The green pond is full of red flowers, and the lotus leaves are still the smallest money.

Autumn is getting stronger, and the summer is not over. A yellow-topped and red-painted carriage was on its way from Ning'an to Xiangzhou County.

The flowers, birds, insects and fish carved on the outer wall of the carriage are very exquisite, and the golden filigree curtains are hung on the side of the window lattice, and the curtains on the left and right sides are pulled up with a red gold tassel jade belt.

There were three people sitting in the car, Xiao Jingkun, the captain of the Tianshun Dynasty, and his wife Wu, as well as a teenager.

The young man was only sixteen or seventeen years old, with handsome eyebrows and a tranquil demeanor, wearing a moon-white dark pattern flower robe, his hair was loosely curled into a bun, and an elegant jasper hairpin was inserted into it. Compared to his parents, who were sitting in the middle of the house, he seemed a little lazy.

This time, he was escorted by his parents to the Yi family in Daliu Village, Xiangzhou County, on a blind date.

The woman's father was originally his father's attendant, and later earned military merits and was awarded the title of Dongping Hou, but this marquis did not serve for a few years, so he resigned and lived in seclusion in Xiangzhou County.

This family affair was set by the two elders when they left Ning'an.

Now that twelve years have passed, seeing that the children of the two families are about to reach the age of marriage, the Xiao family personally went to the Yi family in Xiangzhou County to propose marriage.

"Yuwen, we will arrive at the Yi family later today, you have to lift your spirits, don't be lazy like this anymore." Xiao Jingkun reminded his son Xiao Yuwen.

"Yes." After listening to his father's words, Xiao Yuwen changed from a half-lying position to a kneeling position.

He didn't want to make any homage right now. He and Miss Guo and Miss Qin have already set a date, and Miss Lin seems to be very suitable to be his future wife, and now he actually went to this barren mountain to go on a blind date with a village girl.

It's really unreasonable.

Tianshun was open to the people and did not prohibit unmarried men and women from freely associating. The imperial court even has official media that specifically introduces people to marriage, and women over 15 years old, and men over 20 years old who have not been married, will be arranged by the imperial court to marry them. In order to prevent the imperial court from arranging a crooked melon and cracked jujube for themselves, young boys and girls of marriageable age are busy dating and finding their favorite partners.

It also coincided with the prosperity of the people, and the happiness index of the people of the Tianshun Dynasty skyrocketed, which was unprecedented in all dynasties.

But in the Xiao family, Mrs. Wu didn't know where she learned it, believing in raising children from the poor and raising daughters from the rich.

The three daughters in the family are all graceful and luxurious, with fine clothes and fine food. When he arrived at Xiao Yuwen, he couldn't, except for the normal food and clothing arranged by the housekeeper, he only gave two taels of silver a month, which was enough for him to date those young ladies, and he didn't want to pick and search in front of girls.

was forced to have no choice, so he secretly found a way to make money and wrote articles for his classmates in the academy.

A hundred words and a tael of silver, he is the price of conscience, literary Chinese, difficult to write!

Not only these literal, but also martial arts, there are occasional competitive activities of riding and archery hunting in the academy, and every time Xiao Yuwen carries the Xuanhuang Shuangyue crossbow left by his biological mother, hiding in the dark to shoot prey for them.

Whether it is flying in the sky or running on the ground, it is ten taels of silver, which is a little more expensive, but this is individual work, and it is worth the price!

If you don't count on these incomes, I'm afraid that Xiao Yuwen's life will be even worse. At first, he felt that he was not born to his parents to suffer such harsh treatment, but it was not until later that he knew that his seven-year-old brother Xiao Manwen's monthly income was only half of his monthly money, and he felt much more comfortable and decided not to cheat this younger brother of his pocket money in the future.

After all, it's not easy for both brothers.

"Mother, we are going to hire this time, why didn't we bring a dowry." Xiao Yuwen was curious, there were only three of them sitting in the wide carriage, could it be that his parents were just going to perfunctory the Yi family like himself?

Wu smiled, from behind him took out a golden silk nan wood brocade box, the body of the box is engraved with the dragon and phoenix auspicious pattern, the eyes and tails are inlaid with red and green gemstones, the lid of the box is a whole layer of chisel gold leaf, on the eight treasure claws grasp a bright jade, the whole box is brilliant, exquisite.

Just looking at the appearance, this box is worth a lot of money, but I didn't expect my father and mother to be so stingy with me, but the dowry for the woman was so expensive.

