Chapter 622 - 622 623 An Oversight Without Malice_1
Chapter 622 - 622 623 An Oversight Without Malice_1
?Chapter 622: Chapter 623: An Oversight Without Malice_1 Chapter 622: Chapter 623: An Oversight Without Malice_1 Qiao Lianhua was already eighteen and yet remained unmarried. Too proud to settle for less, she had dragged on for these years without settling on a suitable match.
She held herself in high regard, unwilling to be a mere village wife; her heart was set on marrying up, ideally surpassing Qiao Muniang. Blind to her own worth, she had procrastinated until now. And still, she was desperately eager to marry, but there seemed to be no eligible suitors. At this moment, overhearing Muniang discussing Zhao Jiangshui with Madam Liu, she perked up—what she heard sounded rather promising!
Suddenly, there was a disturbance from inside the house; it was Qiao Yuanming’s voice, “Then I’ll head to Tupo Village right now to see just how seriously ill mother is.”
Upon hearing this, the mother and daughter were startled and hastily fled in panic.
Once outside the Qiao family compound, Qiao Lianhua excitedly tugged at Mrs. Ji’s sleeve, “Mother, did you hear that just now? To think there is such a good family! If I could marry into it, wouldn’t that be perfect!”
Mrs. Ji was also overjoyed, the family’s wealth and status aside, the fact that her brother was a sixteen-year-old Mr. Scholar, meant he was almost certain to take office someday! Once their household name shone in glory, not only would her daughter bask in honor, but she herself would also share in the blessings!
“I do think it indeed seems very suitable, yet that wretched little thing, Qiao Muniang, didn’t even consider you. You are her sister after all—doesn’t water flow towards its own field first!” raged Mrs. Ji.
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