After leaving Master Tan, and coming to Master Li, he was delayed until the end of the day after a few back and forth.

When Zhao Qingmiao came out of the shop, the wind was blowing and the sky was sinking.

"Up."

Shen Xiao picked up the sedan chair and walked hard, and asked Chang Xi on the side distractedly: "This is going back?" ”

Chang Xi's voice was full of sighs: "No, in the second year of junior high school today, Miss is going to Wang's house for dinner, and she will walk through this street and turn a corner." ”

The Wang family refers to Zhao Qingmiao's maternal grandfather's family. Shen Xiao has been away from Luoyang for many years, and he doesn't know much about the people and things here, so he didn't inquire further.

At this hour, the smoke curls up. On the other side of the bank is the painting boat restaurant, with blue and red powder. I can listen to a string, the flute is more leisurely, and the pipa is tactful. There was silence in the meditation lake, and the stubborn man took off his pants and urinated in the lake, which caused a circle of ripples.

The Wang family is a big businessman with a head and a face in Luoyang City, and lives in a big mansion with three entrances and four combinations. The door opens to the southeast corner, and the courtyard is square. Walk into the vermilion gate and face a shadow wall, and enter the screen door with your left hand to the outer courtyard and the inverted room; Turn around the weeping flower gate, and walk along the verandah to see the inner house. The main courtyard sits in the north and faces south, and enters the hall through the door, with rows of carved window lattices. There are two main houses, two south-facing guest bedrooms, and a stove room warehouse. Further back is the backyard clear pond flower garden.

The Wang family has an unwritten rule: on the second, twelfth, and twenty-second days of the new year, Zhao Qingmiao and Zhao Dagongzi have to go back to Wang's house for dinner. said that it was a meal, but it was nothing more than listening to the elders.

Wang Mianzhi, the old lady of the Wang family, will be eighty years old. At this age, I have worked hard for half my life, and my temples are gray. He has an old-fashioned and stern temperament, and he hides the heavy profits of businessmen and the pedantry of sophistication in his bones.

He had a son and a daughter under his knees. 's daughter is Zhao Qingmiao's mother-in-law, but unfortunately she died in her early years. The other is Zhao Qingmiao's uncle Wang Shouyi, who married a wife and gave birth to a pair of children.

After getting off the sedan chair, Shen Xiao and the others were led to the inverted room to rest. Zhao Qingmiao walked into the front hall with Chang Xi, and looked at the old lady Wang, uncle, and aunt Yingyingfu before looking back at the others.

Brother Zhao Yan came early for a long time, leaned on the chair, and ate melon seeds boringly. When he saw Zhao Qingmiao coming, he smiled and brushed away the pile of shells, putting away the lazy and shapeless appearance.

Sitting opposite him were the Wang family sisters and brothers, one named Wang Yan and the other Wang Yu. There is a red mole under my sister's eyebrows, although she is married to a woman, she is still beautiful and elegant. The younger brother's snort was barre, his eyes were dark and clear, and his eyelids were half-drooping at the moment, and he couldn't see what he was thinking.

The two of them didn't wait to see the Zhao family brothers and sisters, and when they came in, they just didn't see it.

Zhao Qingmiao looked away, brushed his sleeves and sat down.

The dishes and chopsticks on the round table were set, and the servant came in with a plate of fragrant dishes.

Old lady Wang sat down on crutches and slowly swept around the table before asking, "Yan'er, why hasn't Wenjing arrived yet?" ”

That Wang Yan was suddenly named, her body sank, her lips moved, and she was a little reluctant to answer, and secretly stretched out her foot under the table and kicked Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang was stunned for a moment, and quickly smiled and said: "Back to the old man's words, there are some things in the Cai Mansion that can't be supported, he has ordered someone to bring the message, and he won't come today." She was plump, well-dressed, with a hint of shrewdness in her eyes, and glanced at Zhao Qingmiao intentionally or unintentionally, and changed her words.

"Qing'er, can this trip go smoothly? I heard you only came back to the city last night. It's not that my aunt is gossiping, it's never good for this daughter's family to show up, Yan Jiu, you should take on more things as a brother. Are you saying that your aunt is right? ”

Zhao Yan said in his heart, why are you a woman and a Taoist family staring at Zhao Mansion every day. Zhao Qingmiao pursed her lips and didn't care much.

