Chapter 20: Thirst
The sunlight casts through the screen windows on the mottled gray walls, and the light and shadow move from one end to the other.
Siyu has locked herself in the house for a day, not eating or drinking.
No one could knock on her room, it wasn't that she didn't want to open the door, she was just afraid.
She just wants to be alone to calm down.
All along, she has been running around every day, and she has never had a moment of free time to calm herself down and think about it.
Now, I'm afraid that I will have a lot of time to spare in the future.
What happened yesterday was a nightmare, and she hoped it wasn't real.
However, the soreness on her body and the bruises on her face clearly showed her that this was not a dream, it was real.
Oops, what a terrible thing that is.
Siyu wanted to cry, but found that she couldn't cry.
She didn't know how things had suddenly turned out like this.
Yesterday morning, she was glad that she had earned enough in just one morning, nearly four hundred taels of silver.
Oh my God, that's four hundred taels.
She's grown so big, and it's the first time she's earned so much.
At that time, she was still thinking, it seems that 10,000 taels of silver a month is not a problem!
Just when she was still immersed in the sweet vision of the future, why did this suddenly take a turn for the worse?
Are you too careless? let the other party discover the fact that he was dressed as a man.
Is it that you are too ostentatious and let others find out why you are peddling those pamphlets?
However, all of this should not be the reason why that distinguished guest, Zuo Mingzhu, was so angry with himself.
She owes herself fifty taels of silver!
According to her instructions, she has already written a love letter to Shen Canglang, and she writes it very seriously.
It's just that the other party didn't pay the fifty taels of silver as promised.
From the moment Zuo Mingzhu entered the door, she thought at first that she was here to pay for herself.
Now that I think about it, what a ridiculous thing.
At this moment, the knock on the door sounded again, "Siyu, Siyu, are you up?" Why don't you eat something, you've been hungry all day. ”
This is the voice of concern of the mother.
Siyu left tears in her eyes at that moment, it seems that in this world, there is no one who cares more about herself than her mother!
Even if the whole world abandons her, my mother will not give up.
Siyu couldn't hold back anymore at that moment.
She sobbed softly: "I'm really sorry, I'm afraid that I lost the errand of the academy, I'm afraid that even Dean Fan will be affected by me, blame me, I shouldn't be so greedy for money!"
Mother Chen listened to Siyu's words, and her heart was even more uncomfortable.
Siyu cried in the door, and she cried outside the door.
She choked up and persuaded: "Siyu, you don't have to think about anything now, be obedient, open the door, eat something first, the affairs of the academy are not as bad as you think, Dean Fan, there is no punishment, that rich lady has also returned to the capital!"
"I can't earn any more silver, at least I can't earn so much silver anymore, my brother's gambling debt of 10,000 taels, how can I pay it back?"
Mother Chen heard this, and her heart was even more sour, "Siyu, this matter has nothing to do with you, you just need to marry a good family now, don't think about it, allow the silver you owe, let him pay it back by himself, it's really not good, and then catch up with me, an old woman, if Leshantang wants to come to the door, even this broken house, take the rotten life of the mother, let them take it together, but you are different, you just need to marry a good family, leave here far away, don't take care of this family anymore, okay!" ”
When Siyu heard this, her heart was like a knife, how could she give up this family.
Regardless of her brother and mother, no matter what, she has to hold on.
Thinking of this, she said quietly: "It's really not good, I'll marry someone else as a concubine!"
Before she finished speaking, Chen's mother immediately interrupted sharply, "Are you trying to anger me?" I said, my Chen Ruolan's daughter will never be a concubine for others, your brother has become a bad gambler, and you are disobedient, it is better to let me die, what do you want me to tell you a few times, the surname Zuo is coming, marry me, a sick old woman, and I will pay off your brother's debts. ”
"I will never give up on you!"
Siyu's immature and stubborn voice sounded.
After hearing this, Chen's mother felt sour in her heart, and the pain made her breathless, and it took a long time to ease up and say: "Siyu, you really don't have to think about anything now, open the door, wipe away your tears, eat well, and sleep well!" Tomorrow, I believe that tomorrow will be a new beginning, and maybe tomorrow, things will take a turn for the better. ”
Siyu wiped away the tears on her face, and thought about it carefully, maybe her mother was right, maybe things will take a new turn tomorrow.
Who could have imagined this, she just thought about it to comfort herself, and she didn't want to think about more, and she couldn't think of it.
Afraid that her mother would worry about herself, she opened the door gently, and Chen's mother saw that her daughter's face was full of tears, red and swollen, and even the long flowing hair was messed up by those shrews.
