jdhmnovel Chapter 394 The Sisters' Marriages
Chapter 394 The Sisters' Marriages
Chapter 394 The Sisters' Marriages
The Jiang family returned home in a grand procession, where Madam Jiang and her granddaughters had already made all the necessary arrangements.
When we entered, it was just getting dark. Everyone was still hungry from the Qionglin Banquet, so the Jiang family's cooks used all their skills to prepare several large tables of delicious dishes.
The landlord Jiang, Jiang Changqing, Jiang Changfeng, Jiang Changgeng, and several members of the younger generation sat at one table, while the rest of the younger generation sat at another.
The women sat at a separate table. Jiang Xiyue and Jiang Lan'er, who were pregnant, also returned home and sat at a table with Old Madam Jiang and her three younger sisters.
Jiang Xiaoqi, Jiang Lin, Jiang Yan, and Wang Jue were the main guests at their table, while Li Haisheng, Xue Xu, and Jiang Hao, who had failed the exam, took turns toasting the four of them.
"Alright, alright, don't go too far. They drank quite a bit at the Qionglin Banquet. Let them eat some more food to fill their stomachs first."
Jiang Changqing was the only one besides the newly appointed Jinshi (successful candidates in the highest imperial examinations) to attend the Qionglin Banquet, and he knew what the dishes at the banquet were like, which is why he spoke up to stop it.
They're all starving, why keep plying them with alcohol when they're family?
Jiang Changfeng and Jiang Changgeng both nodded, "Yes, we should eat some food first. Drinking on an empty stomach is too harmful to the body."
The group stopped talking after hearing this. Li Haisheng and Xue Xu also remembered that they had returned hungry after attending the Qionglin Banquet.
Jiang Hao also put down his wine glass. He had thought that the Qionglin Banquet would be full of delicacies, but it turned out that he had come back hungry.
Sigh~ But he also wanted this chance to go hungry, so that three years later, he could be a hero again!
The main focus was on eating rice and dishes, with drinking as a secondary activity.
On the women's side, it was the opposite. Apart from the two pregnant women, Jiang Lian'er and her sisters, and even Old Madam Jiang, drank quite a bit of fruit wine.
There's no way around it, I'm just too happy. On this joyous occasion, a little drink is perfectly fine.
Jiang Xiyue and Jiang Lan'er were itching to try it. Oh dear, why did she get pregnant at this time? They also wanted to drink.
After several rounds of drinks and dishes, Madam Jiang, whether from drinking too much or being too happy, brought up the marriage arrangements for her three granddaughters at the dinner table.
"Mingfei, Mingfei, come here, come to your grandmother!"
Jiang Xiaoqi hadn't drunk much, but he had already eaten several bowls of rice. He put down his chopsticks, walked past the screen, and went to the women's table.
"Grandmother, don't drink too much."
"Good, good, good. Grandmother didn't drink much. Grandmother is happy. Mingfei has become the top scholar in the imperial examination. Our Jiang family has produced seven scholars in one go!"
Grandma was so happy, so very happy!
Jiang Xiaoqi smiled. He had never seen his grandmother like this before. It was partly due to the alcohol, and partly because he was genuinely happy.
"Mingfei, are you familiar with the newly appointed scholars? Is there any good young man you think is suitable and of good character? Please keep an eye out for him for your three older sisters."
Jiang Lian'er, Jiang Fei'er, and Jiang Wei'er were all stunned. How could their grandmother bring this up in front of so many people? This was truly... truly...
"Ah? Oh~ Okay. Grandson, I'll keep an eye on it."
Jiang Xiaoqi didn't react for a moment, and didn't expect her grandmother to bring this up now, so she could only agree.
He had thought about this issue, but he didn't really know much about it.
He had planned to familiarize himself with the officialdom before keeping an eye out for his older sisters, but his fourth sister was getting on in years, and his fifth and sixth sisters were not young either, so it was time to put that on the agenda.
Outside the screen, Wang Jue hurriedly swallowed the food in his mouth and pricked up his ears.
"Alright, alright, you must take this to heart. Your sisters' happiness depends on you."
Once those three get married, this old woman will have nothing left to worry about.
"I understand, Grandmother. I'll be more careful lately, but there aren't many days left before I go back to my hometown to pay respects to our ancestors."
"In short, hurry up, many families in the capital are eyeing your batch of newly appointed Jinshi (successful candidates in the highest imperial examinations)."
It was said to be 300 newly appointed scholars, but most of these 300 people were already married with children, and some were already engaged.
If you remove those, there won't be more than a hundred people left. And if you remove those with flawed character and those who are not good-looking, it would be difficult to find even twenty or thirty people.
But there are far more young ladies of marriageable age in the capital than just that! Mingfei, you'd better hurry!
Old Madam Jiang kept rambling on and on, but Jiang Xiaoqi listened attentively; what she said did make a lot of sense.
Of the 300 newly appointed scholars, it's an exaggeration to say that one-tenth are suitable for marriage.
In reality, this number is probably even lower, considering that our family still holds seven or eight spots for the Jinshi degree.
After Jiang Xiaoqi calmed her grandmother down, she returned to the man's side. Wang Jue couldn't help but lean forward and whisper:
"Brother Jiang, do you know any scholars who have passed the imperial examinations?"
Jiang Xiaoqi glanced at him: "Why are you asking this? Do you also have sisters who need to be matched?"
"Wait a minute, I remember you only have brothers, no sisters." Jiang Xiaoqi looked at Wang Jue with increasing suspicion.
Wang Jue scratched his head, hesitating to speak: "Oh dear, Brother Jiang, what kind of look is that? It's really creepy!"
"Please stop beating around the bush and answer my question directly: What are you planning?!"
If Jiang Xiaoqi still didn't understand what Wang Jue was up to when he saw Wang Jue acting so coy, then he would have truly wasted his big eyes.
"We said privately, 'With so many people here, this isn't appropriate, it's not appropriate~'"
"Humph!"
Jiang Xiaoqi didn't continue the topic. If it weren't for the fact that the sisters were behind the screen, he would have really interrogated Lao Wang.
When did he start setting his sights on his own sister? And which sister is this kid eyeing?
To my utter surprise, the pig that was rooting up the cabbage was sitting right next to me.
The key is that this pig was well hidden; I hadn't noticed anything amiss.
Jiang Xiaoqi reflected on it and realized that, apart from her eldest brother-in-law, she had personally invited all the other brothers-in-law into her home...
Well, this also proves that the family still depends on him.
But suddenly he was very angry. Why didn't Old Wang express his feelings earlier? Thinking of the points he lost in the provincial and palace examinations, Jiang Xiaoqi's heart was bleeding.
Although he now has a million points, ten or twenty thousand points are nothing to him, but who would complain about points that are earned for free!
The system will settle the scores for the final examination tonight. Originally, the score was eight parts, but now it's seven parts.
Jiang Xiaoqi gripped her chopsticks, her gaze towards Wang Jue growing increasingly hostile.
Wang Jue didn't dare turn to look at Jiang Xiaoqi, and could only pretend to shovel rice into her mouth, even though her bowl was already empty.
Jiang Lin felt that the atmosphere at the table of the younger generation was a bit strange. He looked left and right, wondering if it was just his imagination.
Jiang Xiaoqi seemed to be in a daze, but in reality, he was calling the system. This time, he couldn't let the system have another chance to lend money at exorbitant interest rates.
It's best to collect your points as soon as possible and deposit them into the points bank to earn interest!