In the early morning of summer, the sky dawned early, and when the eighteenth mother got up, he finished practicing a set of swordsmanship in the water pavilion, and then played a set of boxing, but it was just the beginning of Mao.

Today is the court to rest, not to go to the court, it is because Shen Ze and Shen Yao are playing chess in the pavilion, and Shen Qin and Shen Yu are boiling tea on the side.

"Zelang, Xu Changchun's wife is here." Wu Gui came in a hurry, glanced at Eighteen, and looked a little embarrassed.

Shen Ze didn't raise his head, "Xu Changchun? He is a military general, and he has no dealings with our house. His wife is coming, and you are receiving it, what are you looking for me? ”

Wu Gui bit his lip and his eyes were red, "She said that she came to ask for a kiss, I am not the head of the house, and I can't be the master." ”

Shen Ze frowned, a little impatient. This Xu Changchun is Lu Guogong's deputy general, and after the Son of Heaven asked Lu Gong to unload his armor and return to the field, the affairs of the border pass were managed by Xu Changchun.

Xu Changchun is a direct descendant of the Lu family, and his wife will naturally not be polite to Wu Gui.

"Let's go, Qin Niang and Yu Niang stay. Yao'er come with me, eighteen, eighteen come too. Shen Ze stood up, cleaned his hands, wiped his hands with a soft cotton cloth, and went to the front hall.

Xu Changchun's wife was a round-faced woman with two pear vortices on her face, and Xu Dou looked seven points similar to her.

When he saw Shen Ze, he was overjoyed, and he opened his mouth to come: "Lord Shen, my old Xu Yuan can't come at the border pass, so the Xu family sent me to propose to the adult." The second child of my family, Xu Wu, you know, is an honest and honest child, and wants to marry your Qin Niang. What if you don't know what to do? ”

This is an extremely sharp person, and he speaks very quickly.

Eighteen Niang asked the girl to make her tea, and put some fresh fruit on it, and stood behind Shen Ze without saying a word.

It seems that this Xu Wu really regarded Shen Qin as an eyeball, and it was just dawn this day, so he came to the door in a hurry to ask for a kiss.

Shen Ze was a little embarrassed, this proposal is usually sent to the Chinese to secretly investigate, where is the man's mother who comes directly to the door to propose? Fortunately, she didn't directly bring the official media to the door, otherwise if she refused, wouldn't both parties have no face.

The Xu family is really a little unsophisticated.

Shen Ze coughed and glanced at the eighteen niang behind him.

Eighteen Niang hurriedly said: "It is really my sister's honor to be loved by Aunt Xu. Xu Erlang is a young talent and has a good reputation; It's just that this marriage is a major event in life, and I can't be sloppy at all, so my aunt let my father think about it and understand his fatherly heart. ”

Mrs. Xu suddenly realized, and patted her forehead with a smile, "Look at me, I'm really anxious, I'm afraid that such a good child as Qin Niang will be robbed, Lord Shen must think about our family Xu Wu." If it works, I will immediately ask the matchmaker to come to the door to propose. ”

The two families originally had no contact, and the Shen family had no housewife, so Mrs. Xu drank a few sips of tea and left in a hurry.

Shen Ze was just about to get up, but he heard Shen Yao open his mouth and say, "Does Father know Zheng Songping in Xingyang?" His father is Zheng Jiulin, a squire of the military department, and Lord Zheng asked me to ask my father a few days ago, and I would like to marry Qin Niang to Songping. ”

Shen Ze pondered for a moment, "Zheng Jiulin is your top boss. Why did the Zheng family ask to marry Qin Niang? ”

"This Zheng Songping is the youngest son of the Zheng family's eldest son, twenty this year, and he just passed the exam. He is especially good at calligraphy and painting. Mrs. Zheng fell in love with Qin Niang at the peach blossom banquet, and felt that they had similar interests, and she searched for several months before she mentioned it. ”

"Got it, you guys go back first."

