Soft-waisted little maid

Snow has been falling outside the window, and because there is a stove burning indoors, a wave of heat rushes towards people as soon as they come in.

Grandma Xue saw Xue Ke and hurriedly took her hand and sat down: "Are you freezing, kid?"

Xue Ke shook his head, but his eyes fell on Sun Yuzhu on the bed: "Is she feeling better?"

Grandma Xue sighed: "It's my fault that my child has been stubborn since he was a child and refuses to listen to anyone's advice. I don't know what happened. I obviously promised well in the first place, but suddenly I don't want to keep it anymore. Take care of yourself. She ran out and asked us to find her easily. Oh, thank you for bringing her back."

Xue Ke shook his head and held her hand back; "It's okay."

What was going on in her mind was about Sun Yuzhu and Zheng Lanshi, but when the words came to her lips, she couldn't say them out.

Yes, even if Mrs. Xue could be persuaded not to marry Sun Yuzhu to someone she didn't like, what could she do? Her brother could do the same. She looked at Sun Yuzhu's haggard and bloodless face, feeling indescribably uncomfortable in her heart.

Maybe she guessed what Xue Ke was thinking, Second Grandma Xue said: "Don't worry, Zan'er also told me, and now I have figured it out. Rather than forcing her to make her unhappy all her life, it's better to just follow the instructions." After all, her father, me, and her brother have the final say on what she wants, so naturally she won’t let anyone bully her, so just leave it to her.”

Xue Ke looked at her and knew that what she said was indeed true to her heart. She felt that she had really changed a lot during this period of time. He was about to say a few words of comfort when he found that the person on the bed slowly stood up——

"Mother."

The two of them immediately followed the sound, and Grandma Xue immediately went up to help her: "Lie down, lie down, don't freeze anymore. Aunt Guan has already heated the soup for you. Since you're awake, wait a moment. Just take a sip and go to sleep.”

Sun Yuzhu nodded and looked at Xue Ke again: "I'm causing trouble for you."

Xue Ke shook his head: "As long as you're fine."

With the support of her mother, Sun Yuzhu took a sip of hot tea, paused, and said as if she had made a decision: "Mom, I will marry."

"What?" Mistress Xue asked in a daze, as if she didn't hear clearly.

"I said, I am willing to marry the son of the Governor of Water Transport." Her face was calm, without any emotion at all.

This time it was Grandma Xue's turn to be dumbfounded. She looked at Xue Ke and gave her a look of help: "This child, mother has figured it out. If you don't want to marry, I won't force you. Let's find her slowly." "

But Sun Yuzhu, who heard this, shook her head: "Mother, I am willing to marry."

"Daughter, I have thought about it. Dad and you must have chosen thousands of things to find for me. They finally picked the best one for me, but I was ignorant and wasted all your efforts. If I look for it again, it will be a waste. It may not be as good as this. So, I am willing to marry him."

Sun Yuzhu tried her best to smile.

Hearing her affirmation, Mr. It’s great to tell my brother.”

Xue's joy seemed to make the room warmer.

But when Xue Ke looked at them, he suddenly felt cold and stopped talking.
  "Why have you been gone so long?" As soon as Xue Ke came back, she saw Zheng Lanshi waiting for her in the house: "The maid said you went to Zheng Mansion. I didn't know if you had dinner, so I kept waiting. If you If you haven’t eaten yet, I’ll ask them to heat up the food.”

Xue Ke pursed his lips and ignored him.

Zheng Lanshi was a little surprised: "What? Are you not surprised at all that I came back suddenly?"

Xue Ke spread her hands and sat down next to him at the dinner table. She couldn't say that she had read Sun Yuzhu's heart. She should have known that he, a heartless guy, would reject the girl as soon as he came back.

"I went to see Yuzhu."

The servants had already brought the warmed dishes, and Xue Ke served a bowl of sweet dumpling soup.

Zheng Lanshi kept silent and picked up a few chopsticks: "Is she okay?"

"Yeah" Xue Ke nodded.

"This is a good thing for her. The young master of that family is indeed a good candidate. I think the Sun family put a lot of effort into selecting her. Look at her making such a fuss and delaying her reply one after another. How could the other party possibly I haven’t received any news at all, and I’m still willing to wait. I guess that young master is also interested in her.”

"What about you?" Xueke asked him tentatively, "Do you really not like her, or are you worried about her?"

Before Xue Ke finished speaking, he was retorted by him: "I'm not you. If I like you, then I like you. Naturally, I don't care about my status or family. If I can marry someone from the official family, We, the Zheng family, are the ones who have taken advantage of us, and I don’t look like you." He said, glancing at Xue Ke pointedly, "I don’t know who I look like."

Xue Ke was speechless by what he said.

In fact, she had heard that many officials in the Jiangnan area had the idea of ​​​​marrying their daughters to Zheng Lanshi. Firstly, it was common for daughters to marry merchants at a low age in order to subsidize their parents' families. Secondly, like Zheng Lanshi, With such financial resources, it would be difficult to find the second best person in Jiangnan even with a lantern.

Otherwise, as soon as Xue Ke returned to the Zheng Mansion, he would have received a large pile of famous invitations from the female relatives of various families who came to make friends.

Seeing Xue Ke stunned, Zheng Lanshi gave her a piece of roasted mutton: "Did you see Sun Zan in the Sun Mansion today?"

Xue Ke almost dropped his chopsticks: "Why are you asking this?"

Zheng Lanshi saw through it without saying anything: "Didn't his fourth uncle write to me a few days ago, saying that I was well-informed and didn't know if there was a suitable person to introduce to his nephew. I do have this person, but Sun Zan didn't I don’t know what the boy likes. Aren’t you familiar with him? Can you tell me about it?”

"How do I know?" Xue Ke chewed the sheep bones loudly, "Ask whoever told you."

Seeing her like this, Zheng Lanshi guessed that she had scolded Fourth Master Sun several times in her heart, so she couldn't help but laugh: "I don't want to ask you first, I think, even though I know a lot of people, But is there a better girl than my own sister? Then there is definitely not, so you have to ask my sister’s opinion first, if you think it’s okay.”

He secretly glanced at her expression and saw that she kept her head lowered, repeatedly chewing on the smooth bone in her hand, and laughed: "If you don't know, I think I have a dog at home." Tell me, there is something for her to do. A piece was caught in the bowl.

Knowing that she was conflicted, Zheng Lanshi said: "Don't think about what is and isn't. Now that I am your brother, I will not let those things affect my sister's happiness. You only need to tell me whether you like him or not. In one sentence, that’s it.”