The swallows in the backyard flew away, but a few noisy crows came. Guo Xiaoxiao walked away with his sleeves, arguing with people who didn't know right and wrong, no matter how much he said, it would be in vain.

The two sisters completely pierced the window paper, Guo Qianqian refused to stop, Zijin Fang gradually declined under the suppression of Linglong Fang, and the embroidery girls complained that they finally reached the point where they could not resist.

However, Guo Xiaoxiao still has lingering palpitations.

Yuan Shaocheng asked why she didn't do it yet, she said, after all, she was the one who went out of the Guo family, and there was Guo Qianqian's name on the family tree, so she couldn't do it.

Since Guo Xiaoxiao was persistent, Yuan Shaocheng didn't say anything more. Guo Xiaoxiao pressed the complaint to the bottom of the box, and there were only a few people in Zijinfang for several months.

This state of affairs lasted for three years.

As the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and after three years, Zijinfang relies on the richness of Guofu, except for the desertion in front of the door, in fact, there is not much change.

However, three years is really a long time for Guo Xiaoxiao. In the past three years, she has incense to Mr. Guo every day, pretending that Mr. Guo is still there, and buying a pair of dishes and chopsticks for Mr. Guo.

In the past three years, Zijinfang's hearts have been turbulent, and she often appeases embroidery girls, so Zijinfang is not on the verge of bankruptcy.

Three years later, Guo Xiaoxiao is twenty-one years old, mature and "old", and missed the best period of marriage.

thought that no one would come to the door to say goodbye, and she was ready not to marry for the rest of her life and serve her parents, but those matchmakers from the past came again.

It's still the Zhu family, the Su family and the Gu family last time, and these families still refuse to let go. If it was three years ago, Guo Xiaoxiao might still believe what they said when they came to kiss, what sincerity to ask for marriage and care about widows is actually a wolf's ambition!

She knelt in front of Master Guo's tablet, folded her hands and swore a poisonous oath: "Even if I, Guo Xiaoxiao, are crushed, I will never let the Guo family's property fall into the hands of others." ”

However, she has not yet married and has no successor. Can she last for decades, for hundreds of years? So there must be an heir!

Take a closer look at the sons of Yangzhou City, those who were originally suitable for her age have already become relatives, and the rest are either old or too young, and they are no longer considered.

Hangzhou's third brother Lu is not bad, his father and Master Guo are old acquaintances, but he seems to have a family, and the husband and wife are very affectionate, how can she destroy others!

After a few anxious and a few worries, there was only one person left.

She got up and ran to the dresser, and found the sachet with the smell of lilacs, which she hung around her waist. She immediately wrote a letter and asked Xiaolan to send it to the pharmacy in person, and then freshened up and dressed herself.

In the evening, Guo Xiaoxiao was about to go out, when he suddenly remembered something, found the oil-paper umbrella painted with chrysanthemums, and then went out.

She guessed that Yuan Shaocheng would definitely arrive a few minutes first, so she deliberately pinched the time to go to the hometown teahouse, so that she would not seem too anxious or too hasty.

When he saw her, his eyes lit up. Her long hair was shawl, her skirt was swaying, her skin was delicate, her eyes were bright and bright, and she always felt that she had been carefully dressed. His gaze eventually fell on the sachet around her waist.

"You look beautiful today." He laughed.

She lowered her head coquettishly and changed the subject: "I am looking for you this time, there is something important. ”

"When did you come to me for something that mattered?" He asked rhetorically.

"Yes......" she smiled embarrassedly, "you've helped me a lot, I'm really sorry." ”

"So what?" He stared into her eyes.

"As far as I know, you shouldn't have said kiss yet, have you?" She asked.

"You say this like a matchmaker." His face was expressionless.

"I......... As soon as the time of my mourning was over, the wolf-minded people began to stir again. She met his eyes and said slowly, "I...... After thinking about it, I still couldn't find someone worth entrusting. ”

He was still expressionless.

"I ...... Oh, no, no, it's supposed to be you. She lowered her head, "You have a pure character, uprightness, and a sense of responsibility, I ......"

"What are you?" He asked, raising an eyebrow.

"I ...... I want to ......"

"What do you want?"

But she just couldn't say such things, and even she had to scold herself. How? Obviously, when I came, I was like eating chili, full of confidence and courage, how could I be submissive at this time!

"If you don't say it, I'll go." He stood up.

"Don't." She blurted out, "I want you to marry me!" ”

He stopped, his back to her.

She plucked up the courage and said: "Those families are sincerely asking for marriage, but in fact, they want to take away my Guo family's property. I have no brothers, and the Guo family has no collateral relationship, and now I am weak, which is a helpless move. I know you're a cold-faced and warm-hearted person who has helped me many times, I ...... I beg you to promise me. ”

"What if I don't say yes?" He turned.

"I know I'm not as delicate as a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, but I'll be devoted to you. As long as you say what you say, I will obey you. ”

"What if I don't pay attention to what I say?" He asked again.

"No, you are a reasonable person, and you must be reasonable when you speak."

He lowered his eyes, thinking.

Guo Xiaoxiao immediately said: "You don't have to answer me in a hurry, you can think about it first." ”

After a while, he calmly said, "Okay." ”

"Huh?"

"Hmm."

