"Fifteen should ask why?"

After Zheng Lingyi finished saying this, he looked away again, went to pick up a sweet and sour tomato with chopsticks, and ate quite seriously, as if he would not have this opportunity in the future.

"That day in the warm pavilion, you already revealed the truth, and now there is no one else, so you should be honest with your father."

Zheng Guogong put on a posture of being kind and seductive, and he actually wanted to talk to Zheng Lingyi.

Zheng Lingyi felt very funny, put down the dishes and chopsticks and pushed the rice bowl, which meant that he would no longer use it.

She blinked and said, "What does Daddy want me to say?" I didn't do anything evil, at most I was just covering up my edge for self-preservation, so how could I be honest or not honest? ”

Zheng Guogong didn't hear it, he laughed coldly and said, "It seems that you have a grudge in your heart." ”

Zheng Lingyi shook his head and said calmly: "No." ”

Zheng Guogong raised his eyebrows, making it clear that he didn't believe it.

Zheng Lingyi smiled implicitly, suppressed the arc of sarcasm, and said, "Daddy, I didn't expect anything from you, so where did I get resentment?" ”

She said this with such seriousness, apparently living with this thought in mind for decades.

This sentence was discouraged and cold, and Aunt Cao saw that Zheng Guogong's face was not good, so she hurriedly interjected: "The cook is waiting outside to serve sweet soup." The slave maid let her in. ”

The door creaked open, and a little coldness came in, Zheng Lingyi didn't care, the father and daughter were silent, as if whoever spoke first would lose.

Zheng Guogong glanced at Zheng Lingyi, and said straightforwardly: "I have a good marriage for you, the Zeng family." ”

Isn't a woman's life just to marry a good family?

Zheng Guogong thought that as soon as he said this, Zheng Lingyi should always be subdued, but he didn't expect that she just raised her eyes and glanced at herself lightly.

However, the cook reacted more, and tripped over the small threshold of the inner room, and almost fell with the soup.

This sound made Zheng Lingyi look at her, 'Huh? Qiao Niang? ’

Zhang Qiaoniang stood still a little embarrassed, put down the sweet soup and went out, she was cautious, and she didn't look at Zheng Lingyi.

"This is walnut egg custard, Grandpa Guo's favorite, sister and try it, Grandpa Guo also ordered some pastries on the side, and when my sister goes back, I will bring it back and ask my aunt and sister to try it too."

Aunt Cao's efforts to ease the atmosphere were also really difficult.

Zheng Lingyi didn't care, but after eating a bite of walnut egg custard, the light in his eyes couldn't be stopped.

The soup was sprinkled with roasted sesame seeds and walnut kernels, and I don't know how to use it, but I was able to remove all the bitter skin of the walnuts and soak them in the soup, which really made people feel fragrant.

Zheng Lingyi couldn't help but taste it again, this is probably boiled with lotus root flour, and the egg shreds are wrapped in the soup, which is extraordinarily beautiful, as if he wants to leave the words 'sweet and smooth' in his mouth forever.

She ate half a bowl in one go, and suddenly heard Zheng Guogong's sneering laughter, and couldn't help but be embarrassed.

This bowl of walnut egg custard is crooked, breaking the invisible and untouchable barrier between the two, and for a while it is like a real father and daughter.

Zheng Lingyi desperately suppressed the resentment against Zheng Guogong in his heart over the years, now this is really a good opportunity, if he grasps it well, maybe he can protect his aunt and sisters for a lifetime.

Seeing Zheng Lingyi's face flushed, Aunt Cao smiled and said, "The slave asked the cook to prepare another one and make supper for my sister." ”

"No, if you eat too much, you will get bored, you can ask the person in the dim sum room to send it to Fifteen every few days." Zheng Guogong took a string of agate red beads in his hand and played with it, and said with a smile.

"Just for me?" Zheng Lingyi said.

Zheng Guogong glanced at her, Zheng Lingyi bit his lower lip, looked at him with wet eyes, and said, "Daddy, you are so good to me alone, although I am happy, I am also afraid." ”

If she had only received this benefit, would she not have become the target of the public?

"Then pass it on, and if you have anything you want to eat in the future, you can also place an order with the outer courtyard."

Zheng Guogong thought that this was finally foolproof, but he still shook his head when he saw Zheng Lingyi.

"Daddy, Madame will talk openly about it." Again, there is a lot of truth in that. Zheng Guogong's ears almost sounded Lu's high-sounding words.

Zheng Lingyi's words, coupled with the greedy appearance when he ate walnut soup just now, made Zheng Guogong think of Lu's vague account book, and he was a little unhappy, so he temporarily suppressed it, and said to Aunt Cao: "Then it will be taken from my private treasury." ”

There are many things, Zheng Guogong doesn't want to take care of them, but he is too lazy to take care of them.

Thinking of the headache of the account books, he suddenly asked with great interest: "Do you know how to read the accounts?" ”

Zheng Lingyi subconsciously avoided Zheng Guogong's gaze, pursed his lips, and did not speak.

Zheng Guogong was silent, just smiled and nodded, as if grabbing Zheng Lingyi's pigtails.

After dinner, the two moved to the study.

The study was lit with brown incense, burned about three inches, exuding a very elegant aroma, so that people are not easy to get sleepy when they smell it.

"The eldest son of the Zeng family has already married, and there is a second son and a concubine left." Zheng Guogong took a sip of tea and said to Zheng Lingyi.

How can ordinary people have fathers and daughters who talk about marriage directly, no matter how often there will be a housemother present.

However, Zheng Guogong obviously didn't want the Lu family to mix too much, so he simply took it all in.

