Chapter 8: Marriage and Disaster
The Su family used to be a big family in Yongan County.
Sixteen years ago, Su Yiyao's wife suddenly suffered from a serious illness and had poisonous sores, and she searched for famous doctors but did not find any good. Then, with the guidance of a witch doctor, the witch doctor said that it might be effective to find a newborn girl and send it to Mrs. Su's name.
So, Su Yiyao bought a girl out of nowhere, and since then this girl has become the eldest daughter of the Su family, which is naturally Su Nian today.
Not to mention, since recognizing Su Nian as her daughter, Mrs. Su's health has really been getting better and better, so at the beginning, Su Yiyao and his wife also loved Su Nian very much.
But the good times didn't last long, two years later, when Su Nian was three years old, Mrs. Su gave birth to Su Qing, and since then, everyone's attitude has become completely different.
At the beginning, Su Nian always thought that he had done something wrong, so that his father and mother would no longer love him. Since then, Su Nian has tried hard to do everything well, but it seems that no matter how well he does, his father and mother have never looked at him directly.
After another two years, Mrs. Su finally died of illness.
Su Yiyao was so grief-stricken that he got involved in gambling, and in less than a year, he lost all his family.
Su Nian couldn't bear the suffering of her young brother, so she had to pick up a machete and bow and arrow and go up the mountain, exchanging prey for copper coins to survive, that year, she was only six years old!
And so it was eleven years.
At the age of fifteen, Su Nian rescued a dying scholar in the mouth of a jackal, Su Yu.
Su Yu went to Beijing to catch the exam but failed, and unfortunately ran into a jackal hunting on the way home.
Looking at Su Yu, who was full of scars, Su Nian had no choice but to carry it back to the small courtyard, under Su Nian's care, Su Yu's body slowly recovered, and after many days of getting along, Su Yu unconsciously fell in love with this beautiful and kind-hearted life-saving benefactor.
Because Su Yu's hometown had no relatives, he decided to stay in Yongan County and accompany Su Nian.
But after all, Su Nian is young, and his love has not yet opened, or he has a lot of reluctance in his heart! So he has always only regarded Su Yu as his brother, and Su Yu can only guard it silently, hoping to be able to watch the clouds open and see the sunrise.
After all, I can't keep it!
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The two hurriedly returned to Zhang's mansion, Zhang Yunyu picked up the teacup on the table and drank it all, but found that Zhang Xiting was still in a state of fugue, so he stepped forward and asked: "Xiting, what's the matter with you? How do I feel that your whole person has changed after seeing Miss Su." ”
Zhang Xiting pursed his lips and explained embarrassedly: "Ah? no, no!"
Although Zhang Xiting and Zhang Yunyu are brothers, they are not born from the same mother, but their temperaments are diametrically opposed. Zhang Xiting has a perverse temperament, is not good at worldliness, and has a depressed heart, but Zhang Yunyu is thoughtful, delicate, and cheerful and straightforward.
It's just that Zhang Xiting's abnormal behavior today, I think anyone with a discerning eye can see the reason.
Zhang Yunyu was faintly worried in his heart, but he was afraid that tonight's absurd behavior would lead to a big mistake in the future: "Xi Ting, listen to the words of the eldest brother, no matter what you think, you must know that the position is respectful and inferior, and the principles of heaven and humanity cannot be violated." ”
Zhang Xiting squinted at Zhang Yunyu, his eyes became extremely terrifying, and even his hair was permeated with cold air, but in an instant, he regained his calm: "Big brother, I naturally know what you said, I'm tired today, I'll go back first, and you should rest early!"
Looking at Zhang Xiting's back, Zhang Yunyu's face was worried, but he could only pray silently, hoping that he was just thinking too much!
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Next.
Su Nian sat alone on the wedding couch, with a red handkerchief on his head, tossing for a day, and finally got married.
Outside the house, the gongs and drums are all in the sky, the voices of the people are boiling, and I heard the bride say that today, the powerful and rich gentry of the ten miles and eight towns have arrived, and it is very lively.
But Su Nian's happy room was very dark and cool, lonely and silent, only two red candles were left to cry secretly, which was really incompatible with the excitement outside the house.
"Goo!" Su Nian hasn't eaten much since yesterday, but unfortunately, now that he is sitting on the bed, his stomach has begun to bark.
Su Nian touched his stomach, thinking that it would be good to endure it, but as soon as he thought of the chicken, duck and fish outside the house, the delicacies of the mountains and seas, Su Nian felt more and more hungry.
When he returned to the room after worshipping the hall, Su Nian faintly saw through the red silk handkerchief that the happy room was full of melons, fruits and pastries, and the tempting aroma made Su Nian really uncomfortable.
Kexi Niang repeatedly emphasized that this red handkerchief must be uncovered by the groom himself, otherwise it will be unlucky, and it will be difficult to live happily in the future.
Su Nian was already aggrieved, a teenage girl married a bad old man who was over half a hundred years old, even if she uncovered the ten-sided red handkerchief, she might not be happy in the future!
When I think about it like this, I can't sit still, where can I take care of any etiquette rules? I lifted the red handkerchief, threw it to the head of the bed, and ran to the table with joy to pick up the pastries on the table and ate them unscrupulously.
