Chapter 9: Marriage Proposal
Chun Tao took the paper and was attracted by the words on the paper, strong and powerful, delicate and elegant. The so-called words are like their people, I am afraid that Zhou Kuiruo is not a person who obeys his mother's orders.
"Chun Tao, what's wrong?"
"No... It's nothing. "Most of the flowers in the spring peach paintings are rarely painted in ancient times, such as lavender, dandelion, epiphany, etc. Spring peach ink painting belongs to the upper middle level in modern times, but I don't know what extent it is in ancient times.
Because it is a pattern for embroidery, and there seems to be no paint at Mrs. Zhou's house, Chun Tao used the way of white drawing.
The painting was fascinating, and Chun Tao wrote a poem in simplified Chinese again.
"There is no catkins because of the wind, only the sunflowers are tilting towards the sun. The poem is good, the painting is good, but there are too many typos. When Chun Tao painted, Aunt Zhou was very surprised, and when Chun Tao mentioned this poem, she only felt that it was taken for granted.
"It's... The predecessors... Poetry. "Chun Tao still doesn't know which dynasty this is, and it really shouldn't be rash to use these poems.
Chun Tao used two pieces of paper, spent sixteen tricks, and only wrote one poem, so he didn't dare to write again. Chun Tao also drew common lotus flowers and peonies in the form of flower arrangements.
In this way, even the most common flowers are different.
"Most of the embroidery patterns use flowers to express the meaning and present auspicious and auspicious. You're like paintings, desolate and decaying. Aunt Zhou looked at the painting of Chun Tao and seemed to remember the previous years.
"This..."Chun Tao licked her lips, a little apprehensive. Most of her paintings are of withered petals, which is beautiful to look at, but the sense of decay is too heavy.
"It's not bad not to be greedy for momentary prosperity." Aunt Zhou seemed to praise and sighed. "But I don't seem to have seen this flower, so what color should I use?" Aunt Zhou pointed to lavender.
"Deep purple... and light purple ... Interlace. Root... Mixed with some... Yellow... Color. Chun Tao told Aunt Zhou the color of lavender.
Aunt Zhou pointed to the dandelion again and said: "This roadside doesn't look good, I didn't expect it to be beautiful!" Then he pointed to the epiphany and asked, "What is this?" What color to use? ”
Before Chun Tao could answer, Aunt Zhou began to sigh again. "I've never seen any of these flowers! So, how about you come back tomorrow and tell me all these colors? ”
"Good!" I was still thinking about how to come to Zhou's house often, but now I don't need to speak.
"I'll try to do the other tricks first." Aunt Zhou was full of smiles, looking at the tricks and couldn't take her eyes off it.
In the following days, Chun Tao often went to Zhou's house to discuss the issue of color with Zhou Auntie, although there were some differences, but they were finally resolved, and the relationship between the two became closer.
On this day, Chun Tao was staying at Zhou's house again, and suddenly heard March's voice, "Chun Tao, Chun Tao." The door of the Zhou family "clang" sounded.
"I... Check it out. Chun Tao hurriedly walked out, "The door is going to be broken." ”
"It's not that the door is going to be broken, it's that you're broken." As soon as March entered, he immediately closed the door, as if there was a ghost chasing after him.
"What's wrong?" Chun Tao looked at March's actions and was a little puzzled.
"Your sister-in-law has come to my house and wants to arrest you and marry the old carpenter immediately, and Lamei asked me to stop you."
"Stop me?" I just came over after lunch, how could I go back immediately, what does Lamei mean.
"That carpenter is almost forty!" Aunt Zhou also came out, and Chun Tao immediately understood Lamei's intentions.
"That's right! Spring peach is only fifteen! Your sister-in-law is really not a thing. The second half of the sentence is what March said to Chun Tao, and it seems that Chun Tao is the vicious woman.
"Hey!" Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, although Aunt Zhou feels sorry for Chun Tao, but she can't intervene. With a sigh, he turned to leave.
Chun Tao hurriedly tugged at March's sleeve and winked.
"What's wrong?" However, March didn't understand the meaning of Spring Peach.
Chun Tao had no choice but to give up this pig teammate. "It's okay, I know, you go back first!"
"Hmmm! Okay, then you come back later, I'll go back to help my mother first, I can't let her be bullied. With that, he opened the door.
"March." Chun Tao suddenly stopped March, March retracted the foot he had stepped out of, turned around and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
"Thank you!" Chun Tao's words made March tremble, "You hurry up and hide!" After saying that, he left the Zhou family.
"Auntie." Chun Tao entered Aunt Zhou's room, handed Aunt Zhou a glass of water, and thought about how to attract Aunt Zhou's attention.
After being silent for a while, Chun Tao spoke again: "Auntie, do you think... I should... Listen to me... Sister-in-law's... Married? ”
Aunt Zhou thought for a while and said: "This kind of thing should not be said by me, an outsider, after all, the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, and she has the right to decide on your marriage." ”
Hearing this, Chun Tao's heart was cold, it seems that Aunt Zhou will not care about this matter, what should I do?
