Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 415 Persuasion

This was the first time this happened and it really shocked her.

Mrs. Shen also has a daughter, so she can understand the situation from her perspective. If someone bullies you to the point of no return, even the best-natured person will get angry. The son of the Chen family is mentally retarded, and he even proposed to marry into the Liu family, which actually means he believes that the Liu family is easy to bully.

It was indeed the Chen family's fault. According to her, with her son's appearance, he should forget about marrying a daughter of an official. He could just marry a poor girl with a clean family background and everyone would be happy.

Not long after, Mrs. Chen woke up. Although she didn't see Mrs. Liu and her daughter, she was still very angry. Song Ying and Chen's maid tried to persuade her together, and she calmed down. Song Ying then boiled some medicine and took it. He was busy until the afternoon, and then he told Mrs. Chen again to relax and left.

Although Mrs. Chen could not follow most of her medical advice, as a doctor, she still had to say what she should say.

Mrs. Chen was now much calmer. After Song Ying left, her housekeeper could not help but persuade her, "Madam, forget about the Liu family marriage. Before they even get married, Miss Liu can flirt with a man from another family in public. If she really gets married, who knows how restless she will be."

Speaking of this, Mrs. Chen couldn't help but get angry again, "Forget about this marriage. If we let such an unruly woman enter our Chen family, it would be a disgrace to our Chen family!"

She rubbed her chest and gritted her teeth and said, "Go and get that book. I just don't believe that in this tiny place like Shunqing Prefecture, I can't find a good official girl for my son!"

The housekeeper didn't agree very much, and tactfully advised: "Madam, most young ladies from official families are arrogant, and they might treat the young master badly if they marry into the family. When choosing a wife for the young master, family background is secondary. The most important thing is that the person must be kind and treat the young master well."

Mrs. Chen agreed with the latter sentence. She chose the Liu family in the first place because she heard that the young lady of the Liu family had a gentle personality and her mother, Tan, also had a doughy personality, so the daughter she raised would surely be similar.

Unexpectedly, she was wrong!

But the previous sentence...

Mrs. Chen glanced at the housekeeper and asked, "Madam, are you saying that we should marry a commoner girl to Nan?"

The housekeeper nodded and said, "It is a blessing for a commoner girl to marry into our Chen family and wear gold and silver. Naturally, she will be grateful to our Chen family and will be very good to the young master."

Mrs. Chen was silent for a moment. "Commoner women are vulgar and have no knowledge. It would be embarrassing to take them out."

The housekeeper pursed her lips and said after a while: "Pick a smart one. Madam, you should train him well. I think he will be good. The most important thing is to be good to the young master."

Mrs. Chen looked thoughtful, but still said, "The master is the Prime Minister's favorite student. Nan'er's wife cannot be too low-class. It will make people laugh."

The housekeeper thought for a moment and then said, "What do you think of this young doctor, Xiao Song? She has learned medical skills quite well in just a few years. She must be not stupid.

I heard from Lian Qiao before that when she saw the young master, her expression was very normal and she didn't show any disdain. I heard that when she treated the poor in the clinic, she didn't show any harshness either. I think he is a kind person.

Moreover, she is a doctor, and she can be more considerate than ordinary people in taking care of the young master;

In addition, although she was born a peasant girl, she took Doctor Lin as her teacher. You also know Doctor Lin’s connections in Beijing. Her disciples are also looked up to by officials and their wives in Beijing.”

Mrs. Chen was a little moved, "Let me think about it carefully."

Song Ying didn't know that Mrs. Chen would care about her, a peasant girl. She put the medicine box on the doctor's table and asked, "Is there any food left? I'm starving."

Lin Wenxuan was shocked: "Didn't the Chen family prepare food for you?"

When they went to other people's homes to see patients, if it was time for dinner, the host would naturally provide them with meals. Besides, they were ordered to come here to wait for the doctor today, so their meals were also provided by the county government.

How come the food for the doctor outside has been delivered, but my junior sister is still hungry inside the county government office?

Song Ying thought to herself that the backyard of the Chen Mansion was in a mess. Even the wife of the prefect and other officials were hungry. Who would care about her meal?

She said vaguely, "The Chen family was a bit busy today, so I couldn't take care of it. I ate some snacks in the middle."

"There's still some candy left. Eat it first. I'll go buy you some food."

At this time, Song Ying didn't bother to be polite with him. Seeing that there was still some ginger soup in the pot, he simply filled a bowl with it and threw sugar into it. After drinking the sweet and spicy ginger soup, he felt warm and had some strength.

Glancing at Tao and Yuan Shan next to her, she asked again, "Grandma Tao, have you eaten?"

Tao nodded, feeling a little embarrassed, "I ate a little with Doctor Ma and the others."

She had originally planned to buy some steamed buns to make do with, but Doctor Ma and his companions were so enthusiastic that they urged them to eat together, saying that it would be a waste if they couldn't finish the food sent by the county government. She couldn't refuse, so she ate some together.

Of course she knew that this was for Song Ying's sake. Although it was just a meal, she had no relatives or friends, so who would care whether she was hungry or not?

Besides feeling embarrassed, she was also very emotional. Who could have thought that an orphan girl from a mountain village whose mother died when she was just born and whose father also died when she was four or five years old would have such good fortune today, not only becoming a city dweller, but also being taken care of by her neighbors because of her.

At 3 p.m., the exam was over and the dragon gate opened. Tao and Yuan Shan hurriedly stood up and occupied a good position in front of the dragon gate before others came.

Soon, the first candidate came out. He was the scholar who had been flirting with Miss Liu before.

"It's out! It's out! How did the boy do in the exam? Were the questions difficult?" The waiting crowd rushed over, asking questions while looking back, hoping to see their own candidates coming out.

"Difficult!" The scholar answered with a stern face and walked away with a pale face.

People didn't stop him, but stretched their necks to look inside, feeling extremely worried.

It stands to reason that those who can walk out of the examination room first must have finished answering the questions early and waited in the dragon gate in advance. Most of these candidates have good academic performance. Those with good academic performance say that the exam is difficult. I wonder how my own children performed in the exam?

Although Tao had great confidence in her grandson, she couldn't help but feel worried. After all, Yuan Qing had only been learning the art of craftsmanship for a few years and this was his first exam.

Candidates came out one after another, all with sad faces and kept complaining that the exam was too difficult. If this wasn't the gate of the county government office and the one who set the questions was none other than County Magistrate Chen, I'm afraid these people would have been unable to hold back their curses. The first round of the county exam had such difficult questions, wasn't this too difficult!

Among the candidates who looked like they had lost their parents, an outlier suddenly jumped out. Shen Jing's face was red and his mouth was grinning. As soon as he came out of the dragon gate, he ran straight to the doctor's table in Huichun Hall and asked loudly, "Is Brother Yuan out yet?"

PS: The titles of the officials’ wives are a bit confusing, so I changed them to the ones that appeared earlier.