Eighty-six blind dates

  "What was... bitten by a dog?"

  After hearing the words of Tenth Sister and Little Eleven, Ninth Sister couldn't help but stare with wide eyes in astonishment.

  "Yes, I heard it was a big black dog. Sixth sister was playing with Beibei in the garden when the dog suddenly ran out and chased Beibei. Sixth sister got angry and ordered Qingxiang to bring a stick to hit the dog. But unexpectedly, the dog was too cunning and before she could hit it, it pounced on her...and that's what happened."

  "Oh...I see."

  The ninth sister nodded slightly on the surface, but was puzzled in her heart. Isn't she usually not stupid? How did she do such a foolish thing? And there are maids and servants by her side, why did she personally go to beat a dog...

  She didn't have time to think about it anymore, as she followed the footsteps of Shi Jie and Xiao Shiyi, and soon arrived at the main house. From a distance, she saw Zou Zhener walking towards her, greeting several people along the way.

  After the matter of Seventh Sister, Zou Zhēn should have returned to the Zou family, and the Zou family also sent someone to pick her up. However, the young girl stayed behind on the grounds that her aunt, Mrs. Zou, was ill and needed someone to take care of her, and it just so happened that she had some medical knowledge.

  Unexpectedly unwilling to be a legitimate mistress, she instead likes to live under someone else's roof. Naturally, many people in the mansion think this little girl's actions are unbelievable, but Ninth Sister understands.

  Her aunt was not her birth mother, and at this moment her aunt was in a state of being abandoned by everyone; her cousin was not her birth sister, and at this moment her cousin was still silly and foolish.

  In this government office, she is an outsider. Being an outsider means having no conflict of interest with anyone, and having no conflict of interest naturally makes things quiet.

  This little girl is probably just greedy for this peace and quiet...

  "Has Ninth Sister recovered?" Just as she was thinking about it, Zou Zhenni's gaze suddenly fell on her body and asked with concern.

  "Ah, much better." She smiled at her.

  "That's great!" Zou Zhener immediately smiled back at her upon hearing this.

  "And I don't know how Sixth Sister's injury is now?" asked Little Eleven at this time.

  "It's nothing serious." Zhou Zhen'er said, "You're here to see Sixth Sister, come on in!"

  The three sisters immediately followed her into Liu's room.

  Sixth sister was sitting on the bed, staring blankly out of the window. It seemed that the wound should be on her right arm, as there were bandages wrapped around it.

  "A few girls have arrived, quick, please sit!" Seeing the three sisters come in, Qingxiang and Qingdou, the personal maids of Liu Jie, immediately came forward to greet them.

  Liu Jie's timely awakening benefited the two girls the most, as they received timely treatment and survived under Zou Shi's chaotic beating.

  "Sixth sister, three younger sisters have come to see you." Zou Zhener then walked to the bedside and said to Liu Jie.

  But Liu Yuer still looked the same, indifferently glancing at everyone before continuing to gaze out of the window, as if she had never known anyone.

  Zou Zhen'er felt a bit embarrassed, "Sixth sister at this moment... might be in a bad mood and doesn't want to talk to anyone, actually... usually she's not like that, the other day she was even swinging on the swing with me and Eighth sister."

  Ba Jie's existence is also an important reason why Zou Zhener doesn't want to go back. These days, the two little girls have become very close, often doing embroidery together, playing together, or taking care of Liu Jie together.

  As for the friendship between these two little girls, Jiu Jie was also delighted to see it happen, because this is a good thing for both Zou Zhener and Ba Jie. Zou Zhener found comfort, and Ba Jie didn't have to be so self-enclosed.

  In fact, she understood that, relatively speaking, these two little girls were more willing to get along with her.

  Since the time she was rescued from Qingya Pavilion, Ba Jie has been grateful to her. Moreover, their collaboration in designing Ba Jie's marriage and jointly opposing the Zou family has deepened their tacit understanding of each other.

  Besides, last time in order to get news from the Zou family side, she took the initiative to send this manuscript to Eighth Sister, but after some days, Eighth Sister sent the manuscript back to her, saying that she didn't understand it even after reading it.

  Of course this is one of the reasons, she thinks what's most important is that this little girl, after repeated consideration, ultimately gave up her interests and personal feelings, choosing their emotional bond.

  And as for Zou Zhener, after she had given him soap a few times with ulterior motives, she also developed very good feelings towards this person who didn't despise her or look down on her.

