Qian Xiancheng saw that his eldest brother and sister-in-law came to visit empty-handed, and he only felt that his eyes were black. The Qian family's big house did not produce any moths in the first year of junior high school, because Qian Xiancheng did not make a small contribution in the winter, Qian Xiangui tasted the sweetness, and knew the taste of the marrow, which did not come to the door again.

Wen Han and Shen Jun were discussing knowledge in the house, Wen Jin was reading a book in the house, and Pomegranate was stewing sour radish and duck soup in the kitchen.

"Xiancheng, big brother sees you coming." Wen Jin heard the voice, glanced through the window, pursed his lips disdainfully, his hands were empty, and it was too shameless to say this.

"Big brother!"

Wen Jin could see that there was a little bit of joy in Qian Xiancheng's smile, but more helplessness, the whole face was like crying.

Hearing the voice, Wen Han also stood at the window and looked, Shen Jun was very curious, and followed Wen Han to look out, he wondered why Wen Han was a very polite person, why did the uncle come and not go out to say hello.

Qian Xiangui and his wife were let into the upper room, sat on the hot kang, and talked a lot, Qian Xiancheng was submissive, and he didn't say anything.

"Xiancheng, I'm going to invite Zhao Zhutou to dinner tomorrow, you know, I lost my money, and I have to rely on him to recover it." Qian Xiangui hoped that when Zhao Zhutou caught the thief again, he chased out the dirty silver, saying that he lost it, so as to recover the loss, anyway, the house that was used to stealing was going to be copied, and all the silver went into the official treasury, and it couldn't fit into Zhao Li's pocket.

"Oh!" Qian Xiancheng answered, but did not answer.

Jiao Shi was very anxious: "Xiancheng, you have to help your brother." ”

"How can I help?"

Jiao had already learned Qian Xiancheng's stupidity, and he didn't beat around the bush at this time, but said directly: "Why don't you catch a fish for your brother, and give you some duck eggs, ducks, lotus seeds, and rice?" ”

"Rice is fine, the rest is sold, I can't give it to you." Qian Xiancheng didn't want people to know that he and Wen Jin were separated, and he had been covering the matter, now that Wen Jin was at home, he naturally didn't dare to give away duck eggs and fish, he could quietly compensate Wen Jin, but how could he dare to do that in person?

"I don't believe it, you don't want to keep it for yourself. What were you doing in the kitchen? Jiao Shi was very angry and couldn't help but raise his voice.

Wen Jin had already brought in Aunt Wei's grandson, Little Radish from next door, whispered a few words, and asked him to run into the upper room. Wen Han and Shen Jun saw that Wen Jin sneakily got a child in, which was very strange, so they quietly went outside the east room to eavesdrop.

Because Aunt Wei was very good to Liangxi back then, and Wei was also very good to Xiao Radish, and if she had anything to eat, she didn't forget to give some to the child, so Xiao Radish was very close to Wei, and I saw him trotting in and holding Wei's hand: "Aunt Wei, is your big melon coming to grab things again?" ”

Everyone in the room changed color, Wen Han almost burst out laughing, and Shen Jun looked inexplicable.

"An old vine knots a melon, why did the big melon come to your house, empty-handed without courtesy, and when you leave, you take fish and ducks with you." Little Radish learned this smoothly with Liangxi back then, and they even developed this into a small game, so not only did he learn to speak, but many children in Shanwo would say it.

Qian Xiangui was so angry that he jumped off the kang and almost brought the kang table to the ground, he pointed at Qian Xiancheng angrily: "Er, you, you ......"

Qian Xiancheng's face was also very ugly: "Big brother, if you want to save face, even if you come with a few corn cobs." ”

"Are you picking on me?" Qian Xiangui forced his younger brother to look at him.

"Didn't I want you to save some face? When you came in just now, I hate that I didn't prepare a gift for you in advance, let you carry it, okay, okay......" Qian Xiancheng's voice lowered, "Wen Han and Wen Jin are both at home, the child is older, what should I say?" They're also people with ideas. ”

Wen Han saw that the uncle dared to persecute his father like this, he was already furious, lifted the curtain and walked in, Shen Jun wanted to see what the face of the boss of the Qian family was, so he followed behind.

Webster's face flushed, and he felt that the ugliness of the house was visible, and he wished that there was a crack in the ground to hide in.

Jiao noticed Shen Jun and quietly pulled Qian Xiangui's placket.

