Chapter 7: False Confessions
"Xiu'er." Gu Linlang walked up to her, stared at her affectionately, and said, "Why?" Since I didn't do anything wrong, why did you suddenly ignore me? ”
Hearing this, An Xiuer wanted to question him: "Why, why did I go with you desperately, but you abandoned me in the end?" ”
However, she swallowed these words alive, it was just a dream that was too real, and it would be a joke to say it.
"Mr. Gu, I told you last time, I'm getting married." An Xiu'er raised her head and said to him clearly, "So in the future, please ask Mr. Gu to understand the identities of you and me, and don't do such misleading things again." ”
"Xiu'er ......" Seeing that An Xiu'er was leaving, Gu Linlang grabbed her hand, An Xiu'er glared at him, but he felt that this glance seemed to be happy and disgusting, and his heart was like being shocked, crispy and numb.
After half a ring, An Xiu'er came back to her senses, and An Xiu'er's face was already full of shame and anger, so he let go of her hand, took out a handkerchief from his arms, and said, "Do you remember it?" Not long ago, you embroidered a veil for me, and stabbed your own hand for it, but now, why do you change your mind so quickly? ”
An Xiu'er looked at this handkerchief, the lotus on it was lifelike, she couldn't remember what kind of admiration she was at that time, but when she remembered the scene that day, she still felt a little red and hot.
Qiang regained her composure, An Xiu'er smiled slightly, and said: "Mr. Gu said that he laughed, but it was just a handkerchief for ten cents a piece, I have to embroider some every month and sell it in the town, where is it worth remembering Mr. Gu, if my actions at that time made Mr. Gu misunderstand, then I will say sorry to Mr. Gu." ”
"Xiu'er, I really like you, I know that you have to marry that blind man for money, if that's the case, I can also take the money to ask for a marriage......"
Before Gu Linlang could speak, she was interrupted by An Xiu'er, and she shouted: "Mr. Gu, please pay attention to your words, you are a scholar, even if I am not Zhang Zhenan's wife, do you think it is appropriate to call others with insulting titles?" ”
Hearing this, Gu Linlang's face was red and white, what he didn't expect was that An Xiu'er was so sharp now.
Yes, in the past, in his small and small home, there were rules everywhere, and he was full of sages, so he had to learn a little bit about it.
"Okay, Xiu'er, it's me who is wrong." Gu Linlang saw that An Xiu'er ignored him, and pulled down to apologize to her, and said: "You give me a chance, I will go to your house tonight, and I can give your father and mother money, so that you don't have to marry that Zhang Zhen'an." ”
"Heh......" An Xiu'er chuckled, ignored his words, and turned to leave.
Gu Linlang looked at An Xiu'er's back as she left stupidly, and when she came back to her senses, her face was already stained with two points of hideousness, thinking that she could empty the gloves of the white wolf, but now, it seems that it is impossible not to come up with a little money.
An Xiu'er walked to the stone table, An Ronghe's meal had been eaten, and the dishes and chopsticks had been placed in the basket. ”
"Auntie, what did the master tell you to do just now?" He asked, curiously.
"What do you say?" An Xiu'er stretched out her index finger and touched his forehead, and said, "You didn't listen to the master in the morning, you were distracted, right?" ”
"Nope." An Ronghe hurriedly shook his head.
"Not yet?" An Xiu'er looked sideways at him and said, "Mr. Gu told me just now, saying that when you were in class, you wandered to see the birds on the tree, is this false?" ”
"I'm sorry, auntie." Seeing An Xiu'er pointing out the specific matter, An Ronghe admitted that he lowered his head and admitted his mistake in a low voice: "Master talked about the Three Character Sutra today, he said, 'Parents are here, not far away', I think of this, I think of my father, since my parents are not far away, then why, grandma is here, but he went outside?" The birds are flying back in the spring, but why doesn't my dad come home? ”
He was young, his voice was soft and glutinous, and after he spoke, he was even more choked, An Xiu'er rubbed his little head and said:
"So you didn't listen carefully in class, your parents are here, don't travel far, you must have a way to travel, your father has to go outside for your tuition and the family's livelihood, therefore, you have to study hard, you know?"
"Got it." An Ronghe nodded.
An Xiu'er said: "You have to behave well when you go back tonight, your grandmother knows that you are not serious in class, and she is very angry, but don't be afraid, with my aunt here, I will say good things to you." ”
As she spoke, she took out two more pieces of candy from her pocket and said, "This is what I bought at the market today for you to eat." ”
"Thank you, auntie." Candy is still very attractive to children, even if it's just two ordinary sweet potato candies.
"Then I'll go, take classes seriously, and study hard." An Xiu'er stood up as she said and left the private school.
