Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 211
The next morning, Du Fangfei was watering the vegetables in the yard when he heard a knock on the door.

She couldn't help but raised her head and looked outside.

Because everyone has work to do in the morning, people are coming in and out. After a while, the waiter from the teahouse came to get dried tea and other things, so the door was not closed. How could there be a knock on the door now?
As a result, when she raised her eyes, she bumped into Xu Chengyuan's pupils.

Both of them blushed immediately.

"That, that... I'm here to pick up Junior Brother Du to school." Xu Chengyuan stammered and explained.

"Oh, okay, I'll call him." Du Fangfei threw the ladle in his hand and ran into the house, but in a panic, he stepped on the hem of his skirt and almost fell.

"Be careful." Xu Chengyuan strode up, helped Du Fangfei, and when Du Fangfei stood still, he withdrew his hand as if he had been electrocuted.Both of them were so awkward that they didn't know where to put their hands and feet.

Seeing this situation in the room, Du Jinning laughed "chichi".

Mrs. Chen patted her lightly, and told her softly: "Don't go out yet." She liked to hear about the situation of the two people outside.

However, Du Fangfei didn't like her, she had already walked towards this side, and in order to cover up her discomfort, she even shouted: "Brother Ning."

Du Jinning had no choice but to answer in the room, and walked out with his book bag.

Xu Chengyuan saw Du Fangfei turned and went to the kitchen, and hurriedly stepped forward to take Du Jinning's bookbag: "I'll do it."

Mrs. Chen walked out, and said to Xu Chengyuan with a smile: "Brother Yuan, please come and pick up my Brother Ning."

"Don't bother, don't bother." Xu Chengyuan said repeatedly.

Watching Du Jinning and Xu Chengyuan go out, Mrs. Chen entered the kitchen, looked at Du Fangfei, and wanted to ask her to go to the room to talk about the marriage several times, but after thinking about Du Jinning's advice last night, she finally held back, Turn around and go to the yard to finish watering the vegetable garden, then drive the donkey to grind soybean milk.

Half an hour later, Mrs. Chen finished grinding the soybean milk, and was about to call Du Fangfei to bring it into the kitchen to cook, when she suddenly heard someone calling from outside the door: "Is anyone home?" The voice was an elderly female voice.

Because of Yang's sister-in-law's reminder, Chen's vigilance was extremely strong, and she closed the door as early as when the soybean milk was being ground.

At this time, she didn't open the door rashly, and first asked through the door: "Who is it?"

"I'm Granny Song from the city. Someone asked me to propose marriage."

Remembering that the person Mrs. Yang mentioned seemed to be named Song, Chen frowned.

Through the crack of the door, she saw only an old woman in her fifties standing outside the courtyard. Although she was dressed in a satin dress, she was very well-dressed, but she had medium hair, gray hair, big eyes, a long face, and fair skin. The sister-in-law said Mrs. Song was very similar, and the alarm bells were ringing in her heart.

But there is only a thousand days to be a thief, and there is no reason to guard against a thief for a thousand days. If you don't know why Mrs. Song is here, it's not a problem to be so worried every day.

Seeing that Mrs. Song was alone, Dong Dacheng and his wife next door were at home, and the people in the village were busy in the fields. If there was anything wrong, just call and someone would come to help. There was no great danger, so she decided to take the Mrs. Song let her in to find out why she came.

She turned around and told Du Fangfei to tell the three of her sisters to stay in the kitchen and slip out to call someone if something happened, and then opened the door.

Mrs. Song did not enter the door immediately, but saluted Chen Shifu, and asked with a smile, "Excuse me, Mrs. Du?"

Mrs. Du...

Chen was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that this was addressing herself, nodded and said: "I am. May I ask you..."

"I was entrusted by someone to propose marriage to your elder sister." Mrs. Song said.

It has to be said that it is not unreasonable for Yan Cen to ask Mrs. Song to discuss this matter.This Mrs. Song was originally a girl from a scholar's family, and later married a scholar, and her life has always been better than ordinary people.Later, when she was 30 years old, her husband died, and her son also died of illness a few years ago, and the family fortune fell down.It costs money to study for her grandson, so she and her daughter-in-law had to come out to earn money to support the family.

Because she has been living a good life, she can read and understand, she is different from those old women in the market, she has a kind of grace when she dresses up a little bit, her behavior and speech are very polite, plus her appearance is dignified and decent, she is very easy to attract others goodwill.

At this time, her voice was soft and her smile was friendly, and she couldn't be more friendly.It's just that when she met the Chen family who knew her background and was extremely guarded, her affinity became the deepest part of the city.

Since she wanted to find out the other party's background, Chen did not reveal anything, nodded and smiled: "Then please come in and talk."

Mrs. Song didn't look around when she entered the yard, but followed Mrs. Chen into the main room.

Everyone sat down to tea, Song Po was not in a hurry, took a sip of tea from the tea bowl, and praised the tea, then put down the tea bowl, took out a silk handkerchief, wiped her mouth, and said with a smile: "It's the academy. One of the gentlemen asked me to propose marriage to your elder sister."

This rhetoric is a bit closer to what Du Jinning said.

Chen asked calmly, "Which gentleman is it?"

When Mrs. Song saw that she didn't refuse immediately, but instead asked, she felt a little relieved.

What she is most afraid of is that the Du family has already taken care of the elder sister of the Du family and is just waiting for an engagement.If that was the case, no matter how extravagantly she spoke, there would probably be no room for negotiation.After all, Yan Cen is not marrying his original spouse, and there are two burdens in the family.

Mrs. Song smiled, and avoided talking about Mrs. Chen's question, but said: "That gentleman has taken a fancy to your little brother's aptitude. He thinks that with such a smart brother, it's almost impossible for my sister to come here." If he doesn't go anywhere, he wants to marry a woman with a smart brain. They are scholars, and what they value is harmony and harmony, and the progress of husband and wife."

I have to say that Mrs. Song can speak, but these words have no effect on Mrs. Chen.

Even if she wanted to say something, Mrs. Chen did not refute, nodded and said: "You are right. But, who is the gentleman? Since you are a gentleman in the academy, you are not too young, right? Why don't you marry a wife? "

"I'm not very old, only 25 or [-] years old. I married a wife before, but that woman was unlucky, and died of illness the year before." Mrs. Song didn't want to mention Yan Cen's status as a widower, but she couldn't explain why he didn't. I haven't married a wife at such an old age, so I have to bite the bullet and mention it.

Seeing that Chen's face changed, she said again: "But the lady in front of him didn't have a son, only a four or five-year-old daughter. That gentleman is talented and learned, and he can earn six taels of silver a month as a teacher in the academy. This is not counting the filial piety of the students in the three festivals and four rituals. He can earn several taels of silver every month by writing calligraphy and painting. There is also a house in the city, and there are hundreds of acres of land outside the city. He lives very well. ample."

　Let me repeat the important thing: Du Fangfei will not marry Yan Cen, nor will she have any contact with him, she will not go out at all, so all Yan Cen's calculations will be in vain

　　
　
(End of this chapter)