Yu Tang Golden Boudoir

Chapter 86 Proposal (2)

Mrs. Huang saw off Mrs. Zhou, and just came back to sit down when her daughter Xu Jie came in from behind the screen. Mrs. Huang looked at her and smiled, "You were the one hiding behind?"

"Yeah." Xu Jie sat sideways on the edge of the couch: "I was at Zhu's house the other day, and Mrs. Zhou saw that the flowers on my clothes looked good. I said I drew them myself, so she asked me to draw a few pictures for her. She, I happened to be free yesterday, and I already drew it. I heard that she was here, and I wanted to give it to her. When I went to the back and heard what she said about marriage and infidelity, I didn’t dare to come in.” Xu Jie explained in a soft voice. Madam Huang took the flower from Xu Jie's hand and looked at it, then rolled it up again and said with a smile: "Send someone to deliver it to her."

As she said that, she called a woman in and told her to send it to Mrs. Zhou. Xu Jie looked around, then turned to Mrs. Huang and said, "Ma'am, are you going to say goodbye to Brother Nine?"

"Hmm." Mrs. Huang's heart moved slightly, she looked at her daughter and asked with a smile: "If you had to choose, would you like Sister Tian to be the sister-in-law, or the third wife of the Li family?"

"Third lady." Xu Jie replied without hesitation. Mrs. Huang looked at her daughter in surprise and surprise. Xu Jie's face was flushed by her mother, and she said in a soft voice: "Sister Tian is so kind. , okay..." Xu Jie didn't know how to describe it for a while: "It's like the moon in the sky. It's so good that people can't get close. In front of her, I don't even dare to say more. When she talks, sometimes I I don't understand, I still like San Niangzi."

Mrs. Huang pulled her daughter, patted her in her arms and said, "You're right, Sister Tian is very kind."

In the evening, the family had dinner and served tea. Mrs. Huang sent everyone away, and told Xu Xueshi what Mrs. Xu proposed marriage and what Mrs. Zhou came to pass on today, and then discussed: "It depends on what you want, Mrs. Li's third lady." Is it not as good as Sister Tian, ​​I just think that Sister Tian is too good, our brother Jing is not good enough, besides, if it is the eldest son, the more capable the daughter-in-law is, the better, but Jing is the youngest, this daughter-in-law is too It’s not good if you can do it.”

"En." Xu Xueshi thought for a moment and said, "Brother Jing is mediocre. Whether it is marriage or future, you should not ask too much, Duke Yong." Xu Xueshi sighed with emotion: "I was with him back then. In Qingfeng Club, we often discuss literature and poetry together. Although he has limited talent, he is rare in nature, loyal, enthusiastic, and has the demeanor of an elder brother. I remember that he loves his younger brother the most, and is most proud of this younger brother. He has no talent. , as soon as the couplet comes to the bottom, every time before the penalty of drinking, you have to say, 'If the fourth brother is here, you can't beat him alone!' Then those things... oh." Xu Xueshi sighed again: "I'm afraid He is also Chi Yu, if you think San Niangzi is good, go for San Niangzi, with the temperament of Duke Yong, this child must be honest, besides, the Yang family in southern Sichuan has a good family style, and the young lady he brought up is no different. Where are you going?"

"I think so too." Mrs. Huang said with a smile: "Then I will ask someone to combine the horoscope tomorrow. If it is appropriate, it will be settled like this."

The next day, after finishing the horoscope, Mrs. Huang came to Mrs. Xu in person and told Mrs. Yongguo's mansion and Mrs. Zhou about the third lady, and explained in detail what she and Xueshi Xu meant. Although Mrs. Xu was a little annoyed, but After listening to Mrs. Huang's explanation, I couldn't find anything wrong with it. This marriage is originally a matter of mutual love between the two families. Both families are willing, so what can I say?
Mrs. Xu sent Mrs. Huang away, thought about Li Tian, ​​sighed for a long time, took Yu Yaofang to the Qingtong Courtyard in person, talked to Li Tian about the proposed marriage, and comforted him for a long time before going back out of the corner gate.

