The brother next to Lin Hao looked suddenly enlightened when he heard this: "What I said is that I have to prepare a new bed, the original bed was only enough for me to sleep alone, and she came to sleep without a place." ”

Lin Piao was embarrassed.

Brother, there is really no one like this, and there is a three-second silence for the girl.

While they were talking, the curtain on one side was opened again, and Lin Piaoyu subconsciously glanced at it, and saw that it was Shen Hong who came out of the backyard, so he didn't care, and continued to chat with these people, saying what to prepare for this wedding, and what it is best to prepare for the wedding.

Originally, Lin Piao didn't understand these things, but after all, they were in this business, and some of the little sisters and brothers of large families would ask them to customize a full set of embroidery, from clothes to hijabs, handkerchiefs, and even bed nets and sheets.

Shen Hong watched them talk affectionately together, talking about marriage, marriage, what kind of things to prepare, the new daughter-in-law's utensils, and what he would like if he was himself.

Shen Hong listened inexplicably harsh.

Shen Hong knew that they were discussing business matters, but Lin Hao didn't marry a wife, and his sister-in-law didn't marry, so there was nothing to talk about between them.

Lin Hao's brother looked very instructive, bought a few things and brought them back first, and when he was about to take the people away, Lin Piao turned around and saw that Shen Hong had already sat down on the other side, holding a pen in one hand and looking through the account books in the store with the other.

"You really can't be idle, you have to help read the ledger when you come out to play." Lin Piao pushed the date plate on the table: "Eat more, now is the best time to eat, the moisture is good." ”

Shen Hong picked up a jujube and held it between his fingers, and raised his eyes to look at Lin Piao.

"Sister-in-law likes to be older than herself?"

Lin Piao was stunned: "Generally speaking, it's okay, generally depending on the conditions, why are you asking this, you want to find me a partner?" I tell you, don't look around, I don't want to get married. ”

"Why doesn't my sister-in-law want to get married?"

Shen Hong understood that when he was in the village, his sister-in-law did not want to marry because his maiden family and the object of marriage were fire pits, and he was indeed a little puzzled by being so resolute after arriving at the county government.

Sister-in-law is not a stubborn person who keeps festivals.

"Do you think there's a particular fit for now?"

Shen Hong thought for a moment: "It didn't appear." ”

"That's right, I don't even have a suitable partner, who to marry, your sister-in-law and I, my eyes may be on the top of my head, and it's almost interesting to look at anyone, so you still don't worry about me, you will get married in the future, I will take care of my own life, and I will never put on the elders to annoy you." Lin Piao said, his wrist tightened, and Shen Hong grabbed his wrist.

"Sister-in-law, Hong has no such intention, Hong will raise his sister-in-law for a lifetime." Shen Hong's tone was momentarily urgent.

Sister-in-law wants to leave him?

Does he have a life of his own?

He couldn't imagine what life would be like without his sister-in-law, all the eating, drinking, laughing, gags, laughing on the chaise longue, greetings at the dinner table and a bowl of hot soup.

Without this, his life would have been nothing but books, no warm pen and ink, no calculation of power, and what would his home be like?

Marrying a noble daughter and brother from a powerful family, using marriage as a bond of cooperation, and the children become each other's bargaining chips, which is a trade-off of interests externally and internally.

No sister-in-law.

This is the life of a man like him.

"Sister-in-law." He called out a few more, as if he was in a hurry to catch something.

Lin Piao patted his forearm, and felt the tightness of his movements through his shirt and was a little surprised: "I know, I heard, I won't run, I will eat and drink yours in the future, and it will not be convenient for you." ”

Shen Hong slowly let go of his hand and nodded.

That inexplicable feeling calmed down a little.

This is what he should do, and he should provide for his sister-in-law, who is the best person in the world to treat him, and he will treat his sister-in-law best.

Better than everybody.

As soon as the summer is over, it is the day of the year that everyone is most concerned about, although no one has decided to see it, but everyone is wondering whether it is the day.

