Zhurou

Chapter 53
Xu Wanniang grew up pampered, able to play the piano in the middle of the night, and recite poems casually. The biggest worry is that the marriage candidate that the elders have chosen is not what they want.

But Zhao Mingzhi was no longer qualified to live such a leisurely life.

If all the troubles in Caizhou, Xuzhou, Beijing and even Dajin could be solved with a single marriage, she would have wished to marry herself a thousand times.

As for the matter of marriage, the married person is really insignificant compared with his own life, compared with the lives of more people, and even compared with the lives of the people in the world.

However, things in the world, how could it be so easy.

Now even the very first step—to reach Jingzhao Mansion, she has encountered endless twists and turns, and she still can't make it.

According to Li Xun's plan, he would set off at noon tomorrow at the latest, and it was midnight now.

Seeing that Xu Wanniang was very interested in talking, she was about to talk about playing the piano, she was really powerless to accompany her, so she said: "I listened to the meaning in your song, but it was difficult to make a choice, it seemed that my mind was sprouting—isn't it?"

Xu Wanniang was still excited, but when she was asked this way, her hands shook, and the tea cup she was holding was tilted and fell directly on the table, spilling half a cup of tea.

It was too late when Zhao Mingzhi rushed to help, the tea was pouring down the table, but Xu Wanniang couldn't dodge it, and when half of the clothes and skirts were wet, she stood up and hurriedly wiped the clothes with a handkerchief.

Zhao Mingzhi was also taken aback by the sudden accident. Although the tea was already cold, he was relieved after repeatedly confirming that the other party did not get burned anywhere.

Xu Wanniang didn't dare to stay any longer, and said: "It's getting late, I've been waiting for a long time, I'll go back and change first, Zao Ning should go to bed early."

After finishing speaking, I hurriedly bid farewell to leave.

Zhao Mingzhi tried to persuade, and after Dao'an, he said: "At our age, although we both want to do what we want, but after all, we have too little experience, and we should listen carefully to the opinions of the elders when we encounter important situations. "

In fact, these words were already a little meddling, she thought that Xu Wanniang would not like to hear it, but who knew that the other party did not, instead she sighed back, and finally said: "I know that Zao Ning is doing it for my own good, thank you very much."

But there is no more redundant words.

Seeing that the girl who went to fetch the bird's nest did not come back at this moment, Zhao Mingzhi didn't bother to ring the bell because it was only two or three steps away, so he took the candlestick from the table and personally sent Xu Wanniang to the room before returning to the room for a rest.

She was already on the road day and night, exhausted, and also when she was feeling unwell, she insisted on chatting with her for a long time at night, as soon as she touched the pillow, her eyelids could no longer be opened, and she immediately fell into a deep sleep.

But at the same time, in the same house, in the main hall of the front room, there was another conversation.

The doors and windows were completely covered there, and an oil lamp was lit in the room. The light was encouraged by the cold wind that penetrated into the room through the gap, and kept beating and flickering.

Mrs. Xu sat in the main seat, Li Xun sat in the lower seat, and there were no servants in the room.

The two of them sat down and drank half a cup of tea. At first, it was just Mrs. Xu asking about some household matters, and before they said a few words, they suddenly heard the wick of the oil lamp beeping, which turned out to be flickering lights, causing her to look up and sigh. Said: "I'm getting old, and my eyes are getting worse every year. Everything I see now is blurry, and there are double images."

Li Xun said: "Tung oil is not resistant to burning, and it is easy to smudge the eyes. If you send it back in a year or two, there should be a big candle. Why don't you use it at home? Or has it been used up and needs to be replenished?"

He said again: "When I go back, someone will send it back."

Mrs. Xu waved her hands again and again, and said: "You take care of me every now and then, I am an old lady who is half buried in the earth, and Miss Wan is only alone, so I don't need so much—for the candle alone, there are still seven or eight boxes in the storeroom. "

Speaking of this, she complained again: "I burned the tung oil lamp not because I didn't have candles, but because I was getting older. If I lit a lamp, I would wonder if the lamp couldn't light up. If I lit a candle, I couldn't see clearly, but only If you admit that you are blind, half of the other excuses are gone."

