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Chapter 67 Fate is unstoppable

The confession of the rainy night did not respond smoothly, and Hua Ling felt annoyed when she hurried to the room

。 Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info She walked quickly, not paying attention to her feet.

The soles of the shoes of the people who came in and out were stained with water, causing the ground to be a little wet. Hua Ling patronized and walked, walking in a hurry, and suddenly the sole of her shoe slipped and fell to the ground. She subconsciously stretched out her hand, but instead of supporting her body, she heard a "pop" of her arm, which made her curl up on the ground in pain, and she didn't come back to her senses for a long time.

The next person heard the sound of falling to the ground and ran over, and hurriedly helped her inside.

As soon as Hua Pingsheng and Liao entered the door, they heard that their daughter had fallen and injured herself, so they hurriedly went over to take a look. Seeing that his daughter sitting at the table was in messy clothes, Liao covered her arms tightly, and hurriedly asked, "Could it be that Pan Zi bullied you?" ”

"There is no such thing, Brother Panzi has entertained us well today. I accidentally fell on it myself, and when I entered the door, I was fine, and I could ask the housekeeper and the person guarding the door. ”

"It's stupid." Liao scolded her, and felt distressed, "Does it hurt?" Mother will give you medicine first, don't wait for the doctor. ”

Hua Ling covered her arm, feeling like she was about to take it off as soon as she let go, and her forehead broke out in cold sweat in pain, and her face was bloodless. Just to see Mother

Worried, she forced a smile and said, "I'm fine, mother, don't panic, I haven't fallen before." ”

"That was a few years ago, children wrestled normally, where are fifteen or sixteen-year-olds still falling like this. You don't look good at the road, what do you think? ”

Hua Ling's eyebrows drooped slightly, thinking about what Shen Laibao had just said.

It turned out that he liked her, and she guessed for so long, obviously she liked it, and she could see it, but he said that he didn't like anyone that day, and she thought about it for a few nights.

But she didn't expect that he would tell her in person that he liked her, in person!

She had never heard of a man from a friend who would tell the girl so directly, not even a transition, and he was not afraid to scare her away.

Liao Shi saw that his daughter didn't know what she was thinking, but her expression was relaxed and even happy, so she put her mind at ease, and her daughter was really not seriously injured. When she saw her daughter who was dirty, she went out and called the servant to fetch water, so that she could freshen up, and the girl's family could not spoil herself like this.

After she finished ordering, she returned to her daughter, called her back to her senses, and said, "Have you thought about the matter of the Mo family's son last time?" ”

That Mo Gongzi is the son of Zhizhou, and Hua Ling mentioned it to Shen Laibao last time, but he only mentioned it and didn't think about that person. She already has him in her heart, and now she knows that he is happy with herself, even if the prince comes, the dragon prince comes, she can't look down on him.

No one can compare to her brother Noble Treasure.

"I don't like it."

The Liao family is still quite satisfied with the Mo family's son, but the husband said that he would let his daughter choose by herself, so he didn't mention it too much, which would be full of thought that his daughter would at least think about it, who would have thought that he would directly say that he didn't like it, "Then Mo Gongzi's family background is good, and his character is good, he is only two years older than you, knowledgeable and erudite, and he will go to the imperial examination this year." The Mo family is not forcing you to enter the door now, and my mother is unwilling, she just wants to settle the marriage before his autumn examination, so that he can concentrate on the imperial examination. ”

Hua Ling said, "If you can't concentrate on the imperial examination if the marriage is not decided, then why bother taking the exam, these are originally two things." ”

"You don't understand this, he studies well, if he comes out on top in the palace exam, what minister looks down on and wants to marry his daughter to him, what should he do? The Mo family is a peaceful family, and they don't want a daughter-in-law who doesn't know the roots, and they have to serve them well, holding them in the palm of their hands, so it's better to marry someone who knows the details. ”

Hua Ling pursed her still pale lips, "Then the low-married one doesn't have to hold it in the palm of his hand?" ”

Liao glared and said, "Of course not, my daughter not only has to hold it, but also has to hold it in her mouth, and she can't be sloppy at all."

