The rainy season in the south of the Yangtze River is as soft and affectionate as the women here, the drizzle in May is drizzling non-stop, Jiang Zhongming stands in front of the window and looks at the smoke and rain in the distance, he rushed from the capital to Shanyang County, is here to pick up relatives, that is his father set the baby kiss before his death, it is said that Bing Xue is smart, is a woman who is one in a million.

When he was pondering, the little servant came in, he first hit Jiang Zhongming with a thousand children, and said respectfully: "Master, the Shen family has made a post." ”

After that, he presented the post, Jiang Zhongming took it and read it carefully, the post was written by Master Shen, saying that the begonias in his house had bloomed, and invited him to the house to enjoy the flowers.

Fu Yi looked up at his master, he took a step forward, and smiled and laughed: "Master, I went out today, and I heard people talk about Miss Shen, and people in the city said that she was not only good-looking, but also well-read, and even the two sons of the Shen family often asked her for advice." ”

Jiang Zhongming glanced at him, raised his hand and knocked heavily on the head of the handmaker, and said, "Who wants you to inquire about these messy things, and other girls are also something you can discuss?" ”

"How is this a mess, that's the big grandmother in our house in the future." Fu Yi muttered quietly.

Jiang Zhongming ignored the little guy, he turned around and returned to the front of the case, first replied to a post, and then asked Fuyi to send it out, he said: "You send a message to the people from the Shen family, just say that I will go as promised." ”

Fuyi went out with the post, only Jiang Zhongming was left in the house, he paced to the window, remembered what Fuyi just said, and thought silently in his heart, the marriage of children is a major event, since ancient times, it is the order of parents, the words of the matchmaker, a long time ago, he knew that there was such a fiancée as Miss Shen, in the past two years, his grandfather's health has deteriorated, half a year ago, his grandfather said that he wanted him to marry, he nodded and agreed, saying that she is excellent in appearance and well-read, I don't know what kind of woman she is?

A few days later, when it came to the date of the appointment, Jiang Zhongming only brought two small servants to the door, his father-in-law is the county magistrate of Shanyin County, and his father is a classmate and friend, just because of his ordinary background, he is upright, and he will not please the left and right, and he is not valued by his boss, and this county magistrate is also made up two years ago.

Now, the Shen family lives in the county government, and when he arrived, Shen Xia, the eldest son of the Shen family, stood at the door to greet him, and when Shen Xia saw him, he arched his hand and said, "Brother Jiang, it's been hard all the way." ”

Shen Xia is slightly younger than him, he has clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and he is polite between his gestures, the two are meeting for the first time, Jiang Zhongming returned the salute, and Shen Xia invited him in.

The yamen is not built big, there are a few rooms before and after, and the Jiang family's mansion in Beijing can not be compared, Shen Xia led him straight to the study, when the yard was exposed, a begonia bloomed in flowers, very lively.

Jiang Zhongming turned his head and glanced at the begonia flowers a few times, as soon as he raised his eyes, he saw a medium-sized man standing in front of the door with his hands in his hands, that person was about forty years old, with a beard, and he looked unsmiling, Jiang Zhongming guessed that this person must be his father-in-law Shen Huaishan.

When Shen Xia saw him, he respectfully called out to his father, Jiang Zhongming saw this, stepped forward unhurriedly, saluted and said, "Little nephew to meet Uncle Shi." ”

"No courtesy." Shen Huaishan nodded lightly, and invited Jiang Zhongming into the room to speak.

Since the death of Jiang's father, the contact between the Jiang and Shen families is not as frequent as before, only during the New Year's Festival will there be a letter to ask the Hou, the Jiang family is a wealthy and powerful family in the capital, and the Shen family is a small family, for fear that their daughter will suffer a loss when they marry in the past, so they have never taken the initiative to mention this family matter, and they were counting on the two families to take the words of the marriage as a joke, who knew that half a year ago, the Jiang family wrote a letter and mentioned the matter of discussing relatives.

The Shen family thought that since the Jiang family didn't think that his family was low, and they inquired about the Jiang family's son, who was born rich and handsome, and had a generous understanding, the Shen family naturally responded.

Soon, the two families agreed on the marriage date, because the capital and Shanyin County are far away, originally decided that Miss Shen would go to Beijing to get married, and later in order to show respect, Jiang Zhongming personally went down to Jiangnan to pick up relatives.

After greeting each other, Shen Huaishan recalled the old friendship with Jiang's father, and couldn't help but sigh, when Jiang Zhongming and the Shen family father and son were chatting, he had already noticed that there were shadows behind the screen, and a skirt corner was exposed.

Said to be appreciating the flowers, but in fact it was just an excuse, this time he was invited to the door, but he wanted to personally verify his character, chatted for a long time, Shen's father saw that he was polite, the most rare thing is that he was knowledgeable at a young age, and there was no pompous air on the son of the family, and he was very satisfied.

After talking for a long time, the Shen family wanted to stay for dinner, Jiang Zhongming resigned, his marriage with Miss Shen was approaching, for the sake of her reputation, it was not good to stay in the Shen family for more.

