February 30 in the summer calendar.

The day before the Pilas.

Hugh.

The newborn sunrise was covered by dark clouds, the sky was overcast, and the air was filled with the smell of moisture......

Three carriages drove out of Xie Mansion one after another.

In the carriage, Xie Ziyuan sat up straight nervously, his hands unconsciously grabbed the hem of his shirt, his brain was blank, and his breathing was slightly short.

Xie Zhengqing sat opposite, squinting his eyes and closing his eyes to recuperate, occasionally stretching his eyelids open a slit, and frowning silently when he saw his son so nervous.

The carriage shuttled in the Taiping Fang for a while, and stopped in front of the gate of the Shanfu, and the driver just reported the name of the great Sitian Xie Zhengqing to the generals outside the gate, and immediately opened the middle door, allowing the carriage of the Xie Mansion to drive straight in.

The morning breeze blew the curtains, Xie Ziyuan looked at the flowers and trees in the Shanfu outside the car window, the familiar scene, but his mood became more and more nervous.

The relationship between the Xie family and the good family has always been very good, Xie Ziyuan used to often come to the good house to play, but now such a happy and apprehensive state of mind is the first time!

The carriage soon stopped in front of the steps of the main building in the courtyard, and the housekeeper Shanbo hurriedly greeted him with his servants with a little surprise, and said respectfully outside the carriage: "The old slave has missed the distance, please get off the car with Lord Xie and Gongzi Xie!" ”

Xie Ziyuan heard Shanbo's familiar voice, and suddenly he was excited, took a deep breath, and for a while, he didn't dare to step out of the car.

Xie Zhengqing glanced at his son, lifted the curtain of the car door for a long time, got out of the carriage, and didn't say a word about Xie Ziyuan.

After Xie Zhengqing got out of the car, he said to Shanbo with a smile: "I take the liberty to visit, please forgive me, the good brother can be in the house?" ”

Hearing that his father had gotten out of the car and talked to Shanbo, Xie Ziyuan took a deep breath suddenly, blushed, clenched his fists, as if preparing to go to the battlefield, jumped out of the carriage with his head covered, and stood in the middle of the courtyard against the wind in the dark sky, staring at the plaque above the gate of the main building, panting heavily, his eyes seemed to pass through the courtyard, and he saw the shadowy and charming figure in the boudoir embroidery building of the back house.

Xie Ziyuan let out a long breath, and his gaze became firm.

Shanbo said: "The old man has been in the study since he got up this morning, and the old slave has already sent someone to invite him, so Master Xie and Gongzi Xie will go in with the old slave first!" ”

Saying that, Uncle Shanbo glanced at the two carriages that followed behind him with some words, and thought to himself that it was really a coincidence this morning, and after a while, the father and son of Qifu were going to come to propose marriage, and the two groups of guests collided together, how could this be good!

But the Xie family and the good family have always had a close relationship, there are very few guests in the good house on weekdays, the two families have frequent contacts in the past, and they don't care about too much red tape, the Xie family has always been a direct visit, and now the guests have come to the door, it is impossible to turn them away!

At this time, the two carriages behind also stopped in the courtyard, and with an overwhelming "squeak" sound from the beams of the carriages, a fat woman about thirty years old jumped neatly from one of the carriages, this fat woman was very tall and majestic, taller than most men, wearing a bright red satin skirt, wearing a red satin gown, her cheeks were smeared with bright red rouge, and her eyes were squeezed by fat until only a slit remained.

The fat woman was carrying a big red package in her hand, and in the gap of the package, the head of a bar-headed goose poked out, and it was shrinking its neck listlessly, and it was "quacking" without a ride.

As the fat woman got out of the car, four servants of the Xie Mansion jumped down from the carriage, and these four domestic servants, under the command of the fat woman, got into the carriage behind them and took out boxes of gift boxes from it.

As soon as Shanbo saw the fat woman and the bar-headed goose in the fat woman's hand, he was slightly stunned. It can't really be such a coincidence, right?

But at this time, Shanbo didn't have time to think about it, so he had to quickly command his subordinates to come forward to help, four servants of the Jiefu, plus seven or eight servants of the Shanfu, each holding a gift box, and then the things in the carriage were moved.

"Lord Xie, these are ......" Uncle Shan was about to ask, when he saw the fat woman walking over with a wild goose twisting the bucket waist, and said with a rough voice: "Congratulations to Master Xie, congratulations to Master Xie, I have already counted the gifts of Nacai, all of them are routine, just wait for Lord Shan to come and see, today I can speak for Gongzi Xie and Miss Shan, this is really my honor to be the first matchmaker in Linzi, Pang Youniang!" ”

Xie Ziyuan's face flashed with excitement, and he hurriedly said to the matchmaker Pang Youniang: "Sister Lao Pang has bothered a lot today!" ”

Xie Zhengqing glanced at his son and coughed lightly.

Pang Youniang trembled with joy, and said with a rough smile: "Ouch, Mr. Xie's mouth is really sweet, if this good lady enters the door in the future, it will be really a blessing!" ”

Seeing this, Shanbo couldn't see that the father and son of the Xie family were also here to propose marriage today, and his heart suddenly panicked, and hurriedly beckoned a little guy, and whispered an order, asking him to run quickly to tell Shanqin, and then sent the clever little guy to wait outside the gate, just waiting to see the Qi family coming and coming back immediately to report.

As soon as Xie Ziyuan's feet stepped under the eaves, a light rain began to fall in the sky, and Pang Youniang behind him hurriedly urged the servants who were holding the gift box to enter quickly, so as not to let the gift box get wet.

The back house of the good house.

Outside Shanrou's boudoir, the two girls covered their mouths, grinned at the door, and looked into the depths of the boudoir.

These two girls, one looked only twelve or thirteen years old, and the other was about fourteen or fifteen years old, both of them had picturesque eyebrows and eyes, beautiful appearances, kind and gentle facial features, a sweet smile, a soft and lovely temperament, and the younger one had smart eyes and looked quite clever.

It is Seonrou's two younger sisters, Seon-lan and Seon-chee.

Shanzhi glanced at it with a smile, put her mouth to Shanlan's ear, and whispered: "Second sister, why is the eldest sister so strange today?" ”

Shanlan covered her mouth and chuckled, and whispered: "I heard Uncle Shanbo say that someone will come to the door today to propose marriage, and the eldest sister will get married soon!" ”

Shanzhi suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "Could it be that Brother Ziyuan's coward, this time he finally mustered up the courage?" Second sister, let's go and see the excitement in a while! ”

Shanlan's eyes were quite moved, and she said with some hesitation: "It's not good if my father finds out!" ”

Shanzhi's eyes rolled slightly, and he snickered: "Second sister, don't worry, we will hide behind the screen later, and my father is busy entertaining guests, so he won't find us!" ”