Siqing followed her mother-in-law to the front, and Xiu'e hurriedly followed, I don't know if it was her delusion, how did she think that the fourth lady was smiling very brightly now?

When I arrived at the main courtyard, I just listened to the people's discussions, and I already had a general understanding of the ins and outs of the matter.

To put it simply, it was Meng Huaian who had a conflict with the Liu family today with the strength of wine, and fought, and kicked the second uncle of the family, and was seen by Liu Gongzi, and he had to withdraw from the marriage no matter what.

"I told the second young master about the dowry yesterday, he didn't pay attention to it, I heard the people in his courtyard say that he only came back in the middle of the night last year, he was drunk, and he was still swaying when he walked in the morning. The mother-in-law complained and explained in a low voice.

While listening, Siqing stepped into the threshold and saw Meng Huai'an, who was flushed, he sat on the chair, humming and panting, and the accompanying matchmaker was "complaining" to Meng Hongxian.

The Liu family felt that the dowry was a little small, so they muttered a few words, but the young master was not happy to hear it, so they started fighting. ”

"If you think the dowry is small, come back and tell us, why are you fighting?" Meng Hongxian's face was red and his neck was thick.

"I also persuaded the young master to do the same, but the young master didn't listen. "The matchmaker finally facilitated the marriage, so that the kick was kicked away, and I felt extremely uncomfortable, and I wanted to sue a few more.

Meng Hongxian's face was pale, and he pointed at Huai'an angrily: "Look at the good things you have done, you get up for me!"

Huai'an stood up reluctantly and muttered: "As far as their virtue is concerned, they only look at money in their eyes, and the fourth sister has not had a good life when she gets married, so forget it if she retires." ”

Siqing, who just came in, was stunned, everyone only cared about whether this matter was broken and the rules were lost face, but this person could think of whether she would have a better life in the future.

For no reason, he was moved, thinking that this matter was related to him, and he was about to step forward to say a few words, but he heard Meng Hongxian roar angrily: "You say forget it, you think a marriage is so simple?"

"How difficult it can be, the fourth sister can arrange marriage without even meeting people, I think it's very simple to get married. Huai'an said disapprerovingly.

Seeing that he didn't admit his mistake at all, Meng Hongxian was furious, and roared and ordered: "If you dare to talk back, you will go to the ancestral hall for me to kneel, and you will not be allowed to get up until it is dark!"

Huai'an knew that he was really angry, and he didn't dare to be disobedient anymore, so he walked towards the ancestral hall.

As soon as he turned around, he just caught a glimpse of Siqing, and he was angry and glared at her: "What are you looking at?"

When he entered the Meng family, Siqing had seen him twice, and he said the same thing on both sides.

I also wanted to help him plead for mercy, but he was angry and walked so fast that he didn't even give her a chance to speak, she stood in the hall for a while, doing nothing, so she had to go home.

The next day, Xiu'e brought news, saying that the master finally allowed the second young master to come out, and it happened that the Liu family came to return the dowry, and the two families who met again were-for-tat, and the trouble was very unpleasant, and the master was angry in vain, and punished him for kneeling for another three days.

And the old lady inquired about the details, and heard that the Liu family was indeed the first to speak disrespectfully, and the cynical dowry was small, the old lady thought about it, Meng Hongxian originally planned to give more, but she stopped her, so she also had a little responsibility for the divorce, but she couldn't blame Huai'an for everything, so she released Huai'an in advance.

Huai'an relied on the support of the old lady, and after he was released, he ran to smash a few shops on Liujiadang Street, attracting onlookers from all over the neighborhood, and these things spread all over the city overnight.

Siqing couldn't hear the rumors in the backyard, and she was happy, but Pan Lanfang couldn't stand pointing and pointing, and discussed in front of the old lady: "Or, let's go and apologize to the Liu family, and see if this marriage can be done?"

Although the old lady wanted to marry Siqing, she couldn't agree with her words at this time, and patted the table and said, "If you retire, you will retreat, why are you so spineless, and you still ask others to marry?"

Pan Lanfang didn't expect her to be angry and didn't dare to say anything more.

