Crossing the Unknown Country

Chapter 510: The Su Family Proposes Marriage to the Cui Family

After a while, Uncle Su He and Aunt Su He came from their hometown. After receiving the letter, they did not stop to tell their families and drove their carriage to Beijing.

When they arrived at the capital, they remembered that the journey was very dangerous, so they found a caravan heading to Beijing to travel with them. Only then did they arrive safely in the capital. When Su He heard this, he remembered that he forgot to tell them to take a boat first, and then take a car, which would speed up the journey by several days.

After listening to their introduction to the Cui family's situation, Uncle Su He and Aunt Su He had no objections and said that as long as Su Pei was willing, it would be fine.

Su Pei said to his parents shyly: "I think this girl is okay, how about parents make an appointment with her and see for themselves."

Aunt Su He smiled and said, "As long as you are willing, it's fine. Your uncle and aunt all said it's good, so we won't meet alone."

Uncle Su He said, "Let's pick a good day and go to the Cui family to propose marriage! We'll bring some money this time, so let's see what we need to prepare."

Su He's father said quickly, "You don't need to take the money. Our shop collects a lot of money every day. We have arranged their marriage. We are a family. The money earned in the capital is best spent in the capital."

Su He's father was also worried that his brother didn't prepare enough. The expenses in the capital were too high, and the money earned by the family could not be spent here. He didn't want to embarrass his brother and sister-in-law. Su He's shops were all good and made a lot of money. Let him do things for Su Pei first!

Uncle Su He and Aunt Su He wanted to say no, but Su Pei stopped them with a smile and said, "Then let uncle and aunt pay for it. I would like to thank you. Dad and mom, just listen to uncle and aunt's arrangements!"

Su He's mother smiled and said, "That's right. Su Pei and Su Che are both our own children, just like Su Feng and the other three. This is how it should be for our own children. If you are not familiar with them, just listen to us."

Uncle Su He understood his brother best. He patted his shoulder, nodded with satisfaction, and said with a smile, "Thank you two. We won't be polite. I know that the cost of living in Beijing is high, so I only brought this much. Let's make the arrangements as soon as we see fit!"

After he finished speaking, he took out five hundred taels of silver from his pocket and handed it directly to Su He's father. He knew it was definitely not enough. The betrothal gift alone would probably be quite a lot. No matter what, let it be owed! Let the brothers do the math.

Anyway, this is the only thing we can do. If we can't help much, then we just don't make things worse. We'll just listen to their arrangements. As long as the wedding can go smoothly, it will be a big task accomplished.

Three days later, on the ninth day of the eighth lunar month, they went to the Cui family to propose marriage, accompanied by an official matchmaker, perfectly prepared snacks and fruits, and ten rolls of popular silk fabrics.

They parked five carriages in front of Cui's house. When the neighbors saw this, they all asked what was going on. After asking, they all said that the Cui family had found a good son-in-law. Many people in the capital knew that it was rare for a family to have three Jinshi.

The matchmaker wore a bright red coat, a golden flower on her head, and held a brocade handkerchief in her hand. She smiled and knocked on the door of the Cui family. The Cui family's gatekeeper saw that it was someone from the Su family and smiled and went to greet them in the yard.

At this time, Lord Cui was in court and not at home. Madam Wen and Madam Cui were sitting in the living room talking. When they heard the maid tell them that someone from the Su family had come, they hurriedly got up and went out to greet them.

They walked towards the Su family, smiled and asked the servants and maids to quickly take the things and let the Su family into the house to talk.

The people who came to Su He's house were Su He's mother, Su He's uncle and aunt, as well as Su Pei and Su Feng. Su Feng came because he was engaged and both parties had some relationship, so it was more appropriate for him to come.

At this time, Miss Cui was also called over by the maid. She sat aside shyly, too embarrassed to speak.

Aunt Su He took a look at the girl from the Cui family. The girl was very pretty and she liked her at first sight.

When Miss Cui came forward to pay her respects, Aunt Su He put a jade bracelet she had prepared in advance on her hand, which meant that the boy's parents were very satisfied with their daughter-in-law.

Mrs. Cui was relieved, but she was afraid that if Su Pei agreed, his parents would be unhappy and their daughter would suffer in the future. After all, if the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are not on good terms, the daughter-in-law will always suffer in the end.

As the women, they could only advise their children to be more filial to their parents-in-law and not to disobey their elders. Now they saw that the couple were both honest people and easy to get along with. It was just as Mrs. Wen had inquired.