Chapter 64

Since that day, the fifth master finally remembered his friend's entrustment, and took Yuan Changqing home for a light meal every three or five days.

Although Yuan Changqing doesn't talk much, when he intends to please people, he is still quite able to fool people. In addition, he reads a lot, has a wide range of knowledge, and is a famous teacher, no matter what the fifth master talks to him about, he can accept two sentences, which makes the fifth master look at him differently for a while.

And like all parents in the world, the fifth master has a different view of Yuan Changqing here, and looks back at his son who is the same age as Yuan Da, but can only fight. So the fifth master made a mistake that those old-fashioned parents often make, and every day he mentioned Yuan Changqing, a "child of someone else's family", and beat his own children.

No one would be happy to be compared as inferior products every day, not to mention that Hou Ruiyuan was a second-class teenager. He had a good impression of Yuan Changqing before, but now he has long been beaten by his father. The more calm and wise Yuan Da became, the more he felt that this Yuan Da was treacherous. Even his younger brother Hou Jue accidentally said a good word about Yuan Changqing, and he would be unceremoniously patted in the head.

The fifth master didn't realize his mistake at all, at the end of the month, when the academy took the usual monthly exam, Yuan Changqing won the top spot without accident, and Hou Rui hung up the back of the car without accident, the fifth master felt even more necessary to ask Hou Ruiduo and Yuan Changqing to get along together, so he invited Yuan Changqing to the house more frequently.

When the fifth master used Yuan Changqing as a benchmark to motivate his son, he forgot that the Yuan Hou family was discussing marriage at this time. And he forgot, but it doesn't mean that others have forgotten too, so his frequent move of bringing Yuan Da to his home has caused countless gossip.

Although the relationship between the fifth master and the old lady's mother and son is not close, but since ancient times, he has paid attention to filial piety, that is, the fifth master is not happy, just like worshipping the Buddha, every month on the fifteenth day of the first month, he has to take the family to the West Garden to "meet" the old lady.

On the first day of the first month of April, the fifth master led the family to the old lady's West Garden for a "dinner" according to the custom.

As soon as the ceremony was over, the old lady found an excuse to send Shanniang and them all out, with a look of incomprehension that made the fifth master, and interrogated the fifth master again and again, until the fifth master was really impatient, and asked the old lady to say something straight, and the old lady asked the fifth master, "Did you fall in love with the Yuan family?" ”

The fifth master was taken aback, and then suddenly realized this family matter. He opened his mouth, tilted his head and thought about Yuan Changqing for a while, then thought about Shanniang for a while, and then imagined marrying his daughter...... Suddenly, the fifth master only felt that it was not a taste anywhere, so he frowned and replied to the old lady categorically: "Not worthy." ”

The old lady said: "Also, the child of the Yuan family looks steady, and the thirteenth child is too frizzy......"

The fifth master frowned, "It's that he is not worthy of my Shan'er!" ”

The old lady was stunned, and suddenly wondered, "Why can't you deserve it?" Didn't they all say that you admired him? ”

The fifth master opened his mouth. It's one thing to appreciate the younger generations, it's another thing to find a son-in-law for your daughter. He waved his hand irritably, "Two different things! He warned the old lady again, "Don't mess around with mandarin duck scores, I will never agree to this!" ”

The most ideal candidate in the old lady's mind was not Shanniang, so she smiled and said to the fifth master: "Look at what you said." Even if you look down on others, you have to look down on them to be thirteen. ”

Thinking that Yuan Changqing would actually look down on Shanniang, the fifth master suddenly felt that it was not a taste anywhere.

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Not to mention what the mother and son were talking about in the inner room, just Shanniang.

When she came out of the old lady's house, there was still some time before the family banquet began, Hou Rui and Hou Jue went out to play with those cousins, and the fifth wife was tripped up by the wives of the other rooms to talk, and Shanniang was left alone. She was thinking about going to the garden when she was suddenly pulled by Wufu's sleeve.

