As soon as La's got the news from his subordinates, he ignored his weak body, held on to the door of the small courtyard, and stopped the fifth elder brother who was about to break in. She put on a posture of "if you want to pass, you have to step over my corpse", and coldly refused the fifth elder brother's request to see his daughter.

The fifth elder brother turned pale and asked with a haggard expression: "Auntie, please let me see Wanwan." Nala gritted his teeth and said, "The concubine is not worthy of the title of Five Belle." Five Baylor is now married, what else is he going to do? Please go back and stop dwelling on it! ”

The fifth elder brother looked at the closed doors and windows in the small courtyard, and the maids who stood quietly under the corridor, and said in a sad voice in the direction of the main room: "Wanwan, I know you hate me, if I wasn't too reckless, you wouldn't have been insulted like this." However, please believe me, I have only you in my heart, no matter who others want me to marry, my affection for you will never change. ”

There was no movement in the room, and the Nala clan outside first bit a mouthful of silver teeth: "What's the use of the five Baylors saying these things now?" If it weren't for you blocking it, our Wanning would have already decided on family affairs and was ready to get married. At the beginning, you swore that you would marry us Wanning as a concubine, but now, it is such a result that you can't go up or down! She took a few breaths, and when she saw that the fifth elder brother looked ashamed, she slowed down her voice and said: "If Wubeile really has a trace of true affection for our Wanning, please go and ask Concubine Yi to raise her noble hand and put Wanning's brand early, so that she can find another good match." ”

"No!" The fifth elder brother was shocked, "I'...... I can't ......" Nala was angry when he heard this: "Could it be that at this point today, Wubeile still wants to stop our Wanning's marriage?!" You've decided to be blessed now. Just let my daughter go! ”

A trace of pain flashed on the fifth elder brother's face, his heart was like a knife, and he silently looked at the door and wept. Seeing this, the Nala clan said to the servant who followed him: "Hurry up and help you Belle Ye back, if the emperor and Niangniang know, you won't be able to get well." The servants glanced at each other, and they stepped forward to persuade their master.

The fifth elder brother broke away from them, took two steps forward and said, "Wanwan, I have a way!" As long as I make a few more credits. Obey the will of the Emperor in everything, and he will surely be merciful for the sake of my diligence and filial piety, and maybe he will point you out to me......"

Don't wait for him to finish. The door in the courtyard slammed open, and Wan Ning rushed out of it, ignoring her mother's shouting, "What are you doing here?" Go back to the house", she stared at the fifth elder brother with a happy face. The language is as cold as a winter: "You want me to be your concubine?" ”

The fifth elder brother was first happy to see his sweetheart who he hadn't seen for a long time, and when he heard her question, he hurriedly said: "When my title is promoted, you will be a side blessing." How can a concubine be compared? I am now in the house, and I am in charge of all the affairs in the house, and you married me. He is the most honorable person in my house. If anyone dares to snub you. Even if it's your sister, I won't spare her! ”

"Shut up!" Wan Ning hated it in her heart. "Do you want me to be your concubine, and you want to be your eldest wife?! That girl has been with me since she was a child, and she only came to laugh at me a few days ago, and you actually want me to grovel to her?! Who knows how she's going to torture me?! I will never say yes! ”

Nala also said: "Five Baylor is too much! The ancestors of our family followed Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong to fight the country, and they were born and died, and made great contributions. Our lord is now a second-class Wei Yuanbo, an official and a squire in the military department. Although our house is not as good as those first-class families, it is also a generation of lords and names! You want our daughter to make a side room for you, but the main room is the daughter of a small five-rank official with the title of third-grade? Not to mention, that's our Wan Ning's cousin! Even if you are the prince of the Heavenly Family, you can't bully us like this! ”

The fifth elder brother endured his grief and defended: "I ...... I'm just in a hurry...... I don't mean to despise your mansion......" He turned his head to look at Wanning, and choked up: "Wanwan, I really can't help it...... I can't watch you marry someone else, but I can't resist it, so ...... That's the only way to ......"