Qian Xiangui actually noticed Shen Jun, he was in the county office, he must have contacted many rich people, and he could see at a glance that Shen Jun was not ordinary, and he was going to reprimand Qian Xiancheng, but he immediately changed: "Hahaha, second brother, it's the eldest brother's negligence, I always feel that we are brothers, take it over, and give birth to it, now my brother is not short of money, when I am more generous, I will definitely not lose your brother." ”

Saying that, Qian Xiangui pulled Qian Xiancheng: "Second brother, sit, sit down, it's my brother's, I'll make up the gift tomorrow." ”

"Big brother, I don't want you to give any gifts, but, but, there is still a share of Wen Jin's family property here, I can give my own, but the third one's share, but I can't."

"Yes, yes, it's the eldest brother's negligence."

Jiao didn't understand what kind of medicine was sold in the man's gourd, but she was at home, and she had always looked at the eyes of the man and her mother-in-law, so she sat down.

Wen Han quietly retreated, and Shen Jun followed closely.

Qian Xiangui talked about his affairs in the county government in a foggy manner, and Qian Xiancheng couldn't interject, only listened.

"Brother and sister, are you a guest at home?" Jiao asked Webster quietly.

"Wen Han has a classmate who came to pay New Year's greetings."

"Wen Han's classmates? This is a distant guest. ”

"Well, from Huaijin Mansion."

"Looks like a kid from a rich family?"

"Yes." Wei felt that if he could give such a valuable gift casually, Shen Jun was definitely not an ordinary child.

"Oh, brother and sister, tsk, you and the second brother don't have us at all in our hearts, but your eldest brother still wants to mix up some people all day long, so he will pull you out."

"I, we didn't think about asking the big brother to pull it, besides, what can we help you?"

"Brother and sister, brother and sister, you know that Wen Yan is fifteen years old, and you haven't found your in-laws yet, and you haven't thought to help me ask, is this Wen Han's classmate engaged?"

Wei's face turned red, and he was ashamed of his concubine, as far as Qian Wenyan was so lazy and lazy, he didn't deserve to give Shen Jun shoes, and it was a shame that Jiao could say something like that.

As soon as Jiao Shi saw Webster's appearance, he immediately understood what she was thinking, and he was so angry that he hated to slap Webster: "What? My Wenyan wants someone to be there and to be the same, but she is the first in Linjin Town, what kind of boy is she not worthy? ”

Wei Shi bit her lower lip, held back and didn't speak, Wen Yan looks okay, her skin is white and her eyes are big, she is not fat or thin, but she is not bearable to look at it, plus she likes to twist her waist and swing her hips at every turn, pinch an orchid finger, and her deliberately contrived appearance is really disgusting.

If she stood beside Shen Jun, it would really be a jade bottle that made cow dung paste.

Qian Xiangui was pulling with his second brother, while peeking at his wife and younger siblings interacting, Jiao's face was not good, he knew that things were not going well, the eldest daughter Wen Qian was not married, not only could not borrow strength, but also ran back to her parents' house to eat at every turn, which was enough to make him angry, who knew that the marriage of the second daughter was also very unhappy, he once fell in love with the youngest son of the king's book, and quietly came to the door to propose, who wanted the king's family to move away.

Later, he fell in love with a concubine of Shen Wan's family in the county, the matchmaker said in the past, but it was also silent, people didn't even mention it, years ago, Qian Xiangui even hinted at Huang Xiangyi, want to marry others, this Huang Xiangguan's eldest son, but a good one, I heard that even his old son, often listen to his son, such a solid family, the child is capable, and it is also a good family, who thinks, Huang Xiangguan gave his son a marriage in the first month, is the daughter of a landlord in Huojiazhai, I heard that the landlord's wife had a rich dowry back then, Now let out the rumors that he wants to give his daughter twenty-four dowry.

Qian Xiangui couldn't even give up twelve lifts, he couldn't wait to just accept the dowry.

"Ouch, brother and sister, my Wenyan is married well, isn't your second room also stained? Why are you so dead-eyed? Maybe this son will fall in love at a glance. ”

"......" Merriam-Webster was speechless.

"Brother and sister, I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, you two look at us like this behind your back, thanks to me and your brother, and you still treat your second room as a relative, I don't want to help you at all, I tell you, no matter what you think, you have to ask me clearly tomorrow, whether this son is married."

Jiao Shi and Qian Xiangui hummed and left, Qian Xiangui repeatedly promised to send gifts tomorrow, forcing Qian Xiancheng to catch two fish, catch a duck, and carry a basket of salted duck eggs.

