The first courtyard on Locust Street has high whitewashed walls and tiles, high lintels, and dark gates. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info This house is the famous wealthy Su Yuanwai family in Yuqingfang.

Zhong Hao stood outside the gate of the Su family, hesitating, and never dared to make up his mind to enter.

Zhong Hao walked back and forth in front of the Su family's door and found that the gate of the Su family not only had a high threshold, but also a bookcase was engraved on the stone gate pier on the left and right......

At this time, the main entrance of the Great Song Dynasty generally has a great relationship with the cultural taste and living habits of its owner. Generally, officials should build several steps at the door to show that they are high; Those who do business should set a high threshold at the door to prevent the outflow of fertilizer and water; And the book box engraved on the stone gate pier at the door means that this is a scholarly door.

This Su family is a famous cloth merchant, and it is normal for it to have a high threshold at its door. But there is a bookbox engraved on the stone gate pier at its entrance, Zhong Hao really didn't pay attention to it before, it seems that the Su family thinks that they are also scholars. I heard that Su Xiaotao's younger brother is a little prodigy praised by everyone, and it seems that people carve a bookcase to boast of being a scholar, but they are not boasting.

Zhong Hao said in his heart: I am now a reader, do you want to carve a bookbox on your stone gate pier to show that you also have a reader? Uh, there doesn't seem to be a stone gate pier in my yard, and you still need to get two stone gate piers first, it's too troublesome, forget it!

Zhong Hao was wandering in front of Su's house, when he suddenly heard a crisp voice shouting, "Hey, what are you doing in front of my house?" You still dare to walk in front of my house, are you looking for it again? ”

Zhong Hao didn't need to look up to know whose voice this fierce voice was, and immediately smiled bitterly: "Miss Su doesn't have to be so domineering, this Huaishu Street is not your family's, can't Xiaosheng go from here!" ”

"Phew, you're embarrassed to call yourself a little student, how many days have you been reading? I ask you, 'Judge a man by his words, and lose what he loses; What does it mean to judge people by their appearance, and where does it come from? ”

"I don't know about this!" This time, Zhong Hao didn't dare to call himself a child, so he hurriedly changed it to Zaixia.

"No wonder I like to judge people by their appearance, and I don't even know the meaning and origin of this sentence! I don't even know this, you're embarrassed to call yourself a little student, it's really hilarious! ”

In fact, Zhong Hao doesn't read much, but he still knows the meaning of that sentence. Su Xiaotao still told herself that she was full of pockmarks, so she refused Mama Zheng's proposal, and she was angry.

"It's really wrong in Xia, Miss Su is as beautiful as a flower, gentle and virtuous, didn't that misunderstanding be explained in Xia...... I didn't want to get married, so I said it casually, I really didn't expect to cause so much harm to Miss Su, and I apologize again here! ”

"Hmph, count your acquaintance, forget it this time, hurry up, next time you go from my door, you be careful!" Saying that, Su Xiaotao looked at Zhong Hao with threatening eyes, and as soon as she clenched her pink fist, the five knuckles made a crisp sound.

Zhong Hao turned his head and ran, this woman was too lethal. After running a few steps, Zhong Hao suddenly remembered Xu Feng's matter, he was under too much pressure in front of Su Xiaotao just now, and he actually forgot about it, when Zhong Hao stopped, turned around and walked to the door of Su's house.

Seeing that Zhong Hao dared to come back, Su Xiaotao couldn't help but raise her willow eyebrows, pinched her pink fist, and said angrily to Zhong Hao: "If I don't give you some color, you don't know how powerful your aunt is, don't you?" ”

Zhong Hao hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Miss Su, don't do it, I didn't mean to offend you Huwei, I really have something to find Uncle Su, there is really something wrong here!" ”

Su Xiaotao snorted coldly and asked, "What can you do with my father?" ”

"I can't say this for the time being!" Xu Feng's matter, Zhong Hao felt that he had to ask Su Yuanwai before he could tell Su Xiaotao. Otherwise, with Su Xiaotao's temperament, after hearing this, he would not be able to make any moths.

