Zhong Yugui stood in front of the window, watching the chariot go southwest, only to feel that something was lost. Sip that cup of tea carefully, only to feel refreshing, and it is refreshing until it reaches the stomach and lungs.

In the next few days, he passed by this teahouse on his way down, and he always came to this teahouse to sit down. And Zhou Rou did not disappoint him, when he went to the teahouse for the second time, he saw this woman who was as quiet and distant as the autumn water, sitting quietly by the window on the second floor, holding a cup of tea in her hand, and playing a game of chess with the maidservant girl named Amei opposite. Although still veiled, the eyes that were exposed were like stars in the dark night sky, shining with a cold and peaceful light. Seeing him come up, she raised her eyes slightly, bowed her head at him, chuckled, and turned her attention to the chessboard again.

Zhong Yugui, as a general, happened to have a stable world, and there were not many battles to fight. He put his experience of marching and arranging the formation on the chessboard, and the level of chess playing was also extremely high. At this time, he glanced at the chessboard, and his eyes were attracted by this ordinary chess. After seeing Zhou Rou play a few moves, he stood up even more, looking at the chessboard intently, and didn't even pay attention to Xiao Er's tea.

That game of chess, which has been played for a long time, is waiting for him to come and see these moves. When Zhou Rouzizi was exquisite, pressing forward step by step, the chess edge forced the opponent to a desperate situation.

Amei threw the chess and pouted, "The slave lost." Girl, you obviously know that I can't get down to you, and you still pull me down every time, isn't this a clear bully? ”

Mama Wu frowned and scolded: "You are embarrassed to say." Playing chess with the girl every day, you have not grown, and it is very boring to let the girl play chess without an opponent. That's it. You still blame the girl, it's really getting more and more unruly. ”

Amei's mouth was tilted, and she said very aggrievedly: "Daddy and mother gave birth to me so stupid, what can I do, is this what I want?" The girl feels bored, so she can find another opponent. After speaking, he saw Zhong Yugui in a blink of an eye, his eyes lit up, and he said, "Ah, this master." You're coming. Do you know how to play chess? Why don't you talk with my girl? ”

"Ame, don't mess around." Mama Wu couldn't stop it, so she hurriedly shouted.

Zhong Yugui saw Zhou Rou looking at him, and in that gaze. There was a hint of expectation. He had just come down from the court, and he was fine, but he waited here for an hour yesterday. It's just to wait for Zhou Rou. At this time, the beautiful woman had an appointment, and she liked chess and tea, so she stood up happily at the moment. He arched his hand and said, "I am willing to play a game." ”

Zhou Rou's star-like eyes lit up, and then turned her gaze to Yuan Sanniang. In a soft and slightly coquettish tone, he called: "Mama." ”

Yuan Sanniang sighed reluctantly, turned her head and stopped talking.

Seeing this, Zhou Rou smiled, stretched out her hand like an onion, pointed to the seat that Amei had given up, and said, "Sir, please." ”

Lin Xiaozhu saw that Zhong Yugui was sitting, so he made a cup of Longjing tea before the rain with a covered bowl on the side, put it in Zhong Yugui's hand, and said, "The slave maid's skills are not as good as my girl, Mr. make do with it." ”

Amei rolled her eyes and grinned, "Mr. wants to drink the tea made by my girl." It's not difficult. As long as you let go of your hands and feet and win my girl, the maid will persuade my girl to make tea for you to drink. ”

"Ame." Mama Wu called. The voice was full of helplessness, as if there was no way to take this unruly Amei.

Zhong Yugui saw that the beautiful woman opposite had no objection. He replied with joy: "Okay." ”

He was born poor, and the more he became an official, the more noble he became, and he rose smoothly along the way, and his competitive heart was a little more prosperous than others. Watching the small half game of chess just now, he felt that Zhou Rou's chess skills were between him and him, but slightly inferior to him, which inspired him to win chess. Even Ah Mei didn't say this, he was also ready to use all his skills to win Zhou Rou. In his opinion, a manly husband and a general with tens of thousands of military powers, if he loses to a weak woman in the boudoir, isn't it a joke?

At the moment, I drank fresh and sweet tea, while talking with the beautiful woman. Outside the window, the river breeze was blowing, and the noisy chirping of cicadas and the crisp sound of falling children in the room made him feel calm. And the chess game was deliberately controlled by Zhou Rou, Zhong Yugui was narrowly defeated, which not only satisfied his manly self-esteem, but also greatly inspired him to play another game with Zhou Rou.

The flowers are half-opened, and the wine is slightly smoky. Everything is a shallow taste, and it is the most seductive.

So when Zhong Yugui proposed to play the next game, Lin Xiaozhu stopped Zhou Rou in time: "Girl, it's not too early." If you don't go back, Madame should be in a hurry at home. ”

Yuan Sanniang seemed to have just awakened, and said: "Yes, yes, you said that you only came out for half an hour, this is all exceeded, hurry up." ”

Zhou Rou had to raise her autumn pupils and said apologetically: "I wonder if Mr. will come tomorrow?" If you come, the tea you lost today will be saved for tomorrow, what do you think? ”

How could Zhong Yugui not agree? Liansheng should be "good". Seeing Zhou Rou and the others pack up their things and leave, they felt lost.

