Chapter Twenty-Three: Oolong Courtship
Zhou County Ling did have a good impression of Xiang Kang, who valued love and righteousness and was not greedy for power, and after agreeing to consider promoting Feng Zhong, he offered to invite Xiang Kang to his home for dinner, Xiang Kang couldn't refuse, so he had to be respectful and obedient, and then not only led Feng Zhong to have a dinner at Zhou County's house, but also stayed overnight, and did not leave until the next morning.
After this incident, Feng Zhong, who had already turned enemies into friends with Xiang Kang, was even more grateful, and at the same time, to Xiang Kang's surprise, it was only a day ago, and the local township man (township head), the third elder and Wu You, who had brought people to Xiang's house to arrest Xiang Bo, actually came to Xiang Kang's house to visit with gifts, not only did not mention the fact that Xiang Bo once appeared in Xiang's house, but also politely said that he wanted to make friends with Xiang Kang, respectfully invited Xiang Kang to their home as a guest, and said that he must welcome each other.
I knew in my heart that the township husband and Wu Youyi must have something to do with Zhou County's order to respect him, Xiang Kang was not broken, he was very good at being a person, and he gave these township-level officials enough face, and he also cheekily ran to the wine shop in Shiling Pavilion to find the boss Chen Damiang, and proposed to use Zhou County's order to give back to his Qin Jian as a mortgage, and treat the township chief and Wu Youxi on credit to the township chief and Wu Youxi's gang - and then prepare to pay back the gifts they gave him.
It may be because the township chief and You Yi came in person, Chen Damiang not only gave good wine and food to the face, but also refused to accept the sword that Xiang Kang used as a mortgage, after Xiang Kang sent away the township chief and You Yi and others, Chen Damiang took the initiative to find Xiang Kang again, broke the wooden coupon as a credit voucher in front of him, and insisted on refusing to ask Xiang Kang to pay back the money.
The head of the township, Wu Youbi and Mrs. Chen did this because of the face of Zhou County's order, but Xiang Kang soon found out that he was wrong, and finally knew the respect for rangers and celebrities in this era, because in the next few days, Zhao Taigong, the number one wealthy man in Xiaxiang County, and several big families with heads and faces in the county, all came to Shiling Pavilion to visit Xiang Kang with valuable gifts, while singing loudly about Xiang Kang's knowledge and talent, Ren Xia and righteousness, while taking the initiative to express his willingness to make friends with Xiang Kang, Invite Xiang Kang to their home as a guest. Xiang Kang had no choice but to continue to be sent, eating and drinking with these people every day, and he really got to know several celebrities in Xiaxiang County.
In this regard, the Xiang family brothers, who have always liked to eat and drink everywhere, of course, are all smiling and admiring Xiang Kang, and Feng Zhong, who is in high hope, also runs to Xiang's house almost every day, while following Xiang Kang to get acquainted with celebrities in the county, while willingly running errands for Xiang Kang, purely treating Xiang Kang as the boss directly, so that Feng Zhong's own money to support several diners also rushed to just pat Xiang Kang's ass, Xiang Kang opened his mouth casually, and someone immediately took the initiative to break his leg.
However, for this situation, the happiest people are not the Xiang brothers who follow Xiang Kang every day to eat and drink, but the two uncles who have been in charge of the Xiang family's housework for many years, because Xiang Kang is also a little conscientious, knowing that they are hard to be in charge of the family, no matter what precious gifts they receive, they are all handed over to the two uncles and mothers to sell them to support the family, and at the same time, the guests who came to visit Xiang Kang also respected them one by one, so the two uncles also taught the children of the Xiang family a lesson, forcing the children of the Xiang family to learn from Xiang Kang, and more like Xiang Kang, they won glory for the Xiang family.
In addition, the two uncles who loved Xiang Kang more and more, despite Xiang Kang's previous resolute opposition, quietly did a big thing behind Xiang Kang's back. As a result, it was almost noon on the day when the two uncles carried Xiang Kang on their backs to run errands, and Xiang Kang inadvertently learned from Xiang You the reason why the two uncles suddenly went out.
