Ning recognized that it was Aunt Chen's voice, so she stopped, only to hear her crying: "Who do you think I'm for?" Isn't it for you? You are so old, when you finish your filial piety, you will become an old girl, if you don't settle down early, who will marry you in the future? You have a bad reputation, it's rare to have such a good family, and the other party's talents and appearances are top-notch, why don't you want to? God, why am I so miserable and gave birth to such an unfilial daughter......"

There was a faint sound of persuasion from the maids in the room, but Fang Ning was silent, Aunt Chen began to cry again, Shu Ning was hesitating whether to enter the door, but she heard a sound of footsteps in the corridor next to her, and under the electric thought, she hurriedly took a few steps back and hid behind the flowers next to her.

The person who came was the green cloud beside Nala, and as soon as she walked to the door of the room, she shouted: "Who is howling?" My wife heard it. Aunt Chen's crying suddenly disappeared, leaving only the intermittent choking sound. Chunyan came out and whispered "Sister Luyun", and Luyun said to her impatiently, "How are you waiting?" How did you make your aunt like this? What should I do if I am noisy and the girl is resting? Don't think that you girls are easy to bully if they are not raised by their wives, no matter what, she is still the master. She counted all the way, and Chunyan kept answering with her head down. The room was completely silent.

Seeing this, Shuning deliberately lowered her steps, turned out from behind the flowers, and asked "surprised": "Huh?" Why is Sister Green Cloud here? Are you also here to find a big sister? "Green Cloud sees that it is the third girl. Hurriedly smiled and said, "Come over for something, the third girl came to see the eldest girl?" "Yes, the big sister asked me to do the work on the ground has been done, and I was afraid that she would be in a hurry, so I rushed over." Shuning raised the purse in her hand, and turned her head to ask Chunyan: "Is the eldest sister at home?" ”

Chunyan glanced at Green Cloud hesitantly. There was no sound. Lu Yun smiled: "The eldest girl is afraid that something will happen right now, why don't the third girl go to Mrs.'s side to sit down first?" The second girl is there too. Shuning answered, and then said to Chunyan: "Then I'll go and say hello to the eldest aunt first, and then come back to see you girl." Then he turned around and walked twenty or so steps, only to quietly look back, only to see that the green cloud had counted a few more words, and then went into the room.

When Nala saw Shuning, his face was kind: "The third girl is here?" Ming'er is leaving, right? Your mother is also like your fourth aunt. I always love to live outside, and I have left such a big home to take care of, I really work hard. You persuade your mother more on weekdays, go back to the house to live more if you have nothing to do, and let's be intimate with each other, how good. ”

Shuning smiled and said a few words of flattery before being sent to the right ear room. Wan Ning was practicing embroidery in the ear room, and when she saw Shu Ning coming, she threw away the embroidery shed. pounced on him and said, "Third sister, why didn't you come to play with me in the past two days?" I suffocated to death alone. ”

Shu Ning smiled and asked her what she was doing recently, Wan Ning handed over the embroidery shed to her cousin with a bitter face: "I've been bamboo for three days, and my neck is so sore that I'm dying, I really don't know how you survived, you can sit for hours at a time...... Hour. ”

Shuning took the embroidery shed. found that Wanning's female red kung fu has greatly improved again. It was a traditional butterfly flower handkerchief, the butterfly only had half a wing, and the peony flower had already been embroidered. Although the stitches are not very neat, the color transition is a little unnatural, some places the line is dense, some places the line is sparse, and the flower stem part is not evenly embroidered, but in general. It is a peony flower that can see people.

Shuning looked at Wanning's fingers, all ten of her fingertips were flushed, and they were covered with dense needle holes, knowing that she had really suffered recently. Wan Ning followed her gaze to her fingertips. The circles under my eyes were red, and I almost burst into tears: "It really hurts, I don't know when this kind of day will end......"

Shuning is also a little sad for her, although she has also practiced hard to be a female celebrity, but because she has been in elementary school, she has always been more leisurely, unlike Wanning, who has to master it in a short time, but depending on the degree of her progress, she must be able to breathe a sigh of relief soon, so she comforted her and said: "Second sister, this flower has been embroidered very well, and it won't take long to catch up with other girls, so you don't have to practice so hard then." ”

Wan Ning was a little happy to hear it: "Really? Do you think I embroider well? Seeing Shuning nodded, he immediately smiled: "I also think the embroidery is very good, I never thought that I could do it to this extent before, and I really feel a sense of accomplishment when I see it." She picked up the embroidery shed and looked left and right, a little proud.