Her heart was very distressed, "Siyu, don't think about anything, this is the chicken soup that my mother stewed for you, you can make up for your body, the errand of the academy, if you don't go, you won't go, you dress up as a man every day, which makes your mother worry, a girl, every day in the group of men, gangster, my mother is also worried, I'm afraid that you won't be able to get married!" ”
When Siyu heard this, she wiped her tears, her eyes were red, and in front of her was a bowl of hot chicken soup, fragrant.
But her tears still couldn't stop slipping down, fell into the bowl, she held the bowl of chicken soup with both hands, it was hot, and she took a sip, it was warm and sweet.
Chen's mother caressed her daughter's long hair, and slowly combed those messy long hair with her hands.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside the courtyard, and Cheng's mother hurriedly went to open the door, and a person came in, it was Shen Canglang.
Siyu saw that it was him, so he hurriedly put down the chicken soup, hurriedly ran back to the house, and closed the door again.
Mother Chen was very polite at this time and let him into the house, "Siyu, you see who is coming, it is Shen Ergongzi, it is he who brought you back." ”
But when they entered the room, they found that Siyu had already run back to his room and closed the door tightly.
Mother Chen smiled at him helplessly, "Second son Shen, I know that you are very fond of our family Siyu, but after thinking about it, I feel that the difference between our two families is too big, we really dare not climb high, you will not come to disturb my family Siyu in the future!" ”
After Mother Chen said this, she bent her body and opened the door, Shen Canglang fully understood that this was an eviction order for herself.
He stood up with a disappointed face, and said helplessly to Chen's mother: "Auntie, I swear, I will be good to Siyu, you can marry Siyu to me!" I really like her. ”
Mother Chen shook her head with a wry smile, "Second son Shen, with your family background, don't make fun of the daughter of our small family, we really can't afford to toss!" ”
Shen Canglang still didn't give up, and knocked on Siyu's door vigorously: "Siyu, I won't give up, I must marry you, you come out and talk to me."
But no matter how he knocked on the door, it kept closing coldly in front of them.
The closed door made Shen Canglang feel desperate, how he hoped that the next moment, his crush could open the door for him.
His requirements are not high, he just wants to see Siyu, he just wants to make sure if Siyu is okay.
But the closed door made him desperate, and Chen's mother had no choice but to step forward to dissuade him: "Son, you better go!"
However, Shen Canglang insisted on not leaving, causing Siyu in the door to cry: "Shen Gongzi, you go quickly, I really can't afford it, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have lost my errand in the academy, and I wouldn't have lost such a big face in front of so many people, how can I live in the future?" Who wants me in the future? ”
Shen Canglang was stunned for a moment, thinking, yes, the girl's name is the most important!
After Mingzhu made such a fuss, Siyu's reputation was completely ruined, and thinking of this, he felt extremely guilty.
If it weren't for her curiosity and coming to Fenglong Academy to chase her, maybe people would happily do the academy's errands every day, selling those extremely unhealthy pamphlets, and coaxing those scholars to earn a little money to live their own little life, wouldn't it be great?
In this way, not only did she smash other people's errands, but even her reputation was ruined, how could she marry in the future? Thinking of this, Shen Canglang added: "Siyu, I don't know, how you feel about me, I do have some woodenness, I will stutter when I am nervous to speak, and my reaction is still a little slow, if you don't have someone you like, please choose me, if you feel that my family background and background make you nervous, then I am willing to take you out and fly away, leave Fenglong City, leave Changshan, leave the capital, find a place where no one is around, I will take good care of you for a lifetime, live together, you come out and have a look, I think you're beautiful, but I'm not too bad. ”
When he said this, he did so with great sincerity, sincerity, and from the heart.
Mother Chen looked at him coldly from the side, and with his repeated requests, the deepest part of her heart was also a little touched.
He said to him softly: "Second son, it's getting late, you better go back first, you are a big man, in our Siyu's boudoir, it's always not suitable, if you have anything to say tomorrow, our Chen family, you are welcome to come at any time."
With Chen's mother's words, although Chen Siyu in the house didn't react at all, at least Chen's mother's attitude towards him was much better.
He looked at Chen's mother excitedly, his expression was full of desire, his two eyes were shining, such an innocent smile made Chen's mother sigh, it seems that the Shen family is not without good people.
The latter nodded happily and said loudly to Chen Siyu in the room, "Siyu, your mother agreed, and I will come to you tomorrow." ”