Best friends transmigrate into a book! They marry a high-ranking official! If you run, I run too!

Yes, they all overlooked one crucial aspect.

He has good looks and a good family background, but outsiders can't see his character, so let's leave that aside for now.

Based on Shen Tingci's looks and family background, he wouldn't just randomly choose this small place.

If he wanted, he could easily pull out a whole selection process for choosing a concubine. How did he end up going on blind dates in this rural area?

Wen Tang was grateful to Director Wang for his help along the way, but if she concealed such a thing, she shouldn't blame him for turning his back on her ruthlessly.

Seeing the expressions on the faces of the Gu family members, Director Wang quickly waved his hand, "That's not true, I'm not a bad person..." Director Wang looked at Wen Tang, "Little Wen knows me, I've never been a bad person."

"I introduced this marriage because I wanted to gain favor with the Party Secretary's family, but I made sure to explain the situation between us clearly."

"If the secretary's son is divorced or has children outside of marriage, I will definitely tell him the truth."

As she spoke, she raised her hand, saying, "If I'm hiding anything, may I die a horrible death."

It was clear that she was a little angry.

From her perspective, she certainly wanted to benefit herself, but she was absolutely not hiding anything.

Zhong Meixian quickly waved her hand like a peacemaker, "You're too kind, you're too kind..."

Wen Tang's expression changed as well. "We're just worried. After all, it's our daughter getting married, so we always tend to overthink things."

"After all, we're just an ordinary family. It's hard not to think things through when dealing with someone like the Party Secretary. Don't you think so, Director?"

Director Wang's anger subsided a bit. "Yes, I understand, but don't worry, the secretary's son is just picky and hasn't found a suitable one all these years. There's absolutely no hidden reason or illness."

Now that things had come to this point, even Gu Juyuan was at a loss for words.

All I can say is, "It's probably because our social standing isn't right."

Director Wang reiterated, "The Party Secretary's family doesn't care about social status."

"If it were all about social status, I wouldn't be the one to be the matchmaker!"

Wen Tang glanced at Gu Shuhe before turning to Director Wang and saying, "Director, we've known each other for quite some time now, and I consider you a close friend, so I won't hold back in telling you this today."

Director Wang nodded. "Go on!"

Wen Tang said, "We are just ordinary people, and we never thought about living a life of luxury."

"If we want to live a wealthy life, we will earn it with our own hands, rather than jeopardizing our daughter's entire life."

Director Wang looked slightly embarrassed, but then assured her, "Xiao Tang, I also want to have something to say to you from the bottom of my heart." She then looked at Zhong Meixian, "This aunt is here too, so let's not talk about anything inappropriate."

“We’ve all been there. Every family has its ups and downs in life, but the most important thing is having a solid financial foundation, isn’t it?”

Zhong Meixian nodded.

Wen Tang didn't quite agree with the statement, "Even if you have a wealthy family, you still have to spend money on them."

"Some people will treat their daughter-in-law like a thief."

Zhong Meixian: They weren't talking about me. I'm not that kind of person.

Director Wang waved his hand, "No, they're not from such a disreputable family."

Wen Tang shrugged. "Who knows? You can know a person's face but not their heart."

Director Wang: "..."

"If you miss this, you really won't find another one this good," Director Wang said, seeing that Wen Tang wasn't very happy.

Then she looked at Zhong Meixian and Gu Shuhe and said, "Why don't you two think about this again? It's not something that can be rushed."

"Think about it, I'll come back in a few days."

As Director Wang was about to leave, Zhong Meixian quickly picked up the things she had brought and chased after her.

But Wang He got on her bicycle and left.

Zhong Meixian carried her things back into the house, looked at Wen Tang and then at Gu Juyuan, unsure of where to put them.

Wen Tang said without any guilt, "No, we'll keep it for ourselves. Isn't it only natural for her to eat what I give her?"

"Why can't we eat her food?"

Wen Tang gets angry whenever she thinks about how Director Wang treated Gu Shuhe as a favor.

In the past, whenever Director Wang came, she would see him off for a long distance before he left, but today she didn't even want to move her feet.

Zhong Meixian advised Wen Tang, "Tang, don't say that. After all, we were helped by others in the beginning."

Zhong Meixian's words left Wen Tang speechless.

To be honest, Director Wang was indeed her great benefactor.

Can……

"Moreover, the marriage arranged by them is a step up for us," Zhong Meixian added.

Wen Tang asked directly, "Mom, are you trying to climb the social ladder?"

Zhong Meixian immediately shook her head.

Wen Tang shrugged. "That'll do!"

“We didn’t want to marry above our station, but she insisted on forcing this marriage into our hands…”

"Mom, have you ever seen gold lying on the road that no one picks up?"

Zhong Meixian "..."

"Maybe no one dares to pick it up?" Zhong Meixian thought for a moment and said.

Wen Tang "..."

The old lady did have some truth to her words.

If it were something anyone could pick up, everyone would fight tooth and nail to get it, but if picking it up would cost you your head, probably very few people would dare to do it.

"So, what do you say about this marriage?" Wen Tang moved a small stool and sat down.

"You don't need to worry about me. At worst, I'll just give up this little workshop at home."

"Anyway, the city is all built, so I can just go there directly."

Zhong Meixian looked at her daughter, then at her own husband.

Gu Juyuan only said, "Ask Shuhe about this. I can't be anyone's boss."

Zhong Meixian then looked at Gu Shuhe, who shook her head shyly, "I also don't think it's very appropriate."

The two families are too different; she's not stupid.

Although Shen Tingci is really good-looking.

“Then…” Zhong Meixian looked at Wen Tang again.

Wen Tang said directly, "When Director Wang comes later, I'll tell her it's not appropriate."

"Tell her to find someone else."

"I'll go to Haishi tomorrow. If it doesn't work out, I'll just move all my things over there. You don't need to worry."

Zhong Meixian was a little worried, "Will this affect subsequent orders?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Shuhe said, "No, we can still try to make contact. Maybe if we do, they'll change their minds!"

Gu Shuhe felt that Shen Tingci must be an extremely picky person.

Wen Tang shook her head. "We've moved. We won't have to go through the county anymore, so it won't cause any problems."

"You think they can control me?" Wen Tang stood up, put her hands on her hips, and looked at the summer sun. "If they want to control me, they'd better come early in the next life, or the life after that."

Wen Tang was once again thankful that he had been "snobbish and fickle" and hadn't agreed to merge the soap factory into the county. If he had, he would be ruined now by this situation.

With her official title in the city, she'd see who dared to make things difficult for her.

“Okay, when that Director Wang comes again, I’ll tell her it’s not appropriate,” Zhong Meixian said.

Wen Tang nodded.

Then I told her about my family's soap factory.

Finally, I told her, "Xiao Hui will come with me tomorrow too. You can ask your second and third sisters to take good care of the work."

After all, they're family, so we can help keep an eye on whether others are slacking off.

"Is Xiaohui with you?"

"Yes, let's go to Haishi!"

“The factory over there also needs workers and has a place to live. It’s inconvenient for her to stay at the Lin’s house. Now that Qiu Yuefang and her daughter-in-law haven’t been able to come and do any work, things will probably get even worse in the future, so I’m moving her to another place.”