Xiang Kang knew that the cause of this incident was because Xiang Kang found that Xiang You was obviously in a bad mood when he was playing outside the village, and said that he had any troubles. As a result, Xiang You shook his head and didn't answer, and when Xiang Kang asked again, Xiang You also took the initiative to change the topic, and said to Xiang Kang with a smile: "Brother, I have something to congratulate you, do you know where my mother and second uncle went today?" ”
"Where did you go?" Xiang Kang was asked for a while, and then suddenly came to his senses and hurriedly asked, "Could it be that the second uncle and the third uncle went to Yan Jiting Yu's house?" ”
"How did you guess? No wonder your mother and second uncle praised you for being smart. Xiang You's smile became more and more bitter, and said, "They have invited a matchmaker to take Dayan to Yu's house to officially propose marriage for you." If it goes well, maybe I'll be able to do it with Najib today. ”
Hearing Xiang You's words, of course, the Xiang brothers next to him laughed loudly, scrambling to congratulate Xiang Kang, but Xiang Kang was a little dazed, his heart was very complicated, and he faintly hoped that he could really marry the beautiful and moving Yu family sister, and at the same time secretly a little worried - the Yu family's little sister clearly told herself that she was unwilling, and she also promised that she would definitely withdraw from the marriage, and the two uncles and mothers ran to the door again to forcibly cook the raw rice into rice, and the Yu family's little sister knew, wouldn't she feel that she was untrustworthy in her words, Taking advantage of the danger of others to marry Qiangna?
"Brother, congratulations." Xiang You also congratulated Xiang Kang again, but there was a lot of reluctance in his voice, and said: "I hope you can marry the little sister of the Yu family as soon as possible, grow old together, and respect each other like guests." ”
Xiang Kang didn't speak, the reason was not that he heard Xiang You's words insincerely, but that he considered more consequences, and after carefully thinking about it for a while, Xiang Kang made up his mind and said, "Let's go, let's go to Yanji Pavilion now." ”
"What are you going to do? Anxious to see your daughter-in-law? Xiang Guan said in a weird manner: "Nacai's rule is that you can only invite matchmakers and elders to come forward, and you can't go." ”
"I'm worried about the safety of my two aunts." Xiang Kang explained: "Ling County's right lieutenant, you also know the situation, he has always wanted to force Duke Yu to marry his daughter to his bully son, if he knows that our uncle is officially going to propose marriage for me, no one knows if he will do anything." What if he really does make a move, what will happen to our uncle? Also, don't forget that we just cleaned up that Lidian three a few days ago, and he didn't dare to attack us, and he didn't dare to take revenge on our uncle. ”
After thinking about it carefully, he found that Xiang Kang's words also made sense, and the Xiang family brothers, who knew that they were filial to their elders, did not dare to slack off, so they quickly nodded and agreed, and followed Xiang Kang straight to Yanji Pavilion. Fortunately, it was still early, and the distance directly from Shiling Pavilion was not too far, so it was just over halfway through the time before the Xiang brothers successfully arrived at Yanji Pavilion.
The closer he was to the Yu family, the more nervous Xiang Kang was that he was purely looking for an excuse, for fear that things would be out of control, and after hesitating, he forgot to think about whether he should go directly to the door of the Yu family to ask for a meeting, but Xiang Sheng and Xiang Han and other reckless men did not hesitate, and ran directly to the door of the Yu family to ask for communication, and after the Yu family went in to report, he came out to invite the Xiang brothers to go in and meet with Yu Gong.
Xiang Kang excused himself from the fact that the customs of this era could not let the parties come forward directly, and thanked his brother for his kindness in inviting him to go in together, and stayed outside the door to wait. However, to Xiang Kang's surprise, not long after the Xiang brothers entered, Yu Jiao, the little sister of the Yu family, who still didn't know her name, suddenly appeared at the corner of the courtyard wall and beckoned to him.
