Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 401: Kang Wang's Interception

The turmoil outside had nothing to do with Li Ang. After the results of the palace examination came out, another happy event happened in the Li family.

The eldest sister-in-law Zhang Qing gave birth to a daughter, and although it was a daughter, Li Nan and Liu were not disappointed.

However, in this case, Liu would have to stay to help take care of his wife and granddaughter, and would definitely not be able to return to Yangzhou, so Li Nan had to go back alone.

Li An was worried about his father going back alone, so he came to the martial arts school opened by Shi Lin and wanted to ask two people to accompany him for protection.

Originally he wanted Zhuzi to go back with him, but Zhuzi was rather dull, and although he was very powerful, he might not be able to protect people.

After much thought, I gave up this plan.

Shi Lin's martial arts school was opened outside the city of Bianjing, and he rented a house with a large courtyard.

Although it is outside the city, it is not remote at all.

In fact, this is the most prosperous time of the Song Dynasty. The population of Bianjing City is too dense, and many prosperous towns have been formed outside the city. Except for the lack of city walls, their prosperity is no less than that of some big cities.

When he arrived outside the martial arts gym, Li An heard the sounds of martial arts practice coming from inside.

There was no one guarding the entrance of the martial arts gym. The door was closed but not locked. Desheng pushed the door open directly and Li An walked in.

More than thirty people were practicing boxing in an orderly manner in the yard. Shi Lin was watching with his hands behind his back, and Zhuzi was standing beside him.

"Brother Aniu!"

Seeing Li Ang coming in, Zhuzi ran over happily.

The people who were practicing martial arts stopped unconsciously and looked back.

"Who told you to stop? Keep practicing!" Shi Lin said in a low voice.

"Brother Niu, you haven't come to see me for a long time!" said Zhuzi.

"I've been quite busy lately, so I'll come now that I'm done." Li An said with a smile.

"Brother Niu, are you free to play with me now?" Zhuzi said excitedly.

"Zhu Zi, stop messing around!" Shi Lin walked over and said.

"Master!" Li An saluted.

"Congratulations. I took Zhu to see you parade on horseback." Shi Lin nodded and said with a smile, "Let's go inside and talk."

Li An scratched his head a little embarrassedly and followed Shi Lin to the main hall.

After sitting down, Shi Lin asked someone to bring tea and said, "I don't have any good tea here, please don't despise it."

"Master, what are you talking about? I'm not a pampered person. I don't have to be so particular." Li An said, and as if to prove that he didn't mind, he picked up the tea and took a sip.

"I was planning to come to you to talk about something, but I didn't expect you to come here by yourself." Shi Lin said with a smile.

"Master, what do you want me to do?" Li An asked after putting down his teacup.

"Zhuzi is not young anymore, and Cai'er is not bad either. She doesn't dislike him. I want to find a time to arrange the marriage for them." Shi Lin said.

"I would have almost forgotten if Master hadn't told me." Li An patted his forehead and said, "I'll take care of this."

Actually, Zhuzi is one year older than him. The original owner saw that Zhuzi was not very smart, so he lied to him and said that he was older than him.

As a result, Zhuzi has been calling Aniu Brother for so many years.

"No need. We don't have many relatives or friends. We'll just stay in the martial arts hall and let my disciples gather together to have some fun. I plan to go back to Yangzhou before the New Year to burn incense to my ancestors and let them know, and then go to Cai'er's house to propose marriage." Shi Lin said.

"That's a coincidence. I passed the imperial examination and my father said he would go back to burn incense and inform our ancestors. I was worried about him going back alone, so I wanted to hire two people from my master to accompany him for protection. Since my master is going back, it would be a good opportunity for him to go with you." Li An said with a smile.

"Okay, go back and ask your father when he is leaving, and let me know then." Shi Lin said.

"Yeah!" Li An nodded.

I chatted with Shi Lin at the martial arts hall and learned about his recent situation. I had lunch here before leaving.

When he got home and told his father, he discussed it with Liu and decided that it would be better to go back early rather than late, so they planned to leave tomorrow.

It's already October and the weather is getting colder. If I go back earlier, I can still be back for the New Year.

……

The next morning, Li An sent his father to the dock to meet Shi Lin.

After they boarded the ship and left, they returned to Bian Jing.

When he got home, the doorman told him that someone had delivered an invitation.

Li An took it and took a look. It turned out to be an invitation from the Earl of Yongchang's Palace, inviting him to participate in the polo club.

Mrs. Wu hosted a polo match, which not only provided a place for officials and their wives in Bianjing to play and communicate, but was also a blind date event.

Now that the palace examination is over, Madam Wu is organizing a polo match and inviting students with high rankings to participate.

Although many people were caught on the list, those who were far-sighted did not agree.

Many people are waiting to get good results in the palace examination and "wait for the price to rise".

Li An is already engaged and is not interested in this kind of party.

But thinking that I had nothing to do at home, and Sheng Changbai and the others would be there too, I decided to go over and have some fun.

The polo match is in three days, so there is no rush.

……

Li An received an invitation from the polo club, while Sheng Changbai followed Old Lady Sheng to the Hai family.

Hai Wenren and his wife personally received Old Lady Sheng and Sheng Changbai.

The girl from the Hai family hid behind the screen and fell in love with Sheng Changbai at first sight.

Sheng Changbai's manners were polite and his conversation was extraordinary, which made Hai Wenren very satisfied. In the middle of the meeting, Mrs. Hai found an excuse to go out for a while, and when she came back, she nodded slightly to Hai Wenren.

So the marriage was settled.

After chatting for more than an hour, Mrs. Sheng got the result she wanted. She refused the Hai family's invitation to dinner and took Sheng Changbai home with her.

Because the marriage was settled, Mrs. Sheng was very happy.

When I got home, I found that the atmosphere at home was a little strange.

After some questioning, we learned that Madam Wang got angry for some reason and punished the two servants.

Madam Fang went to inquire about it and came back to report: "Madam, the eldest lady is angry because the Wang family did not agree to marry the fifth girl, but decided to marry the girl from the Kang family."

Old Madam Sheng pondered for a while and said, "This mother-in-law has always been smart, but she has become more and more confused as she gets older."

The Wang and Sheng families are in-laws, so it is impossible for them to deliberately create such a thing to humiliate the Sheng family.

The Wang family had already replied to the letter agreeing to the marriage, saying that they would ask a matchmaker to propose the marriage on a chosen day.

Now that things have suddenly changed, if things go wrong, the Wang and Sheng families may become enemies.

The uncle and his wife of the Wang family didn't like the Kang Wang family in the first place, so how could they do something that would offend the Sheng family and let their son marry a girl from the Kang family?

However, it happened anyway, and the only explanation was that Mrs. Kang persuaded Old Lady Wang.

It is impossible for Old Lady Wang not to know what kind of person Lady Kang Wang is.

Old Lady Wang felt that Mrs. Kang had a hard life, so she did this to compensate her.

"Madam, now that things have turned out like this, the fifth young lady's marriage will be delayed again. There's no news from the fourth young lady either. The third young lady and the sixth young lady are the youngest, so won't they be dragged along forever?" said Mama Fang.

"There's nothing we can do about it." Old Mrs. Sheng sighed.

Madam Wang was determined to marry Rulan into the Wang family, but now that this has happened, she has to choose a new husband for Rulan.

(End of this chapter)