Following Wufu's eyes, Shanniang saw Shuangyuan.

Shuangyuan was the second-class maid here before she was sent by the old lady to be a first-class maid for Shanniang. But at this moment, she was listening to the errand under the porch with the third-class maids in the old lady's house, holding tea and waiting for phenology—that is to say, she moved back to the old lady, and finally failed to return to her original position.

Xu felt embarrassed to see Shanniang, and Shuangyuan kept his head down. When Wufu saw it, he couldn't help but want to step forward and tease her to say a few words. Shanniang didn't want to make it difficult for others, so she hurriedly grabbed Wufu, and shook her head at her, but when she didn't see Shuangyuan, she led Sanhe Wufu out of the old lady's yard.

When she left the courtyard gate, she had just turned a flower wall, and she heard a girl's laughter from a distance under the flower gallery. She closed her feet, but she was a step too late, so that the eleven mother who was facing her saw her.

"The thirteenth sister is here too." Eleven Niang got up and greeted her, as if she was afraid that she would escape, she hurriedly walked over, took her hand affectionately, and pulled her under the flower gallery, while comforting Shanniang with a concerned face: "Sister, don't be sad, they all say that people have missed hands and horses have stumbled, but they didn't do well in the exam once, and they will work hard next time." ”

On the side, Twelve suddenly laughed sullenly and said, "Yes, it's just that I didn't do well in the exam once." Besides, hasn't the fifth uncle often invited Cousin Yuan over recently? Cousin Yuan is the new leader in the academy, and he asked him to instruct his sister one or two, and his sister will definitely be able to get back to the first place in the next monthly exam. ”

Fourteen looked at Shanniang innocently and smiled: "Last time, I joked that I wanted to ask the thirteenth sister to compare with that Lin Ruzhi." I thought that the thirteenth sister was more powerful, after all, she had been the first for several years in a row, and I didn't expect to lose to Lin Ruzhi this time. ”

Looking at the sisters and sisters who were smiling strangely under the flower corridor, Shanniang couldn't help but sigh secretly. She had expected this to be the case. First, because she only got the second place in this month's monthly exam, she finally gave way to Xian, who had been the top female student for several years; The second is the troublesome Yuan Changqing.

When the fifth master frequently took Yuan Changqing home, Shanniang had already expected what kind of trouble this matter would bring her, but she didn't have a legitimate reason to not allow him to come. Moreover, Yuan Changqing had already expressed his attitude on this matter, he could come to the door without taking those gossips seriously, if she didn't allow it, it would seem that she was a little family.

There were thorns in the twelfth and fourteenth words, but Shanniang didn't fight back as if she hadn't heard it, and only replied with a smile: "Thank you, sister, I'm not sad." He said to Fourteen again: "Yes, I didn't lose unjustly at all, or Aru is better than me." ”

In fact, whether it is before or after rebirth, Shanniang has always been quite competitive. In the past, when she encountered such words with thorns, she would always choose to fight back without hesitation, but now she feels more and more that there is no need for that. The ridicule of those people is nothing more than trying to make her angry, if she is really angry and fights back, whether she wins or loses, in fact, she has already lost. And her counterattack will lead to a new round of their attacks, and then she will counterattack, and they will attack again...... The cycle goes on and on...... Shanniang feels troublesome when she thinks about it!

She smiled and entertained Eleventh Niang and Fourteenth Niang, and said hello to Qi Niang and other girls who were silently watching her jokes, so she asked Sanhe to go and get fish food, and leaned on the beauty to feed the fish.

And, as Shanniang expected, everyone knew her temperament, and they were secretly waiting to see how she was going to fight back, but she actually chose to hang up the free battle card. This not only made the hitters on the field at a loss, but also the onlookers were surprised.

