Chapter 542 - 542 I do have a pretty good candidate
542 I do have a pretty good candidate
Old Master Xi happily flipped through the bag his grandson had brought.
He took out the men’s down jacket, down vest, and down warm pants that were suitable for him
“It was the right choice to let you go to the northern border with Xiao Hanzheng and his wife.”
Otherwise, how could he have brought back such a good thing?
Xi Rui didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “Grandfather, why don’t you leave a few for my father and the others!”
Xi Xinheng’s expression changed. “Mine included too?”
Xi Rui nodded. “Yeah!”
Xi Xinheng immediately stepped forward and took a blue down jacket from the old man’s hands. “Father, my son gave this to me.”
The old man glared at him. “Unfilial son.”
However, he didn’t say anything. He still took out two pieces and threw them to his son.
As for his other sons and grandsons who were looking at him, he pretended not to see them.
Then, he put on his down jacket and went out to play chess with his old friends.
The old lady was speechless. “It’s almost time for dinner. Why are you still going out? ”
The old man waved his hand. “I’m going to my old friend’s house to eat.”
The old lady was speechless as she watched the old man leave with a pile of clothes.
It was fake that he was going to play chess.
His real intention was to show off his down jacket.
This old master was really becoming more and more like an old child.
The old lady took the down jacket from Xi Rui and went to the inner room to change.
She didn’t want to change out of it after she came out.
It was light and warm, and it was really comfortable to wear.
Then, she pulled Xi Rui’s hand with a face full of love and complimented, “Rui’er is still the most filial.”
She also gave Xi Rui a lot of good things in front of everyone, causing others to feel envious.
The duke’s wife also had two, but Xi Rui didn’t bring them over.
After sitting for a while, Xi Rui helped his mother back to the courtyard.
His brothers and sisters-in-law also followed him, obviously wanting the down jacket.
What had the old master and old lady not seen before?
If they all said it was good, it would definitely not be bad.
They could imagine that this down jacket would definitely be popular in the capital very soon.
They also wanted to be the first batch of people to wear it.
Xi Rui wasn’t stingy and gave them to his brothers and sisters-in-law.
Then, he returned to his own courtyard and asked the people he brought back from the northern border to dig up loess and mud to prepare to lay the heated brick bed in the old lady’s room.
He didn’t tell them in the courtyard during the day, mainly because he wanted to give them a surprise.
On the other hand, in the Liang family.
After Liang Youxiao returned home, he also went to the old lady’s courtyard.
When the old master and the others arrived, he took out the down jackets and distributed them.
Then, he was praised by the old master.
The old lady was also pleased and gave him many good things.
The others were extremely jealous.
Especially after knowing that Liang Youxiao had made a lot of money from canned food, they were even more jealous.
Therefore, their comments were filled with jealousy.
Even Liang Youxiao’s sister-in-law was not very comfortable.
She felt that since he did not move out, it meant that the money he earned belonged to the entire Liang family.
Why would his brother-in-law need so much money?
Liang Youxiao wasn’t stupid. If anyone was jealous, he would fight back.
As long as his grandparents didn’t say that he should share his profits from the canned food factory to the Liang family, he wouldn’t be stupid enough to share it with them himself.
After these people were done feeling jealous, the ladies in the other two households began to urge him to get married, both openly and secretly.
They said that he had long reached the age of marriage, and because of their family’s position, the government did not force him to marry.
Now it was time to consider getting a wife.
Their main purpose was to introduce Liang Youxiao to their nieces.
Liang Youxiao felt a headache coming on.
All he wanted to do now was to expand his business and make it better and earn more money, and he didn’t want to get married at all.
This time, even the old master and old lady followed suit and urged him to get married.
The old master even asked his grandmother and mother to help him find one.
Thus, Liang Youxiao couldn’t hold it in and said that he was too tired from the journey, so he quickly slipped away.
The duke’s wife brought her daughters-in-law back to the courtyard and heard the two of them making remarks out of jealousy.
She had always loved her filial youngest son more, and that was a family business that her son had earned.
Why should he share the profits with the entire Liang family?
In the future, his son would be able to earn even more money.
If he were to share it with the entire Liang family, wouldn’t he be at a huge loss?
“You guys should stop. When Youxiao was thrown to the northern border, didn’t you gloat in private?
“He wanted to go to the South to start a canned food business. The other households not only didn’t support him, but also mock and look down on him.
“Don’t think that I don’t know that you guys don’t think well of him either.
“I also didn’t see all of you asking your husband to help his biological younger brother back then. Now that Youxiao is making money, you want a piece of the cake. You’re really good at dreaming.
“Also, I’ll oversee Youxiao’s marriage, ” The duke’s wife said coldly.
“Don’t stuff Youxiao with any girls regardless of whether they are good or not.”
She was really angry.
Her two daughters-in-law were taking advantage of her son’s marriage.
One proposed to let her family’s illegitimate daughter marry him, and the other suggested to let her cousin from a poor family marry over.
Although her youngest son did not have an official career, he was still the legitimate son and the heir of the public administration house.
Now, he did not lack money to spend.
Even if he had the title of a dandy in the past, he was not someone who would marry someone from a poor family or was a daughter of a concubine.
The two daughters-in-law’s expressions changed.
They were unhappy that their mother-in-law was biased, but they still nodded respectfully. “Yes!”
The more the duke’s wife thought about it, the more annoyed she became. She let the two of them return to their own courtyard.
Then, she got someone to invite Liang Mingcheng over for dinner. Who knew that he would wear a down jacket and go out with the old master?
The duke’s wife was speechless.
The father and son really had the same bad habit of showing off.
But at the same time, he was also proud.
This was something his son had brought back.
When Liang Mingcheng came to the courtyard at night, he saw his wife looking unhappy.
“What’s wrong?” he asked with a smile.
The duke’s wife told her about what happened during the day.
“They’re getting more and more scheming, and they don’t like my Youxiao.”
She asked, “It’s about time for Youxiao to get married. However, he used to have a bad reputation as a dandy. Now, he likes doing business. What kind of family do you think he should be married to? ”
A family of equal social status would probably not want to marry their daughter to Youxiao.
Moreover, with her son’s personality, he probably wouldn’t like that kind of wife, while she didn’t like illegitimate daughters or those from poor family backgrounds.
Liang Mingcheng was also having a headache over his son’s marriage.
He looked down at the down jacket he was wearing and suddenly had an idea. “Oh right, I do have a pretty good candidate.”
“Who is it?” his wife asked curiously.
He was a man who had never cared about these things in the back residence, so it was rare for him to voice out his suggestions.
“Xiao Hanzheng’s sister, Xiao Baili, I think she’s not bad,” Liang Mingcheng said.
His wife was stunned. “Ah, isn’t she a farmer’s daughter?”
She didn’t even think that a concubine’s daughter of an aristocratic family was good enough, let alone a farmer’s daughter.
It wasn’t that she hated Xiao Baili, but she felt that her status was too low.
Liang Mingcheng smiled meaningfully and said, “Somewhere between next year or the year after next, Xiao Baili’s status will rise with the tide. At that time, hundreds of families will want to marry her, so much that their door sill would be trampled badly.”