  Later, thanks to her clever plan, she saved Qingxiang and Qingdou, and also awakened Liu Jie. In addition to gratitude, I have even more admiration for her.

  Only because of Zou's family, I dare not express myself, but that longing for closeness has not disappeared due to repression, on the contrary, it has become even stronger.

  This time she fell ill, and Zou Zhener didn't dare to come over to see her, but secretly taught Xu Gu the method of making medicinal porridge.

  Zou Zhen'er's mother was originally the daughter of a family doctor in the Zou Mansion. Later, she was favored by the young master of the main house and brought into the house, but she was also clever and studied many health care methods. However, she couldn't take care of others or herself, and died in childbirth, leaving nothing for Zou Zhen'er except some manual skills.

  It's also because of these skills that Zou Zhener is liked by the old lady among the many daughters in the Zou family, but things always have two sides. While being liked by the old lady, she naturally also attracted all kinds of jealousy and scheming.

  This is also Zou Zhenni's willingness to stay in Wenfu, far away from the place of right and wrong...

  "Let the sixth sister take good care of her injuries, we'll head back first." The three of them sat for a while longer, but seeing that Liu Mei was still in the same state, they couldn't help but feel a bit bored and so stood up to bid farewell.

  Zou Zhen'er and Liu Jie'er's two personal maids naturally tried to persuade the three of them, but they said they still wanted to go see Si Jie'er, so they came out.

  But when they arrived at the second house, the atmosphere was not good. All the maids and servants were dismissed to stand far away in the corridor, while inside the main room, there were faint sounds of quarreling coming from within.

  "...and remarry? What kind of thinking is this, are you afraid that I won't be able to raise my daughter and she'll become a burden on you all in the future?" Miao's voice sounded agitated, high-pitched and tearful.

  "Mother, what are you talking about? How can you think of us like that? If I were that kind of person, how could I have agreed to let my sister come back..." The voice of Third Young Master Wen Jingyi was full of resentment and helplessness.

  "Yes, mother, we have this plan for the good of Fourth Sister. After all, Fourth Sister is only fifteen years old, and her youth is just beginning. Is she really going to spend the rest of her life in loneliness..." Xiaoye's voice was much calmer compared to the other two.

  "This is none of your business!" But before she could finish her sentence, she was severely scolded by her mother-in-law, Miao Shi.

  Xiao's voice immediately fell silent.

  "Mother, what do you mean by 'not having the share of a wife'? You always say I'm not worthy, but isn't it actually you who doesn't treat my wife as a member of this family?" The mother-in-law was scolding her daughter-in-law, but someone couldn't take it anymore - that someone being her son.

  "Hmmph!"

  Under the leadership of tall mother, the three sisters at the door heard that they were amused all at once.

  What a rhythm, the Third Master who had been sulking since he saw his wife suddenly disobeyed his mother and spoke up for his wife. It seems that it's true what people said, that Third Master Wen Jingru has suddenly discovered the inner beauty of his wife, and the relationship between this couple has eased up.

  That's really good news...

  "You, you... I'm dead, you ungrateful son, really married a daughter-in-law and forgot your mother..." The mother who was disobeyed naturally became angry and wronged, bursting into tears.

  The three sisters heard this and couldn't help but look at each other, bursting out laughing.

  This mother has forgotten, hasn't she? A month ago, she was still quarreling with her daughter-in-law in the house because of this son, and now the two are united again, yet they're spouting this kind of nonsense.

  Ridiculous...

  Even Lian Na's mother-in-law looked a bit embarrassed and turned to Jiu Jie'er, "Miss Jiu, have you recovered from your illness?"

  "It's okay, never mind." Jiujie hastily replied to Gaoma's irrelevant question.

  The people inside may have heard someone coming from outside and all sorts of noises stopped abruptly.

  "Madam, the Ninth Girl and others have arrived!" Then Old Lady Gao led several people into the house.

  After seeing a few people, Miao immediately began to tell them about her grievances. It turned out that Xiao had returned to her mother's home two days ago and came back to discuss with Wen Jingyi to marry off the colleague of her brother from her mother's side to their fourth sister.

  Wen Jingrui, who had always been a pioneer in thought, naturally agreed and pulled his wife to find Miao Shi excitedly, but unexpectedly, Miao Shi was furious as soon as he heard it...

  "Second Aunt, this remarriage is a good thing, Third Aunt said it makes sense. Does Fourth Sister really have to spend her whole life alone?" said Tenth Sister, who had always gotten along well with Fourth Sister, after hearing the details of the matter.

