Li Su chatted with Cai Yong for a long time, and informally finalized the matter of marriage in a verbal gentleman's agreement.

Then Cai Yong hinted to Li Su that he could go in and talk to Cai Yan himself.

Anyway, he has lived in a mansion for almost two months and has been writing books for almost two months, and Cai Yong has also observed Li Su's character and knows that Li Su can't do things that are in a hurry, so there is nothing wrong with getting along with his daughter more.

Because Cai Yong has no son, his daughter's education is almost in accordance with the method of teaching his son, which is why Cai Yan has a detached character who can show his face.

Because of this, even if the etiquette pays attention to the orders of the parents and the words of the matchmaker, Cai Yong still hopes that his daughter can cultivate her feelings before marriage.

Li Su was bored and walked to the inner courtyard, his steps were very light, and when he walked to the door, he saw Cai Yan actually squatting in the yard playing in the snow - maybe it was because he had lived in Wu County for ten years, and he came to the north for the first time to spend the winter, and he had no experience of playing in the snow in his childhood.

Li Su couldn't bear to be disturbed, so he stood behind and watched quietly for a while.

He suddenly found that after coming to this world for a year, there was a question that he actually thought of for the first time: that is, whether he was handsome or not, and whether his appearance was popular with women.

Judging from the aesthetics of future generations, Li Su's current body has fine skin and tender flesh, and his face shape is also thoughtful, except for being short and thin, he has no shortcomings, and he should be considered medium to upper.

But within a day, being mentioned by Liu Yu and Cai Yong in succession, Li Su realized that he lacked an understanding of the aesthetics of the Han Dynasty.

In the morning, Liu Yu casually ridiculed without malice, saying that he was "so short-looking" and that there were also famous Shuyuan who cared about him. Later, when chatting with Cai Yong, Li Su paid attention.

After knocking on the side, he found that the aesthetics of the Han Dynasty were very different from those of later generations.

Nowadays, when evaluating men, we look at three indicators, the first is whether the figure is tall or not, which is very simple and rude. The rich and handsome of the later generations will become handsome when they come here, as long as they are tall, they will cover the handsome, and the face is not important.

If you have to give some indicators to the face, then add two aspects:

First of all, either you are "eight feet tall and very great" (Liu Biao) or "heroic and powerful" (Yuan Shao), what kind of forehead, nose bridge, and wide mouth and face are all advantages. Even Ma Teng's "face and nose" can be regarded as handsome.

And the sharp-beaked monkey cheek girl with a cannon awl face, which is very popular in later generations, is now all regarded as ugly.

The second bonus is the beard. The people of the Han Dynasty still regarded beards as beauty, men must have beards, and no beard would be considered abnormal.

This is also related to the etiquette of "parents who receive the hair and skin of the body", how can a person who can't even shave his hair completely shave off his beard, at best it is just a "trimming beard style".

Just like many long-haired girls in later generations, they never wanted to cut their hair short, they just wanted to trim it neatly, a reason.

At this point, Li Su seems to have suffered again. His physical body was originally poor, malnourished and slow to develop, so at the age of 16, he still had no beard at all, giving people a very unreliable feeling.

Li Su sighed in his heart that "looks bad at the right time", and couldn't help but be distracted, or after Cai Yan rolled a snowdrift, he inadvertently turned his head, and couldn't help blushing when he found that Li Su was peeking at her.

"Senior brother! I didn't squeak when I came in, I peeked quietly, and I was dead! Are you done talking to my dad? Cai Yan patted the snow on his hands and walked through the snow on tiptoe.

Because of its light body, only the toes touch the ground, leaving small toes on the snow, reminiscent of the cat's plum blossom paw prints.

"Oh, you're a rare player in the snow, aren't you? Seeing that you are having fun, you don't want to disturb you, and you get distracted. Li Su smiled and gently helped Cai Yan dust off the snow on his back.

"Yes, Wu Jun occasionally goes down, but few years can be accumulated." Cai Yan jumped a few times and shook off the snow on his body. Seeing Li Su staring at her, his face turned red, "Just now...... Did Dad tell you something strange? ”

Li Su hurriedly withdrew his eyes, he really had no malicious intent. It's just a habit developed in the previous life, and when I see an athletic girl jumping, I will take the opportunity to see if the other party has any material.

But Cai Yan is not yet fourteen years old, and the ancients were not well nourished, so seeing it was equivalent to seeing it in vain, and he didn't see anything.

So he hurriedly diverted the topic: "It's nothing, by the way, there is something I have always wanted to ask you, junior sister, according to your heart, don't look at the rest, just talk about your appearance, how do you think of being a brother?" ”

Cai Yan's eyes lit up, full of mischievous banter: "Isn't this 'who is me and Xu Gongmei'?" How can anyone ask people about this...... You're so bad! ”

Cai Yan laughed and laughed, and suddenly couldn't go on, because she wanted to say that "Zou Ji is asking about his wife and concubine guests". But if she said this, wouldn't it mean that she thought that Li Su regarded her as a wife and concubine, so she didn't see her outside.

Li Su pretended to have a face: "Seriously!" To tell you the truth, I've never asked anyone this question, and I don't want to see you when I treat you as a sister. Don't comfort me, don't today's women think that a man like Guan Sima is the most heroic and majestic? ”

Cai Yan heard the words "I have never asked others", and for no reason, she jumped straight for a while, her face was red and her ears were hot, and she felt private respect, and she also helped the staff officer: "I haven't seen what Chief Guan Sima looks like." ”

Li Su: "It's the general under Captain Liu, who is nine feet long, has a heavy face, and a beard that is two feet long." ”

Cai Yan exclaimed slightly: "That must be a beautiful man in the world." ”

Li Su: ......

