In early spring, the swallow warbler is in full bloom.

After the smoke and rain, the budding apricot blossoms stretched out from the wall a little, and the flower branches trembled and were broken off.

Yun Ling inserted the broken apricot branch into the bottle and carefully carried it back. Passing under the porch, he said to the man sitting on the rocking chair: "The apricot blossoms bloom early this year, and the slave and maid will break some bones and go back to the house, and the girl will see the flowers blooming when she gets up tomorrow." ”

The person in the rocking chair casually said "um", and after a moment, he raised his eyes from the travelogue: "Mulberry, burnt." ”

In front of her was a charcoal stove with barbed wire on the stove and all kinds of meat on bamboo skewers. The meat is marinated in seasonings and roasted over a fire, and the aroma comes out with a lot of flavor.

The maidservant girl named Mulberry sneered and busily turned the charcoal fire smaller.

Seeing this scene, Yun Ling shook her head and sighed.

Their girl is the fourth daughter of the Su family, named Su Juan, and there are three sisters on top. Although it is a concubine, she can be raised under her mother's knee since she was a child, and her food and clothing are the same as that of her daughter. It stands to reason that those who were raised by the same mother should not be very different in terms of knowledge and bearing, but they can ......

The Su family has four golden flowers, the eldest lady is known as Guanjing, the second lady is brilliant in medical skills, and the third lady Danqing is sought after by countless literati and artists. The fourth lady doesn't know how to be motivated, and she only knows how to eat, drink and have fun all day long.

I used to think that their girls were young and playful, but after all these years, it is still the same. No matter how the lady and the lord urged her to make progress, she was easy to cope with on the surface, but she relapsed in private, and people outside said that the fourth girl of the Su family was a straw bag.

The girl also knew the name of the straw bag, but she didn't care about waving her hand: "Whew! Let them go. ”

"The girl doesn't care?"

"What do you care about?" Su Wandai raised her eyebrows: "No matter what they say, it won't stop me from eating and drinking." ”

“......”

Since then, Yun Ling has also accepted her fate. Their girls are such a big heart, they just eat, drink and have fun all day long, and nothing can enter her heart and her eyes.

Yun Ling sighed secretly and carried the vase into the room.

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Outside.

"Girl, it's baked, can you taste it?" Mulberry passes over a skewer of grilled duck intestines.

Golden brown and tender, fragrant.

Su Juan took it and took a bite: "It's not bad, it would be better if you added more cumin." ”

"What is cumin?"

Su Juan didn't explain, and motioned to her: "You want to taste it too?" ”

Mulberry shook his head hurriedly: "The slave can't eat this, let's eat meat." ”

What kind of duck intestines and chicken feet, poor families can't afford to buy meat to eat this. But I don't want their young lady to be alone, it's weird.

"If you don't eat it, I'll keep it."

How delicious the duck intestines are, spicy and chewy.

"Four girls, four girls are free?" At this time, a woman in blue walked in outside the door of the Moon Cave.

She paused, glanced at the strange barbecue grill in Guli, and thought to herself, is this another new trick made up by the four girls?

Su Juan got up and showed a simple, honest and enthusiastic smile: "Mother Zhang, what's the matter?" ”

Zhang's mother smelled the fragrance and said, "If the fourth girl is free, please go to the main courtyard, Mrs. has something to tell you." ”

"Hey, okay! I'll go! ”

Su Juan put down the book, wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, and neatly took a string of duck intestines from the barbecue grill and walked over.

"Mother Zhang, try it, it's delicious."

Mother Zhang looked at the roasted duck intestines, and immediately waved her hand: "Oh, I don't dare to do this thing-"

As soon as he finished speaking, he was fed.

Su Juan winked at her: "How is it?" Tastes good, right? ”

Zhang's mother chewed and chewed again, her stunned expression gradually stretched, and then she laughed: "It's really delicious, how did the four girls get it?" ”

Su Juan said to her as she walked, "I read it in the book." ”

Of course not.

These are the crystallization of the wisdom of modern foodies, which are different from the regular barbecue of this era, the fish and shrimp intestines fly in the sky, the ground climbs in the water, and the soil is buried...... Everything can be baked.

The courtyard of the Su family's three entrances is not far from Su Juan's Xiqiu Courtyard to the main courtyard. When the two arrived, Mama Zhang had already eaten the string of duck intestines.

With short hands and soft mouths, as soon as she entered the door, Mama Zhang praised Su Juan: "Madam, the old slave went to invite the four girls, and saw that the four girls were reading." ”

When Chai Shi heard this, a little relieved smile appeared on his face.

"That's right," she said to Su Juan, "I don't bother to say how you used to be, you must know how to be motivated in the future, don't ask you to be like your three sisters, but at least don't be looked down upon by your in-laws." ”

As soon as Su Juan heard this, she immediately understood, and the Chai family was going to kiss her again.

"Got it, Mother." She responds deftly.

"Come, come and sit." Chai beckoned.

Su Juan sat down: "Why did the mother call her daughter over?" ”

Chai waved the maidservants back, then took a picture scroll from the side and unfolded it.

"Look at it."

Su Wan turned his eyes and saw it, he was a handsome guy.

"Do you still look satisfied?"

Speaking of this, Chai's tone was suddenly stern: "I showed you the son of the Li family before, you suspected that the family was too short, and the last time I looked at the son of the Luo family, you suspected that the parents were ugly." What about this? It's not ugly, right? ”

Su Juan looked at it seriously: "It's okay." ”

“......”

Chai Shi saw her uncaring attitude, and his heart choked. I want to refute it, but I don't know where to refute it.

