The fierce peasant woman is busy farming

"Well, don't be afraid, Auntie. Even if it is a wolf, it is a wolf cub abandoned by its mother wolf.

It was picked up by you, saved, and raised, so it will naturally recognize you as its mother and its family.

It won't hurt you at all.

It will also fight to the death to protect you.

It becomes part of your family.”

"Well, he is a good dog, loyal, brave and enthusiastic.

Whether it is a wolf or a dog, it is a member of my family."

"Auntie, I want to tell you about myself."

"Well, you said."

Zhou Yue had long known that Song Yuan came from an extraordinary background.

However, if he doesn't want to say it, I won't ask.

“My Song family came out with Emperor Taizu.

My grandfather was the Duke of Ying of the current dynasty. He followed Taizu out of the mountain village and resisted the tyranny of the previous dynasty...

I don't need to say much about conquering the world.

Later, the Dahui Dynasty was established and my grandfather was conferred the title of Duke of Yingzhou.

My father was a marquis and he married the eldest princess, who is my mother.

My eldest brother inherited the title and became an earl, and married the eldest daughter of the Zheng family.

I am the second son in the family, twenty-six years old, and was engaged, but the girl died before the marriage.

After that, I never discussed marriage.

Auntie, do you understand what I mean by this?"

"Master Song, are you joking?

You are a nobleman from the capital, a high-ranking official in the imperial court, but my family is just peasants living in a mountain village who can barely make ends meet.

There is not much difference between your home and my home, but there is still a world of difference between them.

You are crazy, but you can't come to my house to ask for marriage, right?

Are you trying to make fun of my family?"

Zhou Yue was very unhappy.

She has been here for a few months and has already gotten into the role.

She felt that she was the biological mother of these children, and anyone who dared to tease or insult her children was her enemy.

“Sir Song, if you do this, don’t blame me for being rude.

Although we treat you as a distinguished guest, it does not prevent me from beating you."

Uh, it was still a misunderstanding.

Song Yuan felt that he was sincere enough. Oh, if he had known earlier, he should have told Qing Mo first.

He said this accidentally.

“You still want to tell my daughter privately, you are quite courageous.

Although we are a farming family, we never belittle ourselves.

You should stop thinking about this as soon as possible."

Song Yuan was confused, not knowing how this matter had turned out like this.

"No, Aunt Zhou, listen to me."

Song Yuan became anxious, and hurried forward, bowed deeply to the ground, and saluted.

"If I have offended you, it is because of my poor tongue. Please forgive me, Auntie."

Well, after watching a lot of TV dramas, I know that the key to being a person is to have a mouth, and many misunderstandings are caused by not speaking.

Then let me hear what you have to say.

"You talk, I'm listening. Come, sit down and talk slowly."

"Thank you, auntie."

Song Yuan lifted his skirt lightly and sat down calmly.

Zhou Yue saw him half-sitting on a chair, his posture straight and his expression relaxed. He seemed to be a very nice young man.

Actually, it's not impossible for him to be my son-in-law.

However, Zhou Yue knew very well that this was an ancient society with strict hierarchy, and most marriages between people from different classes ended badly.

Think about those love stories in ancient times, which one of them didn’t end in BE?

Although tragedy is deeply rooted in people's hearts, no one should think that he or his loved ones will become the protagonist of such a story.

"Aunt Zhou, this is the case. Although I am from a noble family in Beijing,

But my family fell into poverty, and my father married a princess, so he could no longer go to the battlefield.

He only knows how to fight and doesn't know how to do anything else, so he has no choice but to stay at home and do nothing.

Later, the eldest brother inherited the title, but he was only an earl.

You may not understand the regulations of this dynasty. In addition to demotion and inheritance of titles, this dynasty is also very harsh on meritorious officials and military generals.

It’s not so bad for military generals. They always get some extra income or rewards for guarding the borders or fighting in the wars.

As for the unemployed nobles in the capital, the imperial court only gave a small amount of rice and silver every year.

How much is it? Let me give you a reference. The income of my father, a marquis, is not even one percent of mine, a Shaoqing of the Dali Temple.

My eldest brother, a count, earns less than one-tenth of a gatekeeper's income.

Moreover, after my eldest brother inherited the title, my father's benefits stopped.

In addition, my family was originally a peasant family with little financial resources.

But there are many people in my hometown, and they are all poor relatives.

Although my mother came from a good family, she also had some money.

But after she got married, she had a bad relationship with the Empress Dowager, and the Zongzheng Temple deducted a lot of her treatment.

Of course, the emperor, princesses and princes of our dynasty were also poor.

Over the years, most of my mother's dowry has been used to fill this hole in my family.

There's no way, there are too many poor relatives in my grandfather and father's hometown.

In the past, when there was more, several thousand taels were given out every year.

Sometimes family members are sick, children need to go to school, or sometimes people get sued and all of them come over to ask for money.

My grandfather was soft-hearted, my father listened to him, my mother listened to my father, and then, then, all the family assets were gone.

My eldest brother is just like my father, and so is my eldest sister-in-law. They spent most of their dowry in just ten years.

My family’s main business is shops, but most of the shops were not managed well, and many of them have been sold over the years.

The few remaining shops were also half dead.

Back then, my family mainly relied on my grandmother's business and household skills to take care of all the things in our hometown.

Later, my grandmother died early, but the appetites of those people in my hometown had become bigger and it was impossible to get rid of them.

My mother and elder sister-in-law, one was a princess born into a golden branch and jade leaf who had no mother to teach her, and the other was a lady from an aristocratic family. They were good at managing a household, but knew nothing about running a shop.

Alas, I know that no one is innocent in this matter, but by the time I grew up and became sensible, it was already like this.

I can't change one thing or another.

Therefore, if Qingmei marries me, it is not marrying up, but marrying down."

"Oh, your family is rich, poor, and has many problems. So, if I let my daughter marry you, I mean I can help you support such a big family?

No, how can you be so confident that I will agree to this marriage by saying these things with such a flattering face?

Do you think you are good-looking and a good person?

Humph, no matter how good-looking you are, I won’t let my daughter fall into your fire pit. "

Well, in order to dispel the suspicion that I was playing a trick on the other person, I belittled my own family and said it accidentally.

"Auntie, Auntie Zhou, please listen to me.

I say this to explain that my family is not of high status and that in the eyes of most people in Beijing, I am not a good match.

My mother said that after I get married I could move out of the house and live on my own.

To be honest with you, aunt, I have been an official for more than ten years, and my salary has been used to supplement my family income.

Therefore, my mother said that after I got married, she didn’t want me to pay any tribute to them.

Just let me concentrate on running my own little home.

Although my family is poor, there is an inappropriate but very vivid saying that a lean camel is bigger than a horse. If my family collects some money, they can come up with a few thousand taels and buy me a nice house in Beijing.

By then, my monthly salary will be more than enough to support the family.

Auntie, you don’t know that our dynasty is harsh towards nobles and military commanders, but generous towards civil officials.”