Guan Wen paused for a long time before he said: "You also know that when we were poor, we were favored by Xue Ye. It is his intention to propose marriage, and because of this affection, it seems a little impersonal for us to refuse. I don't really attach much importance to the age of Qingyan and Youyo you said, on the contrary, I think that when men are older, they can love their wives more, not only as wives, but also as sisters. What I'm worried about is just that the Xue family will repay the favor, and if you are wronged in the future, we can't be tough when we speak. ”

Li Xin sighed lightly, but remembered what Xue Qian said to her today.

She was very conflicted, and her thinking was so chaotic that she couldn't figure out a clue. How should the Xue family deal with the matter of proposing?

"That'······ You also firmly disagree? Li Xin asked Guan Wendao tentatively.

Guan Wen hugged her, his eyebrows raised slightly: "I won't agree for the time being." ”

"Why?" Li Xin asked: "Is that possible in the future?" ”

Guan Wen was silent before he said: "If the Xue family comes to propose marriage, we will quickly agree, but it seems that we are clinging to them." The Xue family has deep roots and big leaves, and the background is not simple, but Xue Ye has been in Huixian County for a few years but has not shown his face at all, and I always feel at ease. Fortunately, Qingyan's kid we also know that it's a good ...... Let's take a look. ”

Guan Wen patted Li Xin's shoulder and said, "You have been busy with too many things recently, I see that you have lost a lot of weight, and the troubles are put aside first, and the most important thing at the moment is your body." Guan Wen touched Li Xin's belly with his hand: "Is the child still well-behaved?" ”

Li Xin smiled, and his eyebrows softened: "He has always been very well-behaved." ”

Guan Wen helped Li Xin close to the bed, squatted down to rub her legs, and said, "I've been too busy recently, and I haven't asked about your body." Got some puffy legs? Feeling uncomfortable? ”

There were a lot of intimate small actions between husband and wife before Guan Wen made a career, and during the days when Guan Wen ran at both ends in the village in the town, the relationship between the two was getting warmer and better, but when they arrived in the town, because of Guan Wen's busy relationship, the time belonging to the two of them was less. In the past, it was common for Li Xin to wash Guan Wen's feet, and Guan Wen rubbed Li Xin's shoulders, but when there were people waiting around the town, this kind of intimate action disappeared.

Li Xin looked at the man squatting in front of him softly, but he could only see the top of his hair, and the majestic male voice came into his ears: "Do you feel more comfortable?" ”

Li Xin answered softly, Guan Wen sat up, and said with a smile: "Let Qingya and Guozi help you knead more in the future, and I will also help you knead when I have time." It's not too early, so let's go to bed first. ”

As he spoke, he held Li Xin's shoulders and waist and let her lie down, while Guan Wen went to blow out the candles and pull the curtain before falling asleep.

After a while, the man who hugged her let out an even snoring sound.

Guan Wen fell asleep with a pillow.

His hand was on Li Xin's chest, both of them were lying on their sides, Li Xin had his back to him, and he couldn't see his sleeping face now, but listening to this familiar snoring, she only felt a peace in her heart, which inexplicably smoothed the ripples in her heart caused by today's straightforward conversation with Xue Qian.

Accompanying him is always this man who values love and righteousness and is responsible.

Li Xin reached out to cover Guan Wen's hand, and looked at the darkness with his eyes slightly open.

She was thinking about how to reject the Xue family's proposal.

Xue Qian asked her to think about it again, and she had already thought it clearly. Xue Qian asked her whether she minded the difference in age between Qingyan and Youyou, or the kind of relationship they had in the past, and laid out the true face of the matter in front of her.

She couldn't deny that it was a top priority for her.

When you don't get married to Qin Jin, they can you take your Yangguan Road, and I will cross my single-plank bridge. But if she is married, daily contacts are essential, and she will inevitably respond in her heart.

Guan Wen's slight snoring was still ringing in her ears, and Li Xin gently closed her eyes and unconsciously scratched Guan Wen's palm.

Before she knew it, she was asleep too.

Things always have to be faced, two days later, Xue Qingyan came to the door again, this time he gave a big gift, as if he was visiting.

Guan Wen was not there, and Guan Quan handed over the business matters of the fruit forest, and the people rode to the lotus village, and they had to rest at home for the night and come back tomorrow.

Xue Qingyan's face was slightly red, and he respectfully saluted Li Xin, still calling her Aunt Guan.

Knowing that Xue Qingyan was coming, Li Xin let people hug her, and at this time she also sat upright, looked at Xue Qingyan with a smile, and exchanged a few innocuous words with him.

Xue Qingyan came to persuade Li Xin or something, Li Xin didn't mention this stubble, and he was not impatient, so he slowly changed the topic after chatting for a while, and said, "Aunt Guan, why didn't you see Sister Youyou?" ”

Li Xin took a sip of tea, and the smile on her face faded slightly: "She is small and can't sleep enough every day, so she should be sleeping at this time." ”

Xue Qingyan was not stubborn about seeing Youyou, and continued: "The last time I saw Aunt Guan at the door, I didn't have time to say a few more words to Aunt Guan...... I don't know what Aunt Guan thinks about? Xue Qingyan was also a little embarrassed when he asked this, and lowered his head slightly and said, "Father asked me to ask Aunt Guan, if Uncle Guan and Aunt Guan agree, he will solemnly find an iceman to hire ······." Last time, the chief steward of the Xue Mansion and the head of the family, Mother Tan, only brought some gifts, and it was only the intention of visiting the family. If he gets Li Xin's verbal approval this time, Xue Qian will go and ask the iceman to solemnly propose his marriage.