"Hmph, it's not good!" Although Su Xiaotao said this, she still knew the severity, and she was afraid that Zhong Hao would really have something to do, so she still arranged for a small servant to meet Su Yuanwai.

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The living room of the Su family is quite elegantly decorated, with an ink painting of "Three Friends of the Cold" on the wall, an elegant and heavy rosewood Bogu shelf next to it, on which many elegant ornaments are placed, and a few pots of elegant orchids are placed on a long case.

When Zhong Hao came in, Su Yuanwai was leisurely drinking tea and talking about a game of chess by himself.

"Yo, isn't this Zhong Dacai? Why do you have time to come to my humble house today? Su Yuan's foreign language was full of ridicule, obviously he was quite concerned about Zhong Hao's rejection of Su Xiaotao.

"Uncle Su, don't laugh at the little nephew, what kind of genius is the little nephew? The little nephew came today to discuss something with Uncle Su", Zhong Hao saw that Su Yuan was playing by himself, and immediately took advantage of the situation to get on the chair next to the chessboard, and then said: "How can Uncle Su play by himself, what does this mean!" It's better for the little nephew to talk about a game with his uncle, let's talk about things while playing chess! ”

"Yo, you still play chess? Okay, look at this game, do you want to play black or white? Su Yuanwai took a sip of tea and looked at Zhong Haodao. However, he just drank this tea by himself, and did not arrange for the maid to serve tea to Zhong Hao at all.

Zhong Hao knows that he is at a loss, who called himself cheap before, annoying others, and he doesn't mind at the moment. He looked at the chess game and saw that Bai Zi was quite dominant, so he smiled and said: "The little nephew's chess strength is low, so choose this Bai Zi who is quite dominant!" ”

Zhong Hao doesn't go to the Nanyang River to play chess with Cui Lao recently, mainly because Zhong Hao's strange tricks have basically been figured out by Cui Lao, Zhong Hao always loses more and wins less, is always abused, and his interest is greatly reduced.

Today, I happened to meet Su Yuan playing against himself, Zhong Hao is also addicted to chess, and the two of them are constantly falling back and forth, and they are playing against each other.

Zhong Hao originally had an advantage in choosing white chess, and made a few strange moves in a row, seeing that Su Yuanwai was about to lose. Zhong Hao was proud, and raised his eyes to see that Su Yuanwai's face was even more ugly than when he first came, and his face, which was not white, was like the bottom of a pot at this time. Sweat...... I just cared about the chess addiction and forgot about the business, if I won this chess game again, don't annoy Su Yuanwai anymore. Zhong Hao hurriedly said: "Uncle Su, my little nephew is here today, I have something, I want to ask you what you mean?" ”

Su Yuanwai rubbed the sunspot in his hand while thinking about the next move, listened to Zhong Hao's words, and asked casually, "What's the matter?" ”

Zhong Hao pondered for a moment, organized the wording, and then spoke: "The junior nephew's senior brother Xu Feng Xu Ziyue, that is, the third son of the Xu Shan Chang family of Songlin Academy, wants to marry Uncle Su's family as Qin and Jin, and wants the little nephew to inquire about Uncle Su's meaning?" ”

"Eh, the Xu Shan family of Songlin Academy wants to marry my family, ah, this is a good thing, a great thing!" When Su Yuanwai heard Zhong Hao's words, he said excitedly. Xu Shanchang is a Confucian in Qingzhou, a real scholarly family, if he can climb with Xu Shanchang's family, it is a big and long-faced thing, and his own lintel is afraid that it can be much higher in an instant.

Saying that Su Yuan didn't play chess anymore, he pulled Zhong Hao to sit down next to a Huanghuali coffee table, and shouted that the maid had good tea, and he wanted to have a good chat with Zhong Hao. He was about to lose this game, so he just took the opportunity to stop playing.