After a moment of coldness, Qi Niang glanced at Shan Niang with a smile, turned her head and asked Shi Niang, "Is your hairpin new?" I don't think I've seen you wear it before. ”

So, all the girls who were startled by this accident came to their senses and began to talk about clothes and jewelry.

Shanniang, who was feeding the fish on the railing, never thought that she relaxed her mentality here and did not go to the battle, and unexpectedly played the effect of "surrendering the army without a fight". She shook her head and pursed her lips with a smile.

Now she finally understands why Yuan Changqing doesn't like to talk in front of people. A lot of times, there's really no need to talk so much nonsense with people who don't matter, as long as she knows who she is, what she's thinking, and what she's doing.

Shan Niang crouched on the railing, and if there was anyone willing to come and talk to her, she would entertain her, and when no one was around, she would watch the fish competing for food for fun. While enjoying herself, Eleven Niang suddenly walked over, stroked her shoulder and said, "Don't always sit alone sullenly, when you are in a bad mood, it is good to joke with your sisters and sisters." ”

Her sudden friendliness made Shanniang puzzled for a while, turned her head to look, and sure enough, she saw the old lady of the Yuan family leading the two Yuan sons over. So she looked at Eleven again.

Eleven Niang pretended that she was following Shanniang's eyes to find out about the Yuan family, and hurriedly pulled Shanniang to stand up and salute Mrs. Yuan. The other girls also stood up to salute.

Obviously, among the girls of the Hou family, Mrs. Yuan loves Eleven Niang more. After smiling and responding to the courtesies of the girls, she beckoned to call Eleven Niang directly, patted her hand and said: "You are really a good and filial child, thanks to the loquat dew you gave me before, my throat is finally not itchy." ”

Eleven Niang lowered her head and smiled: "My aunt and grandmother have praised it falsely, and it is supposed to be filial to the elders." ”

Old Mrs. Yuan grabbed Eleven Niang's hand, and while talking to her, she pulled her to the old lady together.

Looking at Shi Niang's back, Shan Niang couldn't help but jump her eyebrows - I didn't expect that in another life, even if she didn't send Loquat Lu to shoot Mrs. Yuan's ass, there would be an Eleven Niang who took her job.

When I didn't see Eleven Niang among those who chased Yuan Changqing to the lecture hall, Shanniang almost guessed that Eleven Niang might have been the same as her previous life, and she cleverly chose to take the upper route - the so-called parents' orders matchmaker said, that is, Yuan Changqing has no ideas, and the old ladies have no ideas, in fact, everything is in vain. So in the last life, she understood this very early, so she didn't chase Yuan Changqing openly like the other sisters, but focused on the two old ladies.

It's just that I didn't expect that there was no one for her in this life, but there was still an eleven mother after all, and I also thought of this method.

Comparing the past life and this life, Shanniang couldn't help but feel that this world was really wonderful.

She was smiling to herself, when she suddenly felt as if someone was watching her. She turned her head to look over, and saw Yuan Changqing looking at her silently.

Yuan Changqing's eyes were deeper than ordinary people. When the dark eyes stared straight at the person, the effect was quite terrifying, as if he couldn't see anything else in his eyes, and was only staring at a person with all his attention......

Shan Niang shuddered, pretending that she was blinking and looking away, and threw a pair of white eyes at him.

When she couldn't help but glance at him from the end of her eyes again, she suddenly found that the corners of Yuan Changqing's thin lips had risen slightly from before.

She raised her eyes, and the two of them separated at lightning as soon as they first met.

The two people who had already looked away didn't notice it, and Yuan Changxing, who was walking in front, turned around at this time, and happened to see their extremely short gaze. Yuan Changxing stopped, first looked at Yuan Changqing suspiciously, and then looked Shanniang, who had obviously not yet grown, up and down for a while, and then tilted her head in confusion, and then glanced at Yuan Changqing again, and then turned around and followed Old Madam Yuan into the old lady's courtyard.

