With Chu Yingzhu here, this reunion dinner was not dull, during the banquet, Chu Yingzhu asked Chu Duyuan from time to time what he had done outside, Chu Duyuan was dumbfounded for a while and didn't know how to answer, Qiao Cong'an didn't stop it, and in the end, Chu Yingzhu was busy filling his stomach, and when others ate before, he was busy asking.

"Rest well, and I'll talk about it tomorrow." When it was almost over, Qiao Cong'an persuaded them all to go back in a word, Chu Yiyao returned to Yifeng Courtyard, the sister-in-law meant that she knew clearly, she was afraid that she and her second brother would quarrel again, so it was better to say that she would be calmer in a few days, but she couldn't sleep after tossing and turning.

Bao Sheng, who was outside the screen, heard her movement and called her tentatively, Chu Yiyao sat up from the bed, "Accompany me to go outside." ”

Bao Sheng got up and opened the curtain to put her coat on, Chu Yiyao walked into the courtyard, stood for a while, and walked towards the garden.

The night breeze was blowing coolly, and the surroundings were very quiet, Chu Yiyao approached the garden, and there was a glimmer of light in the pond reflected by the moonlight in the distance, and there was a figure standing.

"You stay here." Seeing who it was, Chu Yiyao asked Baosheng to stay where he was, and walked over by himself, Chu Duyuan stood beside the rockery and turned his head to look at this side.

The two of them stood there and didn't speak, looking up at the sky, the moon was quiet.

Halfway, Chu Duyuan spoke, "I missed a lot of things. ”

Chu Yiyao looked down at the gravel road under her feet, and her tone was very calm, "It's not a lot." ”

It was a long silence again, Chu Duan glanced at her from afar, from the time he left to the time he came back, more than a year, Yiyao had grown into a slim girl, he really missed too many things, he didn't know the new maid in the yard, and he didn't know the uncle and uncle in his nephew's mouth.

"Yiyao, the second brother is wrong." In a long sigh, Chu Yiyao heard Chu Duyuan's remorse, she raised her foot slightly and kicked the stone at her feet, which rolled a few times and fell into the grass, "Do you know where she is now?" ”

I can't avoid talking about the mandarin duck, this is a thorn between the brother and sister, and they have been hurting each other, Chu Yiyao raised his head and looked at him, "Did the second brother really let go." ”

"If nothing is wrong, she should be in the Yin family, and I will not have news of her after leaving Jinling." Chu Duyuan left Jinling in May, how could she stay in that small dilapidated house, she would definitely go to Yin Changye.

"Put it down." Chu Duyuan said again, from picking up the package and leaving him, it was painful to pull out the tumor, but it was better to have pain for a while than to let it grow in his heart for a lifetime.

"Since you put it down, the second brother should also start a family, after all, the second brother is not young." Chu Yiyao looked at him straightly, and his tone was undeniable.

The corners of Chu Duyuan's mouth raised a touch of bitterness, and he reached out and touched her head, a little helpless, "Yiyao, you don't believe in the second brother so much?" ”

"It's like this stone, if you kick it away, it won't come back by itself, if you want it to come back, you have to pick it up yourself." Chu Yiyao kicked the stone under her feet, watching it roll away, her trust in Chu Duyuan was pushed away by him again and again, if she wanted her to trust him again and again like in the past, he had to pick them up one by one.

"Okay, then start a family." After a long time, Chu Yiyao's ears sounded Chu Duyuan's voice, "I'm sorry, I've let you worry about me for so long, the second brother is not sensible, and the second brother will take care of you in the future." ”

Chu Yiyao couldn't tell what kind of feeling it was, she was a little relieved, and she seemed to be relieved, she had been backlogged for three years, and the things that she had been worried about for three years had finally come to an end. From now on, the person Mandarin Duck will really never appear in the second brother's life again, she doesn't have to worry about Cao Jinrong's threat, she doesn't have to worry about the second brother knowing these things, the result in the previous life, this life will finally not happen again.

"It's late, you should go back to sleep, I'll go to the trading house tomorrow, you can sleep more." Chu Dui saw her stunned, patted her on the back and told her to go back to sleep...