"Mother, this box is worth a thousand gold to say the least, what kind of family is the Yi family? It's worth your heavy dowry. ”

Wu smiled: "Silly boy, what is in this box is the dowry." ”

Xiao Yuwen didn't believe it, took the box and opened it, there was a whip rolled in it, it seemed that it was still used, and it was really his mother, but he was stingy.

"Mother, you take this old whip as a dowry, are you sure that the Yi family will not buy the pearl?"

Xiao Jingkun, who had been closing his eyes for a long time, opened his eyes, "Yuwen, this is not an ordinary whip, it is called the phoenix-winged wolftooth whip, it is a token of love that I gave to your mother back then. ”

"Phew, what a love token." Wu smacked at him. "But Yuwen, this whip was indeed given to me by your father, and now I will pass it on to your future lady, you must pass it on."

Xiao Yuwen is angry, isn't this whip a family whip? Who do you want to fight in the future? What to send is not good to send this.

"Yes, follow my mother's teachings."

Now I can't disobey my mother, if I want to say a word, maybe I will be deducted my monthly money again, this time I came to Xiangzhou County and my mother promised him ten taels of silver.

With these ten taels of silver, I must invite Miss Lin to Yunxiang Restaurant for a big meal when I turn around.

The sun was about to set in the west, and the carriage was bumpy all the way, and it took a lot of people along the road to find Daliu Village.

Suddenly, a magnificent carriage arrived in the village, and the children of the village followed behind to see the strange and asked for candy to eat. When he arrived at the front house, Wu asked the driver to stop the car.

After getting out of the car, Wu Shi distributed the pastries he had prepared to the children and asked, "This is Master Yi's house." ”

An older child nodded, turned around and ran to knock on the courtyard door of the Yi family: "Master Yi, your family has a guest." ”

Inside, Yi Ming and his wife Lin came out and opened the door.

When the old people met, several people stood at the door and chattered for a long time before entering the house.

Since Yi Ming came here from Ning'an with his family, he has made a living by collecting and selling medicines, and his wife Lin was originally a lady of the family, and he also worked hard and complained.

The two have a son and a daughter, the son Yi Linfeng is fifteen years old this year, and the daughter is a beautiful woman, the word Zhihua, who is twelve years old this year.

The name Yi Zhihua was given by her future mother-in-law Wu when she was in her belly, saying that since she went to the village, she wanted to be a flower in the village.

After entering the house and sitting down, the Lin family poured tea for them, and looked at the prospective son-in-law in front of them, and the two of them were full of joy.

"Yuwen, go up and give your father-in-law and mother-in-law a salute."

Xiao Yuwen was stunned for a moment, he just came to hire on a blind date today, and nothing came to fruition, why did he call them father-in-law and mother-in-law?

Forget it, it's just a title, for ten taels of silver, there is nothing that can't be sold, just call it.

Before he could call out, he was stopped by Yi Ming, "Nephew Xian still call me Uncle Yi." ”

"Uncle Yi, Mrs. Yi." Xiao Yuwen stepped forward and bowed.

"Haha, okay, sit down." Yi Ming agreed and beckoned him to sit down.

The four elders chatted about the interesting things that had happened to them for so many years, Xiao Yuwen was not interested, and now that he was here, he really wanted to see what his blind date looked like.

However, I heard that Yi Zhihua and her brother went up the mountain to collect medicine together, so they could only drink tea and wait.

Sitting bored, Xiao Yuwen looked around and saw three unframed calligraphy and paintings hanging on the mottled wall, a table with paint off at the top of the room, and two small tables on each side of the wall, on which were placed coarse porcelain tea sets. The green bricks on the ground have been polished from years of trampling, and dust falls from the roof from time to time.

The Yi family is not rich.

Although Xiao Yuwen is also very poor, the Yi family's furnishings still make him feel shabby.

But in the eyes of the villagers of Daliu Village, the Yi family is a local tyrant, they never have to work in the field, they eat rice, flour, grain and oil are bought on the street, and they go up to the mountain to collect medicine and play when they have nothing to do, and they live a leisurely life.

Xiao Yuwen has already drunk two teas, and he hasn't seen the legendary flower yet.

Patiently drank another cup of tea, only to hear the laughter of girls in the courtyard, Xiao Yuwen turned sideways slightly and pretended to look into the courtyard unintentionally, and sure enough, there were really three or four thirteen or fourteen-year-old girls who were also secretly looking into the house.

"But the beauty is back?" The Lin clan didn't call Huahua or anything like before, and the name was really unspeakable, especially in front of outsiders.