That was Feng Sheng's wedding date, it is rumored that it was in the autumn, it was the two families who chose a good day together, to carry the sedan chair to carry the marriage partner into the house, and then as it was rumored to gradually become a fact, Feng's house bought things, hung red silk, and was festive and lively.

And just three days before the wedding, Feng Sheng also secretly came to look for Juan'er, and the more he came to such a day, the more closely Xiao Yue stared at it, and he didn't even stand far away, just followed Juan'er to listen to what he could say.

Feng Sheng asked Xiao Yue to wait several times, but Xiao Yue didn't leave, Feng Sheng looked at Juan'er, Juan'er didn't speak, he had no choice but to tell Xiao Yue's face about his heartfelt feelings for Juan'er.

According to Xiao Yue's relay, Feng Sheng's heartfelt feelings are as follows.

"Juan'er, I'm sincere, you have to believe me, I will definitely not disappoint you, do you remember the handkerchief you gave me, embroidered with the moon on it, the flowers below, you embroidered it so beautifully, your hands are so skillful, next to it embroidered I wish people a long time, thousands of miles together Chanjuan, I will remember this word for the rest of my life, Juan'er, you are in the shop Wait, I told my father and mother, they also agreed, I will definitely marry you, we have something to say together, I just want to live with you."

Juan'er still didn't speak, she was very sad, this kind of sadness was that she didn't know what to say, and she also understood that she shouldn't talk to Feng Sheng.

When Feng Sheng saw that she didn't speak, he asked pitifully, "Juan'er, are you still willing to embroider flowers for me?" ”

Because of Lin Piao's experience, Xiao Yue already had a great resistance to Feng Sheng's performance, and immediately asked, "My sister married you, what kind of life can you let her live?" ”

Feng Sheng said: "Naturally, there is no need to worry about food and clothing, and there is no need to exchange needles and threads for money." ”

"Bah, do you know how much the embroidery that goes out of our shop sells for now? She doesn't use needlework for money, what does she do with needlework? Clothes for you? Embroider a veil for your wife? Honor your father and mother for needlework? She can't earn any money for her hard work, you see my sister is now short of food and clothing? Or are you not dressed as good as a person? Even this pearl hairpin, gold and silver hairpin, my sister can afford to wear it, only to say that now the work is not good, too ostentatious, just simply dressed up, do you look at my little sister-in-law in the family is also plain on weekdays, and think that no one in my family can afford to wear beads and get money? ”

Feng Sheng was blushing by her, he didn't think about it so much, he usually saw Juan'er Xiaoyue dressed up ordinarily and got used to it, but sometimes he saw his aunt Uncle Qiu and sister-in-law, and he didn't see anyone dressed up particularly well, wearing gold and silver or silk and satin, they had their own shop for making clothes, and they didn't see them dressed extraordinarily richly, even if they used good materials, they were always relatively simple and plain styles, and he saw a lot, so he thought that they were saving money, but their lives were not good enough, and they wanted to be like his father's family Ru Madame, wearing gold and silver, full of pearls, someone to help her walk, someone to bring her mouth to eat, that is a woman who has a good life.

"I don't mean that, I just feel sorry for Juan'er, Juan'er deserves a better life."

"Wearing gold and silver, but being angry every day, being taught by your father and mother and being taught by your wife, is a good day in your mouth, and we are not indifferent, what kind of person is that father and mother We have also inquired, what kind of person is your wife, we have also inquired, don't talk about it here, go back and marry your daughter-in-law."

Lin Piao listened to Xiaoyue's relays and gave a thumbs up: "It's good to scold." ”

Xiao Yue's little expression became proud: "I haven't finished scolding yet, Juan'er asked me not to say anything, let Feng Sheng go, don't come to her in the future, and then we will go back to the shop, otherwise I will have to scold him again." ”

During this time, because the matter had dragged on, Feng Sheng always came to Juan'er and said that he would marry her, so Lin Piao asked Da Zhuang to inquire about the people in Feng Sheng's family and what the situation was with the daughter-in-law.

