Guo Xiaoxiao said softly: "Third Brother Lu is very good, but today I don't know why, I talk back." ”

"What about me?" Jiang Zhiyuan looked into her eyes, "Am I not good?" ”

"You...... You are good, impeccably good. ”

"If it's good, then why don't you promise me?"

"I ......" she lowered her head, not daring to look at him.

"I'm not trying to force you, I'm just ...... I'm just worried that it will be too late. He frowned, "The brothers and sisters of the Hai family went north to Yangzhou, in fact, there is a bit of marriage......

"You're going to marry her?"

"Nope!" He immediately replied, "Absolutely not, it's just that when it's time to start a family, I have to put marriage first." ”

He looked at her quietly, saw her frowning slightly, and said, "If you don't speak, I'll take your consent and propose to my uncle in a few days." ”

"Don't." She tugged at his sleeve, "I'm not worth it...... I'm a stupid and stupid person, not fit to be your. ”

"Who says you're stupid and stupid? You are smart and wise, why is it not suitable? ”

"I'm squeamish and bad-tempered."

"Even if you are squeamish, I am willing to get used to you and indulge you. Whatever you want, I will do it for you, and if you don't want to see anything, I will never let them appear in front of you. ”

"Why should you?" She let go of his sleeve, "Why are you being so nice to me?" ”

He stepped forward and put his hands around her shoulders, and said softly: "Because you are the person on the tip of my heart, I am good to you, and it is a matter of course." ”

She pushed him away and yelled, "There is nothing to care about in this world for granted! If you do me a penny, I will give you back; If you are good to me for ten points, I will pay you ten points back! ”

He was stunned: "I never asked you to pay me back!" Why do you have such thoughts? ”

"Because I don't want to owe you!" Her eyes were red.

"It's my willingness to be nice to you, and it's my wishful thinking to marry you." He took a deep breath, "I want to ask you today, do you want to marry me?" ”

She swallowed, lowered her eyes, and said for a long time: "I'm a bad person, and I don't deserve your kindness to me." ”

He looked up to the sky and laughed twice, with tears in his eyes: "Are you, there is someone in your heart?" ”

Guo Xiaoxiao twitched in his heart and did not reply.

"Is that the one surnamed Lu?"

She still didn't reply.

If she nods, she admits that she has a close personal relationship with Lu Dongyang; If he shakes his head, then Jiang Zhiyuan will definitely get to the bottom of it; If she accidentally told the pharmacy, she would be even more unclear.

"I asked you if you would like to marry me, and you said that my father and mother are old and have no one to take care of them, and they want to stay at home for a while. I said okay. He looked at the beaded curtain hanging on the edge of the pavilion, his eyes wandered, "Later, I said, what is the curse of the white cat and the black cat, now it seems that there is someone in my heart, I am still waiting for you stupidly, and I ask you stupidly......"

Jiang Zhiyuan smiled as he spoke, the whole person couldn't stand steadily, and he dangled a few steps in the pavilion, she wanted to step forward to help him, but as soon as she touched him, she was pushed away by him.

"Don't touch me!" He put one hand on the pillar, turned his back to her and cried and laughed, "Now, you are not qualified to touch me!" ”

Guo Xiaoxiao fell to the ground, tears flowing down from the corners of his eyes: "It's not like this. I didn't promise you before because ......"

"I don't want to listen to your lies!" He yelled.

She looked at him with tears in her eyes, and she wanted to say that she didn't agree to him before because she didn't have an answer in her heart, and she didn't dare to give the rest of her life casually.

Although he knows that he is a reliable person, the world is unpredictable, and no one knows what will happen in the future.

She hesitated, and at the same time worried about him; While putting on a face, he was worried about his safety.

Hearing that he had been assassinated, she did not hesitate to put aside the business in her hand and go to him, regardless of the old wound on her waist, she stood at the gate of Jiangfu from daytime until dark.

Seeing him fall off her horse, she rushed into the rain desperately, crying and screaming for help......

But she is entangled and contradictory! She was still not sure of her feelings, and she was even more afraid that she would not be able to stand with him as a housewife.

She felt that she was a terrible person and not worth his wholehearted dedication.

"Cousin, cousin." She called to him softly.

"Don't call me cousin." With red eyes, he turned around and tugged at her arm, "Every time you call me cousin, my heart twitches and I feel sad." You already knew that I was pleased with you, but I was played with in the palm of your hand. I have already pretended to be someone else in my heart, but you put those lingering gestures on me to tease me, look, what a good plan you have played! ”

"It's not like this, it's not like this!" Guo Xiaoxiao grabbed his hand and cried, "How can you say that about me? How can you think of me like that? ”

"Am I not right? Aren't you like that? I want to refuse and welcome, I am coy, I care about me on the surface, and I have a private affair with another man behind my back. He let go of the hand that was holding her arm and pushed her onto the stone bench.

"You can put all the dirty words on me now! The graceful demeanor of the past is completely gone! ”

"My grace is reserved only for those who deserve it."

He left the sentence behind and walked away. Guo Xiaoxiao was lying on the table, his eyes were hazy with tears. There was not much use for a table of food, and a cool breeze blew, and the flames on the exquisite stove were extinguished in an instant. Fallen leaves fall from mid-air, overlapping like hillocks.

Guo Xiaoxiao cried a lot and locked himself in his room for several days. Master Guo and Mrs. Guo saw Jiang Zhiyuan walking out of Guo's mansion angrily, and then Guo Xiaoxiao closed the door again, so they knew what had happened.

