allonlinenovel Chapter 271 You want to find your daughter a man like Master Fang?
Chapter 271 You want to find your daughter a man like Master Fang?
Fang Zhiming was very handsome and dashing. Qinghe was delighted at first glance, her cheeks flushed, and she revealed her girlish demeanor for the first time.
Although Qinghe wasn't particularly beautiful, Fang Zhiming was still quite pleased to see a young girl fall for him at first sight. Furthermore, his father had promised him that if he bore Qinghe a legitimate son, he would be given a beautiful concubine. Therefore, in order to marry Qinghe as soon as possible, Fang Zhiming frequently visited the Zhang family, ostensibly to pay respects to Old Master Zhang and Madam Liu, but the gifts he brought were mostly things his youngest daughter liked.
Liu had always felt that Fang Zhiming was a good match for her daughter, and now seeing how much he cared for Qinghe, she liked him even more.
Therefore, although Old Master Zhang felt that Qinghe's marriage was somewhat unreliable and Zhang Youtie strongly opposed it, it was still settled smoothly because Liu Shi and Qinghe were willing.
Three months before the wedding, Liu suddenly had a whimsical idea: to arrange two maids to accompany her daughter to the Fang family, so that her daughter would not be isolated and helpless when she arrived, and that she would have someone to help her if anything happened.
When Xia Yu heard the news, she immediately told her mother...
"Other people's dowry maids have served them since childhood, and there's been a bond of many years. Even so, some still betray their masters. There are only three months left until the wedding. Even if we prepare two maids, can the Fang family really be of any help?"
"Oh, I don't know what your grandma was thinking, she came up with this idea. She even asked me to help choose people, saying our family has experience buying people," Liu sighed, somewhat embarrassed, as she spoke to her daughter.
"Mother, this job is not easy. If something goes wrong with these two maids who will accompany you in the dowry, be careful that Grandma will hate you. If you ask me, I suggest that Grandma choose them herself. You can find a suitable time to mention what I just said to her."
"Okay, I understand. I'll find an opportunity to talk about it. In the end, it's up to your grandma to decide what to choose."
Liu was also worried that Liu would put the blame on her, so she seized the opportunity to rephrase her daughter's words in her own tone and explain things clearly to Liu. Of course, she didn't say that she was afraid Qinghe and Liu would blame her in the end; she only analyzed it from Qinghe's perspective.
After listening to Liu's words, Liu thought about it very seriously and felt that her daughter-in-law's words made sense. However, she was determined to find two maids to accompany her daughter as part of her dowry, so that her daughter would appear more distinguished. However, she had some other ideas regarding the candidates.
At first, she wanted to choose two capable maids to help her daughter at the Fang family. However, she knew her own daughter's situation well and was afraid that she wouldn't be able to handle the more capable Qinghe and would instead be controlled by the maids. Therefore, when she went to the brokerage, she specifically chose two maids of average appearance but good temperament to accompany her daughter as part of her dowry.
However, Liu didn't know that even the most ordinary-looking maid would appear more beautiful standing next to Qinghe.
Still lost in her memories, Liu was suddenly pulled back to reality by Zhang Youtie's voice.
“Mother, when we find a husband for Xiaxia in the future, we must find someone with good character and a simple and clean family. We don’t need to ask if he is rich or not. At worst, we can give all the money in our house to our daughter as dowry. As long as he can treat our daughter well, that’s fine.”
After a moment of silence, Madam Liu seriously considered Zhang Youtie's words before finally asking...
"Are you planning to find a man like Master Fang for our daughter?"
“Of course not, how could I let Xiaxia marry someone like that?” Zhang Youtie retorted, not understanding why his wife would ask such a question.
"Wasn't it true that Master Fang came from a poor background but had the integrity of a scholar, which is why Master Ding took a liking to him? What you just said is no different from what Master Fang did back then."
Liu's simple sentence left Zhang Youtie completely bewildered.
Seeing him like this, Madam Liu ignored him and went to arrange the tonics that Qinghe wanted to bring.
In the afternoon, Liu and several of her daughters-in-law took a horse-drawn carriage to their daughter Qinghe's house.
"My sister-in-law is here?" The old woman Liu mentioned looked to be only thirty-five or thirty-six years old, dressed in a purple silk robe, very elegant. Her hair was styled into a dignified flying cloud bun by her maid, with a gold tassel hairpin in her hair.
"I heard Qinghe isn't doing well, and I was worried about her, so I brought her sisters-in-law over to visit. My dear in-law, the child was perfectly fine when I came here a few days ago. How could such a change have happened in just a few days?" Madam Liu didn't stand on ceremony with Madam Fang and asked directly.
"Oh, sister-in-law, don't be angry. It's all my fault. I'm the one who failed to raise my son properly, which is why Ming'er and Qinghe had a falling out." As she spoke, she took out a handkerchief and wiped away the two tears that she had managed to squeeze out from the corners of her eyes.
"It's just a pity that my eldest grandson didn't survive."
"Why did the two children quarrel?" Liu felt a pang of heartache as she watched her daughter cry, but she felt even more sorry for her own daughter.
"Yesterday, Ming'er had a couple of drinks with his friends and got a little drunk. Since Qinghe became pregnant, I've been worried that Ming'er might harm her health, so I had them sleep in separate rooms. Who knew that yesterday, after getting drunk, Ming'er mistook a maid for Qinghe and..." At this point, Madam Fang deliberately paused, wiping away imaginary tears with her handkerchief, and subtly glancing at Liu's expression before continuing...
"Who knew that in the middle of the night, Qinghe heard that Ming'er was drunk and was worried that the people around her were not taking good care of him. So she took a bowl of hangover soup to Ming'er and brought it to him. She just happened to run into Ming'er and the maid in the room. Qinghe got angry and grabbed the maid to hit her, but for some reason, she fell down."
Madam Fang's words seemed ambiguous, yet also vague. She didn't clearly explain how Qinghe had fallen. Therefore, Madam Liu became increasingly convinced that there was something fishy about her daughter's miscarriage.
"I want to go see Qinghe," Liu said without any hesitation, making her request.
Surprisingly, upon hearing her words, Madam Fang agreed without even a hiccup.
"Qinghe is in her courtyard. I'll go with my sister-in-law."
After speaking, he got up and led Liu and her sisters-in-law to Qinghe's courtyard.
The Fang residence was a typical northern courtyard house. After leaving the flower hall where they were talking, they went through two moon gates and then walked through a passageway before arriving at Qinghe's courtyard.
Although it was daytime, Qinghe's courtyard gate was tightly closed. Madam Fang's maid went up and knocked on the door. After a while, footsteps were heard approaching, and then a maid opened the courtyard gate.