Chapter 28: Wormwood
An engagement is not a marriage, it is just a marriage letter, an exchange of gifts, and a matchmaker. Therefore, the engaged men and women cannot meet, and in order to prevent accidents, the Yao family simply sealed Gu Ming in the room and closed it for so many days.
And some things that should be prepared by the man in the engagement customs, such as wild geese and the like, due to Lin Enzhi's current situation, Gu Wang and his wife did not ask for more. And Lin Enzhi didn't know what to think, so he let Gu Wang and his wife toss and turn, and there was no objection.
In other words, Gu Ming's so-called engagement was not only locked in the room for so many days, but also her fiancé should have prepared nothing. In fact, the two families just exchanged marriage certificates.
Bai Mei was babbling and talking, and between her words, she was very upset for Fourteen Niang. Gu Ming just smiled and didn't say anything. At this point, what's the use of her being upset?
Listening to the meaning of Bai Mei's words, it is implied that it is because of her resistance to this marriage that the engagement is so hasty. Lilac's face turned pale when she heard this, but Gu Ming was calm. In her previous life, she obeyed Yao's arrangement in an instant, but it was not the same sloppiness!
As for Bai Mei's attitude, she will leave her alone for the time being, just see how long she can be proud!
Bai Mei said a lot, and saw that Fourteen Niang had been listening quietly and didn't do anything to her, so she was very proud. It seems that Madame is really amazing, she has turned off the fourteenth mother like this, {a}{本}Read ~ novel yb][du but put out all her anger!
She said hello to Gu Ming and happily went to the Yao family to receive the reward.
"Fourteen Niang, Bai Mei was talking nonsense like that just now, how did you stop the slave from beating her?" As soon as Bai Mei left, Lilac said angrily, "I've never seen such a slave who is not up or down!" ”
"What's the use of beating her, how can the person I really want to hit be her?" Gu Ming laughed out loud when she heard her words.
Lilac was stunned for a moment, thinking about it. The person who really should fight, how can he get Baimei?
It's ridiculous that Bai Mei looked triumphant, but unexpectedly, in the eyes of Fourteen Niang, she didn't even have the qualifications to be beaten.
And Fourteen Niang seems to have been very happy since just now...... Rejoice in what? Could it be that she is actually happy to marry the Lin family's aunt?
"Just now Bai Mei said that the son of the Lin family studied very hard, if you have time, go around the house more, persuade the girl who serves him, let him go out more, don't be bored in the house all day." Gu Ming suddenly said again.
Her thoughts are almost imaginative, and she thinks that one play is another. Or Baimei is here, you must ask carefully, but this is where Lilac is different from others. After Gu Ming confessed, she accepted it and never asked much.
Lynn, Lynn, congratulations, your good days are coming! Gu Ming sat comfortably, squinting her eyes, and a meaningful smile appeared on her face. Yao's person is a typical person who can't see others well, so she wants to try it.
Yao arranged for Lin Enzhi to live in a small courtyard in the outer courtyard. This small courtyard used to be lived by the guests of the house, and it used to be magnificent, with endless visitors every day. But since Gu Wang's father, the guests in the house have become scarcer and rarer. When the Yao family was in charge, she simply resigned from the Zhibin family who had been waiting for the Gu family for three generations.
And this courtyard, because it is located in the front yard, it is inconvenient for the subordinates to live, and it is even more inconvenient for the Gu family to live, so it is also empty. Now that Lin Enzhi is living at home, Yao's family had an idea, and asked people to clean up this place, remove the small sign of "Zhibin Yuan", and make people remake a "Qiu Guiyuan" sign and hang it up.
Autumn Gui Qiugui, the meaning of taking is the meaning of "Toad Palace Folding Gui", which is very auspicious. Lin Enzhi took a little girl and a little maid assigned to him by Gu Fu, walked to the door with his luggage, looked at the dilapidated furnishings inside, took a deep breath, and walked in.
"Uncle, give everything to the slave maid, and the slave will clean it up for you immediately." The girl who gave it to Lin Enzhi was called wormwood, and when she saw that Lin Enzhi's face was uncertain, she hurriedly said.
The wormwood man is quite clever, but of course there is a reason why she can be assigned to Lynn as a girl, that is, she is a little ugly, especially the thick and turned lips. As the son of a family, there are more than a dozen owners in the Gu family's three rooms, large and small, and none of them are willing to want her.
Now the Yao family has given her to her future uncle, although she is only the aunt of the fourteenth mother, but Wormwood does not dislike it. If she can do a part-time job, she will be able to have an income and reduce a lot of the burden on her family. If it weren't for this inexplicable uncle, where would she have such a good thing?
So she asked politely.
Lin Enzhi grimaced and handed him the things.
This courtyard, although dilapidated, is quiet. Lin Enzhi sighed and could only accept it. Now he lives in Gu's mansion, with food, clothing, books to read, and people to wait...... It was all brought by the fourteenth-ranked maid.
Although his future wife is not the tenth mother he identified in advance, but replaced by the fourteenth mother of the concubine, what position does he have to dislike? The Gu family was able not to dislike him and admit this marriage contract, which already surprised him.
What does it matter if the house is broken? My own home is much more dilapidated than that! As long as there is a reassuring environment that allows him to continue studying, what kind of beautiful house will he not earn back?
The little girl Tianming and the ugly girl Wormwood went to clean up the room, Lin Enzhi saw that there was a stone table in the middle of the courtyard, and there was a stone bench next to the stone table, so he picked up the book, sat down, and read the book.
"Uncle can't let go of the book, and those who despise him in the house now will definitely regret it in the future." Wormwood glanced at it, turned back to Tianming and said.
Tianming has a different opinion: "The master has not been able to release the scroll for decades, so what?" "Xiucai is just a good name, but he can't be an official. Lifting people is already qualified to be an official, but it costs a lot of money to do it, and there is no way to be promoted. If you want to be an official, you have to take the Jinshi exam. But wormwood, an ugly girl, doesn't know anything, is the Jinshi so good at the test?
The exam is only taken once every three years, and only a few hundred people are recruited across the country each time.
Tianming pursed his lips, afraid of being heard by Lin Enzhi, so he didn't say anything more. I was just thinking in my heart that I would find an opportunity to go home and let the family think of a way to transfer him to another young master......
It was at this time that Lilac came to the outside of Qiuguiyuan and quietly looked inside. Lynn was fascinated by reading, Tianming had her own thoughts, and only Wormwood found her. Wormwood opened her mouth and was about to bark, but was stopped by Lilac's movements.
Wormwood knew that Lilac was coming, and quietly walked out the door and saluted her.
"Uncle is studying hard?" Lilac asked, looking inside.
Wormwood was very happy when she saw that Fourteen Niang had sent someone to investigate, and quickly replied: "Uncle is like this these days, as long as he is free, he will study seriously." ”
"Fourteen Niang said, it's not good to be bored at home, you have time to persuade him, let him go out for a walk, and relieve his boredom." Lilac said, took out a small purse from her arms, and handed it to Wormwood's arms, "This is a little money that Fourteen Niang saved with great difficulty, you let my uncle use it slowly." ”
Lilac didn't understand why Fourteen Niang obviously didn't approve of this marriage before, but now she wants to do it again, but she still did it meticulously according to her requirements.