He Gui rushed into the house, and entered the main room with a happy face. When he saw that besides his parents, He Zhen was also there, his expression became somewhat restrained, "Is your younger brother also?"
"Brother is so happy, but what happened?" He Zhen wiped the tears from her face and asked him pretending to be okay. These days, he was crying and begging his father for forgiveness every day, and the other party always treated him without hesitation. If he had been locked at home, how could he go to find Mr. Zheng? When he ran out of medicine in January, it would be all over.
"Oh, nothing, I just heard a few jokes!" He Gui casually made an excuse to prevaricate him, and glanced at his father inadvertently.
He Tian met his eyes and knew it in his heart. He waved at He Zhen impatiently, "Don't bother me again these days, go back to your own room and stay."
Now that he has been chased away, if he talks more, he will probably only make the other party angry, so He Zhen had to go out with red eyes.
He Gui kept watching him go out, then followed him to the door and looked around, making sure he was back in the house, then turned around and said happily, "Father, mother, it's done!"
"Really?" He Tian stood up excitedly, and said worriedly, "Are you sure it's done, there's nothing wrong?"
"I'm sure it's done!" He Gui took out a post from his arms and handed it to him, "This is the post I sent back after I asked the matchmaker to send the horoscope and portrait, and the date for entering the door has been set, ten days later. People will come to carry people."
He Tian took it and looked at it, but couldn't see why. He was illiterate, so he asked, "What about the dowry? How much?"
He Gui is also illiterate, and it was all conveyed to him by the matchmaker. He asked for details, "Twenty taels of silver."
"Only twenty taels?" Qian pouted in dissatisfaction, "Qi Yue gave He Ling fifty taels back when he married him!"
"Mother, it's quite a lot. This is cash. Master Ma returned two boxes of silk and satin clothes and a box of silver jewelry!" He Gui lowered his voice and said, "My brother just got married and became a child. These are decent, and they are still worthwhile. There is no need for our family to pay a dowry."
Hearing that the clothes and jewelry were returned, Qian's face became better. When she thought about how he could get money for the family in the future, her son's dissatisfaction would be gone!
He Tian also thinks it is reliable. He can send the uneasy brother out and get some money for the family. This is the best of both worlds, "Let's be careful these days, don't let Brother Zhen know about this. The thing is, when the day comes, marry someone out."
"Don't worry, Dad, we'll keep our mouths shut!" Even if he didn't say it, He Gui would keep the secret, and if he knew it, he would definitely be a fool.
He Zhen stood outside the door, her hands tightly covering her mouth, her wide eyes were full of disbelief, they actually wanted to marry him off as a child? ! Master Ma? Isn't that the landlord of Shangzhuang Village? An old man who is almost sixty years old! !
If he really married like this, then what kind of happiness would he have in his life? His husband should be a handsome young man like Qi Yue and Zheng Yuefeng, not an old man with one foot in the coffin, then he Might as well be dead!
Because of his anger, his eyes were filled with blood, and it was scary red. Even so, he didn't dare to let himself make a sound. If his parents and elder brother heard it, they would definitely lock him up!
He Zhen looked up at the empty yard, then listened to the voices in the main room, a trace of resentment flashed in her eyes, she quickly crossed the yard, opened the hidden door, and went out.
How could he just obediently ask them to marry him out? They got money, but they didn't consider his feelings at all. Now everyone in the family regards him as a drag and is trying their best to send him out. He won't let them get their way, he wants to live better than them! Let them all envy him!
Finally seeing the familiar blue-brick building, He Zhen quickened her pace and slapped on the door vigorously.
He felt that it was a long time, or maybe not long, but he felt that it was a long time, the door in front of him was opened, and when he saw the person he admired so much, the tears in He Zhen's eyes rolled down, "Brother Qi... "
Contrary to his excitement, Qi Yue frowned as soon as he saw the person standing outside the door. The knock on the door was so quick, he also said that it was Lin Sheng's family and what was going on, he knew it was him, so he ignored it, "He Zhen, we're not that familiar, it's better to just call him by his first name! "
"Brother Qi, please help me, please help me!" He Zhen stretched out her hand to tug at his sleeve, but was avoided by the other party. He didn't insist, and withdrew his hand tremblingly, crying without a sound.
"If you came to my door looking for bad luck, forgive me for not being able to entertain you!" Qi Yue raised his hand and was about to close the door, but he was not in the mood to watch him cry here!
"No!" He Zhen put her hand on the door, begging with a face full of pleading, "I beg you, Big Brother Qi, my parents... my parents, they want to marry me to the landlord and make me a child!"
Hearing his words, Qi Yue let out a sneer, "Isn't this very good? As you wish, you finally married a rich family!"
"But he's almost sixty years old!" He was older than his father, so how could he be his husband, "Big Brother Qi, I'm not yet sixteen years old, if I marry him, my life will be over!"
Qi Yue's hand fell behind, and he raised his eyebrows and said, "So what?"
"Brother Qi, you..." He Zhen looked at him with tears in her eyes, bit her lip, and sobbed: "You marry me as a child, I will be obedient, I will never argue with my cousin, and I will respect it. He will take good care of you, so just accept me!"