Li Tian sent Mrs. Xu away, returned to the upper room, and threw herself on the couch, feeling weak in all four limbs, sinking all over her body, unable to move, dizzy, dizzy, not wanting to move, not listening, not thinking about anything, just wanting to lie on her stomach like this until Forever.

Yingluo, Qingzhi, Yueniang and others surrounded the couch, looking at Li Tian with great concern, Yueniang stepped forward and patted Li Tian on the back and said, "This is because his Xu family is not blessed, don't be sad .”

"Fifth lady, don't you always say that marriage is a matter of fate, one has to go with fate and the other has to look away." Yingluo also hurriedly comforted, Li Tian moved his fingers weakly, buried his head in the pillow and said vaguely: "You Go out first, let me be alone, go out first."

Yingluo, Qingzhi, Yueniang, you look at me, I look at you, they dare not go out, but they dare not speak any more.Li Tian lay on the ground for less than half an hour, then slowly sat up with his arms propped up and said: "I'm fine, go to the front yard, please go back to the third lady, she has already got a good relationship, and she doesn't need to come to Qingtongyuan to socialize in the future. "

The three of them didn't dare to say a word, Qingzhi glanced at Yingluo, then turned to Mr. Shui's yard.

"This matter, let's put up with it like this?" Yue Niang saw that Li Tian had calmed down and sat on the edge of the couch with an indignant expression on her face. Li Tian was cleaned by Ying Luo, Yu Ye and others. After receiving a cup of clear tea, he drank half a cup with his eyes downcast, then looked up at Yue Niang and said, "The Xu family came to ask me to marry me, and the Li family wanted to marry the third lady. Go, tell me, who is right? Who is sorry for us? Mrs. Yang is the mother of the third lady, so she naturally thinks of the third lady in every way. Is it wrong? The Xu family thinks that the third lady is better, so they ordered the third lady. Is it wrong? Who do we not tolerate?"

"Let me just ask, don't be so angry." Yue Niang said a little embarrassingly, Li Tian sighed, lowered his head and drank his tea, feeling desolate.

Li Yunshang didn't know about the marriage, and was politely kicked out by Qing Zhi Ke, with tears in his eyes filled with grievance, standing in the garden and crying for a long time, before wiping away his tears, he went to the main courtyard to find his mother.

Mrs. Yang was in a very happy mood when she made an appointment with the Xu family. After hearing Li Yunshang's words, she waved her hand indifferently and said, "Where do you have time to learn how to play the piano? This engagement will only happen twice a year." It's time to get married, you can't be careless with this dowry, we don't need an embroiderer in our house, I just calculated that this embroidery can be almost as good as embroidery from now on. The ones you painted are useless, and those who are betrothed can’t go out any more, you’d better worry about your dowry embroidery, that’s enough, you go back, I still have a lot of things to do here.”

Mrs. Yang dismissed Li Yunshang, frowned and thought for a while, the more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable she felt. After being awkward for a while, she suddenly called her daughter-in-law Mrs. Zhou in, looked at Grandma Zhou and said, "I remember the second-bedroom elder of the Dongyibo Mansion. Two, Zhou Chaoshun is a direct son, how old is he this year?"

"Seventeen." Grandma Zhou looked at Mrs. Yang, her heart skipped a beat, and Mrs. Yang gave a soft 'hmm': "I remember this guy was born very well, and he is sensible, you go back tomorrow , ask my brother if he is engaged."

"Are you going to marry Er Niangzi?" Grandma Zhou couldn't help asking, Madam Yang glanced at her and said, "Er Nizi is a concubine, can she climb up to others? I think Wu Nizi is a good match for him." "Grandma Zhou's heart skipped a beat, watching Mrs. Yang swallow her saliva, she bowed her head stiffly and agreed.

In the evening, Grandma Zhou came out after serving dinner. Seeing that there was no one around, she couldn't help complaining to Nanny Xiao: "This is too much, let alone stealing someone's good marriage. My fifth sister told that prodigal Chaoshun."

"It's over." Xiao Momo couldn't help but said, "Other than that good-looking face, Fifth Master, what else is good about him?"

"Fortunately, he is full of all five poisons!" Grandma Zhou turned around and rushed to the main courtyard to 'pooh': "Such a person, she still has the face to say yes? This heart is really dark." After finishing speaking, she turned her head Looking at Mammy Xiao, she said, "Tell me, Mammy, what should we do about this matter? Let me go, won't all the grudges be drawn on us later?"

