Chapter 39: Berning refuses to marry
"Brother, what are you doing so mysteriously?" Jiang Luo saw him crying with a sad face, sitting on the small bench in the room with his head bored, and the whole person was like an angry little daughter-in-law.
"Sister Luo'er, I don't want to get married." He said.
"You don't like Sister Xinghua~"
She looked at the apricot peanut with a dignified appearance, hardworking and capable. And Aunt Chen doesn't seem to be a very unreasonable person, she has a daughter in her family, and she doesn't have to help her brothers in the family.
"I ...... I don't want to get married. Apricot Blossom girl is very good, I, I just want to follow you. ”
His voice almost cried at the end, and Jiang Luo became uncomfortable when he heard it.
In this era, a woman can start a family at the age of thirteen or fourteen, and a male protagonist can stand up at the age of fifteen or sixteen.
Jiang Boning is already sixteen years old, if it weren't for natural and man-made disasters, he would have been married a long time ago.
Jiang Luo selfishly felt that he was still young, so he casually persuaded, "If you don't like it, then I'll tell Xiaoniang." ”
"Don't worry, it's you who get married, if you don't want to, no one can force you."
Jiang Boning's eyes flashed with hope, and he thought that Mrs. Chen was going to kick him out. Xinghua is an only daughter, if he is allowed to come to the door, the Jiang family will no longer have to raise such a superfluous person as him.
"Really?" He was thrilled.
"Of course."
Jiang Luo barely reached his shoulder, and solemnly patted him on the shoulder, reassuring him.
"But...... "Since ancient times, he has lost his father and mother since he was a child, and the Jiang family saved him, that is his reborn parents, if Chen Xianyue agrees, he can't help but listen."
Jiang Luo saw through his thoughts.
"Life is varied, what kind of life does my brother want, just work hard, others can't control you, and this world can't help us."
She smiled at him and tried to make him happy.
He looked at Jiang Luo, who was obviously their youngest sister, but her words were always deviant, but they were full of hope.
Jiang Luo left Jiang Boning's room, went to find Xinghua, and begged her to take her out to play.
Xinghua understood, she thought that Jiang Boning had something to say embarrassed to say in front of everyone, and asked Sister Luo'er to tell her quietly.
The two of them went out of the courtyard, and Jiang Luo really spoke, "Sister Xinghua, do you really like Brother Berning~"
"Of course." She was blushing, a little shy, and her tone was firm.
Jiang Luo had a sweet smile on the corner of his mouth, and a pair of small pear vortices were sweet and greasy, which made people feel happy when they saw it.
"Actually, Berning is not my brother and my eldest brother, he was just picked up on the road when we fled the famine."
"He said that he is not too young, it just so happens that you like him, and he is also homeless, so he wants to come to the door to be a son-in-law......"
"Sister, what is a son-in-law?" Jiang Luo tilted his head, pretending to be innocent, and asked her curiously.
Xinghua's face changed, and no one told her that Jiang Boning was not the biological son of the Jiang family. She and her mother always thought that Jiang Boning was the eldest son of the Jiang family, and the people of the Jiang family had the ability, especially that Jiang Cheng. The people in the village also said that the Jiang family used to be from a large family, but then the family suddenly changed, so it declined.
They thought that the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, but the child who could be picked up, how could the Jiang family be so good to him.
It's no wonder that he usually looks good, and he always feels dumbfounded.
"This marriage event is all the order of my parents, I can't be the master, I'll go back and discuss it with my mother." Xinghua lowered her head and said.
She really likes Jiang Boning in her heart, but it's a pity that a person from an unknown source can't just entrust the rest of her life like this.
"Okay." Jiang Luo smiled secretly in his heart, and agreed obediently on the surface.
She originally wanted to let Xiaoniang refuse directly, but she was worried that the villagers would not look up and see each other, so she refused directly, and Aunt Chen must have felt that they looked down on Xinghua.
So there is a disgrace in my heart.
Jiang Luo directly and frankly told Jiang Boning's life experience to Xinghua's mother and daughter, if their mother and daughter really fell in love with Boning, instead of having other ideas, then they could only refuse at the risk of offending people.
Xinghua hurriedly returned to Jiang's house, not knowing what she whispered to Aunt Chen. The face on Aunt Chen's face changed, and she got up to say goodbye.
Chen Xianyue asked them to stay for dinner, and Aunt Chen said that there was something important at home and she would come back another day.
"That I think Berning's child doesn't seem to be interesting to my family's apricot blossoms, although since ancient times, marriage has been the order of parents, but in the end, the children want to live together for a lifetime, and we can't disrespect the children's hearts at all."
"yes, yes." Chen Xianyue smiled politely, "That's right, I think it's better to look at the meaning of the two children." ”
Aunt Chen left in a hurry with the apricot blossoms.
Jiang Luo stood in the courtyard and said goodbye to them sweetly.
"You girl, did you pull the apricot blossom out and say something?" When Chen Xianyue saw Jiang Luo's sly smile, she knew that this kid was full of thoughts.
"I don't do anything like beating mandarin ducks, I just told Xinghua the truth about Brother Berning's background."
"But if she really doesn't care about this, it means that they really look down on Berning, instead of listening to the rumors in the village and thinking that our family has a lot of property." Jiang Luo sat on the stone bench, holding his cheeks, looking at their distant figures.
Chen Xianyue sighed, in the past, on the way to exile, she only hoped that she would be beaten less every day, and it would be enough to be fed and clothed.
Now that they're settled, they're just getting more and more troubled.
Jiang Luo is right, although they come from a big family, they have no savings at all.
Jiang Ran just forget it, she was a hard-working child.
But what should Jiang Chengjiang do? She can't really let Jiang Cheng marry a rural village woman, and let Luo'er pick a vulgar man in the village to live for the rest of her life.
Jiang Boning heard Aunt Chen leave, so he came out of the room.
"Thank you, madam, thank you, sister Luo'er." He made a gesture to kneel again.
Jiang Luo frowned, looking unhappy, "If you do this again, I will let Xiaoniang drive you out." ”
He stood still, clenching his fists in a nutshell.
Chen Xianyue smiled and comforted him, "Don't always treat yourself as an outsider, no one will force you to do what you say or what you don't want to do in our family." ”
"Hey, I see." He smiled sheepishly, his eyes flashing with expectation.
"But Berning, you're not too young, you must seize the opportunity when you meet a girl you like in the future." Chen Xianyue reminded him.
He nodded repeatedly, "Ma'am, I know. ”
"I ...... I went to the village to fetch water. ”
He walked into the kitchen and went out with a barrel.
"Brother~" Jiang Luo shouted boredly.
Jiang Cheng opened the window dissatisfied, put down the book in his hand, and poked his head out, "Said." ”
"What are you doing hiding in your room? Could it be that I'm afraid that Xinghua will look at you~"
Jiang Cheng gritted his teeth, "Jiang Luo!" ”