In this way, in the next few days, with or without intention, Zhou Rou finally let Zhong Yugui be like the young man who was just starting to fall in love, his heart was shaking, and he couldn't forget it for a while, and couldn't help but ask the second child in the teahouse about Zhou Rou's situation.

"Guest officer, I don't know if you ask others, but you want to ask Miss Zhou, coincidentally, my house is not far from Miss Zhou's house, and I really know her situation." Xiao Er said proudly, "Alas, this week, the girl's family was originally a wealthy businessman, her father did a good job and made a lot of money, but his knees were empty, except for her, there was no man and half girl." Originally, she had a good life, and she was also the pearl of her parents, giving whatever she wanted. But there are unforeseen circumstances, three years ago, her father suddenly fell ill and returned to the west. And her mother was overly sad and fell ill, and for the past three years, she has been on the sickbed and has become a medicine jar. Miss Zhou was originally a little woman who only knew piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, where had she experienced this? Those uncles coveted her family's property and repeatedly came to the door to oppress. and tried every means to marry her, so as to marry her, force her mother to death, and embezzle property. Think about it, as soon as you get married, it means that your mother is dead, where is the girl willing to agree to those marriages this week? So he dragged it like this, and tried his best to support the family, so as not to let those uncles encroach on the shop. She occasionally comes to drink tea, but it is just to have fun in the bitterness and distract herself. ”

When Zhong Yugui heard this, he not only regretted Zhou Rou's suffering, but also was extremely happy in his heart - Zhou Rou was not in a good situation, and his wish could be fulfilled. Otherwise, why would the wealthy yellow flower girl marry into his family?

Thinking of this, he couldn't sit still, and asked Xiao Er where Zhou Rou's house was, so he went there to visit.

Yuan Tianye and others did this bureau, and they naturally arranged it finely. I rented a house not far from the teahouse, and Zhou Rou and others have been living there for the past few days. And he placed men near the house, waiting for him to enter the urn. So when Zhong Yugui visited, he happened to meet a woman who sold needlework and thread coming out of the house and asked her, and the rhetoric was really the same as what Xiao Er said.

On the second day, he saw Zhou Rou in the teahouse, and he finally couldn't bear it, and after a game of chess in a restless mood, he said, "Miss Zhou, can you take a step to speak?" ”

Zhou Rou glanced at him quietly with those autumn water-like eyes, lowered her eyes and said, "Mama Wu, you go downstairs with Ah Mei and Ye Qing for a while." ”

"Yes." Mama Wu reluctantly responded and left with the two girls.

"What do you have to say, sir?" Zhou Judo.

Zhong Yugui is also a cheerful person, and now that he has made up his mind, he is no longer timid, and immediately said: "I admire the girl and want to marry the girl as a wife, I don't know what the girl wants?" ”

Zhou Rou looked at Zhong Yugui in surprise, then blushed slightly, lowered her eyes, and did not make a sound for a long time.

"It seems that I was abrupt, I'm sorry." Zhong Yugui was both lost and embarrassed in his heart, arched his hand, stood up and was about to leave.

"Sir, can you tell us about the situation at home?" Zhou Rou's sudden words stopped Zhong Yugui's footsteps in time.

Zhong Yugui turned around in surprise, looked at Zhou Rou, and said his official position, the amount of property in his family, the number of wives and concubines, and how many children he had.

After hearing this, Zhou Rou raised her eyes and looked at Zhong Yugui quietly, but did not speak.

"I know that I have a wife, a concubine, a son and a daughter, and I am forty years old. It was very rude to say this to the girl. But I really admire the girl, and I can't forget it for a while. If you can marry a beautiful woman, you will be as precious as jewelry, and you will not be wronged at all. Zhong Yugui hurriedly said again, his heart was really like fifteen buckets of water - seven up and eight down. This apprehension is no less than the nervousness when I heard that I was made a general and waited to receive the order.

Zhou Rou slowly stretched out her hand, gently ripped off her veil, and revealed her flower and moon appearance in front of Zhong Yugui, then lowered her eyes and said softly: "Okay, I promise you." ”

Zhong Yugui looked at Zhou Rou's beautiful face, and when he heard the promise again, he only felt that his heart stopped beating at that moment. Ecstasy ensued: "Really? That's great. Hahaha......"

"It's just that the situation in my family ......," Zhou Rou said melancholy.

"Everything in your family is with me, don't worry." Zhong Yugui said softly.

Zhou Rou heard these gentle words, her face suddenly turned red, she stood up in a panic, hurried to the stairs, and was about to go downstairs. Behind him, he heard Zhong Yugui say: "Ming'er, I will ask the matchmaker to go to your house to propose marriage." ”

Zhou Rou stopped, didn't look back, shook her head lightly and said, "I'm worried that my mother won't agree." So, please hold off for a few days, and when I can figure out my mother's thoughts, you can come again. ”

"Okay." Where would Zhong Yugui disagree? At this time, he was afraid that Zhou Rou would ask for the moon in the sky as a dowry, and he would have to find a way to pick it up.

(I had a day of class today, and the update was late, sorry.) About half an hour later, there was another chapter. In that chapter, things will take a big turn. (To be continued)