Zhenzhen said a little angrily: "I have never heard of a noble family exchanging relatives with each other, if it is a friendship for generations, it will be fine." We're not there yet. What were Amma and her brother thinking? Why didn't Erniang persuade some? If my sister-in-law marries, what grievances do you have to ask me to behave over there?! ”

Mrs. Wen said curtly: "This is all the idea of the old master and the second master, what are you angry at me?" Besides, the lady is a good girl, but in terms of appearance and background, she is not outstanding in Beijing, and there are many people who want to marry us are princesses, and the girl looks good. But the old man said that the lady was smart and steady, which was good for the second master, so he ......"

Zhenzhen pouted: "What kind of good people are those?" It's all down. If Sister Shu is not the girl of my mother-in-law's family, this family affair is naturally good, but since she is my sister-in-law, it is better for you to persuade Ama and the second brother to dispel their minds. ”

Mrs. Wen moved her mouth, and after a while, she said: "Your mother-in-law is only afraid that it is also interesting, last time I mentioned it to her, although she said that she could not say kiss before the draft, but I looked at her expression, and it seemed that I was also a little moved." ”

Zhenzhen's face sank and said, "You mentioned it to my mother-in-law?" When? Hearing Mrs. Wen say that it was before the magnification of the set, her face became even more ugly. She naturally won't forget her mother-in-law Tong's most taboo close-quarters to take over the house, but Liangzhu, the eldest girl who has been with her for many years, is about to open her face to be the second brother's roommate, and she was transferred away from her side, just before she was enlarged. If the in-laws know that their mother-in-law is proposing to marry at the same time, they have the intention of accepting Yahuan to make a room, where else do they have the face to see people? If you count the restlessness of the maid who went to the marriage......

She couldn't help but be anxious and ashamed, but she thought of her sister-in-law Li's "everyone's daughter-in-law is happy and angry", and reluctantly endured it. But after all, I couldn't help it: "Erniang is too out of tune." Since there was already the intention of proposing marriage at that time, why did you have to transfer Liangzhu to the second brother's room?! If my in-laws found out, what would they think of me?! She was faintly afraid. The husband has to live with him in his mother's house for a month, and it is inevitable that he will hear some rumors. I don't know if he knows about his family's proposal, if he knows, with his love for his sister, I'm afraid he will be angry with himself, right?

Mrs. Wen was taken aback by her, and said hesitantly, "These are two different things." This marrying and taking a house...... It's not the same at all. What's more, Liangzhu is not a serious concubine, but just waiting in the house. It's a trivial matter...... Your second brother doesn't have anyone around him who knows how hot or cold...... Young guys, not too young...... Do you really want him to wait until the end of the selection of the show girl before ......" She saw Zhenzhen's face angry, so she said curtly: "What's more, you were angry at the time, so you went to the sewing room with Liangzhu, and she is not in front of the second master now, is she?" ”

Zhenzhen raised her eyebrows: "Did you still wronged her?!" After following me for five or six years, I thought she would always follow me, but suddenly before I got married, someone told me that she was going to take my second brother's house! What do you tell me to think?! If she really wanted to, could she have told me no earlier? It's going to be like this! What's more, the work of the sewing room is not heavy. Let her talk about receiving the house after a year and a half, otherwise people will know that my dowry girl was accepted by my brother as a person in the house, and even my reputation will be ruined! ”

Mrs. Wen hurriedly reassured: "Don't be angry. That girl is also an idiot, and she has always been worried about your thoughts. Don't say it. But then you decided to marry. It's been in the countryside again, and she didn't have a chance to say it to your second brother. It's not. As soon as she came back, she asked for grace, so I transferred her. It's a common thing for the children of the official family to be small, don't you say anything, look at your Amma, aren't there a few people? ”

Zhenzhen took a few deep breaths, calmed down for a while, and then asked, "Erniang, you just said that the second brother also took a fancy to my sister-in-law, what is going on?" If he was sincere, why did Liangzhu say that he wanted to follow him, but he didn't push it? ”

Mrs. Wen said, "This ...... What's there to push for this? Could it be that you want your second brother to be like your mother-in-law's family, and not accept the maid ring into the room? But you always have to take a concubine, right? A girl born in the family is more reliable than a girl hired outside. The women outside are not all as honest as Aunt Liu. Your sister-in-law got married, isn't it good for her? Rest assured, our family will not treat her badly. ”

Zhenzhen was powerless for a while, knowing that this matter would definitely offend her in-laws, so she didn't say anything anymore. It's just that she thought about it again and again, and when she was alone with Duan Ning at night, she told him about it, and made it clear to him that she really didn't know about it beforehand.

