Chapter 442: Two Years Later (4)
With a bang, Luo Qian slipped off his chair and fell down. He shouted aggrievedly, “No, no. Cousin Qiu is so good at martial arts. No one can beat him!”
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Coincidentally, on the other side, someone was talking about Shen Miao’s marriage too.
In the room, Madam Ma, Madam Yu, and Luo Xueyan were talking. Unlike the Shen family in the capital, the sisters-in-law of the Luo family got along extremely well. Madam Yu was gentle, Madam Ma was outspoken, and Luo Xueyan was straightforward. The three women got along extremely well in the past two years.
Madam Yu held an invitation in her hand and said to Luo Xueyan, “This is an invitation from Mrs. Zhang in the city. She wants us to go to the Zhang family’s mansion sometime.” At this point, she hesitated for a moment and continued, “We have to bring Jiaojiao along.”
When Madam Ma heard that, she smiled and said, “I mean, Mrs. Zhang usually looks down on us martial artists just because she has a scholar in her family. I was wondering why such an arrogant person would invite us over. It turns out that she has ulterior motives and wants to see Jiaojiao.” Madam Ma nudged Luo Xueyan with her arm. “Xueyan, Jiaojiao is even more popular in Spring City than our father now.”
As Shen Miao grew older and more beautiful, many families in Spring City came to ask if Shen Miao was engaged or married. Previously, the people in Spring City thought that girls from the capital must be very hard to please. Unexpectedly, in the past two years, Shen Miao struck them as someone calm and magnanimous and was extremely to the liking of those madams. In addition, Shen Miao was not bad-looking, and the Luo family was famous in Spring City. Almost everyday, there would be matchmakers coming to the Luo family to ask about Shen Miao’s marriage.
At this point, Madam Ma said enviously, “It’s really good to have such an outstanding daughter. She’s not like Tan. Tan is older than Miao, but she’s still fooling around every day. No matchmakers ever came to ask about her marriage. If this continues, will she become a spinster?” Madam Ma was originally just joking, but as she spoke, she became a little worried.
Luo Xueyan said, “Tan has a lively personality. That’s a good thing. There will always be a suitable man for her. Sister-in-law, what’s the hurry? As for Jiaojiao, she’s just 16 years old. Why does she look even more mature than an old woman in her sixties? Her personality is not like mine, nor is she like her father. I wonder who she gets that personality from.”
“Why are you worried?” Madam Ma said, “There aren’t many girls like Jiaojiao these days. Everyone says that she has a noble aura. In my opinion, even the empress in the palace doesn’t have such an aura. That’s why I said that Jiaojiao’s aura is natural.”
“That’s right.” Madam Yu also praised, “Sister-in-law and I have been in Spring City for so many years, but we haven’t seen a girl who is like Jiaojiao.”
Luo Xueyan shook her head and sighed. It was good that Shen Miao was obedient and sensible, but the calmness she exuded was in no way befitting a girl of her age. Luo Xueyan would rather Shen Miao be happy-go-lucky and lively like Luo Tan.
“Speaking of which,” Madam Yu said seriously, “Jiaojiao is already 16 years old now. If she is not going back to the capital, she has to get married sooner or later. Xueyan, do you have a suitable candidate in mind?”
