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Ye Changyan felt grateful that his parents were not at home, otherwise, with the temperament of Ye Changyan's father, Ye Xiaozheng, the money would most likely have been lent out. Fortunately, Erniu reacted quickly and sent the person away.

Then Erniu raised her eyebrows, and the expression on her face seemed a little gossipy.

"I don't know whether Second Aunt did it intentionally or unintentionally. Two days before we were about to leave at the end of winter, Second Aunt brought these things to our house and asked us to bring them to Shengjing. Second Aunt told me that my eldest aunt was arranging a marriage with my cousin Yitong."

Sun Yitong is one year younger than Ye Changyan. Ye Changyan remembered Lian mentioned that Sun Yitong seemed to be born in the first month of the lunar calendar, which means that after the new year, Sun Yitong will be eighteen years old. Although in previous lives, a girl of eighteen would at most graduate from high school, but in this time and space, it is almost a difficult problem for a girl of eighteen to still not find a marriage.

Ye Changyan originally thought that his aunt knew that when things get dark in one direction, there will always be bright in the other. Her son Sun Yiming's marriage had encountered a temporary obstacle while being carried out. His aunt had not forgotten her daughter Sun Yitong, but Erniu's next words really surprised Ye Changyan.

"Second aunt said that eldest aunt is planning to marry cousin Yitong to Mr. Guo's family in Yuandong Town next door. According to second aunt, Mr. Guo is a wealthy man with considerable power in Yuandong Town next door. He has more than 300 acres of fertile land and a tea plantation. Mr. Guo's tea factory is quite famous in Wanshou County. He has a mobile mansion in Yuandong Town and several shops in Wanshou County. I heard that he also has a shop in Yuzhou Prefecture, doing tea business."

Ye Changyan had some impression of Mr. Guo from Yuandong Town. When he passed the imperial examination and became a scholar, Mr. Guo's family sent him congratulatory gifts. He vaguely remembered that Mr. Guo had only two grandsons. The older one seemed to be only two or three years older than Wulang, and was only fourteen or fifteen years old this year. The younger one was one year younger than Wulang.

Seeing the gossipy look in Erniu's words, Ye Changyan felt that there must be some other reason for this matter, so he started to ask.

"I vaguely remember that Mr. Guo's two grandsons are not yet at the age to get married, right?"

Hearing their brother's question, Wulang and Erniu looked a little strange.

"Brother, Mr. Guo's two grandsons are my classmates and they are also studying in Mr. Xia's private school. The eldest is fourteen this year, and the second is a year younger than me. How could they possibly get married so early?"

Wu Lang's words confirmed Ye Changyan's previous guess, but this made him look at Erniu with even more confusion.

"I don't know if what Second Aunt said is true. From what Second Aunt said, Big Aunt is planning to marry cousin Yitong to Mr. Guo himself."

"Promise it to Mr. Guo?!"

Erniu's words made Ye Changyan and Liang Jingcheng look surprised.

"Mr. Guo is old enough to be Sun Yitong's grandfather. Could it be that my aunt has been deceived?"

Seeing her brother so surprised, Erniu then recounted exactly what her second aunt Liu had said.

According to second aunt Liu, this Mr. Guo is in his early fifties and has a wife and two concubines. His wife passed away last year and he is now planning to remarry. It is said that when the news of Mr. Guo's plan to remarry came out, many families were rushing to send their daughters to be his concubines. After all, Mr. Guo's family is considered to be of some respectability in Wanshou County.

Except for Sun Yitong, most of the other girls are in their early twenties, or are divorced daughters who have returned to their clans. In fact, except for some freckles on her face, Sun Yitong's overall appearance is okay. Compared with other girls and divorced daughters, she has an advantage in age. Moreover, Sun Yitong was born and raised in Wanshou County, and has been spoiled by her eldest aunt. She is being trained to be a beautiful girl in all aspects.

According to second aunt Liu, eldest aunt took Sun Yitong to a temple outside Wanshou County. Under the pretext of burning incense, and with the help of the introducer, they had a chance encounter with Mr. Guo. Mr. Guo had a good first impression of Sun Yitong.

The eldest aunt knew that Mr. Guo had chosen her daughter. Although the man was ten years older than her uncle, she was still very excited. Although her daughter would be a concubine, she would still be the man's legal wife. The two concubines of the Guo family would have to rely on Sun Yitong for their livelihood.

Moreover, it is not too unusual for a man to be a father in his fifties or sixties. When Sun Yitong marries him and has children, her position as the head of the Guo family will be firmly established.

According to second aunt Liu, the eldest aunt asked the Guo family for a betrothal gift of three thousand taels of silver, and all the necessary etiquette must be attended to, and she wanted to marry Sun Yitong in a grand manner.

The eldest aunt had a good plan. Her daughter married into a wealthy family, which was considered a noble marriage, and the betrothal money for her son Sun Yiming was also secured. In this way, the eldest aunt's long-standing worries about her children's marriages were all resolved, and she could also leave nearly two thousand taels of money for her and her husband's funeral, so they wouldn't have to worry about the rest of their lives.

Just when the eldest aunt's plan was going smoothly, Sun Yitong somehow found out that her mother wanted to marry her to an old man who could almost be her grandfather. She wanted to commit suicide and refused to agree no matter what.

I don't know who told my eldest aunt that Zhong Yunfeng was going to take Erniu and Wulang to the capital. The day before Erniu and Wulang set off, my grandmother personally brought my eldest aunt's cousin Sun Yiming to the Ye family, saying that my eldest aunt and uncle had brought some things for my parents.

According to Erniu, it was only Erniu, her grandmother and her aunt who were at home helping to pack the things they were going to take to Beijing. Sun Yiming put the things at Ye's house and didn't even have time to have a glass of water. After a few simple greetings, he said goodbye and left with a blushing face.

Erniu thought that Sun Yiming might feel that the Ye family was full of women, and it would not be convenient for him, a cousin, to stay for long, so Erniu did not try to persuade him to stay. After Sun Yiming left, his grandmother did say a few words about his aunt's previous work being inconsiderate, but this was a matter of life and death, and after all, she and Ye Xiaozheng were biological sisters. Although the things she brought were not worth much, they were still a token of her thought, so she asked Erniu to take them along when the time came.

Originally, Ye Changyan was somewhat surprised that his aunt brought him gifts, but compared to the fact that his aunt was going to arrange a marriage for Sun Yitong, that was nothing.

If it is true as Second Aunt-in-law and Erniu said, that the eldest aunt intends to marry Sun Yitong to Mr. Guo, then in Ye Changyan's opinion, this is no different in essence from selling a daughter.

Of course, Second Auntie likes to visit neighbors on weekdays, and most of what she says are nonsense rumors. But in Ye Changyan's opinion, with Second Auntie's character, it is absolutely impossible for her to make up such a big thing. Besides, Second Auntie has been helping out in the canteen of the processing workshop for the past year or two, and she doesn't have many opportunities to visit neighbors. I'm afraid that the matter about Sun Yitong is not groundless.