Chapter 56: Chapter 56: Bad Feng Shui
“This…” Mrs. He hesitated, unable to respond.
Clearly, she had understood Grandma Xia’s intention and had received Xia Lan’s message.
“Do you and He Qing truly love each other?” Suddenly, Xia Chuyi cocked her head, deliberately wearing a skeptical expression as she interrupted Xia Lan.
She was He Qing’s former official fiancée; were Xia Lan and He Qing truly in love? What was that supposed to mean?
The expressions of other members of the Xia Family shifted as well.
Although they deliberately ignored it, it was undeniable that Xia Chuyi was also one of the stakeholders in this matter.
“Alright, alright, Er Lan, we have guests, what are you behaving like!” Grandma Xia slammed the table, suddenly reprimanding loudly to break the deadlock, “Chuyi, you also minimize your comments!”
Xia Lan glared harshly at Xia Chuyi, biting her lip and saying no more.
Xia Chuyi spread her hands, seemingly indifferent.
Having rebuked the younger generation, Grandma Xia then softened her expression and turned kindly to Mrs. He.
“Mrs. He, well, this is what my family means, what do you think?”
Mrs. He looked at Xia Lan and then at the other members of the Xia Family, her gaze flickering, clearly calculating internally.
Suddenly, Xia Chuyi laughed out loud, “I think Sister Mei is great!”
Her eyes curved into crescents as she addressed Grandma Xia, “Grandma, I am stepping aside from this marriage arrangement, may I say a few words?”
Normally, Grandma Xia would never let Xia Chuyi speak, but Xia Chuyi had prefaced her words by endorsing Sister Mei. After observing Xia Chuyi carefully for a moment and considering her words, Grandma Xia nodded, “Alright, you do indeed have a say in this matter.”
“Great! Then I’ll speak!” Xia Chuyi clapped her hands, “I think that Sister Mei, being older, matches He Qing’s age better. Once married, she’ll likely bear children! And could probably even have a son, the main house does have the Feng Shui for birthing sons!”
By mentioning the Feng Shui of the main house for birthing sons, this was a veiled criticism of the third house, implying that they did not have the Feng Shui for birthing sons and Xia Lan was not destined to have sons.
She was not speaking without basis.
The third house more often ignored their own daughter and rushed to anyone in the village who had a son to inquire about secret formulas for conceiving sons.
Over the years, the third house’s struggles to have a son became well-known throughout Heshan Village. Regrettably, despite their significant efforts, they never managed to have a son, and villagers secretly said it was due to lacking the Feng Shui.
Xia Chuyi’s casually spoken words, seemingly offhand, induced varied thoughts among those present.
Xia Lan never expected Xia Chuyi to suddenly emerge, not helping her but instead supporting the main house.
“You!” Xia Lan turned pale, her eyes reddened, she urgently exclaimed, “What Feng Shui, that’s superstition!”
“Oh, I am but a child and ignorant, just speaking nonsense, Sister Lan don’t mind me,” Xia Chuyi tilted her head and smilingly said towards Grandma Xia’s direction, “Grandma, Aunt, you won’t blame me, right?”
Whether the biased listeners took it to heart or not was another matter.
“You’re not to blame, you’re just a child, just playing around!” Aunt Xia quickly continued, “But speaking of which, Mrs. He, my Da Mei is indeed a better match for He Qing.”
“Not to hide it from you, my husband and I, we have only Da Mei as a daughter, we adore her and have prepared quite a dowry for her early on!”
“My son Chengzu works at a mine in the county seat, whatever good stuff he finds, he always brings back for his sister!”
Xia Chengzu, as the eldest son of the main house and grandchild of the Xia Family, worked at a coal mine in the county due to a martyr’s child recruitment privilege.
Aunt Xia mentioning him was a blatant display: Xia Mei had the support of her maternal family along with a dowry.