Duan Ning was stunned at first, then frowned and thought for a long time before saying, "You said that the second lady has already mentioned it to my mother?" My mother hasn't objected yet? Zhenzhen nodded and said: "According to Erniang, my mother-in-law just said that it was not good to talk about it before the draft, but she didn't seem to object to it." She glanced at her husband cautiously before saying, "I think my mother-in-law doesn't know about my second brother and Liangzhu yet, if she does, most of them will ......."

Duan Ning briefly guessed the reason why his mother did not object to this marriage. The population of the General's Mansion is simple, and the General, Mrs. Wen and Chongsi and his wife do not live in Beijing permanently, if his sister marries into their family, life will be much easier. His family lives a small family life outside all the year round, and he doesn't like the intrigue of the big family. It is also human nature for a mother to have such thoughts. It's just that Chongli's temperament is too old-fashioned, and he is not worthy of his sister.

What's more, he now knows that his sister and his friend Tongying have feelings for each other, and if his mother messes up the mandarin duck spectrum without knowing it, it will be terrible. It's just that his family originally had the idea of letting his sister lose the election, but now the situation seems to have changed a lot.

He thought about it for a long time, looked at his worried wife, and decided not to tell her about his sister and Tongying first, if it was still early after the day after tomorrow, he would go home and inform his sister about Chongli's proposal. I'm the dividing line of the transition scene

Shuning's recent learning is no longer rules and etiquette, and she finally has something she is more interested in, but she is still very tired. She is now learning to comb her hair, put on makeup, and dress up to take care of herself without help.

Now she's trying hard to smooth her hair with oil. Then comb into two heads, small two heads, fork heads, ruyi heads, swallowtails, ......, and even the group heads that middle-aged women can comb have learned. She also knows that wearing velvet flowers depends on the season, such as wearing velvet spring flags on the beginning of spring. Wear velvet willow buds on Qingming Day, and wear velvet wormwood on Duanyang Day. Wear velvet chrysanthemums on Mid-Autumn Festival, wear velvet vermilion on Chongyang Day, and wear gourd velvet flowers on the Winter Solstice Festival...... It's early spring, and it's very appropriate to wear velvet spring flowers, and you can wear peach blossoms and pear blossoms in a few days. But she still misses the days when she wore flowers indiscriminately. At least you don't have to worry about recognizing the wrong velvet pattern.

In fact, she was not very impatient to learn so much, but Mama Cui said: "The girl is so confused, is it possible that when you enter the palace draft, you still have to find someone to help you comb your hair?" At that time, I can't bring the girl ring in, and only a palace maid will be waiting for a dozen show girls, even if the girl rewards a lot of money, she may not be able to take her turn. ”

So she gave in.

Actually, it's kind of interesting, but the arm is very sore, and it's been going down for three days. She could barely lift it, she was simply gritting her teeth and combing. The oil on that head is also very greasy. Mama Cui is a conservative person, and the things she uses are all time-honored. Shuning carries a head of oil every day. I can't wait to wash my hair every day, but the second sister-in-law is afraid that she will catch a cold. I stopped again and again. So she secretly decided. Before the draft, be sure to go to Valerian and buy more refreshing hair oil.

When Duan Ning went home. Shuning just combed a small two-handful of hair, and put on the silk yarn peach blossoms that Zhou Yinlan sent to the ground when she was a child, lined with a smooth middle parted hair, and the whole person was suddenly a few years older. Duan Ning looked at it, his face was a little strange, Shuning listened to him sullenly for a long time, then poured tea and pushed it over, and said, "Don't laugh, doesn't my sister-in-law also comb her hair like this?" ”

Duan Ning coughed a few times before saying, "But looking at your dress, I want to laugh." The brother and sister laughed a few words, and Duan Ning told his sister what he heard at Yue's house.