Wang Shouyi was honest, and felt that his wife talked too much, so he quickly reached under the table, pinched Mrs. Wang's wrist hard, gritted his teeth and reminded in a low voice: "You don't have to say a word." Then, turning his head, he instructed the butler to cloth the vegetables.

This meal was quite peaceful, and Mr. Wang attached great importance to the family rules of the portal, and he did not say anything about food. So, no one said anything more at the dinner table.

The whole family ate for most of the hour, and when the next person removed the dishes, the old man Wang proposed to go to the courtyard to enjoy the coolness.

The servant hurriedly moved to the tea table stool and put a few plates of sweet and refreshing melons and fruits.

Zhao Yanjiu felt a little stomachache when he saw this battle, and he slipped away in advance.

Before leaving, he also leaned over and whispered to Zhao Qingmiao: "Brother takes the first step, you can go home by yourself for a while." ”

The corners of Zhao Qingmiao's eyes twitched, and she waved her hand helplessly.

"Wang Ji's business has been a lot colder recently, so I just thought about talking to Yan Jiu. Since he's gone, tomorrow Qing'er you go to the restaurant to see what's going on. ”

Old Man Wang suddenly mentioned this stubble, and everyone's expressions were different.

Wang Yan raised her eyebrows, and the juice burst from a grape bite in her mouth.

Wang Yu doesn't like to talk much, it's none of his business, and he doesn't look away from it.

Zhao Qingmiao lowered her eyes slightly, and fiddled with the small leaf red sandalwood string on her wrist in her hand: "Wang Ji has always been in the hands of his uncle, and I will go as a junior, right?" ”

The Wang family has land and land, and there is a restaurant and a teahouse in Luoyang City, and business has always been prosperous.

"What's wrong, they are all the heirs of the Wang family." Old Man Wang seems to have made up his mind and cannot be ignored.

Wang Shouyi, as the eldest son, was a little unbearable on his face. suppressed his sulkness and took a sip of tea.

Mrs. Wang's eyes were round, and her hands clenched the handkerchief and wanted to crush it. With the old man in her, she can't spill. So his mind turned, and he suddenly said with a smile: "Let's talk about business, let's talk about something else." Qing'er, you are not young, the matter of getting married, but you can't delay it any longer. ”

Mrs. Wang looked at the old lady, and when she saw him nodding in approval, the corners of her mouth hooked.

"It is said that a good girl will marry at fifteen and eighteen. Miao'er, don't blame your aunt for being troublesome, you're twenty-two in the New Year. At this age, how many women's dolls in the city will leave. ”

Zhao Qingmiao said in his heart, you said with good intentions, but it was really harsh to listen to. What you don't like to pick up and say.

"The golden prince Yushu in the west of the city is in the wind, and the money village opened at home. Although he has married a wife, I heard that he has been paralyzed in bed for a year and has not left any heirs. Coincidentally, his mother is a little familiar with me, and I will ask you for a letter tomorrow. ”

Zhao Qingmiao lifted her lips dryly, not knowing whether to laugh or be angry for a while.

If he refuses at this moment, according to Wang's temper, he will definitely not give up, and he will also be a matchmaker. She secretly thought, so she said, "Then Uncle Lao is worried." ”

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When the people dispersed one by one, Mrs. Wang grabbed Wang Shouyi, who was walking in front, violently.

"Did you hear what the old man just said? Tell their brother and sister to go to the shop to have a look, but you can't believe us, can you? Ming'er just gave them the shop! You, you, are you really not afraid that the Wang family business has changed its surname? I said that the old man was eccentric, he had always scolded Huan, but he valued ...... in his heart."

Mrs. Wang was so angry that she almost beat her chest, and the corners of her mouth trembled uncontrollably.

"So what can I do? Besides, Qing'er and Yan Jiu are my sister's children, they don't have a father or a mother, it's pitiful, you don't get involved in these things in the future. ”

Wang Shouyi didn't want to speak anymore, so he threw up his sleeves and left.

At this time, Wang Yan walked out of the corner slowly, approached Wang and asked, "Why did my mother take care of Zhao Yatou's affairs?" I've heard that the golden boy you mentioned is very lacking in morality. ”

Mrs. Wang smiled proudly, brushed her sideburns and said, "Isn't it just that you are drunk and love to beat people?" Men, all of them are virtuous. ”

"Daddy isn't." Wang Yan added from the bottom of her heart, neither is Cai Wenjing.

"Your dad thinks! He didn't have the guts. Mrs. Wang snorted coldly, instructed her to be careful on the road, twisted her ass and went back to the room.