Xu was from Mrs. Yuan's intimacy with Eleven, and Fourteen finally understood her mistake, she suddenly stood up and said, "Aunt and grandmother are here, we don't say to accompany us, but only care about playing by ourselves, which is too rude." So saying, she also chased the old lady's yard.

When the other sisters and sisters saw it, they also chased after them for one reason or another.

The seventh girl stood up with the girls, and turned her head to see that Shanniang was still sitting there feeding the fish, so she asked her, "You are not coming?" ”

Shanniang shook her head and said, "There are so many people, the old lady shouldn't be able to stuff it." I'm not going to join in the fun. He looked at Qi Niang again and said, "I thought you wouldn't join in the fun." ”

"Why not?" Qi Niang smiled, "I haven't made up my mind yet." Besides, look at the excitement, don't you think this scene is interesting? With that, Chong Shanniang shook her handkerchief and turned to leave.

Looking at Qi Niang's back, Shan Niang shook her head and smiled, and continued to feed her fish.

It was almost dusk, and the western sky seemed to be on fire as if it were on fire from the flower wall. A few clouds floated by, and the edge was dyed with a gold edge by the setting sun, which looked extremely beautiful.

Shanniang was looking up at those clouds, and suddenly she heard Yuan Changqing ask behind her, "What are you looking at?" So attentive. ”

Shanniang was startled, and when she looked back, she saw Yuan Changqing standing under the flower corridor with her back hand, looking at her with a smile in her eyes. The dark eyes once again gave her the illusion of being stared at by an eagle......

"Can you not look at me like that?" She blurted out.

"What?" Yuan Changqing didn't hear clearly.

Shanniang blinked, waved her hand, and looked around again. At this moment, there was no one else around except for some maids. Shanniang was surprised for a while, "Why are you the only one?" ”

"Isn't there still you?" Yuan Changqing smiled, lifted the hem of her clothes, and sat down on the beauty opposite her.

Is this person really only talking to people he knows?! - Yuan Changqing, who has become a little talkative, is a little uncomfortable with Shanniang.

She turned her head to look at the maids who were standing a little farther away, and suddenly asked Yuan Changqing: "Does your old lady take a fancy to my eleventh sister?" ”

Yuan Changqing raised his eyebrows and glanced at her, paused, and then replied with a kind of nonchalant concern: "But your old lady seems to have picked the fourteenth girl." ”

"What about you? Which one do you choose? As soon as the words came out, Shanniang felt that she was presumptuous, so she tilted her head mischievously, and teased with three points: "Please choose one quickly, if it goes on like this, I will have to be annoyed to death." ”

Yuan Changqing raised the corners of his lips, looked at her and said, "I thought you were the kind of person who was not afraid of gossip." ”

"I'm not afraid, but it's annoying! Like flies. Shanniang said, "You should also find it quite annoying, right?" I see you pick one quickly, anyway......" She snapped her mouth shut.

"Anyway, it seems to me that they're all the same." Yuan Changqing took her words, and looked straight at her with a pair of dark eyes, making Shanniang uncomfortable for a while. Then he sighed and said, "You're right, they all seem the same to me. Unfortunately, even if this is the case, it is not up to me to decide. ”

Shanniang was silent, and sighed sympathetically.

The two sat silently for a while, and Yuan Changqing changed the topic and asked, "Ming'er, are you going to the orphanage and the poor?" ”

Shanniang nodded, and was just about to answer, when she suddenly saw Yuan Changqing turn around and stand up, turn around and shout at the banana tree under the corridor: "Who is there?!" ”

As he asked, after a pause of about two breaths, Yuan Changxing's fat face full of pimples came out from behind the banana tree, looked at him and smiled: "I don't know that the eldest brother and the thirteenth sister are chatting here, I didn't bother you, right?" ”

Yuan Changxing's smile was a little obvious timidity and flattery, but when his eyes fell on Shanniang, Shanniang inexplicably felt a chill on the back of her neck.