Shuning smiled: "Hard work pays off, as long as the second sister is attentive and ......" Wan Ning suddenly raised her index finger and "shhh

Shu Ning listened carefully, it turned out that Lu Yun invited Aunt Chen and Fang Ning to the main room outside, as if they were talking about marriage, but unfortunately there was a room between this ear room and the main room, which was too far away to hear clearly. She saw that Wan Ning was eavesdropping very seriously, and hesitated for a moment, in the end, curiosity prevailed, so she picked up the embroidery shed that Wan Ning had dropped, tiptoed over, and listened to the movement outside next to Wan Ning.

Outside, Aunt Chen had already calmed down, but she just whimpered and cried: "Madam, it's not that I don't understand the rules, I'm really anxious." Girl, you also know, it's good to have someone come to propose, not to mention that there is still such a child with a future, I'm afraid that she won't have this shop after this village. But the girl just didn't understand my thoughts, no matter how much I tried to persuade her, she just refused, I was always angry, so I said something like that......"

"Alright, alright." Nara interrupted her, "I'm also a mother, how can I not know your feelings?" But the rules are still rules, the girl is soft and filial to you, but you can't forget your identity and yell at the girl because of this. Aunt Chen sobbed and whispered.

Wan Ning showed a disapproving look on her face, and her feet accidentally touched the foot of the cabinet, making a "bang" sound, and the people outside turned their heads to look, Wan Ning was so frightened that she hurriedly retracted her half-stretched head and jumped back to the table. Shu Ning heard footsteps outside, and hurriedly took the embroidery shed and pretended to say to Wan Ning, "Second sister." These needles of bamboo are wrong, they should be embroidered diagonally. Wan Ning also cooperated with a few "um" sounds, and a figure outside the door shook and went back.

The two sisters sighed in unison, and Wan Ning chuckled: "Third sister, I know. You're also a black-bellied. Shuning paused, pretending to be puzzled: "Where is the black in my belly?" Second sister, don't talk nonsense. Wan Ning said: "That's not what I meant...... Forget it, you just need to know that I'm complimenting you. ”

Shuning black line: belly black ...... It turned out to be a boastful ......

Outside, the Nala clan turned the target of the conversation to Fang Ning: "Fang Ya Huadu Hunter Tie Tou, although you are not my own child, you know how I treat you." Fang Ning lowered her head and replied in a low voice: "Wait for me."

As she is, Fang Ning has always been grateful. Nara nodded, and when something happened. Although it is said that you are not doing more, I am also responsible for not being strict in discipline. Over the years, I have also felt bad watching you live a hard life. ”

She stopped to take a sip of tea before continuing: "Your marriage, I have discussed it with you Amma, and we must find a good family, and the character and temperament of the other party are the most important. In the past six months, two families have also come to propose marriage. In the past, your aunt was too old to push her future, but now this king is in charge, her family background is still passable, and she is also young and promising, and her appearance and talent are the best choice, I think it is good with you Amma. Why do you refuse? ”

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Fang Ning bowed her head and did not speak. Nala said, "Don't be ashamed, this is a major event in your life, and I have to ask you what you think." Fang Ning hesitated for a while before plucking up the courage to say, "That person...... Since it's so good, who girl do you want to marry? Why are you proposing to me? I have neither beauty nor talent, and I don't even have a good reputation......"

She couldn't say any more at this point, biting her lip tightly. But Nala had already understood: "You listened to your fourth aunt, right?" Her concerns were justified. But in the end, the king is still your Amma's subordinate, and even if you pass the door, he will not dare to treat you badly. Aunt Chen hurriedly said: "No, and there are no in-laws at home." and there are no concubines. Nala glanced at Aunt Chen, who was busy keeping her mouth shut, still looking at her daughter with anxious eyes.

Fang Ning whispered, "But that person ...... If it is really for the power of Tuama to propose marriage, it can be seen that he is an ambitious person, and if he has a better partner in the future, then what should I do? I've already seen it now, glory and wealth don't matter, as long as I can live in peace......" By the last few sentences, her voice was almost inaudible.

Nala looked at Fang Ning carefully for a while, sighed, and said, "So, you must refuse." Fang Ning shook her head vigorously, and Aunt Chen was so anxious that she stomped her feet. Nala said: "In this case, I can't force you, just push it away, just say that you don't discuss your relatives during the mourning period." Fang Ning was blessed and said, "Thank you, Eniang." ”

Nala tugged at the corners of his mouth, and said to Aunt Chen: "Don't blame her, it's always her marriage." Besides, although this king looks good, he doesn't know his details, don't mistake the girl for the rest of your life for the sake of that little thought in your heart. Aunt Chen didn't dare to speak, but there was still a trace of unwillingness on her face.

