The bad man who is a womanizer, go on a blind date in a hurry

"I am not married yet." Xie Jingran said quietly, waving a round fan.

Neither married nor engaged.

"Oh..." Lu Yao felt that it was both expected and unexpected.

A man who is engaged and waiting to get married usually stays at home. It is impossible for him to return to his hometown alone like Mr. Xie.

But given Mr. Xie’s family background and status, why is he still unmarried at such an old age?

"That's because the young master has been having a lot of bad luck over the years." Song Yan on the side helped to explain.

It turned out that four years ago, when Xie Jingran was fourteen years old, his biological father died of illness.

According to Fengchao customs, when parents passed away, children had to observe mourning for three years and were not allowed to get married.

"My father and I had a deep relationship, so I observed mourning for him for three years." Xie Jingran said naturally.

Fourteen + three = seventeen

In other words, the three years when Mr. Xie was most likely to get married were all spent in mourning.

"That's what the rules say. In fact, you don't have to really observe the three-year observance. But my son is very filial and observed the full three years."

People here get married early, have short life spans, and every family has so many children. If such regulations were really enforced, society would be in chaos.

"So, when the young master did this, although he gained a good reputation, he also ruined his marriage." Song Yan said regretfully.

Lu Yao raised her eyebrows. Is there a story behind this?

“My son was originally scheduled to get married when he turned fifteen.

In the end, because the young master insisted on observing mourning for three years, the other party thought it took too long and rejected him. How heartless and disloyal! "

Whenever Songyan thought of this, his face was filled with anger.

"Huh? Is the other party in such a hurry to get married because he is afraid of being exiled?" Lu Yao was a little curious. Could it be that the noble lady in the capital was the same as her?

Songyan: "They said at the time that they had consulted a master in the temple to tell them that they had to get married on a certain date, otherwise it would ruin their daughter's future."

In order not to delay her official career and because the date of her marriage could not be changed, she cancelled her engagement with Master Xie.

“Is there anyone who cancels an engagement for this reason?” Lu Yao felt as if her eyes had been opened.

When it comes to marriage, is the person more important or the time more important?

"Actually, that was just an excuse." Xie Jingran smiled gently, "The real reason for the family's cancellation of the engagement was not that."

Lu Yao saw him waving a round fan with a natural expression, as if he was not talking about his own past, but someone else's story.

"It is true that I insisted on observing mourning and delayed my marriage, but the most important thing is that that family hooked up with a family that is better than the Xie family."

Xie Jingran's mother was a fifth-rank official in Beijing. When the marriage was first arranged, the family was not as well-off as the Xie family, so they naturally looked down on the fifth-rank official.

Later, as the family became more prosperous, they felt more and more that the original engagement was a loss.

When Xie Jingran was about to observe mourning, the family called off the engagement on the grounds that it would delay the wedding date, and instead arranged for a woman to marry the son of a third-rank official.

"Although this matter is infuriating, I am not annoyed. It is better to break up with a family like this from the beginning than to see what it is after entering the door." Xie Jingran saw it clearly.

"Yes!" Lu Yao agreed with both hands: "Sometimes missing out is actually a kind of luck. It's great that Mr. Xie can let it go!"

The two looked at each other and smiled.

I lost my father at the age of fourteen and observed mourning for three years, which ended when I was seventeen.

In the middle, he even experienced a broken engagement. It turns out that Mr. Xie's past was not smooth.

But now that I’m eighteen years old, why haven’t I gotten engaged yet? Why have I come all the way here?

Lu Yao's big eyes were full of doubts as she looked at Xie Jingran with watery eyes.

Although he didn't say anything, the questions he wanted to ask were written all over his face.

Xie Jingran said calmly: "My mother passed away again last year."

Lu Yao: “…”

This is really not just an ordinary setback!

"Shanyang Village is the Xie family's hometown. There is an ancestral house and an ancestral tomb. After my mother passed away, I took the initiative to come back.

Firstly, it was to pay tribute to my parents and mourn for my mother, and secondly, I wanted to leave the capital and rest and recuperate by myself.”

Xie Jingran still had a calm expression, but there seemed to be something different about him.

Lu Yao thought to herself: Without parents, it must be hard for a child from a wealthy family to have a good life, right?

In her previous life, she watched a lot of TV dramas and read a lot of novels about palace fighting and house fighting.

The richer the family, the deeper the water.

Fighting for power, fighting for property, fighting for everything. Sometimes life is not as good as that of ordinary people.

I wonder if Master Xie, such a gentle and peaceful man, can defeat them.

"Mr. Xie, do you have any sisters or brothers?" Lu Yao asked with concern.

Xie Jingran shook his head: "My father only gave birth to me as a son. The other fathers gave birth to many half-sisters and half-brothers."

It’s over. The eldest son and the only child.

Without fellow sisters and brothers, in such a society, we will lack a lot of arms and help.

It’s good enough that those half-sisters and half-brothers born to him by his second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth fathers don’t bully him.

Ten thousand novels about house fighting flashed through Lu Yao’s mind.

"So no one worries about your marriage." Songyan muttered angrily again.

He looked at his son distressedly and said, "After the death of the madam, the second master is now in charge of the family. He has a son and a daughter, and all good things are given to his own children first. Our son has become redundant, and no one cares about him or asks about him."

Especially since I returned to my hometown, no good things happened to me anymore, and no one was interested in my marriage.

"Songyan, shut up. I feel pretty good now." Xie Jingran scolded, "I live a good life in the old house. Far away from the capital, there is a rare tranquility."

Lu Yao opened her mouth and shouted silently: But what about your marriage?

"As for marriage, it depends on fate. I think God may have his own arrangements." Xie Jingran said, and couldn't help but glance at Lu Yao.

Their eyes met again and they hurriedly looked away.

"I never thought you've been through so much." When Lu Yao looked at Xie Jingran again, she felt a little distressed.

"That's all in the past." Xie Jingran looked carefree.

But when he saw Lu Yao, he couldn't help but want to laugh: "Actually, I envy you. Your family cares about you so much, and they help you find marriage partners one after another."

Regardless of whether it will succeed or not, just the frequency of Ergouzi's blind dates can show how much her family cares about her.

"Hehe, it's just so-so!" Lu Yao smiled foolishly, "My family is very nice and they really care about me. But it's also the result of my own efforts!"

Then, Lu Yao told the three unmarried people how she cast a wide net, united all the forces that could be united, asked all the people that could be asked for help, and mobilized everyone to help her find a husband.

The three were shocked again!

"Well, you are such a smart guy!"

Lu Yao spread her hands and said, "Of course you have to pay more attention to your own affairs. You can't just wait for others to arrange things for you! What if others don't arrange things for you?

You all should learn from me!"

All three of them couldn't help laughing.

The gloomy feeling that had just arisen from reminiscing about the past dissipated.

Lu Yao did not forget to instruct Xie Jingran: "Master Xie, don't be so realistic this time. In fact, after the parents pass away, the child can get married a year later."

She unlocked this part of her memory and realized that among the common people, not many people really abided by it for three years.

Don’t really wait for three more years, otherwise it will be twenty.

"Yeah, I understand." Xie Jingran could tell that this was genuine advice.

"Then let's drink tea instead of wine, and wish that we can all find our true love in the future!" Lu Yao raised the teacup and made a final summary of today's gathering.

"Okay! Cheers!" Xie Jingran also picked up the teacup, followed by Song Yan and Zhan Ying.

However, Song Yan muttered in a slightly unbalanced voice: "Young Master is looking for his other half, but you are looking for one third!"