What a beautiful picture, if Zhou Yinlan is five or six years older, I am afraid it will be another good story of a chance encounter between talented and beautiful people on the street. Shu Ning would not let go of the moment when he met the scholar just now, and after he was slightly stunned, the joy in his eyes must have recognized Zhou Yinlan's identity. Seeing that he is a scholar, he talks well and behaves politely, if his family background is not obvious, he has the heart to recommend himself to an official as a curtain, thinking that the way of origin, Zhou Fucheng is indeed a good choice: born in a family, knowledgeable, and clear-minded, he has a good impression among local scholars. It's just that it seems that Zhou Yinlan didn't feel his desire, and just shed tears of sympathy at Ah Song, who had been lowering his head.

Shuning asked Xiao Tao to buy a few baked cakes for Ah Song, and said that it was time to go back. The scholar immediately offered to send them back by himself. Shuning knew that he wanted to show his face in front of Zhou Fucheng, so he deliberately said: "Don't bother, my sister has people with me, and I have people with me, there will be nothing wrong, don't dare to drive Mr." ”

The scholar was stunned, not knowing how to answer, and at this moment, someone called him from behind: "Mr. Su, come quickly!" Ah Chu's father had an accident!! He hurriedly saluted, turned around and ran over. Ah Song also followed. I saw a group of people carrying someone into a house, followed by a woman and a child crying, and a group of people made a noise.

Zhou Yinlan wiped her tears, and saw Ying'er looking like she wanted to follow up to see the excitement, so she burst into tears and smiled: "Look at your stupid appearance, it's late tonight, let's go home." Shuning nodded yes, pulled over the little peach who wanted to look over there with her feet, and walked back. If she goes back too late today, she will be scolded, anyway, gossip Xiaotao's skills are extraordinary, even if she is not allowed to inquire now, she has the ability to know what is going on.

After dinner in the evening, Shuning mentioned to her father about this afternoon's incident and asked if she wanted to strengthen the publicity of measures to benefit the people. Duan Ning also said that in the past, just letting the wealthy families of the official eunuchs know about it, although they could get a good reputation, but if the poor did not know the specific arrangements, it might not be of much effect. Zhang Bao had long been aware of this problem, and seeing that his son and daughter were reasonable, he promised to go back to the yamen tomorrow to talk about it.

Tong chatted about today's interesting incidents, mentioning the gossip in front of the Su family, as well as the marriage between his family and Prince Kang's mansion. Zhang Bao had also heard about it in the yamen, but he knew the gossip in more detail: "I heard that the prince of Chuntai is still young, and Prince Kang plans to marry his son to a Mongolian noblewoman. But now is not the year of the draft, the Mongolian nobles of the last draft entered the palace, the marriage was given, and most of the rest were not very satisfactory. Someone in the prince's mansion gave him a trick and chose Miss Su, who is also a close relative of Mongolia, and it is enough to be a side Fujin. If you can give birth to a son and a half daughter as soon as possible, it is best, if it is not good, after two years of draft, you have to choose another one. ”

Tong Shi listened a little unjust for this Miss Su: "This girl is also from a prominent family and has an extraordinary appearance, she is a famous flower in Fengtian City, if it is not for this marriage, who is not the life of the main family?" Now that she has to suffer such a grievance, and a new person enters the door at any time to press her, I feel sorry for her. ”

Zhang Bao laughed at her for worrying: "The better the Miss Su family's background and the more beautiful she looks, the more unlikely it is to marry into an ordinary official family." Although she is now condescending to the side room, with her beauty, she will definitely be favored by the world, not to mention that her grandfather's family does not eat dry rice, how can she be wronged? Why should you worry about this for her? With this spare time, it is better to think about what good dishes to eat tomorrow, the chicken is really not doing well today. Everyone laughed.

At night, Shuning thought of Miss Su's marriage, and was worried about her future, so she couldn't sleep over and over, but when she got up the next day, she had two dark circles under her eyes and was teased by Xiao Tao. She was not convinced, the second sister-in-law came in and scolded Xiao Tao: "Crazy, there are no rules!" How can you make fun of the host's family like this? I see that you are not too young, you are already a person who is about to leave the cabinet, why do you still look like a child? Not sensible! Little Tao was ashamed, raised his legs and ran out.

Shuning was taken aback: "Is Xiao Tao going to get married?" The second sister-in-law nodded: "It was decided a year ago, and I passed the door in May, and I haven't told the girl yet, and the girl doesn't tell anyone, she was hired in the spring, and she is a farmer in Wangjiazhuang in the south of the city, called Wang Daniu." Shuning asked, "Why isn't it Ma San'er?" ”

The second sister-in-law hurriedly covered her mouth, went out to see that no one was passing by, then went back to the room and closed the door, and whispered to her: "Girl, don't talk nonsense, Ma San'er also got married in the summer, and married to our family's Xiaomei, their marriage is the third grandmother's own master, and when they become relatives, they will have to wait in our house." Xiao Tao married into the Wang family, and she nodded herself, and she will not be in our family in the future. When Shuning heard this, her mind was a little chaotic, and she murmured: "Xiaomei is two years older than Ma San'er." The second sister-in-law pulled her to sit down: "It's only a little more than a year older, what's this?" Horizontal and vertical is about the same age. ”

Shuning always thought that Xiao Tao would marry Ma San'er, is it fake that she has been nagging "how is Ma Sange" that she has been nagging for so many years? And it was actually Xiaomei who married Ma San'er? These two people, one is an honest man who pokes and shouts, refuses to say a word, and takes one more step, and the other is an honest person who can *** in his mouth and give him a bowl of water, so he can talk from dawn to dark, why do you beat them together? Xiao Tao nodded at the family affair, but what did she think in her heart?

