that the Madam Yuan was trying to please him. If the flushing was successful, then the Madam Yuan would naturally be fine. But if the flushing was a failure, then what would happen to the Lady Yuan?

Would a large family, a large family, force Yuan Niang to go to the grave?

Thinking of this, he couldn't click the number.

"Brother, can't we rely on ourselves? If you try harder, you might even pass the exam this year. If you fail this year's examination and fail it, you can continue to take it in three years. "

"Big brother, I'm already over 30 years old. I don't have that much time, I really don't have any more." He did not want to pass the examination and become a white-haired High Scholar. Now, with such an easy way out, as long as he allowed Madam Yuan to marry him, he would be a resolute and determined High Scholar.

"Mother, persuade Big Brother, persuade him, and make him help little brother one last time."

Seeing that Xie Xu was unwilling, Xie Cheng crawled over to Lady Qian's feet and hugged her thigh. Mother, get Big Brother to help me. "

"I was the one who recommended Madam Yuan. If I didn't succeed, I wonder what this Yu Residence would do to me. Let alone High Scholar, I'm afraid it would have cost me my life."

This sentence struck Lady Qian's heart.

Although Lady Qian tried her best to be impartial, she loved and doted on this clever little son the most. Now that he was already so old and crying like this in front of her, it was as if he was stabbing her heart with a knife.

Thinking about it, it made sense, if it was as his youngest son had said, then High Scholar's achievements would be as simple as turning his hand, and if the marriage did not work, then Xie Cheng would become someone who would make fun of him, would he let Xie Cheng go?

They were afraid that their Xie Clan was about to be destroyed.

"Look, this is …"

"Mom, don't you feel sorry for your son, and your second brother for his daughter? Don't you think I feel sorry for my daughter? "Mother Yuan has followed me up the mountain since we were young. If she was like Xin Er and had stayed in her room since childhood, how could her growth be described as ugly by her siblings?" Thinking of this, not only Xie Xu, but also the Mo family felt a sense of sadness.

Yuan Niang's appearance couldn't be compared to the children of the second branch. Her appearance was biased towards the Mo family, and because she had been working with him all year round, she was exposed to the sun. Although her skin wasn't black, it wasn't white either. He thought of how, a while ago, the second house's little girl had waved the newly bought handkerchief and chattered about how the girl had to take care of her skin, how she had to be careful not to be exposed to the sun, and how she had to take care of her hands. The little girl Xin's disdainful tone made a wave of bitterness rise in Xie Xu's heart.

From that day onwards, he did not allow his mother to follow him up the mountain.

At this point, Xie Xin closed her mouth. She was indeed in the wrong in this matter.

She boasted that she was as beautiful as a flower and that she would never be able to see such a disgraced sister in the family. However, she had also been scolded by her grandma and father.

"Mother, take a look. The big and small matters at home are all done by my wife and Madam Yuan. They have never complained before, so why is it that now, the matter of the second branch still needs to be resolved by my eldest son?"

Lady Qian hung her head. She knew that her family was unworthy of this family, so she looked at the Mistress Yuan's coarse clothes, the lack of jade on her head, and her sallow skin. Then, she looked at the children of the second house, Xin'er, who had a golden hairpin and a silver hairpin on her head.

With such a comparison, Lady Qian's heart began to feel uncomfortable. No matter what, she was still her granddaughter.

"Cheng'er, I think we should just let Xin'er marry him."

"I don't want it." Hearing Lady Qian's words, Xie Xin was like a bolt out of the blue. She couldn't marry, she couldn't marry.

How could she marry a sickly girl from that family?

"Grandma, I don't want it, Xin'er doesn't want to marry." Xie Xin also knelt in front of Lady Qian. With tears in her eyes, she looked mournfully at Lady Yuan and Xie Xu. "Elder sister, you saved Xin'er. You are lucky. Xin'er is not as lucky as you are."

After saying this, he kowtowed a few times until his head turned purple.

"Xin'er, mother's Xin'er, look at your uncle, look at your aunt, they are all ruthless!"

Mother, poor Xin. "Ruan rushed over and wrapped her arms around Xie Xin as she carefully examined the wound on her forehead."

"Ruan Ruan, shut up." Xie Cheng glared at Ruan Shi, his sharp gaze made Ruan Shi instantly shut her mouth.

It was already chaotic enough, yet she was making things even more chaotic here. If her aunt and uncle were to be ruthless, what would it matter if Yuan Niang were to marry into such a family?

Xie Cheng's heart was also in pain, but there was nothing he could do about it. The older he got, the less hope he had of getting an Elementary Scholar position. However, if he failed, what use would an Elementary Scholar's title have?

Only by becoming a High Scholar could one advance further. If one was unable to become a High Scholar, he or she could spend money to become a High Scholar.

Therefore, the Mistress must marry.

"Mother, help your son. Help your son."

"Brother, aren't you forcing your mother?"

Seeing that Lady Qian was looking at him with tears in her eyes, Xie Xu forced himself to turn his head and ignore her. He had to keep his calm as he looked at his son, daughter, and Lady Mo who was silently crying behind him.

However, she hadn't expected that her old mother would still turn her head. Seeing that Xie Cheng wasn't looking at her, she immediately got down from her chair and got down on her knees, preparing to kneel in front of her son.

Fortunately, when Mistress Yuan saw him support her, she used all her strength to support his body, preventing her from kneeling down.

"Mom, what are you doing?"

If she forced him to kneel, he wouldn't be able to survive in the whole Yang Family Village.

"Mom, I'm also your son."

"Mother knows that you are sensible, but Mother has no other choice. Da Xu, help your little brother one more time. One last time."

"That's my daughter."

For the first time, Xie Xu shouted at his own mother. He had long known that his family was biased, but that didn't matter. He was the eldest, so he naturally had the responsibility of taking care of his younger brother, but his daughter didn't.

"Dad, Grandma, stop being so noisy. I'll just marry her."

The matron spoke lightly. With a wave of her hand, Lady Qian stood up.

"What did you say?"

"I will marry, but I have a request. I want to split my family."

"What?"

"With your parents here, we won't split up. Your book has already been read into the stomach of a dog." Lady Qian glared at the Mistress of Yuan. As expected, those who were not filial were better married off.

"Grandma, did you forget? I didn't read for a long time, but you told me not to go to school for girls, even though my younger sister did read for a long time."

"Are you … are you jealous of Grandma?"

"No, I'm just speaking the truth. Today my grandma is willing to sell me for the Second Branch, and if anything happens to the Second Branch, she might even sell my younger brother. I don't want my only brother to be sacrificed for the Second Branch, so I want to split the Family."