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Xiao Lan came close to Xiao Wen and looked at the contents of the letter. "It's nothing, but it makes me angry."

"My eldest aunt has sent a letter to my grandfather." Xiao Lan read the letter quickly, put it down, and said to Sheng Xuan and Zhang.

"What's the matter?" Zhang immediately became alert.

Xiaolan did not answer Zhang's question, but glanced at Xiaowen.

Xiaowen turned her head away in frustration and sulked.

When Sheng Xuan and Zhang saw this scene, Zhang immediately thought of the previous private conversation between Sheng Lanhua and Sheng Xuan, and instantly guessed the general idea.

"What exactly did your grandfather say in that letter?" Sheng Xuan asked.

"Xiao Wen, my father asked me, so I told him." Xiao Lan glanced at Xiao Wen and said with a smile, "My grandfather said in his heart that Xiao Yin from Lan Hua's family is good, and he wants to marry her to us and Xiao Wen."

Xiaowen snorted coldly, obviously very dissatisfied.

"See? I made my attitude clear that day, but she just wouldn't give up. She came to you again, but you didn't agree to her. Now that she sees you've become an official, she must have sent a message to the old man, asking him to put pressure on us." Zhang said angrily.

"I still don't know what she thinks of us. What kind of thing is this? Besides, how old is Xiaowen? What does a child of this age know? Besides, as a mother, I know our son best. I know that our family is unwilling. Do you still want to force us to agree?"

"Dad, what are you doing all these times?"

"Big sister, she shouldn't do this. How can you do things this way?" Sheng Xuan asked Xiao Lan, "Xiao Lan, what did your grandfather say in the letter? Did he say that we must get married like this?"

"My grandfather didn't force Xiaowen to marry Yinsuo." Xiaolan said truthfully. Ever since Shengxuan moved out of the old house, Old Yezi rarely forced Shengxuan to do anything.

In the letter, Grandpa Sheng said that their group followed the eldest brother to Hejian County, and now there are only three blood relatives left in their hometown: Sheng Hao, Sheng Xuan and Sheng Lanhua. The word "Sheng" cannot be written twice with one stroke. They are brothers and sisters, and Grandpa Ye asked them to take care of each other and work together.

After returning from Sheng Xuan's house this time, Lanhua wrote another letter to Grandpa Sheng. In her heart, she talked about Sheng Xuan's official career and praised Xiaowen. She said that she loved her nephew Xiaowen very much, and that this nephew was also very happy, and he passed the examination to become a student at a young age. This time she came to Sheng Xuan's house to congratulate the third son on his official career, and met several children in the family. She felt that Xiaowen was good in everything, so she thought about getting married.

Although Mr. Sheng felt that it was too early for Xiaowen to get married at this age, he could realize that Shengxuan and Lanhua were siblings, and if Xiaoyin married into the third brother's family, it would be a good thing to have a close relationship.

This marriage was unanimously approved by Mr. Sheng and Mrs. Sheng. Mr. Sheng even said in a letter that Xiaowen should settle on a daughter-in-law like Yinsuo, who knew him well, as early as possible, as it would be a great thing.

"I've never spoken to Xiaoyin, why do you have to pair me with her?" Xiaowen said angrily.

"Xiao Wen, don't be angry. It's not worth getting angry about this." Xiao Lan consoled him, "In this matter, I think even if our eldest aunt is willing to give a box, even if our grandfather and grandmother are willing, it's useless. Without the approval of our parents, this marriage can't be counted."

"What do you think, the child's father?" Zhang asked.

Xiaowen was very angry and didn't want to marry Xiaoyin. What could he say? Hearing Zhang's accusing tone, his face instantly turned bitter. He understood his situation very well. Now the children were on Xiaowen's side. If he said something that was not satisfactory, these women would definitely turn against him.

"That's definitely not possible. I refused when he asked me about it. Now she's asking the old man to put pressure on us, so let's write a letter and refute her."

"Dad, aren't you afraid of making my grandparents angry this time?" Xiao Lan teased.

"I can't care so much. This is Xiaowen's lifelong happiness, so I can't care so much." Sheng Xuan sighed and said, "Your grandfather can still be stronger, at least he can listen to some reason, but your grandma is in trouble. I am not liked by your grandma in the first place. Well, it's up to you to do whatever you want. I don't care now, so let it be."

When Xiao Lan heard Sheng Xuan say this, she thought her father was quite self-aware. He knew that he was not liked by the Cui family, but he kept trying to please them. What was he trying to achieve?

The old man's letter was very long, and it can be summarized into three points: the first was to congratulate Sheng Xuan on becoming an official, the second was to inform him of Chunhua's marriage, and the third was to talk about Xiaowen's marriage. There was nothing else.

"Write a letter to your grandfather and cancel this marriage. I will ask someone to deliver the message tomorrow." Sheng Xuan said.

Xiaowen prepared his pen, ink, paper and inkstone and began to write his reply.

"It's not good to refute directly," Xiao Lan thought for a while, and then said to Xiao Wen, "Just say that Mr. Huang has something to tell you, asking you to study hard in the next two years and talk about marriage in two years."

Although the family was very angry about the old man's decision to arrange a marriage for Xiaowen, they still had to hold back their anger when they really wrote a letter to the old man. They just had to think of a more appropriate strategy to reject this matter.

"Xiao Wen, look at the letters our grandfather wrote to us. He wrote so many letters. We should write more too. Let's write down everything our aunt did last time. Our aunt is a good liar. We have to let our grandfather know the whole story, so that he won't believe whatever our aunt says in the future." Xiao Lan said.

"Yes," Xiaowen nodded. Xiaowen seemed very dedicated to her marriage.

"Chunhua is getting engaged, should we go?" Zhang and Shengxuan discussed, "But Hejian County is too far away from us, it's not very convenient for us to go there."

In that era, transportation was inconvenient. It would take half a month to take a horse carriage from Shengjia Village to Hejian County. The round-trip fare was a considerable expense for farmers.

Alas, even if they are relatives, they are too far away, so even if we want to visit more often, it is impossible.

Chunhua's wedding is a big event. If I lived nearby, I would definitely go to help. But now that I am so far away, this matter is really not easy to handle.

Farmers, if their relatives are far away, usually save small gifts and give them when something big happens. Or simply save some small gifts. But no matter what, gifts are mutual. As the saying goes, reciprocity is what it means.