Chapter 3 Settling down in a small town
After returning that day, Meng Xiangren talked with his father in the study.
"Xiangren, I have always been nowhere to be seen these days, and Mr. Song is still looking for you from me." Father Meng said with a straight face.
Meng Xiangren thought that he had not been at home for most of the month before, and his father had never asked, so he knew something. What if you just ask as usual? Thinking of this, Meng Xiangren said: "Father, the child is almost done with his own learning, and he doesn't want to learn anything, and Mr. Song expects the child to be famous, but the child is not here, so he has been playing with Nansheng for a few days these days, hoping that Mr. Song can dispel the idea." ”
Father Meng nodded, and said to Meng Xiangren: "Indeed, our Meng family is not suitable for being officials, there are many dirty things in the officialdom, and dealing with people's hearts will not be weaker than the cruelty of the battlefield." It's okay, as a father, I don't want you to enter the officialdom and be contaminated by that filthy atmosphere. ”
Meng Xiangren thought about it and said, "Didn't my father feel it? ””
Father Meng raised his eyebrows and said: "It has been like this since ancient times, there are few prosperous times, there are many corrupt officials, and the longer a dynasty is, the more corrupt it is." Being a member of the office is not necessarily a good thing, people are old, and they don't want to be famous, and the family is reunited. ”
"Father, the child knows." Meng Xiangren said.
"The most important thing now is your marriage, your Uncle Lin and I discussed, we mean to start a family before you go to Wu Chu. What do you think? ”
"Father, I'm still old, so I'm not in a hurry to get married." Meng Xiangren said with a smile, but there was reluctance in it, and Father Meng might not see it.
"Do you want to ask someone else's good girl to delay you and keep you a widow!"
"Father......" Meng Xiangren was interrupted by Meng's father before he finished speaking: "Your father is not young anymore, I am not far from the year when I married your mother, now that I am old, I don't know how many years I can watch you, you are older, you will have to support the Meng family's business sooner or later, and it is normal to not be at home for a few years." The road is far away, the world is treacherous, accidents are common, and if you don't have a family, how to start a business? The incense of the Meng family also needs to be continued. ”
"Sang-in, think about it." Father Meng sighed and said, "You go back to the room first, I'll let you swing first in the next few days." After speaking, he waved his hand and motioned for Meng Xiangren to step back.
Meng Xiangren made a gesture to Meng's father and left.
After Meng Xiangren returned to the room, he only felt that his father's words were strange and not as orderly as usual. It's just that I never knew about my father's life deeds. I can only guess that my father's officialdom was frustrated and he got married late, so he didn't want to repeat the mistakes of the past.
After shampooing and bathing, I remembered that Lu Ling's waist mark forgot to check, and was about to go to the library, thinking about it, Lu Ling would never run too fast, and it was not too late to pay attention to it and check it carefully, so he lay down and fell asleep.
And his father released a carrier pigeon in the middle of the night.
Looking at the direction in which the carrier pigeon departed, Father Meng sighed deeply.
The next day, Meng Xiangren was still preparing to go to Nansheng's future pharmacy.
On the other side, Nan Sheng was having breakfast with her parents, and during the meal, Nan Sheng offered to rescue Lu Ling and hoped that his father could find an errand for Lu Ling.
Nan's father paused for his chopsticks and said, "This kid sounds good, but Daddy has never understood how to guarantee people, if he really wants to settle down in this town, you can bring him to show me." ”
Nan Sheng smiled happily when he heard his father's answer, and said, "When he recovers, I will bring him to see his father." ”
"It's just that although Daddy doesn't object to you getting along with him, there is still to be defense between men and women."
"Dad, Brother Xiangren is also here." Nan Sheng pouted, a little unconcerned.
Nan's father looked at Nan Sheng's unintentional appearance, and couldn't help laughing, and said: "Your brother Xiangren is also a person with a marriage contract, and he will soon get married, and the people in the town know that the two of you have been like brothers and sisters since childhood, and the relationship should be good, and it is inevitable that someone will chew on the root of the tongue, for fear of ruining your reputation." Otherwise, how to discuss relatives? ”
"Daddy, don't worry, my daughter is still young, besides, the men in this town are not as eye-catching as I am."
