Chapter 41: Future Brother-in-law
Before coming to the Hubu Shangshu Mansion, Qian Feng listened to his aunt and mother talk about how beautiful and knowledgeable the girl from the Shangshu Mansion was countless times. When he was young, Qian Feng played with this cousin a few times, but they didn't see each other much since they were seven years old. In total, he hadn't seen this cousin for two or three years.
Hearing that her aunt praised this cousin as nothing in the sky and on the earth, Qian Feng just asked why she was so powerful and knowledgeable, why she hadn't decided on a marriage yet, and she was sprayed with the blood of her aunt's preaching, and even her mother didn't say a word of persuasion, and she poked his son's sore spot from time to time.
Qian Feng doesn't know what kind of person this girl is now, but he only knows that if this girl really marries and returns to the house, if he dares to treat this person a little bit badly in the future, let alone an aunt, I am afraid that his own mother will not let him go.
But because of this, he really wanted to meet his cousin, who was only a few days younger than him. It's just that judging from today's situation, he shouldn't be able to see himself.
After chatting with the two parents for a while, Wang Mingyuan hurriedly arrived at Wan'an Hall from outside, and after greeting Mrs. Su first, he apologized to the Qian family, "I'm really sorry, some things are delayed for a while, and I came back late." ”
Father Qian immediately said a few words in an official tone, and when Mrs. Su saw this, she also excused herself to go back to the inner room to rest for a while, and gave the space to the two parents. Mother Qian glanced at her son who was guarding the side, thinking that he was not suitable to be present next, so she directly sent her son out and asked him to go out to Shangshufu, in fact, for the convenience of talking later.
Qian Feng walked out of the room with understanding, and slipped to a shady corridor in the courtyard to sit down and take a break.
After only Wang Mingyuan and Zhao were left in the house, as well as Qian's father and Qian's mother, the two sides officially began to promote their daughters/sons.
Xu Jiayi, who got the news here and came quietly, was seen by the maid of Wan'an Hall as soon as she entered the courtyard gate of Wan'an Hall. Seeing Xu Jiayi, the maid just opened her mouth to say goodbye, and saw Xu Jiayi put her index finger up against her mouth, and "shhhhhh
The maid nodded clearly, bowed silently, and after approaching Xu Jiayi, she deliberately lowered her voice and asked, "Girl, why are you here?" ”
"I heard that Cousin Qian Feng is here?"
"Yes, Master Qian and Mrs. Qian are also there."
Xu Jiayi nodded, "Where are the people?" ”
"I'm talking in the house right now, or the slave will go in and ......."
"No, I'll just take a look here." Xu Jiayi waved her hand and hurriedly refused.
"Girl, it's hot, let's go back first." Cuiyun held an umbrella in one hand to shade Xu Jiayi, pinched a handkerchief with the other hand and wiped the sweat on her face, looking at Xu Jiayi's face flushed and a little distressed, she couldn't help but say out loud.
"It's okay," Xu Jiayi waved her hand and replied nonchalantly, stretching her neck to look into the room as she spoke. The distance was a little far, and she could only vaguely see Qian Feng's figure.
When he was annoyed that he couldn't see clearly, he saw Qian Feng come out of the house. Xu Jiayi was afraid of being discovered, so she was so frightened that she hid behind the maid and avoided Qian Feng's sight. After waiting for a while, she poked her head out from behind the maid, Xu Jiayi saw Qian Feng's appearance clearly, and began to seriously look at Qian Feng sitting on the corridor.
looks like a gentleman, if you stand with your cousin, it's right. It's just that people can't look good, what kind of person Qian Feng is, but after meeting him, Xu Jiayi can't make a conclusion at this time.
The person who wanted to see it had already looked, Xu Jiayi explained that the maid did not say that she had been here, and then returned to Jiaxi Garden from outside the gate of Wan'an Hall with an umbrella, and watched Xiangqiao standing at the gate of the courtyard from a distance and waiting anxiously, Xu Jiayi's heart was moved, Xiangqiao was afraid that she would secretly go to see Qian Feng and be found out by her grandmother and punished.
took the umbrella from Cuiyun's hand, and quickly stepped forward and moved the umbrella to the top of Xiangqiao's head, "Why don't you stay in the house, the sun is shining outside." ”
Xiangqiao naturally took the umbrella from Xu Jiayi's hand and tilted it towards Xu Jiayi's side, "Look at the girl's heat, Cuiyun, let someone go get some warm water." ”
"Yes." Cuiyun nodded and followed into Jiaxi Garden, and ordered the kitchen to boil some warm water and send it over, so that the girl could take a bath and cool off. I just went out for a walk, and naturally it was hot and sweaty, sticky and uncomfortable.
Xu Jiayi thought about the attitude of her uncle and aunt, and guessed that the probability of this marriage being completed was at least sixty percent.
The weather is hot, and the kitchen delivers water quickly, and it only takes a quarter of an hour to deliver it. After the whole person soaked in the bathtub, Xu Jiayi exhaled comfortably, and slowly closed her eyes to enjoy this moment of comfort.
Xu Jiayi, who was leisurely closing her eyes, suddenly opened her eyes and let out a strange "huh".