  "What's good about it? Being divorced is already shameful enough, and now you're remarrying, where are my and your second uncle's faces going to be placed?" Miao Shi immediately said.

  "Second Aunt," but before she could finish speaking, Xiao Shiyi interrupted her, "Is face really that important? More important than Fourth Sister?"

  ...One sentence immediately made Miao speechless.

  "My mother's nonsense I rarely agree with, but there is one phrase that I think she said well, which is 'dying for dignity and living in suffering.' Then Little Eleven spoke up solemnly again, his serious face looking adorable to Jiu Sis eyes."

  When did this little girl grow up?

  Fortunately, she doesn't resemble Zhen at all!

  "But... but isn't that Xie fellow a bit too unreliable, without any foundation or family background?" Miao's wife was forced by the crowd to finally stammer out her true thoughts.

  "Mother," but before she could finish, Wen Jing was cut off by her brother's stern tone, "You're still muttering about something, why don't you learn from your mistakes? If it were up to me and big brother, sister would have broken off the engagement with that scoundrel Yuan Shi Huan long ago, what a miserable experience this is today."

  Being accused by her son like that, Mrs. Miao's eyes naturally reddened again, "That...that can't let your sister marry a farmer, wouldn't that make people laugh out loud?"

  "Bang——"

  But just as Wen Jingyi was listening to his mother's words, he became dissatisfied and wanted to argue again. At this time, the door of the house was suddenly pushed open, and Fourth Sister rushed in.

  Everyone couldn't help but pause in shock, and Miao Shi stared even harder at Gao Mama who was following behind Fourth Sister, while Gao Mama immediately lowered her head.

  "Stop arguing, I'll tell you, it's useless to fight over this, because I absolutely won't remarry!" The fourth sister's gaze swept across everyone's face, fell silent for a moment, and finally said slowly.

  Yu Bi didn't even glance at the crowd and turned around to rush out.

  Everyone was shocked and stared at each other in dismay. Miao's face turned pale as if she were about to cry, "What can be done now?"

  "I'm going to take a look at my sister!" Seeing this, Xiao Shi stood up first and was about to follow him out.

  But he walked to the door and suddenly stopped, turned his head to look at Jiūjiě, "Ninth sister, you come with me to see Fourth sister."

  Uh...

  She was named, and Jiu Jie had no choice but to follow suit.

  "Sister-in-law, how did you know I would be useful?" asked Jiu in the corridor, unable to resist asking Xiao Shi who was walking ahead.

  "It's even more useless for others to go!" But unexpectedly got a reply from Xiao.

  Jiujie couldn't help but pause for a moment.

  Xiao Shi had already turned around and walked away.

  "Fourth sister, this Xie Shu is really not bad, although his family background is not high, but he has a lot of talent. When he was young, because his family situation was not good and he didn't want to casually find someone, so he delayed his marriage. Now that he has passed the imperial examination, been appointed as a Hanlin scholar, and entered the Hanlin Academy, it's really a great opportunity for him. If you marry him, you will definitely not suffer any grievances..."

  The fourth sister lay on the bed sobbing uncontrollably, while Xiao Shi squatted beside her talking incessantly.

  The ninth sister stood aside with her hands tied, without a share of interrupting, because Xiao Shi's eloquence was too powerful.

  "He indeed lost his parents at a young age, but it seems that's not a bad thing either. In the past, you were in charge of everything, and all was under your command..."

  But as he spoke, Xiao Shi suddenly told the truth, but just as he started, he felt it was inappropriate and immediately stopped talking, clearing his throat to cover up while looking at Jiu Sier.

  Jiujie was still resentful of her sister-in-law's arrogant words in the corridor, so she didn't pretend to be deaf and dumb like before, but instead opposed Xiaoshi with a gentle smile.

  Xiao's face immediately turned red.

  Jiuer looked at her again, then walked to the bedside, squatted down like Xiao Shi, and asked Si'er, "Si Jie, if you don't remarry, there can only be one outcome, that is, to cultivate in the nunnery of the mansion, do you really want to spend your whole life like this? But... Si Jie, you're only 15 years old, the road ahead is still long."

  The fourth sister couldn't help but pause in her crying, but a little later she continued to cry.

  In fact, in the Great Viet Dynasty, there was no saying that widows and divorced women could not remarry. However, regarding remarriage, people would rather see widows keeping their chastity... Well, of course, divorced women don't need to keep their chastity, but big families all have small temples, where many of these women will spend the rest of their lives.