"Then what are you going to do, official? Sheng'er, you're almost eighteen, not small, if you don't pick one, you can only pick up the rest of the rest. Nan's father's concern for his daughter's marriage could not attract Nansheng's attention.
Nan Sheng said: "If I really can't find it, I'll make Brother Xiangren a concubine, presumably he won't dare to treat me badly." ”
"How do you tell me to tell you, with my friendship with your Uncle Meng, that can make you small, how can your father meet your Uncle Meng?"
"Then I'll be like a river and lake! The four seas are home, chivalrous and righteous, poverty alleviation, and then being a female master, no matter how bad, I am a monk. Unafraid. ”
"You're not afraid, I'm afraid!" Nan's father really didn't know what to say. He turned his head to Nanmu and said, "Tell me about her." ”
Nan's mother was amused by the conversation between the father and daughter, and said with a smile: "Nan Sheng's father, don't be angry, ask Mr. Song to talk to her about how to be a master and a nun another day." ”
Hearing this, Nan Sheng was puzzled and said, "There are some requirements for being a master, why do you still have a charter to be a nun?" ”
Nan Mu said: "Then how do you think nuns live, it sounds better to solve problems for people, so that people have a quiet place, in fact, it is to rely on their own painstaking efforts to manage their own reputation like doing business to attract believers, believers have different levels of knowledge, if you meet believers who are more insightful than you, your reputation is still missing." Nuns are also divided into three, six, nine and so on, do you want to sweep the land for a lifetime? ”
Nan Sheng was speechless when he heard this, so he had to say, "I know." ”
Seeing this, Nan's father felt that it was better to call Mr. Song to make up for Nansheng's lessons, if there was really no way to find a husband for Nansheng in the future, and he was reluctant to let his baby become a nun, being a master was the best choice. I only hope that Mr. Song can help his baby daughter Nansheng by then.
Everyone had their own calculations, and the morning passed like this.
After the three of them met, they chatted and talked about speculation.
After Nan Sheng said that his father would help Lu Ling find an errand, Lu Ling thanked him and hoped that Nan Sheng could thank Nan Ling for him.
In this way, the days flew by, more than a month passed, and the relationship between the three of them was getting better and better.
After Lu Ling's injuries were almost healed, Nan Sheng took Lu Ling into Nan's house.
Father Nan looked at Lu Ling under the seat and said, "What kind of errand do you like or what is Lu Gongzi good at?" ”
Lu Ling said: "Lu Ling doesn't pick errands, but it would be best if it was related to martial arts." ”
Nan Father seemed to be a little disbelieving, and said, "Looking at your figure, you don't look like a person who practices martial arts." ”
Lu Ling said: "If you don't believe me, you can try me." ”
"That's good, of course."
So the three of them entered Nan's father's martial arts training ground together.
Five hundred words are omitted below.
In the end, the two were able to draw a lot.
Father Nan smiled and said to Lu Ling: "Do you know that my Nan family is a dart game?" ”
Lu Ling said in embarrassment: "Know"
Father Nan smiled: "Then you are willing to come to my dart game, and it will take some time for the specific affairs to be arranged." ”
Lu Ling said: "I am willing, you have given me the opportunity to work has made Lu Ling grateful, and I should wait for some time." ”
"You're sensible here. These days are just about recuperating from your injuries, let Nansheng take you for a walk, although this town is small, there are many good times. ”
"Then I'll bother Miss Nansheng."
"Nansheng, take Lu Ling for a walk and come back early." Nan Father nodded.
Nan Sheng agreed: "Then Daddy, let's go!" ”
Nan's father nodded, and Nan Sheng pulled Lu Ling and said, "Let's go, I want to take you to have a good time." ”
Lu Ling replied. The two were soon gone.
Nan's father looked at the backs of the two of them and smiled. He also turned and left.