Lie down and eat melon in the protagonist group

Chapter 3

Invited Xu Wen, the second brother Ling Feng's master, to live in the Ling family.

Master Xu didn't talk much. At first glance, he looked like a taciturn and ordinary farmer. Only he taught his second brother Ling Feng how to practice martial arts and show off his moves, and his unique martial spirit oozed out.

Since his arrival, the Ling family has had an adult to control the situation.

Recently, the eldest sister Ling Qiong runs to town every day and is busy with her business.

The third sister, Ling Jing, was busy buying out a new set of clothes for everyone. She kept needles in her hand every day and looked at her seventh brother.

As for the three little ones, Ling Dang, Ling Huai and Ling Cen, they followed their second brother Ling Feng in Master Xu's martial arts classes all day long.

What Ling Dang wants is to have more skills than to overwhelm the body. No matter what era, there is no harm in a woman learning some self-defense skills.

At first, the sixth brother Ling Cen wanted to practice martial arts with him with bright eyes. Ling Dang was not surprised, but he didn't expect that the fifth brother Ling Huai would not even attend Master Zeng's class and also learn martial arts with Master Xu.

Ling Dang wiped his sweat and asked his fifth brother Ling Huai during the break: "Ah Huai, you love to study and you are good at reading. Why don't you go to Master Zeng's lectures these days?"

The sixth brother, Ling Cen, filled the bowl with water and said first, "I know that since my mother is gone, Master Zeng definitely doesn't want to do his work in vain, so naturally he doesn't teach others in vain."

Ling Dang held his forehead. His sixth brother, Ling Cen, was too free-spirited. He really understood the selfishness and sophistication of adults.

Look at what he said, he didn't sound like a five-year-old child.

The fifth brother Ling Huai said: "I know everything Master Zeng taught me. My eldest sister has also given me many books recently. I am reading them. If I don't know how, I will ask Master Zeng for advice. Besides, reading books well does not happen overnight. There is no rush." Come. But practicing martial arts is different. Master Xu won’t stay for long. While he’s here, he can learn a little bit about self-defense and protect others.”

The third sister, Ling Jing, heard them talking in the room and stuck her head out.

"Now that the family has some spare money, Ah Huai, ask the eldest sister to send you to study in the town. You are the best at studying in our family. We don't want to be high-ranking or rich, but it is always good if there is a scholar in the family. Normally, you are the best at studying. If there is a real thing, if you study more, you will be better than those of us who have never been in a study room in our lives, who don’t know the good or bad of what others say, and always pick up the pieces."

Xu Wen came over with his hands behind his back, "Girl Jing is right, you have to read books."

Ling Huai nodded.

Ling Jing turned to look at Ling Cen: "A Cen, you too, I never paid much attention to you before. Listen to what you said, what did you learn outside? I will go to Master Zeng tomorrow to hand over the repair, don't expect You can catch up with Ah Huai, but you have to understand the basics of how to behave."

"No," Ling Cen wailed, "Those sage books in private schools are so boring."

No one paid any attention to him.

In the evening, the three sisters took turns taking a shower.

Ling Dang was about to go to Li's house to sleep, but was stopped by his third sister Ling Jing.

"Ah Dang."

"Huh?" Lingdang turned around.

Ling Jing came over and led her back to the house: "You are eight years old, already a half-grown girl. Let's not talk about A-Cen. A-Huai is the same age and older as you. It's really not possible to sleep together again."

Ling Qiong glanced at the two of them, thinking that the ancients were precocious, so she didn't say what she wanted to say. She just smiled and said, "Tomorrow, I'll ask the carpenter to make a bed and put it in the house."

"But Ah Huai and Ah Cen are only a few years old. Ah Cen can't sleep well..." Ling Dang has a big head. They are still two children and no one is watching. Is that okay?

The fifth brother, Ling Huai, was okay. The sixth brother, Ling Cen, could tuck him into bed several times a night.

Ling Jing said: "Let the second brother go to sleep in that room, so that the room can be given to Master Xu."

Fine.

At midnight, the snow that had fallen all day finally stopped.