But her worries are not unreasonable, this matter is a bit big, the Meng family wants to talk about family affairs again, but the matchmaker entrusted several people, and the family didn't say it.

Siqing is the young lady of the Meng family, and it will not work if she is too bad, but some people mind Meng Huai'an's "big name", for fear that if she doesn't say a word, she will be beaten by her brother-in-law again, and they all refuse politely.

After coming and going, the young lady of the Meng family who couldn't marry became the talk of the people of Xuncheng after tea and dinner, and when they passed by the front door of the Meng house, they often raised their hands and pointed: "Look, what about the big families?"

The backyard of Meng's house at this time.

Siqing held the branch and poked it on the ground without saying a word.

Xiu'e sighed beside her: "Fourth Miss, the family I told you today didn't work out, what should I do?"

She didn't raise her head: "No achievement, no success." ”

"If you continue like this, you will almost become a celebrity in Xuncheng, and no one wants to do it at that time, the second young master is to blame for this, if it weren't for him, the fourth lady would have married out a long time ago. ”

Siqing said: "I can live without marrying, if the Meng family can't live, as long as I loosen my mouth, I will go out." ”

"Hey, Fourth Miss, don't say this, can the Meng family still tolerate you as a girl, it's just that women are going to marry sooner or later, aren't I anxious for you?"

Where did Xiu'e know about the "disaster star", she really spoke from the perspective of caring about Siqing, but she didn't know why she was displeased, is there anything wrong with this, isn't it the greatest blessing for a woman to marry a good family?

Siqing was a little displeased, these days her affairs have been rumored all over the city, and the word marriage is everywhere on her head, and when those people are anxious about her marriage, no one has come to ask her opinion.

It's obviously her life in the future, but she can't participate in the decision-making process.

But she also knew that it had nothing to do with Xiu'e, so she calmed down and looked up and apologized to Xiu'e.

Xiu'e waved her hand flattered, and suddenly felt cramped and didn't know what to say, so she had to be silent, looked down, and was a little startled at this look.

The outline on the mound is impressively a lively fish, with a little eye, as if it can move immediately.

She was surprised: "Fourth Miss can also draw?"

"I don't draw well. ”

"Isn't this good?" Xiu'e praised: "Look at that one, he made a special trip to ask the teacher to teach him, what kind of things are drawn......"

"Do you mean the second brother?"

"Isn't it the second young master. "Xiu'e has a straight temperament, and in this backyard where few people come, she doesn't pay so much attention to her words, "The second young master has been learning painting with Mr. He for a few years, but he hasn't learned anything, and they can't ...... him."

"It's a blessing to have Mr. He teach him personally. Siqing sighed, but it's a pity that some people don't know how to be blessed in life.

"Fourth Miss knows Mr. He?"

"I don't know, I've heard of him, has he been teaching here?"

Mr. He Chushu He is a master of Chinese painting, Siqing likes Chinese painting, and his name has been heard of.

The Meng family is a family of porcelain paintings, and Chinese painting is the basic skill, so Meng Hongxian made a special trip to invite Mr. He to come to teach a few children.

As for why Meng Hongxian, who is also proficient in Chinese painting, refuses to teach it by himself, those interests may be related to the old past, Siqing is not clear.

Xiu'e replied to her question: "Mr. came four years ago, at that time, except for the fifth young lady Siyi, the others were learning, Mr. He taught painting, the master would occasionally talk about some porcelain painting skills, and then the eldest lady got married, so she stopped learning, and after another year, the young master Ting'an also went abroad, and now the second young master is left to learn alone, since he was left behind, the master will not go, and the second young master will be given full authority to Mr. He, Mr. has a good temper, he can't control him, he has not grown up after studying these years." ”

Xiu'e didn't like this second young master with a stubborn temperament, and she couldn't help but bring her emotions in her words.

But what she said was right, Mr. He couldn't control Huai'an, if he hadn't inherited some favors from Meng Hongxian in the early years, and had to repay his favors, he was afraid that he would have left early.

