"How can this be the same?" Du Jinning hurriedly poured cold water on Chen's family, lest she daydream, "Grandpa Qi is good to me and is willing to help me, because he thinks I have a great future, and I can help Qi Muyuan in the officialdom in the future, and what I value is my future." If I know that I am a woman, not only can I not bring a little benefit to the Qi family, but it is a big trick, as long as someone finds out that I am the talented Du Jinning in the future, the Qi family will not be able to get rid of the crime of covering up and bullying the king, how can he still think of helping me? We are still worried that our sisters will be affected, and there are so many people in his three generations, does he dare to take such a risk? I'm afraid that the moment he learns that I am a woman, in order to protect himself, he will have to take me down immediately, hand me over to the yamen, and let the court punish me. No matter how close I am to their family, is it comparable to the lives of my own relatives? ”

"W-no, won't?" Chen was taken aback. She didn't expect the consequences to be so severe.

"How not? If you were in that situation, you dare to say that you wouldn't do it? Du Jinning continued, "Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if Grandpa Qi and Qi Muyuan don't denounce me for the sake of years of friendship, will Grandpa Qi dare to let Qi Muyuan marry me?" Once you marry me and enter the door, and the paper can't contain the fire, someone finds out that I look exactly like Du Jinning, and when the political enemies of the Qi family seize this point to denounce the Qi family, the Qi family is not the same to be finished? I want to go to the crater and sit on it, and I want to kill someone's family, what am I trying to do? ”

Chen's feverish brain calmed down.

Thinking about the situation described by Du Jinning, she couldn't help but shudder, and said repeatedly: "No, no, let's live like this." When she came back to her senses, she looked at her daughter and sighed, "Alas, it's just that I'm suffering you." ”

"If you are willing to give, you will have to give. It's enough to have a wide world for me to use my talents and do what I want to do. Marriage and that kind of thing, don't just do it. ”

Saying that, Du Jinning shook his head and looked at Chen: "And do you think that if you get married, your life will be better?" Look at Mrs. Zhang next door, and then look at Mrs. Li at the entrance of the alley, what kind of life is it having? Don't tell me about that kind of life, you don't want to live it yourself, do you? ”

Chen's expression froze, and finally he let out a long sigh and stopped speaking at all.

Because of the close relationship between the Du family and the Qi family, many families in the alley also walked around with the Du family. Not to mention the exchange of gifts for the New Year's holidays, any family that holds a banquet for weddings and funerals will post to their neighbors, and after Chen went to a few banquets, he walked around with a few wives in the alley.

Mrs. Zhang next door has a somewhat similar experience to Guan Jiaze's mother Kong. However, her husband did not like his cousin, but the maid who grew up with him, and later carried his aunt. Mrs. Zhang has the support of her mother's family, and her aunt has the support of her husband, and the two fight to the death at home, and there is never a time to stop.

Mrs. Li at the entrance of the alley is a loving husband and wife, but her children are weak, and she gave birth to a son who died, and only had a daughter under her knees. The mother-in-law took many concubines for her son. How can the love of husband and wife rival the young beauty, freshness and son? Now that the relationship between husband and wife is fading, Mrs. Li's heart is like dead wood.

It's just that she lives close, is willing to interact with Chen, and is willing to tell her about her family. And how much suffering are there for women who don't know?

Every time he saw these people, Chen couldn't help but think of himself. If Du Yuncheng hadn't died back then, but had been admitted to the Jinshi, he was old and decrepit, and he didn't give birth to a son, would he end up like Mrs. Li?

It's nothing if you don't want to, but it's scary to think about it.

"You're right, it's too simple for my mother." The Chen family is completely dead to Du Jinning's marriage.

"Be careful outside, don't show your feet." Chen advised.

"Don't worry, I know."

Du Jinning is younger than Xu Chengyuan, Guan Jiaze, and Qi Muyuan, and he completely sees their growth process. As early as a year ago, she used the ventriloquist she had practiced to change her voice and make her voice deeper. Her original voice was not the kind of sharp and thin, but slightly alto, and when pressed down like this, it was no different from a boy.

She was careful in her work, not only did she use a male voice all the time in the academy, but she also used a male voice when she talked to Chen just now in this courtyard where no one was allowed to enter. So even if she came to Yuexin now, Chen was still very relieved about Du Jinning.

"Mother, the marriage of the fourth sister, you should settle it as soon as possible. As long as the fourth sister gets married, my psychological pressure will not be so great. Du Jinning said.

As soon as he mentioned this, Chen had a headache.

In the past, Du Fangfei didn't have to choose, so he married if he had a little agreement; Du Fangling didn't bother much because of Lu Xiaobei. But Du Fanghui is here, because the Du family's conditions are good now, and Du Jinning's performance is very good, and most of the people who come to propose marriage are from wealthy families, so it is difficult to choose.

It is not easy for rural people to marry a daughter-in-law, so they can marry one, have a heavy burden of having children, and are busy all day long to make ends meet. But these rich and noble families in the city are different, a large family lives together, there are many contradictions, and the atmosphere of concubines is flourishing, and there are really few families with harmonious families.

But the Du family's conditions are better now, and there is no reason to go back to find a poor family. Whether a man from a poor family will become bad after having a few dollars in his hand is still unknown, and for this purpose, he deliberately went to a poor family to marry a daughter, which is something that only a brain will do.

Therefore, Du Fanghui's marriage was delayed.

"Do you have a suitable one in the book city?" Chan asked.

"No, if there is, I said it a long time ago, can I wait until then?" Du Jinning sighed, "I'll pay attention to it again." ”

Chan nodded.

Du Fangling's wedding date was a month later. If Du Fanghui's marriage can be finalized again, apart from Du Jinning, the Chen family will have nothing to worry about.

In good health, Du Jinning returned to the academy the next day.

Naturally, she received warm greetings and care from her classmates.

"Thank you for your concern." Du Jinning raised his hand to salute everyone.

Although Liang Xiankuan and Fang Shaohua were stopped and did not visit her "illness", they gave gifts. Other good classmates also gave gifts one after another.

Du Jinning glanced at the crowd and asked, "What about Qi Muyuan?" Didn't show up today? ”

"Since you got sick, he hasn't come to the academy much, I guess I don't know the news of your return." Fang Shaohua said, saying and quipping, "I see that you can't leave Meng, Meng doesn't get out of focus, it's as good as a person." If you don't come, he won't come; As soon as you come, he will be back. ”

Everyone laughed "haha".

Du Jinning glanced at him: "Aren't you as inseparable as Meng Chun?" ”

Liang Xiankuan has a lot of family affairs and is often not in the academy; In addition, the personalities are not very compatible, so Fang Shaohua and Liang Xiankuan are not particularly good. However, he and a classmate of Meng Chun have a similar temperament, and the time is good, and they are usually together except for going back to the dormitory.

There are many classmates who have a good relationship in the academy, Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan are close, no one gossips, and Fang Cai is just Fang Shaohua's joke.

But this sentence was heard by Qi Muyuan, who happened to walk to the gate of the courtyard.

His face froze.

Although he repeatedly told himself that he liked to touch Du Jinning because he was close to her, he had a charming idea of Du Jinning, which could not be erased. So he was planning to separate from Du Jinning and keep some distance. But everyone knew that they were good, so they were suddenly estranged, and I don't know what his classmates would say about his gossip with Du Jinning. It's okay to gossip, he doesn't care about other people's opinions. But what will Du Jinning think?

With Du Jinning's temper, once he expressed his coldness, he thought that Du Jinning would turn around and leave, and ignore him from now on, right?

Does he really want to be a stranger to his friend?