Chapter 260 The real subprime mortgage crisis: Our descendants will have an endless supply of it...

Seeing that the girls from Bian Jing were dazzled by her "nobleness", Sun's mother looked even more proud.

He immediately left Shulan behind him, and walked around, looking at Rulan and Minglan, nodding his head and muttering something.

Sun's mother watched with great interest, but the person involved felt a little uneasy.

Minglan was fine. Although she was a little surprised by her mother's "hot" behavior, she still followed her docile nature and responded to her mother with an awkward smile.

But Rulan won't tolerate it.

This was the first time in her life that she had been looked at so closely by someone. She was particularly unhappy because the person who came seemed to be a country woman who did not know the rules.

At first, Grandmother Sun just stood by and watched. Rulan endured her temper because she was Shulan's sister's mother-in-law, but she felt annoyed in her heart.

But then he saw that the grandson's mother became more and more demanding. Just looking was not enough for her. She even wanted to take his hand and take a closer look when she walked to his side.

Rulan wasn't going to do it anymore.

Before his grandson's mother could grab his hand, he quickly took back his delicate hands and tucked them around his waist and carried them on his back.

At the same time, when she met the surprised look on her grandson's mother's face, she stared back with her beautiful eyes wide open.

'What are you looking at, you country bumpkin!'

“You…you…”

Mother Sun's expression froze for a moment, but before she could reprimand the girl from Bian Jing for disrespecting her elders, she saw the girl in front of her glance at her, then walked to the left with a few steps without even looking at her.

She first called out "Mrs. He Ci'an" in a clever and tactful manner to Old Madam He, and then stood behind the last young woman on the left.

Arrogant at first and respectful at the end!
Not only that, when he saw me looking over, he actually took the opportunity to raise his eyebrows.

"Arrogant! Such an arrogant little girl!"

Ever since her son passed the imperial examination and became a scholar, Sun's mother hasn't felt offended in person for a long time.

What's more, he is currently in the Sheng family, which has always been submissive to his family!
This is simply unreasonable!

However, Sun's mother immediately remembered that the purpose of her trip was to take the opportunity to seek a marriage for her nephew, and since she hadn't asked yet, it was not a good idea to lose her temper right away.

He suppressed his anger, pretended to be reasonable, and said with a forced smile:
"These two are Ru and Ming from Bianjing, right?"

No one in the room responded, and no one took the opportunity to introduce someone to Sun's mother.

This made Sun's mother's face turn pale and blue.

This scene made Rulan even happier. She covered her face with a handkerchief while lowering her brows and laughing softly. She winked at Minglan who was still standing there, signaling Minglan to run over quickly.

Minglan immediately started to run.

At this time, Shulan forced a smile, walked a few steps forward to Sun's mother, and whispered to her to introduce people - although she had not seen them for a long time, she could recognize Ruolan's appearance, and Minglan was another one.

After recognizing the person, Sun's mother had an idea in her mind.

She was originally still hesitating between the two girls, wondering which one to choose for her nephew. But now, after seeing Rulan's arrogance and "disrespect for elders" just now, she no longer likes either of them.

So, as soon as Minglan took a step, she was surprised to find her hand being held by Sun's mother.

"Is this Ming girl?"

Mother Sun held Minglan tightly and nodded in amazement:

"It's really a good-looking, fertile one."

As she spoke, a smile broke out on Sun's wrinkled old face. She pulled Minglan and turned to Li and said:

"My dear relatives, my dear relatives! You have also seen my nephew, who is of the same age and appearance as this child. It just so happens that my eldest brother Changwu will be getting married in a few days. Why don't we have a closer relationship and double the happiness? What do you think, dear relatives?"

After listening to this, Li felt a headache.

Are there really people in the world who have no self-awareness at all?
However, in order to make Shulan's life more comfortable, the eldest wife of the Sheng family has always been kind and gentle to the Sun family. Therefore, even though Li was unhappy, she did not say that Sun's mother was a toad wanting to eat swan meat. She only said softly:
"My niece is still young, so please don't joke around."

"I drank some wine during the meal, but I wasn't drunk."

Seeing that Li was unwilling to mediate the marriage, Sun's mother did not say much. She immediately changed her position and pulled Minglan, who looked embarrassed, to the middle of the seats and asked Mrs. Sheng, who had been silent from the beginning:
"Old lady, you are the real boss, what do you think?"

Ever since Sun's mother started holding Minglan's hand, Old Lady Sheng's brows have never relaxed. At first she just thought it was a joke, but now she saw that Sun's mother had no sense at all and was still dreaming about Minglan, she became even more unhappy.

"She is not as smart as a maid. She is trying to be polite to her, but she is just standing there like a piece of wood." Mrs. Sheng complained in her heart and was about to refuse politely while calling Minglan back.

But before she could open her mouth, she heard Rulan suddenly say:
"Mother-in-law, please stop thinking about my sister."