Eighteen Niang sighed, it seems that Shen Ze wants to be arbitrary, and he doesn't want to ask Shen Qin what he means at all. Also, this marriage event is the order of the parents. Shen Ze did this, but he lacked love, and there was nothing wrong with it.

When the brother and sister went out, Eighteen Niang looked at Shen Yao with annoyance and asked, "What's the matter with this Zheng Songping, why didn't my brother say it earlier?" ”

Shen Yao smiled, "It's not asking to marry you, why are you anxious?" Didn't you have a fever a few days ago? Where do I have the heart to say this. ”

"This Zheng Songping, can my brother know? What kind of person is he? ”

Shen Yao pondered for a moment, "Songping is my close friend, and we studied painting under the Yundaozi Gate together...... Later, I was injured, but Matsudaira continued to study. He has a gentle temperament and is a painting maniac. The Zheng family is upright, and Matsudaira is a young son, who is quite favored, he does not live in the old house, and he moves out to facilitate painting. Today, a painting by Matsudaira is worth a thousand gold. ”

"It seems that my brother likes this Zheng Songping very much. And what about Xu Wu? ”

Shen Yao shook his head, "Just because the Xu family was born recklessly, my father won't agree." And how many people came back to fight in ancient times? If Xu Wu is gone, with Qin Niang's temperament, he will definitely not be able to live. ”

Also, the Shen family is a scholarly family, and he doesn't like to marry military generals, just look at Lu Ping's fate.

"The Xu family has a simple population, and Xu Wu likes his sister, so it may not be a good match. After all, it's not us who marry, but we still have to ask Qin Niang's meaning. ”

"That's it. I'm a man, it's not easy to say, you go and ask Qin Niang what she means. I'll go and find out Xu Wu again. Shen Yao sent Eighteen to the second gate, then turned around and went out again.

Eighteen Niang walked to Tinglan Courtyard, the courtyard was quiet, and the servants were doing things in an orderly manner.

Shen Qin was sitting in front of the window, holding a book, not knowing what he was thinking, and he didn't even know that Eighteen Niang had come in.

Eighteen Niang covered her eyes and shouted in a sharp voice: "This little lady is really beautiful like a flower, guess which little Langjun I am?" ”

Shen Qin's body shook, pulled off Eighteen Niang's hand, and said angrily: "You are naughty." Father, he didn't answer, right? ”

Eighteen Niang nodded, "It seems that my sister doesn't like Xu Wu." The Xu family has only two sons and one daughter, and the eldest daughter-in-law is the daughter of the military general Cheng family, who has been in the army for a long time; Xu Dou, you know each other, it's very easy to get along with, and you'll be going out in two years; The Xu family doesn't have many rules, but it's a pity that it's a military general, and my father said to consider it. Eighty percent will not respond. ”

"It's just that my sister is too good, a family of women asks for a hundred families, in addition to the Xu family, there are others who come to the door to ask for marriage!"

Shen Qin's eyes lit up, and he asked eagerly, "Which one?" ”

Eighteen Niang chuckled in her heart, and had an ominous premonition.

"It's Xingyang Zheng's, Zheng Songping, you know, right? His paintings are very famous, and Sister Ah likes to paint, so she should talk to him. ”

Shen Qin was a little distracted, "Zheng Songping I know. His picture of Chang'an Spring Residence is really meticulous and worth a thousand taels of gold. I went to see it once during the auction, and when I came back, I copied it again, but I couldn't draw that feeling. ”

"Then what does Sister think, how is Zheng Songping? He is a good friend of his brother, and he heard that he has a gentle temperament and lives alone, and as soon as his sister marries, he can stand on his own, and he does not have to get involved with his mother-in-law every day. The more Eighteen Niang said, the more she felt that this Zheng Songping was really a good lover.

The Zheng family has a good family style, and there are few wives and concubines in a group, and they don't even talk about spoiling concubines and killing wives.

Shen Qin shook his head, and suddenly seemed to have come to his senses, lowered his head and said softly: "This marriage matter, my father still has the final say." ”