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Knowing that her mother was not blindly pushing herself to marry, Hua Ling was overjoyed, and her head gently rested on her mother's shoulder, and whispered, "Mother...... My daughter can't bear you. The daughter is going to marry...... If you also want to marry someone closer, it's best to be in an alley, so that you can come back every day. Don't let me marry far away, okay? ”

Where is Liao's reluctance, but no matter how reluctant she is, she can't keep her until twenty-seven or eight, she laughed at her again, "Even if you marry in a family in the alley, it is impossible to go back to your parents' house every day, otherwise the husband's family will complain." ”

Hua Ling didn't believe in Shen Laibao, he didn't want to take himself to drill here every day. Thinking about her face burning again, what is she thinking about, the two are not married now, but she thinks about this, ashamed!

It's just that with his words tonight, her love thread has been tied to his body, his mind remains the same, and she has nothing else to think about.

Just thinking about it makes me feel like I'm going to lose sleep tonight.

Tonight, who also wants to lose sleep, there is also Shen Laibao.

Of course what?

What is it?

He tossed and turned on the bed and thought about it hundreds of times, and he almost couldn't resist climbing over the wall to the window next door to ask for clarification.

Shen Laibao, who really couldn't sleep, sat up cross-legged and pondered on the bed for a long time before wondering if she was ...... Teasing him, right?

I don't know if he was teased by the small flower or scraped, Shen Laibao couldn't sleep all night.

Unrequited love is really too painful!

The Shen family has always gotten up early, and the masters generally get up late, and in the past two years, Mrs. Shen has figured it out and left the matter of managing the mansion to a few aunts, and she only came out to preside over major affairs. The real power has not been lost, but the people are much more relaxed, and they seem to be younger than before. A few aunts have something to do, and they don't even talk a lot less, killing two birds with one stone.

When Mrs. Shen got up today, breakfast was almost ready in the kitchen, but she didn't see her son come out, which really made her feel strange. Master Shen received the letter from the Chamber of Commerce early in the morning, read it twice, and had no intention of paying attention to his son, and said, "This year, it has rained heavily in various states, and I am afraid that there will be waterlogging in many places, so the government government sent someone to the Chamber of Commerce and wanted us to donate some silver to build the river embankment." ”

Mrs. Shen said, "Repair the river embankment? This is a good thing, a blessing to the children and grandchildren. ”

"Our Shen family will donate silver every year to repair the river embankment and pave the mountain road, but this year is different." Master Shen put down the letter, took the tea handed by his wife, and said, "In previous years, we donated silver by ourselves, and we donated as much as we wanted. But now that the government has spoken in person, all the elders and brothers suspect that the prefect wants to steal the money, and just use his name to ask us to donate silver. ”

Mrs. Shen paused, "Is the lord afraid that this money will be donated, not for repairing the river embankment, but for going into the prefect's pocket?" ”

"The new prefect didn't have a good reputation before, and it is really suspicious that he came out like this when he first took office." Master Shen has been in business for a long time, and he knows that business must also depend on the officials of the imperial court, and the officials of the prefect are not small at all. And it was the first time I told them to take money to repair the river embankment, and if I didn't give it, I would become a big profiteer. But if he doesn't have to be on the right path, he won't be happy.

It is unavoidable not to give, but it is possible to give less. But if the embankment will burst during the flood season, he also wants to use the money to repair the embankment.

The people in the chamber of commerce also considered this issue, so they decided to meet earlier this year to discuss this matter, and also held the annual meeting by the way

Master Shen pondered for a night and decided to take his son there, he has performed quite well in the past two years, but he has been doing well in the official mansion, and it seems to be smooth, he has always wanted to find a chance for his son to exercise.

Now is the right time, let him see how to advance and retreat in officialdom.

Only then did he think of his son, "Where's Noble?" ”

Mrs. Shen glanced at him dissatisfiedly, "I only think about it now." She asked the butler again, and the butler went to ask for someone again.

After a while, Shen Laibao finally appeared, when the housekeeper came to shout just now, he answered, everyone got up, who wanted to wear shoes, his head was on his knees, and he slept like this for a moment. It hurts a lot in the neck and makes the head even more dizzy.

