Chen Han went from discussing relatives to exchanging Geng posts, and Li was the master alone.

Chen Xiucai is looking at the land and houses in the town these days, and plans to find a good place to live and let his wife and children move away from the Chen family's big yard.

On the night of the exchange of Geng posts, Chen Xiucai came to the house, and Li served him his favorite dishes, served him a bowl of rice, and opened up a few children, and revealed Xueru's family affairs to him: "...... We have an old friendship with the Han family, we know the roots, the snow is soft, the Han family has a simple population and is sensible, I can rest assured that I will marry into such a family, and when it comes to this juncture, I just want to ask you what your opinion is on this family matter. ”

Chen Xiucai scooped a bowl of soup and snorted half a bowl of belly, sandwiched a chopstick, and swallowed it carefully: "I have already changed the Geng post, so let's settle it." ”

didn't say anything else, Li was a little annoyed in his heart, although this matter had already been settled, but he was a little cold when he saw Chen Xiucai's attitude that was not salty. Xue Ru is the eldest child in the family, and the first happy event must be solemn at the beginning.

What Li didn't know was that Chen Xiucai's heart for this matter was no less than her, he just didn't show it, but he did one thing behind his back.

In the evening, Chen Xiucai ordered Han Xingjian and Chen Qi'an to go to the town's bathhouse to take a bath.

Han Xingjian and Chen Qi'an were cooking cinnamon leaf sencha with a few classmates in a private school, and the young people were at the age of fun-loving and noisy, so they carried Huang Xiucai on their backs and picked up the laurel leaf thatch roots that were blown off in baskets and came back, lit them under the red clay stove, and made tea soup when the water was boiling. One person mentions yì, one person strikes the gong in front, and the teacup is passed among the students one by one. When the gongs and drums stop, the teacup falls into the hands of whoever has to make a poem related to tea.

It was passed to Han Xingjian. The sound of gongs and drums suddenly stopped, and everyone clapped their hands desperately, shouting: "Poetry, poetry." ”

A student who didn't like to study walked in and said, "Xingjian, Master Chen is looking for you outside, saying that he wants you to go out." ”

A few people in the audience looked at each other with teacups, and you pushed me: "Now it's not a master." It's my father-in-law, hurry up and greet him, don't run away with the bride. ”

turned Han Xingjian's face red. Slightly stunned, he didn't care about drinking tea, stood up and pulled the creases on the corners of his clothes, and was about to go out with a crown. The student who came in said quickly: "Master Chen has really become your father-in-law?" ”

Chen Qi'an was also among the students. Because it was his sister who was married, it was not good to joke with everyone, so he said with a tiger face: "What nonsense." ”

After that, he drank all the water in the teacup, waved his hand and hurriedly went to catch up with Han Xingjian, and someone coaxed him later: "Oh, brother-in-law and brother-in-law ......"

Chen Xiucai stood at the door of the private school, wearing an evergreen straight robe. Dressed ordinarily, there is no gold and jade on his body. I saw Han Xingjian running down the mountain steps. I didn't see it, I stood with my hands behind my back, and I saw him standing a few steps apart, stretched out his hand to straighten his clothes, and stepped forward to make a big gesture: "Master Chen"

Chen Xiucai only turned around inadvertently, took a step back and didn't dare to accept the full salute, but it was a little sturdy, and he was experiencing Han Xingjian's salute, and said with a smile: "Passing by the private school, I miss you inside." ”

"Dad, you're looking for Xingjian?" Chen Qi'an, who was following behind, saw that his father was carrying his hands behind his back, and he specially came to the private school to find Han Xingjian, and he didn't know what was going on. My sister and Han Xingjian are discussing marriage, Geng Ti has changed, and the rest of the things are discussed by the parents of both sides, and I don't know what my father came to do with Xingjian.

"Master Chen." Han Xingjian glanced at Chen Qi'an, and his eyebrows were confused.

These days, he has been happy in his heart, and he has joy in his eyebrows and eyes every day. He likes Xueru, and both parents support it, and the auspicious day of the zodiac is officially decided two days later, and no one in the town can compare to his marriage. When people are happy, they are prone to gains and losses, and now when they see Chen Xiucai, they only think that they have a fork in their relationship with Xueru, and they can't say everything for a moment, so they have to stand respectfully with their hands.

Chen Xiucai looked at him and suddenly smiled: "Come with me to the town for a cup of hot tea." ”

Han Xingjian naturally agreed, and was going to ask Huang Xiucai for leave, Chen Xiucai said: "I have already given you leave." ”

looked at Qi An again: "Since you have come out, you will also follow." ”

Han Xingjian and Chen Qi'an glanced at each other, and they didn't know why they were going to the town to drink tea, so they had to follow behind, and the three of them walked towards the town one after the other.

