Chapter 91

Because it was Shanniang's birthday, and the people invited were all her boudoir friends, the wife was kind enough to order someone to open a single table in the back garden, and asked Shanniang to entertain Lin Ruzhi and others there, while the wife and the old man took the Hou Rui brothers and the prospective aunt Yuan Changqing to entertain Mr. and Mrs. Lin Er in the flower hall in front.

The world thinks that serious girls should not drink, so several girls are usually controlled by the family, and now it is rare to meet no elders watching, how can they not be hungry for alcohol? Even Shanniang, who boasted that she was already a second-time person, couldn't hold back, and followed the greed for several glasses of honey wine.

Although Shanniang and Lin Ruzhi are both standard southern girls, Lin Ruzhi grew up in the north and learned from the northern girls. Zhao Xianger is just the opposite of her, she was originally a northern girl who followed her father in the south since she was a child. Even You Hui is a good drinker, so several people found a reason to pour wine into each other.

Usually the wives are not there, and there are always housekeepers and mothers who stand up to persuade them, but at this time, the only mother Li who can suppress Shanniang has lost her trace, and the other girls happen to only bring the maids over, and there is no one with the older housekeeper mothers, plus a few girls are rushed by the wine, where are those maids and mothers can be persuaded to stop, and for a while they are messing around with their temperament.

It wasn't until Sanhe ordered someone to send a sobering soup and persuaded Shanniang again, that Shanniang, who was already slightly drunk, remembered the identity of her master, and smiled according to the wine jug: "That's it, if you drink it again, you will be drunk." He pointed to Zhao Xiang'er, who was already drunk, and said, "Look, she is already like this." ”

Lin Ruzhi said with scattered eyes: "What are you afraid of when you are drunk, it's a big deal that we won't go back tonight." ”

"That's it," Zhao Xiang'er, who couldn't find the north, shouted: "It's a big deal, let's learn Taoyuan's three righteousness, and sleep on our feet!" ”

"What a deal!" You Hui staggered and raised a wine glass and shouted: "Let's learn from the ancients and talk at night!" ”

"This is good! Candle Night Talk! ”

Lin Ruzhi and Zhao Xiang'er hurriedly patted the table in agreement, while Shanniang held her forehead, as if looking at a group of children, watching them smile tolerantly.

When Zhou Chong was clamoring to come to toast the "birthday boy", and dragged Yuan Changqing and Hou Rui and Hou Jue to the garden together, they saw that Shanniang and the others were all hot and half-drunk. And a few people are hugging each other and not letting go, not to say that they don't go home at night, they want to talk about candles and nights......

If it were someone else's house, the parents would definitely not let these drunks mess around, and it was the fifth master who was in charge of the family. The fifth master was a person who did not play cards according to the rules, and he only laughed when he heard it, and he really sent people to each house to deliver letters, and left all the girls in Chunshen Garden.

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In the evening, in the living room on the west side of the second floor of Chunshen Garden, Shan Niang was lying on the chaise longue under the north window, and when she looked up with her drowsy head, she saw Lin Ruzhi sitting next to her, holding a wet cloth and covering her face. Zhao Xiang'er sat cross-legged on the low table on the Luohan bed, drinking sobering soup. On the other side of the short table, You Hui sat on the edge of the Luohan bed with her legs down, looking stunned.

It wasn't until the maid cleaned her hands and face with a towel that You Hui eased up a little, looked up at Shanniang and said, "Are we really going to spend the night at your house?" ”

Before Shanniang could answer, Zhao Xiang'er twisted You Hui's cheek through the short and smiled, "Does it hurt?" ”

You Hui nodded honestly.

"That's right." Zhao Xiang'er smiled and stuffed the empty bowl in her hand to Lu'an, who was waiting on the side, and smiled at Youhui: "You are already sitting on this bed, what are you asking?" Besides, you said you were going to talk at night. ”

It was only then that Lin Ruzhi put down the handkerchief that had been put on his face, sighed and said, "I really drank too much, Ming'er should listen to my mother and my grandmother nagging me." ”

Zhao Xiang'er rested her elbows on the low table, supported her chin and squinted at Lin Ruzhi and said, "What are you shouting about drinking too much at this time!" Why did you almost fight her when Thirteen stopped you before? ”

"You're still laughing at me!" Lin Ruzhi took a wet handkerchief to throw Zhao Xiang'er, but threw it on the ground. "I don't know who snatched the flask from someone, and almost drenched myself!"

You Hui dismantled the platform of these two people, turned around and smiled: "You two are the eldest and the second, half a catty to eight taels!" "I think tomorrow none of us will be able to get rid of a reprimand......" She raised her hand to Shanniang and said enviously, "Probably only her." Then he asked Shanniang, "Your father shouldn't be able to discipline you, right?" ”

"Probably not, my wife, maybe I'll say a few words." Shanniang rubbed her forehead and said. After the other three washed their faces and drank a bowl of sobering soup, the drunkenness had already receded halfway, and only Shanniang had a headache.