Seeing him like this, Mrs. Shen asked worriedly, "What's wrong with you, my son?" ”

"I didn't sleep well last night." Shen Laibao sat down at the table and asked, "What about grandmother?" ”

"I'm still sleeping." Mrs. Shen said, "I have become more and more sleepy in the past six months, and the doctor has come a few times and said that it is fine, so don't worry." Being able to eat, drink and sleep is full of blessings. ”

Shen Laibao also felt how happy it was to be able to sleep, he had breakfast, and Master Shen told him about going to the Chamber of Commerce, and he had to leave in three days.

Shen Laibao, who didn't get a response from Hua Ling, felt that if he went to the Chamber of Commerce like this and came back after more than half a month, it was estimated that he would have insomnia for more than half a month. So he decided to ask Hualing clearly in the past two days, and he couldn't drag the mud and water.

However, now he can't go directly to the house next door, so he can only go over in the name of looking for Hua Lang, but the Hua family said that Hua Lang went to the school again, and it is estimated that he will not come back until the evening.

He had no choice but to come back and ask "Xiaojin" to send candied fruit to Hualing. When the maidservant who had brought the candied fruit returned, he asked, "Do you see her?" ”

"I saw it, the hand of the girl from the Hua family was injured, and I heard that she fell when she returned to the house last night."

Shen Laibao hurriedly asked, "Did you fall hard?" ”

The maid said, "Miss Hua asked the slave to tell you, the injury is not serious, don't worry." ”

Shen Laibao felt a little relieved at this time, but he was not very relieved, so he rummaged through the cabinet and found the medicine for the maid to send it again.

The maidservant ran twice in succession, and was seen by the sharp-eyed Liao. She had long felt that this maid was familiar, and her daughter said that her name was Xiaojin before, but after thinking about it, she remembered that this maid was clearly the person in Shen Laibao's yard and serving him.

She waited quietly for the maid to go out, and said coldly, "Thank you young master." ”

The maid was quite clever, and she didn't answer immediately when she had more eyes, her eyes turned and she said calmly, "Hey, madam, what's the matter with our young master?" ”

Liao smiled and said, "It's me who said wrong, thank you little brocade girl." When the maidservant had departed, she went into her daughter's room.

Jiang is still old and spicy, no matter how calm the maid is, the instantaneous change of expression still does not escape her eyes. What Xiaojin, who came to deliver things, and the people who had to contact her daughter at home one after another were clearly Shen Laibao.

The Liao family also had a time when the girl was pregnant with spring, how could she not know her daughter's thoughts. The Shen family is a good family, but she wants her daughter to marry a scholar rather than a profiteer who is called a profiteer behind her back.

Shen Laibao is indeed not bad, but Liao's heart is difficult to open, just because Master Shen is really flowery, counting the one who died many years ago, one wife and five concubines

。 With such a father, how dedicated can he teach his son?

She can't bear to let her daughter stay in the empty house alone!

Because her daughter couldn't see this clearly, she was even more anxious and really angry, so she let Mama close the door when she went in, sat down and said, "Is it Miss Xiaojin or Brother Laibao?" ”

Hua Ling saw that her mother was aggressive and asked, and immediately knew that she had guessed it, so she didn't hide it, "You know everything." ”

Liao twisted his eyebrows, "I know, my mother is very angry." ”

Hua Ling smiled lightly, "What is my mother angry about, then 'Xiaojin' is the person who is used to spread the word, isn't it afraid of people gossiping?" ”

Liao shook his head slightly, "Lingling, you...... Do you like Shen Laibao? ”

Hua Ling didn't expect the people around her to be so straightforward, and even her mother, who didn't like to mention this kind of thing to her, said it directly, she was quite surprised, and her face flushed again.

When Liao saw his daughter like this, he said "It's over" in his heart, his daughter really likes the kid next door. She hurriedly said, "It's not good who you like, but you like him." ”

Hua Ling thought that her mother would be happy, not to mention anything else, Shen Laibao was good to her, she didn't believe that her mother didn't know, and retreated to her mother's position, not mentioning his character, just because of the distance between the two families, her mother should be happy. Unexpectedly, on the contrary, my mother looked very anxious.

"Isn't it good?"

