Half a year later, the sad atmosphere of Liu's death has gradually faded from chatting, and Wang Hongqing's father, Wang Yantong, officially took his son to the Pu family to propose marriage.

Wang Yantong arched his hand and said: "I have heard for a long time that Chen Shuqing, the adopted daughter of the Pu family, and Wang Hongqing, my dog, have admired each other for a long time, and now both of them have passed the marriage age, and they specially brought Qing'er to your mansion to propose, as long as Mr. is willing to match Shuqing to Qing'er, he promised that he would hold a beautiful wedding for the two of them, and offer a rich bride price, I don't know what Mr. wants?" ”

Chen Shuqing was hiding in the boudoir at the moment, leaning against the wall to eavesdrop on the conversation in the hall, and a sweet smile appeared on her face.

Who knew that Pu Songling just returned the courtesy and said: "Thanks to Wang Yuanwai and Gongzi for looking up to my family Shuqing, it's just that the marriage major event still needs to be considered in the long run, and the old man didn't dare to agree rashly for a while." ”

Wang Yantong only thought that Pu Songling was suspicious of the dowry, and said with a smile: "Hehe, Mr. doesn't have to think about it in the long run, he has already considered all the etiquette in the future." On the day of marriage, the Wang family must give a gift of one hundred and eight taels of silver, sixteen coins of silver to welcome and send color, eight coins of knock silver, eighteen coins of net increase of colored silver, one tael of palm gifts, and sixteen coins of silver to welcome the book, which can be proved by the letter! In this way, the gentleman can rest assured, right? ”

The standards proposed by Wang Yantong have far exceeded ordinary people, and he thinks that he has a bamboo in his chest, who knows, Pu Songling still shirked and said: "I know that Wang Yuanwai's family is a well-known big family, and this statement has fully reflected full sincerity, and I am deeply grateful." However, the old man is a person who does not value money, and he is really careless and difficult to obey. ”

Pu Songling's refusal was really unexpected, Wang Hongqing and Chen Shuqing behind the door were stunned, Wang Yantong was naturally puzzled, so he had to further say: "Okay, then I will offer another shop in Jinan City, this is the bottom line in my heart, and I hope that Mr. will never refuse!" ”

Pu Songling sighed and said: "Alas, at an old age, life and death are already in the sky, how can you care about these things outside your body? Today's rejection of Wang Yuanwai's good intentions several times is really unspeakable, and I also ask Wang Yuanwai not to insist, let the old man be embarrassed. ”

When Chen Shuqing heard this, she almost jumped out of the house.

Wang Yantong saw that Pu Songling was so stubborn, and he hurt his face, and asked with a gloomy face: "Could it be that Mr. dislikes my family's Qing'er's indecent appearance and is not worthy of your family's flower-like Shuqing?" ”

When Pu Songling heard this, he hurriedly apologized: "Where is it...... If you can marry the king, who is not out of reach within a radius of ten miles? The problem is not with you, it is all the fault of my Pu family...... Alas, it's hard to say, so please go back to Wang Yuanwai. ”

"Humph!" Wang Yantong folded his face, he was angry, flicked his sleeves, and beckoned Wang Hongqing, "Let's go!" ”

"Hey, Daddy......" Wang Hongqing still wanted to fight for something, but when he saw Wang Yan walking out without looking back, he had to sigh deeply and leave.

Before the two of them went far, Chen Shuqing rushed out impatiently and asked: "Sir, Aqing and I love each other, and the Wang family is full of satisfaction to propose marriage, this good thing for adult beauty, why don't you agree?" ”

Pu Songling sighed and said, "I don't want to marry you off, but ...... But you're a monster! ”

"What about youkai? I can always be human, as long as you don't say it, I don't say it, who knows? ”

"You think things too simply, have you thought about how to get along with him all your life? He Wang Hongqing will get old day by day, but what about you, there won't be much change in another one or two hundred years, can this be covered up? Also, don't you have children? ”

Chen Shuqing almost cried, and shouted willfully: "Then I'll tell him the truth, in fact, I am a monster, he loves me so much, he will definitely understand me!" We can go to a place where there is no one, we don't want children, and I will be in peace with him as he grows old and dies......"

