Shen Xiao drank a lot of wine with the guests who came to celebrate his birthday in the outer courtyard today, and his mind was a little heavy. After sending the guests away, he was helped into the study by two servants to rest.
In a daze, he heard someone talking outside.
It was a feminine voice.
"The old lady knew that the old man was drunk, so she asked me to bring you hangover tea."
"The Eldest Master has ordered that idlers are not allowed to enter his study. You have to deliver the tea until the Elder Master wakes up." This was the voice of the servant sent by Jiaojiao.
Then came a stern voice, "Presumptuous, you don't even pay attention to the old lady, you slave is so bold."
Shen Xiao's brain ached from the noise, Huo Da got off the couch, opened the door of the study with a sullen face, and shouted coldly, "What are you arguing about?"
Outside the study room, apart from the maid Cui Hong beside Mrs. Shen, there was also a woman wearing a peony armor with gold silk peonies. She stood there coldly and arrogantly, and Shen Xiao thought for a moment that she was Saw his dead wife.
Really like it!
"What's going on?" Shen Xiao asked with a frown, because the other party was a guest, he suppressed the anger in his eyes.
Cui Hong stepped forward and said, "Back to the Elder, the old lady was happy to have some wine today, and she was a little dizzy. Miss Chen didn't know what method she used. The old lady will be fine in one go. I was worried that the old lady had eaten as soon as I lay down." If you don’t want to drink, please ask Miss Chen to come over and sober you up.”
Shen Xiao raised his eyes and glanced at Chen Xueling, whose face remained unchanged, and asked a woman who had not left the cabinet to come to him to sober him up? The old lady's intention was so obvious that it made people feel ashamed.
Really... Spreading it out will only make people laugh! This is shameless.
"I'm fine, you guys go back." Shen Xiao waved his big hand, and immediately lost the slightest reverie about this Chen Xueling.
The old lady is confused, so is this young lady of the Chen family also confused? She didn't know what it meant for her to enter his study alone? Even if he is really willing to marry her as his successor, with such an announcement, she won't have any face when she comes in.
Did the old lady do it on purpose
Because Chen Xueling looks like Mrs. Pan, the old lady was worried that she would overwhelm her like Mrs. Pan after entering the door. So deliberately find fault with her at this time
Shen Xiao's thick eyebrows frowned, he really didn't want to think so badly about his mother, but he just thought so.
Hearing Shen Xiao's words, a satisfied smile flashed in Chen Xueling's eyes.
Why didn't she know the old woman's intentions, just now when she heard the old woman's request, she was so angry that she almost wanted to rush out, and cut off contact with the Shen family from now on, and she would not suffer such humiliation.
But she didn't rush out, because she thought that she had no chance to choose.
She has passed the cardamom age, and she is already twenty this year. Youth is fleeting, and she doesn't have the capital to choose her favorite husband-in-law.
Moreover, she had seen Shen Xiao. Although he is about to turn 40, he is still strong and handsome, which is what she likes.
For the rest of her life, she is willing to gamble once.
If Shen Xiao pretends to be foolish and obeys Mrs. Shen, let her go into the study to sober him up. Then she would rather be an aunt than marry him.
But Shen Xiao refused.
He understood Mrs. Shen's intentions, so he refused. Chen Xueling felt her heart jumping up, her cheeks were stained with a blush, looking at Shen Xiao's eyes brewing love.
Shen Xiao didn't see her eyes, he had already turned around. Close the door of the study.
Chen Xueling returned to the De'an Courtyard with joy, and the moment she stepped into the house, she hid all the joyful emotions deeply. Instead of showing the slightest bit of happiness in front of Mrs. Shen, she stood aside sadly, listening to Mrs. Shen scolding Shen Xiao for not understanding her heart.
The dead old woman! Selfish, despicable and shameless, he only wanted to use her to deal with Shen Ziqiao in the future, but he didn't even bother to give her a good face.
If she really comes in in the future. It will definitely not make the old woman feel better.
"My heart hurts, let someone go and call the old man over." Mrs. Shen cried loudly while clutching her chest.
She knew Shen Xiao better than anyone else. If Chen Xueling, who looks like Pan's, doesn't even look up to him, then he won't be expected to marry again in this life.
Although Chen Xueling looks like Mrs. Pan, which makes her feel troubled, but because she looks like Mrs. Pan, it is possible for her son to marry her. As long as someone in the future can hold him in his hands, what does it matter
Mrs. Shen didn't think that Chen Xueling would be the second Mrs. Pan.
She couldn't restrain Shen Ziqiao, but Chen Xueling would definitely be able to.
As long as she thinks that the power of the family is now in the hands of that stinky girl, her heart feels like a knife has been gouged out.
Shen Xiao soon came over. Enduring his discomfort, he sat down on the side of the bed, and asked the old lady in a low voice, "Mother, what's wrong with you? Why don't you ask the doctor to come and show you."
Mrs. Zhou exchanged glances with Chen Xueling, and the two of them left the house together to have tea outside, only to hear voices in the house seeming to come out.