It took her a while to react: "You agreed?" ”

"You didn't hesitate to use a beauty trick on me, can I not agree?"

From the moment she came in, he knew that she actually had "bad intentions".

Guo Xiaoxiao secretly rejoiced, joy overflowed on her face, she was so happy for the first time since her father's death.

He said, "However, I also have something to say to you." ”

"Tell me."

He walked back to his seat and sat down, and said slowly, "I told you something about my family. If you marry me, you will definitely not have to worry about food and clothing, but my family is complicated, and there are brothers in several rooms who want to share the family property with me, so I am afraid that your life after marriage will not be peaceful. ”

"Hmm."

As the saying goes, every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, who is not like this?

He added: "My mother is a strong person, and if she is not satisfied with you, then she will often find fault with you. ”

"Hmm."

"In the end, the Yuan family, like your Guo family, has a big family and a big business, but that also means that the responsibility is heavy and unshirkable. Have you really decided? ”

Guo Xiaoxiao bit his lip and said, "I've decided, I still want to marry you." ”

He looked at her eyes, and her stubbornness, her firmness in knowing that there were tigers in the mountains and leaning towards the tigers were the things that first moved him. When he saw the sachet around her waist, he guessed that she must have affection for him.

"I'll come to the door tomorrow to propose, you are ready, it is best not to have any obstruction."

She knew that he was insinuating that those few people came to the door to say goodbye and refused to let go, so she said: "One husband should be closed, and ten thousand people should not be opened." ”

The two made an agreement on this, and Yuan Shaocheng really came to the door with a dowry the next day. It was Xiaolan who opened the door, and Yuan Shaocheng went all the way unimpeded.

Mrs. Guo was already waiting in the hall, and when she saw Yuan Shaocheng, Mrs. Guo felt very happy.

Yuan Shaocheng finished the process, and after saying the polite words of courting Mrs. Guo, he didn't speak anymore. Mrs. Guo saw that he was a person of few words, and she didn't embarrass him, so she gave the family matter that day.

The marriage of Yuan Shaocheng and Guo Xiaoxiao spread in Yangzhou City in a few days. The Gu family realized it afterwards and secretly scolded the Yuan family for secretly crossing Chen Cang. The Zhu family and the Su family scolded each other, saying that it was a snipe and a clam fight, and as a result, the Yuan family picked up the profits of the fisherman.

Also angry is Yuan Shaocheng's mother, Mrs. Yuan.

Mrs. Yuan scolded Yuan Shaocheng for not consulting her. Yuan Shaocheng knew that her mother was looking ahead and backwards, and Guo Xiaoxiao was anxious again, so Yuan Shaocheng had no choice but to cut first and then play.

However, although Mrs. Yuan was angry and blamed, she thought that Yuan Shaocheng was old and should always start a family, but when she thought about it carefully, she was angry again. It's not good for a son to marry a girl from any family, but he wants to marry Guo Xiaoxiao, who just died of his father!

Mrs. Guo persuaded him, saying that Guo Xiaoxiao was twenty-one years old and older.

Yuan Shaocheng insisted on going his own way, but asked Yuan Shaoyin to persuade Mrs. Yuan.

Yuan Shaoyin said, my brother is measured, you can rest assured, and besides, aren't you waiting to hold your grandson?

Between what Mrs. Yuan said to Yuan Shaocheng, Yuan Shaocheng couldn't look down on any of them, so he waited until now. Mrs. Yuan really wanted to hold her grandson, so she reluctantly agreed.

The wedding was scheduled for September, and there was only half a month to prepare. Guo Xiaoxiao didn't say anything, because she knew that Yuan Shaocheng did this to avoid having too many dreams at night.

After Jiang Zhiyuan learned about this, he was first shocked, then regretful, and finally lamented.

On the same day, Guo Xiaoxiao resolutely broke up with him, and the two did not see each other again. Except for occasional exchanges during the New Year's holidays, the two have almost no chance to talk. Unexpectedly, Guo Xiaoxiao was going to get married!

There was no noise, no letters, everything was calm, like the water of Wan Lake, without any waves.

On the day of his wedding, Guo Xiaoxiao received a brocade box from Jiang Feng. She wanted to refuse, but there was a force in her heart that kept pushing her, telling her that she had no way out, so she had to ask Xiaolan to accept it.

After Jiang Feng left, she couldn't wait to open the brocade box.

It's still the jade pendant, the one engraved with the foal. She remembered the two lines of the poem: "Wave your hand and go, and the zebra chirps." ”

She wondered, was this his last farewell? Is this the end of so many years of love? Her heart ached like a knife, and the pain was so painful that she couldn't stop tears from hanging down her face.

She clutched the jade pendant tightly and couldn't help sobbing, Xiaolan caressed her back and cried with her.

"We ...... We're done with it. She couldn't stop crying.

"Don't cry, I'll put on my makeup later." Xiaolan persuaded.

This is her own doing, obviously she decisively said to break up, but why is she so sad now?

That day, she learned that her mother had intercepted Jiang Zhiyuan's letter, and Master Jiang had personally approached her, saying that officials and businessmen could not marry. The elders of both families disagreed, so what could she do? She didn't want to watch Jiang Zhiyuan fall out with his father, let alone suffer the infamy of collusion between officials and businessmen, so she chose to let go.

This time, she willingly let go.