There are several tea shops in the town, Chen Xiucai took the two of them, passed by the tea shop but did not enter, all the way through Hualiu Street, Red Lantern Fang, these places are all famous fireworks in Baitu Town, those prostitutes are making a living here, one by one mothers dressed up with a flattering smile, shaking the handkerchief with a sweet voice to attract customers.

The window was ajar, and some fireworks women were drawing their eyebrows in the window. In such a cold weather in late autumn, one by one they were still wearing tulle skirts, showing their snow-white arms, shouting to the guest officer, or ten wen once, or one hundred wen once, and the price was clearly marked.

In the depths of the alley, the sound of stalls came from the shouting of stalls, and the white dumplings and yellow and clear fritters came to the face with a stream of heat. This side is not like the outer alleys, there are many secret prostitutes here, narrow doors and narrow households, hanging door curtains, the first two stools in the house are set up to make beds, three or five women stand by the door curtains waving handkerchiefs, the same is the skin and meat business, and there are also high and low.

Before I knocked on the door, I passed by the wooden bed in the house, and there were men and women screaming.

Chen Xiucai walked in front quietly. Han Xingjian and Chen Qi'an followed behind, not daring to raise their heads. Where have the two of them seen such a battle, although Han Xingjian said that he lived in the town, he really had never been to this backstreet, first, his family did not allow it, and second, he knew that this was a bad place.

When the room went in and out, it was mostly stout men, half-blushing and pestering the prostitutes. Chen Xiucai looked like a scholar, wearing a square scarf on his head, and a bold prostitute chased the three of them for a while, looking at them from top to bottom.

Which man who came to this place did not look like a monkey in a hurry, but these three people were different from the others, the first one had a calm face, and the two teenagers behind him were only afraid that they were still children, and they walked steadily with their eyebrows and eyes half lowered.

Chen Xiucai walked halfway down the road and suddenly looked back at Han Xingjian. I saw fine beads of sweat on his face. Walking through the flower street and willow lane, I don't know where to put my eyes, and I can't wait to lower my head in my pants. I couldn't help but nod slightly.

Han Xingjian nervously clenched his sweat, feeling that Chen Xiucai looked back at him, he didn't dare to look up, he only glanced at Chen Qi'an, and Chen Qi'an didn't know what his father meant by bringing them here.

The three of them walked through the Flower Branch Willow Alley and walked to the back street, which was lined up with bathhouses. The street was covered in fog, and many men creaked into it with a towel on their shoulders.

Chen Xiucai led the two to a bathhouse and stood still, and a white-bearded old man inside beckoned, "Please come inside." ”

Han Xingjian knew this bathhouse. In winter, when it was cold, he often followed his father here to take a bath.

"I'm here to take a bath." Chen Xiucai glanced back, lifted the curtain and went in.

Only then did Han Xingjian know that Master Chen, no. It should be that the future father-in-law actually brought him to take a bath. He understood after a moment's hesitation. Uncle Yue waited for him to come to the bathhouse and stripped naked to see if he had any secret diseases.

Chen Qi'an also guessed this, and looked at Xingjian nervously, his father loved his daughter and was thirsty, but this kind of practice inevitably made the Han family feel slighted.

"That's as it should be." Han Xingjian knew what Qi An was thinking, and smiled at him. In his heart, he didn't feel that he had been lightly relevant, and if someone wanted to marry his daughter who had been raised for so many years, he had to see if it was good or bad.

The two of them followed Chen Xiucai in. Stepping on the slippery floor, I went inside. The fog is also difficult to see. But instead of taking a bath in the big bathhouse, Chen Xiucai asked for a single room like the shopkeeper, surrounded by curtains, with three beds by the door, and a large stone pool in the middle.

The runner led the three people in, lit a lily incense, and prepared a few plates of food and a good pot of tea.

Chen Xiucai undressed, walked into the pool and smiled at Han Xingjian: "It's cold, run a shower to loosen your muscles." ”

Han Xingjian and Chen Qi'an took off their clothes and walked into the pool after a while.

Chen Xiucai squinted his eyes and looked over, the fog in front of him was not real, he beckoned, and called Han Xingjian to his side.

Needless to say, Han Xingjian's family conditions are not as good as the boys who do farm work in the township, Chen Xiucai saw that he had long hands and feet, a wide back, a wide body, a tight belly, and no peculiar smell on his body, so he nodded in his heart.

The fog came up, and the three of them were soaked and red, Chen Qi'an took the wine on the small table, and the three of them drank it.