"By the way," Lin Ruzhi asked curiously, "I've always wanted to ask you, why do you call your uncle and aunt 'master' and 'wife'?" What's the point of that? ”

Shanniang was stunned for a moment, thought for a long time, and said with a smile: "I really haven't thought about this question if you don't ask." It seems that this is what it has been called since childhood......" she thought for a moment, and then said, "not only our family, but also my uncle and uncle's family......" As she spoke, she covered her eyes and fell on the couch, groaning, "Don't ask me why, I don't know." And he said, "I have a headache." Aren't you all in pain? ”

Originally, Zhao Xiang'er, who looked the most drunk, was already like a nobody, holding her chin and laughing: "You have drunk too little, and it won't be like this if you drink a few more times." ”

Shanniang, who was relieved of her tongue by the wine, almost said to Zhao Xiang'er: "I must have drunk more wine in my two lives than in your life...... but she was not drunk and confused, so she stopped her mouth in time.

Lin Ruzhi got off the chaise longue, and while looking down for something on the ground, she muttered: "I really envy the good fortune of the thirteenth sister, your old lady doesn't care about you, your brother and brother also listen to you, which is like me, I am the youngest in the family, and anyone above can control me." ”

Seeing her spinning vigorously, Zhao Xiang'er asked curiously, "What are you looking for?" ”

"Shall I throw your veil away?" Lin Ruzhi still lowered his head and looked for it on the ground.

You Hui couldn't help but laugh when she saw it, pointed at her and said, "This person is really drunk!" I've seen it all, the handkerchief was just dropped on the ground and was cleaned up by the maid, and I'm still waiting for you to find it! ”

Lin Ruzhi really still had the urge to drink, staggered to the Luohan bed, pushed the low table in the middle, turned back to Sanhe Wufu and said, "Take this thing away, a few of us will sleep on this Luohan bed today." ”

Sanhe Wufu had no choice but to command his mother-in-law to move the dwarf away.

Lin Ruzhi took off his shoes, climbed onto the Luohan bed, turned back and beckoned to Shanniang, "You are here too." ”

Shan Niang still covered her eyes with her hands and muttered, "I have a headache, let me lie here." ”

While the two were talking, You Hui was lying next to Zhao Xiang'er, and the two muttered for a while, Lin Ruzhi saw it, so he turned around and pushed the two of them: "What are you whispering?" ”

You Hui smiled: "Say Shanniang." I didn't expect that she would be engaged to Senior Brother Yuan. Xiang'er used to say that he was good-looking, but I thought he was too cold, but now I see him smiling like that...... Ah, half of Xiang'er's soul was blown away by his laughter......"

Before she finished speaking, she asked Zhao Xiang'er to press under her for a while, and said with a smile: "Tell you to talk nonsense!" Whose soul is half gone?! Thirteen is still there, let her hear, really what do I have for Senior Brother Yuan! ”

On the side, Lin Ruzhi also coaxed: "It's a shame that last time you said that the thirteenth sister was cow dung, it turns out that you also want to be cow dung!" ”

You Hui immediately smiled softly.

Zhao Xiang'er was tall, and when she pounced, she had to screw Lin Ruzhi again. The three of them rolled into a pile, and Shanniang closed her eyes and smiled: "Sisters are like siblings, and husbands are like clothes." You've got your eye on it, so you are. ”

The three of them looked at each other and laughed even more. Lin Ruzhi said: "It's a pity that your arms are not long enough to fit Liu Xuande!" ”

Zhao Xiang'er also smiled: "I don't dare to ask for ......"

"Hey, why don't you dare to ask for it?" You Hui suddenly hugged her neck, "Who was it just now, who almost lost his soul when he saw Senior Brother Yuan laughing?" He turned back to Shanniang and Lin Ruzhi and said, "I can't imagine that Senior Brother Yuan laughed like this, it looks like a ...... By the way, didn't he have a nickname, called 'Kaolin Flower'? - It looks like a flower is blooming! ”

"Yes, yes!" Zhao Xiang'er suddenly sat up excitedly and said with a smile: "Tang poetry has clouds: look back and smile at Bai Meisheng." I couldn't imagine it before, but now I finally see it......"

"Poof," Shan Niang couldn't help but open one eye, looked at her and smiled, "You actually compare a big man like him to Yang Guifei?" ”

"Eh, that's what it means, you just understand." Zhao Xiang'er said with a smile.