"It's boring to marry a concubine, but if you want to match your concubine, I've looked up and down, and only you can get on."

Now there are only two people in this room, and Zheng Guogong can't be more frank when he speaks.

"But, will the Zeng family be willing?"

Although it is said that a man marries a low and a woman marries a high, but the measurement of the Guogong Mansion and the Zeng family, it is actually about the same, and after careful study, the prospects of the Zeng family are better.

If you want your concubine to marry your son-in-law, it's indeed a bit high.

"It's up to you." Zheng Guogong looked at Zheng Lingyi with a smile, and Zheng Lingyi only felt a weight on his shoulders.

"I will ask Mrs. to arrange to see each other, the Xie family of this Zeng Mansion is also from the Gaomen mansion, there is always a price for seeing people's eyesight, don't pretend to be stupid anymore, this is really a good family."

Zheng Guogong told again and again, his expression was solemn, and the words that Zheng Ling wanted to say choked in his throat, and could only turn into a sentence, "Got it." ”

The first few in-laws didn't help much, and even formed enemies, so it's no wonder that Zheng Guogong was so concerned about Zheng Lingyi's marriage this time, this is probably Zheng Lingyi's luck.

After Aunt Jiang learned what Zheng Lingyi and Zheng Guogong had discussed, she was so happy that she almost went to buy a roast pig to reward her gods, but she gave up after calming down, and only recited the scriptures in the room for a long time.

Zheng Lingyi is not so happy, this marriage, whether it is good or bad is not known, just look at Zheng Yangyang to know, until now, Zheng Lingyi does not know what is wrong with this Wang family.

She originally wanted Qiaoluo to secretly investigate the matter of the second son of the Zeng family, but she didn't expect that two days later, Aunt Cao would come to the door in person.

"Yo, this is tea for Grandpa Guo, right? The old slave didn't dare to drink it, if the girl really had a heart, it would be better to change to a glass of white water. ”

Aunt Cao refused to sit down, and insisted on standing to talk to Zheng Lingyi.

"Aunt Cao, is it okay to make this stool?" Zheng Ling pointed to the slightly shorter stool.

Aunt Cao thought for a while, and then sat down, but she was only barely next to each other, obviously a very measured character.

"Grandpa Guo knows that my sister must still have a lot of worries in her heart, and the old slave is here today for this matter."

Aunt Cao said, and also glanced at Aunt Jiang, and felt pity when she saw that she was almost crying with joy.

"Zeng Fu was originally in charge of Zeng Xiangye's family, but unfortunately he died early in assassination, and now his eldest son Zeng Cone is in charge of the family, Zeng Cone is a doctor of Xiezhong, young and promising, and has a bright future. The second son's name is Zeng Xian, the word Xi'an, and he is five years older than your sister. Now I am still at the age of studying, although I did not pass the scientific examination this year, you don't have to worry, sister, there are very few people who are successful in the first scientific examination. ”

Aunt Cao's words are not very smooth, and I think I heard Zheng Guogong relay it, and his words full of crepe are naturally unaccustomed to Aunt Cao.

Aunt Cao took a sip of water, leaned towards Zheng Lingyi, lowered her voice a little, and said: "The late Zeng Xiang had a good relationship with his wife Xie, and there was only one aunt in the house, who was still a maid who waited in the early years, and only got a pair of children. Zeng Cone and Zeng Xiang's temperament are the same, both father and brother are like this, and the sister does not have to worry about the style of the second son of the Zeng family. ”

Aunt Cao looked at Zheng Lingyi's expression, and saw that she was groaning, calmly as if she was going to make a deal, and she couldn't find any shame on her face.

Zheng Lingyi naturally didn't know the doubts in Aunt Cao's heart, so she only said in her heart, "In this way, it seems that the family style is clear." ’

She also understood why Zheng Guogong asked Aunt Cao to tell him tactfully, if he said this by himself, wouldn't it be more embarrassing than slapping himself in the mouth?

A few days later, An Heju asked Dan Zhu to pass the word, saying that on the third day of the third month of March, the Xie family would come to the Guogong Mansion for tea.

Although the 100 days have passed, most of the powerful families still avoid the national funeral, so the two families are quiet and dare not be too public.

As soon as Danzhu walked on the front foot, Qiao Luo came out of the side door of the West Garden, she had already come back from outside, and saw that Dan Zhu was here, in order to avoid extraneous branches, so she hid behind the side door for a while.

"Bodhisattva bless, it must be smooth." After listening to Lu Nong's relaying of Danzhu's intentions, Qiao Luo said again and again.

Zheng Lingyi's mind was not on this marriage, and he said to Qiaoluo: "How is it?" Did the new Zhuangzi buy it? ”

The silver money given by Zheng Guogong is enough to buy another Zhuangzi with a field, Zheng Lingyi asked Wu to punish them without worry, and then start when they meet the right one, last time Qiaoluo got the news, saying that he was already a little eyebrow-raising.

Qiao Luo nodded, took out the deed from his arms, and said, "I have already bought it." The Wu family brother was not there, Gan Song was busy all day long, and it was a coincidence when the slave and maid went to catch him back. ”

Zheng Lingyi lowered his head and looked at the deed, and asked casually: "Did you go to the school?" ”

Qiao Luo shook his head and said, "I heard Gan Song say, it seems that the spies of the Wu family have been entangled, and they can't get out, and the Wu family's brother may want to go back." ”

Zheng Lingyi suddenly raised her eyes to look at Qiaoluo, her slender eyelashes blinked softly, but she didn't say anything, just lowered her eyes and looked at the deed in her hand, as if this deed could answer her doubts.