Just as he was having his heart's content, the door was pushed open, and a large crowd poured in.
Su Nian looked at the door, instantly dumbfounded, and even forgot to swallow the pastry in his mouth.
The bride's humble appearance is revealed in front of everyone without omission, which is really shocking.
Su Nian put down the pastry plate stupidly, and smiled a little embarrassedly at everyone, it was really embarrassing to throw it home, if it was really orderly at this time, Su Nian would probably get into it without saying a word.
In addition to Master Zhang and a group of subordinates, there was also a strangely dressed man in the group of people who came in, and if you think about it, it looks a little similar to the wild man described in the book.
When the bride saw the appearance of the bride, she was also so frightened that the three souls left her body and the seven orifices ran away, her face instantly turned gloomy, and she hurriedly ran in three steps and two steps, pulled Su Nian away, and said in her mouth: "Ouch, my eldest lady, didn't the old slave tell you, this red hijab can't be removed casually! Oh my God, Miss, you're still eating!"
Xi Niang snatched the unfinished pastry from Su Nian's hand, forcibly pulled her to the side of the bed, picked up the red handkerchief, and prepared to cover her again.
"No need to cover it. Zhang Yuanluo blushed and roared coldly: "Xi Niang, you step down!"
Su Nian clearly saw Xi Niang's face twitch.
Xi Niang turned her head and looked at Zhang Yuanluo, and then at Su Nian, so she had to put down the red handkerchief tremblingly, and bowed out of the room.
Su Nian's appearance today really made Zhang Yuanluo lose face, and it is no wonder that Zhang Yuanluo's face is ugly.
Zhang Yuanluo looked coldly at Su Nian, who was staying at the head of the bed, and said angrily: "Look at your current appearance yourself, what is the difference between you and a rural woman?"
Just kidding, I'm a country woman, why pretend to be a lady!
The strangely dressed man next to him deliberately coughed softly twice, Zhang Yuanluo's face changed instantly when he heard it, and he smiled with a well-behaved smile: "Master Wizard, then look, what should I do now?"
It's a wizard again! Su Nian was stunned, and he only felt bad in his heart.
Sure enough, the so-called wizard glanced at Su Nian with incomparably mysterious eyes, with a little worry, a little entanglement, a little hesitation, a bit of amazement, a bit of sadness, and a little bit of depression, he shook his head solemnly, and sighed softly: "Alas...... It's not good!"
When Zhang Yuanluo heard this, his face was shocked: "I hope the wizard will make it clear!"
The wizard mourned, flicked his sleeves again, and said earnestly as if disaster was coming: "Now, since she has entered the door, you have also worshiped the church and married, she is also from your Zhang Mansion, so this person, naturally, can not be easily sent out of the door, otherwise, Zhang Mansion will be in trouble." For now, as long as Master Zhang doesn't touch her and lets her settle down, there should be no accident for the time being. ”
Sure enough, this wizard is really giving himself face!
Zhang Yuanluo was dizzy and said tremblingly: "Alas! Since the wizard said so, then, from this day on, you will keep me in this room, and I will not go out and walk around if I have nothing to do. ”
Zhang Yuanluo said angrily at Su Nian, then took out a silver ingot from his arms and stuffed it into the wizard's hand, and said enthusiastically: "Lord Wizard, this time I really trouble you, a little bit of fun, I hope you will smile." ”
The wizard accepted it, and put it in his sleeve after squeezing it on his hand. "Okay, Master Zhang, this wizard will leave first if he still has something to do. ”
"Okay, come on, send the wizard. ”
That's it? inexplicable!
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After Zhang Yuanluo and his party left, Su Nian stayed where he was.
It seems that his life is destined to be tortuous.
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"Bang bang ... There was a quick knock at the door, and Su Nian opened the door very reluctantly, but saw that it was a young man.
The man's appearance is very plain, he is dressed simply and elegantly, but he does not lose his bearing, and he can be regarded as personable.
The man said cowardly, "Miss Su!"
Su Nian looked at the man in front of him carefully, the more he looked at it, the more familiar he felt, and after thinking about it carefully, he recognized that the man in front of him was the second young master of the Zhang family who broke into his boudoir last night - Zhang Xiting.
I felt that something was wrong with him last night, his expression was contrived but he was silent, and he came to visit suddenly, I don't know what the purpose is?
Su Nian said vigilantly: "Second Young Master, is there something wrong?"
Zhang Xiting looked around and said, "That, I, can I come in and say?"
Of course, Su Nian was a little reluctant, but he still nodded politely and said, "Of course, Second Young Master, please come in!"
Su Nian also looked around and closed the door after confirming that there was no one.
When I walked to the table, I saw Zhang Xiting's expression was depressed, it was very unnatural, the pale green veins around his neck were clearly visible, and the throat stalk kept turning up and down, and he kept swallowing without knowing whether there was anything or not!
Su Nian picked up the teacup on the table, poured a cup of warm tea, and handed it to Zhang Xiting.
Zhang Xiting took the teacup, but held the teacup very tightly, and the movements were inexplicably exaggerated, so that the tea spilled a little.
Su Nian also sat down at the table, looking at Zhang Xiting's strange posture, his heart became even more nervous, he couldn't be doing anything wrong to himself, right?
"That, Second Young Master, you are looking for me, but what's the matter?"