Cui Qing, who was still circling Chu Changfeng two days ago, has not appeared in front of Chu Changfeng again in the past two days. Chu Changfeng didn't pay attention to himself, he just felt that life would be more comfortable without such a person, but Xu Jiayi was a little surprised how Cui Qing could give up so easily, so he asked Cuiyun to inquire about the reason.
On the second day when Chu Changfeng decided to live in Shangshu Mansion, his grandmother held a family banquet in Wan'an Hall, so that everyone could recognize each other and get to know each other. That day, Cui Qing glanced at Chu Changfeng from time to time as soon as he saw him, and after his grandmother introduced Chu Changfeng's identity, Cui Qing's eyes were completely attracted by Chu Changfeng, and he thought about how to attract Chu Changfeng's attention all night.
That's why there was a scene of hide-and-seek in the garden later, but she bumped into it. At that time, because she almost fell on the ground several times in a row, and was protected by Chu Changfeng, she was so embarrassed that she left first, and she didn't know what the situation was behind.
However, I heard Cuiyun say that Cui Qing has often found various reasons to go to Chu Changfeng's courtyard since then, no matter what Chu Changfeng says, he will stay there and not leave, and he is not even keen on finding a sense of existence in front of Xu Jiayi, and when he saw Xu Jiayi, he just said hello and left, so cold.
was so enthusiastic about Chu Changfeng before, but now he is as quiet as a chicken.
When things go wrong, there must be demons.
Xu Jiayi was worried that if Cui Qing was holding back some big moves behind his back, he would be in trouble.
By the time Xu Jiayi finished bathing and her hair was about to dry, Cuiyun had already come back from inquiring about the news. Looking at Cuiyun's figure, Xu Jiayi was slightly surprised, "Why is it so hot, it's not a big deal, you can go again tomorrow." ”
Yuan Xiang poured a glass of water and handed it to Cuiyun, who drank it after two clicks.
"It's fine, it's not very hot." Cuiyun wiped the water stains at the corner of his mouth with his sleeve and told the news he had inquired about.
It turned out that the reason why Cui Qing didn't bother Chu Changfeng these days was because she had changed her goal again. I heard that in the past few days, Mu Huan, the third girl from Jiaqing Bofu, invited her to come over to talk every day, and she was not too hot, and almost every day she went out early and returned to the house at night. Xu Jiayi touched her chin and thought about it, and asked Cui Qing that she hadn't given up the idea of beating Mu Qingfeng yet.
The matter has nothing to do with her, Xu Jiayi only listened to it and didn't pay attention to it anymore. Seeing that Cuiyun was covered in sweat, she was busy asking her to take a bath and rest first, and then drink some herb perfume to prevent heat stroke.
Time flies, time flies.
Three months after Wang Yunxiu and Lu, her marriage was basically decided. The parents of both families are very satisfied with each other's children, and they are both people who know the roots, so they are also relieved.
However, Xu Jiayi was not very relieved.
There is also a well-known Gu Tong in front of him, so something happened anyway. Xu Jiayi thought about it, and simply went directly to the main house to find Zhao, but she didn't expect Wang Yunxiu to be there. I don't know what the eldest aunt is talking to my cousin, so my cousin's cheeks are crimson, and when I see her, I pounced on her like I saw a savior, "Come one by one, sit down." ”
"Auntie, cousin." Xu Jiayi walked through the door, a little hesitant whether those words should be spoken. Zhao naturally saw Xu Jiayi's desire to speak and stopped, and asked carefully, "Is there something wrong with coming over one by one?" ”
Zhao thought about it, and suddenly thought of something and glanced at Mama Zhao, Mama Zhao immediately ordered to go to the house, and came out with a box after a while. Zhao took the box and didn't open it, and directly pushed the box in front of Xu Jiayi. Looking at the box that suddenly appeared in front of her, Xu Jiayi looked at Zhao with some doubts.
"Here are all the dowries returned by the Xu Mansion to your mother, the silver tickets, the deed of the shop, and the gold and silver jewelry, all of which are registered and recorded. But it's not much, only a third of what your mother did when she got married. Zhao said loudly, "These things should have been given to you a long time ago, but I forgot to put them together when I was busy later, and I just finished liquidating them two days ago." ”
Zhao explained, lest Xu Jiayi think too much.
Wang Yunxiu saw that her mother wanted to hand over so many things to Xu Jiayi on the side, and she was not jealous or jealous. These things belong to the mother of one by one, and naturally they should be given one by one, which is understandable.
She doesn't have the face to be greedy for these things.
Hearing this, Xu Jiayi glanced at the box, did not open it, but pushed the box back with a smile, "These are still kept by the eldest aunt for me temporarily, these things are more effective in the hands of the eldest aunt." ”
No matter how much, it is not easy to get the Xu Mansion to withdraw from this third.
"I'm not here for this today." Xu Jiayi bit her lip, thinking that the Zhao family was so honest with herself, and she couldn't babble anymore, so she asked directly, "Auntie, do you really plan to marry your cousin to Cousin Qian Feng?" ”
As soon as Wang Yunxiu heard this, her face was full of red glow, and she glanced at Xu Jiayi with disgust.