Jiang Zhongming left, and since then, the son of the Shen family often came to Jiang Zhongming, or took him to visit the scenic spots and historic sites in Shanyin County, or introduced him to meet local scholars and students, of course, more to discuss the details of the marriage.

In a blink of an eye, it was the day when Miss Shen came out of the pavilion, and it was originally planned that Shen Xia would send his sister to Beijing to be married, but I didn't want to be at this moment, Shen Xia was infected with the cold, and the matter was in a hurry, and there was no one else to replace it for a while, and finally Miss Shen could only go to Beijing alone, fortunately, with Jiang Zhongming's escort, the Shen family could feel a lot more at ease.

The girl in the family got married, and the Shen family did their best to buy a dowry, but his family's life was slightly better than that of ordinary people.

Let's say that Jiang Zhongming came to pick up his relatives, and the Shen family put on a colorful lamp, although it was a happy event, but marrying a daughter is not the same as marrying a daughter-in-law, and the family inevitably looked a little sad, he and Miss Shen said goodbye to Shen's father and Shen's mother together, and then embarked on the return journey back to Beijing.

Jiang Zhongming and Miss Shen have not yet visited the church, and Miss Shen does not show up in front of people, occasionally appears, and always wears a hat, so although the two of them walk all the way, Jiang Zhongming did not see her true face.

Walked for more than ten days, seeing that the capital is getting closer and closer, the accompanying people can breathe a sigh of relief, this day, they walked to the boundary of Huai County, the last moment was still clear sky, which want to blink an eye to hit a rainstorm, Jiang Zhongming originally thought that the rain in June, should soon stop, where do you know that the rain is getting heavier and heavier, there is no tendency to stop, there is no village in front of the village, there is no store behind, they are dozens of people, they can't even find a place to shelter from the rain, plus the road is on both sides of the mountains, Jiang Zhongming found that from time to time there are mud and rocks sliding down the mountain, I was afraid that it would cause a flash flood, so I urged everyone to hurry up.

The road was muddy, the carriage was very bumpy, Jiang Zhongming said to Miss Shen in the carriage through the carriage window: "Girl, you should be patient for a while, wait until you walk through this mountain road, and then find a place to rest." ”

Miss Shen is a well-informed person, and she replied seriously: "I can save it, you just have to follow your own arrangement." ”

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the horse became restless, but at this moment, the wheel of the carriage that Miss Shen was sitting in was broken, and when she couldn't enter and retreat, Miss Shen picked up the curtain and came out, and she saw through the hat that Jiang Zhongming was drenched in soup, and the wheel couldn't be repaired well in a short time, so she said: "Jiang Gongzi, the rain is too heavy, why don't we abandon the car and walk, and leave here first." ”

Jiang Zhongming looked up and looked around, his eyes couldn't be opened due to the heavy rain, and if he stayed here any longer, he was afraid that there would be danger, he didn't think much about it, and said, "The girl is tired." ”

Jiang Zhongming called the servant woman to take care of Miss Shen, only brought important things, and the rest of the things were all abandoned on the road, they had just walked a short distance, only to hear a loud noise behind them, and the entourage and others were afraid, if they were delayed for half a minute, they were afraid that they would be buried in this mountain.

"Don't stop, it's important to hurry." Jiang Zhongming beckoned his family to leave quickly, and at this time, no one dared to complain anymore, and they all bowed their heads silently and hurried away.

With such a heavy rain, the umbrella is no longer working, Jiang Zhongming wants his family to hurry, and at the same time, he always pays attention to Miss Shen and these women, and when he passes the stone bridge in front, he can see the village. ”

Jiang Zhongming's face sank, there was only one stone bridge nearby, and it would only be more dangerous if he took a long detour, he asked, "Is the bridge still passable?" ”

"The stone bridge didn't collapse, but the stream rose very quickly, and if it was a little later, the bridge would be flooded." Long follow-up road.

Jiang Zhongming said: "Let's go, just take the stone bridge!" ”

He rushed to the bridge with a group of his family, and sure enough, he saw that only the bridge deck was left in front of him, the flood was rushing, the sound resounded through the valley, and some timid women were so frightened that they couldn't stand on their legs.

Jiang Zhongming asked someone to explore the way forward, and came to Miss Shen's side again, he said: "We are going here, don't be afraid, girl, I will definitely protect you in the future." ”

Miss Shen was also soaking wet at this time, but the gauze curtain of the hat was wet, Jiang Zhongming's facial features looked a little blurred, but his voice was calm and powerful, and it made people feel very relieved for no reason, she nodded and said, "It's all up to the son." ”

Jiang Zhongming didn't say a word, commanded his family to pass on the bridge hand in hand, when it was Miss Shen's turn, he was tightly guarding her, the flood was fast and fast, the bridge deck was slippery, Miss Shen was petite, almost unable to stand by the water, fortunately there was a mother-in-law on both sides to support her, a few people carefully walked across the bridge, and when they were about to walk to the opposite side, suddenly, Miss Shen's feet slipped, and when she was about to fall, Jiang Zhongming next to her was quick and grabbed Miss Jiang Shen's arm, and Miss Shen's hat was crooked, A pair of clear and bright eyes are revealed. 166 Reading Network