Qian Xiangui invited Zhao Li to dinner the next day, of course, he would invite Huang Township officials to accompany him, as well as Zhai Yun, the secretary of the county yahufang, Zhai Yun is in charge of the county's taxes, in fact, the county ya's six rooms are the most affordable.

After eating and sending off the guests, Qian Xiangui thought of the noble young man in his younger brother's house, he just thought that the child was extraordinary, but Shen Jun was wearing a blue muslin cloth, he didn't think he was rich, he just thought it was an ordinary rich family, this time, what he liked was Shen Jun's extraordinary appearance and extraordinary temperament, he wanted to bet on Shen Jun's high school laurels in the future, and he would rise to the top.

Endured the distress, Qian Xiangui caught a chicken from home and took a small bag of white noodles, he hesitated for a moment, felt that it was still too little, and finally ruthlessly took two pieces of lotus vegetables, which he still swindled from the case of two neighbors fighting for the foundation, but when he entered his house and took it out again, he was still distressed.

Unexpectedly, Qian Xiangui really returned the courtesy, Qian Xiancheng was immediately a little frightened, and a little ashamed, feeling that he was forcing his brother to exchange courtesies, and he was a little reluctant, so he personally called Shen Jun over and asked if they were engaged.

Shen Jun's heart was ecstatic, and he thought that Wen Jin avoided him for the sake of respect, and he didn't want people to gossip, but told his aunt Wei Shi his mind and asked the elders to come forward to solve the problem.

This is what a good girl should do, although Shen Jun feels that Wen Jin is open-minded and not a person who is restrained in etiquette, but she can do this, which proves that her attitude is solemn and she attaches importance to herself.

"I haven't decided to marry yet!" Shen Jun had a calm attitude and gave Webster an answer without being humble or arrogant.

Wei Shi only felt a headache, if Shen Jun had already decided to marry, wouldn't she have to say the words that would make her ashamed and embarrassed?

"Wenhan has a cousin......"

Shen Jun was overjoyed.

"It's his uncle's house who came to visit yesterday, and he's a year younger than you......"

Shen Jun was poured a scoop of cold water on his head, and his heart was cold, but in the face of Wei's, he couldn't say it, so he had to lower his head: "Auntie, only my parents can make the decision about my marriage, and it must be a marriage with a big family, and it is impossible to find a wife in Shanyang." ”

Wei's heart was light, and he couldn't help laughing: "That's good, you are such a good child, you should also choose a noble lady from a wealthy family, instead of our country girl here." ”

Shen Jun saw Webster's heartfelt smile and understood that she was also forced, but in her heart, she was so confused about her friend's mother, knowing that she shouldn't do something, she still did it under the pressure of overflowing family affection.

He understood why Wen Jin had to use the child's mouth to declare his rights and express his dissatisfaction.

"She is so smart and sensitive, for the sake of this family, not only has to endure hardships and suffering, but also has to bear the exploitation and damage of those hungry wolves wearing the coat of relatives, Wen Jin, how much burden has her weak shoulders carried, and how many grievances and helplessness have she endured in that lonely heart?

Shen Jun was even more depressed, and even Wen Han could see it, but no matter how he asked, Shen Jun deduced that he was tired from studying, and Wen Han had to let him rest more.

Jiao didn't expect this to be the result, he was in a very bad mood, especially when he saw the gift he brought, he was even more uncomfortable, he knew that he wouldn't come here, and he was better than the second family in vain.

Qian Xiangui didn't think so, he just saw Shen Jun's belt buckle, inlaid with a piece of mutton fat jade, crystal moist, at first glance, it is not an ordinary product, this is not an ordinary family, even a landlord in the countryside who has thousands of acres of good land, it is impossible to take it out, let alone tie it around the child's waist casually, this little boy is a child of a rich and noble family with a background.

Hearing Qian Xiancheng wrinkle his bitter gourd face and say that Shen Jun must marry a big family, Qian Xiangui was even a little excited, in fact, he knew that his daughter was not worthy of Shen Jun, after all, Shen Jun's parents were not blind, how could his son be so outstanding in appearance, how could he be so beautiful? Marrying a wife, that is to ask the parents to order the words of the matchmaker. But the concubine room is different, the son of a large family, who doesn't have a few lovely women around him? Parents generally don't care much about this, as long as their sons can look at it.