After carefully looking around and confirming that no one was eavesdropping, Yu Jiao asked Xiang Kang with a straight face: "Why are you untrustworthy?" Really ask a matchmaker to propose? ”
"You can't blame me, my two uncles did this behind my back." Xiang Kang helplessly spread his hands and explained: "I was just worried that you would misunderstand, so I hurriedly found an excuse to come over and explain the reason to you." ”
"So what now?" Yu Ji's face was very gloomy, and she said, "The matchmaker invited by your family will not leave my house, so I have to settle the marriage today." ”
"It can only be delayed." Xiang Kang said even more helplessly: "Let your father use the excuse that we are still young and don't need to rush to get married, send my matchmaker away first, and then I will find a way to slowly persuade my two uncles, and finally withdraw the matter." ”
was also preoccupied, Yu Ji didn't notice a slight speech problem in Xiang Kang's words, but just looked at Xiang Kang suspiciously, and asked coldly, "Is it really fake?" Don't you just talk and don't talk about it, you want to drag things off first, until my father can only promise you, right? ”
Yu Jiao's words finally made Xiang Kang a little angry, so that Xiang Kang couldn't help but say a little angrily: "Who do you think of me?" If I really want to cheat, what do I need to explain to you? Just call my matchmaker to force your father to agree? ”
Yu Ji still didn't believe it, and said with a straight face: "Then you obviously wrote a document that you were willing to withdraw from the marriage that day, why did you break the slip again?" Don't give my father an excuse to reject you? ”
It was indeed deliberately destroyed the divorce documents, which would be exposed by Yu Jiao in person, Xiang Kang's face suddenly felt a little unbearable, and seeing Yu Jiao despise himself so much, he was inevitably more angry in his heart, and simply said: "If you don't say that I forgot, I shouldn't have pulled Jian Mu casually that day." Take pen and ink and slips, and I'll write you a new copy, you should believe it now, right? ”
"Okay, you wait." Yu Ji is also very good at beating snakes with sticks, and immediately said: "I'll go in and get pen and ink now, you can write a new copy now, and I will believe you!" ”
After finishing speaking, Yu Jiao, who was afraid of Xiang Kang's remorse, really walked quickly to the back door of his house, Xiang Kang was inevitably even more disappointed and angry when he saw it, and said in his heart: "It's okay, solve the matter today, you are very beautiful, and I do like you, but since you are so ruthless to me, I don't want any strong melon!" ”
Unexpectedly, Yu Jiao didn't come back soon after entering through the back door, or when Xiang Kang was waiting impatiently, the little girl hung her head and returned to Xiang Kang, Xiang Kang was not polite, stretched out her hand and said, "Take it, I'll write to you now!" ”
What happened even more unexpected to Xiang Kang, Yu Jiao not only did not take out the cork board of pen and ink, but also raised her cute little face, carefully re-looked at Xiang Kang, and said in a complicated tone after a while: "Don't write it, count me as a villain for nothing, I agreed." ”
"What?" While almost not believing his ears, Xiang Kang also forgot to ponder the language problem in the little girl's words, and said in surprise: "Agreed? ”
Yu Yu nodded with a pretty face, snorted again, and said, "I really don't know where you are?" ”
looked at Yu Ji carefully in surprise, and saw that the little girl's expression didn't seem to be fake, in fact, Xiang Kang, who liked this unruly little girl, couldn't help but feel ecstasy, and couldn't help but smile and said: "Where I am, you will know slowly in the future." ”
"Hmph, I hope so."
