Chapter 1462.
It was near the mid-autumn festival.
On this day, Wang Dust had just finished giving his students their morning lessons when the innkeeper came to the Pavilion School in a flurry of excitement.
This person met and reported his good news: “Mr. Wang, something good has come to your door!”
Wang Chuan invited the other party to take a seat in the study, and ordered Chen Yijian to prepare tea, and then asked, “What good thing?”
Look at how excited this one is.
The innkeeper couldn’t care less about wiping his sweat, and hurriedly detailed the so-called good things that came out of his mouth.
Last time, this innkeeper patted his chest and guaranteed to find a good match for Wang Chen.
During this past period of time, he had also been asking around the county to find out if there was a suitable girl for Wang Duan through his connections.
With a population of tens of thousands, there were many women of the right age, but it was hard to say who was suitable for Wang Chuan.
Although Wang Chuan only asked for “gentle and virtuous”, the innkeeper who took over the matchmaking job took the initiative to raise the conditions for him.
As a result, he has not found a suitable match until now.
According to the innkeeper’s statement, this young lady is 29 years old, and has already reached the age of going out of the house, and is still in her boudoir.
Her own conditions are actually very good, gentle and virtuous, beautiful and lovely, only the identity is a bit awkward.
This young lady is the illegitimate daughter of Qing An County Minister Ye Xiangming, and has been living in the latter’s mansion.
Miss Ye’s mother has been dead for many years, Ye County Minister originally wanted to bring his daughter back home, but the eldest woman was adamantly against it, so she could only be placed in the outer mansion under the care of an old servant.
The problem is that Miss Ye is getting older, she can’t be an old girl, so County Minister Ye secretly asked people to find a suitable son-in-law.
But it was difficult.
Although Miss Ye’s own conditions are good, know how to read and write, but her identity is not recognized, want to marry into the county’s gentry family as a wife is not easy.
But to marry a concubine’s son, or to be a concubine for a son of the first family, Miss Ye herself is reluctant.
If she wanted to be a proper wife, then she could only look further down the line.
That Ye County Minister is not willing to.
So this is not up and down to the present, otherwise the age of two eight should be matchmaking.
After the innkeeper knew about this matter, he felt that it was a good fit with Wang Duan, so he passed this side of the situation.
Then he got a response, Miss Ye is willing to meet with Wang Duan Wang Xiucai.
That is to say, a blind date.
The innkeeper’s mouth was dry from talking, so he picked up his teacup and took a big sip, then said, “Mr. Wang, I’ve carefully inquired about it, and this Miss Ye’s character is really good, and it really suits you.”
Wang Dust smiled, “Then let’s meet, it’s hard work for you.”
“No hard work, no hard work.”
The innkeeper instantly smiled, “If I can accomplish a golden relationship, that would also be a blessing for me!”
It was his first time working as a matchmaker, so of course he hoped it would work out.
The next thing that came up was the meeting, and the arrangement given by the other party was at the Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival.
The Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival was a mid-autumn activity that had been inherited by Qing’an County for hundreds of years, and every year on the 15th of August, the two sides of the Fangxia River inside the county were decorated with lanterns, and men, women, and children paraded around with lanterns, celebrating the arrival of the festival together.
Very lively.
The Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival is also a lot of men and women in love with the day of meeting, don’t have some auspicious and festive implications.
The other party put the blind date at the Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival, undoubtedly has quite a lot of expectations.
Wang Dust had no objections to this, and so it was finalized.
“Teacher…”
The innkeeper had just left in the front foot, Chen Yijian appeared next to Wang Duan in the back foot and whispered, “Do you want me to inquire about this Miss Ye for you?”
He had just been eavesdropping outside, worried that his teacher had been fooled by the innkeeper.
Especially when it came to Wang Duan’s lifelong affair!
There was certainly a bit of Chen Yijian’s selfishness in this, fearing that if Wang Chen found a shrew as his wife, then the many disciples of the academy, including him, would have a hard time.
“No need.”
Wang Dust patted Chen Yijian’s head, knowing his mind like the back of his hand, “You study well, don’t mind your own business.”
This guy couldn’t be given too much sunlight, or else it would be easy to go up to the top.
Chen Yijian’s mind was shaken and he quickly bowed his head, “Yes.”
He heard Wang Chen’s knocking intention and could not help but be terrified, no longer having any extra thoughts.
He also knew that this teacher of his appeared to be very nice to talk to, but in reality, he had a chest and a firm stance, and was not something that could be easily manipulated.
In the evening of the Mid-Autumn Festival day, Wang Chen changed into a set of clean and tidy scholar’s towel clothes, and also re-combed the hair bun, and then holding a scroll in one hand and a lantern in the other, he left home and went to Fangxiahe River.
The Fangxia River is a tributary of the Qingshui River, running through half of the county, and is considered the mother river of the city.
Both sides of the river are lined with stores, which is the most prosperous and lively area of the county, with restaurants and pavilions abounding.
When night falls, a painted lantern is lit, a boat cruises the river, singing and dancing sound to the shore, attracting countless people stop and look.
In the streets and alleys, men and women, young and old, carrying lanterns came and went, interspersed with all kinds of peddlers, saying endless human life.
According to the agreement between the two sides, Wang dust lanterns came to the new river bridge.
New River Bridge is a stone bridge connecting the two sides of Fangxia River, with a long history, and there are many people coming here tonight to enjoy the lanterns.
Wang Duan’s eyes searched through the crowd, and it didn’t take long for him to lock onto his target.
It was a delicate young girl wearing a plain colored long dress, although her face was covered with a light veil to see her true appearance, but her fair and clean forehead, and her soulful eyes were enough to make people have endless reveries.
And this young girl’s side also followed a pretty and lovely maid, the lanterns carried by the two hands for the two fish offerings plus a pair of Lotus, which is precisely the secret code agreed upon in advance.
Interestingly, when Wang Chen’s gaze fell on the other party’s body, the young girl seemed to have a feeling and turned her head in his direction.
As the eyes of the two men met across the room, the young girl’s eyes were instantly colored with a faint shade of shyness.
The maid next to her noticed her own young lady’s abnormality and also looked over towards Wang Chen.
She blinked her eyes, then came over to the young girl’s ear and said something, causing the latter to give a blank stare.
Seeing this, Wang Dust smiled faintly and carried the lantern through the crowd, unhurriedly walking towards the other party.
The two sides met by the New River Bridge.
Wang Chen first saluted, “My name is Wang Chen, I’ve met Miss.”
The young girl, shy and timid, returned the salute: “My little daughter Ye Dai, meet Mr. Wang.”
The two men’s gazes were once again opposite each other.
Bang~Pop!
It was at this time that a bunch of fireworks exploded over the New River Bridge, scattering thousands of points of beautiful fireworks.
The bright and dark intermingled firelight illuminated the man and woman on the riverbank, as if time had stopped at this moment forever.
This was the first time Wang Chen and Ye Dai met, and it was also an eternal memory belonging to both of them!