capital girl

Chapter 8
Zhang Xiulan didn't find a suitable tool, so she picked up the broom in the yard and swept it towards Li Yukun.

Li Yukun was chased and ran all over the yard, and the starlings in the cage squeaked.

"Miss Yulou, Miss Yulou..." Mynah may have been frightened, and suddenly called Li Yulou's name, his voice was a little creepy.

Li Yukun was so startled that he threw the cage on the ground.

The starling kept shouting, "Miss Yulou, lady Yulou..." Myna's voice was even more unbearable.

"What dead bird, I'll kill you." Li Yukun said as he was about to pounce on the bird and kill it.

"Stop!" Zhang Xiulan shouted to stop Li Yukun.

"Can't you tell who this bird belongs to? Did a dog eat your brain? This is a hole dug for you. I don't even know it." Zhang Xiulan pointed at Li Yukun angrily and cursed.

"It's fine if others ruin your sister's reputation, you come too, you are her own younger brother, you can't read well when you are asked to study, and you can't even pass the test of a child's voice when you are almost fourteen..." Once Zhang Xiulan started scolding her son, she would shut up. Don't talk about it.

"Mother, come on, how did Yukun know that this starling is a trap, just let him go back." Li Yulou got up and persuaded.

"You don't know Ah Kui from the dried fruit shop, who is like an iron rooster, who would give him such a valuable thing? He doesn't even think about it, hey, I'm so mad." Zhang Xiulan scolded Li Yukun, Li Yulou glared at Li Yukun, and gave him winked.

Li Yukun understood, ran over, took the birdcage, left the yard and ran away.

"Your father also knows how to read all day long. He is a nerd. Are you my children? You are also his children. He doesn't care about anything. Let him find some suitable ones for you. I haven't found any yet. , It’s been a few days... You have to wait until your reputation is completely ruined by that disciple before he makes a move, right..."

Seeing that his mother was angry, Li Yulou didn't dare to say that he only wanted to marry Meng Shiyu, but just comforted her and told her not to be angry.

She knew that her mother didn't want her to marry Meng Shiyu.

After dinner, Li Yulou was called to the main house.

"Yulou, sit down..." Li Xu looked at Li Yulou with a smile and motioned for her to sit down.

Li Yulou sat next to Li Xu.Her mother sat on the edge of the bed and sewed.There was an embroiderer in the shop, and her mother hadn't been sewing for several years, obviously she was just pretending.

"Father, just say what you have to say." Li Yulou looked at Li Xu and said.

Li Xu hummed, he knew that his daughter had a straightforward personality, and he also knew that today's conversation should be fruitless, but he had to fulfill Madam's order, otherwise he would not be able to go to bed tonight.

"Your marriage should indeed be put on the agenda..." Li Xu coughed dryly and continued, "The Xie family is powerful, and Xie Jianzhang is an idiot. I'm afraid your reputation will be bad. What if you make him a concubine? , your mother and I can’t live anymore.”

"I won't be his concubine." Li Yulou said.

"Well, neither will Dad. Dad will protect you even if he dies." Li Xu raised his voice a little.

"But that's a last resort, we don't want to go that far... You are not young anymore, you are seventeen, it's time to settle the marriage..."

Li Xu began to quote scriptures again, saying that girls from rich families should get married before they are 15 years old.

However, Zhang Xiulan ruthlessly interrupted his citations and told him to get straight to the point.

Li Xu took out a few good men he had selected in the past few days, "How about the pork seller, his family has more than 100 pigs..."

"Too fat." Li Yulou frowned, "The whole body smells like pork, it stinks to death."

"The librarian, your knowledge is not bad, I think this year Chunwei will be able to pass." Li Xu said again.

"No, I'm short of breath after walking a few steps, I'm worried that I won't live for a few years..." Li Yulou waved his hand.

"The young master of the Zhang family is not good either, he has not married a wife yet, and has already raised an outsider... Neither is the Zhao family, and the frequent customers of the gambling house, the Liu family is even worse.

A cracking sound interrupted Li Yulou's speech.

"Neither this one, nor that one...which one is okay?" Zhang Xiulan stared at Li Yulou and asked angrily.

The families mentioned by Li Yulou are all about the same level of wealth as her family, and there are also men who are not married and are about the same age as her. She can count them one by one without Li Xu telling her.

"Anyway, these few can't do it." Li Yulou didn't compromise.

"Then from the Zhou family..." Zhang Xiulan said suddenly.

"No!" Li Yulou stood up and looked at Zhang Xiulan.

"Oh, why did I forget about Zhou Hong from the Zhou family, he is a good boy, we grew up watching him, childhood sweetheart with Yulou..." Li Xu followed Zhang Xiulan's words.

"I treat him as an older brother, and my aunt won't agree." Li Yulou said.

"You don't need to worry about this..." Zhang Xiulan took out her power and looked at Li Xu, "Husband, you can ask Zhou Hong what he means, and I will ask Liu Feng'e..."

Li Yulou,...

Things were beyond Li Yulou's surprise.Her mother and Zhou Yingniang had a big fight, and the words they said to each other were ugly. Anyway, they both said that their children, toads, wanted to eat swan meat.

Liu Feng'e wanted Zhou Hong to marry a noble girl, which was a toad's behavior in her mother's eyes, and her mother's wanting to marry her to Zhou Hong was also a toad's behavior in Liu Feng'e's eyes.

But her mother wants to marry her to the toad in her mouth.

Zhou Hong was very happy to hear Li Xu's thoughts, so he came to visit Li Xu the next day.If he wants to die, he can just come, and he has to bring Meng Shiyu with him.

"Miss, doesn't Mr. Zhou know that you like Mr. Meng?" Chuntao asked Li Yulou excitedly while eating melon seeds.

Li Yulou was also puzzled and worried, worried that Meng Shiyu would think about her.

"Chuntao, go and see, what are father, Mr. Zhou, and Mr. Meng talking about?" Li Yulou anxiously walked around on the ground, twisting the handkerchief in his hand into a rope.

Chuntao promised to go, and will be back in a while, "I'm talking about learning..."

"What knowledge?" Li Yulou asked.

"I don't know, I don't understand, but the master praised Mr. Meng, Mr. Zhou has an ugly face." Chuntao said.

Li Yulou was happy for a while, and at a loss for a while.

Could it be that Meng Shiyu followed here on purpose today, deliberately acting in front of her father to embarrass Zhou Hong.Zhou Hong's knowledge is naturally inferior to his.

But is this possible?
After more than half an hour, Meng Shiyu and Zhou Hong finally came out.

Meng Shiyu's face was pale and expressionless.However, Zhou Hong had a happy expression on his face, not any embarrassment like what Chuntao said.

Li Yulou glared at Chuntao, Chuntao felt innocent, that's what she saw.

Li Yulou decided to find out by himself, so he tidied up his clothes and came out of the house, pretending to go out, he was in a hurry, but his eyes kept looking at Meng Shiyu.

(End of this chapter)