"Well, I think we have to tell Wu Niangzi about this anyway." Madam Xiao suggested, and Grandma Zhou nodded, "I also mean the same thing, so I'll trouble Madam to go now. You have to tell the truth, who is Zhou Chaoshun, don't hide anything, explain everything clearly."

"Grandma, don't worry." Xiao Momo promised, beckoned to the girl who was far behind, turned around and turned to the side path, and made a big circle to report to Qingtongyuan.

Grandma Zhou came back from her natal home and reported to Madam Yang exactly what she had said and what the other party had said to Mrs. Qian Er, Zhou Chaoshun's mother. She lowered her eyebrows and said sympathetically: "Second Aunt said that it's fine if there are a few other young ladies in our family. She has seen them all before, but Fifth Lady has never seen them. I heard that she grew up with Mrs. Lin. Well, Mrs. Lin is notorious for her temper, she has to see this fifth lady for herself."

Mrs. Yang frowned all of a sudden, she was not afraid that the Second Mrs. Qian would look down on Li Tian, ​​she was not willing or able to let Li Tian know about this, if they saw each other face to face, that girl is so smart, how could she not see it come out?But if she refuses to let her see, and she really can't find a suitable reason, Mrs. Yang pondered for a while, then reluctantly nodded and said: "This matter should not be delayed, let's do it tomorrow, right here..." Mrs. Yang thought for a while and said: "It's in the Yinfeng Pavilion. The rose season over there has just bloomed these few days. Tomorrow, when the second wife of Qian comes, you go to the Qingtong Courtyard, call Wu Nizi out, and say to enjoy the flowers, and take her along the way." Enter Yinfeng Pavilion to meet the elders."

Grandma Zhou bowed her head obediently and bent her knees to agree, but she was filled with anger and asked her to coax Li Tian. If it wasn't for the quiet greeting yesterday, something really happened. Don't put your shit on yourself!Is that sister a mess?She didn't dare to provoke her, she used herself as a punch!

Before the end of the next day, and missed the scorching heat in the afternoon, Mrs. Qian's car entered the second gate of Duke Yongguo's mansion. Mrs. Yang was all smiles, and was about to meet her when she saw the curtain of the car lifted. Jumping off the car, raised his hands to straighten his head, stroked the front of his clothes, lowered his head to straighten the knots carefully, and then turned to help his mother, Mrs. Qian, but Mrs. Qian was already supporting her mother-in-law. The men got out of the car.

The smile on Mrs. Yang's face became stunned and annoyed. Grandma Zhou couldn't help raising her eyebrows with a smile on her lips, but she still lowered her eyebrows.

"Wulang is here too?" Mrs. Yang reluctantly greeted with deep dissatisfaction in her tone. The second Mrs. Qian's complexion darkened, and she said bluntly, "How can such a big matter be accomplished if he doesn't see it? We Such a family can never wrong the child.” Mrs. Yang sighed, but she was begging for her own business, and she couldn’t turn her face, so she forced a smile and said, “I’ve never passed this grass-roots post or a small post. , it's not time for a blind date yet."

"Craft posts and detailed posts are just a description of family background. Look at the dowry and dowry. Our family background, do we still need to read the grass posts? You and I are much clearer than the grass posts. The dowry is above the dowry. It's not that I haven't seen the dowry before, don't worry, this dowry must be worthy of your family's dowry." The second wife of Qian has a lot of confidence in her family background and money, and doesn't take Mrs. Yang very seriously. What Mrs. Yang said was speechless.The Second Mrs. Qian dusted off her skirt with a handkerchief and said: "Yesterday when our girl went back, she said that she had followed Madam's order. Tete came to find me and said that this relative, I am the most respectful person, so I can't break it no matter what. Our girl's face, secondly, it is your daughter's family who proposed first at the door, no matter what, you have to look at each other, otherwise where will the madam's face be put? If the madam thinks it is inappropriate, I will make a trip for nothing. "

After saying that, the Second Mrs. Qian made a gesture and was about to turn around and get in the car. Mrs. Yang hurriedly smiled and said, "The Second Mrs. has become more and more irritable in the past two years. It's not a big deal. It's hot here. Come in, let's go in and talk." The second wife made a 'hum' sound, she shook her handkerchief, and went into the garden with her head slightly raised.Zhou Chaoshun watched his mother and Mrs. Yang come and go with a smile, shook his folding fan and turned his head to look around undisguisedly. Grandma Zhou kept asking.