After spending a little time inquiring and figuring out, I understood the situation of these three people, Feng Sheng's parents are typical strong parents, very capable, to put it bluntly, Feng Sheng's affairs are basically not his own decision, external aspects, such as career, study, are his father's decision, internal, such as marrying a wife, what clothes to wear, what servants and maids are arranged around him, are all his mother's decisions.

Feng Sheng and Juan'er have been doing things for so long, and they haven't taken the opportunity to meet with each other by delivering goods or looking at fabrics, which shows that they don't want to tear their faces in business and have been patient, otherwise anyone who has some kindness to Juan'er's affairs will come to the door to discuss and say a few words about these two children.

In addition, it is Feng Sheng's daughter-in-law, there is no problem according to the general standards, everyone's little sister, the character can not even be described by pride, the little sister looks down on the concubine, the servant and the maid and other professions are the innate chain of discrimination in this world, she also has this simple three views, at present, the observation is that for the time being, there is no virtue of great love and boundless love, and there is no concept of equality for everyone.

This most ordinary, simplest, and most prone family structure formed a kind of jackal, tiger and leopard as a dangerous prospect, and Feng Sheng did not realize the problem at all, and their eyes were already hurting.

Fortunately, although Juan'er was silent, she neither responded to Feng Sheng's invitation, nor showed any signs of silently throwing herself into this fire pit, but was silently digesting, silently embroidering, eating, sleeping, and still timidly following Lin Piao or Xiaoyue when she went to work every day.

It wasn't until Feng Sheng's wedding date had been set and the marriage was imminent that the Feng family cloth company sent an invitation to Lin Piao, a person who often cooperated with them, to go to the ceremony for a drink.

When the invitation was sent and placed on the table, Lin Piao looked at the invitation and felt unlucky: "I didn't go to eat this wine, it was a commotion, his son didn't look at it, and his daughter-in-law couldn't see it, and there was no shortage of his meal." ”

Juan'er and Xiaoyue sat aside, and the second aunt and Uncle Qiu also sat around and didn't speak, they were usually taking care of the affairs of Tongxi Building, and they didn't know what the details of the shop were, but they had done things for so long, and they also knew that the general partners had come to invite them, and it would hurt their friendship a little if they didn't go, but the Feng family didn't give them face in this matter, and they didn't have to give the Feng family this face.

"If you want me to say, we Juan'er didn't agree to marry, who do they do with such a strict guard, if you want him to come to the door and say, we still don't agree, if you don't want to, just give a word, let's drink a cup of tea, forget it, he Feng Sheng came to provoke Juan'er first, now there is no such thing? Leave people hanging out like this? ”

The second aunt complained, but she didn't speak too directly, and after saying a few words, she asked Juan'er to go back to the house to rest by herself, and not to listen to them.

Lin Piao also shook his head when he looked at the invitation, feeling that they were too contemptuous.

It's not to despise them, it's to despise Juan'er.

The Feng family did not dare to despise Lin Piao, but they looked down on Juan'er too much, perhaps in their eyes, even if they lived together as a family, but Lin Piao was the shopkeeper and the object of business, but Juan'er was just a poor girl brought out of the village by Lin Piao, with no background and no great skills, no matter how good she embroidered, she was just an embroiderer.

They were busy marrying a daughter, so they naturally didn't have time to take care of the embroidery girl, and they sent an invitation just to tell Lin Piao, our Feng family still values you as a business partner, we just look down on that little girl, and it has nothing to do with you.

"The Feng family thinks too highly of themselves, Feng Sheng has a cowardly personality, and may not be able to inherit the family business in the future. Lin Piao picked up the invitation on the table and tore it in half.

"Tell them to marry themselves, and I don't bother to look at them."

Now that the matter has been finalized, Lin Piao doesn't want to bother with the Feng family anymore, and after informing the family that they don't have to go to the Feng family's wedding banquet, the family has fallen into a delicate stability.