"But, it's really wrong for her to let you marry someone who can be your father, and you shouldn't."
Aunt Zhou's words ignited Chun Tao's hope again, "Then you... Felt... I... What am I going to do? ”
"This, this lady doesn't know." Aunt Zhou shook her head, reluctant to say more.
"Then I... Isn't it dead... You don't have to get married? ”
"Silly boy, don't do stupid things, there's always a way to solve it." Aunt Zhou frowned and stared at Chun Tao, afraid that she would go to find Chun Tao in the blink of an eye.
"But I... I can't think of it. Chun Tao turned her head to look at Aunt Zhou, "You said... What's... What a way! ”
In fact, Chun Tao didn't have any expression on her face, but in Aunt Zhou's eyes, she was pleading, looking at herself sadly. "It's... This lady doesn't know, so I'll help you ask Kui'er, he will definitely be able to find a way. ”
finally led to Zhou Kuiruo. "Is he?"
"He's my son, he'll be able to help you figure it out."
"That's... That... Can... Let him take me in? "The implication is to marry me!
"This..."Aunt Zhou's eyes widened, obviously startled, "You... You want... Marry Quille? This..."
"Auntie... I don't want to... Married to an old carpenter, did not want to come from the fire pit... And then to... Fire. Aunt Zhou's reaction made Chun Tao a little lacking in confidence, and she couldn't cry, so she had to keep her head down.
"I know... I'm not good enough, but... I... I'm really... No... Something else. ”
"This..."Aunt Zhou's eyes widened, she had lived for thirty-eight years, and it was the first time she had encountered a woman's marriage proposal.
"Spring peach! Where's the eldest lady's house... In the early years, it was relatively wealthy, but now it is also a family with four walls. Aunt Zhou eased her mood and her tone was sharper. I know you have difficulties, but if the eldest mother can help, the eldest lady will definitely help, but this matter is not good. ”
"Auntie, I... I know, but... I'm dying, I... As soon as Chun Tao heard Aunt Zhou's tone, she knew that it was inappropriate, so she could only sympathize.
"I'm small... There's no father and mother, with... Brother Together... Grow up. Later, I had a sister-in-law... Later, hunger and beatings were common... That... I... Dead once, I..."
"I don't care... Who to marry. But the old carpenter's... Younger sister... She..."Chun Tao's head is getting lower and lower, and her head is about to be connected to her neck.
"Hey~ Your sister-in-law, I've heard about it too." Aunt Zhou thought of Chun Tao's life experience, and thought of the cause of death of the old carpenter's wife, and her tone softened a lot, "Chun Tao, you are a good boy, Auntie likes it." But..."After a few days of getting along, Chun Tao's well-behaved behavior won the favor of Aunt Zhou.
Aunt Zhou sighed slightly and put down the cup. "Auntie, tell you the truth! Kui'er has not married a wife so far, it's not that we have a high vision and look down on the girls in the village. It's that we don't even have a decent dowry. I can't even take out a paddy field. So..."
"Aunt Zhou, I... I don't want a dowry. Nor will it be... Let my brother and sister-in-law... Excuse me. Before Aunt Zhou could finish speaking, Chun Tao hurriedly interrupted her.
"It's... Even if you agree, will your sister-in-law agree? ”
"I'll figure it out."
"Do you really want a dowry and marry Quier?"
"Hmm!" Chun Tao glanced at Aunt Zhou and nodded vigorously,
"I'll also ask Quill what he means about this. If he doesn't agree, I can't decide. "Chun Tao is dry and thin, with a sallow complexion, even if she is not a beauty, she is still a stammer, Aunt Zhou doesn't want to bring great pain to her son in the second half of his life because of sympathy for Chun Tao.
"Thank you, auntie."
"Quill!" At night, Aunt Zhou knocked on the door of Zhou Kuiruo's room.
"Mother, what's the matter?" Zhou Kuiruo opened the door and turned sideways to let Aunt Zhou enter the house.
Aunt Zhou sat on the chair and said, "My mother wants to talk to you about your marriage, and she is the girl who painted the tricks for your mother." ”
"It's good for my mother to call the shots, it's just this dowry." Zhou Kuiruo has no idea who to marry, as long as Aunt Zhou likes it.
"She said there was no dowry, but we could give as much as we could. She was also a hard-working child. ”
"Why don't I come back and meet her early tomorrow before deciding!" Zhou Kuiruo heard Aunt Zhou's last sentence, his brows furrowed, and his face was displeased.
"Okay, although she is pitiful, my mother doesn't want you to be wronged." When Aunt Zhou looked at Zhou Kuiruo, he had already recovered his gentle appearance, "Mother will leave first, you rest early." ”
"You get an early rest, too." When Aunt Zhou closed the door, Zhou Kuiruo closed the door, and the smile on his face disappeared.