You Hui teased Zhao Xiang'er and said, "It's a shame that Senior Brother Yuan doesn't usually like to laugh, otherwise I'm afraid you will have to become the second Senior Liu." Although Lin Ruting is now engaged, it seems that Senior Liu Mei and Liu still have no heart for him, and they still often circle around Lin Ruting.

Zhao Xiang'er waved her hand solemnly and said, "What I said is true, I really don't dare to ask for it!" Who said that if you like a painting, you don't necessarily have to take it home......"

Shanniang, who was still with her eyes closed, suddenly raised her hand, "I said it." ”

"Don't interrupt!" Zhao Xiang'er waved her hand, poked her head out and said, "Let's be honest with you, in fact, I just love to see Senior Brother Yuan's face, if you really want me to marry him, I won't do it." With such a Yan sù face, it feels like facing Lin Zhangyuan all day long, do I want to live in the future?! ”

"Well, you dare to choreograph my grandmother!" Lin Ruzhi pounced on Zhao Xiang'er's body, twisted her cheek and smiled, "I'll sue Ming'er!" ”

Only then did Zhao Xiang'er react, and she was busy begging for mercy.

It can be seen that this wine is really a good thing to relax, at this time, not only Shanniang feels as if she is driving a cloud, but Lin Ruzhi and the other three are actually relaxed by the wine. Therefore, Lin Ruzhi turned back to Shanniang and said, "Actually, I have always wanted you to be my sister-in-law, but it is cheaper than Senior Brother Yuan." ”

Shanniang wanted to say, "Do you know that your third brother is bent on marrying you to Yuan Changqing?" But before she could speak, You Hui, who also made alcohol loosen her tongue, rushed there and said:

"Yes, yes! I also think they are more compatible, more compatible than Senior Chen and Senior Lin! Speaking of which, when I first heard that Senior Lin and Senior Chen were engaged, I was unconvinced for a while. But then I thought about it, Senior Chen is Senior Chen, it's better than picking Senior Liu......"

Shanniang opened one eye and mocked her: "Senior Lin's engagement, he thinks it's good, what do you want to do?" It's really salty and don't worry about eating radishes. ”

"It turns out that you just want to marry Senior Lin!" Zhao Xiang'er retaliated against her.

You Hui suddenly sighed and said, "Even if I want to marry, I can't get married!" Besides, I didn't want to get married. I know very well in my heart that Senior Lin is the moon in the sky, I just look at it, and I don't want to. Marriage is a good family, and if I marry into their family," she pointed at Lin Ruzhi with her hand, "Others will definitely say that a quail has mixed into the flock of cranes......"

Shanniang and the others immediately laughed again.

"Oh, don't laugh!" You Hui waved her hand solemnly and said: "My mother is right, if you marry someone, you have to marry someone who is quite a door, that is, if you suffer any grievances in the future, at least my father and mother still have the courage to come to the door to support me, but if you marry a wealthy family, I am afraid it will not be necessarily." Anyway, I had already planned to find a merchant with the same conditions as my family in the future, I don't dislike him, and he doesn't dislike me. ”

"Don't be upset when I say that," Zhao Xiang'er suddenly patted Lin Ruzhi's shoulder, "I think your brother, like Senior Brother Yuan, can only watch from afar, and can't marry......"

"Why?" Lin Ruzhi said.

"That's it!" You Hui also said: "If you don't care about your background, just in terms of character and temperament, Senior Lin is the most deserving of marriage!" ”

"It's because of that temperament that I can't get married!" Zhao Xiang'er pursed her lips, "Do you know, why is Senior Lin already engaged, so Senior Liu is still circling around him like a fly?" In the final analysis, isn't it because he looks like a humble gentleman to everyone and never says a cruel word to people? In Senior Liu's opinion, that is, his ambiguous attitude made her feel that she still had a chance. And if the same thing falls on Senior Brother Yuan, I'm sure that as long as Senior Brother Yuan sweeps over with a cold eye, no matter how much other people have thoughts, they won't be able to think more. Therefore, in fact, Senior Lin, like Senior Brother Yuan, can't get married. Marrying Senior Brother Yuan, I am afraid that I will freeze to death; If I marry Senior Lin, I'm not afraid of freezing to death, but I'm afraid that I will be vinegared to death! ”

"Poof!" Shanniang suddenly laughed again.

You Hui glanced at Shanniang, pushed Zhao Xiang'er and said, "Senior Brother Yuan, how can it be so bad!" ”

Shanniang heard that she was afraid that she would be too careful, so she smiled and said, "That person is really that bad." When you don't want to give people a good face, no one wants to see him have a good face. ”

"At least from this point of view," Zhao Xiang'er said with a smile, "Senior Brother Yuan is more worry-free than Senior Lin." ”

Lin Ruzhi protested: "My eldest brother is not what you say!" You don't know, my eldest brother also has a headache! That Senior Liu surrounded my eldest brother all day long, but she didn't say anything clearly, calling my eldest brother just wanted to find out with her, and there was no way to open that mouth! In case Senior Liu beats her up and says that my brother is tarnishing her reputation, what should my brother do?! ”

Shanniang couldn't help but think in her heart, it sounded good, it was Lin Ruting who was kind-hearted and unwilling to hurt others; If you don't hear it well, I'm afraid that you will say that he is too good-looking, which is burdened by face. Zhao Xiang'er was right, at least Yuan Changqing wouldn't bring her such trouble......

