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Chapter 28 Marriage
"No no no..." Father Xie quickly denied.

He doesn't want to be an official in the court, it's better to stay away from the center for the rest of his life.

They are the only one left in the Xie family, and they can no longer stand the danger of being accompanied by the king like a tiger.

He hastily said, "If brother doesn't mind, I want to be in-laws with brother, what do you think?"

Father Shen was taken aback for a moment, then he laughed loudly and said:
"Okay, what's wrong? Xie's family is noble, and those who are qualified to be in-laws are those other aristocratic families. My Shen family has a surname that doesn't even pay off in a pool of water. It's really high. Hey... I just don’t know when my daughter-in-law will be born..."

Father Shen looked at Father Xie with a mocking face and smiled happily.

Father Xie said embarrassingly, "...don't wait, she was born a long time ago."

Father Shen was stunned, looked at his face and speculated for a while, then sneaked closer and asked:
"Is it the daughter of the Xie family who escaped from the north by chance? ... It is a good thing that some people have escaped. Why are you embarrassing? The north and the south have different dynasties, and the imperial edicts in the north are useless in the south. Are you afraid that His Majesty will kill her? Let me tell you, Your Majesty wishes all the noble clans in the north would come to the south."

"No, it's Xie Yuan..." Father Xie said with difficulty.

Father Shen was taken aback for a moment, and asked, "Xie Yuan accidentally beat up that girl?"

Father Xie helplessly looked at Father Shen's true appearance that day, sighed anxiously, and emphasized emphatically: "It's Xie Yuan!"

Father Shen looked at his expression and was quiet for a while, just when Father Xie thought he had understood.

Father Shen said again: "...Why are you so angry all the time, can't you finish it all at once?...Xie Yuan accidentally disfigured the girl?"

"Oh! No!... Xie Yuan is a girl! He is my daughter, not my son!"

The air is quiet...

After a long time, Father Shen looked at Father Xie like a monster and said:
"Brother Xie, are you crazy about your daughter? Are you kidding me? I have taught my apprentice for four years. Can I not know that he is a boy or a girl?"

Father Xie got up from his seat, bowed respectfully to Father Shen, and apologized:

"Brother Shen, I'm the one who's sorry for you. I should have said it when we first met, but A Yuan was too naughty, my face was dull, and I couldn't let it go so I didn't say it.

Then I thought, she is so skinny, it would be good to have the ability to protect herself... I thought that after becoming a teacher, you would soon know that A Yuan is a girl... Who knows, you haven't discovered it all this time ..."

Father Xie frowned, and spread his hands helplessly.

Father Shen stared at a pair of round eyes, half-opened his mouth for a while, and suddenly some memories that he had neglected flashed in his mind:
"Master, how can I grow into a man?"

"My girl loves persimmons the most."

……

He turned his head, and suddenly said happily:

"You said that Xie Yuan is a girl... This is a good thing! If she can be my daughter-in-law, wouldn't she be a member of my Shen family? Then she would be like my own son..."

Speaking of this, his excited face suddenly turned down, and he began to cry with a distorted expression, and said, "How can Xie Yuan be a girl... God, how did this happen? What a great general seedling, just disappeared... Woooo..."

He was a tall and thick general who was really crying, his face was wrinkled as if he had eaten jujubes, he pointed at Father Xie's nose bitterly, his lips were trembling and he couldn't speak anymore, so he had to get up and leave went.

But before he walked out of the yard, he ran back again, stretched out his hand towards Father Xie, and said:

"Write a marriage contract! Damn my apprentice can't take advantage of other boys!"

……

……

Father Shen returned to his home with the marriage contract written by the two families. When he arrived at the martial arts training ground in the backyard, he saw Xie Yuan standing in front of the arrow target.

She stood there with her hand pulling the string on the side of her face, holding three feathered arrows on the string, holding the hard bow horizontally, she let go of her fingers, and the three arrows flew out with a "swoosh", hitting three bull's-eyes in the distance. .

Shen's father was even more regretful, if he looked at his expression, his whole body would be suffering from illness.

Such a good seedling, how did she become a girl!
Xie Yuan held the bow, focused on the target, stretched out his hand to draw the arrow from the quiver behind his back, but failed to touch it, so he turned around to replenish the quiver, and when he turned around, he saw Father Shen standing in the hallway, surprised called out:
"Master!"

Shen Liuzhen heard the movement, and stood up from under the tree beside him, guilty of not daring to go forward.

Originally, it was agreed to come here to practice archery, but he got a new book, and he didn't have the mind to do anything until he finished reading it, so he just slacked off on the sidelines.

But this time his father seemed to be in a bad mood, not even thinking about blaming him. He looked at Xie Yuan in front of him, and waved at him with a pleasant face.

Shen Liuzhen had no choice but to walk over obediently.

When he came to him, his father didn't speak for a long time, as if he had a thousand words, so Shen Liuzhen asked:
"Father, is there any bad news? Why do you seem to be crying?"

Father Shen sighed, and said: "It's a happy event. I discussed with your teacher and made a marriage contract for the two of you. The marriage contract has been written."

Xie Yuan was a little dazed, glanced at Shen Liuzhen, and asked, "What is a marriage contract, Master?"

Shen's father spoke clumsily, and said falteringly: "The two of you will be together for the rest of your life! Just like your father and your mother."

Shen Liuzhen sighed indifferently, and said, "Hey, we don't need to write any agreement and we will be together forever, aren't we good brothers?"

As he said that, he went upstairs to Xie Yuan's shoulder. Xie Yuan was taller than him at this time, and pulled his hand off in disgust, but nodded and said:

"Correct."

Seeing the two of them like this, Father Shen couldn't help but twitch.Ask Shen Liuzhen to say:
"Xie Yuan is a girl, do you know? You have to take care of her more in the future, don't look bad every day!"

"I know, what's wrong with the girl?" Shen Liuzhen said indifferently.

"You know?! Then why have you never told me?" Father Shen's eyes widened immediately.

Shen Liuzhen spread his hands and said, "It doesn't matter if you are a girl or not, A Yuan is still A Yuan."

"Hmph, ignorance!" Shen's father read him angrily, and he didn't know where the anger came from, "There is a big difference between men and women, you will know when you grow up!"

At this time, Xie Yuan became anxious, and said: "Master! I will grow into a man in the future, I am not a girl!"

Father Shen looked at these two speechless for a while, pointed to Xie Yuan and said, "Ignorant boy, what a fool!"

After saying that, he turned around and left.

(End of this chapter)