Although the iceman and the matchmaker are both in the business of matchmaking, one eats the rice and grain of the government, and the other takes the path of the people. Ordinary people can't afford to hire an iceman, and the iceman will not be willing to accept ordinary people's relatives, so as not to lower their "grade".

And once the iceman comes out, it is bound to be negotiated between the two families, and the marriage is naturally nine out of ten.

Li Xin raised his forehead slightly, and his voice was slightly lowered by two points: "Qingyan, don't you think you are much older than Youyou?" ”

Xue Qingyan realized that Li Xin was alluding to him "old cows eating tender grass", and his face immediately turned red.

is a calm young man, he is only fifteen or sixteen years old, even if he is not familiar with personnel, he is not ignorant of men and women. Xue Qingyan replied in a low voice: "Aunt Guan, if I marry Youyou, I will definitely treat her as a treasure in the future, and I will never let her be wronged...... Who can say for sure what will happen in the future? Li Xin said lightly: "Your age is indeed the time to get married, but Youyou is only three years old, even if you find a husband for her in ten years, it is okay, I and your Uncle Guan are not in ......a hurry."

Xue Qingyan lowered his head, and his voice became more eager: "But Aunt Guan, I ......"

Before the words fell, Li Xin interrupted: "You look like your mother, and you want to remember your mother, but your aunt understands." But you also have to understand and understand your aunt. ”

Li Xin helped her stomach and walked down from the seat, and Qingya hurriedly hugged her. Li Xin stopped in front of Xue Qingyan and stretched out his hand to pat him on the shoulder and said, "You are handsome and have such a good family background, why don't you worry about finding a girl from a good family to be your wife?" You love Yoyo like a sister, you don't have to marry her, do you? ”

The look in Xue Qingyan's eyes dimmed.

He could not deny that he was also shocked when he heard his father propose to hire him after returning from the Guan family a few days ago, and felt ridiculous, but in just one night, he was very much looking forward to it, and rushed to his father early the next morning to agree to this matter, and urged his father to hurry up and make arrangements.

His father looked at him with a smile at the time, and he nodded in the end, even if he asked the chief steward to prepare a generous gift to come to the door.

In hindsight, this was a sloppy move.

As he grew older, his father rarely refused his requests. After the chief steward and Tan's mother came back and described the situation in the Guan family, his father taught him lightly: "Don't do anything in a hurry. You know, only step by step can you get better. ”

Then his father privately made an appointment with Aunt Guan in the name of his grandmother, and two days later, he couldn't help it and came to inquire about Aunt Guan's meaning in person.

It's just that I didn't expect that Aunt Guan still refused.

Xue Qingyan sighed in his heart, a little sad, but he still didn't give up. He glanced at Qingya, and his eyes revealed the meaning of asking her to go down.

Qingya looked at Li Xin hesitantly.

Li Xin sighed and said, "Qingya, go down and guard outside the door." ”

Qingya had to nod her head, and there was no one else in the house.

Xue Qingyan suddenly half-knelt in front of Li Xin.

Li Xin was so frightened that she stumbled, but fortunately there was a high-stand table next to her, she stretched out her hand to support it, and hurriedly called Xue Qingyan to get up: "What are you doing here?" Hurry up! "Even if she is Xue Qingyan's elder, she can't accept such a big gift from this child!

Xue Qingyan was stubborn, and when he saw Li Xin sit down, he spoke: "If Aunt Guan minds the relationship with her father, please rest assured that Aunt Guan will never know about this matter." ”

Li Xin only felt a "click" in her head, like a thunderbolt in the clear sky, which blew up her thoughts all at once.

Xue Qingyan even knew?

After a long time, she whispered, "You...... How do you know ······?" It's not a relationship, it's just a past she remembers, did Xue Qingyan know something, but also misunderstood something?

Xue Qingyan said: "What my father told me, I know that the time is not too short······ Xue Qingyan was a little ashamed: "I always felt that Aunt Guan was very similar to my mother, according to my understanding of my father, my father should have some emotions exposed when he saw Aunt Guan who looked like his mother, but every time my father didn't care, it caught my attention." Later, I couldn't hold back, so I went to ask my father, and my father told me about Aunt Guan and his old acquaintance. ”

Xue Qingyan raised his head and said, "Aunt Guan, Qingyan respects you, and is bound to love Youyou." After all, the past is just the past, if my father doesn't mention it, Qingyan will pretend not to know, and Aunt Guan doesn't need to care. This matter has long since disappeared......"

Li Xin's mouth was bitter, and she was about to say something, but Qingya knocked on the door, probed in, and said with some trepidation and fear: "Madam, Steward Cao just said that there is a Master Su who wants to see you, and there are still a few soldiers waiting at the door." ”