Wan Ning said coldly: "You don't have to say it anymore, I will never agree." From now on, you should never know me before, and don't come again. After that, he went back to the room, closed the door with a "bang", and refused to respond no matter how the fifth elder brother shouted.

Nala secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said to the fifth elder brother: "Fifth Belle, you don't have to call anymore, let's go." Otherwise, if the palace knows, it will blame us Wanning again. If you have a heart, then go to Yifei Niangniang and put Wanning's brand away. ”

When the fifth elder brother heard her words, he stopped calling, but looked at the room silently, and after a while, he called a few times to make him sober up.

He said to Nala, "I won't give up on this, but please rest assured, aunt, I will be careful and will not let Wanwan be wronged again." Then he turned to the door and shouted, "Wanwan, I will come again!" Then he turned and walked away.

Nala was so angry that he felt black in front of him.

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Shuning's foot injury had improved, and she could barely walk on the ground, so she put on crutches, went out of the room to take a breath, and walked to the main room to talk to her mother. When the news of the fifth elder brother's visit came, she was with her mother and sister-in-law Zhenzhen

Letter from Mrs. Wen.

After listening to the second sister-in-law's report, Shi frowned first: "This fifth elder brother, why is he so confused?" is already the person who is already married, and he still goes to the house to pester the second girl. It is said that the second girl acts frivolously, but in fact, this fifth elder brother is also an unconscious master! ”

Shuning also felt a little angry: "This is harming others and not benefiting yourself!" If the fifth elder brother does this, not only may he be reprimanded by the emperor, but the situation of the second sister will become more difficult. The second uncle's family already had some problems with the eldest uncle and aunt, which added to the contradiction, if outsiders knew, even the fourth sister would be laughed at. ”

She was very dissatisfied with this member of the Digital Legion in her heart, and he gave Wan Ning the confidence to marry. But he was not able to fulfill his promise. If one-third of Wanning's predicament today is due to her flamboyance and imprudentness, and one-third is framed by others, then the recklessness of the fifth elder brother must definitely account for one-third of the reasons.

Zhenzhen asked the second sister-in-law: "Mother Fang Cai said that the eldest aunt fainted with anger, how are you now?" Erdao: "I've woken up, probably just a moment of anger, and the eldest grandmother has already called someone to ask for a doctor." Shi sighed: "The eldest sister-in-law is also hard, and finally the two sons have some success." This happened to my daughter again. She instructed Erdao: "My big cabinet of Huanghuali, there is a bottle of pills in the small drawer on the left, which is to calm the mind and calm the qi, nourish the qi and replenish the blood, you send it to the bamboo courtyard." Maybe the big lady can use it. "The second answered, found the medicine bottle and went.

Shuning was still there worried about Wanning Yuanning, and when she saw this, she said, "Let's not worry about the second room of the big house." This is not a good thing, don't you see that your fourth uncle and aunt haven't returned home these days? Your aunt has been sick for a few days. I know that your sister-in-law Qing's housekeeper is hard, and I didn't say that I wanted to help, I just didn't want to get involved. She turned her head and asked her daughter-in-law to visit them less recently, and Zhenzhen hurriedly responded.

Shuning thought for a moment. With a sigh, he put the matter aside and concentrated on talking to his mother and sister-in-law about Mrs. Wen's letter.

Shi said: "Nowadays, the entry of Guangzhou cyclamen is getting less and less. In these two quarters, the dividends were less than 1,000 taels. It seems that business is not very good. Zhenzhen said: "Actually, I have earned less since last year." There are a few similar teahouses and restaurants in that area. There are people behind it, and cyclamen is no longer a unique business. Shuning said: "This is normal. The businessmen over there are all human spirits, how can they let go of a good way to make money in vain? ”

Shi silently made calculations for a while, and sighed: "The industry over there in Fangshan, this year's income is probably not very good. Although the rainy days have passed, it is good that the Zhuang Tiandao plan in the field can recover six or seven achievements, and the lotus root and lotus seeds should not be thought about this year, as for the fruit groves on the hillside, although there are many fruits, but the whole life report that the taste may not be as good as in previous years. The flowers in the garden are so badly damaged that they don't sell for much, and the only thing that is good is probably that there are more fish plots than in previous years. All in all, there are probably less than 5,000 taels of income this year. ”