"Anyway!" Zhao Xiang'er suddenly patted the edge of the bed, "The person I want to marry in the future can neither be as cold and indifferent as Senior Brother Yuan, nor as gentle and affectionate as Senior Lin." ”

"Oh, you're asking so much!" You Hui interrupted her, "Or, Ming'er, I will accompany you to Meishan Temple to worship the ant Buddha, and ask the Buddha to pinch such a clay figure for you?" Zhao Xiang'er pounced on her and twisted it again.

After a while, several people lay down again. Zhao Xiang'er pushed Lin Ruzhi back and said, "What about you?" We've all said it, but you didn't say it, what do you want to find in the future? ”

"It must be a talented man with outstanding literary talents!" You Hui said.

Lin Ruzhi said blindfolded: "Wencai is secondary, the key is that he has to be responsible, willing to be motivated, and know how to care about people......"

Shanniang suddenly lowered her arm and looked at Lin Ruzhi. By this time, her head was almost painless.

Lin Ruzhi was blinked by her, then turned his head sideways to avoid her eyes, and buried his face in the crook of his arm.

So Shanniang knew that there was something wrong with this little girl.

On the side, You Hui, who was holding his cheeks, suddenly said: "No matter what kind of marriage you marry in the future, I hope he will only have me in his eyes." ”

Zhao Xiang'er suddenly pursed her lips and sneered: "You dream!" How can there be only one woman in the eyes of a man? The world is so big, there are so many women outside, let him guard you alone, he is willing, and those wild women outside are unwilling! ”

Zhao Xianger's father is a county magistrate, the official is not big, the official authority is not small, it is said that the aunt in the family has been ranked fifth, so Zhao Xianger, who has seen more of her mother's sad appearance since she was a child, is somewhat cynical.

Lin Ruzhi grew up in another family, and said: "I can't say that, my father is only my mother, and my grandfather is only my grandmother." Besides, if you don't accept concubines, it's useless to blame those women outside, in the final analysis, it depends on whether the man can keep himself. ”

"I agree!" Shanniang closed her eyes and raised her hand, "Flies don't hold seamless eggs, and they are better than sending an army to watch." ”

Zhao Xiang'er pounded on the edge of the bed and said, "Anyway, if I die, I won't call my future husband a concubine!" He wanted to take a small amount, so he stepped on my corpse. ”

"Look at what you said," Lin Ruzhi pushed her, "Why are you looking for death and life like this?" Can't get over and leave is. ”

"How can it be so easy," You Hui sighed, "If the husband's family doesn't agree, even if you want to reconcile, you can't do it." ”

Zhao Xiang'er said angrily: "Then I will hang myself in his ancestral hall with a rope!" ”

"Is it necessary to make such a decision?" Shanniang turned over, put one arm on the side of her head, leaned on the chaise longue, looked at Zhao Xiang'er on the Luohan bed and said with a smile, "I have always disapproved of people seeking death. Seeking death is just proving to the world that you have no way out. And even if you die, and you don't take it to heart, you still won't take your death to heart. The people who will feel bad for you are the ones who really care about you. Your death is called a family and a hate, how stupid it is. ”

"So what do you say?" Xiang'er was deflated. After a pause, he looked at Shanniang and said, "Then, if Senior Brother Yuan wants to take a concubine, what will you do?" ”

"Me?" Shanniang couldn't help but glance at Lu'an, who was squatting in the corner of the wall boiling tea.

Yuan Changqing always said, "If you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens", although he promised her that when the situation was okay, she could withdraw at any time. Can...... What if?

What if she can't stop the wheel of fate, and finally has to marry him again?!

…… Suddenly, Shanniang kind of understood why God told her to be reborn. The significance of Xu Chongsheng is not how she reflects on herself, but what she should do to avoid the tragedy of her previous life if she falls into the same situation again...... This is God's true mercy.

"Well, I," Shanniang put her fingers on her forehead, looked at the three people on the Luohan bed and smiled, "Do what you have to do." If you can get away with it, if you really can't do it, it's a big deal that he will live with him, I will live with mine, I will not dominate him, but I will not let him dominate me. ”

- A man is just a man, not the whole of her life. is forced to marry again, at least she has learned how to live for herself.