Then he said: "Since the old man has gone, I, a woman, can't take care of the affairs in the escort agency, so I have to hand over to Fu Da to help. He has a frivolous temper and has no rules in his actions. It's really worrying—— When do you Come back? Without a pillar, how will we deal with this huge family business in the future?"

Li Xun said: "Your Excellency has already explained that all the property in the family will be used as a dowry for Wan Niang, why should Madam ask more questions?"

After going around for a long time, seeing that the person on the other side would not enter, Mrs. Xu finally couldn't stand it any longer, so she had to break the point: "The old man said that the purpose of giving the escort agency to Wan Niang as a dowry is to invite you to be his son-in-law-you know clearly It's very clear, why bother to pretend to be stupid?"

"Madam knows what I want, so why force it?"

Mrs. Xu smiled wryly and said: "You want Wan Niang to take the dowry and marry another husband-in-law, but there are 23 counties in Nine City, 58 bodyguard bureaus, and there are so many bodyguards, except you, who can convince the crowd? Really dowry, I'm afraid that the news from the front foot will spread out, and those bodyguards on the back foot will all disperse and join you - there is only an empty shell left, what's the use?"

Li Xun said: "Don't worry, ma'am, I made a promise to my lord that as long as there is someone in Xu's family, I will take care of him for a day."

Mrs. Xu wanted to refute, but she didn't know what to say, so she had to say again: "Leave aside the many dowries, just talk about Wan Niang, she is good at playing piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, she is a virtuous person with a pleasant appearance and a quiet disposition, and she is very similar to you since childhood." Acquaintance, what's wrong with it, you don't like it at all?"

She counted out her daughter's advantages, and she was really dissatisfied at the end.

Li Xun shook his head and said: "It's not that I don't like it, it's just that the two of us are really unworthy, and I don't want to implicate her—what happened to your lord in the past, and what happened in the end, don't madam not know? Why bother to ask Miss Wan to live such a hard life?"

Mrs. Xu was dumb for a long while, and then asked: "What kind of business do you do, the old man refused to talk about it before, and you won't talk about it now—why can't you just stop?"

Li Xun was silent for a while.

Seeing this, Mrs. Xu persuaded: "The current situation is so chaotic. With the family's money, if you don't open an escort agency and only do some ordinary business, can't you make money? Listen to me, and close the escort agency. Wouldn't it be good if they were familiar with each other so that they could settle down and start a career?"

Li Xun was silent for a moment, and said: "If Madam doesn't want to be an escort agency anymore, it doesn't really matter if it is closed. If you want to open it, I'll still help watch it, and wait for Miss Wan to speak in the future."

He said again: "Only the marriage, please don't mention it again - I only treat Miss Wan as my own sister."

Seeing his attitude, Mrs. Xu had no luck, she turned her face and said, "Li Xun, don't you think I'm stupid--doesn't your lord do the trail-cutting thing like I don't know anything about it? I just pretended to be stupid. That's all! He wants to marry into my Xu family, and he still calls Wan Niang the same as my surname, isn't it because he got into trouble before and left his name for fear of being chased after him?"

"I saw that he changed his temper later and started an escort agency. He thought he had learned it well, but now that he thinks about it, it should be the beginning and the end?"

"Thinking about it, from Junzhou to Jingzhao Mansion, Fengxiang, and then to Xingyuan, why should the dart that others can't walk, but he can walk, but you can walk? Did you communicate with those 'brothers' in the past, Ask someone to let you go? You don’t stay at home all day, wandering outside, are there any other cottages that haven’t been cleaned up?”

"I don't care about the others. Since you are here today, you can treat Miss Wan as your sister or daughter-in-law. If you don't marry her, don't think about leaving!"

She put down the teacup in her hand, and said with a sneer, "I have been in Junzhou for many years, and I know everyone well. Do you really think I can't catch you? Right now, as long as you are named as an adulterer and bandit, you can be sent to jail Li——you are here alone, and there is no one to help you, so don’t toast and refuse to eat, but take fine wine!”

　To make a correction, in the morning Li Nu stole Shuqin's peace amulet a few times, it wasn't for me, it was for Ming Zhi...

　　It turned out that I was being passionate, with tears in my eyes TOT
　　
　
(End of this chapter)