Nima! The people of the Han Dynasty really thought that Guan Yu's type was handsome!

The gap between the times.

Cai Yan's words just now were also casually ridiculed, and seeing that Li Su was speechless and silent, he thought he had accidentally hurt him. Cai Yan's heartbeat had not yet calmed down, and as soon as he gritted his teeth, he said with a ghost:

"I'm just using common sense, in fact, senior brother is also very good, and it would be better to be a little taller. Secular women all go to admire the bearded and beautiful people, but I prefer to make friends with those who look clean. ”

Speaking of this, Li Su has nothing to say.

Is this kind of saying "even though you're ugly, I still like your type"? How can I make myself feel as if I should be grateful for my sister's appreciation? I don't think I'm ugly!

Li Su caught Cai Yan's little hand, and played tricks with the evil spirit:

"Even if your aesthetics are not secular, it's useless, just now your father has agreed, saying that if I can not be a Beijing official in the future, I will marry you to me within two years! Unless you pray that I will enter Beijing this time to make meritorious contributions and be retained by His Majesty as an official in Beijing, otherwise, you will be married! ”

"Ahh

Li Su got up slowly, paced a few steps to the door of the house, stopped there, and didn't go in to disturb.

After a while, he saw Cai Yan couldn't hold back his curiosity, and poked out half of his head from the door, only revealing his eyes: "It turns out that you haven't left yet, or come in!" Standing there in the snow is so ...... I don't mean anything else, I just want to ask, are you going to Beijing? Didn't Liu Zhijun send away the report sheet a few days ago? It's a hard journey, so you have to take care of yourself. ”

Li Su followed up in the room with a smile: "Of course the watch is gone, then you have to leave time for Your Majesty to prepare mentally." Submit it to the court for reward. But Zhang Ju and Su Li's heads are still here.

With such an opportunity to show his face, how could you let it go? Of course, we must take the opportunity to send henchmen not to drive into Beijing and make friends with the nobles. I will set off soon after the New Year, and I will arrive in Luoyang before the Shangyuan Festival. ”

"You can only play together during the Chinese New Year...... Then, senior brother, do you want to be a Beijing official? ”

Li Su: "If Yan'er thinks I'm ugly, I will have to leave the sad place of Youzhou, not to hinder your eyes, and become a Beijing official." If you don't want me to be a Beijing official, I won't be a Beijing official. ”

Cai Yan's heart was pounding again, her question just now was equivalent to confirming whether the other party was subjectively willing to marry, listening to Li Su say it so heroically, she suddenly felt that her heart was about to jump out of her cavity.

That's amazing...... She has also seen a lot of miscellaneous stories, many of which tell about the oath of men and women, but there has never been an example where a man would say that he would give up his future for the sake of a woman.

In ancient times, women had no status, no matter how strong true love was, it was nothing more than "a man gave up another woman for a woman", or gave up something other harmless, how could anyone give up a career for a woman.

How much is a woman compared to a career?

As everyone knows, although Li Su is a straight man of steel in the eyes of people in the 21st century, after all, the status of women has improved too much in later generations.

What's more, Li Su knew that the world was about to be in chaos, so he didn't want to be a Beijing official, but he just took the opportunity to use the waste and sell it well, and casually said that it was "for you not to be a Beijing official".

Cai Yan was finally moved to tears.

"Senior brother...... You are willing to give up being a Beijing official for me, woo woo woo, my life is worth it...... What mountains and rivers are exhausted, they are all empty words, and they are not as good as this. Even if you really can't refuse, it doesn't matter if you have to be a Beijing official, I won't marry you. ”

"......" Li Su secretly thought: Did I say anything exaggerated? Is this condition so powerful?

Alas, if those girls in the 21st century could also confess to the sentence "I quit my job to be with you", they would be moved, how nice it would be!

Isn't the world too peaceful?

It can only be blamed on women's immunity, which is growing with the progress of the times.

An unintentional sentence just poked the soft spot in the center and cried a lot.

……

Because of this last sentence of "For you, I can not be a Beijing official", the relationship between Cai Yan and Li Su improved almost instantly, breaking through the last embarrassing crampedness.

Although Li Su has never had that evil thoughts about underage girls, at least during this New Year, Cai Yan can play with Li Su very openly every day, and no longer avoid the defense of men and women.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, Cai Yan also personally cooked for him, leaving him to stay in Cai's house and find a room to rest together, which was considered to be a New Year together. On the morning of the first day of the new year, she also gave Li Su a sachet that she cut and sewed herself.

"What do you want to do with my sachet? I don't need this again. Li Su held Cai Yan in his arms at that time and half-jokingly joked.

Cai Yan blushed and explained: "You have made this great achievement, and you must have entered Beijing to face the saint - you haven't met before, right?" This sachet, I put a small bag of chicken tongue incense in it for you, before going to the temple, secretly put one in your mouth, and when you speak, you will exhale like an orchid, which is very elegant. ”

Li Su quickly remembered: Isn't this cloves, the ingredients that the Zhen family often adds when they boil donkey meat.

It is estimated that Cai Yan has lived in Zhen's house for a long time and took a gift before leaving.

He solemnly put it away: "Sister Yan is attentive, I will try to see if this chicken tongue incense is really exhaled like an orchid after using it, so as not to get used to it in the main hall and lose your manners in front of the king." ”

"You have to try to eat it yourself, huh......"

……

A few days later, Li Su took Zhang Ju's head and was escorted by Zhao Yun to Luoyang.