bookcurios Chapter 201 Urging marriage
Chapter 201 Urging marriage
Mu Xuan lowered his head and followed the old lady to the upper room.
Along the way, he was rolling his eyes thinking about countermeasures, and signaled his servant Ping An to go and get help for him.
Ping An turned his head and pretended not to see it.
No one can save you, Master Er, you're on your own.
Mu Xuan was almost pissed off to death by this stupid guy.
Can he come out of the main room safely today?
Back in the room, the old lady said nothing, washed her hands, changed her clothes, sat down again, and drank a cup of tea leisurely.
Mu Xuan wanted to sit down, but just as his butt touched the stool, he heard his mother say, "Stand up! Did I tell you to sit down?"
Mu Xuan: “…”
He had no choice but to stand up again.
"Tell me, what kind of girl do you want to marry?"
"..."
"When do you want to get married?"
"..."
"Please speak?"
Mu Xuan said: "...You asked me to say this."
The old lady took a deep breath and signaled him to fart quickly.
Mu Xuan: "Mom, I haven't thought about these two questions. I haven't thought about getting married, let alone what kind of girl I would marry."
Old lady: "..."
Take a deep breath!
"Men should get married when they are old enough, and women should get married when they are old enough. People your age already have children who can go to school. What about you? You don't even have a wife now!"
"…There is no law that requires men to marry or women to marry."
Old lady: "I'll be pissed off if you do that!!!"
"No, mother, why did you suddenly think of letting me get married? You never thought of this before. It's been so many years."
"Who said I haven't thought about it? Who said I just thought of it suddenly? I've been thinking about it all along. I was waiting for you to say it, but you never said it. I thought, you're still young, it's okay to be two years late. But you're too late."
"...Then tell me, why do people have to get married?"
"..."
"Can't people still live well without getting married?"
"..."
"Aren't there many people who are unhappy after getting married?"
"..."
"So, what's the problem if I don't get married?"
"..."
Yeah, what's the problem?
You can't think too much about this question. If you think too much, there will be no problem.
The old lady was silent for a while, but decided to persuade him according to the logic of the majority:
"You are still young now, but what about when you are old? You won't be lonely without children and grandchildren around you, right? If you don't get married now, will you be able to find a good one when you want to get married in a few years? Or when you want to get married, you find that the girl you like is married, what will you do then?"
"First, I don't have a favorite girl. Second, even if I don't get married, I still have maids and servants to take care of me, and I also have nephews and grandchildren. Third, isn't it good that my eldest brother married my eldest sister-in-law at the age of 26? I'm only 24."
Old lady: "..."
"Besides, how your life is going is all about your own feelings. I think I'm fine the way I am now. I don't have any desire to get married, but I don't think there's anything wrong with not getting married."
"..."
"Mom, just let it be. Maybe in two years I'll meet the girl I like. Then, without you having to tell me, I'll beg you to propose to me."
The old lady looked at him suspiciously: "Can I still wait until that day?"
Mu Xuan: “…”
It's not certain. What if I don't encounter it in a few years?
The old lady was furious when she saw his behavior. But after thinking about it carefully, she felt that what he said made sense. So what if people don't get married? So what if they live on their own? As long as they are happy, that's all.
The old lady originally wanted to persuade Mu Xuan, but now she is almost persuaded by Mu Xuan.
The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. She was no longer angry at Mu Xuan for not getting married, but at herself for not standing firm. How could she be bewitched by this brat?
Mu Xuan was still standing there. The old lady became more and more annoyed and shouted at him, "Get lost."
"Hey. Get out of here now."
Mu Xuan greased his feet and ran away quickly.
The old lady was left in tears.
She complained to Aunt Qian: "Look at this child, sooner or later I will be pissed off by her."
Madam Qian had been with her for so many years, how could she not know what she was thinking? She said, "Second Master is not without reason. Everyone has his or her own way of living. There is no need to force it."
The old lady snorted and laughed: "You, just spoil him. But you have taken care of him most since he was a child."
Nanny Qian took the blame with a smile.
After a while, the old lady said again: "When I meet a girl I like, he wants me to propose marriage? He is dreaming. In a few years, he will be 30, and the unmarried girls are only or at most. If he likes her, will she still like him? He will probably be single for the rest of his life."
Madam Qian: "... not necessarily. What if Second Master's luck is as good as First Master's?"