"Not good!" Liao's categorical approach, "Shen Laibao's father has six wives and concubines, what can you do in the future?" ”

Hua Ling frowned, "Uncle Shen has six wives and concubines, what will happen to me in the future?" It's nothing more than a few more mothers and sisters. ”

Liao Shi said heartbrokenly, "His father is like this, Shen Laibao has been exposed to it since he was a child, and he will definitely have three wives and four concubines." ”

Hua Ling smiled, "Brother Noble won't." ”

Liao snorted coldly, "Man, virtue." ”

"But Daddy won't."

"Your dad is an exception."

"Brother Noble is also an exception." Hua Ling didn't know him for a year or two, she knew him for so many years, she knew what he was like.

Liao sighed again and again, feeling that his daughter had fallen into the gentle village of that kid. How could she watch her daughter jump into the fire pit, it is not strange that men have many concubines, but Master Shen is also too frequent, who knows if his son is the same.

She doesn't expect her daughter to find a lover who is the only one for her life, but at least she can't have more than two concubines. However, the Shen family should not be able to do it, so she doesn't want her daughter to have anything to do with Shen Laibao.

Seeing her mother like this, Hua Ling regretted mentioning it to her so early, "Mother, Brother Noble is really good, you know." ”

"Others are good, but my mother can't stand that he will have so many warblers and warblers around him in the future, so how wronged you are." Liao sighed, "Your eldest brother and sister-in-law are enough to worry about your mother, Lingling, don't let your mother worry about it." ”

Hua Ling wanted to talk about the future, how could she put a hat on Shen Laibao now, but her mother rarely mentioned the eldest brother and sister-in-law, and when she mentioned it, she must be in a very uncomfortable mood. She didn't say much, and wanted to wait for the day when her mother was in a better mood.

Liao was relieved that her daughter didn't talk back, and went out of her daughter's boudoir, and thought that she didn't say anything just now that she didn't say that she would no longer read Shen Laibao, and suddenly became uncertain

。 When I went back to my room, I immediately told my husband about it.

Hua Pingsheng said with a smile, "Noble this kid is very good, and Lingling is also two childhood sweethearts who have no guesses, and they are next door to us, if Noble also likes our Lingling, it is a good fate." ”

Liao's eyes couldn't help but widen, "Then Master Shen has six wives and concubines." ”

"Noble is Noble, Master Shen is Master Shen."

"That's not right." Liao retorted, "Let's take you as an example, didn't you just marry me, even if I don't like the one who succeeded me, but he is not the only one Qin Qin." ”

Hua Pingsheng said with a smile, "My grandfather has four concubines, and my father has three. ”

Liao couldn't say anything to him, "I won't tell you, I'm not in a hurry to be a father at all." ”

Hua Pingsheng coaxed her and said, "Noble this child is something we grew up watching, what kind of person is he we don't know?" Wouldn't it be nice if he rejoiced in him? And the two families are neighbors, so they can help each other in the future. ”

Liao's heart softened slightly, "But I still want Lingling to marry into a scholarly family, not into a rich family." ”

"If Noble treats her well, no matter who she is. If it's not good for her, even if it's the Hanlin family, it's not good. ”

Liao was finally moved by him, but she still felt that her daughter was not deeply involved in the world, and her love was just beginning, maybe she was not sincere.

She thought for a moment and asked, "Is Erlang going to Xiguan Mansion tomorrow to run errands?" ”

"Well, what's wrong?"

"Bring Lang'er and Lingling."

Hua Pingsheng lowered his eyebrows and thought about it, and he understood that his wife wanted her daughter to avoid Shen Laibao, so that she could "calm down" and think about it. If this didn't go her way, he felt that his wife was really going to get sick, and smiled, "Well, listen to you." ”

She worries about her children's affairs, but her husband still listens to her, and Liao's is more comfortable.

Because the Liao family wanted to stop him, Shen Laibao not only didn't see Hualing in the past two days, but even the maidservants were not allowed to enter it, and Ma also asked others to feed him. He suddenly felt uneasy, could it be that Hua Ling was frightened that night, but he felt embarrassed to say goodbye, so he avoided him?

