said that Xianglan, who came out of Song's house, returned home like a wandering spirit, closed the door of the wing room, and sat for a long time, only staring at the jade bracelet that Song Ke gave her on her wrist. sat straight until the sky was in the twilight, then she got up, pulled off the bracelet with all her strength, turned over the box and turned over the cabinet, collected all the things that Song Ke gave her in the box, put a big lock under the bed, and opened the door as if no one was there to help Xue Zhang Luo eat.

Seven or eight days later, Chen Wanquan returned home from the store and brought the news of Song Ke and Zheng Jingxian's engagement. A few days later, Song Ke sold all the properties in his hand and brought his family to Beijing. On the day of the trip, all the officials and squires in Jinling saw each other off in Shili Pavilion, and Chen Wanquan naturally went to see them off, and when he came back, he boasted about the grandeur of the scene, and took out a letter to Xianglan, saying that Song Ke's little servant secretly stuffed it to him and asked him to hand it over.

Xianglan went back to the house and opened the letter to take a look, only to see that only the word "cherished" was written on the paper. Her heart was in pain, and the sadness that had been suppressed for many days could no longer be contained because of two words, and tears poured down like rain. Song Ke is the fetters of her previous life, and it is also a beam of light in her heart, every time she thinks of him, Xianglan feels that even though there are many ups and downs in this life, she can meet again, God finally treats her well, but now Song Ke is really gone, and she will marry and have children with others in the future, and Xiao Lang is a passerby from then on, they can only cherish each other in their hearts, and they are separated by the world.

Xianglan cried heartbreakingly in the room, and the Chen couple stood at the door and listened with their ears pricked up. Chen Wanquan rubbed his hands and said hurriedly: "My daughter was born weak, how can it be good to cry and break her body?" Go in and persuade. ”

Xue said with a sad face: "Sister Lan once secretly told me in private, saying that Uncle Song really wants to marry her as the lady of the main house, and I will also be suspicious, I don't think it's like it, this thing is really yellow." A few days ago, I looked at it and was fine, but now I see how the letter cried so badly. ”

Chen Wanquan glared and scolded: "You know a fart!" She is delusional there, and you don't persuade her, but follow the dream! What kind of character is Uncle Song, the Jinshi of the two lists, the official master of the Hanlin Academy, and he can still look at Xianglan? Didn't you see that people were engaged to the young lady of Xian Guogong? The girl cries like this, she wants to have three long and two short, I'm not done with you! ”

Xue Shi twisted his eyebrows and said, "What are you anxious with me?" Sister Lan is a ten-cow character who can't pull back, can I persuade her? ”

Chen Wanquan sighed and squatted on the ground, pulled out the dry cigarette from his belt and took a few puffs, and sighed: "We are just small people, we can't climb up to a big family, it's better to live our own lives." ”

Xue said: "This is also my thoughts, Sister Lan is also old, tell her a good family, as soon as this happy event comes, Uncle Song will also be revealed." ”

Chen Wanquan said: "Before, I thought it was excellent to be a concubine for Uncle Lin, but Sister Lan was not happy, the Lin family also had a few powerful mothers-in-law, Sister Lan was afraid of being angry when she went in, Uncle Lin never came back in the capital, and I don't know if I have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the month of the horse, it is better to marry in the neighborhood, you and I have only one daughter, and there will be a headache and brain fever in the future, and there is a person to serve in front of the bed." As he spoke, he stood up, knocked the bags under his eyes on his feet, and said, "I have a choice in my heart...... What do you think of Xiao Xia Xianggong? ”

Xue raised his eyebrows and said, "Xia Yun? ”

Chen Wanquan said: "It's him." Xiao Xia Xianggong is now a master, although he didn't get into any Jinshi, but now he has the blue eyes of the master bookkeeper, and he is an official in the yamen, so he is an official. I see that he is highly educated, has good character, and is a reliable person. These days, he went straight to our house, obviously he was interested in Sister Lan, and he also sent someone to find out what I meant. If such a person doesn't hurry up and order, he will regret it if he gets the first place. ”

Xue said: "Xiao Xia Xianggong is a good one, but there is one thing that is not very agreeable, the family is poorer, he also has two brothers, one sister, two sisters and three younger brothers, all of whom have no money, and his old son and sister-in-law are not easy to get along, but I am afraid that Sister Lan will marry and suffer." ”

Chen Wanquan waved his hand and said, "What is the money without money?" He is already an official master, and he is afraid that he will not be able to eat and drink spicy food in the future? Which girl's family doesn't serve her in-laws, and she gets along like this, others can do it, but Sister Lan can't do it? ”

Xue Shi was still worried: "I don't know if Sister Lan is willing to ....... this."

Chen Wanquan stared at her and said, "You don't care if she is happy or not!" She is happy to Uncle Song, and people are happy to like her! This can't be caused by her temperament, she is sixteen, can she still stay at home and become an enemy! It has always been the words of the matchmaker of the parents, and if it looks good, I can still hurt her! He shook his hand and entered the house.

said Xianglan, who was tired of crying, lay on the bed and fell asleep. When she came out of the room the next day, she was refreshed, and if it weren't for the red and swollen eyes, she wouldn't have seen how miserable she was crying yesterday. It's just that I'm locked up in the room all day to paint, and it's no longer inconvenient to play with flowers and plants, and I rarely laugh. Xue couldn't help but worry when he saw it in his eyes.