"My family Xueru has a good temper and a solid heart, you are a clever and sensible person, I am relieved to marry you." Chen Xiucai drank a cup of oolong tea and looked at Han Xingjian's red arms, "Although it was mentioned by your parents, Xue Ru is also your own value, you have to treat her well in the future, if it is not good to take her, not only me, but even Qi An will not be able to spare you." ”

Han Xingjian's heart fell to the ground with a stone, and while putting on his clothes, he was straight, and the whole person was soothed by the fragrance of lilies: "Father-in-law, please rest assured, I will definitely be kind to the snow." ”

After taking a bath, Han Xingjian returned home with a smile on his lips, Zhou saw his son come back with a red face, and thought he was sick, so he quickly sent him back to the room to lie down, and ordered the little girl to quickly serve tea and pour water to prepare meals, and shouted to ask the doctor to come to see him, Han Xingjian only felt a wave of irritability from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, waved his hand at Zhou, took his mother's arm and said with a smile: "Mother, don't be busy, I don't have a fever, it's been cold for the past two days, and I went to take a bath with the students of the private school." ”

Zhou gave up at this time, nodded his head and said: "It's all married, and you're still so frizzy, when will Xue Ru enter the door, I'll throw away my hand and let you go." ”

Han Xingjian, who was happy, smirked.

Chen Xiucai took Chen Qi'an back home, and Li had dinner early, because he was angry in his heart, he was indifferent to Chen Xiucai, and only pulled Qi An and asked: "What's the matter, my face is so red, I'm afraid it's a fever." ”

A stack of shouting snow is like going to the pot house to cook ginger soup.

Chen Qi'an saw that his sister was going to marry the day after tomorrow, but in the past two days, his mother was indifferent to his father for no reason, afraid that he complained that his father didn't care about Xueru's marriage, so he pulled Li outside and said a few words in Li's ear.

Li Shi frowned first, but returned to the house with a smile.

"Mother, what's wrong?" Chen Xuejiao is the most proficient in observing words and feelings.

"It's okay, it's okay." Li shook his hand with a smile, and looked better at Chen Xiucai's complexion, and was very attentive when serving tea and pouring water and vegetables.

After resting at night, Li Shi endured it all night and finally couldn't help it, and hurriedly asked Chen Xiucai: "What do you say about taking Xingjian to take a bath?" ”

"It's a clean one." Chen Xiucai said.

Li nodded secretly, and naturally understood in his heart what he meant by being clean and clean, and a hanging heart fell back into his stomach.

Thinking that he didn't have a good face for Chen Xiucai in the past two days, he couldn't help it, it turned out that he had misunderstood his husband's love for his daughter.

"Originally, I thought about it too much, but I didn't expect you to hurt the snow ......so much," Li said curtly.

But no, her daughter is her own eyeballs, what she is looking forward to is Xueru to find a good husband, the Han family's family background has nothing to say, Xingjian's character has nothing to say, these are all on the surface, but the physical quality can not be seen, thanks to his own man thinking of this layer, he actually took his future son-in-law to take a bath, it can be seen that the husband is as concerned about his daughter as he is.

"She is my daughter, I must think about her, and you don't have to worry too much." Chen Xiucai comforted the Li family.

The two of them talked for a while, and Li suddenly said as if he remembered something: "Jinghao is the same age as Xueru, she lives in our house, but this family matter is not something we can intervene in, and now she is also going to say kiss, I think I took advantage of Xueru's marriage this time to invite Qingbi over, and ask Qingbi what she means, she is a person who understands, and she can't let the eldest concubine and Baozhu Hu come." ”

"You have thought it through, my sister will leave Jing Hao's only bone and blood, and if I can take her to live at home, I will definitely not let her marry like my sister." Chen Xiucai nodded.

Chen Xueru's marriage is not only a matter of the big house, but also about the face of the entire Chen family.

Early in the morning of the first day of the marriage, the Li family took a few children to the upper room and mentioned the matter of Xueru's marriage to Old Man Chen and Old Lady Chen.

In fact, when the official media entered the door last time, all the rooms of the Chen family already knew about it, and today it is just a formal notification.

"The Han family is good, Xingjian's father and mother are really capable and capable, Xingjian's child is also a kind person in my opinion, Xueru will not be wronged if she marries in the past. Good, good. Although Old Man Chen has always been indifferent to his granddaughter, he is sincerely happy to know that the eldest daughter of the long house has said a good kiss.

Li Shi was relieved to see that Old Man Chen was meaningless.

"Eldest daughter-in-law, didn't I say it, how old is Xue Rucai to get married so early. Then why didn't the Han family come to propose marriage before, why did they propose marriage at this juncture, their family is very shrewd in business, it is to watch the boss make a lot of money from outside to marry you, do you think people are looking at Xueru, don't dream? People have been in business for so many years, and they are afraid that they will not do business at a discount. Old Lady Chen stared at Li with a smile, and the words in her mouth slipped out one by one. (To be continued......)