The wedding period is certain, and the communication between the two families will increase. From time to time, Lou Hua went to give some small gifts, snacks and other things to save a sense of zài, Lou Yuzhu and Lou Chen turned into gods, and asked Liang Zhao to come out from time to time, and then found an opportunity to let Lou Hua be alone with him.

On this day, Lou Yuzhu and Lou Chen walked in front and looked around, and Lou Hua and Liang Zhao fell behind.

"Do you have a favorite?" Lou Hua looked at Liang Zhao, who was dressed in plain color, and asked.

Liang Zhao raised his eyebrows: "No." ”

Both sides of the street are very lively, there are delicate gadgets and ordinary household objects, occasionally see someone in the corner with palm leaves to weave a mat, Lou Hua looked for the past to ask for two tender green palm leaves, sat on the small wonton stall next to it, and then made up grasshoppers. It had not been made up for a long time, but it was still easy to remember something that was impressive, and soon, a tender green lifelike grasshopper slowly appeared in his hand.

Liang Zhao was dumbfounded, and he couldn't imagine that the polite Lou Hua would make up such an interesting gadget.

"In the past, our family was poor, and when we were in the town to catch the market, we would pick wild palm leaves and weave them into grasshoppers to sell, and we felt that there was nothing better than selling them for ten cents at a time." After a while, a lifelike grasshopper was braided and put it in Liang Zhao's hand, and Lou Hua smiled softly. "Put it on the windowsill at night and let it stain it with some dew, and it will last for many days."

Looking at the lifelike grasshopper in his hand, Liang Zhao didn't react for a while.

"I heard that Lin Lang looked for you yesterday?"

Liang Zhao's heart tightened, and he couldn't help but say bitterly: "I have looked for it, but I haven't seen it." "People who grew up together since childhood have teamed up with an outsider to ruin his reputation, and it is okay to quit his relatives and marry someone else, but he should not secretly harm his in-laws and force him to be a concubine.

Lou Hua patted his hand and smiled comfortingly: "Don't be nervous, I don't mean anything else." The fault of the past is not yours, but I will bear the future affairs. You can rest assured. "The one who is protected by him is his scale, and whoever dares to touch it must be prepared to bear his wrath.

A few days later, the news that Lin Lang had lost his fame came and Liang Zhao knew what Lou Hua meant at that time, and his originally empty heart suddenly warmed like a warm current being injected.

The news of Lou Hua's marriage was transmitted back to Yanjia Village, and the old man Lou couldn't sit still, and found Lou Chengyi, which meant that Lou Wen's brother had not yet married, how could there be a reason for his younger brother to marry first.

Lou Yuzhu immediately smiled: "How can the cousins who have separated from the family pay so much attention, according to Grandpa's words, there are not many people in the world who can't get married." ”

Old Man Lou also knew that this reason was far-fetched, so he pulled out a dry smile and said: "Grandpa knows that you are not the same as in the past, but you are all in the same vein, the boss and their family are not good-looking, and your face is not bright, right?" ”

Lou Yuzhu pretended to drink tea and didn't answer, Lou Chengyi didn't dare to speak, Fu Linshu never intervened in the mouth of the old man Lou.

No one answered, and the old man was embarrassed, but he still spoke, and said in a pleading tone: "For the sake of the same lineage, tell Da Lang about his family?" Don't look at the background, as long as people are filial! ”

"In my image, every time my grandfather comes to the door, it seems that it is because of the uncle and cousin," sweeping the stiff face of the old man Lou, Lou Yuzhu sighed and continued: "We don't have to say anything if we are short of money, but we shouldn't talk about kissing." ”

"Why?!" Old Man Lou was anxious: "Da Lang has a reputation for showing off his talents, so it shouldn't be difficult to tell him about his family affairs today, right?" You don't want to help you with the work of raising your hands?! ”

"What do you mean by not helping? Didn't we help us in the past? "It is said that the second room of the big house is a white-eyed wolf that cannot be raised, and the most unfamiliar one should be the old man Lou. Whether it is before or after the separation, what is the disadvantage of the third room to the old man Lou? Eating food, clothes, shoes and socks are all provided by three rooms, including the medicine taken by the first few doctors, saying that the good doctors in the village are not at home, they will invite the town to sit in the hall, the medicine is expensive, and the tonic has also taken a lot, but look at his words or the fault of the three rooms! "Since that's the case, grandpa, let's make it clear. Whether it's the cousin's family, the second cousin's, the third cousin's, or the gold brother and the silver brother, we won't care. We don't lack half a cent of gift money, but we will never come forward to say goodbye. ”

Old Man Lou opened his mouth.

