Chapter 778: Guanhua
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"Miss, it turns out that the old man is right, that wheat field is full of bait." Han Qiao sighed in surprise in the carriage.
"Wrong, it's fish feed." An Lan corrected.
"Oh, miss, don't worry about these details, there seems to be no difference between bait and fish feed! You don't have to chew on words anymore. Han Qiao complained dissatisfiedly.
"It's a big difference, Han Qiao, if you're a fish, do you want to be lured with food and caught and boiled or do you want someone to feed you fat and abnormally fat?" An Lan looked at Han Qiao sly.
"Eldest sister, what kind of metaphor are you!" Xiaohe looked at An Landao, who was babbling nonsense, a little speechlessly.
The eldest sister can't be taking the wrong medicine! It's all starting to talk nonsense.
"Xiaohe, is there anything wrong with my analogy?" An Lan felt good about herself and didn't find any problems, so Yu began to ask Xiaohe rhetorically.
"Huh!" Xiaohe was asked by An Lan, but she felt that she was wrong, so she whispered: "What the eldest sister says is what it is, I can't say you, can I admit defeat?" ”
"Xiaohe, the eldest sister wants to tell you, we can't use bait to deceive poor little fish, they were eaten by us, how pitiful!" After An Lan finished speaking, she lowered her head in frustration, Xiaohe couldn't see An Lan's expression clearly, and she couldn't figure out what An Lan wanted to express in her words for a while.
"Eldest sister, do you want to say that I don't want to force it?" After a while, Xiaohe seemed to have thought of something, and she looked at An Landao with gloomy eyes.
"Ah, Little Lotus. What are you talking about? What I mean by this is that we have to be upright and not deceive others. An Lan seemed to think of something after speaking, and then continued: "Xiaohe." Don't think about it, the eldest sister has always spoken literally, you don't have to guess and guess until the end of the horns. After An Lan finished speaking, she looked at Xiaohe eagerly, as if looking at her like this, Xiaohe could understand her good intentions.
"Miss, your speech is becoming more and more mysterious, and we are more and more incomprehensible to you. But as long as you think it's right, I'll think it's right too. Han Qiao smiled and echoed An Landao.
"Clever and clever. It's the right decision you've made! An Lan replied in a low voice.
"Sister, where are we going?" Xiaohe suddenly felt panicked in her heart, as if something big was about to happen that she couldn't predict.
"It's a surprise to say yes." An Lan smiled slightly and shook her head.
"Eldest sister, you just pretend to be mysterious! If for a moment I don't feel pleasantly surprised. I'll never believe you again. "In order to hide the panic in my heart. Xiaohe said angrily.
"Alright! Count you ruthless. An Lan said helplessly.
"Young lady, Baili Town has arrived." Shen Zhong lowered his voice and said.
"yes, got it." An Lan nodded slightly, and Xiaohe glanced at An Lan in disappointment, and secretly complained in her heart that An Lan was eccentric.
An Lan caught a glimpse of Xiao He's forbearant expression, she sighed, and then explained,
"Little lotus. Do you think that the eldest sister only thinks about An Feng, regardless of you! ”
"Big sister. I didn't think so. After Xiaohe finished speaking, he quietly moved his body away from An Lan.
"You, you! What should the eldest sister say about you? An Lan looked at Xiaohe helplessly, the latter just bowed his head and was silent, An Lan couldn't, so she had to explain softly: "Xiaohe, although our family is not a scholarly family, but it is also a family of etiquette and trustworthiness, the eldest sister will not help your brother handle the marriage, so it can be your turn~!" ”
"Sister, I see." Xiaohe raised her head and looked at An Lan, she felt the sincerity in An Lan's eyes, and Xiaohe's flustered heart sutra calmed down a little, but she was a little puzzled: "Could it be that this is the surprise that the eldest sister said?" However, even if it is a surprise, it is a surprise from my brother! Baili Town is the home of my future sister-in-law......"
"Xiaohe, don't think about it, with the eldest sister here, I won't let you down." An Lan said with a smile.
"Eldest sister, it's okay if you don't say it, you said the words of assurance, why is my heart even more uneasy!" Xiaohe looked at An Lan pitifully.
...... "Okay! I'll speak with facts, Xiaohe, wait and see!
"Young lady, should we visit Wenzhi County directly or find an inn to settle down first?" I don't know when the carriage stopped, Shen Zhong said respectfully to An Lan.
"It's up to your young master to decide." An Lan said lightly.
"Yes, young lady." Shen Zhong said respectfully.
The young master and the young lady are really smart, and the tone and content of their words are exactly the same, what should I do now?
"Young Master, what do you see?" Shen Zhong looked at Shen Moxuan in embarrassment, and the latter just glanced at Shen Zhong casually and said,
"Yuelai Inn!"
"Okay, young master." Shen Zhongle agreed in a hurry, and then excitedly raised the horsewhip and galloped away in the direction of the Yuelai Inn, Shen Moxuan looked at Shen Zhong so eagerly, he had a smile on his face, until the carriage was about to disappear in the corner, Shen Moxuan waved his hand to signal Shen Xiaowu and the others to follow Shen Zhong and them, and then Shen Moxuan clamped the horse's belly, the horsewhip in his hand fell heavily, the horse neighed in pain, and then spread its hooves and galloped towards the carriage at the corner.