Zhenzhen was taken aback a little and said, "My daughter-in-law remembers looking at the accounts of previous years, there were more than 7,000 taels last year alone." That's a lot worse. ”

Shi nodded and said: "If you add the income from Baoding, as well as the title of silver and rice, there are nearly 10,000 taels." However, there is a disaster this year, and there is no way to do it. ”

Shuning said: "That is the case, when E-Niang prepares a dowry for me, don't spend too much money, anyway, I am just marrying a shell, Ama and E-Niang don't have to be as generous as the second uncle and second aunt." ”

When Shi and Zhenzhen heard this, they were stunned at first, and then they both laughed. Shi Dao: "How can this be confused? Although our family is not good compared with the maiden family of the prince Fujin, it is not poor enough to save on the daughter's dowry, not to mention, you still have a year or two to work on your marriage, and with so much time, are you still afraid that our family will not be able to save money to give you a dowry? ”

Shuning said a little embarrassedly: "I just think...... There are many more places to spend money at home...... Ama also has to take care of it when he is in office, and Zhili is the Qingshui Yamen, and he does not have other inputs like when he was in Guangzhou. My brother and sister-in-law also need money, and after that, there are two younger brothers......"

Shi smiled: "What are you afraid of?" Your brother doesn't need to spend a lot of money to buy shortages, even if there are some personal contacts, just the monthly salary and the Bing Jing Tan Jing in the ministry are enough. The family has monthly money, and his family has a total of thirty taels a month, and he doesn't like to spend money, are you still afraid that they will be poor? If there is really any big spending, our family can still afford it. Brother Xian'er has limited use, Xiaobao's side, your Aunt Liu is a rich man. As for your Amma's side, although it is said that he is directly under Qingshui, the first few adults above are not too greedy masters, and it doesn't cost much silver to treat and give gifts. You don't need to worry about these things. You have to marry into the palace, if the dowry is less, you won't be able to straighten your waist in front of your mother-in-law in the future. ”

Zhenzhen also nodded and said, "Mother-in-law is right. When I first entered the door, there were already sixty-four lifts, and Sister Shu's had to at least double again. At least in the future, I will lose to others with GT, and I will have face when I speak. This is decent, otherwise why would the second aunt spend 50,000 taels of silver to make a dowry for the fourth sister. ”

Shuning was helpless, in fact, she really didn't think she needed so much makeup. Sixty-four lifts like Zhenzhen are already very rich. However, thinking of the situation of Tongying's family, she still seriously accepted the opinions of her mother and sister-in-law.

Three

continued to discuss the income and spending at home, and it was only three minutes after the Shen hour, Duanning

Zhenzhen immediately got up to meet him and said, "Why is it so early today?" What to eat at noon? Hungry? Today the kitchen made sour soup, do you want a bowl? ”

Duan Ning hurriedly drank most of the cup of tea before saying, "If you want to eat, put more sesame seeds." Honey sparingly. "Jinjin should go.

Shi asked, "You came back so early today, don't be lazy, right?" Duan Ning smiled: "How can it? It's okay today, the first few adults have taken leave, and I see that it's okay. I came back earlier, and the others are almost gone. ”

After hearing this, Shuning asked, "I remember that you were very busy before, why did you suddenly become idle?" Duan Ning said: "At that time, there were a lot of things, so it was natural to be busy." It's pretty much done now. Don't worry, it's not just me who is idle, but others too. He blinked his right eye.