After that, he raised his head and said to Minglan in a domineering manner:

"Sixth sister, come here!"

"Hey!" Minglan's little face showed surprise immediately. She responded happily, twisted her wrist to pull her beautiful hand out of her mother's rough palm, and quickly ran to stand next to Rulan.

"Thank you, Fifth Sister." Minglan whispered her thanks.

"What are you thanking me for? It's all your fault for not coming with me just now. You suffered embarrassment for nothing."

When Sun's mother saw the little girl who had just contradicted her stand up again to ruin her good deeds, she cursed angrily with new hatred and old grudges added together:
"Where did this wild girl come from? She doesn't know any manners at all!"

The identity gave Rulan the confidence, but the position made Rulan not care.

Rulan immediately choked:
"You said I don't know the rules? The rules of our family were taught by the retired maid in the palace. Who taught you the rules?"

"You...you..." Mother Sun was so angry that her fingertips began to tremble.

Panting, she sat back on the chair. Mother Sun did not dare to say bad things about the maids in the palace, so she still pointed her finger at Rulan, and said angrily:
"Even if you were taught the rules by a palace maid, you didn't learn them well! Otherwise, how could you be taught to talk to your elders like that?"

At this moment, Sun's mother suddenly had an idea in her mind. She thought of the admonitions her son had taught her, and said repeatedly:
"You are disrespectful to your elders!"

"You are not my elder, you are just an old woman who is several dozen years older than me."

Women of all classes pay great attention to their age and appearance, especially the nouveau riche who have suddenly become rich from poor people. Otherwise, Sun's mother would not have used so many gold and silver jewelry, which she considered to be precious, to adorn herself.

After saying this, Rulan continued to talk, stabbing Sun's mother in the heart:
"Besides, you have no right to control whether the teaching is good or not, and you can't understand it."

Finally, Rulan glanced at her grandmother and sister quietly, and saw that neither of them had an unhappy expression on their faces, but instead looked a bit happy, and she felt relieved immediately.

He looked up again at Sister Shulan, who looked frail and pitiful, no longer as bright and beautiful as before.

He dealt another critical blow to the stunned mother:

"Anyway, I was taught by someone, unlike some people who had no one to teach them."

Sun's mother can't speak in public, but she can understand the insults as soon as she hears them and can draw inferences from them.

After hearing Rulan's impolite tone and the contemptuous and sarcastic look in her eyes, he knew that Rulan was secretly cursing him for being an uneducated child.

"You are the one who has no..."

Sun's mother immediately used her country woman's verbal power to curse at him.

However, she was interrupted by Old Madam Sheng as soon as she opened her mouth.

"Ruru, shut up!"

I heard that the old lady Sheng, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up and asked Rulan with an unexpected look on her face:

"How do you talk to your sister Shulan's mother-in-law?"

After saying this, he comforted Sun's mother softly:
"I hope you can be more understanding. My granddaughter has been restrained in Bianjing for too long. She has been having fun in Youyang for a month and is talking nonsense."

One had a white face and the other had a red face, and they made Sun's mother stunned.

Looking at Mrs. Sheng's sincere "plea" and the "battlefield" that had calmed down again, the atmosphere was not good and Mother Sun could not curse anymore.

"Okay, I'll endure it once more for my nephew's marriage!"

"My dear relatives, I want my nephew and your granddaughter Minglan to get married as soon as possible, preferably before Changwu's wedding, so that it will be double the happiness. What do you think?" said the granddaughter's mother with a forced smile.

"I'm still a little girl."

Old Madam Sheng chuckled, took the steaming teacup from the low table next to her, blew on it gently to cool it down, and said slowly, "Leave it with me for a few more years."

Mother Sun could not hear the rejection in Mrs. Sheng's words. She just continued to look at Minglan and said:

"Oh, I just saw that this girl knew manners."

As she spoke, Mother Sun glanced at Rulan, and seeing Rulan turning away in a show of weakness (actually showing disdain), she was content to continue talking to Old Lady Sheng:
"She looks good and is fertile. Otherwise, with my nephew's conditions, he could find a lady from a rich family, let alone a concubine's daughter."

"But don't worry!"

Mother Sun waved her hand and said:
"Although she is a concubine's daughter and is not a good match for me, I will make the decision on the marriage, and my nephew won't dare to refuse my honor!"

His face was warm and he said considerately:

"If the in-laws think the girl is still young, it doesn't matter. Just arrange the marriage first, and I'll put a few maids in my nephew's room to serve him. When the girl is older, I'll come and marry her."

"Wait! Wait a minute!"

Rulan really couldn't bear to listen any more. She didn't expect that after hearing what this vulgar woman said, her sixth sister wouldn't even get married yet and people would be planning to insert several concubines into the family.

If this word gets out, wouldn't it ruin our reputation?

Mother Sun immediately glared at Rulan.

"You interrupt again, girl!"

Rulan curled her lips indifferently.

