After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 362 Misunderstanding

Zhou Yijun practiced at Haijia until sunset, and then hurried back to the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion for dinner.

The next day he also came to the door early in the morning. Hai Jiao would practice with him at first, but then he went to review his lessons with a book beside him.

Hai Jiao should have enrolled in Chang'an Guard School at this time. Since he recommended himself to Jin Jiashu and Zhou Yijun as guards, his cousin Xie Wenzai specially interceded for him, and Hai Xiya just relented and allowed him to postpone his enrollment. But in order to catch up with his homework quickly, he had to study harder and take the time to review before officially enrolling.

Nowadays, Hai Changan, who is an archery instructor, helps his nephew inquire about the progress of the new batch of students in Chang'an Guard School, so Hai Jiao knows exactly what he should review. It's just that he still has a lot to do every day, including practicing martial arts and searching for information. The time he can really devote to books is very limited, so he can only make the most of every moment of leisure.

At this time, Haitang would not come to disturb his brother and his friends. However, Grandmother Ma was thinking about her grandson, and would send Aunt Cui or Aunt Ma over from time to time to bring some tea and snacks and add a charcoal basin. Haitang will help her grandmother come up with ideas and bring Hai Jiao and Zhou Yijun food that suits their preferences.

Near noon, the two teenagers left the Hai family and went to the village "gifted" to Jin Jiashu by Zhou Shigong not far outside the city to have lunch with the latter. Zhou Yijun will continue to practice imitating Jin Jiashu's words and deeds, while Hai Jiao will take his place and teach Jin Jiashu how to ride horses. Two hours later, they returned to Hai's house in the city to continue practicing. After dinner, Zhou Yijun will return to the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion.

This situation lasted for two or three days, and some cousins ​​from the Zhenguo Palace began to tease Zhou Yijun, asking him why he mingled with Haijiao every day. When will this be better? Went to Haijia early in the morning and didn't come back until dark after dinner? Could it be that Haijia has some delicacies that other restaurants don’t have?

Zhou Yijun tried to prevaricate him casually. Because the matter was confidential, he did not explain clearly to his cousins ​​that when he went out every day, half of the time was actually not at Hai's house, but at Jinjiashu outside the city. His cousins ​​just joked and joked without asking any further questions.

However, the speaker has no intention, but the listener has intention. After this little episode in the Zhenguo Duke's mansion reached Madam Gui's ears, she had a different interpretation.

Mrs. Gui also came from a family of officials and had brothers. In her opinion, if young people play at other people's houses all day long, they must be attracted by something. The Hai family is just a small family, without even a garden and school grounds. What can Zhou Yijun do for fun when he is with Hai Jiao? Zhou Yijun regretted that he didn't want to go to the border town to practice. It would be a joke to say that he was studying and practicing martial arts with Hai Jiao. What else could be the reason?

Mrs. Gui had seen Haitang before. After a quick glance at Hua Chao's small banquet, she seemed to be a pretty and lovely girl. She was about the same age as her daughter Wu Qiong. She was friends with sisters Zhou Wenjun and Zhou Xuejun. She was obviously from a small family. She was born in a small family, but she behaves like a lady in her movements, sitting and lying down. How can she be raised in a small family? It was obvious that he had been taught strictly since he was a child. With the Hai family's background, his family must have ulterior motives for raising a little girl so carefully! Haixi Ya is obviously just a seventh-grade sesame official under General Zhou Zhou, but he is able to have good relations with the Zhenguo Duke's house. Maybe he wants to get married to the Zhenguo Duke's house!

Mrs. Gui recalled her experience of marrying the second son of her father-in-law's family, and immediately concluded that the Hai family's "ambition" was to follow the dragon and the phoenix. Her mind was now occupied with her daughter's marriage, and she naturally felt that other people were interested in Zhou Yijun as their son-in-law candidate.

Considering that Haitang is friends with Zhou Wenjun and Zhou Xuejun, and Haijiao is a good friend of Zhou Yijun, and has brought Zhou Yijun home from time to time recently, if the Hai family really has any intentions, they will be close to the water, and Mrs. Gui can't sit still. She tried to inquire about Haitang's information from Zhou Wenjun and Zhou Xuejun, and inquired about the Hai family's details in front of Mrs. Zhou on Wednesday. She also said something overtly and secretly in front of Mrs. Thursday that her children should be well-matched when getting married.

