The Huang family once produced a great scholar, but that was a glory of the ancestors. Now, the Huang family in the Capital is not even considered a third-rate family.
If the Xiao Mansion hadn’t had any incidents back then, it could have been on par with the Huang family.
"Big sister-in-law must be joking with me."
Chun Shu blushed, her heart pounding "bang bang" non-stop.
She had actually guessed it, most likely it was about discussing a marriage for her.
Yes, after big sister Chun Nuan got married, both she and Chunyan were fifteen or sixteen, the age to be married off.
She had dreamt about what kind of family she would marry into, and wondered since she and Chunyan were the same age, who would be courted first?
What kind of family would notice her?
The day had finally arrived!
But she didn’t know, who would be her destiny.
"Your big sister-in-law is not joking, Shu’er, come, come over to me."
Mrs. Xu beckoned with her hand.
Chun Shu, blushing, walked over to her big aunt.
"Come, sit next to your big aunt."
"Yes, big aunt."
The position of the big aunt in the Xiao family was evident, given her importance, she couldn’t disregard it.
"Shu’er, tell your big aunt, is there someone you have your eye on in your heart?"
Chun Shu was stunned, her face turned even redder, and she hurriedly shook her head in denial.
"Really none?" Mrs. Xu felt relieved when Chun Shu denied it in her heart.
The worst fear was, as Mrs. Huang said: Chun Shu liked Huang Kun, which would be a big problem.
If Huang Kun had not married and had children, it would be a good matter, but he is already a husband and a father, for Chun Shu to go after him to be his concubine would be another matter entirely.
"No." Chun Shu shook her head: "Shu’er is still young and hasn’t thought about these things."
"Well, now you can think about it," Mrs. Xu held her hand: "Think about what kind of husband you want, someone scholarly, a military man, or perhaps someone engaged in business..."
When Mrs. Huang heard the word business, her face suddenly turned black.
What does the big sister-in-law mean?
Is it that only her daughter can marry a general, while her daughter can only marry someone engaged in business?
"Sister-in-law, just listen to the big sister-in-law talk with Shu’er first, don’t get anxious, it’s not like they’re deciding it on the spot, they’re just chatting idly."
Mrs. Xu quickly reminded Mrs. Huang when she saw her change of face.
"Big aunt, Shu’er..." Chun Shu stopped and hesitated with a red face.
"Go ahead, whatever you like is fine, we’ll find a groom based on that standard."
"Shu’er wants to find a military man who can protect Shu’er."
A military man?
Not like Huang Kun, who’s a weak scholar without the power to truss a chicken.
This time, Mrs. Xu was completely relieved.
"Shu’er, your grandmother wrote to say she wants to invite you back to the Capital to stay for a while."
Mrs. Huang quickly interjected seeing the situation, she couldn’t let the big sister-in-law continue talking, otherwise, the topic would really turn to Huang.
"Am I going back to the Capital alone? I’m scared, I won’t go back to stay." Chun Shu froze for a moment hearing her mother’s words, then shook her head and refused after thinking for a moment: "Back when grandfather was still well, my cousins all said I carried the smell of medicine; now that grandfather is gone, they look down on me even more."
The matter of relatives, Chun Shu could see right through it.
That her grandmother suddenly became so eager to have her stay in the Capital, in itself, revealed something unusual.
If there had been such a kindness, back when her family left the Capital for Shu City, there would have been aid offered.
"How can you say such a thing, your cousin Huang Kun is really concerned about you."
"Concerned about me, or concerned about the pills in my hand?"
What?
"When I was little and visited the Huang family, I took a lot of grandfather’s pills, gave them to them as snack gifts as soon as I arrived at the Huang family." Chun Shu reminisced vividly: "Once, I didn’t know I took the wrong one, took a very large pill from a yellow silk box in grandfather’s room to the Huang family, and gave it to cousin Huang Kun..."
"The pill from the yellow silk box?" Chun Nuan exclaimed: "You didn’t remember wrong?"
"Of course, I didn’t remember wrong, I stole it from the pharmacy, nobody knew."
Chun Nuan gave her a complicated look.
"Did you give that pill to Huang Kun?"
"Yes, he said he wanted it, so I gave it to him."
What could Chun Nuan say?
That wasn’t an ordinary pill, it was one that could restore a man’s vigor, and it wasn’t grandfather who made it; it was something she had developed.
To say there were four pills made at the time, and one went missing, Chun Nuan suspected that maybe grandfather tested it, which was why no word was mentioned?
This wasn’t a matter to discuss openly anyway.
Unexpectedly, it was secretly taken by Chun Shu in an act of goodwill.
Moreover, for young Huang Kun to rely on such pills, it was really...
"After that, every time I visited the Huang Mansion, cousin Huang Kun would give me gifts, then ask me for pills."
"You didn’t give him those pills later, did you?"
"I gave him some, but he kept asking for that big pill."
Chun Nuan... the truth was truly amusing.
What a character, turns out Huang Kun wasn’t up to par.