She slept exceptionally peacefully this night, and woke up early the next morning, the sky outside the window was bright, and when she asked the hour, it was already time, Chu Yiyao hurriedly called Bao Sheng, and only remembered what Chu Duyuan said last night when she was halfway through her clothes, and raised her head to look at Bao Sheng uncertainly, "Is the second young master back?" ”

"The second young master went to the trading house, and he shouldn't have come back yet." Bao Sheng came over and buttoned her clothes, "Miss, are you going to the firm?" ”

"I'm not going." Chu Yiyao was afraid that it was just a dream.

After breakfast, Chu Yiyao suddenly found that there was nothing to do, this year she got up early in the morning to eat and went to the trading house, stayed there until she was about to have lunch and went home, and in the afternoon, she either went to the shop or looked at the account books, and now she suddenly had all these empty hours, Chu Yiyao didn't know what to do.

"Miss, why don't you go to Mr. Huai's place to sit down, the little master has been learning boxing with Mr. Huai recently." The peacock came in and saw that she was bored, and brought the cut fruit to the table and suggested.

"Prepare some food and bring it with you." Chu Yiyao nodded, and let the peacock take the food box and go to the courtyard of Huaishan with him.

Chu Yingzhu had just finished a set of punches and was sitting in the courtyard resting, when he saw Chu Yiyao coming in, he said that he would hit her.

Chu Yiyao took out a handkerchief and wiped his sweat for him, "What's the hurry, eat something first, what about your Uncle Huai." Chu Yiyao looked around and didn't see Huaishan's figure, so the bamboo skewer forked the fruit and handed it to Chu Yingzhu.

"Uncle has something to do, let me practice here three times and then go back to rest." Chu Yingzhu was hungry, and after a while, the plate bottomed out, and after eating, Chu Yingzhu played the boxing technique taught by Huaishan in front of her, remembered something, and said happily to Chu Yiyao, "Auntie, uncle said that he wanted to teach me to ride a horse, and you should go too, as long as my aunt goes, my mother will also go." ”

Chu Yiyao pinched his face, and the second half of the sentence was what he wanted to say, "You like uncle so much, and you want your mother to go with you." ”

"I prefer my aunt." Chu Yingzhu hugged his thighs and didn't let go, and explained with a smile, "I also want my mother to go out with me." At the end, he added, "It's best for the second uncle, aunt and mother to go!" Chu Yingzhu's mind is very simple, that is, the whole family goes out to play.

"Miss, Mrs. Cao is here, and she came with a matchmaker, and she is now in the front hall." The two of them were playing, Ping'er walked in to report, Chu Yiyao was stunned, let Chu Yingzhu go play by himself, and went out of the yard instead.

In the front hall, Mrs. Cao explained her intentions, and said with a smile to Qiao Cong'an, "Jin Rong, this kid has never talked about who he likes before, and when he directly told us that he wanted to marry Miss Chu, the old man and I were also startled, and I saw that the kid was sure, and I will come over today to talk about it in person." ”

"Mrs. Cao, I already said when this matchmaker came a few days ago that we will not get married to this family business." refused once and came again the second time, and with the identity of the Cao family, he also pulled this face, and Qiao Cong'an felt strange.

"Mrs. Chu, our Jin Rong's appearance and character are not bad, why did you refuse so directly, it's not that I boast, how can this Cao family be worthy of your Chu family." Mrs. Cao couldn't pull her face a little, although she knew the result, but the Chu family didn't say a word and refused so much, and her heart was not very comfortable.

"Mrs. Cao, we have no intention of marrying you in the first place, this has nothing to do with the character of the third son of Cao, and it has nothing to do with the question of whether we are worthy of it." With the status of one of the four families of the Cao family and Jinling, and the imperial merchant rumored by others, there are many people who want to enter their family with such a family background, if you really want to count, the Chu family is the one who is not worthy.

