The old mother and the little maid returned to the house, and Mother Ni hurriedly asked how it was. The old lady smiled: "We can't knock it open, the night patrol is coming, and we told the truth." I heard that we are from Huimin Tang and want to buy chicken soup for medicinal purposes. The old body took a few more money to disperse them to eat and drink to drive away the cold, these catches are very polite, and help call the door, fortunately there is a guest today who ordered the stewed old hen, not finished, they are reluctant to pour it out, so they still keep. I bought it back. No, in the basket. ”

Mother Ni hurriedly took the basket and delivered it to Zuo Shaoyang with her own hands: "The chicken soup has been bought, and Lao Xiaolang has won it!" ”

Zuo Shaoyang took the chicken soup and entered the kitchen, and after a while, the house was filled with the fragrance of chicken soup and decoction.

This time, the decoction took a long time, and it lasted for almost an hour, and then it was sent out.

Although the child's pulse showed signs of improvement, he was still unconscious and could not take medicine on his own, so he could only use a crane-beak pot to give him a hard irrigation.

After taking the medicine, it was already past five watches, and it was not long before dawn, Zuo Shaoyang didn't bother to go back to sleep, so he only let his parents and sister go back to their rooms to rest, and he waited on the side. The Ni family was grateful.

At dawn, Zuo Shaoyang carried a bucket to carry water, and he wanted to meet Sang Xiaomei.

That day, Sang Mu went back on her word, and asked Zuo Shaoyang to take out seventy yuan to marry Sang Xiaomei, Zuo Shaoyang also knew that there was a dowry in the six ceremonies of marrying a daughter-in-law in ancient times, but that was different from Sang Mu's clear price, that kind of dowry is a ceremony of marriage, but more or less, just a ceremony, this Zuo Shaoyang is acceptable, but Sang Mu's selling girl is generally priced, whoever can pay this price can marry his daughter, and it is a super high price, for this kind of behavior of selling his daughter as a commodity at a high price, Zuo Shaoyang is very disgusted, In addition, he couldn't take out so much money, so he could only refuse on the spot.

After returning home, he always thought about Sang Xiaomei's desperate eyes, and he was very sad, so he went to fetch water on time every morning in the past few days, and he wanted to see Sang Xiaomei.

Sang Xiaomei and Huang Qin came to fetch water every morning as usual, but when they saw him, they deliberately avoided him, and waited for him to pick up the water before coming down to fetch water.

Zuo Shaoyang was even more uneasy in his heart, so he decided to talk to her today no matter what.

Zuo Shaoyang came to the well, but he didn't see anyone, so he must have staggered, so he scooped up the bucket, put the bucket next to the well, and sat on the flat shoulder by himself.

In order to prevent the dirt from falling into the water and staining the water, someone built a half-man-high fence with bricks on both sides, and covered it with a whole bluestone slab. Therefore the man sat by the well, and looked from the top of the stone steps, and his figure was blocked, and he could not see it.

Zuo Shaoyang waited for a while, and a few girls and daughters-in-law came to carry water, and when he saw him sitting here stupidly, eating and laughing and teasing him, he smirked and said nothing.

Finally, I heard the familiar footsteps and came down, came to the well, and stopped.

As soon as Zuo Shaoyang turned his head, he saw Sang Xiaomei's delicate face, but, after not seeing her for a few days, she was much thinner than before, and her originally round goose egg face became a pointed chin. The eyes were bigger, red, and the eyelashes were wet and stained with tears, apparently just cried. He wears a small blue sleeved shirt with a right collar, and a willow skirt with a silk shirt underneath. Her black satin-like hair was tucked back and tied with an equally blue ribbon.

When Sang Xiaomei saw him, her face turned cold, she turned her face away, and turned around to leave with a bucket.

"Little sister!" Zuo Shaoyang shouted, got up and chased after him, "Why are you avoiding me?" ”

Huang Qin said angrily on the side: "What else can you do if you don't hide?" Who told you that you could marry your little sister that day, and you didn't want to marry? ”

"I didn't want to! Her mother wants a bride price of 70 yuan, where can I find so much money? ”

"You had a hundred in your hand at that time!"

"That's your family's money, not mine!"

"But my mother-in-law doesn't know! You won't tell you that you will marry your little sister first? ”

Zuo Shaoyang smiled bitterly: "Can paper wrap the fire?" ”

"What do you mean?"

Zuo Shaoyang felt aggrieved in his heart, and said like a cannon: "This money was returned by you from the shopkeeper Qu with an IOU, and the yamen is now registering the creditors of the Qu family, and your mother-in-law will definitely go to register, and when the time comes, the shopkeeper Qu will definitely take out the IOU that has been recovered and tell her that the money has been returned to her daughter-in-law, that is, you." With your mother-in-law's surname, it's no wonder if she doesn't come back and eat you alive! Even if I don't tell her about it, I secretly marry my little sister first, do you think your mother-in-law will give up? - She's going to come to my house and make a big fuss, everyone knows it! will let everyone know that I am a big liar in this little man, and I took her money to deceive her into marrying her daughter, at that time, what do I say? It's strange not to be confused! ”

Sang Xiaomei, who twisted her face next to her, was shocked when she heard it, that day she was bent on thinking that Zuo Shaoyang would take this opportunity to marry herself, but she didn't expect her mother to destroy her promise and ask for a bride price of seventy yuan, and she didn't expect that Zuo Shaoyang would categorically refuse and walk away. In the past few days, she only thought about Zuo Shaoyang's ruthlessness and unrighteousness, but she didn't expect the consequences of deceiving her mother, so she washed her face with tears all day, and when she heard Zuo Shaoyang's words at this moment, she thought about it carefully, and if it was so, a heart ignited hope again. Leaning over slightly, he listened to the two of them.

