Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather 45

Chapter 45: Discussing Marriage

“Ji’n’er, Ji’n’er, serve tea to the guest!” Liang Sanyi, who had just welcomed Yang Zhengshan to the inner hall, called out to someone to bring tea.

“Coming!” A clear and crisp voice came from the backyard.

Yang Zhengshan sat for a moment before a young girl wearing a blue dress walked in, carrying a teapot.

“Please have some tea, guest!” The girl smiled warmly.

Yang Zhengshan sized her up.

The little girl was quite pretty, with a clear and bright complexion, and her dark eyes sparkled. Her round face had a hint of baby fat.

Not flashy, not arrogant, but rather endearing.

“Is this your daughter?” Yang Zhengshan asked Liang Sanyi, who walked in with two rolls of cloth, seemingly casually.

“Ah, yes, my eldest daughter,” Liang Sanyi replied equally casually.

“She’s a hardworking good girl!” Yang Zhengshan added.

When the little girl served the tea earlier, he noticed that her fingers didn’t have the delicate look of someone who had never done manual labor. Instead, there were some thin calluses on her hands, indicating that she was skilled with needle and thread.

This comment of his made Liang Sanyi’s eyes suddenly change, and he looked at Yang Zhengshan with a hint of warning.

The little girl quietly retreated from the inner hall.

Commenting on someone else’s daughter was a very taboo topic, especially if the girl was not yet married and had already come out to greet guests. It was even more so when a stranger evaluated her in front of her family.

However, Liang Sanyi didn’t immediately react and instead calmly said, “Please wait for a moment, guest.”

Yang Zhengshan didn’t say anything more and only silently drank his tea.

The tea was average, indicating that Liang Sanyi’s family wasn’t very wealthy.

The fact that the daughter came out to greet guests also proved this point, as they wouldn’t have needed to do so if they could afford to hire a servant.

Yang Zhengshan had been a bit impolite, but Liang Sanyi had tolerated it, indicating that he needed this business deal.

Liang Sanyi’s wariness also showed that he attached great importance to his daughter and wasn’t someone who would sacrifice his daughter for the sake of business.

In a world where women were often treated as commodities, Liang Sanyi’s behavior was quite rare.

“I heard that you, Shopkeeper, came from the capital?” Yang Zhengshan asked, casually bringing up a conversation.

“Yes,” Liang Sanyi replied lowly.

“You don’t seem like a merchant, more like a scholar!” Yang Zhengshan added.

Liang Sanyi raised his head, his eyes showing a hint of wariness. “Guest, aren’t you here to buy cloth?”

Yang Zhengshan smiled warmly. “I am here to buy cloth.”

“I’m from the Liang family in the capital, and I separated from my family last year!” Liang Sanyi didn’t bring up the cloth anymore and sat down in front of Yang Zhengshan, his eyes showing an even clearer warning.

“Separated? You only got this shop?” Yang Zhengshan asked, seemingly unbothered by the warning in Liang Sanyi’s eyes.

“That’s right,” Liang Sanyi replied.

Yang Zhengshan nodded, which fit his earlier guess.

“Do you have any other children?” he asked.

“I have a six-year-old son,” Liang Sanyi replied.

“Why only separate this shop, then?” Yang Zhengshan asked again.

“I’m a illegitimate child,” Liang Sanyi replied, his heart filled with doubts about Yang Zhengshan’s intentions, but he didn’t show it.

After leaving the Liang family, he was only a small shopkeeper.

In reality, when he was in the Liang family, he was already someone who wasn’t valued.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have only gotten a small shop in a county town when the Liang family separated.

He didn’t think he was someone worth paying attention to.

Of course, if someone did take notice of him, he seemed to have no way to resist.

The Liang family wouldn’t help him, an illegitimate child, and he didn’t have any backing in Anning County.

“After separating, did you lose contact with the Liang family?” Yang Zhengshan asked.

“No,” Liang Sanyi replied, gazing at him.