Shuning was very surprised. Chongli to her, only the career enlightenment, the post is just "my brother's old classmates" and "sister-in-law's brother", or "I have known each other for a few years, I have a little friendship, and now I am a relative, but my temperament is not compatible, but I am just an older man who can say a few words". He actually proposed to himself? What's going on?

She asked: "I've never heard E-Niang talk about it, does E-Niang really have this plan?" Duan Ning said: "I can't say for sure, probably because the population of the General's Mansion is not large, and the rules are not so strict, so Eniang will be tempted, right?" Shuning thought about it and thought it was probably so. She is actually not panicked, as long as she refuses, her mother will not give her permission to people she doesn't like.

Duan Ning looked at his sister and said, "Actually, you don't have to worry too much, if Chongli is really a person who accepts people in the house during the marriage proposal, E-Niang will definitely refuse." Shuning nodded, and remembered one more thing: "According to what my brother said, that sister Liangzhu was going to be accepted by Brother Chongli, so she didn't marry her." Does that Eniang know about this? ”

The two brothers and sisters glanced at each other, and Shuning immediately went out to find the second sister-in-law, dragged her into the house, and then hugged one arm with Duanning, and asked the second sister-in-law coquettishly if she knew about the Chongli family's proposal.

Sure enough, the second sister-in-law opened her mouth and scolded: "The toad wants to eat swan meat!" only said that he wanted to propose, and when he turned around, he was small, and he fainted! Our girl won't let him be so bad! Shu Ning soothed: "Second sister-in-law, don't be angry, he is a relative of our family, for the sake of my sister-in-law, you can give some face." ”

The second sister-in-law thought about it, so she didn't say anything, but asked Shuning a little strangely: "Isn't the girl angry?" Shuning smiled: "What do I have to be angry about? I don't plan to marry him, he will accept as many as he likes, what does it have to do with me? The second sister-in-law nodded vigorously and said, "That's right!" Don't worry, girl, Mrs. remembered in her heart that when she went to other places as guests, she paid attention to seeing if there was a suitable young master. Several young masters of the Fucha family and the Wuya family have seen it, and the Hulun Jueluo family has also seen two, and there are good ones among them, and there are also Shi family......"

Shuning coughed lightly, Duan Ning immediately interrupted the second sister-in-law's words with a smile, and said, "Good second sister-in-law, you tell us that E-niang did not agree to Chongli's proposal because he wanted to accept the people in the house, if he didn't, what would happen?" ”

The second sister-in-law was stunned: "How can you not accept it?" Didn't you say you would ...... in two months?"

Duan Ning said: "In fact, when Liangzhu begged Mrs. Wen, he was talking about being a concubine, and Chongli was afraid that he would be disrespectful to his future wife, so he was only willing to accept people in the house. It's just that Zhenzhen was very angry and relegated Liangzhu to the sewing room. I haven't been transferred back yet. Chongli didn't pay much attention to it, and only said that he would wait until he married his wife. So in fact, Liangzhu has not been accepted yet. If Chongli is not accepted. So ......"

Without waiting for the second sister-in-law to react, Shu Ning frowned first: "This is too much." He gave hope to people, why is he so cold? Duan Ning smiled: "He doesn't pay much attention to these, whether it's a concubine or a room, it's different from his wife." ”

The second sister-in-law said: "If that's the case." It's hard to say. However, listening to my brother's words, this uncle is a little ruthless, but I am afraid that his wife may not be reluctant. Even if he doesn't accept this cool bead, who knows if there will be any hot beads and cold beads in the future. The Shuning brothers and sisters all laughed.

After the second sister-in-law left, Duan Ning said to Shuning: "Now it seems that this family matter is not important, and the reasons for refusal are also very ready-made, just say that you don't want to change relatives." But now there's one more important thing, you need to have more snacks. In the past, we just thought about losing the election. It's just that things are a little different now. ”

Shuning was silent, in fact, she had already found out. If she wants to be assigned to Tongying, then she must grasp that degree in the draft. It has to be good enough to be chosen. and can't be so good that it is selected by the emperor, princes, and princes, that is, it is necessary to be a little provocative but not too provocative. It's a difficult move.