Ling Cen turned over and opened his eyes in confusion, planning to get up for the night. Just as he was about to go down in the dark, he touched Ling Huai who was sitting up.

"Fifth brother?" Ling Cen looked at Ling Huai under the bright moonlight.

Ling Huai responded in a low voice, but made no move.

Ling Cen got out of bed and climbed into bed again, but Ling Huai was still sitting there.

"It's not yet dawn, aren't you going to sleep?"

"Go to sleep." Ling Huai helped Ling Cen press the quilt.

Ling Cen only said, "Is it because Fourth Sister is not here that you can't sleep?"

Ling Huai didn't respond. The figure sitting beside the bed was like a black rock.

Ling Cen's eyes were bleary and he muttered: "Isn't this easy to handle? Let the fourth sister come back and sleep tomorrow."

The room fell silent again.

After a long time.

"Come back and sleep, we can't do it tomorrow... we have to wait..."

On New Year's Eve, the snow fell softly and flew softly.

Big red lanterns were hung under the eaves of the Ling family, and the trees in the courtyard were also covered with small red lanterns, adding a lot of joy.

The six children of the Ling family paid New Year's greetings to Master Xu one by one. Master Xu looked extremely happy, with a smile on his usually solemn face.

Master Xu also gave the children lucky money one by one.

As the eldest sister in the family, Ling Qiong also sent a big red envelope to her younger brothers and sisters.

The family celebrated the New Year happily.

Just after the second day of the second lunar month, early in the morning of the third lunar month, a sedan led a dozen people and carried six large red-painted boxes to the door of Ling's house.

Ling Feng got up early to practice martial arts and heard a knock on the door. He thought it was a fellow villager who came to visit, so he opened the door with a happy face.

"You are?"

"I am the manager of the Ning family. My surname is Zhao. I am here to hire someone for my third son."

Ning family, Third Young Master? Third Young Master Ning? A sick young man who will not live long? Come to hire? You went to the wrong door.

Ling Feng frowned and ignored it for a moment.

The people in the house leaned out one after another when they heard the movement in the yard.

Ling Jing came out and asked, "Second brother, what's the matter?"

Ling Feng was confused: "It's said that the third young master of the Ning family hired me."

Ling Jing suddenly stopped her feet, and a cold look appeared on her smiling face. Ling Huai suddenly stared at Manager Zhao at the courtyard gate, his dark eyes filled with thick fog that even the sun could not melt away on a sunny day.

But Ling Cen exclaimed, jumped up, and shouted: "Sister! Something bad has happened! Someone from the Ning family has come to capture you to celebrate Young Master Ning's death!"

Ling Qiong had not yet cracked the melon seeds in her mouth, and looked outside the room in confusion: "Huh?"

Lingdang: "..."

The fun has begun.

Ling Cen's voice made Ling Feng frown.

He stretched out his hand to block the door and said in a cold voice: "Everyone, you went to the wrong door. Please go back and forth wherever you go. Please don't send me far."

Ling Feng closed the door.

The door was not closed, and he was pushed to death by the servants of the Ning family from the outside.

Manager Zhao raised his voice and said: "When your mother, Mrs. Li, was still alive, she had already agreed to the marriage between the eldest daughter of the Ling family, Ling Qiong, and our third young master. She also specifically asked Matchmaker Hu to marry my young master's birthday and agree on the date and date of the engagement. It's an auspicious day to get married. The matchmaker's orders from the parents are a match made in heaven. It's not your fault!"

Ling Qiong stood up angrily in the room, but was held down by Ling Dang.

"Sister, calm down."

"How do you want me to calm down?! Mrs. Li, haha." Ling Qiong sneered, "Have I not treated you well enough?! I want you to be fed and clothed, but she wants to treat me like this! A wedding? That's what a mother can do thing?!"

Ling Jing, who was in the courtyard, took a step forward without haste, put her hand on Ling Feng's shoulder, and motioned for him to get out of the way.

Ling Feng looked at Ling Jing who was smiling calmly, pondered for a moment, and finally put down his hand.

Ling Jing looked at Manager Zhao tepidly: "Then what you said, where is the marriage certificate?"