He went to the school to ask Hua Lang, Hua Lang didn't know, only said, "Recently, Ling Ling has stayed at home, and he doesn't even go out of the door much." By the way, I'm going to go out with my father in the afternoon, and I'll be back in about half a month. ”

Shen Laibao, who didn't ask about the results, said, "Coincidentally, I will go out tomorrow, and I should come back at the end of next month." ”

Hua Ling was also anxious, she was afraid that Shen Laibao would think too much about herself, that stupid person, if she didn't give him a clear answer for a day, he wouldn't understand her mind for a day. However, everyone under her mother is under the control of her mother, and she can't go out. If it weren't for the fact that the two yards were too big, she would still want to throw paper balls next door, but she was afraid of being picked up. There is only one thing that can be done, to give her second brother a look, who wants him to know nothing.

It's all nerds!

It wasn't until she was sent to the carriage by her mother that she had to take a look at the Shen family, but there was no one in front of the door, and the closed door seemed to be able to block all people's thoughts.

When Shen Laibao went out in the afternoon, he glanced at the flower house again, but he still didn't see Xiaohua. Tomorrow he is going to leave for Xiguanfu, I really don't know what will happen if I don't see him for half a month

"Bag."

Shen Laibao paused slightly, looked at the gate of Pan's house, and saw the plate leaning against the door with his hands on his chest, "Yes, it's just calling you." ”

"I don't want to beat you."

The plate smiled, "I have news of Xiaohua." ”

Shen Laibao immediately smiled, "You say." ”

"......" the plate was really envious that he could afford to put it down at any time, "she went out with her father and her brother." ”

Shen Laibao was taken aback, "Xiaohua also went?" Isn't it just Hua Lang? ”

"So even Hua Lang doesn't know about this, that is, either Xiaohua Ling deliberately avoided you, or her family deliberately avoided you. Heck, either way, it doesn't seem to be very optimistic. ”

Shen Laibao looked at him smiling and saying this, but he was in no mood to beat him. On the contrary, it was a word that woke up the person in the dream, and neither of these two conjectures was good, especially the previous one.

He turned around and knocked on the door of Hua's house and asked where Hua Lang had gone. Because of Liao's orders, the subordinates couldn't say clearly. Shen Laibao knew that it was the Hua family who deliberately concealed it, which made him even more convinced that either the Hua family wanted to conceal it, or Hua Ling......

Shen Laibao figured it out slightly, it would be good to leave half a month for each other, if she really refused, then half a month later, it should not be embarrassing.

But it can't be as intimate as before.

Shen Laibao lost sleep again.

The next day, Master Shen took Shen Laibao to Xiguan Mansion to participate in the Chamber of Commerce. When I left, the sky was still gloomy, but it didn't look like it was going to rain, and I saw a thin crack on the top of the distant mountain, as if there was a light coming out.

Liao was in a happy mood after sending his daughter away, so he didn't have to keep an eye on her, he made an appointment with other ladies early last night, and was ready to go to the lake to enjoy the flowers together. When I went out, I saw Mrs. Shen next door, and the two greeted each other, and Mrs. Shen asked, "Where are you going so early in the morning?" ”

"I don't have to serve the eldest man in the family, so I have a lot more time, so I made an appointment to go to the lake. By the way, do you want Mrs. Shen to come along? ”

Mrs. Shen said with a smile, "This is a good feeling, the one in my family also went out with his son in the morning, and it took ten days and half a month to return home." ”

Liao Shi said curiously, "In the past, Master Shen didn't go far in the spring, where did he go this time?" ”

"There's something going on in the Chamber of Commerce, so I went early."

"Oh, it turned out to be going to the Chamber of Commerce." Liao smiled and suddenly paused, "The Chamber of Commerce is in Xiguan Mansion?" ”

Mrs. Shen replied, "Yes, it has always been there. ”

Liao's time was staggering, how could it be so coincidental? I haven't seen something in the past ten years, but now I have encountered it.

Could it be that these two children are really destined?

She thought about it, she would not meet it, Ling Ling went out a day earlier, and the Shen family only left now, not to mention the next day, Xiguan Mansion is so big, how can she meet it.

No, no, definitely not.

After thinking about it, she showed her face and took Mrs. Shen to the lake to enjoy the flowers.