Not to mention. In the case of two sisters running at the same time, she is likely to lose the election. That seemed very bad for her and Tongying's future.

So what is she going to do?

Duan Ning looked at her sister's frowning brows, sighed lightly, and comforted, "Don't think too much." Tongying will report to the military headquarters in two days, and I will ask him what the regulations are. Shuning nodded silently.

It's just that the rest of the day didn't go well. Before Tongying left the Ministry of Rites, he was very busy with the funeral of a certain scholar, and after arriving at the Ministry of War, he was surrounded by a group of big people and was entangled in business. Duan Ning met him several times, but he could only say a few words in a hurry. Rao is like this, or helped Tongying bring a letter to Shuning. Although there are not many words on the letter, it is already a great comfort for Shuning, who is trapped in the middle school at home.

In March, Shuning began to learn makeup techniques, and then deeply felt the horror of old-fashioned aesthetics. It's called a heavy makeup, even the powder on the face is thick, but the shape of the lips is very small. She persuaded her again and again, and Mama Cui reluctantly agreed to use a little less powder and smeared the rouge on her lips bigger. Shuning understands that there is no perfect person or thing in the world, so the "omnipotent" Cui Mama also has her shortcomings.

She did what Mama Cui said on the surface, but in fact, she had already decided in her heart that when she went to Valerian Workshop, she must buy a full set of cosmetics and throw away all the things sent by the Tong family. If she really wants to put on makeup, she would rather use her mother's teaching techniques.

After a few days, Duan Ning lived for the moon, and then took his wife home. He said to Mama Cui: "After I got married, I only took my daughter-in-law to visit my grandfather and grandmother once, which is really unfilial." Tomorrow, I want to take my daughter-in-law to my grandfather's house to say goodbye, and by the way, let my sister go with me. If you're too old to run around, you might as well stay at home and rest for the day. ”

Mama Cui saw that he was reasonable, so she agreed. Shuning felt a little strange, and was about to ask Duan Ning what was going on, but Duan Ning gave her a look, so she didn't speak.

When she was about to leave the next morning, Duan Ning suddenly said to her, "My sister will lend the ring to your sister-in-law." Grandmother is the most important rule, and the few around your sister-in-law, you also know, if you find out that something is wrong, it will not be good. Then he quietly approached his sister and blinked, and whispered, "Find a way to sit in a car alone." ”

Shuning rolled her eyes, nodded and smiled: "Naturally, it's no problem, let Holly go, she has always been honest and careful." After Su Xin found out, she asked to follow the car, but Shuning said: "A bunch of people are following, what do you want to do, are you still afraid that I won't find someone to call?" Frangipani had no choice but to give up.

So Shuning took a car alone and set off behind her brother and sister-in-law. Although the person who drove her was Huzi, she was followed by two family members. She didn't know what her brother was planning, so she waited and watched.

Somewhat strangely, when they passed through Tongfu this time, they did not take the same road as before, but took the main road to the south, in the direction of Liubu, and then went around to Dongjia Road from there.

They happened to meet Ki-young on the way. He took two retinues and rode to Duan Ning's side to chat. Shuning listened to them laughing in the back, and suddenly understood her brother's plan, and her heart beat faster.

Suddenly, something went wrong with the carriage that Jin-jin was sitting in and couldn't move on the road. Duan Ning instructed everyone to move the two cars to the shade of the trees on the side of the road, and then instructed his wife and sister not to come out, so he took everyone to repair the car, even Huzi. Tong Ying also asked two of his attendants to help.

Duan Ning looked back at her sister's car, and said to Tongying with a worried face: "Everyone is here, but I'm afraid that my sister will have no one to take care of her behind, please help take care of it." Tong Ying immediately said: "Don't worry, I will take care of it." Then he beat the horse and came to Shuning's carriage.

Shuning jumped fast in the center of the car, listening to the sound of horses' hooves getting closer and closer to her, and her face turned red. After a while, she heard Tongying outside the car whispering: "Sister Shu, I'm just outside, don't be afraid." Shuning couldn't help but laugh and whispered, "I'm not afraid." Then he reached out and lifted the curtain of a corner of the car, looked up at the somewhat emaciated face that he hadn't seen for many days, and saw the other party smiling.