Huang Qin listened to Zuo Shaoyang's explanation, and was also stunned, her high chest straightened, and she snorted: "What are you afraid of?" As long as she marries her little sister and the raw rice is cooked first, she will let her make trouble if she likes to make trouble, what can she do? For the sake of the little sister, it's worth being wronged! ”

"It's not a matter of being wronged! At this time, cheating marriage! Your mother-in-law will make trouble in the yamen! The county lord will beat me on the board! - Besides, if I want to marry a wife, I have to marry openly and honestly, how can there be a reason to take other people's money as a dowry, and empty gloves white wolf deceive people's daughters to be daughters-in-law! I can't do that! ”

Huang Qin gave him a roll of his eyes: "Yes!" You're a manly man! Don't disdain to do these shameful things, so what do you do now? Where do you go to raise such a large sum of money? ”

Zuo Shaoyang shook his head and said: "I have made it very clear that day, I will not use money to buy my wife, so even if there are seventy yuan, I will not take it back and hand it over to your mother-in-law, and buy my little sister home as a daughter-in-law!" ”

"Why? Who doesn't spend a dowry on a daughter-in-law? ”

"But who will clearly mark the price, and must have so many dowries to marry their daughter-in-law? - Except for your mother-in-law! ”

"Why not? It's too much," Huang Qin turned back to Sang Xiaomei and said, "Right?" Younger sister. ”

"Hmm......" Sang Xiaomei lowered her head, her long wet eyelashes trembled, glanced at Zuo Shaoyang quickly, and said softly, "But no one wants as much as my mother." ”

"It's still true!" Zuo Shaoyang grasped the reason, "I know that the dowry is one of the six ceremonies of marriage, it is just a ceremony, the male family gives the dowry, the female family accompanies the dowry, there are contacts and contacts, and giving more or less should not affect the marriage matching, if you ask for a high dowry through marriage, marry if you have money, and walk away if you have no money, then it becomes a clear price to sell your daughter?" I'm afraid it doesn't match the dowry! ”

Huang Qin stomped her feet and said, "You idiot! Even if it is the royal law, it is not forbidden to ask for a high-priced dowry! The mother-in-law wants so many dowries, even if she goes to the yamen, the county lord can't care about it! ”

"He doesn't care if he cares about it, I only care that my wife wasn't bought, and if I want to take out seventy yuan to exchange for a wife, I won't do it!"

Sang Xiaomei sighed lightly and said, "Yes, seventy times, this is not a decimal, it can sell dozens of acres of land!" No one will accept it. You can't find that much money either......"

"If I can find it, I won't exchange it for my daughter-in-law!"

Sang Xiaomei raised her teary eyes and looked at him, and after a while, she said quietly: "Then how are you doing?" ”

Zuo Shaoyang was stunned, he didn't know how to answer. After thinking about it carefully, I found that deep in my heart, I didn't have the urgent desire to marry Sang Xiaomei, otherwise, I would definitely make full use of the opportunity last time, and I would also marry Sang Xiaomei by cheating, and then find a way to make Sang Mu mute and bitter and unspeakable. It's not like you can't do this kind of thing.

In all fairness, he is not a sanctimonious gentleman, unwilling to spend money to buy a daughter-in-law Yunyun, just a subconscious excuse, in the final analysis, he traveled to the Tang Dynasty, and it was only a month before and after, and he is not the kind of romantic who sees one and loves one, believes in love at first sight, and falls in love like lightning, and loves the dead and alive. I haven't known Sang Xiaomei for a long time, and I haven't met a few times, so it is impossible to cultivate too deep feelings in such a short time, far from the extent that I love each other deeply and don't marry each other. Therefore, there is no motivation to try to marry Sang Xiaomei.

And the factors that affect the development of his relationship with Sang Xiaomei, in addition to the disgust for the extremely greedy Sang Muming's ultra-high-priced dowry, are more about the love for Miao Peilan, a firewood girl.

Miao Peilan is kind-hearted, gentle and lovely, she is the first female surname she crossed over to meet, her sweet and always bright smile, the tender grass fragrance that only spring on her body, the beautiful mountain song, and the poor and resolute surname have deeply moved herself. In comparison, the feelings for Miao Peilan are much deeper than those for Sang Xiaomei. is more of a gratitude to Sang Xiaomei, and to Miao Peilan, it is a kind of love. Although Miao Peilan has not yet reached the point where she loves her to death and does not marry, it is precisely because of this love affair that it has affected her choice of Sang Xiaomei.

However, last time in the fragrant tea shop, I said that if Sang's mother didn't want a dowry and sold her daughter at an unknown price, he was willing to marry Sang Xiaomei. It was infected by Sang Xiaomei's deep affection for herself, and she said it in a stirring mood, and when she thought about it calmly, it was indeed a little rash.

However, the words have already been spoken, like water spilled out, how can they be recovered? Now Sang Xiaomei asked Zuo Shaoyang what he was going to do, but he didn't know how to answer for a while, and he couldn't tell her straightforwardly like the love between men and women in modern society:

I don't think we know each other well enough, our relationship still needs some tests, and I haven't decided whether to choose you as my lifelong partner yet, so please give our relationship a little more time, and when we find out that we are both deeply in love with each other, either you don't marry, if I don't marry, that's when I marry you.

- It's too thunderous to say this, Sang Xiaomei will definitely fall on the spot!

(To be continued)