Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 1067: Falling Flowers Have Intentions 6

Chapter 1067: Chapter 1067: Falling Flowers Have Intentions 6

Guan Cheng was wholly dedicated to revitalizing the Guan Family, and although he didn’t speak of it, his intentions were often revealed in his deeds and mannerisms.

Guan Yu, while also very intelligent, was far less cunning and strategic than his brother, and had a more naive nature. Like Lu Tianzhi, he had been protected since childhood, never experiencing significant hardships or truly understanding what kind of family the Guan Family was.

In such circumstances, the heavy responsibilities of the Guan Family weighed solely on Guan Cheng’s shoulders.

Lu’s father and Feng Qingxue were both acutely aware of his ambitions and plans. They did not dampen his spirits but supported him wholeheartedly, which was why Lu’s father made arrangements for him to become a disciple of Jin Ruochu, and now he was by Jin Ruochu’s side day and night.

Eager to work, he took such good care of Jin Ruochu that he was always comfortable and at ease.

When avoiding the local people of Wanglou Brigade, the content of the teacher-student discussions was always about knowledge, which demanded much more diligence than Feng Qingxue’s studies.

How could such a Guan Cheng possibly be willing to be a live-in son-in-law?

With gender equality, Feng Qingxue held no bias against live-in sons-in-law and didn’t mind which surname the children took. She even encouraged men to join the women’s family, but only if both parties were so in love they didn’t care about the public’s opinion. Moreover, the man had to be willing, but it was clear that someone like Guan Cheng from their family would never agree.

Because in this era, a live-in son-in-law was different from those several decades later. Contemporary live-in sons-in-law had to change their surname. For instance, if Guan Cheng married into Wang Fuling’s family, he would have to change his surname to Wang, becoming Wang Cheng.

Live-in sons-in-law were considered to have very low status in the old days. After marriage, they would change their surname to that of their wife’s. Although this was not as strictly enforced after the country was founded, and men joining the women’s family was encouraged, many families would still have the live-in son-in-law change his surname. This way, the children born would share the mother’s surname, just like their father, avoiding the peculiarity of having different surnames.

With Guan Cheng preoccupied with the Guan Family, it was impossible for him to forsake the surname that had motivated him to strive harder ever present in his memory.

After listening to Feng Qingxue’s words, Jin Cuihua still refused to give up, "Why don’t you go back and ask Guan Cheng what he thinks? He’s been adopted by you, living in your house with nothing of his own, he can’t just marry in your house, right? Between him and his brother and the Tianjun brothers, can you handle it all? If you need to build houses, you have to buy four plots of land to build four houses."

"Sister-in-law, it’s too early to talk about this. Tianzhi and Ayu are only fourteen or fifteen years old. There’s still a long way to go before they marry. Tianjun and his partner are soldiers, they eat and live in the military, building houses at home would be a waste. Only Guan Cheng is left, and he’s not planning to get married right now. Even if he were to marry now, Ajiang and I can fully afford it," Feng Qingxue replied decisively. "Please trouble sister-in-law to make the trip and reject the proposal from the Wang Xinlai family on our behalf. Matters of marriage are no trivial concern, and we respect Acheng’s wishes."

"Then you should ask Guan Cheng, he might agree to the marriage considering your heavy burden!" Wang Xinlai and his wife, along with Wang Lingzhi, repeatedly pleaded, with Jin Cuihua also thinking highly of the match between Guan Cheng and Wang Lingzhi.

Guan Cheng happened to come back to fetch water and overheard the last part of the conversation between Feng Qingxue and Jin Cuihua. After politely calling out to his aunt at the entrance, he entered and said, "While I’m not sure what lifelong matter Auntie and grandaunt are discussing, Auntie’s words are my own. There’s no need for grandaunt to make the trip for nothing!"

Seeing Guan Cheng, Jin Cuihua’s eyes lit up.

Such a handsome young man! With thick eyebrows and large eyes, a well-proportioned face, he was slimmer than Lu Tianjun, but he had a refined and scholarly elegance about him. Many girls cherished him in secret, and Wang Lingzhi was just one among them.