Chapter 166: Finding a Husband (Part )
After Su Liuyue decided to leave her marriage to the Xue family, she felt at ease and completely ignored it. She went back and forth between Jingzhao Prefecture and Man Yifang as usual every day. Only when Yun called her over and enthusiastically introduced her to the eligible men she had screened, would she perk up and take a few serious looks at them.

The Yun family was very efficient in this regard. In just ten days, they had shortlisted more than a dozen families near the capital for her. After Su Liuyue's selection, they finally left five candidate husbands.

Without exception, they all have clean backgrounds. They don't have to be from wealthy families but they must have good personalities, be humble, hardworking and motivated. Su Liuyue also particularly prefers families with simple people. Her favorites are a man named Ning and a man named Yin.

Ning Langjun is twenty-two years old this year. His parents died of illness a few years ago. He delayed his wedding because of mourning. His family is an ordinary merchant with two cloth shops. He is well-known for being kind, hardworking and honest. Therefore, although his parents died early, he managed the two cloth shops very well. People who have worked with him say that he is a person worthy of entrusting their lives to.

The other Yin Langjun is Xue Wenjin's classmate. He just turned 20 and took part in the imperial examination with Xue Wenjin this year. His family is an ordinary farmer, but his hometown is far away from the capital, so his parents and brothers stayed in his hometown to farm the fields. He went to Beijing to study by himself. He is a very humble and gentle person. Because his family is relatively poor, he usually does some work like copying letters to supplement the family income. At the same time, he found a job as an enlightenment teacher outside.

Yun was not very satisfied with him, thinking that his family background was too poor. If he failed the imperial examination, she didn't know how many years he would have to endure. Liu Yue would be afraid of suffering if she married him. However, his character had been certified by Xue Wenjin, and Liu Yue was relatively satisfied with him, so she could only keep him on the list of candidate husbands for the time being.

The other three gentlemen were all ones that Yun was very satisfied with. Su Liuyue also thought they were all okay, so she was not opposed to them.

The initial selection of suitable candidates is only the first step. Further contact with them and investigation of them is the highlight. The Yun family is eager to get started and has been busy with this matter for the past few days.

She also asked Su Liuyue if she wanted to go and see these gentlemen in person, but Su Liuyue thought it was troublesome. Wouldn't it be too dazzled to look at all five men one by one? So she asked Yun to check them out first, and then narrow down the candidates to one or two. It wouldn't be too late for her to go and see them in person.

During this period, Xue Wenjin's examination results were also announced. That day, Su Liuyue went to the place where the results were announced with everyone from the Xue family early in the morning. When Pingbai excitedly squeezed out of the crowd and shouted in an unstable voice, "Passed, passed, my dear, you passed! Eleventh place!", Yun burst into tears of joy on the spot.

Xue Lingwan was so excited that she called out "Third Brother" several times, and almost couldn't control herself and rushed over to hug Xue Wenjin. Xue Chengyi, who had specially asked for leave to accompany his son to see the list, was shaking with his hands and kept saying, "Okay! Okay! When I go back tonight, I will tell our ancestors about this. All the descendants of our Xue family are promising!"

After Xue Lingwan calmed down, her eyes sparkled as she said, "Third brother, you are amazing! You actually got the eleventh place in the exam! With such a high ranking, the Ministry of Personnel will definitely give you a high position when the time comes!"

Xue Wenjin looked at Xue Lingwan with amusement, raised his hand and flicked her forehead gently, "Don't talk nonsense, we don't decide where to be sent, and there are ten scholars ahead of your third brother, don't make a fuss outside, you will make people laugh at you."

Xue Chengyi had been talking non-stop since just now. Seeing that Xue Lingwan was not convinced and wanted to say something, he quickly stopped her with a smile, "Okay, okay, you two brothers and sisters, if you want to quarrel, go home and have it. The government's good news should be coming soon! We have to go back quickly, Madam, are you ready?"

"Ugh!"

Yun wiped the tears from her eyes and nodded repeatedly, saying, "The rewards and firecrackers for congratulations have already been prepared. I... I will ask Pingbai to go back and prepare them properly!"

When they rushed home, they happened to run into the official who came to report the good news. After Xue Wenjin stepped forward to take the good news, Yun immediately asked someone to give the official a big red envelope, and then sent several invited boys to follow the official, scattering copper coins along the street as they walked. Pingbai, who was following at the end holding a string of bamboo firecrackers, took the opportunity to light the firecrackers happily. The crackling sound of firecrackers immediately ignited the joy that was already overflowing in the air. The front of the Xue family was extremely lively and the limelight was unparalleled.

This went on for the entire day, and it was only at dinner time that everyone's mood calmed down a little.

After dinner, the family gathered together, drinking tea and talking. Xue Chengyi said with a smile: "Wenjin, you should prepare well these few days. There will definitely be many invitations to you. Your status is different now. You should carefully identify and consider those invitations to see which banquets you can attend and which you can not attend. If you are not sure, you can come and discuss with your father.

The most important thing is the Wenxi Banquet held by the court in three days. Dad has inquired for you. This year's Wenxi Banquet will be organized by the emperor himself, and the princes will also attend to show the emperor's emphasis on recruiting talents. The banquet continues the tradition of the previous dynasty and will be held in the Xingyuan by the Qujiang River.

You should have a good rest these few days, and be sure to attend this Wenxi Banquet with the most vigorous spirit!"

Xue Wenjin smiled and nodded, "Okay, I understand." "I also want to go with my third brother to see the world, but I heard that family members will not be invited to the Wenxi Banquet."

Xue Lingwan pouted, and suddenly, she approached Xue Wenjin mysteriously and said, "Third brother, you haven't been engaged yet, so you better be careful when the time comes, don't let someone target you and drag you to be someone's son-in-law."

Xue Wenjin will be twenty this year, and he had not thought about getting married before because he wanted to concentrate on preparing for the exam.

Xue Wenjin really had no idea what to do with this quirky little sister of his. He glared at her with amusement and said, "Wan'er, this is not something a young lady like you can say casually."

Xue Lingwan immediately said in dissatisfaction: "What are you afraid of? I have done more outrageous things with my cousin. I am just concerned about my third brother's marriage, what's wrong with that?"

Su Liuyue, who was lying down and was shot, couldn't help but raise his head and blinked.

Yun patted Xue Lingwan's head unhappily and scolded her, "You are really getting more and more arrogant, you don't know how much I, your mother, worry about you and Liu Yue.

Speaking of which, Liu Yue, did you notice just now that Mr. Yin has also passed the high school entrance exam? "

As she spoke, she looked at Su Liuyue meaningfully.

Although Yin Langjun's ranking was not high and was basically at the bottom, he was still a high school graduate.

She was originally very dissatisfied with this Mr. Yin, but now that he has graduated from high school, it is a different story.

The other members of the Xue family also knew that the Yun family had been looking for a partner for Su Liuyue recently, and they all looked at Su Liuyue with a bit of teasing when they heard it.

Su Liuyue was not the shy type, so she raised her eyebrows and said frankly, "I'm just saying that I have a pretty good eye."

Yun was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but smile helplessly and shook her head.

Her cousin was different in every aspect. Even the way she found a husband was completely different from that of ordinary girls.

Sometimes she would wonder whether she was looking for a husband or just someone to live with.

After chatting about family matters for a while, everyone dispersed. Xue Lingwan had always been concerned about Su Liuyue's announcement of developing a new product, so she kept pestering Su Liuyue, wanting to find out what the new product was that she had been keeping secret.

Just as the two of them walked into the yard, a black shadow suddenly fell from the void unexpectedly!

(End of this chapter)