"I know my own affairs, Shi Xiu, I won't live long. Over the years, there is only one thing I can't let go of. Now that my sixtieth birthday is over, even the empress has someone to celebrate my birthday. Even if I die, it's worth it, but... what do you do? It's been so many years, and the three aunts don't like you, so you can marry another one to fill the house. I know what you think... "
Shen Xiao felt a sudden pain in his brain. Hearing his mother repeating the same old tune, he couldn't help but feel even more headache, "Mother, don't worry too much, I'm fine."
Old Mrs. Shen was angry, "What's so good about you? It's nothing for a man in his prime to play chess and fish like an old man all day long."
"Mother, I don't play chess and go fishing all day long." Shen Xiao smiled wryly, he ran to the military camp every day, how could he have time to go fishing and play chess.
"Then what are you thinking? Are you going to die alone like this?" Mrs. Shen asked angrily.
Shen Xiao really has no idea about remarrying. It's not that he doesn't want to marry, but the relationship between the Shen family has already given him a headache. The old lady doesn't like Jiaojiao. In the future, newcomers may not be able to be liked by the old lady when they enter the house. He can't get along with Jiaojiao either, thinking of all the possibilities, he would rather just live like this.
"Mother, if you are not feeling well, just take a rest and don't get angry." Shen Xiao said helplessly, the old lady's face was ruddy and full of energy, she was clearly pretending to show him where she looked ill.
"Marriage matters, parents' orders, whether you agree or not, tomorrow I will make the decision to propose marriage to the Chen family. You just marry me in, and you don't need to care about the rest." Seeing that Mrs. Shen was too soft, I had no choice but to get tough and not allow Shen Xiao to refuse again.
Shen Xiao stood up, with a bit of displeasure on his cold and serious face, "Mother, let's talk about this later. I feel uncomfortable after drinking some wine, so go back and rest first."
"If you don't listen to my arrangement this time, I will die for you." Mrs. Shen shouted loudly.
She couldn't think of any other way, she could only use this trick to force Shen Xiao to submit.
Shen Xiao looked at the old mother bitterly and helplessly.
Mrs. Shen howled loudly, while beating her heart vigorously, "I'm sorry for the ancestors of the Shen family, I'm sorry for your father, a good Shen family doesn't even have a decent headed wife, in the future after I die , you brothers split the family into two, can the big house still form a family? Who will decide the marriage between Brother Kai and Jiaojiao? Even your dead daughter-in-law blames me for being an old man, thinking that I deliberately made things difficult... "
This cry was so shocking, it scared Zhou Shi and Chen Xueling outside and rushed in.
"Old madam, what's the matter with you?" Mrs. Zhou hurriedly stepped forward to appease old madam Shen, then turned her head and said to Shen Xiao reproachfully, "Uncle, mother is old after all, you should be more considerate, don't let mother worry about you. You hurt yourself."
Shen Xiao felt a sense of exhaustion spreading all over his body.
He was thinking that he might as well just do what the old lady wanted, since it doesn't matter who he marries anyway.
"Oh, what's wrong with grandma?" Shen Ziqiao's clear and tender voice came from outside, the door curtain was lifted, and a girl in a goose-yellow blouse sprinkled with flowers and smoke appeared in front of everyone.
"I heard from a long distance that the old lady was going to die. Oh, it's your birthday today. It's not auspicious to say that. I heard that everything you say on your birthday is very effective. If it's true... then it's not good. It's gone." Shen Ziqiao's cheeks were flushed, and she was panting a little while speaking, but the smile on her face was so sweet and bright that it blinded some people's eyes.
She rushed over after hearing the news, and before she had time to catch her breath, she heard the old woman threatening Shen Xiao.
What a fucking shameless old thief!
In what life did the Shen family commit crimes to marry such a daughter-in-law.
Probably because she didn't expect Shen Ziqiao to run over suddenly, Mrs. Shen's howling stopped hoarsely, and she stared at her with a flushed old face.
Zhou scolded displeasedly, "Jiaojiao, how did you talk?"
"I'm just kidding, grandma, are you okay, did something upset you today?" Shen Ziqiao asked innocently.
Shen Xiao's daughter came in to rescue him, and he was relieved from the bottom of his heart.
"I want your father to remarry. There is a decent wife in the family. I will die with peace." Mrs. Shen was lying on the bed, speaking weakly, as if Shen Ziqiao dared to follow her objection, and she would die immediately. .
"Oh, who will you marry?" Shen Ziqiao asked with a smile.
Chen Xueling was in the room, when she heard Shen Ziqiao's direct question, her cheeks flushed slightly, she lowered her head and dared not look at Shen Xiao.
Of course, Mrs. Shen was too embarrassed to say it in front of Chen Xueling.
"Is it Miss Liu's family? Dad, I've met Miss Liu's family. She's a nice person. I don't mind her being my mother." Shen Ziqiao pretended not to see the embarrassment of everyone, and said to Shen Xiao with a smile.
Chen Xueling's shyness became embarrassing.
Old Mrs. Shen was so angry that her eyes were burning, she knew that this stinky girl could only make trouble.
Mrs. Zhou said, "You are a junior, you have nothing to say, stand aside."
(The monthly ticket is double, and there have been few updates recently, so I am embarrassed to ask for a ticket.)