He is a man, he naturally understands the psychology of men, Wen Yan is a wife, maybe not a good match, but to say that to be a concubine, it is still very popular with men, that figure is exquisite and convex, not to mention more attractive, in addition, since Wen Yan grew up, she has been stared at a few more times by a few idle men on the street, and she has already had her first glimpse of the style, and knows how to seduce men.

Men chase women in the compartment mountain, women chase men in the compartment paper, Qian Xiangui is sure that if his daughter is allowed to go out of the horse, this Shen Gongzi will definitely not be able to escape. With a plan in his heart, Qian Xiangui was in a good mood, talked a few words with his second brother, and returned home with his wife.

Walking on the road, seeing that there was no one around, Jiao Shi muttered angrily: "It's a pity that our old hen can still lay eggs." ”

"What do you know, Woman's Kindness? Tomorrow, let Wen Yan come over and learn needlework from her second aunt, the skills of her younger siblings are much better than yours. ”

Jiao Shi didn't know why, and lowered his head aggrievedly.

"Dress up Yanyan pretty."

"Yes!" Jiao Shi bowed his head and replied, still immersed in sadness and unable to extricate himself.

Qian Xiangui didn't break it, he knew that no girl could see Shen Jun's unmoved appearance, especially his daughter.

Wen Jin was so surprised to see that the couple didn't bring anything with them for the first time, and they were so surprised that they were as if they had seen the sun come out of the west.

Wen Han saw that Shen Jun was listless, and he was also anxious, so he proposed to go out for a walk.

"What is there to turn around?" Shen Jun still couldn't keep his spirits up.

Wen Han thought for a while: "I heard that the Pingling Temple Fair on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is very lively, we might as well go and have fun, my father and mother and Wen Jin have been staying at home, and they are also very stuffy, simply, let's go together."

Hearing that Wen Jin was also going, Shen Jun immediately came to his senses, but he didn't dare to show it too obviously, so he nodded sullenly: "Okay, maybe if I turn around, my head won't hurt." ”

Wen Han went out and told Wen Jin about his plan, but Wen Jin was stunned and didn't hear it at all.

Only then did Wen Han realize that something was wrong with his "younger brother": "What's wrong with you, Wen Jin, you're not feeling well?" As he spoke, he reached out and wanted to touch Wen Jin's forehead, lest she had a fever.

Wen Jin suddenly woke up and hurriedly dodged: "No, I'm fine." ”

"Then you, you didn't even hear me speak."

"I'm surprised that the people in the big house actually came to give gifts today."

"What's so strange about that? He didn't take our stuff less. After Wen Han finished speaking, he asked again: "Are you going to Fucheng to see the temple fair?" ”

The cultural accumulation of Pingling Mansion is not deep, but I don't know why there is such a grand scale of a Wenwang Temple, I heard that the building is exquisite and atmospheric, unique, and the annual temple fair is even more crowded and lively.

Seeing Wen Jin's hesitation, Wen Han mobilized: "I'll call my uncle too, and he has promised me for several years." "I look very much forward to it.

Wen Han is an only child, and his relationship with Wen Jin is really no worse than that of his own brother, and where he wants to go, he naturally wants to bring Wen Jin with him.

"Okay." Wen Jin nodded, and Wen Han immediately smiled.

The temple fair in Pingling has a total of three days, and they will go tomorrow and stay there for one night, just to see the most lively time the day after tomorrow.

Qian Xiancheng heard that he went to the Wenwang temple fair, so he mobilized Wei Shi to go too, he had been there before, talking about the excitement there, a fascinated face, Wen Jin heard him say that there are lion dances, dragon lanterns, stilts, high platforms, and she in the next life, only heard of the flowers that she had never seen, and couldn't help but look forward to it.

Wei and Wen Jin got up early in the morning and were greedy for darkness, boiled salted duck eggs, baked dry pancakes, stone buns, and cooked a pot of soup in the early morning, put it in a porcelain jar with a cotton sleeve, and prepared to drink it on the road. ”

Two ox carts, creaking and creaking, hit the road.

Qian Xiancheng and his wife and Wei Chenglan took all the food, Wen Jin, Wen Han and Shen Jun, in the past, Shen Jun and Wen Han sat side by side on the wheel, but this time, he sat in the carriage with a wilt, opposite Wen Jin. Wen Han also thought that Shen Jun's headache had not healed, and told Wen Jin to take more care, Wen Jin took it seriously, and was really very gentle with Shen Jun, making this bad boy happy, and snickering in his heart.

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