Shuning was completely confused in her heart, although Xiao Tao rapped, she always had feelings when she stayed by her side for so long, and she really hoped that the other party could be happy. After thinking about it for a long time, she stood up and decided to go to her mother to ask what was going on, she didn't mess with the mandarin duck score, right?

As he walked to the door of the upper room, he heard the second sister-in-law report to the Tong family inside, Ma San'er was going to write a letter back to Beijing to report the marriage to his only relative and elder, his second uncle. Shuning quietly stopped and retreated to the corridor next to her, where she could hear the people in the room talking, and it was not easy to be discovered.

I only heard the second sister-in-law say: "Ma San'er has been in our family for many years, and the marriage will be done here, so there is no need to go back to Beijing, Xiaomei and her old son have already said that this matter is up to grandma." According to the slave maid, all you need to do is inform the butler of the Earl's Court. When he returns with the New Year's gift at the end of the year, he will call Ma San'er and Xiaomei to go with him and kowtow to his second uncle. ”

Tong Shi responded after a while: "This is very good, both of them are the first people in our family, and they will work harder when they become relatives." Xiao Tao's dowry should also be prepared, don't lose the face of our family. Actually, she's a clever person, and I would have liked to keep her for a few more years. ”

"Grandma doesn't have to worry about her, she is free when she marries, the Wang family has a house and land, and she will have a happy life in the future, you are already thinking about her."

"Actually, if it weren't for her being too noisy and asking around, I wouldn't have wanted her to go. But she is like this, and now she is just fine, in the future, the lord will be promoted, the family will have a large population, or she will return to Beijing and live in the house, her character is the bane, and we will be afraid of giving her her own life in vain. Taking advantage of the fact that someone has taken a fancy to her now, marrying out as soon as possible has also taken care of me. If I buy someone in the future, I have to pick the honest one who doesn't talk much, I can't stand anyone making such noise again. ”

"Isn't it? It's good to be honest like Xiaomei, don't talk much, just bury your head in things, and never make the master's family angry. ”

"Isn't it? If you enter a newcomer in the future, you have to find someone like Xiaomei, so that the host can worry about it. ”

When Shuning heard this, she didn't want to listen to it anymore, so she turned around and walked back. It turned out that the little peach gossip habit that she had always regarded as a fun and funny thing was regarded by the Tong family as the bane of trouble, and Xiaomei, a wooden man she had always thought of as a personalityless, was an ideal servant in the eyes of her mother. She felt very uncomfortable in her heart, I don't know what Xiao Tao would think if she knew these words?

When passing by Xiaomei Xiaotao's room, I saw Xiaotao doing needlework. Seeing Shuning come in, Xiao Tao hurriedly covered the things in her hand and smiled embarrassedly. Shuning clearly saw that it was an embroidered red cloth, and deliberately asked, "Could it be that you are embroidering a wedding dress?" What is there to hide? Be generous and do your job. ”

Xiao Tao blushed and took out the cloth, but it turned out to be a red hijab: "The girl has been a big ghost since she was a child, and she is much smarter than us, in fact, there is nothing to hide, but she is a little embarrassed." Shuning looked at the joy that couldn't be hidden between her eyebrows, and felt that she was not as dissatisfied as she imagined, so she asked her: "The person you want to marry...... What kind of people are they? What do you think? ”

Xiao Tao raised her eyes to look at Shuning, and somewhat understood what she meant, this girl has always been a smart and clever person: "I understand what the girl means, the girl thinks that I like to talk to Brother Ma since I was a child, and now that I am married to someone else, I will inevitably feel uncomfortable, isn't it?" ”

She was so direct, which made Shuning stunned. Xiao Tao lowered her head and continued: "Actually, it was all when I was a child, but now that I'm older, I think differently." I actually know that Ma Sange has someone else in his heart...... Besides, although he is good, but in the end he is a slave in this family, I marry him, or be a slave, and my future children and grandchildren will not be able to get rid of the word "slave". But Brother Da Niu is different. ”

Her face was redder and her head lowered, "He's free...... The family has land and a house, and he is honest, strong, and able to work, so marry him...... In the future, I will no longer be a slave, I will have my own fields and houses, although I am poor, I can work hard for a few years and live a good life. Later, I had a baby...... It can also allow them to read and write, and maybe they can even get a fame...... Be an official. ”

She raised her head and looked at Shuning: "This marriage was asked by me to ask my grandmother, I have seen Brother Da Niu...... I am grateful to my grandmother for being willing to cancel my deed of sale and let me out...... In the past, I was always naughty and caused trouble, and my grandmother still thought about me like this, and I will never forget her great kindness in my life. After that, he lowered his head again: "It's strange...... Why did I just talk to the girl about this? But...... I think you can understand ......."

Shuning could clearly see the brilliance on her face, and what was in her eyes was the desire and expectation for a happy and free life in the future. She decided to bury everything she had just heard in the upper room in her heart, Xiao Tao didn't mind this marriage, on the contrary, she was very happy, and even liked her future husband very much, and took the initiative to ask to marry her.

Although for thousands of years, as women, they have always been unable to control their own destiny, but this does not prevent them from yearning for and pursuing their own happiness.

Shuning silently returned to her room, leaving Xiao Tao alone embroidering the red hijab with joy.