Manager Zhao frowned slightly.

Ling Jing then said, "Without a marriage contract, how could the Ning family just rely on a verbal agreement, empty words, and a few mahogany boxes to get rid of someone else's daughter who has been raised through hard work for more than ten years?"

The Ning family does not have a marriage certificate, and it is impossible to have one.

Matchmaker Hu was the one who dealt with the Ning and Ling families when it came to the wedding. Except for the birthdays and birth dates in advance, the Ning family never showed up from the beginning to the end.

Naturally, there was no time to get the marriage certificate issued.

They thought everything was safe, but they didn't expect something happened to Mr. Li, so they just gave up and walked away.

The Ning family was afraid of trouble and couldn't wait any longer. They hurriedly ordered people to go to the Ling family to recruit people, hoping to pressure and coax Ling Qiong into signing the marriage contract.

The marriage certificate is not written casually. The names of the three generations of ancestry, honorary titles, hometown, etc. must be noted, and the signatures of both parents are required.

But the Ling family moved here temporarily, and her father was away from home without knowing where he was. The matchmaker inquired about Li's ancestral home, but Li remained silent.

The Ning family was in a hurry, and the matchmaker had no choice but to persuade the Ning family to make the appointment first, and then arrange the marriage certificate with the Yamen, and carry the bride into the house first. No matter how much else she did, it wouldn't be a problem.

Since ancient times, there is no reason for a girl to be carried out the door in her wedding dress without any reason.

Ling Jing pinched her palms with her fingers, suppressed her resentment, and looked at Manager Zhao with an even gentler smile.

She would never allow the same mistakes in her last life to be repeated in this life.

Ha, Ning family.

It's best to be calm. You don't have to worry about what happened in the last life. If she does bad things in front of her in this life, there are thousands of ways to make the Ning family never have peace.

Ling Jing's words outside the room made Ling Qiong calm down.

Manager Zhao looked at Ling Jing calmly, relaxed his brows, and smiled again. A shrewd and sophisticated old fox with cunning eyes.

"I wonder who the girl is?"

"Ling Qiong's sister, she is the third in the family, and her name is Jing."

"Third girl, I have long admired you."

"Manager Zhao has promoted me, but I don't dare to accept it."

Manager Zhao smiled again and turned his attention to Ling Feng.

"What about this little friend?"

"The eldest son in the family, Ling Qiong's younger brother, Ling Feng."

Manager Zhao nodded and said hello, "I didn't expect that all the children of the Ling family are good-looking people, which is very good. However, I heard that you two younger brothers and sisters are not the only ones in Miss Ling's family, right?"

When Ling Feng heard this, he glanced over with a sharp glance.

Ling Jing stepped forward and stood in front of Ling Feng, her smile not diminishing, "Yes, thank you for taking care of me."

"There, when Miss Ling gets married, she will be our third young lady of the Ning family. As a servant of the Ning family, it is also our duty to take care of the young lady's family members."

"I like to hear what Manager Zhao has to say, but unfortunately, what I just said was too early."

Manager Zhao looked down coldly: "Miss Ling San has a sharp tooth and a sharp mouth. I would like to advise you not to drink a toast or eat as a penalty."

As soon as he finished speaking, the servants of the Ning family immediately crowded into the courtyard.

Ling Feng took Ling Jing behind him.

Ling Qiong walked out of the house in time, "Oh, what a coincidence, I don't drink wine."

The servants of the Ning family drew their swords uniformly.

Ling Feng's whole body tensed up. He didn't have a knife on him.

Manager Zhao: "Miss Ling, you'd better sign the marriage contract today to show dignity. Otherwise, I can't guarantee that your younger brother and sister will still be able to stand here intact and talk nonsense with me like they are now. "

Ling Qiong said one word at a time: "I will not sign it even if I die."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ling Cen rushed out of the next room with a knife and shouted to Ling Feng: "Second brother! Catch it!"

Ling Feng held Ling Jing with one hand and turned around. The moment he turned around, he raised his hand and caught his knife firmly in his hand.

Everyone in the Ning family also rushed up at this time.

(End of this chapter)