The blind date of the Li family went very smoothly, both parties were very satisfied, and the daughter of the Li family was really a little more beautiful than the Gao family. He also speaks softly, and his speech is not only elegant but also funny.

The two hit it off, Zuo Gui's father was afraid of another failure, this time not only gave a dowry on the spot, but also immediately asked the matchmaker to combine the eight characters, the eight characters are a perfect match, and the two families are very happy. Zuo Gui's father immediately asked to discuss the wedding date.

This can not be rushed, because if you want to marry to Hezhou, according to the rules, not only must you choose Jiyue, but the woman's relatives must also be escorted to the man's family to marry, so you must agree on who to escort, and you must also buy a dowry. It can't be short, but it can't stand Zuo Gui's father's repeated requests, the Li family finally gave in, everything was simple, and three days later it was auspicious to send relatives to Hezhou.

Zuo Gui's father is relieved. However, I didn't expect something to go wrong.

Zuo Gui's father is busy hiring people to welcome relatives, hiring sedan chairs, hiring carriages, and preparing to welcome relatives when the time comes. The old couple of the Li family came to the inn in a panic, returned the dowry with a sad face, and said that they wanted to withdraw from the marriage. The old man Zuogui was so angry that he almost vomited blood, so he grabbed the old man of the Li family and asked loudly on the spot. and threatened to sue the yamen. beat them and sentenced their daughters to their own families.

The Li family knew that they were at a loss, and they didn't say the reason, nor did they shirk their responsibilities, they admitted their own faults, but they just apologized, and at the end the old man Li knelt down and cried and pleaded, willing to take out ten taels of silver as compensation.

This crying attracted many onlookers at the inn. Zuo Shaoyang persuaded his father to forget it, anyway, the twisted melon is not sweet, and people will give up if they don't want to, Zuo Gui's father blushed and asked them to get out, and the ten taels of silver in compensation were also thrown back to them, just scolding shamelessly and not talking about credibility.

The shopkeeper Bao and the matchmaker came to the inn when they learned the news, and also persuaded Zuo Gui's father to calm his anger, anyway, the Zuo family has a good family background and has literary talents, and they will definitely be appreciated by many official eunuchs, so they don't have to worry about finding a suitable one. Zuo Gui's father originally wanted to go to the official mansion, but after thinking about it, he still forgot it, and asked the shopkeeper and the matchmaker to talk about the matchmaker again.

On this day, Zuo Shaoyang took Bai Zhihan out to visit the capital again, Zuo Gui's father and Ding Xiaosan were waiting for news at the inn, and the shopkeeper Dong Dong went upstairs to report, saying that there was a guest visiting, claiming to be Qiao's house in the capital, waiting in the living room downstairs.

Zuo Gui's father was very surprised, Qiao's family? Who could it be? Could it be that Master Qiao's family, who once promised his daughter to his son as his wife during the famine, and later regretted it?

As soon as he thought of Master Qiao, Zuo Gui's father was angry, the Gao family and the Li family's regret of marriage in the past few days had already made him half angry, and now the Qiao family, who was the first to regret the marriage, also came to the door, could it be that God wants to be angry with himself to death?

However, the Qiao family didn't know that they had come to the capital, maybe it wasn't Master Qiao's house, but someone else, but the capital itself didn't know anyone surnamed Qiao? After thinking about it, Zuo Gui's father decided to go downstairs to have a look.

Zuo Gui came downstairs to the living room, the door was open, and at a glance he saw several people sitting in the room, it was Master Qiao's wife and daughter Qiao Qiao'er, and there was also a middle-aged couple, the middle-aged man was wearing a round-necked official robe.

When Master Qiao saw Zuo Gui's father, he was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed: "Brother Zuo!" ”

"Don't dare to be!" Father Zuo Gui said coldly, "Master Qiao's brother, the old man doesn't dare to climb high. I don't know what Master Qiao has to do with old decay? Please make a long story short, the old man is very busy. ”

Old Master Qiao's old face turned red, and he rubbed his hands in a daze: "Brother Zuo, you don't say hello when you arrive in the capital, we finally found out that you are here, we are all from Hezhou, and we are also fellow villagers, you should do your best when you come to the capital, you should do your best to be the ...... of the landlord."

"Excuse me!" Zuo Gui raised his hand, "The old man can't stand the friendship of your untrustworthy fellow countrymen!" ”

Master Qiao didn't know why Father Zuogui, who has always been kind, spoke so sharply and unforgivingly, but he didn't know that Father Zuo Gui had been repented of by the two families these days, and his heart was on fire, and Master Qiao and they just happened to hit the head.

Master Qiao was even more embarrassed, and said hesitantly: "This, Brother Zuo, we not only have the friendship of fellow villagers, but also, this, the covenant of Qin and Jin......"

Master Qiao really didn't open any pot to mention, which pot made Zuo Gui even more angry, and said coldly with a gloomy face: "Qin Jin's appointment? Hehe, what a Qin-Jin appointment! Do you remember that at the beginning, we would rather be so hungry that our whole body was swollen, and squeeze out food from between our teeth to feed your family of three through the famine rather than starve to death, just for this Qin and Jin covenant, what about you? If I covet money and give your family's grain to other rich people, I can get ten times as much land back! Hum! What I hate most is the villain who is untrustworthy and treacherous! We don't have much to say! Leave! ”

After that, Zuo Gui's father turned around and left.

