The Road to Doting Wife

Chapter 14
Zhao Chen did not break the appointment.

He is one thing with her, and another thing with Lin Chongjiu. The two have nothing to do with each other. Since he promised to teach Lin Chongjiu for half a year, he will teach him for half a year.

"Brother Zhao, why didn't you ride a horse today?" Lin Chongjiu ran over quickly and looked curiously at the carriage beside the forest.

"I've been busy in the county for the past two days, and I just came back today." Looking at the neatly dressed boy in front of him, Zhao Chen smiled slightly, stretched out his hand that had been behind his back, and handed him a small hemlock bow: "Then It’s really rude to leave in a hurry today, giving Xiaojiu a gift is considered an apology, and Xiaojiu will apologize to your parents for me later.”

Lin Chongjiu's eyes lit up, and he focused all his attention on the bow and arrow in front of him: "Brother Zhao, don't say that, my parents didn't blame you, and asked me to invite you to my house."

Zhao Chen didn't answer, squatted down, and taught Lin Chongjiu how to shoot with a bow.Lin Chongjiu's eyes were sharp, and he was surprised to find that both of his wrists were tied with gauze: "Brother Zhao is injured?"

"It's a small matter, just take some medicine, and you'll be fine in a few days." Zhao Chen looked ahead, holding Lin Chongjiu's little hand to help him shoot the arrow, and the arrow passed through the middle of the leaves.

Lin Chongjiu applauded repeatedly.

"Practice hard, you can do this sooner or later." Zhao Chen touched his head, temporarily put away his bow and arrow, and asked him to squat for a quarter of an hour.

Lin Chongjiu squatted obediently.

Zhao Chen sat on the ground leaning on the tree trunk, looked at it for a while, and asked him: "Xiao Jiu, what will your family say about me after I leave? Don't look at me, look at the front."

Lin Chongjiu smiled, and talked to him like that facing the river: "My father praised Brother Zhao as a gentleman, not as arrogant as some rich young masters. My mother said that Brother Zhao looked like a handsome scholar, not like a kung fu master." Hmm...Second sister likes the cherries that Brother Zhao gave me very much, and she ate several of them." At the end, she was a little annoyed, she refused to eat the elder sister's share, but the second sister snatched it if he wanted to.

"What did your elder sister say?" Zhao Chen raised his right hand and unconsciously rubbed the corner of his mouth.

Lin Chongjiu closed his mouth.

Although the eldest sister didn't say anything, he could tell that the eldest sister didn't like Brother Zhao very much, otherwise why did she keep opposing him to learn kung fu from Brother Zhao?But how could he let Big Brother Zhao know that no one likes to be rejected by others.

"Your elder sister doesn't like me? She won't let you learn Kung Fu from me?" Zhao Chen asked directly.

Lin Chongjiu was so shocked that he couldn't squat down anymore, scratched his head, and asked him a little nervously: "How did Brother Zhao know?"

Zhao Chen waved at him and said with a smile: "I also know that it was your second sister who asked you to find out if I was married, didn't you?" At first he thought she was posturing, but she grabbed her so hard, her eyes were so angry, and she cried So desperate, it can't be an act.In fact, when he entered the study and saw her defensive eyes, he should have guessed it.

Lin Chongjiu was dumbfounded.

Zhao Chen didn't need him to answer, motioned him to sit down next to him, turned his head and said: "Xiao Jiu, I've hit it off with you, and I will inevitably visit your house in the future, so tell me about your family's temper today. Well, I can get along well with them. Especially your eldest sister, please be more careful, tell me what she likes and dislikes, I want to know why she doesn't like me, and what about her and your brother Meng, Tell me all about it, lest I accidentally offend her in the future. "

It's fine if he doesn't say anything, but he said he wants to marry her, if he fails to marry, wouldn't she be ridiculed for being affectionate?

As long as he takes her home, she can laugh at her however she wants, and he doesn't mind how much the whole family laughs.

His reasons were high-sounding, and of course Lin Chongjiu would not object, and enthusiastically introduced his family.

What he said was general, Zhao Chen asked patiently, everyone asked, and finally asked about things related to Ah Ju, it was not obvious after a long time.

It was almost noon when Zhao Chen patted Lin Chongjiu on the shoulder: "Go home, remember not to tell them these things."

Lin Chongjiu didn't quite understand: "Why can't you tell me?" The second sister liked to ask what he and Brother Zhao did.

Zhao Chen smiled, pointed to the bow on his shoulder and gave him an example: "Do you like this gift?"

Lin Chongjiu nodded.

Zhao Chen then said: "I like riding and archery, so I gave you a bow and arrow. It just so happens that you like it too, which shows that we have similar temperaments. If I don't like riding and archery, but I just heard that you like it, I chose a bow and arrow to give you on purpose. That's a good song." Which one do you think makes you happier?"

Lin Chongjiu thought about it for a while, and understood a little, and immediately assured him: "Don't worry, brother Zhao, I won't tell anyone, just say that I have been learning from you!"

Zhao Chen patted his head, watched him walk away, turned and walked towards the carriage.

The carriage was slowly moving forward on the country road, Zhao Chen closed his eyes and leaned against the carriage, with his right hand resting on his knee, he gently pulled it.

"Master, you're home."

Zhao Chen opened his eyes, which were introverted and calm.

After getting off the car, he went directly to his mother's yard.

There was a wound on his mouth that day and he couldn't come back, so he just sent Chen Ping to report that there was something wrong in the county, but now the bite is not obvious, so he is not afraid of his mother's suspicion.