That Meng Huai'an's class is three days of fishing and two days of drying nets, no, he just went to the thatched house, and when he came back, he was gone.

Xiu'e was still muttering: "If you want me to say, it's that the old lady spoils the second young master too much, she doesn't care about anything, he always does whatever he likes, at that time, Mr. He introduced the opportunity to go abroad, it was originally for the second young master, the second young master didn't want to go, so he changed to the young master Ting'an, you said how good it was to go abroad, why didn't he go......

Siqing thought for a moment, since Huai'an is not the biological son of the Meng family, then the Meng family doesn't care about him, probably not because of favor, but simply too lazy to bother, and the accommodation to him is mostly because of the official position of the cloud cavalry captain hanging on his body.

What's more, they still have serious sons to cultivate, no matter how bad they are, they also have two daughters, even if Meng Si is also a concubine, but it is better to be close than to raise.

Thinking of this, she was stunned to find that she had excluded herself from this group of children, and she couldn't help laughing at herself.

It's not that she wants to rule it out, it's that the Meng family doesn't treat her as a family at all, otherwise, why has no one ever mentioned Chinese painting and porcelain painting that should have been learned by her children?

Then again, Xiu'e's doubts are really easy to explain, it may not be that Huai'an himself is unwilling to go abroad, but he just has the opportunity to further his studies, is it possible that the Meng family does not give his own son and supports his son?

"Fourth Miss, Xiu'e said privately here, you must not have any dealings with the second young master, he himself has a bad temper, there are a bunch of fox friends and dog friends outside, his friends, let me tell you......"

As Xiu'e was talking, Siqing suddenly saw a figure and hurriedly cast a vigilant look at her.

Xiu'e immediately understood, and closed her mouth for a moment.

Then when he turned around, he saw Meng Huai'an standing under the arch.

She stumbled to her feet.

Meng Huai'an glanced at her, ignored her, walked straight forward, walked to the courtyard wall, moved a stone slab from the flower bed, and stepped on it to climb up.

Xiu'e had no choice but to call him: "Second Young Master, what are you going to do?"

"I'll go out and breathe, you don't care. Meng Huai'an hooked his hands on the edge of the wall, and although there was a stone slab under his feet, he still couldn't go up.

Xiu'e shouted again: "That...... Why are you climbing the wall?"

"Why, they won't let you out, it's not because of you. The word "you" was accompanied by sharp eyes, and shot straight towards Siqing.

Siqing frowned: "Why is it because of me?"

Meng Huai'an's hand couldn't hold on, and he slipped down from the wall, he turned around angrily, looked around looking for another way out, and replied angrily: "No, because you made trouble with the Liu family, I am now restricted from freedom by my father, and I have sent a few people to guard the gate, and I can't go out if I don't draw a picture every day!"

Well, is it really her fault?

She was helpless: "You can't go out if you draw a picture, why do you need to come and climb the wall, being discovered by my father, isn't he going to discipline you?"

"You think a painting is so good to paint ......" Huai'an walked over, "This is art, very profound, difficult, okay......"

As he spoke, his eyes inadvertently swept over the fish on the ground, and he suddenly paused, choking on the second half of the sentence and unable to speak again.

He raised his eyebrows at Siqing: "You painted it?"

Xiu'e helped her respond.

He thought for a moment and asked, "Then are you literate?"

"My uncle-in-law used to be a showman, and I learned literacy from him. ”

"That'...... That's pretty good. The other party thought about it, and suddenly had a plan, and approached her with a smile, "My task today is to draw fish, if you help me draw, I will ...... I'll give you a piece of the ocean. ”

Siqing lowered her eyes: "You are different from me, I can't draw well." ”

"The same, the same. Huai'an saw that she didn't seem to be difficult to speak, and said excitedly: "You just move this one on the ground to the paper, oh, the teacher has to mention the words next to it, just write it casually, promise me, okay, or ...... I'll give you another piece of ocean?"

She was silent for a moment: "However, I don't go out, so it's useless to ask for money." ”

"That's it. Meng Huaian swore and said: "You helped me finish it, and I will take you out to play." ”