On this day, Xianglan propped up the window, put a pot of orchids on the windowsill, and watered it with a watering can. Xue walked to the window and said, "Later, Xiao Xia's mother, sister-in-law and sister will come to our house as guests, and you will come over later, but you can't be out of courtesy." Xianglan responded casually.

Not long after, Xia Yun's mother Jin, Xia's second sister-in-law and Xia San's sister all came. Xue personally opened the door, greeted him, took Jin's hand, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a few days, and the old sister is in a lot of spirits. ”

Jin was originally from Henan, fled to Jinling with his family, and later married the Xia family, although he was eight years older than Xue, he looked more than 20 years older than Xue. Xue's family used to be a maid on an errand at the door of the mansion, although she was just a third-class girl, but she could be regarded as having seen some of the market, the Chen family was richer than the Xia family, and the Jin family was always ashamed of herself, but now Xia Yun was lifted and became a servant in the yamen, Jin suddenly raised his eyebrows, and his waist pole was straighter, and he smiled reservedly: "I feel comfortable in my heart, especially our little third child, no, I went to the yamen again this morning, and said that the main thing is ......."

Looking around, I saw that it was a bright and dark house, much larger than the house built by ordinary people, it was a newly painted and repaired appearance, it looked particularly neat and exquisite, a color carved pattern of the partition door, pasted with a five-color window screen, it was full of style. In the middle of this courtyard, there are bluestone slabs, and there are pebbles-filled paths, surrounded by flowers and plants, competing to spit out the flowers, and there is a little mountain stone, planted with plantains, next to a large clay jar, swimming a few goldfish, under the grape trellis, there is a stone table and stone bench, hanging a mahogany cage, and a yellow bird is squeaking and jumping.

There was a big yellow dog barking twice, and Xue scolded him twice, and then he went back to a cool place and squinted and fell asleep.

The women of the Xia family were stunned, and the second half of Jin's words were choked in their throats, and they couldn't spit it out. Sister Xia San'er swallowed her saliva and exclaimed: "I'm so good, it's so wide, this is simply living in a fairyland!" Our house is like a pigsty. ”

After hearing this, the Jin family came back to his soul, and secretly annoyed that Third Sister Xia had lost face when she spoke, and turned around and glared at her fiercely. Although the second sister-in-law Xia was also amazed and jealous in her heart, she didn't feel like she was talking to the third sister Xia, so she slapped her on the back of the head and scolded in a low voice: "Dead girl, this dog's mouth is full of nonsense, and I won't bring you here!" ”

Sister Xia San rubbed the back of her head, pouting and unhappy.

Xue Shi looked at it but pretended not to see it, and only smiled: "This is the sister of our family who said that it is good to plant some flowers and trees, just in time for a big family to repair the garden, and the rest of the flowers and strange stones were lost, so her father found a car to pull it back, and it didn't cost a few dollars." The two of them tossed for a long time before planting, and now they look like it. In fact, Chen Wanquan was impatient to repair the yard like this, but Xianglan said that she had to look at the flowers and plants to paint, so Chen Wanquan worked tirelessly to clean up the yard.

The smile on Kim's face was a little uncomfortable. Previously, Xia Yun was in the middle of the house, and those who were honest and had a head and face also sent silver, and there was also a decent squire who gave an empty house, although it was not spacious, and it was a little old, but it was also a two-in, two-out house, and it was clean and clean, and the family only felt happy when they moved over, and they felt that they had overwhelmed everyone, and now when they went to Chen's house, they saw that such a small courtyard was ten times more generous than her family. When I entered the house again, I saw that the ebony bench, the enamel vase, the hanging calligraphy and paintings and the green glazed brown and green lotus cup for eating tea turned out to be the furnishings of a rich man.

Even the second sister-in-law Xia was shocked, touched the tea bowl and a few sons, and said in a stacked voice: "Good behave, this is simply the decency of a big family...... No matter how rich and decent the Lin family is, it's just that, how much silver are the antiques in this room worth...... Ouch, this dim sum is so handsome, it's hard to eat......"

Sister Xia San'er stuffed two pieces of pastry into her mouth earlier, chewed it heavily, and said, "Why are you reluctant to eat it?" It's more fragrant than what we bought for the New Year. ”

Xue Shi was proud and said with a smile: "This is a cake from Gui Su Zhai, which her father bought when he went to the street yesterday, although he ate it openly, he still has to eat it." ”

Jin's heart was even more sour, and he cleared his throat and said, "I said Senior Sister Xue, I'm afraid that you won't like to hear two words...... What's the use of cleaning up the yard with all the bells and whistles? It's better to raise some chickens and ducks, not to mention that there is one who can chirp every day, but also pick up a few eggs, and you can slaughter and eat meat during the New Year's holidays, isn't it more than those flowers and plants? There are also these dim sums, the most inappropriate time, do it yourself, spend fuel and noodles, go out to buy it, a string of money is only two small bags, you are not as good as our family, our family is a man in the yamen on an errand, see that someone in the sky comes to send these cakes and fruits, even if they are sent, I don't like to eat, just throw them in vain. ”

Xue Shi couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and his face sank slightly. RS