Walking on the road, An Xiu'er felt that if she brought back this barely touched meal, Liang must be a little sad, thinking that she put the food box in the grass at the door, but only entered the house.
"I'm back, have you delivered the meal?" Liang asked.
"Yes, Mr. Gu also praised you for cooking delicious rice, saying that the rice you cooked is not soft or hard, just right." An Xiu'er said with a smile.
"That's good, that's good." Liang's face instantly smiled, and he took the basket in An Xiu'er's hand again, and asked, "Why didn't you get the food box back?" ”
"Mr. Gu eats slowly, I thought that I had to go to deliver food to my father, so I didn't wait for him." An Xiuer replied.
"I see." Liang put the food that had been prepared into the basket, handed it to An Xiu'er, and said, "Okay, you go and bring food to your father." ”
"Okay." An Xiuer took the basket, ran out of the door, opened the food box at the door again, poured the top layer of rice onto the leaves, folded it and put it in the basket to feed the chickens, took out two hard-boiled eggs, put them in her pocket, and then covered the food box and went to the field.
On the way home, I met the two sisters, the eldest girl and the second girl, An Xiuer smiled and gave the eggs and candy and the red head rope to the two of them, and told them not to let the Liang family find out, the two sisters were very happy, and the appearance of carefully taking the eggs and candy made An Xiuer feel sad when she saw it.
Fortunately, he disliked it, otherwise, where could he see the satisfied smiling faces of the eldest and second sisters.
After eating at noon, An Xiuer continued to embroider in the room, calculating the time, there are still seven or eight days to be twenty-eight, thinking that she is about to become a wife, she is still very worried in her heart.
What will happen in the future? An Xiu'er put down her hand and walked to the window.
Branch out the dilapidated window, the big locust tree in the yard is verdant and green, full of life, it is spring, the original branches have grown buds, green like jasper.
An Xiu'er sighed faintly, moved a stool, sat at the door of her room, and just blew the wind, staring blankly at the trees in the courtyard.
The wind blew, the leaves rattled, and the setting sun shone on her, casting a golden light on her.
Zhang Zhen'an and the flower matchmaker walked in at this time, today he saw An Xiu'er, he remembered to marry in this countryside, although it is not as grand as the city, but there are still some etiquette to pay attention to, it just so happened that the flower matchmaker also came to his house, he thought about it, and simply had nothing to do, so he came over for this trip.
He was dressed in dark clothes and a hat, and he was strangely dressed like a devil walking in the dark, and she sat in the sun, like a fairy who had strayed into the world.
Her face was immature, but she was only a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, but his face was already covered with vicissitudes, and he was clearly an uncle in his thirties. The flower matchmaker looked at the two of them who were so incorrect, and sighed in her heart, a trace of guilt flashed in her eyes, but soon a smile appeared on her face again.
"Is Uncle An here?" She shouted into the room.
Before she finished speaking, Liang came in from the house, and when she saw the flower matchmaker, she also showed a smile on her face, and said, "The flower matchmaker is here, please come in." ”
"It's only a few days before Xiu'er gets married, and Brother Zhang came to your house in person, just to ask what you want to ask about the day you get married, and how many banquets you should have. You see, although the Zhang family doesn't have any family, but Brother Zhang values you Xiu'er, and if Xiu'er marries in the future, it will definitely be a good life, at least the fish and meat will be full. ”
An Xiu'er listened to the words of the flower matchmaker, looked up at her, she smiled exaggeratedly, her fat face, the horizontal flesh squeezed upward, and her eyes were almost squinted.
"Brother Zhang, did you say it?" Seeing that Zhang Zhenan didn't respond to her words, the flower matchmaker was a little embarrassed, so she asked him, and Zhang Zhenan said "um" coldly.
When Liang saw Zhang Zhen'an's appearance, his heart sank to the bottom, even if the matchmaker said a lot of good things, but the attitude of the people was here, obviously he came to discuss his relatives, but this person, with a black face, seemed to be here to seek revenge, which made people feel scared for no reason.
But even so, the visitor was a guest, and Liang reluctantly put a smile on his face and led them to the house.
These words were inconvenient for An Xiu'er, a girl who had not left the cabinet, to hear them, so An Xiu'er did not come over, but still sat in the corridor, watching the sun peel off her inch by inch.
After a while, the sun set, Father An and An Tiemu and his wife also came back, seeing that there seemed to be someone in the house, Father An asked An Xiu'er, An Xiu'er made a look with him, and Father An knew it.
He asked An Tiemu and his wife to put away the farm tools, go around the main house, go to the backyard to wash their hands and feet, and then enter the hall.
The sound of talking in the house came to her ears, and An Xiu'er heard them talking about some banquets, during which Zhang Zhen'an's voice was very little, and there was almost nothing to discuss.