"After all, this is a lifelong event for the children, should Mrs. Chu ask Miss Chu's opinion, maybe the two children knew each other earlier, otherwise we Jinrong would not take the initiative to mention it." refused one by one, and Mrs. Cao couldn't say anything at all, she could only mention Chu Yiyao.

"Sister-in-law's opinion is my opinion, Mrs. Cao, I will not agree to this marriage." Chu Yiyao's voice came from the door, Mrs. Cao looked back, Chu Yiyao walked in and saluted her first, and then sat opposite them.

Mrs. Cao is really embarrassed, if she is a poor person who comes to climb high, then it is understandable to be rejected, but now she is the wife of the Cao family, and she is rejected by the Chu family like this, and she can't say it on her face.

"Miss Chu, this marriage event is like this, marrying into the Cao family is not only for you, but also for the Chu family, who said that the kiss was expected a long time ago, and you have known each other before, how many people are in charge of this marriage by their parents, and they marry directly, how can anyone say the same or not." Mrs. Cao didn't think that the Chu family was good, the elders had all passed away, and an eldest lady who had not yet left the cabinet wanted to make the decision for her marriage, which sounded like child's play.

"What Mrs. Cao said is, if you don't know each other, it's okay to say, but I already know Cao Sangongzi, I don't like him, how can I agree to such a marriage, I can't let myself live with someone I don't like for a lifetime." Chu Yiyao shook her head with a smile, "With the conditions of the third prince Cao, you can find a better woman than me, Mrs. Cao, my sister-in-law has already said this matter, we have no intention of getting married, you better go back." ”…

The Cao family said that the rejection of their relatives quickly spread, and the Cao family was surprised enough to take a fancy to the Chu family, and the Chu family's two refusals made them feel incredible.

But there are also many people who think that the Chu family is doing the right thing, that is, the reputation of Cao Jinrong, they don't dare to marry their daughter to the Cao family, don't you see how the eldest grandson and daughter-in-law of the Shen family died, let's say that she has been in the hospital bed for a long time, how can she be sick for more than a year, and after her death, this mother's family will not get along with each other directly, so the eldest grandson of the Shen family has no bad reputation, if you go to the Cao family, you will have it?

Chu Yiyao didn't care how others passed it on, in her opinion, she refused twice, and the Cao family would definitely not talk about it again, but she underestimated Cao Jinrong, and after two days, she went out to the shop, and Cao Jinrong went directly to the boudoir to ask why she didn't get married.

"Why should I marry, if you want to marry me, I will marry, do all the women you want to marry in the world have to marry you?" Chu Yiyao felt ridiculous, when did the marriage in Jinling become As long as the man wants to marry, the woman must marry, what is the difference between this and forced marriage.

"Chu Yiyao, don't be ignorant, it's your luck that my son wants to marry you, what does it mean that you refuse twice." Cao Jinrong was naturally angry, what is his identity Cao Jinrong, what is her identity Chu Yiyao, and what reason does he have for him not to agree to marry her.

"I don't want to get married, I still have to leave this kind of luck to others, I can't afford it." Chu Yiyao wanted to leave, but Cao Jinrong didn't let her, grabbed her hand and pulled her back in public, Chu Yiyao exclaimed in pain, "You let go of me!" ”

Cao Jinrong's eyes were full of anger, he lowered his head and looked at Chu Yiyao, repeating word by word, "I'll say it again, you don't know what to do." ”

Chu Yiyao stubbornly glared back, and shouted at him, "I will say it again, I will not marry you, you let go of me, Cao Jinrong, what kind of scoundrel are you playing!"

"I won't let go, what can you do!" Cao Jinrong watched her struggle, the strength in his hand became tighter and tighter, and a sneer rose at the corner of his mouth, watching her struggle, no one around dared to help.

At this moment, a shout suddenly came from the crowd at the door, "Let her go!" ”

The author has something to say: the second one, and there is one more today

The Cao family, the Shen family and the Shui family are all one of the four big families in Jinling, and the four big families here are like the four big bosses who do business in a place, and the text sets up that Jinling is full of businessmen, so there is still a big gap between the Chu family and the Cao family, otherwise how can Cao San be rampant and domineering