"Mother, don't worry, when I'm busy for the next few days, I must go to the embroidery room to have a look." Chen Ying followed Li's words.

Li's brows frowned, and he couldn't relax: "This wedding dress is a meaning account, you just embroider a few stitches, but you can't ignore the dowry at all." ”

She tightened Chen Ying's hand, and her eyes were scorched: "My son, you are also about to be married, Your Majesty's holy decree makes it clear that when you are old, the marriage will be handled, and the little marquis is in his twenties, you can wait, he can't wait." Mother calculates this day, at the latest next spring you will be out of the cabinet, mother is anxious all day long, you are good, not home all day. ”

She slapped Chen Ying's hand lightly again, and said angrily: "What's the matter, you have to come out a few days this month and sort out the dowry with your mother." ”

The marriage of this son and daughter is really the most important thing that the Li family is most concerned about, and every time I think about it, I always have to worry about it.

Seeing that she was worried, Chen Ying would not refute her, and responded with a full mouth: "I will be idle soon, my daughter will give her mother a quasi-date, and concentrate on learning to manage the house with her mother." ”

Chen Jun watched from the side, and suddenly sighed faintly: "My sister didn't say that when she was in someone's house, her mother was more anxious than anyone else, and now that she has a marriage contract, her mother is anxious about the dowry." When my sister gets married, my mother is afraid that she will be reluctant again. ”

After speaking, he made that heart-warming attitude, like a deep resentful woman.

Li Shi was amused by his appearance, and deliberately made a straight face: "You too, this is about to enter the Hanlin Academy, don't be in shape all day." ”

After speaking, his heart was full of things for a while, and he frowned and said: "It's not that my mother said, your marriage should also look good, some time ago, I was busy with your palace test, and my mother didn't ......."

"Mother, just spare your son." Before she finished speaking, Chen Jun wailed: "I just said my sister, let's talk about it, my mother is afraid that my son and sister will become the old bachelor and the old girl?" ”

These words made the whole room laugh, and Li smacked him and scolded with a smile: "If you talk about it again, see if I don't tear your mouth." ”

Chen Jun was busy and begging for mercy, which made the Li family laugh more and more, and for a while, the laughter between the West and the cold night could not be eliminated.

In the bamboo shadow outside the bridge, a man in a green shirt and a crane is holding an oil umbrella, isolated in the rain, looking at the bamboo bridge lights and the light rain stream, looking worried.

This man is Chen Shao.

The laughter in the courtyard came with a cool breeze, and when it entered the ears, it was not Rongyi, but it was shocking, as if the entire ear drum was vibrating.

He looked ahead intently, the glass lamp in his hand had long been extinguished, but he was still unconscious.

The sparse rain taps on the umbrella surface, and the loneliness is not as noisy as the dusk, occasionally one or two points, light and thin.

The lights on the bridge and the stream below the bridge emitted a dense and clear sound, as if the whole long night was consumed.

Gradually, the laughter in the courtyard gradually decreased, and the sound gradually became quiet, only the aroma of the food fluttered under the drizzle, which was clear and clear, but it did not stimulate people's appetite, but only taught people to feel cold.

And in the end, the aroma was old, scattered, and there was no news.

I don't know how long it took, the dusk drum at the head of the city suddenly sounded, far away, endless, Chen Shao was shocked to realize that he had been standing for a long time, when the wind blew the robe, the cold bones, the corners of the robe stuck to his body, refusing to move.

He looked down.

By the faint light of the bridge in the distance, I saw that the hem of the green shirt was soaked, and the sound of beating leaves through the forest came from outside the umbrella, crackling, like popping beans, but the original rain was rapid, the old paper umbrella was soaked by dense raindrops, and the handle of the umbrella slid down from time to time, and the palms and sleeves were all damp.

He shook his head, raised his umbrella in another hand, and looked over.

On the water surface of the bridge, the candle shadows are staggered, and the rain and cold wind are fast, and it has not detracted from the clear spirit, just like the name of the courtyard, which shines on the water.

The water shines on the flowers, the water goes to the flowers are still there, the longitudinal fall with the waves, the branches wither the leaves, and next year, it will still bloom on time.

Chen Shao sighed deeply.

At this moment, he really doesn't know if the woman who used to wait for her in the years will bend her waist and look at the shadow by the waterside and join hands with him in the wind and rain.

He took a few steps forward, then stopped, and then again, and stopped.

After a few times, he finally pulled the corners of his lips and smiled bitterly.

"That's it, this trip must come eventually." He muttered to himself, and his voice was astringent.

The rain is like a flying needle, one after another splashes under the umbrella, the rain leaking from the top of the umbrella becomes more and more frequent, and the wooden hairpin on the bun gradually drip downward, sliding down the sideburns along the forehead.

However, Chen Shao's eyes were filled with strange fires, as if they were lit by the lamp.

He no longer hesitated, strode forward, crossed the bamboo forest, stepped on the bamboo, and after a few breaths, he was already standing by the gate of the courtyard.

The green lacquered wooden door was closed, and the copper ring on the door was full of water stains, and Chen Shao stretched out his damp sleeves and buttoned the door.

The two sounds of "knock, knock" sounded in the silent night, like the dusk drum of the city.

"Who?" The mother-in-law on duty at night plugged in the door bolt, and at this time she couldn't help but ask in a loud voice, and the boss in her heart was unhappy.

In this kind of weather, it is time to stay in the house, drink hot tea, eat melon seeds and snacks, and then sit with the old sister around the small stove, and talk a few times about the short gossip of the east family and the west family, which is comfortable, but I don't know who is not interested, and knocks on the door at this time.

"It's me." The gentle voice came through the rain and the wind, although there were only two words, the woman was so shocked that she almost didn't fall.

"Sir! It's the lord who is here! She was so happy that she almost jumped up, stepped forward in three steps and two steps, smiled with a flower on her face, and said in a loud voice: "Slave will open the door for you, this will open the door for you!" ”

This is really a good thing that there is no more, and the old man actually came to visit at night, which really made her happy from the bottom of her heart.

Now, the wife and the old man live separately, and they hardly speak, and the servants who are in the water and the flowers are in their eyes, which one is not in a hurry?

Although it is said that the husband and wife quarreled angrily, it is not a big deal.

It is said that the bedside quarrels and the end of the bed, it is normal for this husband and wife to quarrel, you ignore me, I ignore you, it will take a few days to recover.

However, their wives have been cold-faced for many years, and the old man does not come to the door very often, and they are loyal to the Lord, and they are worried.

Even if the wife alone has the final say in this house, it is not outside the house.

I heard that the officials and gentlemen sometimes drink and are happy, so they like to send each other a singer, a dancing girl or something. In case the old man leads a few demonic women into the door one day, how good will it be?

What if the fox gave birth to a child, will the wife not die of a bad heart in the future? If the old man spoils that fox and throws his wife to the back of his head, will the people in their courtyard still have a place to stand?

It is precisely for this reason that when Chen Shao knocked the door at first glance, the mother-in-law was so happy.