"Uncle, please stay!" The middle-aged man in an official robe behind Master Qiao hurriedly stepped forward, came behind Zuo Gui, and arched to the ground: "Uncle, help!" ”

Father Zuo Gui turned to look at him, and saw that this person's face was like an iron plate, not angry and arrogant, and he was wearing an official robe, but he didn't dare to be rude, and arched his hand: "What does this adult have to say?" ”

"Don't dare, little nephew Qiao Guan. Sister Qiaoer broke her leg in Hezhou a few months ago, thanks to Ling Lang's treatment, saved her leg, but, now the old disease relapsed, 100 doctors are ineffective, some time ago my father led me to Hezhou for medical treatment, only to know that Mr. and Ling Lang have come to the capital, but missed, busy starry night rush back, around the inn inquiring, finally learned that Mr. is here, the father with the little nephew and sister came to visit, and asked Ling Lang to help, save the sister for thanks! ”

Zuo Gui glanced at Qiao Qiao'er, only to find that she had a pair of crutches beside her, and sneered: "I said why did I find us so kindly, and what kind of landlord friendship do I want, but it turned out to be a request for others, and it was really a vision of the sky!" Ignoring Qiao Guan's repeated greetings, the sleeves of his robe flicked away.

Master Qiao heard that Zuo Gui's father even said such heartless words, but he knew how much damage the repentance of marriage caused to Zuo Gui's father, but he didn't know that just that incident, Zuo Gui's father was not so angry, but now he has encountered two regretful marriages, so the new hatred and old hatred are in his heart, and he sprinkles the anger on Master Qiao.

Qiao Qiao'er blushed and looked at her father: "Dad, didn't you say that the Zuo family didn't agree to this family at the beginning?" What the hell is going on? ”

Master Qiao sighed, looked outside the door, and said in a low voice: "Dad can't do it, their Zuo family, a pharmacy, can they be worthy of our family?" Your old lady, that's a don't drive in Xiuzhou! It's a high-ranking official from the fifth grade! ”

Qiao Qiao'er's face was red and white for a while, and tears rolled in her eyes: "Dad! You repent of it! You, how do you let your daughter meet people in the future! ”

Master Qiao stomped his feet and said: "I thought that your leg injury would be healed, and I didn't need to see them again, but I didn't think about your leg injury, alas! Old Doctor Zhen has said that you can't save your leg! After thinking about it for the father, I am afraid that only this little man can be cured, if it is not like this, how can the father swallow his anger and beg them? ”

Qiao Qiao'er's tears finally rolled down, and she sobbed: "Daughter, now, how can I have the face to say goodbye to Brother Zuo!" ”

Mrs. Qiao felt most sorry for her daughter, so she hurriedly hugged her and said, "Be good, don't cry, don't worry, your father and brother will find a way to ask Brother Zuo to help you heal your injuries." ”

It's okay that Mrs. Qiao didn't coax, but this coaxing, Qiao Qiaoer threw herself into her mother's arms and cried loudly.

Qiao Guan's wife came over to help comfort Qiao Qiao'er, and whispered to Qiao Guan: "You have a lot of ideas, hurry up and think of a way." ”

Qiao Guan said with a gloomy face: "It's not easy to do, it seems that they have a lot of prejudices about this matter, and I'm afraid it's useless to talk to him now." Saying that, Qiao Guan circled back and forth in the house with his hands behind his back, and finally stood still, and said to Master Qiao: "Since they came to the capital this time to ask for marriage, they can only do what they like, help them find a marriage as soon as possible, in exchange for the relationship between the two families, and then beg them to treat Qiao'er's injuries." What did my father think? ”

Master Qiao sighed: "I'm afraid that I can only do this now, I'm afraid that Zuo Langzhong won't accept it, alas, I thought he was still better at talking, but I didn't expect it, alas!" ”

Mrs. Qiao said: "I don't know what the requirements of their blind date are, so let's help find them." ”

Qiao Guan said: "They go on a blind date, and they must trust the matchmaker in the capital." This is easy to do, just send someone to inquire about it. When you're looking for them, look for them. Without further ado, let's go back first and get to work on this matter immediately. ”

That night, Qiao's back house.

Qiao's family was sitting in the house, Qiao Guan was holding a piece of paper in his hand, his face was very excited, but he couldn't see a smile, his face was still ironclad, and his voice didn't carry any emotion: "Father, mother, and son have inquired clearly, the conditions for the Zuo family to go to the capital to ask for marriage this time, in addition to the scholarly family of the official eunuch family mentioned by the two elders before, there are two conditions, one is to agree to take a concubine after marriage, and the other is to require the woman to know how to read, read and break words, and be able to recite poems and write poems." ”

Mrs. Qiao smiled: "A native man from the countryside, still pay so much attention to it? He wants his daughters to be able to recite poems against him, could it be that his little man can? I don't think so! ”

Qiao Guan sneered and said: "Don't look at people in the cracks of the door and look down on people, don't say that Mr. Zuo is full of poetry and books, even his son Xiao Langzhong, the poetry he makes is also excellent." ”

Mrs. Qiao couldn't help but be a little embarrassed when she saw her husband refuting her mercilessly, "How did the official know?" ”

Qiao Guan picked up a piece of paper on the table and handed it to his wife: "Oh, these are the two poems that the Zuo family showed on a blind date, and asked the woman to comment and analyze it to determine the woman's knowledge." It is said that these two poems are Xiaolangzhong's handwriting! ”

Mrs. Qiao took it and looked at it, and said in amazement: "It's really a good poem, -- this, is this really done by Xiaolangzhong?" ”

"The Zuo family entrusted the media, with this poem to test the knowledge of the school woman, if he didn't write it, he wouldn't be afraid of people's jokes?" After that, Qiao Guan took back the piece of paper, his iron face was no longer smiling, and handed it to Master Qiao: "Father, please take a look." ”

(To be continued)