Chapter 9: Marriage

At breakfast, the Pang family sat down to eat together.

While eating, Zhu Yi's eyes always looked at Pang Shiyuan. Pang Shiyuan also knew that Zhu Yi was a beloved son, although he was a little uncomfortable, he could only let it go.

Suddenly, Zhu Yi opened his mouth and asked, "Shiyuan, you are also seventeen, right?" ”

"It's seventeen." Pang Shiyuan didn't think that Zhu Yihui didn't know how old he was, so he waited for her next step.

"Seventeen, that's really not small. When your eldest brother was seventeen, he was already engaged to your sister-in-law. When Zhu Yi said this, Pang Shiyuan felt that something was wrong with the topic. This is obviously a step towards engagement and marriage, and he doesn't want to find himself a fiancΓ©e or wife or something before he has started a magnificent life.

He hurriedly said, "Mom, my eldest brother and I are different. The eldest brother is taking a stable career, and it is of course a good thing to get married and have children early. But I'm taking a more risky martial arts. It won't be long before I'm going to leave home and go outside, and no one knows what I'll encounter, but I can't hurt other girls. ”

However, instead of attracting his mother's approval, his words made her even more impatient: "It is precisely because of the uncertain future that I should get married earlier!" I know I can't stop you from going out and surfing the streets, after all, that's the path we chose for you. But I hope you can have a home, and preferably have children, otherwise we really won't be at ease! ”

As soon as Zhu Yi said this, the atmosphere at the dinner table suddenly became sad, whether it was his father Pang Zhiyang, or his sister-in-law and sister-in-law, they all stopped the dishes and chopsticks and looked at Pang Shiyuan with worried eyes.

The worried eyes of his family made Pang Shiyuan almost think that he was going to die at the hands of others tomorrow, and he couldn't help but feel a little helpless: "Mom, do you think that if I go out, I will die on the spot......

Before he finished his words, he was spat back by Zhu Yi with a "bah, bah", and he also saw the disapproving look of his family. Obviously, everyone didn't like his unbridled words.

Pang Shiyuan hurriedly admitted his mistake: "Okay, okay, I was wrong." I shouldn't say that, I will live a hundred years, the crane will live longer, and I will not die as a thief...... Yes! It hurts, Dad! ”

Pang Zhiyang, who had just knocked Pang Shiyuan's head with chopsticks, reprimanded: "It's good to know that it hurts." Let you talk nonsense again. Also, call Dad, don't add old words. Your dad isn't that old! ”

As soon as Pang Zhiyang finished speaking, he knew that he had committed a speech problem, and when he saw the family snickering, he couldn't help but laugh himself, and suddenly there was laughter at the dinner table.

And Pang Shiyuan is actually pretending, with his martial arts body, where will it hurt to be knocked by chopsticks, not to mention that with the speed of Pang Zhiyang's hands, he can completely avoid it. But seeing the smiles on the faces of the others after he was knocked, he felt that it was worth the fare.

Pang Shiyuan readjusted his sitting posture, signaled that he was really serious now, and said, "Dad, Mom, I don't think I'm really suitable for marriage now." Dai Zong asked me to come out in order to explore the rivers and lakes and accumulate experience, but as soon as I went home to visit my relatives, I got engaged and married, which is not easy to explain. Besides, I don't want to get married so early. I just thought that if I walked outside, I might know someone. Maybe it won't be long before I bring back a beautiful woman! ”

At this time, Pang Xi, who had been listening to his parents and Pang Shiyuan, suddenly spoke, with curiosity and expectation in his voice: "Second brother, will the heroine outside be as gentle as the sister-in-law?" ”

"Uh......" Pang Shiyuan was suddenly asked.

He really doesn't know if the heroines on the rivers and lakes are gentle or not, but judging from the expressions of the heroines in the martial arts novels he saw in his previous life, there are really not many gentle. There are many heroines who pursue true love, but there are obviously more people who shout and kill at every turn, and there seem to be many ruthless people.

But in order to reassure his family, Pang Shiyuan could only pack the ticket: "I must find the most gentle woman to come back." And I must let Xi'er look at it, if Xi'er thinks it's not good, I'll let her get out. What a woman, even my family can't look down on it, what kind of woman is it. ”

Pang Shiyuan's words drew laughter from the audience, and Zhu Yi gasped and scolded with a smile: "Where are you so bad for a woman." But since you said so, the marriage matter will be postponed for the time being. But you said it yourself, you have to find one for yourself earlier, you know? ”

"By the order of the Queen Mother!" Pang Shiyuan hurriedly made a respectful gesture.