Pu Songling still sighed and said: "You think of human beings too simply, once human beings change their minds, they will become more vicious than monsters...... Even if he understands you, what about his family? Did you know that his mother was eaten by a leech? That monster leech happens to be nine-headed and nine-tailed, so similar to you, once you show up, they will only treat you as a man-eating monster and burn you to death with a fire. ”

"If that's the case, I'll kill them first!"

"No, never!" Pu Songling said sternly, "Shuqing, you promise me that no matter what happens, you will never harm humans!" ”

Chen Shuqing cried out silently: "Am I never able to get married?" At this, I couldn't help but feel sad, turned around and ran back to the boudoir and cried.

The news of Pu Songling's rejection of Wang Yantong's proposal soon spread among the villagers, and people were puzzled by Pu Songling's decision, in their minds, Chen Shuqing and Wang Hongqing became dependents, which was simply a matter of ironclad nails, and Pu Songling had no reason or need to stop this family affair.

People are such animals, once the good thing they believe does not happen, they will judge that there must be some kind of evil conspiracy behind it, of course, they will only use their own perspective to guess the reasons behind the matter, so the rumors and rumors will spread in Pujiazhuang in a few days.

"Ouch, the girl in Pu Songling's family is almost twenty years old, and she is not allowed to marry, and the king of the family does not give face with a full dowry, why do you say this?"

"Hmph, what kind of daughter of a relative who fled from other places, I think that Chen Shuqing, eighty percent is his little wife raised by Pu Songling, right?"

"Isn't it? He finally managed to survive the death of his wife, and he raised such a beautiful yellow flower girl at home, do you think he can let it go? ”

"Alas, that's why this old man, he is a good hand at subduing demons and eliminating demons, but this character, ouch, I don't think it's even as good as a beast!"

……

On the other side of such gossip, Pu Songling only smiled helplessly and never responded positively.

Although Pu Songling did not agree to the marriage between the two, he did not object to the normal relationship between the two, and Chen Shuqing still had a tryst with Wang Hongqing in the surrounding mountains and rivers as always.

Time passed day by day, and in a blink of an eye, I came to the fifty-fourth year of Kangxi, 1715 AD.

One day, Wang Hongqing used his Mongolian three hippos to carry the two of them home from Azalea Lake, and along the way, Wang Hongqing nagged again: "Shuqing, what do you mean by your Liuquan monk?" You're almost twenty years old, even if he refuses to marry you to me, at least he should give you to someone else, what kind of system is it to keep you at home when you're so old? It's strange that others don't gossip about him. ”

Chen Shuqing responded: "Alas, you don't know, Mr. He is this virtuous, every time he talks about my marriage, he is depressed, and I don't know what to do." ”

Wang Hongqing proposed: "Otherwise, let's elope, to a place where no one knows us, and we will live this life without worry." ”

Chen Shuqing was shocked and said: "No, absolutely not!" Sir has the grace to save my life, if it weren't for him, I would have starved to death, how could I do such a rebellious thing? ”

Wang Hongqing said: "You refuse to disobey him, but have you ever thought about my feelings?" The people who came to my house to propose relatives were about to go to Jinan, and if I hadn't been living or dying, my father would have accepted four or five daughters-in-law. However, every time I confronted him, I felt a little more pressure on my body, and I couldn't bear it anymore...... Shuqing, you just let Liu Quan give me a happy word, whether he agrees with our marriage or not, I am willing to wait until you are twenty years old, if he is still stubborn, I ...... I'm going to die. ”

Chen Shuqing said sentimentally: "Okay, Aqing, I fully understand your feelings, because, I look forward to this day as much as you, I will go back today, and I will persuade him again......"