Shen Zhuo borrowed seven hundred taels of silver from his friend Dongfang Zhen, and soon went to Qianzhuang to get back his IOU.

As for Dongfang Jian, he lived in Lixian for five or six days, and then rode the old and thin horse away, it is said that he went to the Yao people in the south to find a thousand years of Ganoderma lucidum, and Brother Yu got along with him for a few days, and he was very reluctant to leave, just because this Uncle Dongfang had traveled to many places in the north and south, and he talked about the customs and customs of various places, and he spoke more vividly than Shen Zhuo, a serious master, which attracted Brother Yu and Xiao Yezi and their students to yearn for it, and even the homework assigned by Shen Zhuo did not want to write.

The days are gradually getting back on track, these days, Gu Sanniang has an old man in the alley who has celebrated his 80th birthday, and the children and grandchildren of the family are filial, and specially invited a grass stage team to sing at home to celebrate his birthday, Gu Sanniang likes to listen to the opera like most women, but she usually has no free time, plus she is reluctant to spend money, the house was messy a few days ago, and she was very depressed.

The stage is set up in the courtyard of that house, it is not yet dark, there are many people sitting in the yard, all of them are old neighbors who live in the alley, this time has not yet started, the children gather by the stage to play, the left and right are full of acquaintances, and they are in the yard, but there is no need to worry about the reappearance of the same thing as last time, but Gu Sanniang was bitten by a snake once, and she was afraid of the well rope for ten years, and every half an hour, she would look around for the figure of Xiaoyezi.

Night is approaching, the neighbors who have finished dinner have arrived one after another, Aunt Qin and Zhu Xiaoyue's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law also came over with their little brothers, and the troupe saw that people were almost there, only to hear a gong, and before the curtain was opened, they could hear a long sigh behind them......

Tonight is singing a story of the West Chamber, the story of the beautiful man on the stage is full of ups and downs, which provokes Gu Sanniang to can't help but cry with the men and women in the play for a while, this time the son is returning from Zhang Sheng's gold list nomination, Mrs. Cui finally agreed to marry Yingying to Zhang Sheng, a pair of hard-working mandarin ducks finally became dependents, and Gu Sanniang, who was watching the play in the audience, was soaked with tears in her handkerchief.

When she saw the emotion, Gu Sanniang, whose handkerchief was wet, simply wiped her tears directly with her cuffs, and at this moment, a clean handkerchief was handed to her, Gu Sanniang turned her head to look, and standing beside her was Shen Zhuo, who came over at some time.

Gu Sanniang paused and asked, "Why are you here?" ”

Previously, the three women in their courtyard made an appointment to come to the play, and they had also invited Shen Zhuo, but Shen Zhuo said that he was impatient to listen to the sound of Yiyi babbling with a long voice, so Gu Sanniang couldn't help but be a little curious when she saw him coming again at this time.

Shen Zhuo replied: "It's hot in the house, take Brother Yu'er out for a walk." ”

After speaking, Shen Zhuo motioned for her to take the handkerchief, Gu Sanniang suddenly felt empty, she was afraid that people would see it, so she looked around first, and saw that everyone's eyes were attracted by the protagonist of the singing, so she quickly took the handkerchief, and turned her head to stare at the stage silently.

When she watched the play, Shen Zhuo looked at her, Gu Sanniang, who was originally fascinated, was a little embarrassed, she looked at Shen Zhuo with the corner of her eye, and asked in a low voice, "What do you see?" ”

Shen Zhuo stared at her and said, "You have tears on your cheeks." ”

It hurt him to reach out and touch the teardrop.

Gu Sanniang's ears were red, and she subconsciously picked up a handkerchief to wipe her tears, and when she came to her senses, she realized that she had used Shen Zhuo's handkerchief, she was ashamed and ashamed, and immediately stuffed the handkerchief into Shen Zhuo's hand, and then moved a few steps to separate herself from Shen Zhuo.

At the end of a play, Yingying and Zhang Sheng became married, and they were also named Mrs. Fate, when she changed into a phoenix crown and xia veil, all the people in the yard cheered, and Gu Sanniang was naturally no exception.

I don't know when Shen Zhuo, who approached, saw the rare excitement on her face, and couldn't help but be a little inexplicable, he asked, "Everything in this play is fake, and it's worth it for you to do this?" ”

Most of the people in the courtyard who came to watch the play were women, no wonder Shen Zhuo, a big man, didn't understand, Gu Sanniang was watching the play this time, she didn't have time to talk to Shen Zhuo in detail, and only replied: "You don't understand!" ”

Shen Zhuo's eyebrows raised slightly, he glanced at the little woman in front of him, and said seriously: "Don't say anything else, Zhang Shengfeng reads poetry and books, and claims that he has never sent a single piece of paper money to Quanxia's parents, which shows that such a ruthless and unrighteous person is not a good match." ”

After a pause, he said: "Besides, he knows that women in the world are the most important names, but he has no matchmaker with Miss Yingying, which will only put Miss Yingying into a point of no return. ”

Gu Sanniang, who was disturbed, stomped her feet angrily, and she said angrily: "Oh, I'm watching the show well, who wants to listen to you say this!" ”

What she loves to watch is the love of men and women in the play, and this time she is rejoicing with the protagonist, Shen Zhuo is not on the left, not on the right, it is really disappointing.