The girls outside poured in, and Xiao Yuwen could see clearly that there were indeed two or three of them who looked like Zhou Zheng, and they were just Zhou Zheng, and they didn't match the name of Beauty and Yizhihua at all.

It may be the reason why the girls are working in the fields and getting tanned, but if they were whiter, they might look better, after all, one white covers three ugliness.

One of the girls was thin and short, with a row of bangs on her forehead, a simple hanging bun on her head, a plain silver hairpin, her facial features were not grown at all, she was squeezed on a face the size of a palm, and she wore a half-new green cross-collared skirt, which looked even more black and not slippery, like a green onion.

She was the ugliest of the girls.

Xiao Yuwen didn't know which was his blind date, anyway, he wasn't satisfied with any of them, he just wanted to end his return to Ning'an as soon as possible.

"Beauty, go and serve tea to Xiao Gongzi." Lin commanded.

Hearing that he was going to serve himself tea, Xiao Yuwen sat up from the chair with a lazy body.

The moment he looked up, he lay back down.

The ugliest girl took a red lacquered gold tea tray and walked towards her with a celadon lotus pattern tea bowl from the Yue kiln.

Not to mention that he has already drunk a few cups of tea, and he can't drink it anymore, this girl's longevity is not as good as their little maid, and he is not in the mood to drink her tea.

But so many elders watched, he didn't want to take it, he owed a debt, and took the cup on the tea tray with one hand and put it on the small table next to him.

Yi Jiaren is only twelve years old, and she can't notice these emotional changes in him, and she hasn't heard her mother say that she wants to give her a blind date before, so she doesn't know about it at all.

Today, I was picking medicine in the mountains with my brother, and I heard the little sister in the village come to say that there were beautiful guests at home, so I was pulled back.

Wu knew that his son was not satisfied with this future lady, but this girl was too stumbling, and Yi Ming and his wife were not bad looking, so why did they give birth to such a monkey-like daughter.

Fortunately, this child is only twelve years old this year, and the eighteenth year of the female college has changed, and maybe it will grow up in two years, after all, Yi Ming and his wife are in front of them, no matter how ugly they are.

"Beauty, come and let me see." Wu beckoned and let Yi Jiaren come over.

Wu Shi and Xiao Jingkun looked her up and down, looked at each other, nodded, and the future daughter-in-law in front of her was considered to be passing.

"Here, this is a greeting gift for you." Wu Shi took out the brocade box containing the phoenix-winged wolftooth whip and handed it to her.

Yi Jiaren looked at his parents with the brocade box, and when he saw that they nodded, he took the brocade box and retreated to his parents.

A few little sisters next to her saw such a beautiful box for the first time, envious, busy asking her to open it to see what was inside, she was a little hesitant, her parents said that it was very rude to open the gifts given by others in person, in the interval of her hesitation, a girl with a quick hand had already opened the box.

What caught my eye was a whip, and I was stunned for a moment, and then several girls laughed.

Yi Ming and Lin also saw the whip in the box, how important this whip was to Xiao Jingkun and Wu Shi, they knew.

Yi Ming hurriedly stepped out of his seat, took the box in Yi Jiaren's hand and held it in front of Wu's family: "Madam, today is just a normal way to move around, why bring such a valuable gift, this child can't afford it." ”

"Where, I think this matter is settled like this, and those of us who are elders can rest assured."

Xiao Jingkun also said: "Yes, I think the beautiful woman is a very good child, we like it very much, or we will take her to Ning'an this time, we will ask her to learn the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and the female worker is good at needlework?" ”

Knowing his son Mo Ruo's father, Xiao Jingkun knew that his son was not satisfied with this future lady, and thought that if he brought him back to Ning'an for two years, he might be more handsome.

"Hmph." Xiao Yuwen snorted and changed his face outwards to nest in the chair.

Yi Ming and his wife were a little embarrassed, to say that their daughter was indeed not worthy of the Xiao Gongzi in front of them, but it was the Xiao family who brought it up first, and this time they found it themselves.

"This child is still young, I'm afraid that following will give you more trouble, just stay by your side, our family will ask Mr. to teach in the future."

Lin was a young lady in the family before, but she couldn't stand her baby daughter being looked down upon, so she decided not to let her daughter go out to collect medicine and endure the sun and rain in the future.

Girls should be rich.

After staying overnight in Yi's house, Xiao Yuwen didn't eat breakfast the next day, so he got into the carriage to go back to Ning'an.

As for Yi Zhihua, whoever loves to marry will marry!