A group of people entered Yinfeng Pavilion, the door of the pavilion was ajar, and several large ice basins in the room exuded a cool air like white mist. Mrs. Yang gave Grandma Zhou a wink, Grandma Zhou turned and exited, After walking in the direction of Yuanqing Tongyuan for a while, seeing that Yinfeng Pavilion was no longer in sight, he looked around, turned to a remote path next to him, made a big circle, and went back to the flower bush not far from Yinfeng Pavilion. Behind a rockery, he smiled and waited to see the excitement.

Mrs. Yang and Mrs. Qian Er chattered back and forth politely, while Zhou Chaoshun stood in front of the window, looking boredly at the gorgeous flowers outside the window, waiting for the legendary fifth lady with an extremely rich dowry to come and have a blind date.

The flowers outside the window shook for a while, a very pretty girl in green and white poked her head out from behind the flowers, saw Zhou Chaoshun, smiled as if the flowers were more gorgeous, blinked at him, and waved the handkerchief at him Beckoning, Zhou Chaoshun's eyes were dazzled and his mouth was watering. Seeing the girl smiling and waving at him, she put her fingers between her lips to signal him to be quiet. Zhou Chaoshun couldn't bear it, so he found a reason at random, turned around and left the pavilion. He opened the door, walked a few steps to the front of the flowers, and saw that very delicate and cute little girl standing under the thick wisteria trellis not far away, smiling at him and raising her handkerchief.

Zhou Chaoshun followed the pretty girl closely. He didn't take a few steps, but turned three or four turns in a row. Seeing that he was about to turn to the end of the clump of roses, the little girl suddenly stopped and pointed to the front. She was extremely playful. He scratched his face with his fingers a few times, as if there was something to shame him, he jumped back a few steps, and disappeared in the blink of an eye. Zhou Chaoshun froze for a moment, looking at the direction where the little girl disappeared, and then at The direction the little girl pointed, hesitated for a moment, then turned in two steps towards the direction the little girl pointed.

As soon as he turned the corner, he saw a girl in a honey-colored dress, described as gentle and pleasing, with her back turned to her, talking to a little girl who was described as ordinary on the opposite side. The little girl greeted Zhou Chaoshun, Seeing him, she burst into a smile, and suddenly raised her hand to hug the little lady. Before Zhou Chaoshun was surprised, the little girl turned around and ran away quickly, turning around and disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Zhou Chaoshun was overjoyed, walked over a few steps, smiled next to the little lady, "You two girls are really sweet." The third lady, Li Yunshang, was stunned by Yuye's inexplicability, and when she turned around and saw Zhou Chaoshun, Zhou Chaoshun had already Li Yunshang screamed out in fright, but couldn't move when he wanted to run errands. Zhou Chaoshun was frightened by this scream, so he hugged her and put his hand on her mouth He said anxiously: "Don't call, you didn't call me here?"

This place is very close to Yinfeng Pavilion. There are quite a few maids and women waiting around Yinfeng Pavilion today. Hearing this terrified scream, Li Yunshang rushed over. Suddenly, Li Yunshang saw that Zhou Chaoshun had softened his feet from fright. He was embraced by Zhou Chaoshun again, and the man's hands were covering his mouth. In panic and fear, he didn't catch his breath, and simply passed out. Zhou Chaoshun was inexplicably stunned, and suddenly a small man rushed out from the side. The lady pulled Li Yunshang out of Zhou Chaoshun's arms, but threw herself into Zhou Chaoshun's arms.

Grandma Zhou behind the rockery was stunned, seeing all the maids and women coming around, Mrs. Yang and Mrs. Qian also rushed over panting, Grandma Zhou hurriedly withdrew from the rockery, made a big circle and hurried to sing Fengge went back.

(End of this chapter)