Ning was about to eat, when she heard from the little maid outside that the young master had returned, she ordered Wenmei to add more bowls and chopsticks, there must be enough food.

Wenmei went out in response, when she reached the door, Zhao Chen turned to face her, she opened the bead curtain to one side, Zhao Chen came in and she went out.

"Mother hasn't eaten yet, I just want to reward my son with a bite." Zhao Chen smiled and sat down beside Ning Shi. There were meat and vegetables on the table, both mother and son loved to eat.

Ning didn't see her son for three days, so she looked at him seriously and saw that he seemed to be a little thinner, so she asked with concern: "The corners of your mouth are getting angry, are you done with your work?"

The couple live here, of course they don't have to worry about food and clothing, but the son is unwilling to be a young master who eats nothing. He started to do business at the age of 13. At first, he was just behind the scenes. Later, the business got bigger and bigger, so he only showed up occasionally.Ning knew that his son's business had already reached the capital, and he might have done something else in the capital. He was afraid that she would not tell her if she was worried, so she didn't ask.

The 17-year-old boy is no longer the child who threw himself into her arms and cried loudly when he saw that she was still alive.

Get angry...

Zhao Chen couldn't help touching the corner of his mouth, as he was used to these days, seeing his mother's eyes on his wrist, he hurriedly explained: "I didn't pay attention to the exercise that day, I used too much force, take some medicine, and it will be fine in a few days. It's okay, mom, don't worry."

Ning nodded her head and smiled softly: "You have always done things properly, mother is not worried at all." She raised her chopsticks and prepared to eat.

Zhao Chen had a headache, so he hurried over to make amends: "Mom, I was really wrong. I promise I will never hurt myself again because of my practice. Don't be angry, can you?" Mother only showed that kind of gentleness in front of her father. The alienated smile, in front of him, is obviously angry.

Ning's face was sullen, and she put down her chopsticks to reprimand her son for not taking care of his body, but Wenmei came in with a case at this time. Looking at the mother and son, she knew that there was something wrong between them, and smiled and persuaded: "Ma'am, the young master just now When you come back, you’re still hungry, so it’s not too late to teach the young master after dinner if you have something to say.”

"Yes, mother, I know you miss me. I came back under the sun just to have dinner with you. Let's eat first. If you have something to say, you will talk about me after dinner." Zhao Chen answered the words first, and brought food to his mother in a flattering manner.

Ning Shi stretched out her hand and pressed hard on the top of his head, Zhao Chen did not hide but was pushed away by Ning Shi, after the laughter, the mother and son started to eat.

In the afternoon, the two of them took a break, and after waking up, Zhao Chen came to play chess with his mother.

Ning's chess skills are superb, and Zhao Chen has also improved a lot in the past two years. The two of them can't give in to either of them, and the outcome is five or five.

But today it was Zhao Chen who lost.

The outcome was a foregone conclusion, Ning raised her head and looked at Zhao Chen in confusion after finishing the last move, "Is there something on your mind?" The layout was impatient.

Zhao Chen also looked up at her, "Mother, do you hate father very much?"

Ning Shi was slightly taken aback, and then smiled and said, "Why do you ask that?"

There were only mother and son in the room, and Zhao Chen didn't hide his words: "I know that mother liked someone before, and it was my father who made a hindrance and forced you to marry into the Marquis's mansion. Mother, you don't get angry at anything father does, is it because you never Did you like your father, but still hate his coercion back then?"

Ning asked curiously: "You didn't ask before, why do you ask today?"

Zhao Chen just stared at her: "Mother, tell me, I want to know."

Ning lowered her eyes, held her sleeve in one hand, and picked up chess pieces with the other. After picking up black pieces, she raised her eyes and saw that Zhao Chen was still staring at her persistently. She smiled helplessly: "Your father, I really hated it. I hated it for a while. I mean, I don’t hate it anymore, especially after having you, without him, where would you come from?”

"I don't hate you, but you don't like father either, do you?" Zhao Chen asked with complicated emotions.

Ning smiled and said nothing, and gave her son a look: "Why do you look like a girl all of a sudden? Could it be that you fell in love with some girl and came to learn from your mother?"

Zhao Chen's expression remained unchanged, looking at the Ning family in front of him, his mind was turned elsewhere.

Mother likes to smile, softly, shallowly, and when she is not smiling, she is demure and indifferent, as if none of those things have ever happened to her.When my father came over last year, he made a slip of the tongue after drinking, saying that my mother was like an orchid in the valley. He forcibly brought her home and guarded her every year.

Zhao Chen didn't understand much, and he didn't really want to explore the relationship between his parents. He only knew that his father was kind to him in nurturing him, and he should respect his father where he should respect him, and his mother was the one he had to protect no matter what. People, even if they want to contradict their father.As for what happened to his parents, they were kind on the surface, so it was not easy for him to ask.

But he met a girl named Aju.

She likes orchids as much as her mother, and the demure appearance of orchids is very much like her mother.She smiled brightly in front of her family, perhaps her mother had also smiled like this before, fascinated by her father?If his mother was his father's orchid, Aju would belong to him. He was not as affectionate as his father, but he had already decided to pick her home, but he didn't want to be like his father, because the flower root was hurt when he picked it, and he couldn't keep it. until the flowers bloom.

She didn't want to marry, but he would make her fall in love with him and marry him willingly.

play hard.

(End of this chapter)