Lou Yuzhu sneered. Why did you know in the first place today? ruined the reputation of the Guo family's brother that day, so that Lou Mingzhu was lured as a concubine, and now he is pinched by Zhengjun and can't even give birth to children. Poor Ji Xiaorong acquiesced to this matter for a few dozen taels of silver, but he didn't know that Lou Mingzhu was still behind when he was suffering.

When the old man Lou was sent away, Lou Yuzhu said to the two husbands: "Dad, Daddy, no matter who asks us to say goodbye in the future, we can't agree, especially the old mansion." Seeing Lou Chengyi's hesitation, Lou Yuzhu had to break it open and tell him. Take the marriage of the lobby brother as an example, we can never agree, firstly, the matter between the lobby brother and the Guo family before is really disgraceful, and secondly, the father also has to think about it, the eldest brother said that the object of the kiss is from an official family, and the reputation of the meritorious building family, can we tell the lobby brother that a Zhuang family is not successful? It can't be too bad, can it? Take a step back and say that even if there is really that suitable person, who will you help if the two families have trouble in the future? Help the lobby brother, people say that you are partial to help each other, and people want to say that we don't miss brotherhood. And I told the eldest cousin, what about the second cousin and the third cousin? And what about Brother Jin and Brother Yin? Do we help? Rather than being entangled in the future, it is better not to be in this troubled water. "What does the old man Lou say, he doesn't look at the background, as long as people are filial, he doesn't believe it, whoever believes it is stupid! The benefits are old houses, but the personal debts are three-room, a good calculation!

Not to mention how angry the old house is if the third room does not help, it will soon be autumn harvest time. The previous spring ploughing and summer harvest was helped by Zhou Cheng, but this time because the other party went to Beijing to drink Pei Guanying's wedding wine, the harvest of 1,300 acres of fertile land fell to Lou Chengyi and Lou Ming.

After the autumn harvest was busy with the grain into the warehouse, Lou Yuzhu began to prepare for the New Year's ceremony. First of all, there are five brocades and thirty fine silk horses sent to the Son of Heaven, as well as the high-quality distilled liquor and fruit wine produced by the Fifty Jar Winery, and finally the high-quality ham and pork belly smoked bacon that Lou Yuzhu researched according to the modern method. Five horses of brocade have made the Son of Heaven smile from ear to ear, thirty horses of fine silk with patterns and colors that are difficult to see on the market, fifty altars of high-quality distilled liquor and fruit wine needless to say, what is refreshing is the excellent taste of ham, whether it is a side dish or a single is delicious, as well as fat and thin bacon, cut into slices and take the watercress dried chili powder on the pot and steam, with white rice, the Son of Heaven can eat three bowls unexpectedly, and the heart of the dry is frightened and afraid that the Son of Heaven will eat the accumulated food. As soon as the Son of Heaven was happy, the reward came down like flowing water, and he heard that Lou Hua got married in February and asked people to prepare congratulatory gifts.

Of course, these Lou Yuzhu didn't know yet, so they were relieved to prepare the New Year's gift and then send it out.

Zhou Cheng is busier than Lou Yuzhu, inns, silk, wineries, Xinyi Building, big food shops, ice cellars, newly made two Zhuangzi off-season vegetables and ham bacon, as well as newly opened ready-to-wear shops and gold buildings, etc., he is dazzled just by looking at the accounts, not to mention the year-end entertainment. It's just that no matter how busy you are, you still find time to send New Year's gifts to the Lou family in person.