However, the second elder only made some small awkward troubles as cousins every day, and didn't take it seriously. Since that day, Jiang Zhiyuan has never come to Guo Xiaoxiao again, and Guo Xiaoxiao has not gone to Jiangfu and Yamen again.

The owner of Lu Zhuang sent a letter urging Lu Dongyang to return to Hongxing Manor, and Lu Dongyang returned to Hangzhou in a few days. In this way, it is the coldest time of the year - the eighth day of the lunar month.

Mrs. Guo sent someone to call Guo Xiaoxiao to go to the North Wing, if it was usual, Guo Xiaoxiao could still shirk it, but today is the eighth day of the lunar month, it is a festival, and he must go.

Guo Xiaoxiao put on a thick cotton jacket, held a small kettle to warm his hands, and put on a thick cloak, and then came out of the room.

The goose-feather-like snowflakes fell on the folding umbrella, and Guo Xiaoxiao suddenly stopped and looked up at the sky.

"What's wrong, miss?" Xiaolan was holding an umbrella on the side.

"It's snowing." Guo Xiaoxiao said softly.

"yes, it's been a long time since I've seen this much snow. I heard Steward Zhang say that this snow has been falling since late last night. Xiaolan smiled.

Guo Xiaoxiao frowned, thinking of him in Jiangfu, is he also watching the snow? Is the charcoal fire in the house strong enough? Is the bedding on the bed warm enough? Isn't it, thinking about him as much as she does?

"Miss, it's cold outside, let's go over quickly, otherwise Madame should urge."

Guo Xiaoxiao came back to his senses and walked towards the north wing room on snowflakes.

Xiaozhu bowed his head and said, "Madam, the eldest lady is here." ”

Mrs. Guo sat on the couch, slumping down and burning charcoals, and when she saw Guo Xiaoxiao coming in, she smiled and said, "My son, come here." ”

Xiaozhu and Xiaolan untied their cloaks for Guo Xiaoxiao, and Guo Xiaoxiao went to Mrs. Guo and sat down: "Mother." ”

Mrs. Guo took Guo Xiaoxiao's hand, touched Guo Xiaoxiao's wrist, and said, "Why did you lose weight like this?" Even the arms and wrists are thin. ”

Guo Xiaoxiao lowered his head and barely squeezed out a smile: "It's cold, I don't need to move around much, and I don't need to eat so many meals." ”

"You." Mrs. Guo's reproachful tone, "It's time to learn from Qianqian, she is more and more able to eat now." ”

"She is now a person with two people, so she naturally needs to eat more."

"I saw that you were so thin that you couldn't even hold up your clothes, and I felt sorry for you." Mrs. Guo stroked her hand, "Now that you are not married, I can still see you from time to time, and care about your diet and rest." Unlike Qianqian, you can only see each other a few times a month. Her mother-in-law has finally been nicer to her, and since she was pregnant, her mother-in-law has stopped picking on her thorns. ”

"That's very good." Guo Xiaoxiao smiled faintly.

Xiaozhu came in and respectfully offered the hibiscus cake: "The pastry just came out of the pot, the kitchen immediately sent someone to send it over, please Miss Madame to try it." ”

Mrs. Guo picked up a piece, took a bite, and said with a smile: "It tastes good." ”

"Miss, let's try it too." Xiaozhu sent the plate to Guo Xiaoxiao.

Guo Xiaoxiao originally had no appetite, but Xiaozhu sent it up so respectfully, and Mrs. Guo was next to him, so it was difficult to refuse.

Guo Xiaoxiao took a small bite and said, "It's Anan's masterpiece again, right?" ”

Xiaozhu smiled: "If you go back to the eldest lady, it's exactly!" ”

"Mother." Guo Xiaoxiao looked at Mrs. Guo, "I think this chef is always ingenious, and in the past, he also changed his way to cook, so let's enjoy some things." ”

"It's the reward." Mrs. Guo nodded and said to Xiaozhu, "Go to the master's bedroom and bring the broken jade knife." ”

"Yes."

Guo Xiaoxiao smiled: "When did we hide such a knife in our house?" ”

"Your father went to Jiangnan to do business a few years ago, and through your Uncle Lu, he met the master of the Fuzhou Tea Shop. As a sign of sincerity, the two sides exchanged a gift. Your father gave someone an agate pen, but they gave your father a kitchen knife. ”

Xiaolan couldn't help but laugh.

Mrs. Guo said: "Don't underestimate this kitchen knife, if it weren't for my poor cooking skills, your father rarely cooks, so this kitchen knife was idle." If you put it in the kitchen, it must be the sharpest knife in our kitchen. ”

Guo Xiaoxiao smiled and asked Xiaolan to go to the kitchen to call Anan.

Xiaozhu came in with a silver box, only to see a shiny kitchen knife lying inside.

Guo Xiaoxiao said: "Mother, in addition to being brighter than other knives, this knife is not special, why is it called broken jade?" ”

"Look at the knife."

Guo Xiaoxiao took a closer look: "Although the knife edge is thin, the blade is sharp, the blade is firm and thick, the handle is made of sandalwood, it is as light as a swallow feather when lifted, and as heavy as a rock when it falls." ”

"Well, it's a good observation." Mrs. Guo nodded, "Because it can break gold and jade, it is called 'broken jade'." ”