What's wrong with being reckless for once? Continue searching for a wife

  After being unemployed for more than half a month, Fang Jinglan finally received the clear decree from the Ministry of Justice, which can be interpreted as: Although his family is not peaceful, and troubles have arisen within the household, leading to irreparable disasters. According to the law, he should be dismissed from his position and his property confiscated. However, the Fang family has been a family of scholars for generations, and all the sons are talented, well-read in poetry and books, with good character and conduct. Considering his ten years of hard study and his dedication to his duties during his tenure, achieving relatively good results, his merits outweighed his demerits, and he was given a lighter punishment. Fang Jinglan was reassigned to the Honglu Temple, where he served as the chief clerk in the main hall.

  As soon as the news came out, everyone in Fang's house felt unexpected. Although Hong Lü Temple is not a fat water gatehouse, and the master is even more of an unremarkable eighth-grade official, it's better than during the interview when he clearly didn't pass, but just when he was feeling discouraged, another leader took notice of him and didn't give him a better job position. Still, it's much better than being unemployed at home and being a vagrant.

  Fang Jinglan gazed at the documents issued by the Dalish Temple and the Ministry of Officials for a long time, let out a long sigh, and thought to herself, "It's okay, there are shrimp too."

  The Fang family returned to a state of tranquility, with Fang Jinglan and his two sons, Zhiyi and Zhili, going about their daily routines in an extremely orderly fashion. However, upon returning home, Fang Jinglan's face would always be filled with pent-up emotions. As for Zhi Li, he was as pleased as punch, but in consideration of his father's dignity, he had always been low-key. As for Zhi Lian, although he only held a minor position at the Hanlin Academy, he was still a government official after all.

  After the incident at Fang's mansion, his mentality was no longer the same as before. After experiencing this great disaster, Zhi Lian became even more cautious in his actions.

  Before she knew it, nine months had passed and Zhen was already out of her confinement. They held a small full moon celebration and invited relatives and friends who were close to the Zhong and Fang families.

  Madam Chen saw that the young lady from the Zhong family was clever and elegant, with a confident and noble air about her. She admired this very much. She also saw that the members of the Fang family were all dignified and harmonious, with a deep-seated respect for official families. Now they had slightly relaxed their guard. Looking at the clever and shy Ruoqing, she suddenly felt that marrying such a daughter-in-law was not bad after all.

  She remained demure and reserved, not saying much, with a shy and modest demeanor. As time passed, he gradually developed feelings for her and smiled as he held her hand, inviting her to visit his home when she had the chance.

  Her face turned red, and she softly murmured "en", gazing at the rough hands holding hers, but in her heart, she thought: I hope the mother-in-law from "Double-sided Tape" doesn't appear in her future marriage.

  When Ruzhen sent the guests away and came back, she hurriedly ran to the inner hall. At this time, Li Shi had already smiled and said: "This Chen family's young master is not bad, looking quite dignified and elegant."

  She gave her a glance, nonsense! Such a humble Chen family, even if Zhen married into it, how could she compare to Ru Mei who married into the Marquis's household?

  The old lady didn't say a word, she just asked her two granddaughters' opinions.

  He bowed his head and said, "The Chen family is really too poor, my sister married into their family, when will she be able to hold her head up high?"

  Lin also followed the way: "That Chen family's big madam is not bad. But this Chen family's old madam, being born rough and vulgar is one thing, but she still thinks about all sorts of things that are none of her business." Although Old Madam Chen did not explicitly say what was on her mind, her face, which could not conceal her thoughts, had already revealed her intentions. Because of this, Lin felt disdain for her.

  Li was anxious and immediately retorted: "What can an old woman who is engaged in farming all day and has dealings with the mud have to show for it? But this is good too. Although the Chen family is a bit poor, if she marries into their family, this is considered a high marriage. Moreover, the future of the Chen family's son is in the hands of his relatives, so what's there to fear that she would dare to put on airs in front of her daughter-in-law?"

  The old lady gave her a sideways glance and said lightly: "It's a pity you weren't asked to be the matchmaker."

  Li's face turned red, but she didn't dare to lose her temper, so she turned her head away and sulked in silence.

  Having heard that much, she stepped forward two steps and sat down on a stool under the old lady's feet, gently patting the old lady's legs and smiling: "Grandma, what do you think of the Chen family?"

  The old lady held the stone-green ceramic teacup, gently stirring the tea water with the lid, and slowly took a sip. She said calmly: "I really think it's not suitable. Putting aside family background, this old woman's eyes are indeed a bit small, but her words and deeds also reveal a narrow-mindedness. Even if her son is talented, what official position can he hold in the future?"

  As if seeing a familiar gaze, I suddenly have great admiration for my own grandmother, she's indeed an old ginger, hitting the nail on the head.

  Digression

  Everyone is saying that it's slow, do you guys know that we've been working hard to write 7-8 thousand words a day, and for the preparation of going online, we've stored up drafts for three whole months. Now our stockpile is almost depleted, and we still don't know how to get through the winter.

  Talking about Li Yue's fondness for romantic things, I wrote it very subtly, and generally speaking, if you don't look closely, you can't see it.

  As for everyone saying that it's a cruel story, let's just faint. Compared to most female protagonists who have vicious and poisonous mothers-in-law, as well as all sorts of extreme grandmother and sister-in-laws who want to put the protagonist in a dead-end situation, at least this one has a loving father and brother, a nice sister-in-law, and sisters who get along with her despite their differences. As for the twists and turns in the marriage, there's no way around it. If Yun Shi were to marry into a noble family, the situation would definitely be different. The reason why Mrs. Yun doesn't want her son to marry Yun Shi is because she has her own considerations - which family in the capital would let their heir marry a concubine-born daughter as their legitimate wife? As for Fang Furen, let's not even get started on this woman who only cares about money and status. She didn't actually want to break off the engagement with the Fang family, she just wanted to take advantage of them when they were down on their luck, but unfortunately, it backfired.