Shuning and Wanning vaguely listened to it in the room, only to know that Fang Ning had rejected another family matter. Wan Ning said with some annoyance: "What is the big sister thinking?" Didn't she see that man? I heard that he is very handsome and very capable, but his parents are dead and he has no concubines, where can I find such a good candidate? She's not like anyone else......"

Shuning didn't speak, she was handsome and capable, she had no in-laws and no concubines, which didn't mean anything. Growing well means that peach blossoms may be attracted; Strong ability means that the person has the opportunity to continue to rise; The death of both parents means that the man will not be restrained by his elders; Without a concubine, it is difficult to guarantee that there is no room girl. For Fang Ning now, all she needs is a gentle person she can rely on, and it doesn't matter what the future of the official position is. Now that Fang Ning herself has made a choice, all she can do is bless her.

When Jin Bao learned of his wife's daughter's decision, he soon politely rejected Wang Xu's proposal. The other party didn't care too much, and when he saw Jin Bao, he didn't have an embarrassed look at all. It didn't take long for it to be rumored that he had made a marriage with a daughter of the deputy capital, and he took advantage of the future Yue family's momentum to quickly rise to Langzhong, who was in the fifth grade.

Jin Bao and Nala were secretly frightened when they learned about it, thinking that this person was really not a simple person, maybe while waiting for the reply from the Earl's Palace, he also proposed to other families, and in a blink of an eye, he climbed to the second rank of the master, and his character was really suspicious, fortunately he refused this family affair at the beginning. But Aunt Chen, who didn't know the truth, only heard that Wang Xu had been promoted to the fifth grade, so she beat her chest there, and straight Fang Ning missed a good family business. The official of the fifth grade is higher than the official rank of the two young masters of Qingning and Shunning, and she actually gave up in vain, not to mention how unwilling she is in her heart.

Fang Ning endured the complaints of her biological mother every day, and just blindly knocked on the scriptures and chanted the Buddha. Later, Chunyan couldn't see it, and quietly told the Nala clan before she pressed Aunt Chen down. But what Nala said "Wang Xu Panlong and Phoenix is not a good match for Fang Ning", Aunt Chen has never been able to understand, in her opinion, it is normal for her father-in-law to help her son-in-law, isn't Shunning also like this? The higher the son-in-law's promotion to the magistrate, the more noble the daughter's status, why is Wang Xu not a good match for Fang Ning?

Seeing that Aunt Chen didn't understand, Nala didn't bother to explain, but ordered the other party not to make any more trouble. As the main house, she has a lot of power, and Aunt Chen really doesn't dare to make another mistake, but she still keeps complaining about her daughter in private.

Approaching May, the family received a letter from the wife of the Fucha family, saying that she was glad to marry before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and wanted to invite their mother and daughter to come to the house in the near future. Shi hurriedly asked someone to prepare a congratulatory gift, and asked his daughter to pack her things quickly and prepare to return to Beijing.

Shuning asked why she was in such a hurry, and said: "According to what she said in the letter, we will officially start preparing for the wedding on the first day of the fifth month, and it will be inconvenient for us to come to the door again, and it is not good to visit the bride after the wedding. ”

Shuning hurriedly went back to the house to clean up, and found a pair of white jade earrings and a pair of three-more gold hairpins that her mother had recently placed for her as a wedding gift for Xinran. The so-called three more, that is, the hairpin is engraved with peaches, pomegranates and Buddha's hand, meaning longevity, sons, and blessings, and it is the most suitable to send the bride.

Back at the Earl's Palace, Shuning hastily met everyone with her mother, only to feel that Fang Ning seemed to be much haggard, but it was too late, and it was too late to say more, so she went back to the courtyard to rest for the night, and hurried to Fucha's house.

Mrs. Fucha was anxious to ask her to come to the door, but it turned out that they had heard that their family had some large pieces of jade brought back from Guangdong, many of which were treasures, and they wanted to find one or two for their daughter to dowry, and the price was easy to say. She had already prepared one, but because her family was not strictly guarded, she was accidentally broken by her youngest son Zhibin. After the clan knew, he agreed without saying a word, and asked her what she needed, but because she only had two or three large pieces of jade that she could handle, and she would have to prepare for Duanning and Shuning in the future, she could only make one.

The two mothers discussed there whether to choose the three-layer green jade smoked ball, the white jade flower pattern bottle, or the "smooth sailing" jasper boat carving, and happily pulled Shuning's sleeve, and the two quietly walked out of the flower hall and walked towards the courtyard where Xinran lived.