"This kid ...... Xiao Li, don't mind, he's drunk and talking nonsense. Xu hurriedly explained to me.

"It's okay." I smiled to reassure her.

"Xiao Li, you are really a good daughter-in-law, my mother is not wrong." Xu said.

I sighed inwardly, what if one day she found out that we weren't really together?

"Let's help him back to his room." I said to Xu.

I and Xu each took one arm of Zhuo Ran and helped him up, maybe the posture was not very comfortable, Zhuo Ran moved, and the whole body leaned on me. I immediately felt the pressure, stumbled a little, and said in my heart: I won't drink what you drink!

It took a lot of effort to finally put Zhuo Ran on the bed, and I was sweating all over.

Zhuo Ran slept directly until the next morning.

After breakfast early in the morning, Xu called Zhuo Ran to her room while I was cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks.

I remembered that after returning yesterday, Xu's expression must have something to do with it. So he put down the work in his hand and quietly slipped to the door of Xu's room.

The door was closed, and Zhuo Ran's voice came from inside: "Mother, I don't agree to this." I have already married Xiao Li as my wife, how can I marry another woman! ”

Well, is this going to make a fuss like that? At this time, I heard Xu Shi lower his voice and said: "Why can't you marry, do you see which man is not three wives and four concubines, or your father also had several concubines back then." Besides, the other party is a distant cousin of Yang Bu's political envoy, and he is also one of the richest families in Hangzhou. Regardless of the property in his name, there are seven or eight houses. The matchmaker said that as long as you marry the daughter of the Yi family, Master Yi will give us one of the houses as a dowry. ”

"Mother, this won't work." Zhuo Ran said, with helplessness in his tone.

"Alas......" Xu sighed and said: "Son, since your father passed away, your mother has eaten and clothed you in frugal tribute, and you have gone to the academy to study." Finally, you won a solution, and the family has not much money. You have to go to Beijing next year to take the exam, and you will need a lot of expenses along the way! ”

The room fell silent, could it be that Zhuo Ran had compromised? I leaned into the crack of the door panel to look at the situation in the house, but saw Zhuo Ran suddenly kneeling in front of Xu.

"What are you doing here? Mother didn't blame you. Xu looked at Zhuo Ran who was kneeling in front of him.

Zhuo Ran said: "Mother, the child is not filial, and he has made his mother suffer for so many years. In fact, the child can not be a big official, just like the father back then, and he can support his family by doing some business. ”

Before the words fell, there was a crisp "snap", in exchange for a slap from the mother.

After the fight, Xu stood on the spot, staring at the hand that slapped his son. I saw that the hand was visibly shaking, and I don't know if it was because I was too angry or because I felt sorry for my son's beating......

Zhuo Ran didn't speak, and after a period of silence, Xu's eyes flashed with tears, and he bent down to mix Zhuo Ran: "Ran'er, it's not your mother who forced you to do something, you forgot how our Zhuo family fell, and how did your father die?" ”

"The child didn't dare to forget!" Zhuo Ran said faintly. Since he had his back to the door, I couldn't see his expression.

Xu wiped away his tears and sniffed: "No matter how rich a businessman is, he still can't fight an official." Mother doesn't want you to follow in your father's footsteps. Zhuo Ran didn't speak, and Xu said again: "You can tell Xiao Li about marrying, I think she is a reasonable and good daughter-in-law, and she shouldn't have an opinion." ”

I suddenly sighed, "three wives and four concubines", fortunately I have no real feelings with Zhuo Ran, if I really fall in love with an ancient, there will be intrigue in the future, and you will live and die.

Just thinking about it, I suddenly saw Zhuo Ran walking towards the door, I hurriedly used a teleportation spell to return to the dining room, waved all the unpacked dishes and chopsticks into the kitchen cupboard, and then went back to the room.

Pushing open the door, I saw Zhuo Ran sitting on the edge of the bed, head down, not knowing what he was thinking.

"What's wrong?" I entered the house and closed the door with my backhand.

"Yesterday, a matchmaker came to speak for the Yi Yuan foreigner in Hangzhou, and my mother agreed. However, I don't think at all, what should I do? Zhuo Ran asked me.

"Accept it, it's a pity not to accept such a good dish." I said, it turns out that the old woman I saw yesterday was a matchmaker!

"Then if it's really a dish, it's nothing, but it's a pity that she's not." Zhuo Ran said.

"Anyway, sooner or later you have to marry a daughter-in-law, and if someone is rich and powerful, you will be able to fight for less than twenty years in the future."

"Why are you like my mother? I killed Xiuxiu because I didn't have money, but now I can't bring Xiuxiu back to life even if I have more money! Zhuo Ran tilted his head to the side and ignored me.

"He Yuxiu chose to commit suicide because she was not married to you, and she was afraid of disappointing you. What about your mother, her whole life is poured into you, and she is tired and tired for you to live a better life tomorrow, is your mother's dedication to you still worthy of He Yuxiu's infatuation with you? Shouldn't you be living well for your mother? You're a man, you have family, you have friends, why do you only think about what happened to you, and don't care about the feelings of the people around you. How is it different for your mother that you are living irresponsibly like you are dead? "It's hard to imagine that I've said such a long list.

"I ......" Zhuo Ran's eyes turned back to me again, and he only said one word and didn't say anything more, just looked at me fixedly.

I avoided his gaze, wondering why he had turned around with the same pair of eyes, and why he was so similar to Chihiro's eyes.

"Do I have no choice?" Zhuo Ran said.

"Actually, feelings can be cultivated. Why don't you meet the young lady of the Yi family before making a decision? I said.

Zhuo Ran took off his shoes, lay down on the bed, pulled the quilt over his body, and covered him.

"You don't read anymore." I asked with some curiosity, because on weekdays, he reads books and sees them very late.

"I don't look at it." Zhuo Ran replied.

"Then go to bed early." I said, suddenly remembering one more thing: "How did your father die?" ”

Zhuo Ran turned his head to look at me, and there was a hint of surprise in his eyes: "Why do you ask this?" ”

"I suddenly remembered, so I asked." I'm not stupid enough to say that I overheard his mother's conversation.

"My father was framed and died in prison." Zhuo Ran said, his tone indifferent.

I was taken aback, and I also understood what Xu said to Zhuo Ran just now. Thinking that he grew up alone without his father, I felt more sympathy for him in my heart.

After sitting on the chair for a long time, it was estimated that Zhuo Ran might have fallen asleep, so he got up and walked to the bed. After taking off my shoes, I climbed into bed, raising my legs to step over Zhuo Ran, who was sleeping outside. However, as soon as one of my legs stepped over, Zhuo Ran suddenly opened his eyes. "What do you do?" Zhuo Ran said with a frightened face.

"Huh?" I looked at myself, then at him, and suddenly looked embarrassed.

Since the curtain was not very high, I rode over him with my knees bent over.

"Didn't I want to climb inside and sleep! Aren't you asleep? I explained, retracting the leg that had crossed over, not wanting to step on the air, and suddenly my center of gravity was unstable and fell backwards.