The old lady sighed: "I hope so."
But I don’t really believe it in my heart. How can I have so much luck?
The old lady was tired after a day's work, so Yun Xi didn't go to join in the fun right away. She thought about going the next day.
Unexpectedly, in the afternoon, Mu Sheng came back with Mu Xuan and Mu Jinyan.
"Sister-in-law."
"Mother."
"Xixi."
The three voices sounded almost at the same time.
Yun Xi: What’s going on?
"How did you three get together?"
"I came back with Ah Yan, and happened to run into Mu Xuan who came to see me."
"Didn't you go to the flower viewing party? When did you come back?" Yun Xi asked as if nothing had happened. However, her expression and voice revealed an eagerness to try.
Mu Xuan sighed, "Don't mention it, it's been a while since I came back."
Seeing him like this, Yun Xi became even more curious, "What happened? Tell us so we can hear it."
Although she spoke in a restrained manner, her intention to watch the fun was clearly expressed.
Mu Xuan glanced at his brother with a resentful look on his face, signaling him to keep his wife in check.
Mu Sheng lowered his head and adjusted his sleeves, saying, "Sorry, I didn't see it."
Seeing his behavior, Mu Xuan knew that he could not be counted on, so he gave up and said, "It was nothing. I admired the flowers seriously, but on the way back I realized that the so-called flower-viewing banquet was not for people to enjoy the flowers at all."
Yun Xi: "..."
She glanced at Mu Xuan with a hard-to-tell expression, resisted the urge to gossip, and said to Mu Jinyan first: "Ah Yan, can you take your brother out to play?"
She leaned close to Mu Jinyan's ear and whispered, "I'm going to laugh at your uncle."
Mu Jinyan understood immediately. Children should not watch adults' jokes. They will get angry out of shame!
He nodded: "I'll take my brother to play."
"good."
After saying that, Mu Jinyan took Lele, the maid and the wet nurse out and went to the upper room to play with her grandmother.
When Yun Xi turned around, she was startled by Mu Xuan's resentful expression.
"Sister-in-law, I heard you. You want to make fun of me!"
Yun Xi: "Huh? Ha! You heard me wrong. How could that be? I just wanted to know whether the flower viewing banquet was fun or not. So that I can judge whether I should go to the next similar banquet or not."
Mu Xuan: "...Do you think I believe it?"
Yun Xi changed the subject and said, "So you really just went there to enjoy the flowers? Didn't your mother tell you before you left?"
"You know?" He was surprised and looked at his brother again, "So you all know, and I'm the only one who doesn't know?"
Yun Xi: "...Ah, I heard mother mention it before, saying that you are old enough to get married, but I am afraid that the person you find in a blind marriage may not suit your taste, so I thought of getting everyone together to see if we can find someone who appeals to you."
Mu Xuan sighed: "If she had told me in advance, there would be no need to bother with this flower viewing banquet. My mother stopped me early this morning and asked me to accompany her to the princess's mansion. I didn't even know about the flower viewing until I got there."
Yun Xi said she didn't understand. "Maybe Mom forgot to tell you."
"How is that possible? She was probably afraid that if she told me, I wouldn't go."
"…No one knows a mother better than her son. You are probably right."
After a pause of one second, she said, "So you got nothing today?"
"That's not the case. The princess did take the trouble to collect a lot of flowers. I have finally seen all the flowers this year."
Yun Xi: "...what else?"
"Nothing else. I realized on my way back that today's flower-viewing banquet was actually for a different purpose."
Yun Xi: "...Mom is not angry, right?"
"How could I not be angry? I was beaten up on the way back."
Mu Sheng: "You should!"
"What's wrong with me? You can't blame me for this. Don't say I didn't know anything. Even if I knew, I could refuse, right? You can't force people to do this, right?"
Yun Xi: "...Actually, what you said makes sense."
Mu Sheng rebelled in a second: "...Xixi is right. A forced melon is not sweet. This matter still depends on the person's wishes."
Mu Xuan: "I have also talked to my mother. I told her that when I meet someone I like, I will directly ask her to come to my house to propose marriage. Before that, there is no need to consider my marriage."
"Did mother agree?"
"I didn't say it explicitly, but I think I agreed in my heart."
Yun Xi: "Not bad! Mom is very open-minded."
It is rare to find parents who do not use force in marriage arrangements these days.