Shen Zhuo chuckled, who said he didn't understand, in fact, he deliberately teased Gu Sanniang, wanting to see her so angry that she jumped to her feet.

Gu Sanniang ignored Shen Zhuo, she turned her head to look at the stage again, Shen Zhuo saw that she was fascinated, and asked coldly: "Do you envy the phoenix crown and xia curtain that Miss Yingying wears?" ”

Gu Sanniang didn't think much about it, she looked at Cui Yingying on the stage who was full of pearls and greenery, and said casually: "What you said, if you are a woman, there is nothing you don't like." ”

Shen looked at her side face and did not speak.

After a few days, the weather became hotter and hotter, and the business in Gu Sanniang's shop also reached the off-season, two days ago, Brother Yu suffered from a heat rash, but fortunately it would not be contagious, Gu Sanniang disliked Shen Zhuo for not taking care of him carefully, and personally helped take care of Brother Yu'er, the decoction was all fried by her three meals a day and sent over, even Brother Yu'er's food was made alone, there were delicious food, and there was no need to go to school to study, which caused Brother Yu to not even want to get better.

She went in and out of the East Chamber so frequently, and treated her brother Yu as her own child, and the women in the alley chewed the root of their tongues, saying that Gu Sanniang wanted to be a lifter, but they had an ambiguous attitude, maybe they were favored by her, but they didn't look down on her as a widow, so they kept hanging Gu Sanniang.

Aunt Qin listened to these gossips, and couldn't help but worry very much about Gu Sanniang, these two people were clearly affectionate and intentional, but they didn't say anything, and everyone else was secretly anxious when they saw it.

On this day, when Aunt Qin went home, she heard three or two women gathered in the alley to talk nonsense, at that time Shen Zhuo was reading a book by the window, he saw Aunt Qin enter the courtyard door with an angry face, so he put down the book in his hand and asked, "Aunt Qin, who are you angry with?" ”

Aunt Qin looked at Shen Zhuo, she thought about it, and secretly thought, it is better to find out with Shen Zhuo today, to see what he means, if he has a heart for Sanniang, ask the matchmaker to go to her house, save people to arrange the two of them for no reason, if he has no heart for Sanniang, the two of them will have to avoid, after all, both parties are still young, and it is impossible to live a single life, leaving this bad reputation is not beneficial to him and Gu Sanniang.

Thinking of this, Aunt Qin walked to the steps of the East Chamber, and he asked, "Shen Juren, are you idle now, I'll talk to you." ”

Shen Zhuo nodded twice, he invited Aunt Qin into the room and said, "What does Aunt Qin want to ask?" ”

Aunt Qin didn't speak after entering the house, she first looked at Shen Zhuo carefully with her eyes, this old man is gentle and elegant, the most rare thing is to be considerate, Aunt Qin looked at it, and a thought suddenly rose in her heart, this person has a sense of nobility, even the emperor's daughter is also worthy, but Gu Sanniang is a woman born in the countryside, he has been willing to live in this remote county all his life, it is good to say, if he has a day of soaring, how can he see Gu Sanniang in his eyes.

Thinking of this, Aunt Qin was silent, and Shen Zhuo on the side was a little puzzled, Aunt Qin originally said that she was going to talk to him, why was she silent again? So Shen Zhuo asked: "Aunt Qin, they all live in the same courtyard, if you have anything to ask, just ask directly." ”

Aunt Qin hesitated for a moment, and then remembered the nonsense she heard just now, she gritted her teeth and said, "I'm just here to ask you, what do you think between you and Sanniang?" ”

Shen Zhuo didn't know why, he said, "Why do you have a relationship with Sanniang again?" ”

Seeing that he was confused, Aunt Qin sighed anxiously, and she simply said straight to the point: "You stay in the house every day, and you can't hear the rumors outside, but now it's rumored that you and Sanniang are getting along, so you just listen to what they say about those unfounded words?" ”

Listening to Aunt Qin's words, Shen Zhuo frowned, he didn't just learn today that someone likes to add fuel and vinegar to the arrangement of him and Gu Sanniang's gossip, what makes him embarrassed is that those who pass the word are women, he can't beat and beat, scold and scold, fortunately, Gu Sanniang has a cool personality, and he has never seen these people in general, even if he hears it occasionally, he can only laugh at it.

Seeing that Shen Zhuo still didn't understand, Aunt Qin couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, and she said, "Why are you staying up now." ”

She stood up and said to Shen Zhuo: "I'll put my words here, if you want to be good with Sanniang, you should give someone a name in a righteous and bright way, if you don't have this mind, break it off as soon as possible, and don't delay Sanniang to find a good family again." ”

Shen was clumsy, he looked at Aunt Qin, and said in astonishment: "But she said that she would keep her deceased husband for three years." ”