Qi Yue's face sank, and a cold light flashed in his dark eyes, "You are good at talking to yourself, but you are getting better and better. Who are you going to marry, where are you going to marry, and does it have anything to do with me?"
He Zhen cried even more fiercely, her tears falling down with a "smack", as if she was about to take her breath away, "That's a fire pit, Brother Qi, do you want to watch me being pushed into the fire pit?! "
"Fire pit?" A sneer appeared on the corner of Qi Yue's lips, and his eyes became even colder, "Isn't this what you arranged for A Ling? Now my A Ling, I have to protect this fire pit, there must be another one People come to dance, right?"
"Qi, Big Brother Qi..." He Zhen was stared at by his eyes, as if back to the day when he and He Ling got married.
Seeing his reaction, Qi Yue suddenly smiled softly again, as before, like a graceful gentleman, he bowed his head to him and said, "He's little brother, I won't drink your wedding wine, May the two of you grow old together forever."
The door slammed shut in front of him, and He Zhen sat down on the ground with her legs soft, as if she had been drained of all her strength. Only now did he realize that even if he died in front of Qi Yue one day, he would never be able to. Don't take a second look!
He looked around blankly, not knowing what to do, so he just went back obediently, and ten days later he would be carried into the landlord's house as a child? No! no! He can't just give up, Qi Yue can't do it here, isn't there Zheng Yuefeng? That person will never be as cold-blooded and heartless as he is!
He Zhen wiped the tears from her face with her sleeve, slowly got up from the ground, glanced at the closed door for the last time, and turned her head to leave. Just such a door completely separates his life from He Ling's life. One is beautiful and the other is embarrassing. He strives so hard, but he can't get anything, but what about the other party? Relying on a skin, he has everything easily, he is not reconciled, and he will not give up like this!
Holding a bowl of noodles, Mrs. Zheng reluctantly raised her hand and knocked on He Zhen's house door. She raised such a rice-eater every day, and she had to send it to him. If she hadn't married off in ten days, She is not willing to serve him!
There is no way to do this. Who else in this family can do this errand except her, not to mention my parents. My elder brother is now a lunatic and is locked in He Ling's former house. My sister-in-law has to take care of him and the child every day. , He Gui is inconvenient to be a brother, so he can only work hard for her second sister-in-law.
After knocking several times, no one answered, Mrs. Zheng rolled her eyes, knowing that he must be throwing a tantrum again, she raised her voice and said, "Brother Zhen, I'm here to bring you lunch, I'm in! "
After speaking, without waiting for a reply, he pushed open the door and walked in, muttering, "I told you, don't be angry. After a few days, my parents are gone, you can..."
When she was talking, she looked up, but found a figure in the room, her heart skipped a beat, she put down the bowl in her hand, and looked carefully at the bottom of the cabinet and bed, and was sure that the person was really gone, so she panicked and ran away go out.
He Tian and the others were eating around the table in the main room when they frowned when they saw her rushing in in a panic.
He Gui put down his chopsticks and asked, "You are being chased by a ghost, what are you doing running so fast?"
"Oh, something happened!" Zheng Shi was not in the mood to be poor with him, "Brother Zhen is gone!"
"What?!" He Gui suddenly stood up and raised his voice.
"Have you read it carefully?" He Tian also stopped his chopsticks, not in the mood to eat.
"Of course I've seen it!" Zheng's heart was anxious, if this person was lost, who would they marry in ten days, "I even found it under the bed!"
He Tian had a sullen face, got up and walked out of the main room, and went straight to He Zhen's room. There was no one in the room. He stood there, his face getting more and more ugly.
"Head of the house, won't we, Zhener, run away from home?" Qian Shi was anxious and angry in her heart. It's so good, why did people disappear
He Gui looked at the room carefully and said, "Father, his clothes are the same!"
If He Tian didn't answer the call, and if he had a lot of things, then he didn't run away from home as planned, but suddenly ran out.
"Father..." He Gui looked at his face and said, "Did my brother overheard what we said last night, and he didn't want to, so..."
He Tian also thought so in his heart, if it weren't for this, he would not dare to run out without a word if he borrowed ten courage from him, "Marriage has been the life of his parents since ancient times. unwilling?!"
"Father, calm down, the question is where are we going to find him now?" He Gui is also a big head, and he knew that if his younger brother found out about this, there would be trouble. His self-confessed temperament, why Will marry a poor old man who is over fifty years old and become a child!
"Head of the house, do you think he will go to Qi Yue?" Qian's family still knows a little about his brother. Knowing this kind of news, he will definitely ask him to go there, even if the other party doesn't want to see him. !
He Tian thinks this is possible, but he has been so old for a long time, and there is no movement, which means that he must have been dismissed by the other party. Their family members are now in their hearts, just like enemies, so it would be strange to ignore him!
"Why don't we look for it in the village first?" He Gui obviously had the same idea. In fact, he now suspects that He Zhen is no longer in the village. Besides Qi Yue, he still thinks of someone!
"Let's go and find out first, and see who has seen him in the village!" He Tianchang sighed, feeling that he had been out of luck for eight lifetimes, so he would only get involved with such a brother who would cause trouble for him!