Chapter 37: Counting (I)
Chapter 37 (I)
Ten days passed in a blink of an eye.
Because they knew that the people of the Xi family were coming today, the people of the Dai family made preparations early, and Mrs. Dai even called her three daughters to her side to instruct.
"There are distinguished guests at home today, so you stay in the backyard and don't come out, it's not a trivial matter to bump into a foreign man." She didn't mention that this was for Dai Yingting's marriage, a pair of eyes swept over the three daughters, and finally fell on Dai Yingting's body, and said to her: "Among the sisters, you are the most disobedient, if you tell me today that you ran out, I will ask someone to break your legs when you come back!" β
If it weren't for this uncompetitive girl, where would so many things have happened? But she felt sorry for Dai Yingting, the Xi family is a good partner to choose a mate, if the family affairs are agreed, then the daughters will not have many days at home.
For the marriage of several daughters, she must also put the marriage of the Spring Festival and the Jiaojiao on the agenda, but the oldest of them is only fifteen, she really doesn't want to see them marry prematurely, go to other people's homes to serve her in-laws to deal with concubines, and also teach husbands and children.
Dai Yingting was trained to lower her head and dare not speak, but in fact, her heart was already churning. The matter of dragging Xi Ming earlier is about to be answered now, and in the past ten days, the shadow of the only man she has ever seen often appears in her mind, and she wants to go out to see him in her heart, but she is afraid of being discovered by her mother, and she is in a dilemma for a while.
Although Dai Yingchun is a little naΓ―ve, she already understands personnel, and what Dai Yingjiao said, she also has something on her mind, and when she saw her mother like this, she said: "I will definitely not ask my sisters to go out and bump into the guests today." β
Mrs. Dai looked at her kindly, because the housekeeper who let Dai Yingjiao learn first felt a little guilty about her eldest daughter, so she unconsciously touched Dai Yingchun's head, "Then the sisters will be handed over to you." β
When Dai Yingjiao saw her mother say this, she was not happy, and she felt that her mother was not in her eyes, so she twisted her head to the side angrily, thinking about whether to change the play that would be staged later.
Mrs. Dai didn't notice her change, and said, "It's not too early to see you, I'll go to the front yard, and if there is something, let the girl pass the word." With that, he went to the hospitality hall of the outer courtyard.
As soon as the hour arrived, there was a team of people riding horses and sitting in a sedan chair with generous gifts at the entrance of Kangning Fang, and Xiao Si, who was guarding the door of the Dai family from a distance, recognized at a glance that this was the person of the Ma Gang Xi family, so he flexibly went in to report, and after a while, Dai Chengrui led his wife Xue'e and the housekeeper and other more than a dozen people to the door to greet him.
The people of the Xi family came, and a little girl behind the wall glanced at it quietly, and then hurriedly ran to the backyard, she ran to the Hanlian courtyard in one breath, and without waiting for a good breath, she gestured to the second lady in the house.
Dai Yingjiao saw it and knew that it was someone from the Xi family who came, so she said to the little sister who was sitting on the Luohan bed and eating snacks: "We are also bored here, the day before yesterday, the eldest sister said that the horse in the stable has not eaten or drunk for several days, why don't we go and see it too?" β
Dai Yingting met Xi Ming in the stable, this is known to everyone, Dai Yingjiao deliberately mentioned it at this time, just to take her away, Dai Yingchun knew her plan, so he echoed on the side: "Yes, I also listened to the people underground, saying that my father also took great pains for this horse, and also invited a lot of veterinarians to come and see, but I can't see it well, third sister, you haven't seen a lot of 'horse classics' this time, or you should go and see it." β
Dai Yingting was said to be excited, the first time she saw Xi Ming was in the stable, and now she hopes to meet him in the stable again, and then it is good to be able to say a word or two by the way, but she still remembers her mother's teachings, even if she wants to go in her heart, she still shakes her head, "Mother will be unhappy if she knows." β
Dai Yingjiao said: "If you don't say it, who will know, besides, if we don't go to other places, we won't meet foreign men." β
Dai Yingting was even more moved by this, she was just a ten-year-old girl, and when she saw that her two sisters said that they were fine, she naturally felt that the consequences would not be so serious, so she agreed.