But then he forced a smile on his face and said:

"Mother-in-law Sun, you should also know that a decent family like us is very particular about finding a good match, right?"

Mother Sun hesitated, but finally nodded.

After all, she had said at the beginning that her nephew and Minglan were a good match, and now she couldn't take back her words.

"Since you know that they are a good match in age and appearance, what else do you have to say?"

"No, no."

Rulan waved her hands repeatedly, showing the innocent romance of a young girl:

"It has to be a good match in terms of family background and age."

"I don't know who your nephew is, and I've never seen him before, but looking at your appearance, I'm sure your nephew must be a rare and extraordinary man."

It was a rare moment to hear a word of praise from Rulan, and Sun's mother felt secretly happy.

"Just know!"

"What about family background?"

Rulan pretended to be confused and said:
"Although it's a bit embarrassing to say it directly, it's related to my sister's marriage after all, so I can't be careless."

Rulan paused.

Then he said a series of words that made Sun's mother's right eyelid twitch continuously.

“My grandfather was a scholar who won the imperial examination in the imperial examination, and my grandmother was the only daughter of a marquis.

In the next generation, his father was a doctor in the six ministries, his mother was the legitimate daughter of the Lanxi Wang family, and his grandfather-in-law was enshrined in the Taimiao.

Then it was our turn.

My elder sister is a noble lady, and my elder brother is a third-place Jinshi, and was just selected as a scholar in the Hongwen Academy."

"So……"

Rulan looked at Sun's mother sincerely and asked humbly:

"Mother-in-law Sun, what about your nephew's family..."

Grandmother: “…”

What does my nephew have at home?
Do the dry bones in the graves count?
Thinking about this, Mother Sun felt that she had something to say:

"I understand what you said, but isn't that Ming girl just your concubine's daughter? Besides, my nephew's family members died early, and he has been relying on me and my son to survive since he was a child."

"my son!"

Mother Sun pointed at her face and said excitedly:

"A twelve-year-old scholar! The old immortal had predicted for him, saying that he would be a prime minister in the future. When he becomes a cabinet minister, do you think he would not help his cousin?"

Mother Sun spread her hands, Zhang Yang leaned back in the chair, rubbed the chair with his back, and said proudly:

"You can be engaged to the only cousin of the future Lord Minister. It's because of your family's connections."

Rulan: "..."

This is probably what my brother-in-law said, defeat the trick with tricks, right?

Rulan originally thought that by bringing up her family background, she could intimidate Sun's mother and ridicule her so that she would not dare to talk about engagement again.

Being associated with such a family would really damage one's reputation.

But unexpectedly, this grandson's mother had a very strange way of thinking, and she actually borrowed the title of a minister from the fortune-teller...

At this moment, Rulan felt a little at a loss as to what to do.

This mother-in-law of the Sun family can say with certainty that she was able to lend out the son of a prime minister. How can you argue with her?

Maybe in the next second, she will be able to lend out another grandson who will be awarded the title.

Descendants and grandchildren, endless...

In other words, Yang Wenyuan never said the term "subprime mortgage crisis", otherwise Rulan would have immediately thought of this term.

"Yes, he is the future elder."

I don't know if it was because of Rulan's previous experience, or because Pinlan was really angry, she also responded:
"A twelve-year-old scholar is still a scholar after more than ten years. He is indeed a prime minister."

"I'm afraid it's just as the book says."

Pinlan said in a mocking tone:
"When God bestows a great responsibility on a man, he must first make his heart suffer and his muscles and bones work hard..."

"I think my brother-in-law is just like that. Maybe God wants to waste a few decades on him, and he can only enter the family when he is old and gray."

"I'm afraid I won't be able to enjoy the wealth for a few years."

Hearing that the "Comfort Zone" behind her also expressed opposition, Sun's mother became furious. She immediately stood up, pointed at Pinlan's nose and scolded:

"Hey, you are really out of control today. How can you talk to me like that?"

"Why, now people are not allowed to tell the truth?"

Thinking of her sister's miserable experiences over the years and her pitiful figure who always came home crying, Pinlan was even more angry and said bitterly:

"Your good nephew is already in his twenties, but he is a poor man with no place to live and no future to pursue. He can only live in a muddle-headed way, and yet he dares to come and ask for marriage?!"

"Do you really think that all of us girls from the Sheng family have to fill the hole left by your Sun family?"

Seeing that she couldn't stop Pinlan from talking, Sun's mother was afraid that Old Lady Sheng and others would look down on her nephew because of this, so she ignored her and quickly turned to look at Old Lady Sheng and said hurriedly:

"My son had already consulted an old immortal. How could he be wrong? Don't listen to that crazy girl's nonsense. She is just jealous!"

"Yes, I am jealous of your sister!"

Mother Sun seemed to have found the moral high ground, and turned to scold Pinlan:

"You don't even think well of your own sister. You are such a snob and ungrateful person. I'm afraid you won't even be able to cling to her protection in the future!"

(End of this chapter)