The group hurried to the Yuelai Inn, An Lan just got off the carriage and found that Xiao He's face was a little wrong, she followed Xiao He's eyes and saw a familiar face, she suddenly realized, but An Lan was very puzzled in her heart: "This doesn't seem to be her own proposal!" Shen Moxuan changed his mind on his own initiative, if I don't know the development of the plot, what should I do when I play on the spot so that it won't be bad? ”
When An Lan thought of this, she was very distressed, this person didn't know how to discuss it with herself, how to deal with it now, this is a surprise? Who to fool!
An Lan carefully looked at the expression on Xiaohe's face, and soon came to the conclusion that there was surprise, but I don't know where the "joy" comes from, probably because Xiaohe is more restrained, even if she is very happy in her heart, she will not put it on her face...... Well, I won't believe this kind of mentally retarded conclusion, forget it, since things have developed beyond the expected, then I have to wait and see what happens, so as not to startle the snake! Oh no, it's a wave of regeneration!
"Lao Li, what are you looking at the Yuelai Inn! Seeing it so intriguedly, he carefully bumped into the distinguished guests inside. Outside the door, a middle-aged man dressed as a porter slapped his palm on a middle-aged man who was probing his brain outside the door of the Yuelai Inn.
"Lao Wang, it's you!" The middle-aged man turned around and found that it was his acquaintance, he pulled Lao Wang back a few steps to the street, looked left and right, and found that the people who came and went did not deliberately look at him, so he lowered his voice and said: "Don't tell you, I found a strange thing?" ”
"What's the matter! Lao Li, don't scare me, this year's harvest is not good, could it be that the tax will be increased this year? Lao Wang looked at Lao Li Dao in disbelief.
"What are you thinking about! I saw that group of people just now were a little familiar, as if they were relatives of the old man's family in the county. Lao Li whispered.
"Oh, so that's the case, but Lao Li, I don't understand, what does the relatives of the old man's family have to do with us?" Lao Wang looked at Lao Li in surprise, not understanding what the man he was familiar with in front of him was thinking nonsense in his heart.
People like the county magistrate have nothing to do with ordinary people like us, does Lao Li want to curry favor with them, and then successfully get the support of the magistrate and rise to prominence from then on?
"You stupid old Wang, we can tell the county magistrate this news, maybe we can get a reward from a few eldest sons!" Old Li Mei danced.
"What? That's it. Lao Li's answer was different from what Lao Wang expected, he was a little speechless for a while, and felt that Lao Li's words were a little unreliable, do you want to! When the relatives of the county lord arrived, do you still need your old Li to report the news? People have long known that there is no need for you to be here for nothing...... Of course, he didn't reveal this in his heart, but Lao Wang's eyes when he looked at Lao Li were a little obscure, but fortunately, Lao Li was immersed in excitement at the moment, and he didn't realize that Lao Wang was despising him, and the two of them teased a few words and then said goodbye and left.
Lao Wang rushed to his home in three steps, and Lao Li ran in the direction of the Zhixian Yamen.
Outside the courtyard of the mansion, Lao Li rubbed his hands nervously, and then mustered up the courage to knock on the side door of the yamen, for a long time, the door opened a gap half a waist wide, and a pair of confused eyes looked at Lao Li: "Who are you looking for?" ”
"I, I'm here to report the news." Lao Li stammered.
"Reporting?" The subordinate looked at the middle-aged man in front of him very puzzled, and said in his heart: "This person is talking so strangely, what is the meaning of reporting?" ”
"I see your relatives." Lao Li said excitedly.
"Relatives? Who? "Madame's mother's relatives arrived, why didn't they bring a letter! Wen Tong was about to enter the house to return to his wife, only to hear the middle-aged man exclaim,
"No, I remember, it's your young lady~!"
Before Lao Li's words were finished, Wen Tong said sharply,
"Shut up, what do you call our young lady, you are talking nonsense to ruin the reputation of our young lady, you see how I clean you up."
"No, I mean they are from Taizhou Cheng'an Mansion, the family that is married to your young lady." After Lao Li finished speaking, he looked at Wen Tong in fear, didn't he say that the people in Lord Wen's mansion were very kind? How come the people I met were different from the ones I heard.
"What Anfu Zhoufu, our young lady is engaged, wait, what did you say? Someone from Anfu? Wen Tong looked at Lao Li Dao excitedly.
"Yes." Lao Li immediately nodded.
"How do you know?" Wen Tonghu looked at Lao Li suspiciously, this person looks honest and loyal, it shouldn't look like a bad person, but how can a good person and a bad person only look at appearance, as the saying goes, knowing people and knowing faces but not hearts, this matter is very important, I better ask clearly.
Under Wen Tong's constant questioning, Lao Li told Wen Tong the ins and outs of the matter, Wen Tong quickly took out a few copper plates from his arms and stuffed them into Lao Li's arms, and then "slammed" the side door and rushed to the courtyard where his wife lived. (To be continued......)