Fu Linshu took the gift list and didn't look at it, and instructed the servant to be busy with the stove and hot tea, and said strangely: "It's cold and busy, just send someone to make a trip, why bother to run it yourself." ”

Zhou Cheng said that it was okay, and the Xiang Louchen ran over and shouted, "Brother Zhou is here?" Did you bring me something fun? ”

Yuzhu stepped in, and Zhou Cheng, who was dressed in a brocade dress with a jade buckle on his head, shook his eyes, blinked and smiled: "Why are you here?" It's not that you can't pull away? ”

"Sooner than expected."

Lou Chen went straight to the gift list, looked at Fu Linshu's annoying eyes quickly, and said after looking at it: "Why did Brother Zhou send so many jade jewelry clothes?" My brother Yu doesn't wear it, and it's a waste in the cabinet. ”

Zhou Cheng coughed dryly and twisted his head slightly.

Fu Linshu snatched back the gift list, twisted his ears and scolded: "It's getting bigger and smaller!" You go back to the house and face the wall! Looking back at Chonglou Yuzhu and said: "Brother Yu'er greets Zhou Cheng, I will supervise this kid to practice calligraphy." ”

I haven't known each other for so long, and before I went out, Zhou Cheng asked someone to take a fox fur from the New Year's gift, shook it open and put it on Lou Yuzhu personally: "Seeing that it's going to snow again, don't be too troublesome to go out, it's better than taking medicine if you are infected with a cold." ”

There is floor heating at the door, and it is so much way to go out, and it is really troublesome to take off and put on, the most important thing is that he is really a man in his heart, and he does not have the kind of self-delicate consciousness. "Speaking of me, why don't you put it on?"

"I'm so angry that I don't believe you touch it."

Zhou Cheng stretched out his hand, Lou Yuzhu subconsciously touched it, and found that it was indeed warm and hot. The original owner was quite weak because of long-term malnutrition, his palms were sweaty in summer, and his hands and feet were cold in winter.

This flash, Zhou Cheng took his hand and walked out of the distance, the other party's palm was hot and comfortable, but it felt weird, and he didn't earn it. "Let it go!"

Tilting his head slightly, Zhou Cheng replied categorically: "Don't let go!" ”

Hearing this, Lou Yuzhu's eyes were about to pop out. Is he being molested or molested or molested?

One struggled, the other clung to it, and the two walked through the corridor and across the courtyard, and the servants whom the passers-by met all hurried away without slanting their eyes after seeing the salute, pretending not to know about the awkwardness of the two, and only laughing sullenly when they were far away.

Hearing the sullen laughter behind him, Lou Yuzhu became more and more annoyed, and glared at him: "Let go!" ”

Zhou Cheng said word by word: "No, let's go!" ”

"Will you let it go?"

"How about not letting it go?"

Zhou Cheng raised his eyebrows, Lou Yuzhu beat him angrily, so much strength The other party didn't even frown, Lou Yuzhu couldn't tickle him angrily, and he didn't want Zhou Cheng, who was calm and steady, to be really afraid of itching.

found that Lou Yuzhu, who had poked the death hole, raised his eyebrows, and the ridicule in his eyes was undisguised.

Zhou Cheng, who had a little uneven laughter just now, coughed lightly, his ears were red and his head was slightly tilted. He can't be blamed for being itchy by nature, and he doesn't want to.

"Do you want to let it go?"

Zhou Cheng straightened his waist, still saying one word: "No, let's go!" ”

Lou Yuzhu's eyebrows were raised, and the corners of her mouth were smeared with a wicked smile and scratched straight to his waist.

Because Zhou Cheng doesn't let go, the distance to avoid is limited, and there is always something that can be scratched in three or two, Zhou Cheng, who is smiling, simply wraps the fox fur, stretches out his iron arm and hugs the whole person in his arms, and is also happy Lou Yuzhu, whose eyes are bright and the corners of his mouth are slightly upturned, and he imprinted a kiss on his forehead, and his tone is spoiled and gentle.

"Don't make a fuss."