Mrs Ning failed to notice Feng Wu and began to pour out her grievances right away. "I know Miss Feng Liu is wonderful and smart and it wouldn't be so easy to get her family to agree… So, we went to Lord Wuan the other day and asked him to be our go-between. But —"
"The Feng family turned you down again?" Lady Northern Feng frowned.
Mrs Ning smiled bitterly. "That's right. Sir Feng only said 'wait and see,' and that was as good as a refusal.
"We've done everything there is to be done and showed as much sincerity as we could! But the Feng family just won't say yes!
"I even went to see Mrs Feng the other day myself." Mrs Ning sounded more aggrieved as she spoke. "She gave me a similar reply, saying that her daughter was still young and that she'd like to have her around for a bit longer.
"I know she's still young, but we're not asking her to get married right away. An engagement will do. But the Feng family won't even say yes to that.