Zhou Yijun was busy all day long and didn't notice anything strange at all. He lived a fulfilling and happy life in the Hai family. He was very grateful for the Hai family's hospitality and considerate arrangements, and repeatedly asked Hai Jiao to convey his gratitude on his behalf. It's a pity that his father still knows a little bit about what he is doing now, but his mother is completely unaware of it. Therefore, he has no way to tell his parents about the hospitality he received and let them express his gratitude to the two elders of the Hai family on his behalf. However, when he talked about the Hai family with his parents, he couldn't help but say a few nice things. General Zhou and his wife had a very good impression of the Hai family, and they naturally agreed with their son's words. Mrs. Zhou didn't take Mrs. Gui's words to heart at all. Instead, because she was about to be separated from her son, she remembered that her son would soon go to the border town for training, and this was all caused by Mrs. Gui's force. She felt sad and a little bit sad at the same time. Resentment, even if it is not shown on the face, is still perfunctory towards Mrs. Gui. No matter what the latter said, she ignored it. If she heard Mrs. Gui say bad things about the Hai family, she would be quite annoyed, and she would become even more disgusted with Mrs. Gui.

Mrs. Gui had lived a life of looking at people's faces since her husband's family had an accident and her natal family was far away. Naturally, she soon noticed Mrs. Zhou's displeasure. She was secretly angry, thinking that Mrs. Zhou might have taken a fancy to the daughter of the Hai family, so she was impatient to entertain her. Is it possible that she really wants to give up on Zhou Yijun?

How can it be? ! After finally discovering that Zhou Yijun would probably not go to Ningxia, she found a handle on him and had the confidence to make him obey her orders. If she could not facilitate the marriage between him and his daughter, where else could she find a more suitable son-in-law? Candidate? !

She accelerated her pace of asking for information about Haitang, hoping to see the little girl alone so that she could give up.

Mrs. Gui's strange words and deeds attracted the attention of sisters Zhou Wenjun and Zhou Xuejun. Zhou Wenjun wrote to Haitang and mentioned this matter. Mrs. Dao Shigui became inexplicably hostile to her. I wonder if it was because Zhou Yijun praised the Hai family for their warm and thoughtful hospitality.

Zhou Wenjun had no idea that his cousin's marriage would be involved, but Zhou Xuejun had some guesses and asked the former to remind Haitang in the letter and apologize for his brother.

Although Zhou Xuejun doesn't know why his brother Zhou Yijun always likes to go to the Hai family, it is definitely not because he likes Haitang, because he never mentions his friend's sister at home. He only talks about how warm and thoughtful Mr. Hai is, and how the Hai family How the cook is so skilled, and how his two friends Hai Jiao and Jin Jiashu have a tacit understanding with him, and so on. His mind was filled with the idea of ​​going to the frontier for training, and he didn't want to think about marriage at all. It was only because of his praise of the Hai family that he caused Mrs. Gui's misunderstanding, and Haitang suffered a completely unreasonable disaster. Zhou Xuejun felt that this was his brother's negligence, and he had to apologize to Haitang on his behalf.

Haitang read the letter and felt dumbfounded.

Zhou Yijun went to his friend's house more times, is he interested in his friend's sister? If everyone in Chang'an thinks like Mrs. Gui, how can those unmarried young men make friends? Who doesn’t have a sister or two in their family?

Mrs. Gui is once again using the Beijing method to measure interpersonal communication in Chang'an.

Although the security of men and women in Chang'an City is stricter than in border cities such as Gansu and Suzhou, the atmosphere is more open than in Gyeonggi, Jiangnan and other places. It is common for young people and girls from wealthy families such as Zhou and Tang to meet at banquets and other occasions, and to laugh and play among relatives. Otherwise, how could Tang Hui have an admiration for Jin Shan, and how could Zhou Sujun have an admiration for Tang Hui is in love for a long time?

Zhou Yijun went to Haijia to play with the reefs, and had nothing to do with the crabapples in the backyard. It was as innocent as Zhou Yijun now living in the four-bedroom courtyard of the Zhenguo Palace and having almost no contact with Wu Qiong who lived in the guest yard.

(End of this chapter)