Not many people came to Liu's house, only Imperial Physician Liu brought his second son, his wife, and Liu Sanniang.
Of course, Lao Zhou's family did not go to see them together. Lao Zhoutou and Qian took Zhou Dalang and his wife to lead Zhou Lizhong to meet them behind Man Bao.
In order not to embarrass them, even Bai Shan and Bai Erlang didn't follow, but obediently followed Mr. Zhuang to serve them, listening to Mr. Zhuang's discussion with the Taoist priests in the temple.
Zhou Lizhong and Liu Sanniang had met many times before, she had been to their restaurant for dinner, and to their house to congratulate them on moving to a new house;
Zhou Lizhong also sent Zhou Man and Zhou Liru to Jishitang, and even met in the imperial city.
Because Zhou Lizhong went to receive Zhou Man's salary, he happened to meet her and Zheng Gu and Zheng Shao entering the palace to practice acupuncture. Because of Zhou Man's relationship, they greeted each other a lot.
But this kind of face-to-face conversation, focusing on the two of them, has never happened once.
So when they met, both of them were a little embarrassed, and didn't know what to say for a while.
Mrs. Qian is very experienced in this area. She looked at Liu Sanniang calmly, and felt that since she was her daughter's apprentice, her character and character should not be much worse, so she looked at Man Bao and smiled: "You are right. Don’t you know Xuandu Guan very well? Miss Liu is your apprentice, you should take her out for a stroll.”
Man Bao, who had worked as a tool for the fourth brother, fourth sister-in-law and fifth brother and fifth sister-in-law, got up very skillfully, and beckoned to lead Dr. Liu and Zhou Lizhong down.
Zhou Lizhong and Liu Sanniang: ...
The two of them were even more embarrassed, and their faces were red.
At this moment, they couldn't help but think that it would be better if they didn't know each other from the beginning.
Man Bao led them to the tree in the backyard, looked at this, then at that, and saw that they were all blushing and bowed their heads, so he scratched his head, "Are you talking by yourself?"
Zhou Lizhong didn't expect my sister-in-law to be so unreliable, and looked at her with his mouth open in surprise.
"The main reason is that you have known each other before, so I don't need to introduce you anymore." Man Bao reached out and patted Zhou Lizhong's shoulder, saying, "Lizhong, you are a boy, take the initiative."
Then he said to Liu Sanniang: "It's okay, if you have any questions, you can ask him, the scenery of Xuandu Temple is not bad, and there are more than 20 plum trees planted further up, it should be blooming now, you go up and have a look ?”
Liu Sanniang glanced at Zhou Lizhong with a blushing face, and nodded slightly.
Man Bao had nothing to say, so she went back to talk to Imperial Physician Liu with her hands behind her back, and she felt that it was more suitable for her.
The two young men were left looking at each other.
It was Zhou Lizhong who held back his embarrassment and said first, "Then let's go up and see the plum blossoms?"
Liu Sanniang nodded, and the two of them went up the trail to the mountain together.
Zhou Lizhong opened his mouth, but still spoke out, "This happened quite suddenly. My mother and sister-in-law just told me about it yesterday. I don't know how they remembered it."
Liu Sanniang was persuaded by her grandfather yesterday that the master's family is indeed the best candidate, but now she is a little embarrassed, no matter how courageous she is, no matter how determined she is, she is still just a girl of about eighteen years old.
It's also the first blind date.
She responded in a low voice, and slowly let go. She turned her head to look at Zhou Lizhong, and then said with a smile: "If you don't want to, I can go and talk to Master."
Zhou Lizhong was slightly surprised, and said embarrassingly: "I, I'm not unwilling, it's just a little sudden."
He turned to her and asked, "Then you are willing?"
Liu Sanniang blushed, but looked at him with bright eyes, and asked: "If I want to be an official in the palace like Master..."
Zhou Lizhong said in admiration: "You are really amazing, much better than me."
Liu Sanniang asked with piercing eyes: "Will you allow it?"
Zhou Lizhong was slightly stunned, nodded and said: "Why not? You are so capable, even if you are not an official in the palace, you can still be a sitting doctor outside the palace, right?"
He said: "I heard from Liru that your medical skills are very powerful now, and you can already prescribe prescriptions in Jishitang."
Seeing that there was no trace of reluctance on his face, Liu Sanniang couldn't help laughing and said, "Other men really mind women showing their heads, and I thought you would mind too."
Zhou Lizhong shook his head in a daze, and said: "My family doesn't have this rule, and the women in my family are much more capable than the men."
For example, Lijun, if it wasn't for the danger of going out, she wouldn't want to go to the grassland for the time being, otherwise he and Liwei would definitely not be able to compete with her.
Compared with the two of them, the fourth uncle must prefer Li Jun, who is more eloquent in accounting.
But Liu Sanniang thought of her master, nodded in agreement, and felt happy.
She felt that her grandfather was right, the Zhou family might be the most suitable family for her.
So when Liu Sanniang raised her head to look at Zhou Lizhong again, she became more and more satisfied. For the first time, she found that Zhou Lizhong was quite handsome, with a tall and straight figure, slender and energetic eyes, especially when looking at people seriously.
Zhou Lizhong was still racking his brains to think about the topic, since Liu Sanniang asked about being an official, he couldn't help asking about traveling far away, "...you know, my family is far away in Mianzhou, sometimes I have to go to the grassland to collect medicinal materials, so I will go out from time to time, you, do you mind this?"
Liu Sanniang said without thinking, "I don't mind."
She smiled and said: "A good man has ambitions everywhere, and I will take care of the back house so that you can start a career without distractions."
Doesn't her father travel far away every now and then
However, he didn't achieve much when he traveled far away, and often needed the help of the steward to make adjustments. In comparison, Zhou Lizhong could do more than her father.
She had already found out from Zhou Liru yesterday that this year Zhou Lizhong went to the grassland with their fourth uncle, not only bought medicinal materials, but also bought a lot of cattle and made a lot of money.
Once Zhou Lizhong heard that she didn't mind going out, he looked at Liu Sanniang and thought she was gentle and generous, virtuous and good-looking.
So one lowered their heads and the other raised their heads. After looking at each other, they couldn't help laughing. Then they lowered their heads with a blushing face. When they raised their heads again, they found that they had reached the mountain, and there were many plum blossoms planted on both sides of the road, which were just in bud. Putting it on, there are a few plum blossoms on the flower branches that are already half-opened, and the faint fragrance is floating, which is quite pleasant.
At this time, in a guest house at the foot of the mountain, the communication between Liu's family and Zhou's family had just entered a good stage.
Liu Erlang and Mrs. Liu Erlang actually didn't agree with the Zhou family's marriage in their hearts. They didn't even approve of their daughter continuing to study medicine and then enter the palace as an official.
But on the one hand, the daughter insisted, and on the other hand, this matter was made up by Imperial Physician Liu, so the couple had to come to see each other.
Imperial Physician Liu felt that their family and Zhou's family were well matched, but Liu Erlang and his wife didn't think so, and they had good reasons. Zhou's family was Zhou Man's imperial physician and editor, and it was not Zhou Lizhong's father who was imperial physician.
Once Zhou Man gets married in the future, what else will the Zhou family have
That is a farmer.
They originally wanted to find San Niang a petty official's family, and it would be best if her husband was also studying, the kind that could obtain fame.
When Liu Sanniang entered the palace as a medical girl at a young age, she wanted this kind of grace. After she turned 20, she could leave the palace and choose a good family to marry
They really couldn't understand why their daughter suddenly changed on their own, and what did they say that their husband's family was not as good as their own.