"The virtuous nephew drinks tea, and the virtuous nephew just said that the chief family of Xu Shan wants to marry my family?" Su Yuanwai asked with a smile.

"Yes, the third son of the Xu Shan Chang family is interested in Miss Su, and wants the little nephew to ask what Uncle Su means! If Uncle Su is interested, Xu Gongzi will find someone to come to the door to propose! ”

"Agreed, the old man is happy to marry the Xu Shan family, you let Xu Gongzi come to propose!" Su Yuanwai agreed to come down. He felt that if he could marry Xu Shanchang's family, it would definitely be a high climb, how could anyone disagree!

Zhong Hao couldn't help but feel a little uneasy when he saw that Su Yuanwai agreed so happily, and asked with some apprehension: "Uncle Su doesn't need to ask Miss Su's opinion?" ”

"As long as there is the order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker will become, why do you need to ask her meaning!" Su Yuanwai didn't want this opportunity to raise the lintel of the Su family. If they can really marry the Xu family, their Su family can justifiably call themselves scholars. The son is a young talent, and the daughter is married to a big talent, Su Yuanwai feels that he can raise his eyebrows.

Zhong Hao thought about Su Xiaotao's temperament, I was afraid that if she disagreed, Su Yuanwai would also guarantee the ticket in this matter. At that moment, Zhong Hao said gently: "Otherwise, Uncle Su should take a note with Miss Su, if Miss Su agrees, the little nephew will let the senior brother find a matchmaker to come to the door." ”

Su Yuanwai thought about it, and didn't discuss it with Su Xiaotao, he was really afraid that his pampered daughter would make a mistake, so he said immediately: "That's okay, I'll discuss it with Xiaotao!" Saying that, Su Yuanwai turned his head to a little maid and said, "Hexiang, go and call the eldest lady!" ”

Zhong Hao stood up and said, "This matter is also a big deal, or Uncle Su and Miss Su will discuss it carefully, and send someone to inform the little nephew tomorrow." The little nephew retired first! Zhong Hao is afraid, in case Su Xiaotao disagrees, and loses his temper at himself again, he can't eat and walk around.

"Hey, my uncle still wants to keep my nephew here, why is he leaving!"

"There will be more opportunities in the future, you don't have to do it this time, uncle stays!"

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The next day, someone from the Su family brought the news, and Su Xiaotao did not refuse to propose marriage, but Su Xiaotao asked Xu Feng to pass the literary and martial arts tests for her Su family's son-in-law.

As for the specific content of the literary examination and the martial arts examination, Zhong Hao didn't ask, it is estimated that it is nothing more than that this pampered eldest lady wants to test Xu Feng's literary and martial arts.

Xu Feng's literary talent is definitely there, as for martial arts, Zhong Hao really hasn't asked. But this is none of Zhong Hao's business, he just wants to finish this terrible errand quickly. Zhong Hao truthfully went to Xu Feng to convey Su Xiaotao's meaning, and he didn't want to care about the rest.

Xu Feng smashed it and said, "Yes, it's delicious, it's really interesting, I must take her down!" ”

Zhong Hao said worriedly: "The junior brother of Wen Xuan is not worried, but has the third brother studied martial arts?" It is said that Su Xiaotao has practiced. It won't be that she wants to beat you up under the pretext of the martial arts test! "Xu Feng met Zhong Hao and Su Xiaotao quarreling last time, but he helped Zhong Hao, but that time really made Su Xiaotao angry, and Zhong Hao was worried about it.

Xu Feng said with a smile: "Wen Xuan, you don't understand this, although the third brother has never studied martial arts, hehe, but Su Xiaotao will definitely not be able to beat me!" ”

"...... "Since Xu Feng is so confident, Zhong Hao is so happy that he doesn't have to worry about it.