  But Su Shi Fu was even more miserable, because the Su family didn't even give her a place to stand, and directly drove her out, but it was also because they didn't give her anything that she later achieved success.

  "Fourth sister, actually you don't want it to be like this either, right? But you're worried and afraid, you're afraid of becoming someone's wife, you're afraid of meeting another Yuan Shihuan, aren't you?" Ninth sister said in a low and mournful tone.

  The fourth sister listened to her words and was stunned again, suddenly slowly lifting her face, using a pair of tearful eyes to look at her.

  As expected——

  In her previous life, she had seen many women who got divorced and then indulged in a carefree life. The only reason was that they were afraid of the marriage trap and didn't dare to get involved again easily.

  There is a living example of Su Shifu in front of us, and later she really met several good men, even among them there were those who had expressed their affection for her. However, she never thought of remarrying again, just because she was afraid, which is also an important reason for the tragedy of fate.

  And how could Fourth Sister possibly not have such thoughts?

  "But, Fourth Sister, I still want you to try, because this is not just a gamble, but also a game. If it's bad, we can make it better; if it's good, we can make it even better, right?" Ninth Sister said with a deep tone.

  After hearing her words, not only did the eyes of the four sisters fall on her face, but Xiao Shi was also staring at her intently.

  "Third Sister should also understand this principle!" She smiled and looked at Xiao Shi.

  Xiao's face couldn't help but flush again, but she didn't avoid it and instead nodded at the fourth sister with a big smile.

  Jiujie couldn't help but give a smile of admiration for this sister-in-law.

  Yes, this sister-in-law is indeed arrogant and has a reason for it!

  At this moment, she had another crucial reason for advising her fourth sister to remarry, that was because the man with the surname Xie was the one her sister-in-law had set her eyes on, and she trusted her judgment.

  She had a premonition that the future imperial court would be under the control of this ugly sister-in-law!

  Xiao looked at Xiao Shi, then at Jiu and Si, and finally nodded in agreement.

  Jiuzi immediately grasped the hand of Sizi, while Xiao Shi looked at the two sisters with a smile.

  "Don't be too happy yet, Old Lady won't agree." But at this time, a discordant voice suddenly intervened.

  The three of them turned around and saw Miao Shi standing at the door.

  But the three of them didn't care about her plan——

  The fourth sister lowered her head.

  "Up to you, Ninth Sister." Meanwhile, Xiao looked at Jiu Jie.

  The ninth sister let out a soft sigh, but nodded her head nonetheless.

  There's no doubt that this is the most difficult task, and this strict and demanding old man will certainly look down on Xie's poor and white background.

  But who would have known, lobbying work went very smoothly——

  The old man listened to the words of Jiu Jie and Xiao Shi, and only said one sentence: "If Fourth Miss is not afraid of trouble and hardship, then I have nothing more to say. I won't be able to take care of you for many days either, so just make your own decisions."

  The Ninth Sister and Xiao Shi couldn't help but exchange a smile after hearing this.

  This news was passed on to the second house, and the fourth sister was naturally delighted. In order to let the fourth sister have a better understanding of Xie Jun, Xiao Shi went back to her mother's home again and asked her brother to bring back one of his calligraphy works. Indeed, the writing style was excellent, and the calligraphy was also good, proving that he was indeed a talented person.

  This is unknown to be stronger than that, after taking countless exams with no results, finally relying on Yan Meng's trickery to get a small achievement, Yuan Shihuan is many times more, and the fourth sister naturally has a fluttering heart.

  Fourth sister was delighted, but there was one person who just couldn't get into the mood, and that was Miao Shi. On the one hand, she quickly dispatched someone to deliver a letter to Second Master, on the other hand, she poured cold water, finally forcing Xiao Shi to go again to persuade her mother-in-law and brother-in-law, and even set up a Chrysanthemum Appreciation Banquet, taking Fourth Sister and several sisters out, with the purpose of arranging a blind date for Fourth Sister...

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  Digression

  It's late, and I wrote a bit hastily, hope you guys are still satisfied!

  Let's decide to marry Fourth Sister first, and then Sixth Sister later. Let's see how well Ninth Brother can arrange marriages for his sisters! The Wen Mansion will become better and better every day, and all the sisters will be happy too!

  What will happen at that blind date dinner?

  With a head full of yellow hair, will I be laughed at by students as "yellow-haired and bald"? You know we're currently reviewing "Peach Blossom Spring" right now...