Shuning pursed her lips and smiled slightly, but did not make a sound. Duan Ning turned around again and said to her mother, "I got good news today. I'm going to be promoted soon. ”

Shi and Shuning sighed in unison, and Zhenzhen, who had just entered the door with a bowl of sour soup, was also surprised. Duan Ning explained with a smile: "Originally, there was a senior in my company, who was a seven-grade pen sticker. Retired due to illness. The Leanyi envoy came over there to talk about the item. He has a nephew. I was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and I wanted to be a pen paste in our company. Several adults discussed. It was decided that I would take the senior seat and make room for the nephew of the Luan Yi Envoy. ”

After hearing this, he said: "Although it is said that the bosses are promoted, but you have been promoted beyond others in less than a year, I am afraid that others are also looking at your father-in-law's ground, and your sister-in-law is going to marry into King Jian's mansion, if you are promoted, you are proud and complacent, and you don't do things well, and you don't wait for your boss to punish you, I can't spare you first." ”

Duan Ning hurriedly put away the laughing expression, got up solemnly and said, "I respect the teachings of Eniang." But then he smiled again: "E-niang, don't worry, although most of the others are looking at the face of my father-in-law and sister, I ask myself that I have always done a good job, worthy of the promotion of adults, and I will continue to be loyal to my duties in the future, and I will not smear Ama E-niang's face." ”

Shi nodded with satisfaction and said, "Hurry up and eat, don't be hungry." Duan Ning agreed, and sat down to eat sour soup. Jinjin poured him a glass of water. Shuning smiled and watched her brother eat, and continued to discuss the previous topic with her mother and sister-in-law.

said that after the fifth elder brother left that day, he really came back a few times. Nala only stopped it once, and then he was too sick to stop it again. The Li family and the Xitara family are both young daughters-in-law, and it is difficult to come forward, so they wanted to ask for the family, but they were pushed away by the family because they were busy with their daughter's marriage, so they had to ask the Shen family. But the Shen family is not in the mansion on weekdays, and even if she is, the chrysanthemum courtyard where she lives is far away, and when she receives the news, the fifth elder brother has already finished talking about the important things.

Wan Ning has always refused to see the fifth elder brother, and the latter had to talk to her in the courtyard. Wan Ning was so annoyed that she simply asked Yuehe to pack the gifts from the fifth elder brother that she had put away before in a box, and returned them all to him, saying that she wanted to cut him off. But somehow, the fifth elder brother was like kraft candy, and it was not good to drive people away, but she really couldn't accept the side blessing plan he proposed, and the situation froze.

She got angry once, so she said angrily through the window: "Don't put on a deep love for me, if you are really devoted to me, then why is there a rumor outside that your side Fujin is pregnant?" Count the days, it's actually when I was in the palace! ”

The fifth elder brother was stunned for a moment, and said: "I was told by the emperor at that time, and I was sad for a while and drunk...... Even so, I only have you in my heart. ”

"Hmph, don't pretend, don't tell me, you never touched a finger of the Liu family before that?"

The fifth elder brother was silent for a while before he said, "What did she say, it was also Huang Ama who pointed out the side room to me...... Wanwan, you know what I think of you, and it hurts too much to say such things. ”

Wan Ning stopped talking. After that, the fifth elder brother came again, and he was silent. At this time, it was already August, and the fifth elder brother came a few times, and saw that Wanning had been cold and a little disheartened, so he said to her: "I have already tried to persuade my mother, and her tone has loosened a little, Wanwan, I may not be able to come for a while, I hope that when I see you again, you can give me a final answer." ”

Wan Ning sneered: "It seems that you have also given up, it would be good to do this earlier, why pretend to be affectionate?" ”

The fifth elder brother felt uncomfortable in his heart, and hurriedly explained: "It's not like this, it's just because Huang Ama wants to patrol the outside of the fortress according to the routine, and orders our ten older princes to accompany him, even the twelve-year-old Xiao Shi." It's not that I didn't come on purpose. ”

Wan Ning asked, "Patrol the outside of the Sai Sai Fortress?" ”

The fifth elder brother answered yes, and saw that she had been silent, and after waiting for a while, he smiled bitterly and wanted to leave. As soon as she said goodbye, Wan Ning suddenly opened the window and said with some hesitation: "You...... You're outside, be careful. ”

The fifth elder brother was pleasantly surprised, and hurriedly said, "Don't worry, I will take good care of myself." You...... You also have to take care. He turned around and walked away step by step, but he didn't notice that Wan Ning's eyes suddenly showed a strange look.