In a blink of an eye, it was early May, and Su Shen returned to Ninghai County for the fourth time before the Dragon Boat Festival.

Seeing him, Meng Zhen and the others were very happy, and Meng Zhen even warmed two self-wrapped zongzi for him as soon as possible.

"Taste it, I just made it this afternoon." Meng Zhen prepared for Su Shen candied date dumplings and salted meat dumplings, one sweet and one salty, which happened to be Su Shen's two favorite flavors.

"Delicious!" Su Shen had long been thinking about the various zongzi made by Meng Zhen at home, so he picked up the chopsticks as soon as possible and sent a mouthful of candied date dumplings to his mouth.

Meng Hao smiled with a smile in her eyes, "Then I'll give you two more hot ones to eat tomorrow morning." ”

The zongzi are made of glutinous rice, and now at night, Meng Zhen doesn't dare to let Su Shen eat more.

Su Shen nodded, and then picked up the sour plum soup on the table and drank it.

His food in the academy is not as good as at home, and he studies hard every day and practices martial arts diligently, so in the last three months, Su Shen has not returned home with a thin weight.

Meng Hao looked distressed, so she began to change her ways to make food for him.

In addition to the ones brought to Bailu Academy, every time Su Shen came back, Meng Zhen would definitely make him something to eat.

In addition, Meng Zhen was also afraid that Su Shen's money would not be enough to spend, in addition to the living expenses of two taels of silver per month, Meng Zhen also stuffed five small silver tickets with a denomination of ten taels to Su Shen, so that he could keep them in case of emergency.

In addition, in the past three years, every New Year's Day, Su Shen could receive a thick New Year's money from Hao Mengyun and Yan Zhenwu, so Su Shen really has no shortage of silver money at the moment.

"By the way, Uncle Yan, Aunt Yun, Zhen Zhen, Ah Qi, Mr. Bai Fengxian in our academy is ready to accept me as an apprentice, and he has already set a bow to the teacher after the Dragon Boat Festival."

What Su Shen didn't say was that in fact, there was another Mr. Wu Jing Wu in their academy who was also ready to accept him as an apprentice, but this Mr. Wu's purpose was not pure, he wanted to accept an apprentice, but more to choose a son-in-law for his only daughter among his disciples.

Unlike Mr. Bai, although he only has one daughter under his knees, he has never had the idea of beating his own disciples.

Although this has a lot to do with the fact that Mr. Bai's wife has a maiden nephew, and her maiden nephew is still very good and has become the Bai family's internal son-in-law candidate, Su Shen still likes this Mr. Bai who is frank and upright and has a gentlemanly style.

"Mr. Bai is a former dynasty jinshi, because of the darkness of officialdom, he resigned from the official position, came to teach at Bailu Academy, and has not re-entered the academy since."

As soon as Su Shen's words came out, Meng Zhen and the others were suddenly surprised.

Former Jinshi and many years of coaching experience, this is a rare good gentleman.

Even in the White Deer Academy, such a gentleman would not exceed ten fingers.

"Shall we prepare a generous gift for Mr. then?" Hao Mengyun was the first to ask, "And those of us who are elders, do we also have to attend on the day of your apprenticeship?" ”

Su Shen is now an orphan, and if the elders need to attend the worship ceremony, then Yan Zhenwu and Hao Mengyun must be obliged.

"Whether you attend or not depends on whether you have the right time. As for the generous gifts, there is no need for this, Mr. Bai is not a person who values these, we just need to prepare six etiquette bundles in a proper manner. ”

The so-called six rites are the six kinds of gifts given to the master by the disciples during the ancient worship ceremony, which are:

Celery means diligent and studious, and good at diligence.

Lotus seeds, lotus seeds are bitter, meaning painstaking education.

Red beans imply red luck.

Red dates, meaning early high school.

Longan, meaning the completion of merit.

Dried lean meat strips to show the disciple's heart.

Meng Hao nodded as she listened, "Then I'll prepare a few things other than celery tomorrow, and I'll have someone bring you over from Yulin Village before you go back to the academy." ”

Su Shen smiled at her, "Then it's hard for you." ”

Meng Hao looked at him, and the corners of her lips couldn't help but smile sweetly.

Hao Mengyun subconsciously rubbed the goosebumps on his arm, "I'm sleepy, Xiao Wu, let's go back to the house first." ”

Yan Zhenwu looked stunned - why was his daughter-in-law planning to leave only halfway through his words?

But when his daughter-in-law speaks, even if he is confused, he has to execute it immediately, right?

So, the little couple quickly went back to their own house one after the other.

Without the two big light bulbs, Su Shen's mood suddenly became much happier.

After eating the zongzi, he watched little Meng Qi wash and sleep with Meng Zhen.

When he came out of Xiao Meng Qi's room, only he and Meng Hao were left in the courtyard, and Su Shen quietly stretched out his hand and gently held Meng Hao's hand in the dim courtyard.

Meng Hao's heart was beating faster and her face was red, but she bravely didn't shake off Su Shen's hand.

Both of them were nervous, and they held hands and stood silently in the courtyard for a while.

Just as Meng Zhen was hesitating whether to find a topic to talk to Su Shen, Su Shen suddenly lowered her voice and leaned into her ear and said, "Zhen Zhen, when I am promoted, I will marry you, okay?" ”

Meng Zhen: ...... Isn't this progressing a little fast? They are still only in the stage of "friendship above and lovers not yet full" when they have a good impression of each other, why did this child suddenly propose marriage?

Ms. Meng said she was frightened.

When Su Shen said this, he was already very nervous, but now he found that Meng Hao was just looking at him, but silently didn't say a word, Su Shen suddenly became even more nervous.

He subconsciously swallowed, "You—Don't you want to?" ”

Meng Hao subconsciously shook her head.

How could she not want to? She's a super dirty dog.

Su Shen is good-looking, careful and gentle, and most importantly, she is not shy about the girls except her, this is simply the ideal boyfriend in Meng Zhen's mind.

The reason why she hesitated was actually because she was a little unaccustomed to the speed of talking about marriage in ancient times.

Seeing her shake her head, Su Shen subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

It's not that you don't want to.

He thought for a moment, "Are you worried that after you get married, Ah Qi will have no one to take care of you?" Don't worry, that little guy is also my younger brother, and I will raise him with you in the future, just like now. ”

Meng Zhen was moved in her heart, she shook Su Shen's hand back with a little force.

Su Shen's heart suddenly bloomed, he lowered his head slightly, and pecked Meng Hao on the forehead.

Before Meng Hao could react, Su Shen had already run back to the courtyard of the Meng family like a thief.

Watching the familiar figure disappear behind the door connecting the first courtyard and the second courtyard, Meng Hao couldn't help but chuckle.

Just kissed his forehead, as for making himself feel as weak as he was abandoned? This kid is too pure~

Meng Hao, who was in a good mood, shook her head and turned back to her room.

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