Pang Zhiyang watched Pang Shiyuan play with treasure, and he was also ridiculous: "I really don't know how you have learned in the past few years, and you have become like a leather monkey." But when you get outside, you can't really talk nonsense, you know? ”

Pang Shiyuan smiled and didn't care at all, turned his head and asked Pang Xi, who was still smiling: "Xi'er, do you think the second brother has studied well in the past few years?" ”

"Good! It would be even better if the second brother could accompany me to fly a kite today. Pang Xi took the opportunity to put forward conditions.

Pang Shiyuan was a little puzzled: "Isn't the kite flying in spring?" It seems to be autumn now! ”

"Then no one said that kites can't be flown in the fall?" Pang Xi asked rhetorically.

Pang Shiyuan nodded solemnly and said, "Well, it makes sense!" Then today we will go kite flying. ”

Seeing the two siblings talking nonsense there, everyone else smiled knowingly, happy that the two siblings could still be so close after five years of separation.

When breakfast was about to end, Pang Shiyuan suddenly thought of Aunt Yu, the nurse he met when he came back, and asked, "Mom, when I came back, I met Aunt Yu selling things on the street, what happened?" ”

Speaking of Aunt Yu, Zhu Yi's smile quickly disappeared, and she looked a little sad: "Aunt Yu has a bad life and married a gambler." Not only did the gambler lose his home, but he also owed a lot of debts. Aunt Yu's salary in our family was not enough for a few children to live, so I allowed her to go outside to earn some money to support the family. Hey, I shouldn't have agreed to Aunt Yu's request in the first place. ”

"That gambler's name is Ge Pingtang, right?" Pang Shiyuan's memory is really good, he still remembers that Aunt Yu and this Ge Pingtang are in free love, which is very rare in this era of "parents' orders and matchmakers' words". He remembered that Ge Pingtang had signs of gambling before he married Aunt Yu - of course, he had heard about it when he was a child, and this was also the reason for his mother's chagrin.

"That's right. It's hard for you to remember. ”

"Then does this surnamed Ge still gamble?"

"Still gambling, and rotten gambling. However, now the slightly larger gambling houses will not let him enter, but he will still find some indiscriminate gambling together. For this reason, Aunt Yu's two children didn't know how many times he had been escorted. We redeemed their mother and son several times, and although the money is not much, it is really not a thing. Speaking of this rotten gambler, Zhu Yi is obviously angry, but he has nowhere to vent, so he is naturally even more uncomfortable.

"Since there is no cure, why doesn't Aunt Yu get along? She lived alone with her children, and maybe she would have a better life. Although Pang Shiyuan, who came from modern times, has lived in ancient times for five years, and still has all the memories of the young Pang Shiyuan, he still can't understand the thoughts and choices of the ancients at times.

Zhu Yi gave an answer he couldn't think of: "Aunt Yu also thought about leaving, but she couldn't." ”

Pang Shiyuan was puzzled: "Why can't you leave?" I remember that there was a good reason for the government to accept and leave the request. With Ge Pingtang's situation, it shouldn't be a problem to reconcile? ”

"It wouldn't have been a problem. But Ge Pingyu of the Ge family tangled a group of people on the street, and the government didn't want to offend, so it dragged on. Maybe this matter will be resolved when your brother is promoted. "Zhu Yi gave a way that is not a solution.

Pang Shiyuan was reluctant to delay for so long, and the young Pang Shiyuan's feelings for his aunt in his memory made him reluctant to drag: "Don't wait for the eldest brother." I'll just fix it. ”

Pang Zhiyang, who had been paying attention to the conversation between the two mothers and sons, asked, "What do you want to do?" ”

Pang Shiyuan didn't care at all: "These people on the street are at most third-rate on the rivers and lakes, and many of them are not in the stream." That is, in Guquan Town, if they are outside, where can they speak. It's best if you know each other. If you don't know each other, you'll talk about it then. ”

"Well, we'll talk about it then!" Pang Zhiyang took a look at the female dependents in the family, and also felt that "talk about it when the time comes" is a good rhetoric.