Until the day Feng Sheng got married, they got up in the morning and sat at the table to eat breakfast, when Juan'er suddenly whispered to Lin Piao: "Little sister-in-law, I want to go and see it." ”

Lin Piaolen paused: "Where are you going?" ”

"On the street."

Lin Piao nodded: "Okay." ”

It's better not to go to Feng's mansion.

Lin Piao took Juan'er, followed by Xiaoyue and Da Zhuang, and walked to the street where Feng Sheng would pass by to marry the bride.

Feng Sheng rode a horse, not tall, the horse was a short pony, he was a weak young man, sitting on the horse blankly, behind him was a sedan chair, it was ten miles of red makeup, he seemed to be in a dream, he didn't know why he was here.

His eyes wandered, and suddenly he saw Juan'er in the crowd, and his eyes lit up and he opened his mouth, as if he was silently calling her name.

But he didn't make a sound.

Juan'er was in the crowd, looking at the bright red dowry and the splendid sedan chair, she saw Feng Sheng looking over.

Feng Sheng's gaze was so painful.

Juan'er has watched it many times.

In fact, from time to time, she thinks about the question of whether she should jump or not.

The pain in Feng Sheng's eyes was like a cliff, she could feel it, Feng Sheng couldn't climb up, she stood on it, and decided whether to jump or not.

As long as she jumps, she will take her life and her life to accompany him, to burn, to boil, and to fry.

She didn't know what torment was, but she knew that there was a word for torment, and she could nod her head casually.

Juan'er looked at him, watching him ride farther and farther on the horse, the red sedan chair reflected in her eyes, and the dowry of a load was reflected in her eyes.

But she has a lot of things besides this, she can't take her life to accompany her, the sister-in-law let her learn embroidery, she has just learned some, she has to do things, she has to do work, she has to accompany Xiaoyue, she wants to repay the little sister-in-law, she has to treat her father and mother well in the future, she also has a lot of things to do, her stitches and threads, to give her the people she wants to repay, she can't jump down with her.

Juan'er watched the long procession go through the whole procession, until the last person disappeared from her eyes, and watched the lively people chase after the procession, leaving them standing still.

Juan'er looked stunned, didn't speak, just turned her gaze, as if reading a story, her eyes turned and followed the past, until the last figure disappeared into the street.

Juan'er retracted her eyes and looked at Lin Piao and Xiaoyue beside her: "Little sister-in-law, let's go back." ”

This is the end of Juan'er's early love.

After returning home, everything was as usual, embroidery ate and slept, a few days later Xiaoyue came to report, Feng Sheng came to her again, but Juan'er now refused to see Feng Sheng, Juan'er also asked Xiaoyue to tell Feng Sheng, saying that he hoped he would be good in the future, and told him to live a good life.

Feng Sheng was devastated, about very broken, and never came to Juan'er again.

After autumn, it is winter, and this year is a warm winter, the overall temperature is not very low, and the snow does not fall too much, and occasionally it does not accumulate snow for a day, but the ground is soaky.

Almost years ago, there was another snowfall, and a thin layer was better than nothing at the bottom of the mountain, and because of the high altitude and cold temperature on the mountain, the mountain was white, and it was very winter-like.

When Shen Hong and Ergou Xiu Mu came back, when they heard Lin Piao say this, Shen Hong said: "There is a room near the academy where people can live, and everything is available, if you want to see the snow, you can go and stay for two days." ”

Ergou suddenly looked at Shen Hong: "Is it the room behind the tail of the academy?" It was there some time ago that it lived. ”

Shen Hong glanced at Ergou lightly: "They are gone, and no one will live for a while." ”

Lin Piao listened: "This is a good idea, but it's so cold on the mountain, is it a kang or a bed over there?" ”

"There's a dragon."

Lin Piao was very surprised when he heard this, holding the hand warmer on the table with both hands, and leaning his chin on the cotton cover of the hand warmer: "That's very good, but whose house is it?" Isn't it rude for us to go live like this? ”