Flowers in full bloom

Mrs. Hong also saw her dazed son. In the past year, Mrs. Hong arranged marriages for Gui Jing'an no less than ten times, but was rejected by her son every time.

When asked for the specific reason, she said that she was still young and did not want to get married yet, and wanted to focus on her studies. This was not the case of not wanting to get married, it was obvious that she had someone in her heart.

Gui Jijiu and his party returned to Yinghuayuan. After taking a short rest, Hong went to the room where her son Gui Jingan was resting.

Before I went in, I saw my son sitting on the wooden bed by the window, looking thoughtful. On the small table in front of him was the chess set that he had just collected.

Hong walked into the room and coughed lightly, waking up Gui Jingan who was standing by the window.

"Mother, why are you here? Is there anything you want to tell your son? It's so hot, you can just ask a servant to come over, why do you have to come here in person?"

As he spoke, he stood up, welcomed Hong to sit opposite him, and asked Chang'an, the servant at the door, to bring some tea.

"I have something to talk to you about, but this is not something that a servant can convey." Hong smiled, took Chang'an's tea and took a sip, then sent the servant in the room and the maids behind her out.

"Mom, you..." Gui Jingan asked a little confused.

"Jing'an, you are already eighteen. In the past year or so, I have found more than a dozen girls for you, but you always said that you have no intention of getting married and want to focus on your studies. Tell me, do you really think so?"

"Mom." Gui Jing'an was startled, and the tips of his ears turned red. "Of course it's true, my son really thinks so."

"Jing'an, you are not a child anymore. The children of other families who got married early can crawl already, but you don't even want to take a look. Do you know that your grandparents, as well as your father and I, are very anxious? If you keep dawdling like this, the girls from good families will be picked up soon. Where will you find a good girl then?" Mrs. Hong was a little angry.

"Mom, I just want to find someone I like. I don't care about the other person's family background." Gui Jing'an lowered his head.

"Jing An, it's right to find someone you like, but feelings are developed slowly between two people. If the two people have similar family backgrounds, they will have more common ground and it will be easier to develop feelings.

Also, the age difference between the two people can't be too big. It is said that there is a gap between the two at three years old. I think it would be better for you to find a girl who is over fifteen years old. "Hong advised.

"Mom, I...I don't think so. I don't think age is a problem. A five or six year age difference is best.

Moreover, I think family background doesn’t matter. If I don’t like the other person, even if the other person has a prominent family background, it will be a pressure for me.

If I like someone, even if he or she does not have a prominent family background, as long as we are in love, I will be happy with it." Gui Jingan retorted.

"You, even if what you said is correct, you also said that you like the other person, what if the other person doesn't like you, then you are waiting here one-sidedly, and the other person doesn't know that you like her at all.

Also, what if the other person is very young and you like her but she doesn't know it? She can wait, but we can't." Hong said meaningfully.

"Mom, I..." Gui Jingan's face turned red, but his eyes were filled with confusion.

"Jing'an, listen to me. Some girls are not bad. On the contrary, they may be very pretty, smart and capable. As an elder, I like them very much. But they are not suitable for you. They are not suitable to be our daughter-in-law."

"Why?" Gui Jing'an asked.

"It's possible that she is too young to understand the concept of love. It's also possible that she is not suitable for marriage in the past two years and she has no choice. It's also possible that she is already engaged..."

Hong almost said Hualei's name.

"Engagement? Engagement with whom? How is it possible? Isn't she still young? Isn't she helpless?" Gui Jing'an was completely stunned by the idea of ​​an engagement.

Hong sighed. After her father-in-law and Hua Lei had worked together several times, he had praised Hua Lei in front of her mother-in-law and herself more than once, saying that she was pretty, smart and capable, and that she would achieve something in the future. He did not hide his appreciation for Hua Lei.

Hong was concerned and secretly learned about Hualei's situation. Although she was not satisfied with the result, after all, she had lost her father and mother, and even her grandparents, leaving only her brother and sister.

However, over the past year or so, Hualei's performance in business has indeed been outstanding.

Even though my father-in-law is now the chief academic officer of the Imperial College, my family used to be common people, and my father-in-law passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi through his own efforts.

At the beginning, he just started as the seventh-rank supervisor of the Imperial College. Slowly, step by step, he made his way to where he is today. Now he is the chief academic officer of the Imperial College, but he has only been in office for three years and is still only a fourth-rank official.

Moreover, the Imperial College was a low-paying government office. Although it was respected, the monthly salary was meager. Both her husband and uncle were not as good as her father-in-law in academic performance, and both had been hovering around the seventh or sixth rank for many years.

The economic foundation of my family was built from the ashes. My father-in-law even borrowed money to take the imperial examination. My husband and uncle were not good at studying or doing business. They only knew how to work honestly and take a fixed salary home every month.

However, she and her sister-in-law were only daughters of a seventh-rank official and had no way of making money. In the past few years, the Gui family had lived in extreme poverty. It was only in the past two years, relying on the printing and paper mills, that the financial situation of the Gui family had gradually improved.

Especially after the rice grid was built, the Gui family's paper mill not only came back to life, but also made a lot of money. And her husband was able to be transferred to the Hanlin Academy, all thanks to Hualei.

If Hualei is of the right age and is not in mourning, then she can ask Madam Pei of the Marquis' Mansion for help. Her son is much better than his father in terms of academics. He doesn't need to be in the top three, but it should be no problem to ask for a Jinshi degree. Then she can let her father-in-law take care of him, and Hualei can run the family business. This is also good.

Although it is not as quick as finding a daughter-in-law with a prominent family background to help the family, but doesn’t the son not like her?

A few days ago, her sister-in-law came to her and said that someone had asked her to act as a matchmaker for Jing'an. The matchmaker was Yang Lingxue, the youngest daughter of Yang Shicheng, a fifth-rank lecturer and the superior of her husband in the Hanlin Academy. She was fifteen years old this year, which was the right age.

But after finding out about it himself, he got the news that the family background was indeed good, and Yang Lingxue's grandfather was a third-rank Minister of Rites.

But Yang Lingxue had an arrogant and capricious temper, and would beat and scold the maids and servants at any time. She also had a square face, a flat nose, and small eyes.

I don’t like it myself, let alone my son, who would dislike it even more.