After all, the daughter of the Su family is indeed a good color, and no matter which one stands out, she will stand out from the crowd.

Su Juan said this, which can be regarded as justifiable.

"Since it's okay, it's easy to say." Chai said: "This is the son of the Wang family, the second in the family, and he is the same age as you." Although he has not yet obtained fame, he is also a talent in the fake examination, and he is preparing to take the examination, maybe he will be able to become an official in a few years. The Wang family is comparable to our Su family, and this family is also suitable. I'll tell you the truth, this is the person I spent a lot of effort to help you choose, and you are not satisfied with the sentence? If you are satisfied, I will have a message with the Wang family, and you will see each other on a certain day. ”

Chai stared straight at her, a little tired, a little persecuted, and a little hopeful.

Su Juan met her gaze, innocent, innocent, and honest.

"Mother's vision is really good, Wang Gongzi's talent is really rare, but it's just ......"

Chai's heart suddenly burst out, and he heard her say: "He is the same age as his daughter, not eighteen but nineteen, right?" Isn't it too wasteful to be a show in the nineteenth year? My mother expects him to be an official in the future, but I don't see any drama. ”

Su Juan shook her head regretfully.

Chai: "......"

You don't know how to play the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, why are you embarrassed to dislike others?

But she couldn't help it, although Su Juan was not born by her, she loved her very much as herself, and she couldn't say this to hurt her self-esteem.

"People can't look good, how do you know that the other party is not good if you haven't seen each other?" Chai Shi choked his chest: "I can see it, you just don't want to get married, right?" You all want to me off! Your second sister prevaricated me, and so did you, it was clear that you were the most well-behaved and obedient when you were a child, how did you grow like this now? ”

Chai looked heartbroken.

Su Juan hurriedly persuaded: "My daughter didn't mean that, don't be angry." The mother is right, people can't look good, daughters go to look at each other, maybe they meet the eye. ”

When Chai heard this, he immediately stopped.

If she knew it would work, she wouldn't have bothered to speak.

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Back in Xiqiuyuan, Su Juan continued to sit back in the rocking chair and eat barbecue.

"Why did the girl suddenly want to open it?" Yun Ling asked.

"What do you want to drive?"

"In the past, no matter what Madame said, the girl didn't want to go on a blind date, so why did she want to do it this time? Could it be that this prince is really good? ”

"That's it." Su Juan ate a cup of tea to relieve her tiredness, and then said: "What do you want to open, I am eighteen years old this year, and I can get married." ”

She didn't want to go on a blind date because she felt too young, although some people got married at the age of fourteen, but she was really difficult to accept as an intellectual, no matter how she said it, she had to be eighteen, right?

However, she can only withstand the pressure until now, if she refuses again, Chai is estimated to be angry with her.

"Alas!"

Su Juan sighed.

After a while, she ordered: "Yunling, you can make some money and invite someone to inquire about this prince." ”

Yun Ling was at a loss: "Madame must have found out clearly, what else does the girl want to investigate?" ”

"My mother may have missed something, and you should be inquired ......," she paused, and said, "there is some misconduct in private." ”

She has to touch the character of Wang Gongzi, after all, whether she can lie comfortably in the second half of her life depends on whether she marries well.

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Yun Ling's work efficiency was very high, and she got the news early the next morning.

"Girl, I really don't have to say anything about the character of the prince, he is filial and diligent, and he is clean, and there is no maid around him so far. He is more enthusiastic and hearty, likes to make friends, and is eating tea and writing poems with people in Baixianglou today. ”

Su Juan frowned when she heard this, if that prince was really so good, how could he be willing to look at her? Besides, if he is really so good, why hasn't he decided to marry at eighteen or nineteen?

When things go wrong, there must be demons.

"Let's go," she said, "let's take a look." ”

As soon as he said he would leave, Su Juan immediately went to the main courtyard to ask Chai for instructions to go out and buy some books. Chai was settling accounts, and took the time to give her ten taels of silver and told her to come back early.

Chai's mother really doesn't have to say.

She was born in a scholarly family in Jiangnan, virtuous and dignified, and a standard housewife. When the Chai family gave birth to three daughters in a row, they raised the maidservant girl who accompanied the marriage as a concubine, originally wanting her to give birth to a son to inherit the Su family, but she didn't expect to give birth to a daughter.

Moreover, the maidservant gave birth to Su Juan and died, so the Chai family raised Su Juan with his own hands, and treated Su Juan as his own daughter.

After Su Juan went out, he ordered to drive to Baixiang Building. Baixianglou is not far away, but it is the spring season, and the people from all over the country are pouring into the capital, and the streets are full of cars and horses, and Su Juan has gone around a few streets to get to the place.

But when she got out of the carriage, she saw a man jumping down from the eaves.

He was athletic, like a gust of wind, and slipped straight into her carriage.

Su Juan was dumbfounded, and before she could open her mouth to speak, a group of people chased after her at the mouth of the alley.

They looked around: "What about people?" Why did it suddenly disappear? ”

Someone looked at Su Juan, saw that she was richly dressed and had a servant, and asked politely: "Dare to ask Miss Have you ever seen a man in Tsing Yi running from here?" ”

Su Juan shook her head.

"Did you notice anything else?"

Su Juan continued to shake his head.

"Thank you." The man waved his hand and said, "Go, go over there." ”

As soon as they left, Su Juan turned around and looked at the carriage speechlessly: "Lu Anxun, are you going to do chivalry again?" ”

As she spoke, the curtain opened, revealing the young man's unruly and bright smile.