The Pretty Eldest Daughter of a Scholar's Family

Chapter 271
"Oh, what is the Duke of Zhen, he should be called uncle!" An elderly female voice interrupted Su Chengzhi with coquettish anger.

Su Chengzhi, who was about to make a deep bow at ninety degrees, was disturbed by the sound just as he lowered his waist to seventy degrees. He didn't know whether to get up or continue, he paused for a moment and decided to continue.

"It's reasonable, but it's true that you should call the master uncle. Get up quickly, and you don't have to be polite. Brother Kang will take your cousin to sit down." It was another elderly woman who spoke.

After Lu Jinkang took Su Chengzhi to his seat, after some introductions, Su Chengzhi realized that the second lady who spoke was Mrs. Zhen Guo's wife, An Shi, and the woman who spoke first was his aunt, the second wife of the Su family, Lu Shi.

Su Chengzhi stood up again in trepidation and saluted one by one.

Although Mrs. Zhen Guogong has repeatedly stated that she does not need to be formal, but she did not know that her aunt was present before, and Su Chengzhi was invited to sit down. Now that she knows it, even if it is not a formal occasion, the first visit to her aunt must be a big gift. .

After all, Su Chengzhi wants to recognize his ancestor and return to his clan, so the attitude of this aunt decides everything.

Seeing that Su Chengzhi insisted on bowing down to her, Old Madam Lu was very happy.

Sitting upright and receiving Su Chengzhi's respectful kneeling, Mrs. Lu gestured to the nanny standing behind her, and the nanny turned around and brought out a tray with two paintings and calligraphy on it.

"I don't have any preparations. I asked Brother Kang and I knew you love calligraphy and painting, so I found these two paintings for you. I hope you like them." Mrs. Lu gently stroked the calligraphy and paintings on the tray with her fingers. Calligraphy and painting are extremely cherished by her.

Su Chengzhi was startled. When talking about hobbies with Lu Jinkang, he did say that he loves calligraphy and painting very much.

In the course of calligraphy and painting, he admired the calligraphy of Emperor Gaozong the most, and admired the paintings of Zeng Mozi, the master of calligraphy and painting in the previous dynasty, but he was troubled by his family and had no chance to see the authentic works of the two, let alone collect them.

At that time, Lu Jinkang looked at Su Chengzhi in surprise, and said, "My cousin should be my aunt's son!"

Under Su Chengzhi's questioning, Lu Jinkang told Su Chengzhi that the old lady Lu had the same hobbies as Su Chengzhi, and there were even authentic paintings and calligraphy of Emperor Gaozong and Zeng Mozi hanging in her study room, which were extremely rare treasures.

Now that the old lady Lu's precious and precious appearance, and her words like this, presumably these two calligraphy and paintings are not authentic works of Emperor Gaozong and Zeng Mozi, but they must be masterpieces.

Su Chengzhi glanced at the calligraphy and painting handed to him, raised his head in panic and looked at the old lady Lu who looked at him lovingly, at a loss and panic: "I...I..."

"This is your mother's wish. If you don't accept it, is it because you don't want to recognize her as your mother?" An Shi held the lid of the teacup and gently brushed the tea leaves floating on the water, frowning slightly displeased.

"No, no, this gift is too expensive, and I am ashamed to accept it." Su Chengzhi quickly restrained himself, and bowed respectfully to the old lady Lu, but the self-proclaimed name had already been changed to "son".

Mrs. An glanced at Old Madam Lu, her face paled: "Since your mother gave it to you, why should you feel ashamed of it? Your mother is old, and when you recognize your ancestors and return to your clan, you have to honor your mother."

Su Chengzhi knelt down again, and solemnly kowtowed three times to Old Madam Lu.

"Okay, in the future there will be a lot of kowtows, you just sit down, we still have a lot of things to discuss." Zhen Guogong coughed lightly.

Su Chengzhi quickly got up and sat down on the chair next to Lu Jinkang. No matter how dull he was, he knew it, because the dispute between him and Su Fengxiang had already exposed him to the Su family in advance. important reason.

However, he did not intend to disturb the steps of identifying the ancestors and returning to the clan. Before the final results of the examination came out, he did not intend to contact the rest of the Su family, nor did he intend to bring his family to the capital.

"I can understand that you don't want to contact the Su family in advance, but why don't you bring your family to the capital first? It's a matter of time. Pick them up earlier and let them adapt to life in the capital. It is a matter where the advantages outweigh the disadvantages." An Shi was somewhat disapproving.

"That's right, you won't forget the age of Yunduo girl, right? If the news I have is correct, Yunduo girl should be old by the end of the year!" Old lady Lu followed An's words.

Su Chengzhi was slightly stunned, and after a while he showed a bitter smile. How could he not forget his daughter's age, but even if he brought her to the capital immediately today, would he be able to get a happy marriage?

In this life, the person he feels most indebted to, other than the Ning family, is probably Su Yunduo's daughter.

If he "woke up" a few years earlier and broke free from the shackles of the old Su family, how could he drag Su Yunduo's marriage.

The bitter smile on Su Chengzhi's face deeply hurt Mrs. Lu's heart, and she murmured: "It's all my fault, I couldn't find you a few years earlier!"

Su Chengzhi quickly shook his head: "It's not my mother's fault. It's all my fault. I was stupid when I was studying, and I only wanted to repay their kindness for raising them, but I forgot that I was still a husband or a father. Why do you let Duo Duo..."

At this point, Su Chengzhi covered his face and choked with sobs, unable to speak any more.

"You don't need to be so anxious, Yun Duo hasn't reached Ji yet. So what if she does, she will be the second wife of the Su family and the grandniece of Duke Zhen, so why not ask for her?! Nephew and Don't worry, after I pick up girl Yunduo, I will find some young and promising generals for her to know, and I will definitely find a good husband for my niece." Duke Zhen patted the table in front of him lightly and said loudly.

The old lady Lu gave her elder brother a look and said, "Since elder brother knows that Yun Duo is the eldest daughter of the second room of my Su family, he wants to find a promising scholar. Your generals should stand aside for me."

The two brothers and sisters plus An's, as usual, you talk to each other, or praise the young general under your command, or praise the scholar you know, but you don't know that this makes Su Chengzhi even more at a loss.

Just now it was clearly said that Su Yunduo's marriage is difficult, but it seems that Su Yunduo has become a favorite, and those young generals or scholars are scrambling to marry Su Yunduo to him?
Su Chengzhi looked at this and then that uneasily, and finally cast his eyes on Lu Jinkang for help, but saw that Lu Jinkang lowered his head slightly and his brows were furrowed. Anyone who noticed him could feel that he was in a bad mood at the moment.

"Okay, what's the use of you talking about it? You have to be happy if Cousin Su has met people before!" Lu Jinkang patted the armrest of the chair and spoke impatiently. He turned to Lu Jinkang.

Lu Jinkang was a little embarrassed, coughed lightly and lowered his eyes and said, "It is said that marriage must follow the orders of the parents and the words of the matchmaker, but those who love their children don't want their children to live comfortably, not to mention that Cousin Su is definitely not a person who can do whatever they want. The person who is at the mercy of her is related to her marriage, so I still have to ask Cousin Su for her personal opinion."

Su Chengzhi nodded again and again: "That is, that is, Duo Duo's marriage must be satisfied by Duo Duo herself!"

Although Lu Jinkang's attitude made An's and the others a little confused, but speaking of this, it's not good to continue this topic. Next, everyone deliberately avoided the topic of Su Yunduo's marriage, and continued to discuss Su Chengzhi's recognition of his ancestors. .

(End of this chapter)