Chapter 544 Becoming Godparents (2)_1
Li Baoxiang saw him turn cold and tough, and feared that if he pushed too hard, they would fall out with the Fang and the Pei Qin families, which would benefit them not at all. Suppressing his anger, he sighed in a softer voice, "I’m just worried about my sister’s marriage... she’s already seventeen."
Fang Liuming looked down and replied, "If your family wishes, mine can act as a go-between."
Li Baolian was already seventeen, and any further delay was unacceptable. If she didn’t marry this year, by the next year at eighteen, they’d have to settle for a less respectable match.
"I... I would be in your debt, Liuming, my sister, she really has been let down by me... it’s my fault!" Li Baoxiang said, somewhat choked up.
Fang Liuming didn’t speak further and after seeing him out, went to discuss the matter of acting as a go-between for Li Baolian with Pei Qin, "I’ll borrow cousin’s donkey cart, go home, and discuss with Grandfather and parents to see who we can recommend."
"Let Lu Hao drive the horse carriage to take you there! I’ll also think about it here, to see if there’s a suitable candidate," Pei Qin said.
Fang Liuming thanked her and went home that very day.
His family thought some new trouble had arised, but when they heard about the go-between matter, Old Scholar Fang frowned, "If our family steps in to find a husband for the Li family’s girl, clear-minded people will immediately know we’re unwilling to marry her and are looking for someone else. An ordinary family would have already rejected her by now, while a particularly good one is unlikely to agree."
Fang Liuming was caught off guard, "I... when I spoke, I just offered to be a go-between..." He hadn’t thought it through.
Grandma Fang became furious and scolded, "If their girl was that good, they would have considered a match long ago. They don’t consider what kind of reputation she has but insist on forcing our family to marry her!"
"If they really provoke me, I’ll let everyone know exactly what kind of virtue their girl possesses! She dreams of a good marriage, even the blind and the lame wouldn’t want her!" Fang Li ground his teeth in anger.