Yang Zhengshan nodded again, seeing that Liang Sanyi was a straightforward person.

Although he was driven out of his family, he didn’t have any resentment or unwillingness.

In many large families, the lives of illegitimate children were often difficult.

Perhaps, for Liang Sanyi, being separated was actually a good thing, as he could finally live his own life in peace.

“I’m Yang Zhengshan from the Yang family village in Qinghe town,” Yang Zhengshan introduced himself.

Liang Sanyi was startled. “You’re not here to cause trouble?”

Yang Zhengshan smiled. “I’m here to buy cloth.”

“Oh, I’ll go prepare the cloth for you,” Liang Sanyi replied, still seemingly dazed, and then continued to move the cloth.

Seeing his reaction, Yang Zhengshan suddenly felt a bit worried.

This kind of in-laws seemed too honest, and what if they were deceived in the future?

After Liang Sanyi brought out the cloth, Yang Zhengshan had it loaded onto a cow cart and left for the inn, riding his red cloud horse back home.

Upon returning home, Yang Zhengshan had the bought cloth distributed among the villagers.

The people who would follow him to Chong Shan Guan had already been selected, all being the best among the young men in the Yang family village.

Excluding Yang Mingzhi and Yang Mingwu, there were ten people in total, each getting three sets of clothes. Yang Zhengshan provided the cloth, but the sewing would be done by their family members.

Calculating the time, there were still over ten days before he would head to Chong Shan Guan.

Yang Zhengshan decided to settle Yang Minghao’s marriage before leaving for Chong Shan Guan.

Since he thought the Liang family was fine, he didn’t have any reservations.

The next day, Yang Zhengshan had Old Lady Wang come over to propose the marriage.

…

“Who did you say?” Liang Sanyi looked at his wife, Lin Shi, with wide eyes, incredulous.

Just earlier, Old Lady Wang had come to propose the marriage, saying that it was for their daughter.

The proposal, they didn’t find surprising, as their daughter was already of age, and there had been some people who came to propose marriage in the past few months, but they had all been rejected.

They were new to Anning County and didn’t know much about the local families, so Liang Sanyi and Lin Shi didn’t want to rush into a marriage for their daughter and were waiting until they were familiar with the local situation.

Originally, Lin Shi wasn’t concerned about Old Lady Wang’s proposal and just wanted to politely decline.

However, Old Lady Wang boasted about the Yang family, making her feel that the Yang family was a good match.

“Did you hear about the Yang family in Qinghe town?” Lin Shi asked her husband, curious.

Liang Sanyi furrowed his brows, thinking.

He didn’t know about the Yang family previously, but yesterday Yang Zhengshan came to buy cloth and mentioned that he was from the Yang family in Qinghe town.

He paced back and forth in the main hall.

Yesterday, he had felt that Yang Zhengshan was strange, and now he realized that Yang Zhengshan must have had his eyes on their daughter.

If Yang Zhengshan knew what he was thinking, he would definitely retort, “I didn’t have my eyes on your daughter, my son did, don’t accuse me wrongly!”

“The matchmaker said that the Yang family in Qinghe town emphasized martial arts, with several skilled martial artists in the family, and the family head Yang Zhengshan is an extremely skilled martial artist who has killed mountain bandits and Hu Qi,” Old Lady Wang said.

“A while ago, the Yang family held a banquet, and even the County Magistrate Luo and Anning’s Lu Elder came to attend.”

“The Yang family may not be extremely wealthy, but they’ve been rising rapidly recently.”

“And Yang Zhengshan has even obtained an official position, becoming the hundred households officer of Chong Shan Guan!”

Lin Shi persuaded her husband, her words filled with concerns.

“We may have come from the Liang family in Jing’an Prefecture, but you and I both know we can’t rely on the Liang family now.”

“For us, the Yang family is already a good choice.”

Lin Shi was truly convinced that the Yang family was a good choice.

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