Yu Jiao snorted again, still looking down on Xiang Kang's expression, but Xiang Kang didn't bother to bother with her, and couldn't help but change his expression, and said softly and sincerely: "Don't worry, I promise, I will treat you well in the future, I will never let you suffer the slightest grievance, and I will definitely let you live a good life." ”
Today may be destined to be a day that surprises Xiang Kang, after the gentle words were finished, Xiang Kang suddenly saw even more surprise - the little girl Yu Jiao, who had promised to marry herself, suddenly widened her eyes, and was so surprised that she couldn't even speak, and stammered: "......What do you say, what?" You are ......, what did you just ...... and say? ”
"I didn't make it clear?" Xiang Kang was a little puzzled in his heart, but the beauty was not allowed to be considered by Xiang Kang at the moment, and under the excitement, Xiang Kang couldn't help but take Yu Ji's soft little hand, and said more gently: "I said, I will definitely let you live a good life, and I will not let you suffer and suffer, although there is some misunderstanding between us, but I really like you and really want to marry you." ”
Still out of Xiang Kang's expectations, after hearing her emphasis, Yu Jiao's little girl suddenly blushed to the base of her neck, and withdrew her white and tender little hand that had just been held by Xiang Kang like an electric shock, looked at herself dumbfounded, and only opened her mouth for a while to say something, but when the words came to her mouth, she covered her face with her hands, turned around and rushed to the back door of her house. Xiang Kang was confused, and hurriedly said to her back: "Be careful, don't stumble again." ”
Thinking of the past when she fell into Xiang Kang's arms, Yu Jiao's little girl suddenly walked faster, and rushed into the back door of her house without looking back. Xiang Kang also said that she was shy, and she couldn't help clenching her fists when she was nervous and excited, and said in her heart: "Brother Xiang Yu, I'm sorry, even if she is really Yu Ji, I won't let you go!" Little girl, wait, see how I love you and love you in the future. ”
Not to mention Xiang Kang's nervousness and excitement outside the hospital, just to say that after Yu Jiao's little girl rushed back to her backyard quickly, she bumped into her sister Yu Miaoge head-on, and saw her sister coming in from the back door in a panic, Yu Miaoge was inevitably a little strange, and hurriedly asked, "Little sister, what's wrong?" How do you do that? ”
Yu Jiao didn't answer, looking at Yu Miaoge just in a daze, she wanted to tell the truth, but she couldn't open her mouth, she just complained in her heart, and said secretly: "What should I do?" Why did he ask me for marriage? My sister has agreed to marry him again, what should I do? What kind of business is this? ”
"What's wrong?" Yu Miaoge asked again, and carefully noticed his sister's strange expression, and asked, "Why is your face so red?" What the hell is going on? ”
"I don't care!" Yu Jiao finally replied, and while rushing to his room quickly, he said thoughtlessly: "I don't care about your business!" He's out there, and you have to tell him something! ”
"What the hell is going on?" Yu Miaoge was even more confused, and after thinking about it, he misunderstood his sister's mind again, and said in his heart: "Little sister, I know that you don't like that Xiang Gongzi, and I also know that you are afraid that I will marry and suffer hardships." But I think he's really good, smart and careful, and so chivalrous, and he's better than the bully with the surname Shan, so you don't have to worry about me. ”
"How do I explain that?" At the same time, of course, Yu Jiao's little girl kept complaining in her heart, "He is actually asking me for marriage, why do I keep misunderstanding that he is asking for my sister?" Still in the middle? Now that my sister has agreed again, it seems that she is really willing to marry him, how should I explain to my sister? ”
Embarrassed and embarrassed, Yu Ji couldn't help but hate Xiang Kang even more, and simply said in her heart: "you!" It's you who don't make it clear! I don't care anymore, when you get married, look at how dumbfounded you are! You like me, I don't like you! Want to marry me, dream! ”
Thinking of Xiang Kang's dumbfounded and shocked expression when he and his sister officially got married, Yu Jiao's heart couldn't help but feel happy, and she became more and more determined, and made up her mind not to uncover this mystery, waiting to see Xiang Kang's stupid joke! As for her sister's feelings, Yu Ji didn't think about it at all - because her sister Yu Miaoge had already told Yu Ji in person, saying that she was willing to marry Xiang Kang, who Yu Yao didn't like at all, and of course Yu Ji couldn't do anything good to deliberately destroy her sister.